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*July 11th, 2015*

"I can't believe the six of us are all hanging out together!" Caroline exclaimed as she walked through the woods with Elena, Bonnie, Matt, Jeremy and Tyler. "It hasn't been just us since… like sophomore year of high school."

The friends she's had since she could barely walk all shared her excitement as the six old friends traveled through the woods to their secret spot by the swimming hole where they would get away from all the stress of high school.

"Yeah, it's so nice to be back with the five of you again," Tyler said. "Florida just wasn't the same without you guys."

Elena smiled as she patted her friend on the back. "It's also nice to stick Christian with Damon for the day," she giggled gleefully. "Damon's on daddy duty."

"Speaking of…" Caroline began to say as she sat down on a log but was interrupted by Tyler exclaiming that he brought some spiked seltzers in his cooler backpack.

"It's not the Jim Beam shots we would do, but it's a refreshing summer drink for adults," he laughed.

"Oh, I can't drink," Caroline, Bonnie and Elena both said simultaneously. Their three male friends gave them incredulous looks as the three girls turned to each other and gasped. They all exclaimed at the same time: "Oh my god—are you? Yes, I am! Oh my gosh," Caroline was on the verge of tears while Elena and Bonnie had their hands over their mouths, hiding their giddy smiles. Caroline pulled her two best friends into a group hug.

"Wait, what is going on?" Tyler asked.

Jeremy and Matt shook their heads and laughed at their clueless friend. "Tyler, why don't you think they can't drink?" Jeremy asked.

"The three of them are pregnant," Matt announced. He suspected Caroline was pregnant after Klaus' speech at the wedding and he noticed she never drank her wine during the toast—but then he also noticed that neither did Bonnie or Elena. Damon was severely overprotective of Elena, exactly how he was when she was pregnant with Christian; and Kol touched Bonnie's stomach enough times that he knew it was on purpose. He didn't want to mention anything as he knew they would all break the news on their own times.

"Really?" Tyler turned to three of his best friends, his eyes getting softer.

"Yes!" Caroline squealed as she jumped up and down. "I wanted to tell the two of you so much sooner, but I needed to wait until after my honeymoon!" she addressed her words to her two pregnant best friends.

"I wanted to tell you, too, but I didn't want to overshadow your wedding," Elena explained.

"Ditto," Bonnie agreed.

"I can't believe you kept a secret for so long! When did you find out?" Elena asked the blonde.

"Like a week before my wedding," Caroline admitted.

"Wow, you went over a month without saying anything. I'm proud," Bonnie grinned. Elena nodded in agreement.

"Oh my gosh!" Caroline squealed once again. "Our kids are gonna be the same age! And Matt's baby is due at the end of next month!"

"Matt, tell your baby to come September 1st instead of August 26th, so the four of them can graduate together," Elena said.

"I'll try, but I think Rebekah wants him out much earlier than August 26th," Matt chuckled. "She already wants him out."

"Sounds about right," Elena smiled.

"Congratulations," Jeremy told the three girls as he gave his sister a hug.

"Yeah, congrats!" Tyler cheered. "It's probably the best time to tell you guys that Liv is pregnant as well," Tyler revealed.

"WHAT?" Caroline and Bonnie screamed as Elena gasped.

"Oh my gosh!" Caroline jumped up again and ran to hug her ex-boyfriend. "You're going to be a father!"

"I guess I should mention that Anna took a pregnancy this morning—"

"Don't tell me—"

"And it was positive," Jeremy confessed. "I probably shouldn't have said anything this early, but you were all saying it."

"I can't believe we're all going to be parents at the same time," Caroline let the tears run down her cheek. "I'm so happy, for all of us."

"How far along is everyone?" Bonnie asked.

"I am 10 weeks," Caroline answered.

"Me too!" Bonnie said.

"I'm 12 weeks," Elena spoke.

"I am not sure about Anna, but we suspect maybe six weeks."

"Liv had a doctor's appointment yesterday and they said seven weeks."

"Rebekah's 31 weeks, but you probably all knew that," Matt laughed. He turned to Jeremy and Tyler. "We can still drink, by the way."

"Yes, please have a drink for the three of us," Elena chuckled.

"Wait, were any of the babies planned?" Caroline asked. "Klaus and I were actually trying—"

"You were trying, and you still didn't even say anything?" Bonnie accused. "Damn, who are you and what have you done to my best friend who could never keep a secret for the life of her?"

"Yeah, it wasn't even five weeks you knew but like… months?" Matt stated.

"Yeah, I've been keeping this secret since the beginning of April," Caroline confessed.

"APRIL?" Elena, Bonnie, Tyler, Matt and Jeremy all shrieked.

"Don't kill me!" She giggled. "I am so proud of myself—and so happy that Klaus was the one to slip up during the vows! It's not my fault y'all suspected it for the past month."

"Anyway, yeah Damon and I were trying for a second baby. This little miracle was planned," Elena rubbed her stomach.

"She didn't say anything about trying, either, I don't know why y'all are mad at me," Caroline huffed.

Bonnie laughed as she hooked her arm around the blonde's shoulders. "Kol and I talked about having a kid of our own. It was funny—he actually brought it up. I told him that yes, I'd love to have another baby, but I wanted to wait a little while. And then I thought about it, and I agreed we should actually try for a baby. And then the next day I had a gynecologist appointment to get off the pill, and I was already pregnant!"

"Oof," Caroline and Matt said at the same time.

"At least you guys talked about it and it was something that you wanted…" Jeremy said softly. "I love Anna, but this wasn't planned."

"Hey, neither was Emma," Bonnie pointed out. "And look how great she is and how much you love her." Jeremy smiled as he thought of his six-year-old daughter.

"Damn, Jer, you need to be better at protection," Tyler joked as he slapped his younger friend on the back. "Then again, who am I to say anything when Liv's pregnancy was a surprise, too. We just moved in together and then bam!" Not to mention, Liv had just graduated with her masters and started a new job only 2 months ago. Having a baby so early in her career is troubling Liv, but Tyler promised that he would stay by her side and help with whatever she needed.

Anna also graduated from her 4+1 program for child education. She got a job to be a teacher's aid in a classroom in the fall—to learn the ways of the teacher as she would be taking over her classroom the following year as the teacher she was assisting will be retired. Anna figures it's best she got pregnant when she is only an assistant and it will be easier to take maternity leave versus being the actual teacher.

"Yeah, but the two of you are happy, right?" Elena asked her brother and Tyler.

"Yeah," they both nodded with dopey smiles on their faces.

"It shocks me that Kol brought up the fact to have baby," Caroline spoke. "Klaus started the conversation between us, too. I always thought the two of them would be too scared to be a father because of Mikael."

"Maybe Hope and Emma showed them that they weren't Mikael," Matt said. "And then they wanted to start from the beginning with woman they love."

"Yeah, maybe…" Caroline and Bonnie both smiled at each other.

"So… Caroline, tell us all about your honeymoon!" Elena squealed, while Jeremy barfed,
"Leave out all the sex details," which caused Caroline to throw a tiny stick at him.

…

"Hi, honey!" Liz greeted her daughter as she entered her house. Liz has been feeling much better these past few months. Although, the mother-daughter duo know their time is still limited, they're enjoying Liz's temporary burst of health. While the older woman gets tired very easily, she is able to walk around do stuff around the house.

"Hey, Mom!" Caroline exclaimed as she gave her mom a hug.

"How was your honeymoon?" Liz asked her only daughter. Caroline and Klaus came back on a Friday night, but Caroline already had plans to hang with her friends the following morning. It was now Saturday evening, after Caroline spent the morning and afternoon with her friends. It was nice to spend time with her friends and reminisce about the old times—not to mention, that it was revealed that they were all having babies at the time. What a crazy play of cards the universe decided to deal.

"It was amazing," Caroline blushed. "There were waterfalls, beaches, caves, dances—oh, mom, it was just wonderful. We had a blast. We got to explore the island and I never wanted to come home."

"I'm glad you had fun, but I'm glad that you are home," Liz touched her daughter's hand.

"Me too," Caroline agreed. "Now that I'm home, there is actually something I need to tell you."

"Sure, what's going on?"

Caroline took a deep breath as she reached into her purse and pulled out a little mug that read,
The greatest moms get promoted to grandmother. She handed it to her mother.

"Does this mean what I think it means?" Liz asked as she brought her hands to her mouth. Caroline nodded as she laughed through her tears. "Oh, honey! This is great news!" Liz pulled her daughter into a hug. "I love you so much," she whispered.

"I love you, too, mom," Caroline hugged her mom even tighter. "If it's a girl, I am going to name her after you."

Liz pulled away from the hug to look into her daughter's eyes. "What?" she croaked. "Oh, honey, you don't have to."

Caroline nodded. "I want to, and I am going to. Klaus loves the idea. A little Lizzie Mikaelson."

"What if it's a boy?"

"It will be a girl if I have anything to say about it."

"You don't, that's kinda the point of needing a man," Liz laughed. She hugged her daughter once more as she whispered, "I am so happy for you."

…

"There she is!" Kol cheered as his beautiful girlfriend walked through the door of their condo. "My beautiful, beautiful girlfriend, whom I love very much."

"Oh, man, what did you do?" Bonnie teased as she leaned up to kiss her boyfriend.

"Nothing. I just gave Emma ice cream instead of dinner—"

"Seriously, man," Jeremy sighed as he followed Bonnie into the house. He followed Bonnie home so he could take Emma home for the remainder of the weekend. "She's gonna be hopping off the walls."

Speaking of… Emma came running out of her playroom screaming, "I love ice cream!" When she saw her parents, she ran towards the two of them, grabbing both their legs at the same time as she collapsed on the floor between them. "YOU'RE BACK!"

"Yes, we are, and you and Kol are in trouble," Bonnie scolded.

Emma let go of Bonnie's leg and scooted closer to Jeremy, who then responded, "I don't think you should've eaten the ice cream, either."

Emma whimpered and crawled dramatically on the floor so she would be hiding behind Kol's legs. "Kol is my favorite," she stuck out her tongue at her parents. "At least, he lets me eat ice cream!"

"Oh, now, Emma," Kol began. "That's not very nice. You don't say that to the two people who gave you life and raised you and who love you very much."

"Thanks, Kol," Jeremy smiled at his friend. He will admit he was a little hurt when Emma said Kol was her favorite, but he knows she meant it jokingly because he gave her ice cream for dinner.

"Come on, Emma," Bonnie opened her arms up to her daughter. "It's time to get your stuff together, so you can spend the night with Daddy and Anna."

"Also," Jeremy commenced as he leaned down besides his ex-girlfriend and his daughter. "There is something both your mommy and I need to tell you."

Kol raised his eyebrows in suspicion. He nodded when Bonnie mouthed to him, the baby.

"So, you are getting not just one new sibling, but two," Bonnie revealed, which made Kol very confused.

"One from me and Anna, and one from your mom and Kol," Jeremy said.

"Wait," Kol shook his head. "Anna's pregnant, too?" Jeremy nodded. "Damn."

"Just found out this morning, actually," Jeremy said.

"That's cool!" Emma decided. "It'll be cool to have a little brother or a sister. Maybe I'll get both!"

"But we want you to know that just because we're both having a baby with someone else, it doesn't mean that we love you any less and we'll both try to make enough time for you," Bonnie told her daughter.

Emma nodded. "I know." She booped her mother on the nose, and then gently pulled her father's ear lobe. They laughed at her goofy antics and thought boy, was she cute.

Kol walked over and leaned down besides Bonnie and kissed his girlfriend's head. "I'll love you, too, Emma."

Emma gave Kol a hug and said, "I love you, too, Kol-ey."

Bonnie smiled at the warm feeling she felt every time Emma and Kol had a moment, because they truly love each other, and it made it much easier for her family to expand.

…

"Daddy!" Hope exclaimed as Klaus opened the door to his home for his daughter, who was spending the week with him and Caroline, starting on Sunday morning, which was today. Hayley smiled as she walked up behind Hope, who was glued to Klaus like an elementary art project. "I missed you!" She squealed, in pure Caroline fashion. The two spend a lot of time together, and Hope's been picking up a few of Caroline's quirks, while still being a perfect mix of her two parents. This was the first time Hope has seen her dad since the wedding—and when she's used to seeing her dad for multiple days a week, three weeks without seeing him was terribly sad.

Klaus may have had a lot of fun on his honeymoon with his bride, but he did miss his daughter. Caroline did, too.

"I missed you, too," he kissed the top of her head.

"What's all this commotion?" Caroline teased as she walked into the foyer. "Is it my favorite nine-year-old?"

"Caroline!" Hope ran to hug her stepmother. "Did you guys have fun on your vacation?" The young girl asked as she looked up at the blonde newlywed.

"Of course, we did! Now we have a fun day planned, starting with the waterpark and then we're hosting family dinner tonight. Why don't you go with your dad and put your stuff in your room?"

Hope jumped up and down at the mention of the waterpark. She ran to hug Hayley, telling her goodbye, that she loves her and will call her before bedtime. Hayley laughed as her daughter dragged Klaus up the stairs and he mouthed to the two women downstairs help.

Caroline grinned and waved at her husband. She turned to Hayley and gave her a hug. "Hi!"

"Hi!" Hayley greeted. "I should get going. But I'm glad you had fun—"

"I actually want to tell you something," Caroline interrupted the brunette. "It's important."

"Having second thoughts?" Hayley joked. "I'm only kidding. He's matured a lot since I knew him."

Caroline smiled. "Uhm, so I'm just going to rip the band-aid off. I'm pregnant."

Hayley's mouth fell agape. "Wow, congratulations! This calls for another hug," she said as she reached over to give Caroline another hug.

"Thank you!" Caroline beamed. "I just wanted to tell you because we plan on telling Hope today, and I wanted to assure you that Hope will not feel neglected. We love spending time with her, and she will have a big part in her little sibling's life. We wouldn't trade our time with Hope for anything. I don't want you to worry."

Hayley shook her head. "I am not worried. And I am sure Hope will be thrilled. She's been wanting to be a big sister for a while. She loves her little cousins; she's always talking about Hayden and Sophia. She actually slept over their house last weekend."

"It's always so cute how bigger kids love little babies," Caroline cooed. "Okay, I'm sorry to keep you from your business. I just wanted to share the news with you."

"I'm glad you did," Hayley said. "Thank you for taking Hope for the week."

"No problem!" Caroline exclaimed and waved goodbye to Hayley as she exited the house. "Bye!"

Once Hayley was gone, Caroline made her way upstairs to the guest room which became Hope's room for when she stays over. She smiled to herself as she heard Hope yapping about the night she spent at Katherine and Elijah's.

"Sophia is so cute! She kept climbing all over me! And then, Sophia was climbing on Hayden, but Hayden had a toy remote in his hand and—aw, it was so sad—he was waving the remote and it his poor Soph in the head! She started crying and it was so sad. But then once I picked her up, she immediately stopped crying and started smiling at me!"

Caroline walked into the room and saw that Hope was already changed into her bathing suit and was putting away all her clothes in the bureau that they had picked out for her. She already unpacked her stack of books and her paint set, which were sitting on the desk already. Books and paint, first and foremost.

"Sophia and Hayden are such happy babies," Klaus agreed. Anyone can walk into the room, and both twins will just get excited and start smiling.

"Hey Caroline!" Hope greeted when she saw Caroline come into the room.

Klaus turned and smiled at his beautiful wife, his wife who was carrying his child. He loves Hope, but there's something special about being there for your child from the very beginning. He never got to support Hayley when she was pregnant and feel the baby kick. He never got to see her being born, witness her first steps or her first words, or drop her off on her first day of school. He will get to do all these things with Caroline and their son or daughter, and Klaus can't wait.

"Hey, love," he greeted as she leaned down to kiss his cheek. She sat next to him on Hope's bed.

"Hope, honey," Caroline started. "Before we head out to the waterpark, your dad and I would like to tell you something."

"Oh no, did I do something wrong?" the little girl asked, obviously worried she did something her dad and stepmom were not happy with.

Klaus and Caroline both chuckled. "No, of course not!" Caroline exclaimed. "This is good news, I promise."

"Yay, I love good news!" Hope giggled as she hopped onto the bed, facing the two adults.

"We are very excited to tell you… that we are having a baby," Caroline revealed.

"You will be a big sister," Klaus continued.

"Really?!" Hope smiled, barely able to contain her excitement. Hayley was right—Hope has wanted a little sister or a brother for a long time. She wouldn't have any issues with this.

"Yes!" Caroline breathed in relief that the nine-year-old was taking the news well.

"We just want you to know that we will always love you, and we don't want you think we'll love you any less if we have a baby," Klaus said. "I have been sincerely enjoying being your father and getting to know you, and that will not stop." He took his daughter's hand. "I love you."

Hope squeezed her dad's hand back. "I love you, too, dad. And you too, Caroline," Hope then stood up to go and hug Caroline. "Although, I might love my little sister or brother more!" Content laughter filled the room Klaus picked up Hope and he and Caroline began tickling her.

…

"Good morning, sunshine," Damon greeted his wife at nine o'clock on Sunday morning. He began preparing breakfast—but not just any breakfast. When Elena was pregnant with Christian, she wanted chocolate chip pancakes and a bowl of mango every single day during the first and second trimester. Third trimester was when she started wanting peanut butter on everything. Since he woke up to Elena puking her guts out, he assumed she'd want a special breakfast. He knows her cravings might be different this time around, but who doesn't love pancakes?

Elena shook her head at him as she sat down at the barstool at their counter. "I do not feel like sunshine, today. And I'm meeting Katherine for lunch and shopping in a few hours and I do not want to cancel." Since Katherine had her babies, she and Elena haven't gotten to hang out as often. It took them a few years after meeting to get along, but once they realized they had more in common than they realized, they became best friends. Elena was the first one Katherine confided in about a lot of things, things that not even Elijah might know. Though, Katherine could have told him. Elena wasn't sure. She never wanted to bring it up.

"You'll be fine," Damon said as he flipped the pancake. After seeing both sides were cooked and fluffy, he placed it on the plate. Just a few more seconds for the two other pancakes. "You probably just need to eat something," he spoke.

"Ugh, I can't even think about food—wait, are these chocolate chip pancakes?" she asked as Damon placed the plate of pancakes in front of her.

"Yup, and a bowl of mango," he responded as he placed the bowl of fruit in front of her, along with some butter and maple syrup for her pancakes.

Elena's heart melted at the sight of her husband's generosity. And memory! She couldn't believe he remembered her favorite breakfast from when she was pregnant with Christian. Then again, he did cook it every morning for her for about four months.

"Honey, thank you for doing this," she smiled as she stood up and leaned over the counter to give him a kiss.

Before she could kiss him, he put a finger in front of her lips and asked, "Did you brush your teeth after throwing up?"

She rolled her eyes and exclaimed, "Yes!" She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him, only to be interrupted by their four-year-old son screaming at the top his lungs.

Christian ran into the kitchen screaming, "I SMELL PANCAKES!" And he ran right into his parents' legs and plopped down on his butt. "Oops," he laughed.

Damon picked up his son and set him on the counter. "Yes, I made special pancakes for your mother. Who said you could have any?"

Christian gasped. "What?"

Elena chuckled as she grabbed a second plate and set one of her pancakes on it. "Don't worry, baby, you can have one of mine." She kissed the top of his head and handed him the plate.

"Yay! And they're chocolate chip—mmm, my favorite!"

"I would think so since your mom ate them every single day when she had you in her tummy," Damon reminisced.

"That reminds me…" Elena began to speak after chewing a bite of her delicious pancakes. "Christian, how would you feel about having a little brother or sister?"

The little boy shrugged as he chewed his pancakes, very loudly with his mouth open. Damon and Elena were amused by his eating habits. "Eh, whatever."

Damon laughed and Elena's mouth fell agape. "What do you mean 'whatever'?" Elena cried.

Damon continued laughing. "Chris, you are actually getting a little sibling. Mommy has a baby in her tummy."

"Oh," Chris said. "Cool! Can I have more pancakes, please?"

Damon ruffled his son's hair before returning to his pancake batter and cooking some more pancakes on the stove.

…

"And then Freya took the lasagna out of the oven, but she only used an oven mitt on one hand—and obviously the pan is super heavy—and the poor thing drops the dish and it splits in half with a good three-quarters of the lasagna goes flying across the floor," Katherine tells her sister about the crazy dinner that happened the night before as they strolled through the store. "Poor thing felt so bad!" The older twin couldn't help but chuckle. "It's fine. There was still enough food for the night."

Elena stifled in a laugh. "Aww, poor Freya. I've done that, though. I'm not the most graceful in the kitchen. Damon handles all of that."

"Elijah typically does, but he was working late last night," Katherine explained. "Oh my goodness, look at how cute this little jumper is!" Katherine picked up a little onesie that says Mess maker, heart breaker. "I'm going to buy this for Hayden! He makes such a mess; he drools so much. It's really gross, but at least he's cute."

"That's why they make babies cute because otherwise we wouldn't want them since they're gross and smelly and loud," Elena teased.

Katherine and Elena began by shopping for themselves, but then they stumbled across the baby section. Katherine already has an arm full of new clothes for the twins—they're growing so fast; all their clothes are getting too small! They are 8 months old now and just starting to stand up. The new mother is always snapping pictures.

"Did I show you the pictures of Sophia standing up all on her own?" Katherine asked her sister as she pulled out her phone.

"You did, but you may show me again," Elena smiled.

"I'm so sorry, all I ever do is talk about my kids! I've gone soft," Katherine pouted.

The younger twin laughed. "It's okay! Christian was all I talked about for at least a year. So much happens and you just want to tell everyone. Especially at the age when they're starting to crawl, stand, walk and talk. All of those things just happen one after the other. One moment they need you for everything, then they're zooming across the house."

"So, what's new with you?" Katherine inquired.

Elena chuckled. "Actually… While on the topic of babies: I am pregnant!"

Katherine gasped and brought her hands to her mouth. "You are?" Elena nodded and her sister pulled her into a hug. "Congratulations!"

"Thanks," Elena said.

"Did you tell Christian yet?" Katherine asked.

"Yes, we told him this morning! At first he was like 'whatever' and then he said 'cool' then proceeded to have Damon make him more pancakes."

Katherine laughed at her nephew's antics. "Sounds about right. And uh… have you told Jenna and Alaric?"

Elena shook her head. She is kind of afraid to mention to them that she was having another baby—not to mention when they find out that Caroline, Bonnie, Jeremy and Tyler are also having a baby. They've been ecstatic for Matt and Rebekah, but everyone knows deep down that it must still sting. It's barely been a year since the miscarriage.

"I haven't yet. Only you and Damon know, and I told Caroline, Bonnie, Matt, Jeremy and Tyler yesterday. I only meant to tell Care and Bon, but it just kinda came out because Tyler brought booze when we all hung out," Elena laughed. She wasn't going to say that everyone in their high school group was having a baby because she was sure Caroline, Bonnie and Jeremy would at least tell Katherine on their own times.

"Do you think Jenna and Alaric will try for another baby?" Katherine wondered.

"I know her doctor said to wait another year in case anything could happen. She's completely healthy—the problem was with her egg's chromosomes. It wasn't strong enough and could keep the formation of the baby stable. They said a lot of her eggs are like that, so they should wait another year so she could grow some stronger eggs. Their other option would be surrogation—if they wanted to have a biological child."

"Yeah, she told me about that," Katherine said, sadly. "You know, I considered being her surrogate."

"You did?" Elena took a step back. "Why?"

"I don't know. It's something nice to do. Build up my good karma," she joked. "I only thought about it. This is the first time I'm saying it out loud."

"Well, don't rush into anything. Jenna wants to try carrying a baby to full term next year, if things all go to plan. There's some small home remedies and changes she can make to her lifestyle to strengthen her eggs—hopefully, those work."

"Yeah, hopefully," Kat agreed.

…

"The cute ones are here," Katherine announced her presence as she led her family into Klaus and Caroline's house that evening. "The cuter Gilbert twin and the cuter Mikaelson sibling," she clarified.

"Hey, that was my joke!" Kol cried. "You're a thief."

"Actually, I made that joke all the time in high school. You're the thief," Katherine teased as she hit Kol on the back of his head as she approached the couch. She glanced around the living room and noticed that everyone else was here.

Freya and Elijah entered the living room, with Freya holding Sophia and Elijah holding Hayden. The babies were just waking up from their naps, so they were all cute.

"Hi!" Caroline beamed as she walked over to her goddaughter. She held out her hands, and Sophia automatically jumped into Caroline's arms and snuggled into the crook of her neck, making the blonde's heart melt. Klaus smiled from his spot on the floor next to Matt and Kol, who were playing trucks with Tate. Emma and Hope were in Hope's room, probably playing dress up or dolls or whatever it is six and nine-year-old girls do.

Elijah made his way over to his brother Finn and sat beside him on the other couch that the girls were not occupying. Kol reached out his arms for his namesake, and Elijah happily gave his son to his youngest brother.

"So, what's for dinner?" Katherine asked as she plopped herself down between Sage and Bonnie on the couch.

"Nice to see you, too, hon," Sage laughed as she patted her sister-in-law's knee. "I'm great, thanks for asking."

Katherine rolled her eyes at the red-head's sarcasm. "You're welcome."

"We ordered pizza," Klaus answered. "We just got back from the waterpark only an hour and a half ago."

"You guys aren't sick of the water, yet?" Rebekah joked. "You guys just spent three bloody weeks on an island."

"I DIDN'T!" Hope exclaimed as her and Emma hopped down the stairs wearing sparkly sunglasses and bright pink scarves. "The waterpark was so fun! But Caroline couldn't go on a lot of the rides because of the baby—"

"Your second mommy's having a baby, too?!" Emma squealed. "My mommy's having a baby! And so is my daddy!"

"Wait, what?!" Katherine exclaimed as she turned her head to look at Bonnie and then whipped it around to look at Caroline, both girls with giddish smiles on their faces. The rest of the company turned to look at the two girls.

"Surprise?" Caroline and Bonnie said at the same time. Klaus and Kol were both shocked because they hadn't known the other girl was pregnant—the only person who was not shocked was Matt.

As congratulations were going around to the two expecting couples, Katherine made a realization and had to scream. "WAIT! Are you telling me that I am the only woman in this family not pregnant?"

"I'm not pregnant," Freya said.

"You're like 12, that doesn't count—"

"I'm fifteen—"

"Still! And Elena is pregnant—and Anna, too! Ugh, Elena did NOT tell me this today!" Katherine pointed at her husband. "We are going to have another baby—'

"No, Katerina. We will not have another baby just because everyone else in our families are expecting—"

"But—"

"No butts. Two babies are enough as is," Elijah rested the argument, which made his wife cross her arms and pout like a two-year-old. Everyone laughed at Katherine.

"I just feel left out, that's all…"

"I think Katerina means to say that she's very happy for you guys," Elijah addressed Klaus, Caroline, Kol and Bonnie. "How far along are you two?" he asked the girls.

"10 weeks," they both answered.

"We need to stop talking at the same time," Bonnie laughed.

"Right?" Caroline smiled.

"Ew, you guys were probably all getting down at the same time," Rebekah pretended to barf.

"Probably not…" Bonnie shook her head.

"Congratulations, brothers," Finn told his two younger brothers. "Your first kids—"

"Excuse you," Hope sassed as she placed her hand on her hip.

"Yeah, excuse you!" Emma followed suit.

"Woah, they're gonna get you now, Finn," Matt chuckled.

"You girls know what I mean," Finn addressed his nieces.

"Whatever," Hope said as both young girls huffed. Hope knew that her Uncle just meant the first baby her father will have gotten to know from the very beginning—not that it was anyone's fault except the wicked witch. That's who everyone's blamed the separation of Klaus and Hope on. She doesn't even know who it really is. While Hope is ecstatic about a baby sister or brother, she just realized how sad she was about her dad missing out on the first eight years of her life—again, not like it was his fault or his choice. But it still made her sad that the new baby will get to experience all the firsts with her dad. She shook her feelings to the back of her mind because then she thought of all the firsts she'll get to have as a big sister and know that it was worth it.

Meanwhile, Emma also knew that Kol was not her father and this new baby will be his actual first child. But she likes to think of herself as Kol's daughter—and he thinks so, too.

"I'm sorry," Finn apologized to Hope.

"It's okay, I still love you," Hope said as she gave Finn a hug. He sighed in relief that she wasn't mad at him. It's his words that always got him trouble with his siblings because he never realized how sensitive they all can be.

"That was close, man," Freya laughed from her spot on the chair.

"I'm upset at my sister," Katherine changed the subject as she whipped out her phone and dialed Elena's number. She put the phone on speaker, and everyone shook their heads at what Katherine was doing.

"Hello?" Elena's voice rang through the phone.

"I am mad at you!" Katherine exclaimed.

"Why? What did I do?"

"You neglected to tell me this afternoon that Caroline, Bonnie AND Anna are all pregnant!"

"Well, I'm sorry. I figured they'd all tell you on their own time. Which they did."

"Wrong. I heard it from Emma and Hope."

Elena laughed. "Well, I'm sorry! I guess I'll tell you that Liv is pregnant, too."

"What?!"

"Love you, bye." And Elena hung up the phone.

"Wow, everyone is pregnant! Something must be in the water in this town," Kol chuckled.

"Ugh!" Katherine exasperated, making everyone laugh.

Wow, it looks like baby fever caught Mystic Falls!

Shoutout to whataliar who predicted that Anna would be pregnant as well! I will take you suggestion about Pearl—thanks for the idea.

Also, shoutout to feris16 for reviewing. Thank you both reviewing—I really appreciate it!

And thanks for all the follows and favorites—but could I get some reviews please? I would love to know what you guys think about the story so far and where it's going. And let me know of any storyline suggestions! I'm kinda drawing a blank, lol.

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