Would just like to say thank you to those of you who have reviewed this, it means a lot to me. In this chapter it'll explain why Stefan and Caroline aren't married yet, but I promise that will change in the next few chapters :)

The four of them made their way upstairs to get ready for the party, Caroline still needed to go and get the cake and the party bags as well, plus the people from the bouncy castle company would be arriving soon to set the bouncy castle up. Once they made it upstairs you could hear the twins enjoying their bath from all the laughter and splashing coming from the bathroom.

Stefan and Caroline went into their room, Caroline headed into their on suite and turned the shower on, she walked back out whilst she waited for the water to warm up when Stefan suddenly grabbed her and wrapped his arms around her waist and looked into her eyes with so much love in his.

"Thank you" he said

"What for?" Caroline asked a little baffled as she wrapped her arms around him.

"For being here, for agreeing to be my wife, and most of all, for giving me the two most precious gifts in the world."

She got on her tiptoes and placed a loving kiss on his lips.

"I love you" he said once the kiss ended.

"I love you too Stefan."

Caroline knew that he was thinking back to the day when the twins were born, it still scared him to this day when he thought he had lost her and the twins and this was his way of telling her that.

"Hey, we're not going anywhere, I promise."

"I know, I just..."

"I know Stefan, I can't imagine my life without you or the twins in it either" she said, saying what he was thinking.

She wrapped her arms around him tighter and started to kiss him again before heading into the shower.

Meanwhile Damon was lying on his bed waiting for Bonnie to come out of the shower when he heard the conversation between his brother and future sister in-law.

"What are you doing?" Bonnie asked rubbing a towel through her hair coming into the room.

"Huh, what...nothing."

"Damon Salvatore, are you eaves dropping?" she questioned him.

"What I couldn't help it, I was waiting for you to come out of the shower when I heard Stefan and Caroline talking."

"DAMON, that's really rude listening to your brother!"

"I couldn't help it Bonnie, did you know that Stefan still fears he'll lose Caroline because of what Katherine did to her?"

"No, I didn't" poor Stefan she thought to herself.

"I can sort of relate to what he's thinking, because if I ever lost you, I...I wouldn't be able to live Bonnie, not if you aren't here with me."

Bonnie looked at Damon and crawled onto the bed and sat next to him and put her hands on each side of his face.

"I'm not going anywhere Damon, and Stefan needs to realise that Caroline isn't either" she said as she kissed him.

"What did I do to deserve you Bonnie Salvatore?" he asked when the kiss ended.

"Showed me who the real Damon Salvatore was" she replied back to him

Once Caroline was showered and dressed she went into the twins room to see if her mom needed a hand to finish getting them ready, the front door knocked and she heard Stefan run to go answer it, probably the bouncy castle she thought to herself.

"Momma, momma look at my pretty dress" Clary said Caroline walked in and she gave her mom a little twirl of her pretty light pink dress.

"Wow, that is a beautiful, pretty dress sweetheart."

"Momma, look at me" Clay said as he came running over wearing a white and blue checked shirt with dark denim jeans.

"And you look very handsome" Caroline said as she bent her knees so she was eye level with her children and gave them both a kiss.

She stood back up and walked over to her mom who was sitting on Clary's bed.

"I came in to see if you needed a hand but clearly you don't, how did you get them both ready, it normally takes two of us to do it" Caroline smiled to her mom.

"I guess it's cause they've missed their grandma and have enjoyed me getting them ready" Liz smiled back to her own daughter.

"Thanks mom, you okay to keep an eye on them?"

"Yeah of course I am."

"Okay, me and Bonnie are going to go get the cake and party bags, I think the bouncy castle has just turned up so Stefan and Damon are going to help set it up."

"Okay sweetheart, we'll see you in a bit."

"Thanks again mom, see you in a bit."

Caroline and Bonnie had just picked up the party bags and were now on their way to fetch the cake, talking about the final preparations for Stefan and Caroline's wedding next week.

"So what time is the appointment on Wednesday for the final dress fittings?" Bonnie asked her best friend

"It's at eleven, I was thinking we could do lunch after if you want?" Caroline suggested to her maid of honour.

"Yeah, that'll be nice Care" she replied back with a smile.

"It's so exciting Bon, I can't wait to finally be Mrs Salvatore " Caroline squealed to her.

When the twins were a couple of weeks old Caroline and Stefan had suggested that they wait a bit until they got married. They didn't realise how much time was needed into raising twins, as soon as one woke up you could guarantee that the other one would soon follow, even though Liz and Damon helped out as much as they could Stefan and Caroline were still exhausted and Caroline knew that there was no way she'd be able to plan a wedding whilst still getting use to motherhood.

After picking up the cake Caroline and Bonnie headed home, they carried the stuff out the car and headed into the kitchen to put it down when they heard a lot of giggling coming from outside. They made their way over to where Stefan and Damon were standing out the back and saw that the twins were already on the bouncy castle laughing with their grandma.

"Hey, you should of called us, we would of helped you bring the stuff in" Stefan said wrapping his arm around Caroline.

"It's okay, we could manage" she smiled back to him and put an arm around his back.

"Looks like they're having fun" Bonnie said smiling looking at Clay and Clary.

"Shall we join them?" Damon asked smirking at the three of them.

They all looked at each other and then headed towards the bouncy castle diving on making the twins laugh even more.

"I think it's tickling time, what do you think little brother?" Damon asked looking at Stefan.

"Oh I totally agree uncle Damon" Stefan said as he and Damon started to tickle the twins.

Liz jumped off of the castle and ran to her bag to get her camera, she came back and started to take pictures of them all playing about, soon Caroline and Bonnie had teamed up with the twins and were holding Stefan and Damon down so the twins could tickle them back whilst Liz clicked away on her camera capturing these precious moments of fun and laughter.