"WHAT" I yelled how the hell they know already, I couldn't believe that there was already a rumour going around
"This is why I didn't want her to know" Stefan came around the bench and tried to get me to calm down
"How the hell do they know already?" I asked her since she was the only one giving me answers
"Apparently whoever started the rumours saw you and Stefan at the maternity ward on Saturday and they even took a picture" she showed me the picture of us coming out of the doctor's office "They must have seen you go in there and Stefan being the main source of spicy rumours thought they'd follow you two" oh my god
"Elena it doesn't matter what they think it's just rumours don't confirm anything they'll get over it" Stefan tried to console but I know that they won't get over it especially when I start showing as that will confirm their suspicions
"They are not going to get over it Stefan especially when I start showing within the next few months"
"It was bound to happen Elena it just did a little sooner than planned" Lex replied and I walked away why does everything have to go wrong
"Elena" Stefan called me back but I needed time to think, I went upstairs and into the bathroom splashing cold water on my face then looked at my reflection, I lifted my shirt and just stared at my still flat stomach although it was harder than before in just six weeks
"Lena were going to be late and we still have to talk with Mr Phillips"
"Everyone is going to stare" I replied looking over at the doorway where he was standing still with my shirt up
"Let them stare their irrelevant Elena its only you, me and this baby we worry about okay" I nodded as he placed his hands on my belly "What were you looking at"
"Just thinking that this won't be so little in a couple of weeks" I replied he smiled and kissed my head
"You'll still be the most beautiful girl in the world to me" I pulled my shirt down and we walked downstairs, Lex smiled at me and we left for school
When we pulled up at school I saw every head turn towards us as they all recognised Stefan's Porsche I cursed this car now they all were waiting for a look at me
"Stefan I can't do this" I sunk down in my seat hiding from their gazes
"Yes you can Lena" I shook my head and saw Lex lean forward
"Elena walk in there and embrace it don't let them bring you down your doing one of the toughest things a woman can do bringing another life into the world because of the love you two have for each other" I smiled and nodded at her, Stefan shot her an appreciative smile then got out of the car I breathed in and out as he opened my door and held out his hand for me
I took his hand and stepped out of the car, then Lex got out pushing the seat back into place and closed the door with slam Stefan frowned at her for disrespecting his precious Porsche, we walked into school going straight to my locker first I could feel every eye on us it felt like the very first time I walked in with Stefan all over again
"Everyone is staring at me" I whispered glancing around
"What did we say ignore them" Lex spoke up louder than I would have liked
"Elena" Caroline and Bonnie ran up to us and I felt bad having not been the one to tell them "Is it true" they asked at the same time
"Guys later okay" I said as I watched Katherine walking up to us
"Stefan" she purred "You didn't call after the party"
"There's a reason for that Katherine" he replied and I laughed this was so much like that first day that it was funny
"Oh Elena I'm amazed he's still with you but then that's probably why you told him and everyone you got knocked up because you know someone like Stefan doesn't go for people like you" I felt my anger rise how dare she
"Katherine stop making a fool of yourself" Lexi cut in before me
"Why it's true she probably cheated on Stefan and it isn't even his baby as whenever we had sex he covered up so there is no way that baby is his she's a slut"
"Why don't you just shut up for once in your life Katherine or is that too hard for, you don't know the truth so stop digging yourself further and waste your time on your latest flavour of the month" I knew she had been hooking up with Klaus lately
"You little-" she went to slap me but Lexi punched her straight in her fake-nose job and everyone cheered
"You touch her or Stefan and I'll do worse than that Katherine" Lexi screamed and I saw Ric approach us
"Alexia go to the principal's office now, you two as well" he escorted us to the main office and made us wait while Mr Phillips talked with Lex "Your mom called your Aunt telling her everything" he said waiting with us as he had to give his own statement on Lex punching Kat
"Really" I asked
"Yeah then Jenna told me" I nodded "Congrats guys but you could have waited you know" he laughed and it felt good to have some of my family on my side and not so cold towards me
"Thanks Ric" I said as Lex came out
"I got detention hey Alaric" she said spitefully but she was laughing
"Alexia go to class you're already late" they never called each other by the nicknames
"See you guys in class" she left and we got called in
"Sit down Elena, Stefan" Mr Phillips said pointing to the seats I sat down and so did Stefan who grabbed my hand in support "Now your brother told me of the situation Stefan" we nodded and let him talk "Now Elena I have let most of your teachers know the situation and the school nurse so if you have any problems you let them know and they'll take care of you also you'll need to keep up with your work so you have enough credits to graduate"
"Yes sir I know and I'm going to do the best I can do" I replied
"Damon also requested that I change your classes so that you are always together but unfortunately given we are so far into the year that would only set you two back as you'd need to catch up so Elena I suggest you tell some of your friends which could watch out for you and Stefan if anything happened you would be notified that's the best I can do" Stefan went to protest but I calmed him down by squeezing his hand
"We'll be fine with that" I looked at him telling him to let it go and that I'd be fine I was going to tell Bonnie and Caroline the rumours were true so they could watch out for me
"Elena given that you can't do any physical activity you will be excused from gym but we will be giving you some extra work so that you can still get enough credits" I nodded and he finally excused us and we went to class with Stefan warning me to be careful and text if I felt off in any way
I walked into class and all eyes turned to me, I gave my tardy note to the teacher then took my seat in between Bonnie and Caroline they both smiled at me and I wanted to let them know so I sneaked my phone out and texted them
Rumours true sorry I didn't tell you – Elena they texted back almost straight away
Oh my god congrats I can't believe it – Caroline
Wow Elena that's great – Bonnie
I smiled as they accepted it I just wish my parents had it hurt me that they didn't the one time in a girl's life where we truly needed our parents guidance and they couldn't accept it, it made me upset
By the time I walked into history I was getting hungry and tired but also had to pee really bad, I put my stuff down then walked back out to the bathroom thankful that it wasn't that far from Ric's classroom
By the time I had got back to class everyone was already seated and Ric had started the lesson I apologised and took my seat Stefan mouthed if I'm okay and I nodded to reassure him and listened to Ric go on out WW1
When the bell went for lunch I was practically pulling Stefan towards the cafeteria as I'm starving, this kid is seriously messing with my appetite
"Easy Lena you'll pull off my arm go sit and I'll get you food"
"Thank you anything savoury and salty" he chuckled softly as I took a seat at our usual table, Lex sat down already with her tray of food and I eyed her burger making her laugh
"I can see someone's hungry" she handed me her fries and I thanked her
"It's not me" I whispered savouring these until Stefan came back making her laugh
"I picture a boy because they definitely have Stefan's appetite" she said and I looked around but not many people were here yet since I practically ran here
"Keep it down Lex" Stefan said putting a tray down with two burgers, fries and a coke and water I knew the water was for me as Stefan wouldn't let me touch caffeine "I heard you like all the way back there"
"Mostly everyone knows"
"Yeah but were not confirming it remember they don't know for sure unless you scream it to the rooftop" he sat down next to me and laughed to see me holding Lex's fries "Hungry today"
"Ravenous" I replied making him laugh
Life got better at school when we didn't confirm the rumours to be true and they couldn't tell so they died down, Katherine was still shooting daggers my way but that's nothing new, I was managing to keep up with my school work I'm just going on nine weeks I still had my nausea, tiredness and felt a bit dizzy some days
I was getting dressed after my shower this morning and noticed that my breasts just seem bigger as I put my bra on and it hurt them a little as the cup just felt wrong I needed to look into this I pulled my shirt on and pulled my jeans on which were getting a little snug these days then walked back out to the bedroom I saw the book Stefan had brought and flicked trough until I found the nine week page
"Just great" I muttered when I had read through it, I tried to avoid reading this book as reading it scared me but if I was about to go through all this so soon maybe I should know, I know Stefan had read this thing front to back and it would be easier just to ask him but it felt weird discussing this stuff with him
"Elena what are you doing" I screamed as his voice came out of nowhere and I dropped the book when I jumped
"Stefan don't do that you're going to give us a heart attack" I said picking up the book and put it down on his desk
"Sorry were you reading that"
"No" I deflected I had made it clear that I didn't want to read the book when he brought it but he had just caught me in the act
"Sure, you know you can ask me"
"Yeah that's because you read it front to back in two hours" I replied smiling at him
"What's going on" he asked smiling, he looked for any way to get involved as I know he feels left out but right now there was nothing he could do
"Nothing I just noticed something when I was getting dressed"
"What your jeans starting to get tight" he asked and I pinched my eyebrows together "Don't get mad I'm merely making an observation" he added trying to put his hand down my pants which he couldn't get very far
"Stefan" I wiggled and blushed, we hadn't had sex at all since I found out I was pregnant and I could feel it was taking a toll on us sexually as we went from having sex every chance we could get to nothing in a heartbeat but lately I just wasn't feeling up for it "No it wasn't that"
"Ah you're breasts are bigger that's it" I looked up to his smiling face in shock did he really notice that "I read the book remember I know their supposed to be growing bigger by now" huh maybe I should read the book, I looked down at it "You can ask me anything I want to know what's going on I feel useless right now" I looked back up at him he was brooding, I wrapped my arms around his waist and hugged him
"You're doing so much already Stefan I couldn't do this without you" I kissed his chest and he lifted my face to look him in the eyes
"I want to be invested with everything that's going on" I felt so bad for him as I get to feel everything while he just has to sit back and watch I couldn't imagine it
"You are" I replied hoping to reassure him "I promise okay you're doing everything I need you too" he nodded and kissed me I couldn't wait until the nausea and exhaustion were over
When I entered my twelve week I grew extremely excited as I was feeling so much better the nausea and fatigue has eased off and we had another doctors visit today which meant we were skipping school but Mr Phillips had emailed us our work today having been told about it we tried to get an afternoon appointment but they were all booked out they only had early appointments
I was getting ready before we had to leave and felt a slight change in my stomach there was definitely a change there it looked swelled, my smile grew as I yelled for Stefan he had to see this he seemed more depressed lately and the feeling that he couldn't connect with our baby was present
"STEFAN" I yelled again and saw him and Damon both come running into the bathroom looking panicked, I blushed as I was just in my underwear and Damon looked away
"What is it Elena you okay the baby"
"What oh yeah were fine but look" I run my hand softly over the swell and his face lit up
"You're showing" he came over and felt it himself, Damon was smiling but trying to look anywhere else so I pulled on my jeans and pulled on a singlet laughing at his behaviour "You can turn now Damon she's dressed" Damon turned and smiled at me
"You know you scared the shit out of us" he said
"Sorry I didn't mean to I was just so excited" I replied feeling my little belly again it was so cute I couldn't believe it
"I love you so much" he kissed me in front of Damon and I blushed
"Alright you two you're going to be late I've had my heart attack today so get going" Damon interrupted we laughed and I finished getting dressed then we went to our appointment
I was thankful I didn't have to deal with that other reception lady as today it was an elderly lady that checked us in, we took a seat and I avoided looking around as all the posters and diagrams still made me nervous
"Elena Gilbert" a nurse called us in after a little while we stood and walked into the room going through all the usual stuff like my weight gain I almost freaked out right there when it said I lost two kilos as shouldn't I be gaining weight
"Is that normal for her to lose weight" Stefan asked and the nurse smiled at him
"Most women tend to lose some weight during the first trimester its nothing to worry about just yet" he still looked slightly worried and I knew I would be seeing food as soon as we got out of here, she checked my blood pressure which was normal, measured around my stomach and I smiled when she confirmed that it had grown slightly "Dr. Alver will be in shortly" I nodded and sat down on the chair while I watched Stefan pace nervously
"Stefan sit down its fine I have been vomiting a lot these last couple of months" he sighed and sat down next to me then grabbed my hand
"Right I'm sorry I'm just so nervous" I laughed at the irony of this as last visit it was me that was so nervous and now it was him
"Relax and calm remember" I copied his words from the last visit and he smiled knowingly just as Dr. Alver walked in
"Elena everything looks great now let's check that baby's heart beat" I smiled and hopped up on the table lifting my shirt, Stefan came over to stand next to me I grabbed his hand as she put a small thing on my stomach which was connected to some hand held machine
She flipped it on and moved the little wand around until we heard a thumping sound come out of it I almost cried when she confirmed that was our baby's heart beat "That sounds perfect still around eighty beats per minute" she turned the machine off and put it back "You two have one healthy baby" I smiled as I felt Stefan squeeze my hand and sigh "I can see dad is a little relived have there been problems"
"No, he's just having trouble connecting" I replied
"Most fathers do as there's not much on the outside happening but there's plenty on the inside if I was to do an ultrasound you'd see they look more tiny human than alien" I nodded hoping hearing her that, Stefan would relax a little
"Thankyou Dr. Alver" he said shaking her hand
"Please call me Alice I think we can be on first name basis" she winked at us and we left when she cleared us
The next day when we were walking into school I was trying to suck my stomach in hoping to hide it just a little bit longer but found it nearly impossible
"Stop trying to suck in your stomach" Stefan whispered in my ear, he had his arm around my shoulders so it didn't look odd that he was whispering in my ear, we walked to my locker and I grabbed my books out putting them in my bag that I started carrying around with snacks in as I got peckish around second period
"I don't want it be known just yet"
"You're only going to get bigger" he smiled whispering he was overjoyed something was finally happening on the outside
"Hey Elena" I heard Care come up behind us followed by Bonnie and Lexi "We were thinking of a shopping trip after school you should come since you have way more energy lately" she asked and as much as I hated shopping trips with her and Lex it sounded nice, I hadn't really been out of the house much other than school, my check-ups and food when Stefan tried to get me out of the house as I complained I was going stir crazy
"I don't know" Stefan began
"Sounds great I need to get out of house it'd be nice" I saw Stefan frown at me
"Elena are you sure"
"Ease up Stefan she'll be with all of us, unless you want to come and shop with us" Lex interrupted and wrapped an arm around his shoulder knowing already that he'd say no he hated shopping with Lex as he became her bag mule
"I think I'll pass since I know you want to update your wardrobe which I don't think is a good shopping trip for Elena to go on"
"Stefan we won't let her carry or lift a thing you have my Girl Scout honour" he chuckled
"You weren't a girl scout so that's worth nothing"
"Come on Stefan let the girl out you already got her pregnant" Caroline replied and my head snapped up looking around if anyone caught that
"Caroline" I yelled at her and she cursed apologising "Stefan I'll be okay and I'll take a break if it gets too much you know Lexi wouldn't let anything happen to me"
"Fine" he muttered as the bell rang, I stood on my tippy toes kissing his cheek which he quickly grabbed my face and caught my lips instead kissing me slow and deep
"Alright love birds you can do this later" Lex pulled his shoulder getting him to detach our lips I missed the connection as it's the most we've done since we found out about my pregnancy
"I love you" he said brushing my hair behind my ear undeterred my Lex pulling him to class
"We love you to" I replied and heard Caroline and Bonnie awe then we finally went our separate ways to class
"You two are so cute together even after all this time" I smiled as we walked in late
At lunch Stefan seemed pissed and I was worried that something had happened he seemed fine in history but that might have been an act, he was still Stefan as he got my lunch for me but he just seemed off because like he could read me sometimes, I could read Stefan
"Lex is Stefan okay he's not mad I'm going shopping is he" I knew she'd tell me whether Stefan had told her not to
"No Tanner is threatening to kick him off the team if he misses practice again" oh I knew he'd missed a couple of practises but I didn't know he was in danger of losing his spot on the team he still played at all the games and I watched but he did miss a few practices
Stefan came back before I could answer her setting my lunch down smiling but I knew that was his wall he puts up so that he doesn't worry me and I really hate it when he does it because I tell him everything well mostly everything unless I know he'd panic I didn't tell him which was rarely anything
After lunch I pulled Stefan to the side so that we could talk he was surprised by my actions and immediately started thinking something was wrong with the baby
"No Stefan were fine but why didn't you tell me Tanner is going to kick you off the team if you miss practice" he sighed and I heard him curse Lexi under his breathe
"Don't worry about it"
"Stefan you shouldn't let yourself get kicked off the team you love football"
"I loved football Elena but it's not important anymore"
"Stefan listen to me okay just because I can't go to college doesn't mean you shouldn't and if you can get your football scholarship than you should I will follow you anywhere you want to go"
"Elena-"
"Come on Stefan it's what you and your dad always dreamed about you told me that the very first time we met so don't give up on your dream" he cringed at the mention of his dad but he needed to be reminded of that "Go to practise I can wait around school for you and study or Damon can pick me up"
"Okay" he hugged me and I realised we were really late for class "Where did I find someone as amazing as you"
"You entered the library" I replied making him laugh and we went to class my teacher was really angry when I came in late but Lex and Caroline smiled since they also took art
"Did you get him back into football practise" Lex asked once we were given today's tasks
"Yeah I think I got through to him"
After school I walked with Lex, Care and Bon to Stefan's car waiting for him as I told them I had to see him before we left to make sure he went to practice, when I watched him finally walk up he seemed to be lost in thought
"Yo Stefan back to earth" Lex yelled at him and he snapped out of it
"I thought you guys would have left already" he asked us
"Elena didn't want to leave without seeing you first" Care replied, he smiled at me and walked up to me
"I just wanted to make sure you're okay" I sort of lied, I did want to see if he was okay but I also wanted to make sure he was going to football practice
"Mmhmm" he cupped my cheek and brought our lips together "I'm going relax, go enjoy a girls shopping trip just call me if anything happens I'll still have my phone on me"
"Okay" I kissed his lips once more then we went going in Hailey's car I felt really strange going anywhere without Stefan as we haven't been apart once since I moved in with him
We finally got to the mall and Lex dragged us to the more expensive stores, I could never afford anything here especially now that I didn't live with my parents so I was just following Lexi and Caroline as they ran about the store picking out clothes they liked
We had moved onto three other stores Lex and Care already had six bags each and I was trailing after them like a lost puppy
I was sitting in the store waiting for them to finish browsing when I saw Katherine approaching me I should have known she'd be here and knew straight away that I'm going to hate what she's going to say so I looked around for Lex or the others but couldn't see them
"I'm amazed to see you here Elena shouldn't you be somewhere for pregnant people"
"Go bother someone else for once Katherine I'm not in the mood"
"No I want to bother the one that stole my boyfriend"
"I didn't steal him you two had been broken up three months before Stefan even asked me out"
"Exactly three months if you had just stayed the book freak we would have got back together if you just stayed away and be invisible that would be me" she yelled catching the attention of almost everyone in the store "You have nothing I don't but he picked you over this"
"Katherine I can't explain it Stefan and I were meant for each other you'll find what we have one day I'm sure"
"You don't know that" she pushed me back and I fell as it was sudden and unexpected then everything went dark I thought I heard Lex yell my name but was out before I heard anything else