The next day, after her family and their friends cried over how she was awake and okay, Stefan got more alone time with her. "Since when do you grow a beard?" She asked.

Stefan smiled and rubbed his face with his hands feeling his scruff on his chin and cheeks. "Haven't been home in a while. Didn't get to shower and shave." He said honestly and sat down again.

Elena nodded. "So that's what that smell is." She said. Stefan laughed along with Elena. "I'm okay." She said taking his hand and squeezing it. "You can go shower." She said with a pleading look.

Stefan stood and stood right near here at the edge of the bed. "What? You don't like the scruff?" He asked leaning down to kiss her.

Elena shook her head and smiled as he reached her lips. "I really don't. Or the smell." She laughed. The kiss lasted a few seconds then Stefan broke away. "Go." She said.

Stefan rubbed her arm lightly. "I'll be back soon, okay?" He said to her. She nodded and pointed out the door. "Okay, okay." He said and finally walked out and started for the elevator.

Elena sighed and put her head back. She was finally alone with peace and quiet. Her hand went to her stomach and rubbed the bump forming. "Hey little ones." She said. "Thanks for helping me wake up. I think I made your daddy really happy." She said with a laugh. She sat back again but kept her hand on her stomach. Stefan was happy and so was she.

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Elena was still in the hospital after two days. Stefan was there with her every minute for anything that she needed. But she didn't mind at all. Since he was there that whole time, Elena knew that he maybe didn't want to take a break anymore. It was the middle of the night and Stefan couldn't sleep. He couldn't think of why but he just couldn't.

Elena woke up and saw him staring down at his phone. "Why are you up?" She asked.

Stefan quickly moved his eyes to her. "I couldn't sleep." He said stuffing his phone back in his pocket.

She moved over as much as she could. "Come lie down with me." She said. Stefan smiled.

Stefan had very badly wanted to but he didn't want to hurt her. "Are you sure?" He asked. Elena nodded. He slowly moved over to her and slipped in next to her. She put her head on his chest and draped her arm over his stomach. He kissed her head softly as he felt her breathing slow down as she fell back asleep.

It took him a while, but he eventually did and he felt good with who was next to him. Elena always made him feel better.

The next afternoon, Elena was being let out. The doctor came in before so she could sign some papers. "How are you feeling, Elena?" He asked.

She nodded as she signed the last form and handed it back to him. "Really well." She smiled.

The doctor nodded. "Good. Now, I have some news for you." He said. "Your family had found out something before you had. You are having twins, Miss. Gilbert." He told her.

Elena looked up at him and immediately thought of her dream before she woke up. "What?" She asked super surprised. Stefan smiled and came over to the side of her. He kissed her hair with a smile. She looked up at him quickly. "You're okay with this?" She asked with a faint smile appearing on her lips.

Stefan nodded. "I don't know why I was never not okay with it. We are having kids, I shouldn't have been such a dick." He laughed.

Elena stood. Her arms went around his waist and she looked up at him. She knew she had an audience of her mother, father, brother and doctor but she didn't care. "I love you." She whispered, as she looked straight into his eyes.

Stefan smiled widely. "You have no idea how good it is to hear you say that." He said and smiled then leaned down to kiss her lips. She moved her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. Once they got the aww's from her mother and eww's from her brother, they broke apart. "I love you too." He said when his lips were against her forehead.

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Elena walked into her room and smiled. She turned and saw Stefan drop whatever stuff ended up at the hospital by the door. "Thank you." She said and sat on the cushion bench at the end of her bed. "You'd think I'd be tired," She said. Stefan came over to sit next to her.

Stefan smiled and put a hand on her leg and she put her head on his shoulder. "I have a surprise for you." He said and started to pull something out of his pocket. It was two tickets to go somewhere.

Elena yanked them out of his hand and looked at them. "Italy?" She asked with a smile and Stefan nodded. "Stefan." She said and hugged him. "I've always wanted to go to Italy. I remember when you went for a few weeks in the summer every year. I always wanted to go with you." She laughed.

Stefan smiled. "Well, now you do get to go with me, just the two of us. In two weeks." He said taking the tickets back and placing them on the bed.

She hugged Stefan tightly. "Just the two of us?" She asked excitedly. She looked at him with hopeful eyes and he didn't really want to tell her everyone was coming along.

He shrugged. "Just the two of us for a full three days, that is." He said and studied her face to see her expression.

She shrugged and smiled. "That's fine." She said and kissed his lips. "I love you." They kissed again and Stefan made dinner for the two of them.

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Elena has been out of the hospital for four days. She was feeling a lot better but was still pregnant so she was a bit uncomfortable. Stefan was out all day for some reason so she called Katherine to come hang out for a bit. Katherine was busy too.

She contemplated having Damon coming over because they never hang out but then decided against it and went simple with calling Caroline who was more than happy to come over. She walked in with a bag in her hand and Elena got up slowly and looked confused. "What's all that?" She asked.

Caroline placed it on the table and smiled deviously at Elena. "Ice cream, movies, cookies, candy and anything sweet." She said happily while unpacking the items in the bag.

Elena smiled and walked over to her. "You are lucky I am craving chocolate chip mint." She said and rushed to get a spoon then started digging into the ice cream. "What movies did you bring?" She asked with a mouth full of ice cream.

Caroline laughed at her before answering. "Clueless, The Notebook, The Lucky One, The Best Of Me, The Hangover. Part one, two and three." She noted. "And 50 First Dates." She listed.

Elena looked surprised. "Wow. So much to choose from." She said. Caroline nodded. "How many do you think we can watch today before Stefan gets back?" She asked.

Caroline shrugged. "I think we could get in all the Hangovers." She said. "Since you won't be able to have one we'll just have to watch a movie about it." She laughed. Elena rolled her eyes and shoved another spoonful of ice cream in her mouth as Caroline followed her into her bedroom with the movies and the food.

After Elena put the first move of Hangover in the TV, she sat down next to Caroline and started eating the rest of her ice cream and picking at the other foods as well.

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"God, I don't know what I'm doing." Stefan said with a small laugh as he leaned on the glass case showing all the beautiful jewelry.

Katherine came and stood next to him. "You're doing the right thing. You guys are so ready." She said.

Stefan laughed. "It's just, it's kind of early." He said. "But when I think of that, I also think about how I was so close to losing her and I don't want that again and I want to make sure she's with me through everything." He said.

Katherine nodded. "I think that you should stick with that and go through with this plan. Because honestly, I wish you were proposing to me after you told me what you're going to do." She said straightening up so she wasn't leaning on the case.

Stefan nodded. "Alright." He said with a whisper. "I think that Elena would like," He said but trailed off when he looked at all of the ring choices.

Katherine rolled her eyes. "That one." She said smoothly and pointed to one after she quickly skimmed her eyes over it. Stefan looked at her in disbelief. "What? She's practically my sister. We do have the same birthday." She said with a smile.

Stefan nodded. "I know, trust me." He said. He scanned his eyes over the rings again. "You're probably right." Stefan said. It was a Verragio twist shank diamond ring. It wasn't too big, or too small, it was just right. He let out a big breath before asking the man behind the counter. "Can I have that one please?" He asked.

The man smiled and started doing things behind the counter to get it ready. "You're definitely doing the right thing. For both you and Elena." She said and sat down on a bench that he sat down at. "And, I think you should be ready because she's probably not going to want to wear a gown when she twice as big and has two little people grown inside her. So, you might have to wait a few months." She said with a laugh.

Stefan laughed. "She's such a fashionista." He said with a smile. Katherine smiled because she could tell that that's one of his favorite things about her by the way he just started smiling.

She shrugged her shoulders. "I hope so. Or her company would go bye, bye." She said.

Stefan rubbed his hands together as they waited for the ring to be ready. "You know what I realized?" He asked. Katherine looked over at him to listen. "We never even talked about this much." He noted. "I mean, not even did we talk about having babies let alone getting married this fast. But everything that happened came so quickly and I realized it is what I should do if I want to have her in my life forever."

Katherine smiled. "That's right." She said and nodded. "She is going to be so happy with you and your little babies. Stefan nodded and smiled thinking ahead in the future. Little toddlers running around then teenagers going out then adults getting married and having babies and having the cycle start over with them. That's all he could picture right now.

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Stefan got back to Elena's apartment where he had been staying. He was planning on asking her to move in with him at his apartment, was a bit scared because he didn't know how it would go. He needed to fine a place to hide it until he went back to his place to get new clothes.

He heard laughing from her bedroom and walked slowly towards it. He saw Caroline first but then saw Elena walk out of the bathroom. "Hi." She smiled and went over to him quickly.

He kissed her head and looked over her shoulder at Caroline. "What's going on here?" He asked.

Elena blushed. She didn't know why she was but she did. "I brought food. Elena ate most of it." She laughed.

Elena rolled her eyes. "Shut up." She said sternly. "You had a lot too." She defended and turned back to Stefan. "Where have you been all day?" She asked.

Stefan didn't have an answer prepared. He wasn't ready for it. "Just running a few errands." He said shrugging the subject off. "Actually, I need to run to my apartment for to go get something, I'll be back in twenty minutes." He said and kissed her. She was left confused but turned to walk back to Caroline who was still on the bed.

Popping a Hershey kiss in her mouth, Caroline looked at Elena. "What was that about?" She asked. Elena shrugged and looked at the TV that was still playing the movie.

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Stefan finally got back and Elena was alone. Caroline had gone home and Elena was waiting patiently for Stefan to come back. "Where have you been all day?" She asked, putting her arms around his neck.

He shrugged. "Just getting some things. I had to drop them off at my apartment." He said. "You look tired." He said.

She yawned and nodded. "I am." She said. She leaned into Stefan and kissed his lips. "I missed you today." She said.

He laughed. "I missed you too." He said kissing her again. Elena rolled on top of him and deepened the kiss. "What are you doing?" He asked while she was kissing down his neck.

She giggled. "Do you know how horny a woman can get when they're pregnant?" She whispered in his ear. He shook his head smiling. "Very." She simply told him. Elena was only a few weeks pregnant and had her first ultra sound the next day. She was still in very good shape. Stefan smiled as she tugged at the bottom of his shirt.

He unexpectedly flipped her over so he was looking down at her. She pulled his shirt off before he leaned down and kissed her. He only had one thing on his mind then.

And it was that he couldn't wait to make her his wife.

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Finally updated! Sorry for the wait. Go read my story I just published called Picture Perfect if you haven't already! Thanks!