Caroline sat with Stefan in his hospital bed, surrounded by their friends, and just smiled. The man she loved was awake, he was going to be okay, and everyone that they loved was in the room with them. She felt incredibly lucky in that moment.

She was brought out of her thoughts by the sound of Stefan's laugh; god that was an amazing sound. She had only been without it for a few days and she never wanted to be without that again.

Today was the day that Stefan was going home. He had spent the last two weeks in this hospital bed, resting and getting a million tests done to make sure he was healing correctly. Everything looked great, and that meant he finally got to finish getting better at home.

"Hellooo, earth to Caroline!"
Caroline snapped back into the conversation after Bonnie's hand waved in her face.
"Sorry, guess I was a little out of it. What did you say?"
"I asked if you wanted to head to the house to get everything set up for Stefan before he gets home?" Bonnie asked.
"You guys really don't have to do that, I'm sure everything at the house is fine the way it is." Stefan told them all.
"Well, you're going to need the bed in a certain way, you're still healing Stefan. We need to make sure everything is perfect so you can get better." Caroline told him with a kiss on his cheek.
"The girls and I will make sure everything is ready. For now, you can just hang out with your brother and mine until the doctor discharges you." Elena told them.

The girls said bye to the boys and headed out. First stop was the grocery store. Since Stefan had been in the hospital, nobody had the time or energy to do any grocery shopping and since Stefan would be spending a lot of time at home for the next few weeks, they definitely needed to stock the house.

"What's Stefan's favorite snack food?" Bonnie asked.
"Salt and Vinegar chips." Both Caroline and Elena answered at the same time and laughed.
"Well," Elena started, "I think we got enough food to feed an entire village for a whole year, so we should be good."
"We needed all of this with all three of the boys in the house." Bonnie said with a laugh.
"Yeah no kidding!" Caroline said. "And it'll probably be gone in a week!"

$500 worth of groceries and 3 carts later, the girls headed to put everything in the car.

As they were walking out, Caroline knew this would probably be her only chance to get what she needed.
"Dang it, you guys go ahead to the car, I forgot something, I have to run back in the store real quick!" she told Bonnie and Elena.
They nodded an okay and Caroline turned around to run back in.

Caroline walked back into the store and headed for the isle she needed.

As she stood in front of all of the pregnancy tests, she couldn't believe how many different options there were. She'd never done this before and had no idea what she should get.

This definitely hadn't been the plan. She was scared to death what Stefan was going to say or do if it turned out she really was pregnant. They hadn't been together for very long and this wasn't something they had talked about yet. But she was two weeks late, and she was NEVER late. She needed to know as soon as possible.

She grabbed three of the most expensive tests and turned to make her way to check out.
She made her way around the corner of the isle and walked directly into the last person she ever wanted to see again.

She tried to hide the tests behind her back, hoping he hadn't seen anything.

"Fancy running into you here Caroline."
"What the hell are you doing here, Tyler?"
"I thought we covered that the last time we saw each other. I'm here for you, obviously. Oh, I forgot to ask, how's Stefan doing?" He asked with an evil grin.
Caroline felt a wave of rage run through her body. She got right up into his face.
"You're a coward Tyler. I don't love you, who knows if I ever really did. And just because I'm finally happy, you think you have the right to just come to town and turn my world completely upside down and try to kill the man that I love? We will NEVER be together again, I will NEVER love you, and I NEVER want to see your face ever again." She pushed past him but was stopped when he violently grabbed her arm and pulled her back to him.
"If you think for even one second that I'm going to let you be happy with another man, you clearly don't know me very well Caroline. I'm warning you; you either leave Stefan and come back to me, or else I'm going to make him and your friends suffer in ways you cannot image. And next time, your little boyfriend won't be so lucky to make it out of the hospital." He told her through gritted teeth.

He straightened his jacket and looked at her with a smile.
"I'll see you soon Caroline." And with that he was gone.

Caroline stood in the store, frozen, paralyzed with fear. She knew Tyler was evil and she knew he hit Stefan with that car to make a point to her. And she was terrified of what he could do next time if she didn't listen to him.

She slowly walked toward check out, bought the pregnancy tests, and made her way back to the car.
Elena and Bonnie could both tell something was off with her, but she just played it off like she was worried about making sure Stefan had everything he would need when he got home.
She knew she should have told them what happened. She knew they would want to help her and that they could all probably come up with a plan to stop Tyler's threats.
But she also knew that telling them could put them in even more danger, and that wasn't something she was willing to risk. So, she stayed silent.

The girls got home and unpacked everything and Caroline went upstairs to set up the bedroom for Stefan.
An hour later and the boys were finally home.

Damon and Jeremy helped Stefan up the stairs and into bed.
They went back downstairs with Elena and Bonnie and then Caroline and Stefan were alone.

Caroline was moving around the room, nit-picking at everything she touched, trying to make everything perfect.

Stefan watched her, a concerned look growing on his face. She only did this when something was bothering her.

"Caroline?"
"Hmm?"
"What's wrong?"
She turned around to face him and gave him a questioning look.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"Well, you only obsess over things when something is wrong. So what's going on?"
Of course Stefan would be able to tell something was wrong. He could read her like a book. But she couldn't tell him, so for the first time in their relationship, she lied to him.
"Oh, it's nothing. I guess I just want to make sure everything if perfect for you." She told him with a forced smile.
He knew she was lying, something was definitely bothering her, but he decided to not push her on the issue right now.

Caroline sat next to him on the bed and took his hands into hers.
"I am so sorry Stefan."
Now it was his turn to give her a questioning look.
"What could you possibly have to be sorry about?"
"This is all my fault, Tyler did this to you because of me." She lowered her head as she began to cry again.
Stefan sat up, not caring the pain that was shooting through his ribs at the motion, and placed his hands on her cheeks, but she wouldn't make eye contact with him.
"Caroline, hey, baby, look at me."
She finally lifted her head and looked into his eyes.
"I'm okay. I'm here and you're here, and that's all that matters. We're going to be just fine." He told her as he placed a kiss to her forehead.
She mumbled an 'okay' and gave him a small smile. Stefan took the opportunity to kiss her properly, running his hands through her hair.
Screw the painkillers, he didn't need those, Caroline was his drug.

They pulled away when they needed to breathe and smiled at each other.

"Is there anything I can get you?" She asked him as she ran a hand through his hair.
"Anything?" he asked.
"Anything you need. Consider me your personal nurse for the next few weeks." She told him with a laugh.
He gave her a flirtatious smile. "Well, in that case…." He said as licked his lips and moved over on the bed, giving her space to climb in.
Caroline's eyes widened. "Oh no, absolutely not Mr. Salvatore. You just got out of the hospital!"
"But baby, this would totally make me feel better!" he told her with a sad pout.
She got up, "No way mister. You need to do some healing before that is happening."
"Ughhh, fine! But you better remember this moment the next time you want sex and I'm not in the mood." He told her.
Caroline just rolled her eyes and laughed. "Yeah right, as if you ever NOT in the mood."
"Fair enough." He responded back with a shrug of the shoulders.
"Now, I need to take a shower. So take your pain pills and please get some rest." She told him as she gave him a kiss.
Stefan nodded his head and watched her walking into the bathroom.
"Hey Caroline?"
"Yeah babe?"
"I love you."
Caroline smiled at him, "I love you too Stefan."

She grabbed her bag and walked into the bathroom and closed the door.

She took the pregnancy test of out the bag and took a deep breath.

"Now or never." She told herself.

Hey everyone! I hope you guys enjoyed the new chapters tonight! After the last one I was still in the writing mood and felt like you guys deserved two chapters in one night! So, more threats from Tyler and a possible Steroline baby, how are you guys feeling about all of this!?
As always, thank you soooo much for reading and reviews and comments are always appreciated. Talk to you guys soon!