Stefan woke up and walked tiredly into his office. He still had some work to catch up on but he called and he's working from home today. It was almost ten in the morning when he heard the doors to the elevator open and soft footsteps he'd surprisingly recognize anywhere come towards his office.
She appeared in the doorway. "Hi." She said in a slight whisper. She didn't walk further in his office as he stood.
"Elena." He said in a whisper as well. "What are you doing here?" He asked. It was then he realized he still wasn't wearing a shirt because he literally woke up a half hour ago.
Elena shrugged and started walking farther into his office but stopping a few feet away from him. "I really need to tell you something." She said. Stefan straightened up and nodded for her to go on. "So, yes. I have been hiding something from you. And, I promise you it will make it easier to understand why I was throwing up." She started. "I found out, the day of the wedding that I was pregnant." She said softly.
Stefan's lips parted. "You're pregnant?" He asked with shakiness noticeable in his voice.
Elena nodded. "I know that you are probably scared and confused, because I feel the same way." She said putting her hand on her stomach as tears sprung to her eyes.
Stefan shook his head. "No. Stop." He said putting his hand up. "How could you not tell me when you found out? If it's mine, I think I have a right to know." He said but then instantly regretted his words.
Elena looked at him confused. "I didn't know how to tell you and what exactly are you implying, 'if it's yours?'" She asked with air quotes around if it's yours. Stefan started shaking his head. "Stop." She said putting her hand up now. "Why the hell would you have any thought in your mind that I would cheat on you?" She asked. It was a rhetorical question so she didn't want Stefan to answer and as he started she stopped him. "I honestly can't believe you said that!" She almost yelled.
Stefan shrugged. "I'm not implying anything. I didn't mean to say that but you just sprung this on me so fast." He said raising his voice. They both instantly knew that the fight was going to turn out like the one the other day.
Elena shook her head. "Whatever. I just thought that you should know I'm carrying YOUR baby." She said.
Stefan wiggled his lips. "I'm not ready for a kid, Elena. I'm scared!" He yelled.
Elena shook her head. "How do you think I feel?" She screamed back. "I'm scared and confused and I just need some support!" She yelled. "And if your not willing to give that to me," She started but stopped as tears came to her eyes quickly and one rolled down her cheek. "Then I have plenty of other people that can support me!" She finished and wiped her tear away roughly and ran out of his office.
She sat in her car for a few minutes crying. She didn't know how to process that Stefan didn't want to take care of the baby and help Elena out, although, he probably did but Elena took it the wrong way. She didn't know.
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Two weeks had gone by and Elena and Stefan talked once after their second fight, which turned into a fight. Elena didn't know what to do. Bonnie had gone back to London with Kol so she had one less person to talk to. Katherine was with her a lot though. Even when Elena just wanted to be alone, Katherine would show up and say she's just checking in but then ending up sleeping over.
Elena was home alone now fortunately. Music was playing softly from her speaker with her phone attached to it. She was singing softly when she heard someone walking from the elevator towards her kitchen. When the person came into view she smiled and ran to him. "Jer!" She exclaimed and tightly put her arms around his neck.
He hugged her back. "Hey." He sighed. Elena let go and looked up at him. Two years younger than her and he was about 5 inches taller. "Mom told me." He said.
Elena nodded and backed up to lean against the island. "I figured." She said with a small laugh.
"I guess congratulations are an order." Jeremy smiled lightly and she did too. "Have you talked to Stefan since you told him?" He asked. Elena looked at him confused. "Mom kept me updated with everything I should have said." He said.
Elena laughed. "Well, yes. But, it was a talk for about five minutes then we started fighting." She said sadly. "I don't blame him for being upset or confused but to be a dick about it is completely different and stupid." She said and pulled her fingers through her hair.
Jeremy pursed his lips. "Do you ever think you guys should take a break? Just so he can realize how much of a dick he is being and be there for you." He asked.
Elena shook her head. "Nope. Not at all." She partly lied. "I guess I didn't want to think about the possibility of us breaking up so I just dismissed the thought." She told him.
He nodded. "I'm not going to try and get you upset or anything, but I really think you should take a break. And I'm not saying break up for good, but seriously just take a few weeks or so." He said trying to give good advice.
Elena had really thought about taking a break. She just didn't know how to talk to Stefan without having it turn into a fight lately. She shrugged and decided to change the subject. "So, are excited to graduate?" She asked.
Jeremy smiled and nodded. He was graduating from NYU in May and it was April now. "I am. Done with school in one month from today actually." He said. "Are you going?" She asked.
Elena looked offended. "Of course I'm going to go!" She told him hitting his shoulder causing him to put his hand on it because it hurt for a second.
He shrugged. "Well, you didn't come to my high school graduation so I just wanted to make sure." He said with a sly grin. Elena rolled her eyes and didn't answer because he knew why she couldn't come back for his high school graduation but just wanted to be an ass.
Jeremy stayed the whole day and they ordered Chinese for dinner and talked more but then he had to leave because he had some classes the next day.
As she was walking into her room seeing how it was already 10, she thought about how nice it was to spend the day with her brother and how they should have more of those days.
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Elena started showing more. It has been so long since Stefan and Elena had talked, a few weeks at least. Elena was driving on one of the back roads of New York to get to her parents house when her phone rang. It was Stefan.
She let it ring for a few seconds before pressing the button in her car to answer it. "Hi." She sighed.
Stefan hesitated before saying hello. "Hi." He said with a raspy voice. "I called to say that I think that we should," He paused. Elena knew what was coming and she closed her eyes for a second. "We need to take a break, Elena. This fighting, it isn't healthy." He said.
Elena opened her eyes and nodded to herself. "Uh, yeah. I was thinking that too." It was then she noticed a car swerving in front of her. She had no clue what it was going to do. "Stefan." She said in a worried tone.
He caught on quickly. "What's wrong?" He asked quickly. He heard tires screech and he didn't hear anything on the other line. "Elena?" He asked. "Elena?" He shouted into the phone.
There was no answer. Elena's head was bleeding and she was passed out with half of her body out of the now opened car door. She didn't hear someone running up to her in a frantic voice calling the ambulance or Stefan calling her name on the phone. She didn't hear anything. Elena was out.
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Stefan hung up and instantly called back but that went right to voicemail. He was starting to get scared. He heard the tires screech and a bang but he didn't want to believe Elena was part of it at all.
Although, now that he's not hearing from her, he's starting to think that's the case. The way she spoke his name right before everything went away got to him. She sounded worried like she knew something was going to happen sometime soon.
Stefan didn't call anyone else. He didn't know what else to do. He had no idea what could have happened to Elena if anything.
He was even more scared then, than when Elena told him she was pregnant. Then suddenly he realized. The baby. If something happened to the baby and Elena had survived, she'd be a mess. Stefan didn't want anything to happen to either of them.
This made him ten times more scared.
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The ambulance quickly got the scene with the police. They asked questions to the girl that called them for Elena. "Do you know her?" The police officer asked.
The girl shook her head. "I mean I know she's Elena Gilbert. Her fashion line is amazing but no I don't know her personally." She said shakily.
The police officer nodded. "What did you see?" He asked. The girl didn't answer right away as she tried to remember everything.
She remembered and sighed before speaking again. "I was driving in the right lane while she was in the left and I was a few cars behind but I saw the car that hit her was swerving." She said. "I could tell Elena didn't know what to do so I guess she decided to switch lanes but the car swerved more and it was a head on impact." She recited.
The police officer nodded again. "Thank you. That's all." He said and walked back to the other officers. The paramedics put Elena carefully on a stretcher and took her into the ambulance truck.
Elena hadn't woken up yet. The paramedics found another bleeding source besides her head. It was by her stomach right on her ribs. It was the glass that shattered from her front window. It cut her.
They finally got to the hospital and rushed inside. One of the paramedics stopped by at the nurse's desk. "Call Elena Gilberts family and tell them she is in surgery," He started but then turned when he heard someone behind him.
Stefan was standing there. He didn't want it to be true that she was in the hospital but it was. He took a guess. The surgeon walked by Stefan and he grabbed his arm. "She's pregnant." He told the surgeon. "But if it comes down to one or the other, I need my girl to stay with me. We can make another baby, but we can't make another one of her." He said with tears burning his eyes.
The doctor hesitated but held out his hand to shake Stefan's. He nodded. "Will do, Mr. Salvatore." He said and started rushing towards where they were taking her.
The paramedic stopped in front of Stefan. "Who are you?" He asked. Stefan looked quickly to the paramedic.
He cleared his throat before answering. "I'm her boyfriend." He decided to say. He didn't really want to be broken up anymore.
The paramedic nodded. "You can sit down in the waiting area and the doctors will tell you when something is happening.
The nurse was still calling her family because she had her parents and Jeremy listed on her emergency contacts. Not twenty minutes later, Miranda, Elena's father Grayson and Jeremy were rushing towards Stefan. "What happened?" Miranda asked hurriedly.
Stefan shrugged. "I don't know. I called her and I guess she was driving but whenever she's driving and talking she has it on Bluetooth." He said quickly so they didn't think he meant to call her while she was driving. "All I heard was a crash and I didn't know what happened. Elena stopped talking and then I hung up."
Miranda hugged Stefan. "She's going to be okay." She said to him. She quickly let go to look at him. "What about the baby?" She asked.
Stefan wanted to cry even more when she brought the baby up. "I don't know." He said with his voice shaking. Miranda hugged him again and took the support because he needed it the most right now.
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