She's wakes up early the next day, feeling a little nauseous but not overly so like she's about to throw up like every other morning lately. It's something she's going to have to question the doctor about since she has been getting it quite bad, feeling like death itself but it never lasts for to long thankfully. She's found having things like small plain lollies help distract her from it.
After a shower and a breakfast she managed to keep down. She heads of to school with her sister, taking her own car and driving, to get use to it again. Elena's eyes stayed on her the whole car ride, Alexis hates keeping this secret from her sister but she's scared, though she knows she will tell Elena either later today or the next few days to come.
They get to school, Caroline ends up dragging Elena off thinking Alexis needs more time. The brunette leans back against her locker, head resting against it as she looks up to the ceiling. Her eyes fall shut as she just breaths as a wave of nausea washes over her, her head lolls forward as she grabs her bag. She blinks a bit, a little out of it, swaying on her feet. A hand suddenly wraps around her upper arm to anchor her at the same time an all too familiar voice asks her if she's okay. She looks up eyes meeting a blue pair as she nods softly and slowly.
"I'm okay." She breath out softly and he presses his lips together as he looks at her. She seems a little out of it, like she's about to drop but somehow she looks better then yesterday, less stressed than before. He moves his hands, grabbing the strap of her bag, hanging from her shoulder.
"Let me take that." He tells her as he gently pulls the bag from her shoulder and she lets him. She reaches up a hand to rest on her forehead as she speaks up.
"Just some morning sickness." She tells him and he lets out a breath as he nods carefully.
"Do you need to go home? I could drive you." He offers but she just shakes her head letting out a sigh.
"I'll be fine...just get the hard candy out of my bag." She assures him and he makes a funny look but does so anyway. "They help distract me from the nausea." She admits to him and his lips twitch up as she opens the container before popping of the orange coloured candies in her mouth.
"If you're sure..but don't push yourself, 'Lexis." He warns her softly, concerned for her and their child.
"Matty.." She sighs and before she can continue the bell above rings signalling they need to get to class. "Can I have my bag back.?" She asks, lolling the lollie in her mouth wanting her bag since they need to get to class.
"I'll give it to you in class." He tells her, before they head to history class, she just shakes her head with a fond smile on her lips. She gets to class, Matt putting her bag by her chair as he moves to sit down. They sit next to each other at the back of the class without really thinking about it but the questioning looks from Elena and Bonnie has both of them feeling a little uneasy.
It's lunch when the blonde cheerleader sits down next to her at one of the picnic tables just outside of the school building and asks her, with a knowing look on her face, asking if she has told Matt yet."Please don't tell anyone, Care." Alexis pleads and Caroline almost looks hurt at that because it really goes without saying.
Caroline would never tell a soul any of Alexis's secret just like Alexis wouldn't tell any of Caroline's. The blonde girl is usually the one that will have your secrets spreading like wildfire until everyone knows but she is also the one to silence any and Alexis knows she wouldn't tell anyone her secrets. Not once has Caroline ever betrayed Alexis trust or told anyone her secrets, sure she may have done that with Elena and Bonnie but it was always Alexis who was her closest friend.
"I would never." Caroline swears but then she grins at her. "So how'd he react? I mean everything's changing now, his life and your lives are going to be..." Caroline starts rambling but she seems to cut herself off though Alexis doesn't seem to mind too much. The two of the girls talk it through and she tells the blue eyed girl everything. Caroline hugs her, excited for a baby but also concerned for her friend but the excitement out weighs it for the blonde.
She goes to the party at the falls, wanting to keep her life as close to normal as she can but she decides straight away that she'll stick to the sidelines with a water bottle in hand. She watches as people talk, dance, drink and socialize and for the first time in her high school career she almost feels out of place at a party. She can see her sister smiling and talking to Bonnie but Alexis doesn't go over instead she turns away. She steps back quickly as she almost collides with a person.
"You have to stop sneaking up on me." She laughs as she sees exactly who it is. Stefan looks down, smile on his lips then back at her, shaking his head.
"Sorry, I just-" He starts, but she cuts him off.
"Don't worry about it." The mother to be assures him, grin on her face and humor in her voice.
"So, hey." He greets her properly causing her to smile and tilt her head.
"Hey you too, did you end up going to the grill last night?" She questions, wondering if he did go and what happened if he did so. Stefan's nodding slowly as he goes to answer.
"Yeah, it was actually quite fun." He admits to her, looking at her with a small smile.
"And Elena.." She trails off in a knowing tone, her sister having mentioned meeting the new guy and him asking if she was coming when they were driving here. Stefan looks up to her.
"Elena is..." He can't really seem to finish the sentence, too caught by the girl.
"Be careful with her, she's been through allot." She warns him softly, care for her sister obvious in her voice and on her face.
"I will." He promises before tilting his head at her, wondering what Alexis has been through, since he can tell from the extra heart beat coming from her stomach, is more. "What about you?" Stefan questions with concern in his voice but it seemingly comes off more suggestive. Her eyebrows hitch up as she looks at him though a smile is on her face.
"You and me, never going to happen." She laughs softly, and he plays along with it, the male tilts his head, looking at her.
"No July wedding?" He jokes, chuckling softly.
"I always preferred a June wedding." She admits, with a sigh acting sad but she breaks, laughing and he joins her. After a while the laughter dies down and she looks to him. "I could use a close friend though." She tells him thoughtfully, still grinning but the look on her face is soft and more fond now.
"So could I." He admits, nodding slowly smile on his face. She catches sight of her sister over his shoulder and jerks her head up slightly motioning to her.
"Go talk to her, we'll catch up later." She tells him and he looks over his shoulder to the older twin with a smile. Alexis walks off without saying another word. She sees him, Matt, standing and leaning forward onto the wooden beam of the platform of bridge by the party. She walks over to him and he catches sight of her, she looks good, she looks well he thinks but he seems to look a little distracted but relieved.
"Elena and I talked.." He admits to the pregnant girl and she looks to him as he looks away.
"What did you talk about?" She questions softly, doe eyes looking at him carefully feeling uneasy about what he could say because she knows, even though it hurts, how he felt for Elena. He nods slowly, turning his eyes back to her.
"We cleared things up, putting the past in the past." He tells her and she thinks how they can't do that, how she doesn't want to. The blond seems to catch on the slight frown and distant look in her eyes. "She's really worried about you, you still haven't told her?" He asks softly and her eyes meet his.
"Did you tell her?" Alexis asks softly, worry creeping into her voice.
"Well...Not really." He struggles to find the words because he was talking with Elena about him and Alexis, not that they slept together, not that they are having a kid but they way he said the words had Elena questioning if he and Alexis had something.
"I told Caroline but she sort of already figured it out."
"I told Tyler yesterday" He admits, he's been best friends with Tyler for as long as Alexis and Caroline have been friends so it really isn't unexpected for him to tell him. Tyler was the first and only person Matt's told about Alexis being pregnant. Tyler was shocked that not only did he manage to knock a girl up it had to be Elena's twin. He suggested maybe Alexis planned it, to trap him, but it sounded ridiculous because Alexis had the whole world at her feet and everyone knew it. She wasn't the girl who'd get pregnant on purpose with her sister's first love a month after her parents death and almost dying herself. That just was way too crazy, and Alexis wasn't the girl to act crazy because she thought it'd jeopardized her future.
She was the perfect student, cheerleader, hard worker and she didn't let herself get distracted from what she set her mind to. She's never had a relationship before, she came close to relationships but she's never had one. She'd never just jump into the deep end like that. The idea that she planned it was gone after a moments thought. Right now Alexis appears a little worried that he knows, knowing Tyler could easily tell Jeremy as they fight. "He won't tell anyone, he's not always like that, not with this." Matt assures her and it sort of reminds her how Tyler is like Caroline when it comes to things like this. Her lips twitch up slightly at it.
"Okay." She nods, finding that okay as she believes him. "First doctors appointment tomorrow, I'm a little scared." She admits a little quietly.
"It's going to be fine." He promises, reaching an arm back and wrapping it around her back pulling her to lean against his side gently to comfort her but she grabs him, making him face her.
"What if-" She starts, worry in her eyes and panic in her voice.
"Don't go there, Alexis." He speaks softly, cutting her off as thoughts of everything that could be wrong race in her mind. "It'll be fine, I promise."
"What if it's not? What if we can't do this?" The words have been circling in their heads but he knows right now that she's getting herself worked up or something and he needs to calm her.
"We can, just..if you're willing continue this conversation... we'll figure it out."
"Yeah, yeah you're right it's just..." Mood swings aren't her friends at all but she's glad she hasn't been getting them too much or worse. He looks down at her to lock their eyes but she looks away from him.
"We'll go to school tomorrow then we'll go to to the doctor, everything will be fine, and after that we can get something to eat and just hang out okay?" He suggests quietly an she nods slowly, eyes coming back up to meet his.
"So until, like, 3:30 'cause we have cheer and football then." She tells him and he's about to suggest she not do cheer-leading anymore but he doesn't because he knows Caroline knows Alexis is pregnant. Caroline would never let Alexis do anything dangerous now or even semi dangerous. He doesn't need to get into a fight with Alexis because she'll probably be helping with girls with there forms and doing warm ups. She'll quit soon when she wants he's not going to force her because he knows with Caroline she and the baby will be safe. Suddenly Matt frowns thinking about tomorrow and what she just said.
"That's not tomorrow, practice for cheer or football don't start for another few day, remember? But still around 3:30 anyway since I have work." The blond tells her, soft laughter in his voice at her confusion and she nods for only a moment, realizing her mistake, before looking up at him, questioning look on her face.
"You have a job?" She questions a little surprised because she didn't know that and it must be new.
"Yeah..yesterday after you told me I had Vicki do me a favor and help get me a job at the grill." The father to be admits and she's taken back by that because that thought didn't even cross her mind. She was too scared of what people would think when she knew she was pregnant and he went out and got a job straight away.
"Really?" She asks feeling so incredibly lucky he is such a good guy and his lips twitch up.
"Yeah." He nods and she looks over his shoulder, catching sight of her sister wondering off into the woods. She pulls away from Matt giving him a smile.
"I have to go check on Elena." She tells him and Matt turns to look but Elena's already disappeared. She walks away from Matt only getting a few steps before hearing a scream. She would recognize that scream anywhere, it's Elena. Alexis doesn't hesitate pushing her way over to the forest line only to step back as he brother appears right in front of her holding a bloodied girl, looking so distraught. Elena trails behind as Jeremy rushes to a table.
"Somebody help!" Jeremy begs as he lies her down. Matt's now by Alexis side looking at the bleeding girl in shock.
"Vicki? Vicki, what the hell?!" Matt yells, fear, anger and panic setting in as he sees his sister bleeding to death. Elena looks up, seeking out Alexis's eyes to help and the pregnant girl hurries over, helping her sister apply pressure to the wound. Her hand tighten atop of Elena's, pressing down helping as the blood start to coat her hands. Alexis starts to feel sick to her stomach forces herself not to look at Vicki, to keep the fear and stress as low as she can be keeping eye contact with her sister. Even though the sisters have problems when somethings dangerously wrong they instinctively seek each other out to feel safer even if they aren't getting along.
"What happened to her?" Tyler hisses looking directly at Jeremy but then he sees the looks on everyone's face. He swallows as he turns to the crowd.
"Somebody, call an ambulance!" Matt pleads.
"Everybody back up, give her some space!" Tyler snarls, ordering the crowd that had been trying to get at her, to look or anything to back up.
Sounds of sirens wailing as the take Vicki away in the back of an ambulance and more police cars arrive. She's sitting at another panic table, her brother is standing a few feet from her and Elena is on the phone to Jenna further from her than Jeremy is. Her hands are stained red even though she wiped her hands off on a towel a police officer gave her.
Her brother is looking out of it as Elena walks back over, handing Alexis the phone telling her Jenna wants to talk to her. She takes the phone while Jenna gives some speech to Jeremy. Jenna asks her so many questions, if she's okay or stressed about how she's feeling, all the question because of the baby. She just tells her she's fine, it's a lie, but she knows she could be worse so in a way she is fine.
She hangs up the phone, questioning look from her sister as to why Jenna insisted on talking to her but Alexis just shrugs weakly.
They get home, Jenna lets her use her shower instead of waiting for the other one. She's in there for what must be forever although it only felt like seconds until she come out, wrapped in a fluffy towel before heading up to her and Elena's room. She dries her hair with the towel and changes into her pajamas, a tank top and shorts. She's about to turn to go to bed when her sister comes into the room, looking at her as if she was a kicked puppy.
"'Lexis..Please tell me." Elena pleads softly and Alexis turns away from her sister walking over to her bed, not wanting to do this. "Alexis." Elena says again a little louder making Alexis stop turning to look at her twin as she runs a hand through her hair, letting out a big breath of air. "What is going on with you and Matt?"
"You want to know? I've been in love with him since the third freaking grade, Elena." She exclaims, hurt and desperation so strong in her voice as she looks at her sister, eyes starting to water. Elena steps back but she wants to step forward and comfort her sister, feeling guilt wash over her because she never knew how her sister felt for him.
"I didn't know...I would have never..." The older twin starts because she wishes she knew because almost everyone knows the only reason Elena and Matt started dating because she thought she owed it to them both to at least try. It makes sense now, why they started getting distant but she doesn't understand why Alexis has gotten so much more distant lately. Elena would have never let a guy get between them now one has and it's effecting them in such a negative way, she feels horrible.
"Don't..." Alexis starts but Elena shakes her head taking a step forward meeting her sisters eyes.
"We talked tonight. Me and him? We're over for good and we both understand that." Elena tries to assures her sister but suddenly a few off Matt's words catch up to her. Elena furrows her brow slightly, tilting her head, looking at her sister softly. "You know, He said something...It kind makes sense now, are you and him dating?" She asks carefully but the pregnant teen arms cross over her chest as she starts to shake her head.
"No..It's.." She starts to try and say, her eyes are wet now but she just can't say it.
"It's?" Elena asks and the pregnant girl looks up, pressing her lips together.
"You remember how Jeremy was taking me to those parties after mum and dad died?"
"Yeah, but you stopped after a month or so." Elena nods speaking as if it's obvious but her tone is very questioning.
"The last party I went to Matt was there..." She admits, letting out another sharp breath, tears now falling and Elena is about to ask what happened but Alexis speaks up again. "We had sex."
"Wow." Is all Elena can manage, she doesn't explode, she doesn't yell, she doesn't even hate her, she does nothing that Alexis was expecting she would.
"And we didn't talk at all after that, yesterday was the first day we talked since then." She admits and that fact still hurts so bad but it was as much her fault as it was his they didn't talk. Elena looks confused at the information.
"But you two seem close." She frowns because the way Matt and Alexis have been acting is that of two people how are very close, maybe even a couple.
"Elena." Alexis speaks because she just needs to tell her, she's done keeping this from her.
"What?" Elena asks at the sudden evenness of her voice, how she's standing up straight looking Elena in the eye.
"I'm pregnant." She admits firmly.
"Oh my god." Elena breaths out, suddenly everything is making sense and she doesn't know why she didn't think of this before. She feels as if all the air has been knocked out of her. Alexis moves, dropping to sit on the edge of her bed and Elena moves to sit next to her. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Elena asks quietly looking at her sister.
"I was scared." She confesses, looking at her sister, not letting herself look away. Elena presses her lips together before nodding. Her sister is pregnant with Matt's kid and honestly Elena can understand why her sister kept it from her. She feels horrible her sister has been going through this without her, she doesn't want her sister to ever feel like she's not there for her again.
"I understand." Elena tells her, voice soft and truth making Alexis furrow her brow.
"You're not mad?" She questions but Elena just gives her a tight lipped smile.
"How could I be mad at you for this? You're my sister and you always will be. I love you, Alexis." The way Elena says makes her feels so stupid for everything thinking her sister would hate her and not telling her sooner. She leans forward wrapping her arms around her sister and Elena hugs her back. When they pull away Alexis goes to sleep while Elena stays up.
Hey thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed! so i was wondering what Alexis should have (boy or girl) let me know what you think (i have a poll up on my page for it aswell) I also was considering just having twins but i think that'd be a little cliche although i do know allot about twin pregnancy (there are so many sets of twins in my family including me) Idk. Also if you have any suggestions for names since i'm very indecisive.
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