Previously in "Surrender All Your Dreams", Caroline is shown to be moody, so Lexi sends a text to Jenna, who encourages Caroline to tell Stefan about the baby she's carrying.
Chapter Three
Lexi stared at her friend in shock. "You're kidding, right? This has to be some kind of joke. You said it yourself, Caroline Forbes, that you weren't ready for a child!" she shrieked.
Caroline looked at her friend and she backed up a bit and felt Stefan's hand on her shoulder. Her lower lip quivered a bit and tears slid down her face. "This is exactly why I didn't tell you, Alexia!" She turned and buried her face in Stefan's chest crying softly.
Stefan rubbed her back gently soothing her and he glared daggers at his ex. He shook his head and motioned for her to leave. Once she was gone, he lifted Caroline's head and leaned down to kiss her. "Hey, it'll be okay, Caroline. She shouldn't have yelled at you like that."
"I know she didn't," Caroline said softly against his lips. "I should probably go apologize to her."
Stefan nodded before kissing the top of her head once more. "Okay, Care. I'll be here, alright?" He saw her nod before departing the room to go find Lexi.
Caroline found her friend easily as she was just sitting on the steps to the house. "Hey, Lexi, I'm sorry I didn't tell you. It was unexpected. I wasn't intentionally trying to get pregnant, it just…happened." She sighed and looked at her feet and gasped when she was hugged tightly.
"I know, Care. And I'm sorry I yelled at you. It was just a shock, that's all. Is Stefan going to be there for you?" Lexi asked her friend looking at her curiously.
"Yeah, Lexi, he is. I think I've finally decided to let him into my heart. I need to get over what Thierry did to me the day he left and love again." Caroline smiled before standing up and walking inside and found Stefan. She sat sideways on his lap and kissed him nipping at his lower lip.
He smiled against her lips then framed her cheeks in his hands. "I love you, Caroline Lillian Forbes," he said softly.
"And I love you, Stefan Alexander Salvatore. Always and forever…" She smiled and rubbed her thumb over the back of his hand before kissing him again, this time a bit deeper than before and she gasped into his mouth when he stood up.
Stefan held her bridal style carrying her up the stairs and into her room. He kicked the door shut and set her on the bed before straddling her hips kissing her. He ran his hands over her sides and sliding them under her shirt as he rubbed soft circles into her hips and smiled down at her.
Caroline shifted to accommodate him, legs wrapping around his waist. Stefan smiled down at her before tugging her shirt off and tossed it to the floor. "Are you sure, Caroline?" He saw her nod and he smiled stripping his shirt off and kissed down her chest. He nipped at the area around her bellybutton and he slid his tongue north.
"Stefan…" she breathed out.
"Yes, Care Bear?" He smirked and unhooked her bra with one hand and took it off tossing it to the side. He captured one of her breasts in his mouth sucking on it, while using one of his hands to tease the other breast. Caroline let her hands drift into his hair, which people they knew referred to as his "hero hair" as she arched up against his mouth and tongue. Stefan smirked teasing her for a while longer before pulling off with a pop and got down to nothing and unbuttoned her jeans and tugged them and her underwear off in one swift move. "Are you sure, Caroline? I don't want to hurt you or the baby."
"We can cuddle if that would work better," Caroline suggested in a soft tone.
Stefan smiled and moved behind her and wrapped his arms around her. They soon fell asleep, his arms cradling her from behind, lips nuzzled into her wild blonde curls. Stefan woke up a bit later, and carefully sneaks out of the bed getting dressed. He went downstairs and made Caroline some dinner, and brought it back up on a tray smiling softly at her. She was just waking up and looked very adorable the way her hair went every which way. "I brought you some dinner, Caroline. Are you hungry?"
"I can try to hold it down. I don't think it'll work, but we can try," she replied.
"You should be able to. I made some chicken noodle soup and I have a couple of pieces of plain whole wheat breath with nothing on them." He smiled and set the tray on the table sitting down and picked up the bowl. He picked up the spoon that had some soup on it and held it out to Caroline. "Here, try it. I made it from scratch using my mother's recipe. It has real chunks of cooked chicken in it."
Caroline took the spoon and slurped the soup slowly after blowing on it to cool some of the heat from it. "That's really good," she said with a praise-filled smile.
Stefan smiled pleased at her reaction and words and he kissed the side of her head. "Thank you, Care. I made it with love for you." He sat there and watched her eat the rest of the soup and handed her the plate with the toast on it when she was finished.
She nibbled on the toast but still ate it in a slightly quick manner. Stefan chuckled and shook his head. "Slow down, Care. I know you're eating for two now, but you don't want to give yourself a stomach ache." He smiled and kissed the side of her head before getting up and walked around to her side of the bed and knelt down. "Caroline? I have something to ask you."
"Yes," she said before he could ask her the question.
"Aw, you didn't even let me ask it. Well, since you said yes, you already know I was going to ask you to marry me." He chuckled and slipped the ring out of the box and onto her ring finger on her left hand. "Caroline Lillian Forbes, will you make me the happiest man alive and marry me?"
"I already said yes, but I'll say it again. Yes, Stefan Alexander Salvatore, I will do you the great honor of becoming your wife." She grinned and shifted, kissing him nibbling his lower lip a bit.
He returned the kiss then held her close as they basked in the quiet late morning that surrounded them. Caroline fell asleep in Stefan's arms and woke up with a start and slipped out of his arms running to the bathroom and emptying the contents of her stomach. She groaned and stood up and rinsed out her mouth before brushing her teeth. She turned around and ran smack into Stefan's chest. She giggled and looked up at him apologetically. "I didn't wake you, did I?"
"Just a bit, but that's okay. I can just carry you back to bed now," he replied, sweeping her into his arms bridal style and carrying her back to bed.
Caroline smiled as he picked her up and carried her to the bed. "You really are the best fiancé ever. I don't know why I had to be so stubborn about my feelings for you before." She looked at him apologetically and kissed the side of his neck nipping it softly.
"You just needed time to realize your feelings, Care," he said as he also nipped at her neck in response.
"Stefan, don't tease. It's not nice." Caroline pouted biting her lip feeling him nip at her neck. She tangled her hands in his hair tugging on it slightly. "Please. I want you, just be gentle." She kissed him slipping her tongue in his mouth mapping it out.
Stefan smirked into the kiss and returned it depositing her down on the bed crawling over her. He took what little clothing she had on off and he pushed his throbbing member into her waiting core. He pulled away from the kiss and looked at her softly. "I'll do this on the condition that you promise to tell me if I hurt you too much."
"Deal," she said softly, thumbs stroking over his cheeks silently.
Stefan smiled and nodded thrusting slowly and bent his head down leaving open mouthed kisses along her jaw line and neck. He sucked on the skin between her neck and shoulder softly and ran his hands down her sides. "Caroline, ti amo, per sempre, tu sei, il mio unico vero amore."
Caroline smiled and gasped hearing him speak Italian and she blushed. "Stefan, what does that mean? It was beautiful and I didn't know you could speak Italian." She rocked her hips against Stefan's keeping in rhythm with his thrusting.
Stefan looked up and smiled at her. "Yes, I can speak a little Italian. My mother took Damon and I on trips there every year until we turned eighteen to visit family. What I said translates to this: Caroline, I love you. Forever, you are my one true love." He smiled and thrust a bit faster and caressed her cheeks that had turned pink.
"Oh, Stefan…Questo è il bello. Anch'io ti amo, per sempre; Tu sei mia e io sono tuo…" Caroline smiled keeping in time with his rhythm and threw her head back screaming in ecstasy. "Dio, Stefan!"
"Dio, Caroline," he echoed, thrusting deeply in and out of her.
"Sono vicino Stefan ..." Caroline panted a bit and whined a bit feeling herself close to exploding.
Hearing what she said, Stefan reached down giving one final thrust while pinching the bundle of nerves. He covered Caroline's mouth with his own and they both released at the same time. He pulled out gently kissing her cheek. "Do you feel better, Care Bear?" He eased down next to her running a finger over her cheek softly. "I didn't know you could speak Italian."
"I do feel better, and I took some foreign language classes in case any of the clients we got weren't able to speak proper English," she replied.
"That makes sense. So, when are you going to tell people that we're engaged? You know Lexi will just pester you until you tell her." He chuckled and kissed her cheek.
"We can tell them as soon as you like, and yes, I know that Lexi will pester me. It's what she's good for," Caroline said with a giggle.
Stefan sat up and tugged on his clothes, but didn't even bother to fix his hair. He grabbed Caroline's clothes and set them on the bed and grabbed her hands tugging her into a sitting position. "Well, c'mon then sweetheart, get dressed and then we can tell people." He smiled and watched her pick up her undergarments and put them on followed by her clothes. He held her hand as they walked to the door kissing her temple before opening said door.
Caroline smiled as they walked downstairs and she saw Lexi glowering at her a bit. "Awe, c'mon Lex, don't be like that. Can you call the girls and ask them to come over to the house? We have some news to tell everyone and it'd be best if everyone was here."
"Okay! Okay, I'll call them," Lexi finally relented with a sigh. Caroline smiled and hugged her friend.
Caroline smiled and soon everyone was over at their house and she smiled at them all. She stood up and cleared her throat getting everyone's attention. "As you all know, Stefan and I were previously just friends, but circumstances happened and now we're more than that. He asked me to marry him and I said yes! Oh, I'm also pregnant with his child and realized after being so damn stubborn that I love Stefan Salvatore." She flashed them her engagement ring, before kissing Stefan softly.
"I KNEW IT!" Katherine, Tatia and Elena said in unison.
Caroline pulled away from the kiss and blushed at their exclamation. "What do you mean you guys knew? How could you know I was pregnant before I told anyone?" She bit her lip and walked over to them arching an eyebrow.
"Not the pregnancy part, the being in love with Stefan part," Elena said with a shake of her head, giggling.
"Oh. Well, um, I guess it just took time for me to stop being so damn stubborn. I guess because, he was my best friend first, I didn't want to ruin that. But it didn't really ruin anything; it just made our bond stronger." She blushed a bit and looked at Stefan momentarily.
"I think it's wonderful, Caroline," Elena said, smiling at the blonde. "You've found love with someone, and we're all happy for you."
"Well good, because I need to ask you something girls. Will you help me plan my wedding?" Caroline smiled hopefully at her friends and especially Lexi. "Lex, I need to ask you something later, two things actually."
"What's up, BFF-roommate?" Lexi asked as she and Caroline went back into Lexi's bedroom, settling on the bed. They clasped hands as they lay on their sides facing each other.
"Well, I was wondering if you would like to be this little one's godmother? Also, I want you to be the maid of honor at my wedding." Caroline smiled rubbing her thumb over the top of her hand softly.
"I'd be honored to do both things for you, Care Bear. Why don't we get started on the wedding stuff and then worry about the baby stuff after your honeymoon, hmm?" Lexi suggested. Caroline smiled and nodded, shifting closer to hug her friend.
Lexi grinned and hugged Caroline close kissing the top of her head affectionately. They had a very close relationship and it was times like these that she enjoyed the most. She thought about Thierry and wondered if she should stop being so stubborn. Caroline seemed happier after she stopped resisting Stefan. "You're thinking about him, aren't you? Why don't you go see him, Lex? I'm going to go back to sleep." Caroline gave a big yawn and sat up before standing and exited the room heading to her own and fell asleep rather quickly.
Lexi took her friend's advice to heart, heading quickly out of the apartment and opting to walk to Thierry's apartment, knocking on the door once she got into the building. As she waited, she heard the softer set of footsteps from inside and a woman answered the door. "Yes, can I help you?" the woman asked in a hoarse, sultry tone.
"Is Thierry here?" Lexi bit her lip looking at the woman hopefully.
"Ah, yes. Let me go fetch him; wait here." With that, the woman turned and walked further in the house and knocked on Thierry's open door. "You have a visitor, a blonde girl."
Thierry shot up and stood up quickly. "Thank you, Aunt Priscilla. Don't wait up for me." He grabbed his keys before swinging the door open and stepped out onto the porch. "Well, this is quite the surprise, Lexi. Not that I'm disappointed, not at all. So, what brings you by?"
"Well, I was hoping that we could talk. About things," she said nervously, looking down at the ground.
Thierry smiled softly hearing what she said and watched as she looked down at the ground. "Hey, don't hide your face from me." He placed a hand under her chin tilting it up and smiled comfortingly and took her hand placing it in the crook of his arm as he walked with her down the street. He went into a park and sat on a bench and smiled up at Lexi. "So, what's on your mind?" He placed his hands on her hips rubbing soft circles with his thumbs on them.
"Well, Caroline told me that she and Stefan were getting married, and she's expecting a baby. So, it got me thinking…would you want the same thing as them if you knew that I did?" she asked.
"If I knew you were pregnant? Of course I would, amour. Alexia Branson, I love you and only want to be there for you as long as you'll have me. I dream of marrying you and having a family with you." He tugged her down onto his lap and kissing her running his tongue over the seam of her lips. When he was granted access, he slipped his tongue in her mouth mapping out the wet cavern. He ran his one hand through her hair and the other drew lazy circles on her thigh.
Lexi returned his kisses, mimicking him and letting one of her hands drift up into his hair. Thierry pulled away from her lips briefly and looked at her through glazed eyes. "Lexi, we should go somewhere else. Don't want to scare anyone." He leaned his head forward kissing her neck nipping and sucking on it softly. His hand slid under her shirt, his fingers moving softly just above the waistband of her jeans.
Lexi moaned at what he was doing and she tugged on his hair none too gently. "We could go back to my place. My room is soundproof and far enough away from Caroline's that she won't even know you're there." She moaned and wiggled on his lap wanting to stand up.
Thierry let her and he followed her and felt his pants tighten once she got up. He grabbed her hand and tugged her along to his motorcycle by his house and handed her a helmet. He got on and revved the engine and drove to her home, killing the engine so as not to wake Caroline. He went inside with Lexi and shut the door behind him locking it. He set their helmets down on a table and licked his lips looking at Lexi. He pulled her flush against him kissing her a bit rough tearing her shirt off and threw it to the floor.
Lexi moaned into the kiss pulling away after a minute. She grabbed her torn shirt off the floor, before running upstairs to her room with Thierry in hot pursuit. Once they were inside, she shut the door locking it, and she stripped her jeans off, before grabbing Thierry by his belt tugging him close. She kissed him and felt his hands moving all over her body and she moaned into the kiss.
Thierry walked with her to her bed and picked her up, throwing her onto it softly before ridding himself of his clothing, leaving him in just his boxers. He crawled over her and kissed her, while his hands expertly undid her bra and tossed it to the floor. He pulled away from the kiss seeing her breasts just begging to be touched. He trailed kissing downwards until he reached one of her breasts and took it in his mouth pleasuring it with his teeth and tongue. One of his hands went to her soaked underwear teasing her further, while his other hand pleasured her other breast.
"Thierry, don't tease. It's not nice," she moaned out softly, writhing beneath him, wiggling her hips against his hand.
Thierry pulled off her breast with a soft pop and released his other hand from her breast. "I do apologize, mon cherie. I just couldn't help myself. You're beautiful. Do you have a condom?" He looked at her softly before stripping her underwear and his boxers off tossing them to the floor.
Lexi nodded and reached over with her hand and fumbled in the drawer beside her bed. She tossed the foil wrapped condom to him and bit her lip watching.
Thierry rolled the condom on before spreading her legs and lined himself up with her glistening wet entrance. "You ready for all of me, Alexia? I don't want to hurt you."
Lexi nodded and wrapped her hands around the back of his neck whispering against his lips. "Yes. I want you. All of you."
Thierry nodded and kissed her gently while he pushed himself in and sat there to let her get adjusted to him before he began to move at a steady pace. It wasn't overly fast, but it wasn't overly slow either. He pulled away from the kiss groaning. "God, mon cherie."
"Yes! Oh, fuck yes, Thierry…give it to me," Lexi moaned out loudly.
"Fuck, Lex. I want you so bad." Thierry groaned and nipped at her shoulder picking up his pace. "I fucking want you to have my child someday." He groaned and snapped his hips keeping a steady rhythm.
"Yes, baby. Oh fuck yes!" Lexi screamed, her rhythm matching his as she then flipped them over until she was on top.
"Mm, and just what are you going to do with me, Miss Branson?" Thierry smirked cupping his hands on her ass and squeezed. "I kind of wish I didn't have to wear this fucking condom." He scowled and picked up one of her wrists kissing it and bit it softly.
Author's Note: So, here is another chapter for you all. I hope you enjoy it as I'm slow with the updates now, with my vacation time coming up next weekend. I'll be back to faster updates after that, if I'm not tired from my traveling/partying. ENJOY!