The pregnant teen manages to get in a few more hours of sleep before she manages to will herself to have a shower. After her shower she throws some new pajama's on and heads downstairs. As she's settling on the couch in the lounge with a movie and a blanket her brother walks past her, making her look to the wall quickly to check the time and look back at him."Why aren't you at school?" She asks, narrowing her eyes and shifting to look over the back of the couch to him.
"Ditching." He doesn't even try to play dumb with her right now and he speaks as if it's no big deal, like he doesn't even care.
"Jeremy." She scolds him but it's soft, weak, it sounds more disappointed in him, like she's tired more than angry. She sounds like mom used to right before... He just does his best to ignore Alexis's words, along with the way she sounds and changes the topic.
"Want something while I'm up?" He asks her shortly voice blunt and cut. She sighs, pressing her lips together and shifting back on the couch to be more comfortable.
"A drink. Water." She tells him in quiet voice, closing her eyes before opening them again and having them focus on the TV while Jeremy nods, heading to the kitchen. Her brother, she loves him but she wishes he would try harder. After a moment he comes back into the room throwing her a water bottle she only barely manages to catch. He turns to leave, go do his own thing, but she isn't about to let that happen and she thinks he knows that.
"Sit down, loser." The older sister tells him and he rolls his eyes but turns and plops down on the couch beside her. He doesn't look to her, just looks at the movie playing on the screen of the TV. She looks at the side of his face, water bottle still in hand. "You okay, little brother?"
"Not really, but I'm fine." He tells her, not looking at her and voice level, trying not to make any deal out of it but also not lying to Alexis. "You okay?" He questions, wanting to get away from the topic of him quickly.
"Yeah, yeah I'm okay." She tells him, nodding slowly. For her, things have been going good. Her and Matt are finally dating and it feels so good, it's going so good. She's getting closer to Vicki, Bonnie and even Tyler. One the other hand she knows she needs to talk to Matt about and that scares her. Pregnancy takes its toll on her, her best friend is hurting and reeling from what Damon had done. She and Elena just had a little spat. She hasn't talked to Stefan, a person she was starting to consider a best friend, in quite a few days and feels so confused. That's why she's okay, not good or bad, just okay. He nods at her answer, raising a hand up so his fingers can drag through his hair but as he lifts his hand she notices the black chapped nail polish on his fingers. She purses her lips slightly and tilts her hand curiously. "You know, I could repaint them...if you want.." Alexis suggests casually and a confused look crosses Jeremy face as he looks to his sister like she's crazy because he has no idea what she's talking about. At that she gives him a 'duh' look as she nods to his hands. His face softens as he brings his hands in front of him, looking at the chapped, messy paint on his nails as he contemplates her offer.
"You're sick or not feeling good, whatever, I don't think the smell of nail polish would help with that." He tells her, shaking his head softly, finally looking over to her knowing if she's at home she probably wouldn't be well enough to handle the strong scent of nail polish.
"Okay." She sighs, frowning slightly at his rejection but he gives her a look and a small shrug.
"Tomorrow..maybe.. if you have to." He's making it sound like it's totally her forcing him but she knows better and she smiles it him. They watch part of the comedy movie together until Jeremy gets up and leave, heading off upstairs to do whatever it is he does.
She half way through the second moving when she hears a knock from the front door. She looks over in that direction and back around her, still feeling a little blugh and not wanting to get up but after a second she realizes who it must be. Matt. A smiles makes its way onto her face and she pushes herself up, heading over to the door. She opens the door and she smiles seeing Matt standing there. Her smile, she always smile the same way every time she sees him and he loves that. "Hey." The blond greets her and she pulls him into the house and kisses him. He pulls back after a moment, smiling and she laughs softly looking up at him with her arms wrap around his neck
"Hi." She greets him, all bubbly and he looks at her fondly.
"How are you? Vic and Elena said you weren't doing well today." Matt asks her, concern flicking over his features and she shrugs, still smiling.
"Mmm, I'm better now you're here." She smiles, titling her head, giving him a look and he can't help but to laugh. She knows that they should talk but she'll leave that 'till after the appointment because she wants to enjoy it all first.
"Ugh, that's cheesy." He groans while he laugh, pretend like he's pulling away from her while she actually pulls him closer.
"Come on, you love it and it's true!" She giggles, pulling him so close, wrapping him tight in an embrace, pressing a peck of a kiss to his cheek.
"Totally." He laughs and she finally relents, pulling back before she continues to speak.
"And we get to see our baby again today again." Alexis tells him, quite excited.
"Yeah, true but why aren't you ready? We have to leave in a few minutes since I have to drop past the grill first."
"I've had a lazy day, Matt. I don't feel the best okay." She tells him in a quieter more serious tone even though he was joking.
"Go get ready, Lexis." He laughs and she goes off upstairs to get ready while he moves to the couch watching the movie she had on while he waits.
Matt's taking to his shift manager while Alexis is at a table picking at her food waiting for him to be done. It only takes a few moments of continuing to pick at her food before Bonnie slips into the set across from her. "Hey 'Lexis."
"Hey, Bon." Alexis smiles as she greets her friend and Bonnie tilts her head.
"Oh, we have sexy suds tomorrow. Caroline wants you and Matt there." Bonnie tells her before she forgets to. Alexis looks over to where Matt had disappeared from, thinking about how tomorrow Matt might have work and she also might not feel up to it so she really can't promise anything at the moment.
"I'll try but I can't promise anything and how is Caroline?" Alexis wonders and the other girl sigh a that.
"Elena said Caroline was asking about him today, said he had allot to make up for and it was like she still wanted to be with him." Bonnie tells her and Alexis can't believe it, especially with how bad he hurt her. Alexis can't help but think back to when she was trying to console her friend from the pain that man inflicted on her.
Caroline was in her bed, lying with her back to the door with her blankets wrapped around her as if she was trying to hide away from the word, and maybe she was. Alexis was just there, sitting on the edge looking at the back of the blonde's head as the girl refused to talk about what happened or talk at all. The brunette stayed with her, pleading softly for the girl to talk to her. After a while the blonde girl finally spoke up.
"Go away, Alexis." The blue eyed girl mumbled weakly as she snuggled beneath her blankets just wanting to be alone. Alexis just closes her eyes, letting out a sigh but at least it was something.
"I am not going to do that." Alexis told her friend firmly, shaking her head. There was absolutely no way Alexis would ever leave her best friend when she needs her most.
"Why?" Caroline croaked out before she finally rolled over, pushing herself to look at her best friend with red puffy eyes and tears staining her face. "I'm fine." Caroline tried to argue, voice shaking and looking the furthest thing from okay. The pregnant girl's heart hurts seeing her friend in such a state, she can't imagine what Caroline must be feeling right now.
"You're not okay and it's okay not to be okay, Caroline." Alexis tried to tell her softly but Caroline looked away so Alexis moved forward, wrapping her arms around her friend who is a little reluctant. "I know you better than anyone else and I am so sorry that this happened to you." Alexis told her gently and Caroline breaks down even further, sobbing and clinging onto her friend. Her mind is a mess, holes in her memories and things just don't add up or make any sense yet something in Caroline's mind tells her not to question it or try too hard to remember.
"I hope she'll get over him soon." Alexis sighs as she looks to her friend and Bonnie nods in agreement, only then Alexis notices that Bonnie seems uneasy about something. "What is it?" She question the girl, furrowing her brow.
"Look, I know you have allot of stuff going on and you're busy-" Somethings on Bonnie's mind, it's clear she's worried about something.
"Hey, I might get busy but I'll always make and find time for you, Bonnie." Alexis cuts her off because Bonnie's coming to her with something and she needs to ether friend know she's there for her. The way she would have liked someone to be if she had actually told anyone she was pregnant when she first found out, instead of going through it alone until she went back to school and forced herself to be brave and tell someone. She really could have used that support but she was just too scared. Bonnie seems to relax at her words, giving Alexis a tight lipped smile. Alexis smiles back gently and leans forward. "I'm here, Bonnie, now tell me me what's going on?" with Bonnie breaks, she deflates.
"I'm scared, Alexis. Things have been happening..things I can't explain." She looks vulnerable her voice confused and scared. She's scared of the unknown, exactly like but also completely different to how was and still is. Alexis has been opening up more to Bonnie this past few weeks and Bonnie's realizing their situations are quite alike in one way or the other. Maybe that's why Bonnie feels like she can talk to Alexis about this because even though it's different Alexis would know what it feels like to not know what is happening, to be terrified of the unknown and have her world change because of one thing.
"What things?" Alexis inquires furrowing her brow and Bonnie tells her everything. From candles catching a flame just by her looking at them to feeling what imagines death would be like when she touched Stefan and many other things between. Alexis gets up after a moment, moving over and wrapping her arms around her friend.
"I'm here, what ever is happening, I'm here for you, Bonnie and I always will be." Alexis assures her as they embrace.
"Thank you." Bonnie tells her, mumbling it against Alexis hair before she pulls back slightly. The girls still have their arms loosely wrapped around each other.
"You know on the bright side, if you want, I could probably try and see your future..or guess about it." Bonnie suggests and Alexis purses her lips, complementing this. She doesn't see any harm in this so she nods.
"Sure." Alexis tells her and Bonnie smiles before she takes her hand, cautiously moving it forward. She gently places a hand on Alexis's bump while trying to focus on seeing the truth. Bonnie stills sharply, her eyes go glassy, distant and wide as images flash before her eyes. It's like she's frozen, but only for a split second, before looks up to Alexis with wide eyes, breath of air falling from her lips before they twitch up into a small smile. "Did you actually see something?" The pregnant girls questions curiously, quirking a brow, excited for what her friend might know about her future if Bonnie really is psychic.
"Yeah, Yeah I did." Bonnie nods speaking quietly looking a little shook. "I saw kids, I saw twins an-" Right then Alexis brain feels like it almost short circuits and all the breath is forced from her lungs.
"Twins?" Alexis cuts off her friend sharply, eyes widening and feeling herself start to panic at the prospect of being pregnant with twins. She's just cooping with the idea of having one baby now, there is no way she could cope with the idea of having twins at only seventeen.
"Yeah. I think you're going to have twins."
"That can't be right." The pregnant girl argues, completely pulling away from her friend, shaking her head not believing that she'll have twins. Last check up she was below average for weight gain and all that for this pregnancy, it wouldn't make any logic sense if she would have twins.
"Maybe." Bonnie speaks, frowning slightly as she has a feeling that she is not at all wrong but she can understand why Alexis is panicked so she doesn't push it at the moment.
"I should probably check on Matt, we have to be at the doctor's soon." Alexis tells Bonnie as she steps back.
"Yeah..." The mocha skinned girl trails off because it's a strong feeling she can't explain, a flash of images telling a story and she just knows. Alexis turns on her heal shaking her head and walking off to go see if Matt is finished with his manager but she's stopped when someone calls her name.
"'Lexis." A voice stops her, and half turns, looking at the guy standing there. She sees Stefan standing there looking regretful and her face softens, wanting to ask if he's okay but she already knows why he looks like that. Everything that's happened he feels guilty and she's not sue if he should or not.
"Stef." She greets him, turning to face him properly noticing he's holding some paper in his hands.
"Here, you weren't at today and thought you might need the work and the notes." He hands her some paper and she takes it, looking down at it almost feeling relieved.
"Thanks." Alexis tells him sincerely, looking up and giving the male a tight lipped smile.
"Look, Alexis...I'm sorry about what happened. I'm so sorry." He tells her and she can clearly see how honest he's being, he seems hurt by the fact someone else was hurt because he hadn't stepped up sooner.
"Why, Stef?" The brunette questions. His eyes fall shut in regret. "How could you let that go on, how could anyone?" She doesn't know the entire story, the concept of how someone could let that go on and not do anything is beyond her. She shaking her head but she stops herself from question further as she slowly realizes her line of questioning might is unfair because Stefan isn't the one to blame here, Damon is.
"I didn't let it go on, I was trying and... I need you to trust me that I've dealt with it now." Stefan sighs, looking at her seriously but gently making her believe his words. She still trusts him, he did warn her about Damon and when shes needed him he's been there, so yes she does.
"Somehow I do trust you..but how?" She asks him, he seems relieved at that, more than she would have thought.
"Damon's left Mystic Falls and he's not coming back." It's a different tone when he says it, part assuring but part blank which she factors as just pain from loosing his brother again, even if he is a bad guy. It's for the better. Alexis crosses her arms over her chest and she nods.
"That's for the best. We'll talk more tomorrow at sexy suds okay? I don't have time right now, Stef."
"Okay." Stefan agrees but he gives the pregnant girl a questioning look. "Everything okay?" He questions and she nods slowly.
"I'm a little off today but I have baby appointment." She elaborates and he has nods. That steady thrum of the babies heart beat fill his ears as he focuses on it for a moment, sort of checking up. His eyes flick back up to meet Alexis doe eyes and speaks up. "Hope everything goes well." He tells her, smile a little and she smiles back before turning away and finding Matt.
"Hey, done?" She asks as Matt comes over to her and he nods before smile.
"Yeah, ready to find out if this little guy is really a boy or girl?" She can tell just by that exactly what he's more hoping for but she smiles and laughs.
"Come on, lets go find out."
Alexis spent quite a while talking to her doctor about how she's feeling and asking questions. Both of the soon to be parents found themselves relieved when Dr. Beckett give them the results of the tests they toke last time. No problems showed up and that was exactly what they were hoping for. Eventually it was time for the ultrasound, something she won't have done at the next appointment. The gel is cold against her skin which has her flinching and laughing quietly. The doctor tells them they baby looking healthy and the heartbeat is right where its meant to be. Bonnie's words of twins keep bouncing through Alexis's head and Alexis can't help but ask. "It's just one right?" The pregnancy girls asks nervously, looking over at the screen and Matt makes a questioning almost alarmed sound, causing her to look to him. "Bonnie said she thought I was going to have twins and I can't stop thinking about that." She tells him and that seems to settle him a little as he thought that it was her thinking or feeling that she was pregnant with two but he still looks over to the doctor for conformation.
"Just the one, hope you're not too disappointed." The doctor tells them and Alexis lets out a breath of relief.
"No. One is good, one is plenty." She assures the doctor, shaking her head and almost laughing. Bonnie was wrong after all. After a few more moments and when they calm down the doctor asks them whether they would like to know the gender of their baby or not. Matt and Alexis share a look and the answer is clear as they share a small smile, they do want to know if they are having a little prince or princess. The doctor is sure of her answer, sure of the gender, not only because she can clearly see on the screen but because of the results of the blood work.
"Yes, we would." Matt speaks up, nodding and looking to the doctor as Alexis grabs to hold onto on of his hands. Alexis holds her breath as the doctor nods and stands moving the device across her abdomen until pausing. Looking at the screen and tilting her head before she looks back to the young couple.
"Congratulations, You're having a baby boy." The doctor tells them and Alexis feels breathless at knowledge she's having a son, she always wanted to have a son first even though she would have loved it if it were a girl, while Matt can already see the future start unfold. He can already see himself teaching his son how to shave, how to play ball, Football matches, little league game, he wants to be there for everything. He wants his son to be able to look into a crowd, whether a football match or a school play, and have his dad be there. He wants to be a good dad, if he'll actually be he doesn't know but he will try his hardest to be everything his son needs. Alexis can already see their son getting muddy from playing outside right after it rain, getting scraped knees from learning how to ride a bike, can see the future Sunday dinners. She can see a whole messy, amazing life unfold and she's so excited.
After the appointment the pair go to Matt's house, Vicki's not home so it's just them. Alexis heads to the kitchen feeling hungry and throws together something for them to eat. "That's a story for another day." Alexis tells him when he asks her why she loves cooking so much and he lets it go at that, now sensing there might be an actual reason for it. After eating the two of them find themselves in the lounge, her legs hooked over his as the rest on the couch, watching a movie but not really listening to it. "We should talk about that night." She tells him finally working up the courage to bring up the topic they have been avoiding.
"We should." He agree in a tone that's completely serious and clear he's thinking about what happened.
"I...I don't regret it, I have to say that first." She tell, nervously swallow and tying to place out her thoughts in the right way to tell him. "I just, I was slipping into downward spiral and I think everyone could see that." It was true, Alexis sort of flipped out after she almost died in the accident that stole her parents lives. She was drinking, partying and getting really close with her brother who was sort of pulling her further into the downward spiral. With Jeremy as a drug user and dealer it wouldn't be too far fetched for her to have taken something though it'd still surprise him if she did.
She looks away from him and speaks start speaking slowly and nervously. "I wanted you, I thought it was the only way and maybe it wasn't the right way to go about it but it seemed like the best idea at the time." She admits and he shakes his head.
"I shouldn't have taken advantage of you. You were grieving and drunk.." He tells her, he feels guilty about it but she looks at him, surprised.
"I throw myself at you and I wasn't drunk, I was hardly tipsy!" She argues with him, shaking her head because what he just said sounds absurd to her.
"It seemed like a good idea." He says almost distantly, repeating her words and that quiets her. She pauses for a moment, frowning slightly as she thinks of her next words.
"Then the sun came up and reality set in. And I felt like a complete utter idiot. I just lost my virginity to a buy who just broke up with my sister, identical twin, who I was not dating in hopes he might like me. Only to wake up and see that look on your face, like you had just made a mistake, like you only just realized I wasn't Elen-" Alexis starts spiraling but the the blond isn't having it as she gets more increasingly upset.
"Stop!" He cuts off, having enough and she looks to him eyes full of surprise, shocked look on her face. His face softens as he shakes his head. "I knew that it was you, not her, you." He tells her, and Elena is's something will always be there. He dated Elena, even loved her and of course, for good reason, he can tell Alexis is probably very insecure about that. Probably the only thing he's seen her like that about, save for the baby and telling people. He squeezes the hand placed on her upper leg that crossed over his lap as he looks at he gently.
"Elena is my past, I can't change and I wouldn't but right now, Alexis? I'm dating you, I'm planning a future and a life together with you. I'm falling for you." He can't say he is in love with her, he loves her but he's not there yet. He leans forward, pressing a kiss tot he side of her face, her eyes slip shut for a second before he continues. "That morning I woke up and I just..I didn't believe it. How was I suppose to talk to you after that? I didn't know how to. You were going through allot and I didn't want to add to it so I ignored it, or tried to." He explains, shaking his head regretting his approach to what happened. She looks at him, she can't fault him it was just as much her as it was him. She nods, tears are falling down her face, she's not sure when they started.
"This summer was easily worst, my first one I that I had stayed in Mystic Hills in for years." Her voice is hitching slightly as she starts to explain. As for the staying in Mystic falls thing she had stayed with her uncle John every other summer but considering circumstance she had to be with her brother and sister this time around. "After that I couldn't go to another party, so I locked myself away in my room. When I found out I was pregnant.. I didn't accept a it at first, I couldn't. I didn't want to ruin your life because of my decision. It toke me a long time to accept I was pregnant and then I kept it to myself. I wouldn't t tell you first but couldn't pick up a phone." She's crying as she speaks, she look so vulnerable, she is and Matt hates having her look and/or be so upset. Alexis was a ball of hurt confusion and heartbreak over the summer. Matt sighs, bring a hand up and wiping some tears from his face. She leans to his touch.
"I was confused, hurt and...I would never use you like that, I'd never use you just for sex. You're my best friend and care about you so damn much even if we weren't very close at the time." The summer wasn't fun for him either, he broke up with Elena and started party but after he slept with Alexis he was more distant, distracted. Even after it happened Tyler still dragged him to parties but he wouldn't even look at a girl, he didn't now if he should pick up the phone or not. Tyler had known that they slept together, saw them kissing that night before they had both disappeared from the party. He talked with Tyler about a few times but he could never figure what to do, how to approach the topic or just never toke any of Tyler's advice. It was a complicated situation he didn't want to worsen it after all, Alexis did just loose her parents. Matt didn't enjoy the parties much and Vicki told him he was quote 'moping around like a loser' for the rest of the summer.
She knows he's not that type of guy, she knew he wasn't but at that time she did couldn't help but think those things. Right now she has no doubt as to what kind of guy he is and she feels so damn lucky to have him. She looks back at him reaching a hand up to rest on his neck.
"I'm so damn lucky I have you." She tells him, she loves him so much and there will not be a day that passes where is not thankful for him. He has tears on his face but pays them no mind as his lips quirk up. He pulls her face closer, like his hands have a mind of their, and he kisses her. She melts into him and she thinks she's the lucky one but honestly he feels like he is.
SO THERE IT IS! Having a boy! Honestly I like switching things up and as adorable having a little girl would be as I thought about it more and talked to other users them having boy made the most sense. Please the majority of pregnancy fics are all having baby girls, in the show Klaus had a daughter and Caroline had two daughters, no one had sons so yeah. Plus boy was voted higher on the poll I had put up 24-18. Didn't get to them talking about baby names but oh well, thing for another chapter as i feel like this had allot. (hmmm Bonnie's words will bought up again next chapter) I don't think that last scene came out very good as I sort of totally blanked but hopefully it's okay
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