Caroline POV

Since the two witches - Bonnie and Jo got really close, Alaric drove both of them to the mansion in Whitmore were the four of them stayed, including Kai. When I asked her about him she swore that there was nothing going on between them, but I could see that there was more to it. But who was I to judge, after the whole Klaus situation.

Speaking of Klaus, we arrived at the Salvatore mansion in the morning and before all of us decided to get some rest- go to sleep, Stefan decided to finally get in contact with him and tell him about everything that has been happening. I thought that it was best not to intrude Stefan's personal space that much and took the room on the second floor next to Demons and Elena's room with Hope.

I prepared some snacks for Hope since she was wide awake now and sat her on the king size bed while I got changed into my sleeping shorts and a t-shirt. The new surrounding really interested her; she carefully studied all the things around her. Hope was a very intelligent child; she grew much faster than a human child which scared me. When I looked at her, I could see certain features that she inherited from her father; her sparkling big blue eyes, curly blond hair and that mesmerising smile that could bring about anyone to her and make them love her.

"Hope? Say Ca-ro-li-ne.. Will you say my name?" I took her in my arms after she finished her food and tickled her trying to convince her to say my name. "Is Ca-ro-li-ne to hard for you? How about Ca-re?"

"a goo... goo.." she started speaking in her own baby language with saliva all over her tiny lips. I guess I would have to wait a little longer for her to say my name.

But how much time did we have together? How long before Klaus appears and asks for Hope, I mean he has every right to do so. "I love you Hope" I said looking at the smiling child in my arms "I will always love you honey"

"What are you doing?" suddenly came a voice that I knew too well from behind me

"What? Nothing Stefan, I was just going to put her back to bed, she needs to rest too"

"No I meant what you are doing in here?" He mentioned to the room surrounding us

"Well.. I thought that Hope and I can take this room for the night. Do you want me to take the one down stairs? Because I can..."

"What no, I meant why didn't you take my room? There's more than enough space for the three of us" he said with some kind of disappointment in his eyes. "You know what? Never mind" he walked up to give her a kiss on her forehead "I'll see my baby in the morning, be good for Care" and I thought that he would lean in to give me a kiss, but instead he turned away and stormed out of the room. He was pissed.

...

It didn't take Hope long to fall asleep next to me, with her pacifier in her mouth and her little fingers wrapped around my index finger. I couldn't fall asleep knowing that he was upstairs obviously mad at me for some reason. I considered going to him and apologising, but then again what did I have to apologize for? He could be so confusing sometimes.

I tossed and turned on the bed, careful not to wake Hope, and just as I was going to give up on trying falling asleep after the long hours I heard the door open a bit and then close. I quickly turned to face Hope again and closed my eyes shut. I felt a muscled figure slip into bed next to me, wrapping his large arm protectively around me and at the same time bringing me close to him. He came.

"I'm sorry" he whispered with his face in my hair "I couldn't sleep there by myself, It didn't feel right"

"Don't be" I managed to somehow answer him, threading my fingers with his and not long after falling into a dreamless sleep.

...

I walk up the next morning to something or rather someone playing with by blond locks. I opened my eyes and saw that Hope was in between me and Stefan playing with my hair while Stefan's elbow was resting on the pillow and his hand was supporting his head, he was whispering something to Hope from time to time making her giggle.

"Good morning, did you sleep well?" I asked Stefan

"Hmm.. once I got here, yes." He said leaning in a bit giving me a quick kiss on my cheek. I didn't want to confront him at that moment about what his problem was the day before, I liked his current mood and I didn't want to ruin it.

If I didn't have my supernatural hearing I probably would be able to hear all the moaning coming from next door; Elena's and Damon's room. I started to think that picking a room right next to them was a big mistake.

"What the... Seriously?" I ask

"Well it looks like tomorrow you two will be staying in my room any way" he says with a smirk on his face, capturing my hand again.

"Looks like it" I say sticking out my tongue out at him "I've been trying to teach Hope to say Caroline but it doesn't seem to be working" I turn my attention back to Hope "Hope, maybe you can say St-fan? Yhm?" I ask, but my hair in her hands seems to be a lot more interesting than whatever I was saying to her at that moment.

"Maybe not" he laughs, "this is nice but I have to get ready, Alaric asked me and Damon to meet him at Whitmore, get his suit and everything else ready for the wedding" he gets out of bed and stretches a bit making me admire his exposed, muscled chest. "And you young lady" he leans and talks to Hope "be good for Caroline and the girls today"

"I'll see you later" I tell him after he gives me one last peck on the lips.

...

I met Jo not long after, she came in with Bonnie and we ate breakfast together. She caught me up with everything that has been going on with her coven and how she met Alaric, and I could see why he wanted to marry her. She was perfect for him; about his age, knew about our secrets and evidently pregnant with his child.

I took Hope with me over to my mum's house; I wanted her to meet the newest member of the Mystic Falls gang. We haven't seen each other for a long time and I could see that she was really happy to see me. She didn't look quite like herself and acted a bit strange which got me really worried but she explained herself by blaming it on the amount of work she currently had at the police station. She promised to attend the wedding and see Stefan before we left again which made me really happy.

Hope was really fussy all of the day for some reason, first with her breakfast and after when we went out with the girls to finish the wedding last touch-ups. Jo, Bonnie, Hope and I got home late evening because of everything and what I saw when we got to the Salvatore's mansion made me extremely frustrated for some reason; Stefan and Elena drinking Damon's bourbon in front of the fire place, laughing at their old pictures together. Stefan didn't tell me when he was going to come back today, they looked very cosy together. I didn't spare them more than a moment before I went with Jo to the kitchen.

"They don't have anything" I told her looked through their fridge, we wanted to make something for dinner but obviously that wasn't going to happen "I can go and take something from Mystic grill for us, it won't take long but could you watch Hope for me?"

"That won't be needed" said Bonnie appearing in the kitchen "Damon and Enzo brought as takeaway from Mystic Grill" Enzo was here, god I haven't seen him in forever.

"Enzo?" I called after I walked into the living room

"Hello Gorgeous" he said with his usual smirk plastered on his face "and when were you going to tell me you were back in town?" he asked. I didn't even have time to look in the surprised direction of Stefan and Elena.

"Shut up you! I missed you" I said as I lounged to hug him

"And since when do you two stand to be in one room with each other" asked Elena brining me back to reality.

"Since Stefan left" I said looking at her trying to avoid Stefan's piercing eyes, "he was here, we became friends, no big deal" when I finally dared to look in Stefan's direction I couldn't tell whether he was disappointed in the fact that I became friends with the person that he hated or whether he looked guilty of the fact that he wasn't there for me during the hard times that we lost our friends.

"Let's eat, I'm starving" Damon decided to quickly change the topic and start eating.

Although the tension could be cut with a knife, everyone was trying to make small talk to avoid the awkward silence. Mostly we tried talking about Jo's and Alaric's wedding, but from time to time Damon would make some comment regarding Kai or other events that we missed while we were away or Enzo, who was sitting right next to me would ask me why I didn't contact him and be his flirty self. Throughout the whole meal I tried my best not to look in the direction of Stefan, which was really hard because he wasn't even hiding the fact that he was staring daggers at either me or Enzo.

"So Stefan... Tell us, how was it working in auto repair?" Enzo suddenly asks "What kind of cowered gives up on his own brother?"

"Enzo!" I shout at him, I know he meant the time when Bonnie and Damon were trapped in the prison world. Enzo, Alaric and I were the only once actually trying to find a way to bring them back. I didn't hold a grudge against Stefan but I also didn't want to talk about the whole situation again.

"You don't know what you're talking about" answered Stefan while he stood up and walked up to the fire place to pour himself another glass of bourbon

"Why don't you enlighten me then?" challenged Enzo, "Or maybe you should tell us since when are you Klaus's personal bitch?"

As Stefan started speeding dangerously close to Enzo, probably to start a fight, Damon stepped in to hold him back before the boys were going to throw punches.

"That's enough" Because Enzo was as ready to start a fight as Stefan was, it was Alaric's turn to step in and hold Enzo back to the other side of the room.

"You know, when you were gone I had a girl here crying over why you left, because she cares so much!" Shouting Enzo was obviously directing to the other side of the room were Damon was holding Stefan and where I didn't dare to look now. "And I try to figure out why, because I can't see what's worth caring about. Brothers don't give up!"

Even Damon wasn't strong enough to hold back Stefan enough, before we knew it and at least instead of Enzo's jaw, Stefan broke in half the nearby shelf and coffee table, then somehow got a hold of himself.

With all of the shouting going on in the room, no one even noticed the crying baby in the crib. Not all of the things that Enzo said were true, but some of it was. I know that Stefan changed, but Enzo bringing back the memories of months left alone without Stefan didn't help. With my barely steady legs I walked up to the crib and picked up Hope trying to calm her down.

"Enzo, I think you should go" said Damon looking with concern at the direction of me and Hope in my arms.

I looked around the room and all of my friend's faces once more before taking Hope upstairs to Stefan's room were her new cot was placed without another word. Once I brought her upstairs I tried every possible way I knew that always worked to calm her down, without good results. How could they fight in front of a baby? What's got into them?

"Do you need help?" asks Stefan as he leans near the door, I lay Hope on the bed hoping that this might help with her crying.

"Well I don't know Stefan. Are you going to start throwing tables around here to?" I ask sarcastically, folding by arms and facing him his way.

"Look.. I'm sorry for.."

"You almost had a fight in front of Hope, Stefan!" I shout at him, looking probably really disappointed right now. "What's got into you? Why were you so angry any way? It's just Enzo; you should have let it go"

"Yeah I was angry, I still am" suddenly I see some confidence as he steps closer to me, I don't see the regret in his eyes anymore "He just waltzes in here, hugging you, being all friendly, any you let him! You didn't tell me you were THAT close with that jerk Caroline!"

"What so you're angry at me as well because Enzo and I are friends now? I didn't tell you because I didn't think it was a big deal!"

"If it was just friendship that he had in mind"

"Are you jealous Stefan?" was he? "So what you're saying is that you're not okay with me being friends with someone you don't like but its okay with you and your ex-girlfriend to get drunk and go back to the old times"

"What are you talking about Caroline?" he says concerned all of a sudden, trying to capture my face in his strong palms, he was far too strong for me to push him away although I tried to. "You know I'm not in love with Elena anymore" I know that deep down, I already forgave him for all of today's events but still he had no right to be mad at me because of Enzo. "Caroline?" he asks for an answer from me, but I don't know what to say, so I turn in the direction of crying Hope and quickly pick her up. She's been crying for over 15 minutes.

"Stefan, something's wrong. She hasn't stopped crying."

"You think that she can get sick?" he asked putting his right hand gently on her forehead probably trying to determine if she had a high temperature.

"I don't know, Haley was a werewolf; she wasn't dead, she was still alive which means that a part of her might still get sick like any other human"

"I'll get Jo, she's a doctor, and she'll know what's wrong with her" he says before he gives Hope and me a kiss to the forehead.

"No wait, I'll come with you and Hope down stairs" I say following him down stairs.

After a short examination by Jo, she came to the conclusion that even though Hope already had some of her front teeth, the once at the back must be already coming out which must be really painful for her. She told us that it was very unusual at this age, but considering she wasn't a human it was probably fine. Everyone in the house was obviously really worried about the little baby, including Damon which was really surprising. And even though he was the first one to go to the store straight away after Jo said that a teething ring will help her, to get it for her, when he came back he dismissed all of the comments and said that he just didn't want to listen to her cry the whole night. Which was obviously a lie, because he stayed downstairs, by her cot the whole time she was crying, waiting for the ring to sooth her pain.

We decided to take Hope upstairs and lay her in our bed, after everyone else decided to get some rest. The teething ring didn't help straight away, and Hope did spend most of the night crying exhausting me and Stefan trying to calm her down, but finally she stopped. Even though I wished for nothing more than just to fall asleep next to her after the long day, I couldn't because I was worried that she might be in pain again.

Stefan and I spend most of the night, on both sides of her making sure she wasn't in so much pain through the night. But after the events that day, we haven't said a word to each other while we were laying there although I could see that he was looking at me from time to time with an unreadable expression.

"Caroline, we should talk" he says just as my eyelids were beginning to close. I was exhausted, in need of a shower and a good sleep and at that moment the last thing I wanted to do was talk, or rather fight with him.

"Stefan please... not now" I beg him trying to focus on the little hand that holds my index figure in a grip.

"Look I'm sorry, I drunk a little too much and forgot Hope was in the crib. He provoked me, but it's not an excuse. I promise it won't happen again" I could see the regret and how sincere he was when he said this to me, but I couldn't focus on him right now because I thought I hear Hope say something very faintly. "Caroline, say something please"

"Wait, listen" I say to him, and he suddenly turns his attention back to Hope.

"...Momma..." I thought I didn't hear her right the first time but after she repeated it a few more times and I saw Stefan's big eyes staring at her I was suddenly awake.

"Did she just..?" I ask looking at Stefan were he just nodes 'yes' obviously as surprised as I am "Hope I'm not your..." I start but somehow I can't finish the sentence "I'm Caroline" I repeat a few times trying to make her understand which doesn't seem to work because she still calls me momma.

I realise that it's getting harder to think about the fact that we will have to let go of her some day, it's getting harder every dayit won't get any easier. I tried my best not to break down in front of her, but before I knew, there were tears pouring out of my eyes anyway.

"Yes... momma, Hope" Stefan said as he gave her small kiss to the forehead, holding my hand which I was very grateful at that moment.

Stefan's POV

After a moment or two after Hope finally fell asleep, I watched her heading towards the bathroom door; it looked like she didn't want me to see her like this, her emotional self. But I didn't care, I caught her in my arms before she could reach the door and let her cry. We were going to face this together.

And after she calmed down she smiled the best she could at that moment, I couldn't take it anymore, and I had to feel her lips on mine, if she only knew what she was doing to me with a simple smile. I held her gaze as I leaned in and carefully graced my lips over hers. I saw that her eyes snapped shut immediately by the contact. She had the softest lips I have ever kissed. I continued to manoeuvre her bottom lip a few more seconds before I ended with softly gracing my tongue over her lip.

I then pulled back for a second and met her sparkling blue eyes, smiling back at me. "Forgive me, please"

Caroline then cupped my cheek and stroked her thumb over my cheekbone. She leaned back in and returned the favour by softly kissing my lips, her tongue now gracing my upper lip. Both of us were letting out moans in each other's mouths quietly trying not to wake Hope on the other side of the room.

I mumbled the same words to her again, against her lips and looked down at our now intertwined hands. I caressed her hand with my thumb, my face still inches from Caroline's.

Caroline smiled up at me "I already forgave you Stefan". She whispered and licked her lips.

I guess we were both light headed by the sensual kiss that we shared. Neither of us had ever felt anything like this before.

I lifted our hands and placed her hand over my chest "Can you feel what you're doing to me?" I whispered low, never letting her gaze go. She stared back at me for a moment while she obviously felt my heart thubbing wildly in my chest, before she crushed her lips onto mine again.

What do you think? I'm so sorry it took me so long to right but I had a slight problem with my laptop. Leave a comment below if you like it or if you have any suggestions on what you want to happen next in the story ;)