Sorry its been so long! I went on vacation again and AGAIN there was no internet! So here is chapter 6, better late then never. Enjoy! J
"It happened! If it wasn't Elena I kissed then who the hell was it?" He meant it as a sarcastic and rhetorical question but as soon as the words were out of his mouth we all came to the same realization.
Stefan was the one to whisper the name we were all thinking, "Katherine."
"Aw. Are you guys talking about me?"
We all whip our heads around and there Katherine is standing right in front of us. We are all to shocked to even move or say anything.
She looks back and forth between Stefan and Damon. "So, did you boys miss me?" She finally sees Jeremy. "And who is this?"
At once Stefan is on my left with his arm wrapped around my waist and Jeremy is on my right with his hand on my shoulder. Damon still is too much in shock to move.
Katherine seems to finally acknowledge me. "Ah… you must be the infamous Elena Gilbert. So that must make this young vampire Jeremy." She points at Jeremy.
Stefan looks angrier now then when he thought Damon and I kissed. "What are you doing here, Katherine?" He asks venomously.
She gives an innocent look. "What? I can't just come visit my favorite men"
"No you can't. So… I'll ask you again. What are you doing here?"
She smile widely. "Well, I heard the good news the you are going to be a father and that you're engaged. So I thought I would come by and congratulate you." Again she looks innocent but the way she says it sends a chill up my spine.
I feel Stefan stiffen next to me and he tightens his grip and my waist.
Katherine pretends not to notice the sudden obvious tension in the atmosphere of the room and continues. "But I did find the news odd considering it's not supposed to be possible for our kind to have children."
"I guess it is possible because Elena really is pregnant. Well…you've said your congratulations so you can leave now." Stefan is clearly getting annoyed be her presence.
She ignores Stefan last comment. "Oh, I don't doubt that Elena is pregnant, the signs are obvious. She is glowing." She says it mockingly. "But I do doubt the fact that you, Stefan, is the childs father. How do know that it's even yours? For all you know, its could be Elena's ex-boyfriends. Matt, right?"
That bitch! How dare she just come in here and make accusations like that! "That is bullshit and you know it! Unlike you, Katherine, I don't cheat. I would never betray Stefan that way."
Stefan gets defensive as well. "Elena is right, she would never do something like that. You have no right to come in here uninvited and make accusations like that!"
Ha! Exactly what I was thinking.
I see a flash of anger cross her face and then she looks Stefan directly in the eye. His expression goes blank for a few seconds and then returns to normal.
Katherine gives an exaggerated sigh. "Well, I guess I am not welcome here, so I'll just be going. See you around boys, Elena." She turns to leave, throws a menacing smirk over her shoulder and is gone.
Once she was gone we are all quiet for a few minutes. Damon seems to finally be able to move again and bolts outside, probably to follow after Katherine. Jeremy goes up to his room and Stefan and I go up to his.
So many thoughts are running through my head. I have no idea how I am supposed to handle everything. First a supposedly impossible pregnancy, then Stefan proposes and now Katherine's back!
I start pacing around the bedroom. "What hell just happened down there? And what did she mean by 'see you around'? Does that mean she is sticking around for a while? Ugh! I can't believe her! I don't know what you ever saw in her, Stefan!"
I look over at him and he is just sitting on his bed quietly. He has that blank expression on his face again that I can't read. I walk over and sit down next to him.
"Stefan, are you okay? Why are you so quiet?"
He just looks in his lap. "Elena… if I ask you a question can you promise to tell me the truth and not be angry?"
"Of course."
He sighs deeply. "Do you still have feelings for Matt?"
"What? No!"
He finally looks my in eye but there is still no definite expression on his face. "Are you sure? Because you both seemed cozy at school today and… and…"
"And what, Stefan?" I demand.
"And vampires aren't supposed to be able to have children."
I feel like I have just been slapped in the face. Is he insinuating that the baby isn't his? "What exactly are you asking Stefan?"
He sighs again as if he's slightly annoyed. "Is the baby mine or have been with Matt recent enough that it could possibly be his?"
Forget slap, I feel like I was just punched in the gut. Where is this coming from? Didn't he just defend me downstairs when Katherine made the same allegation? What is with the sudden 180?
How could he think that? I thought he trusted me. I thought he knew I am nothing like Katherine.
I don't think I've ever felt such anger and especially aimed at Stefan. And me being pregnant and hormonal definitely doesn't help.
I jump off the bed to face him and I can't help but yell. "How dare you ask me that? I thought you thought more of me than that. You know you I would never do anything like that to you!"
He just looks at me, his expression still has yet to change. "Please just answer the question, Elena."
"No! I won't answer the god damn question because you should already know the answer!"
"You promised you wouldn't get angry."
"That was before you accused me of cheating on you with Matt! Matt is like my brother, I don't think of him that way."
He doesn't say anything. I cannot believe him. This is so unlike him. I have never seen him so emotionless.
"You know what? Fuck you Stefan!" I scream and storm out the room. I stomp down the steps and grab my bag off the floor, where Stefan dropped it when he went at Damon. That seemed like it happened days instead of just and hour ago. So much has happened in such a short amount of time.
I don't understand. He believes me when I tell him that Damon and I didn't kiss but then all the sudden thinks I has sex with Matt and it's his baby.
Stefan gave me a ride to school which means I don't have my car to take me home, so I grab Damon's keys and take his car.
When I get home I ignore Jenna and head straight to my room. Jenna tries knocking on my door to see what's wrong but I just continue to ignore her. She finally gets the hint that I just want to be alone and leaves.
I lie down in bed and plan to go to sleep but before I do I force off the ring Stefan gave me and put it on my bedside table.
After about fifteen minutes of tossing and turning, I sigh, put the ring back on and fall right to sleep.
Stefan POV
As soon as I hear the front door slam shut I seem to break out of the fog I was in.
What the hell just happened? What did I just do? I know Elena wouldn't do that to me. So why did I just accuse her of cheating on me with Matt?
I know vampires having children is extremely uncommon but Damon had said that he has heard it's happened before. So of course the child is mine. What is wrong with me?
I need to talk to Elena as soon as possible. But I will give her tonight to calm down and tomorrow I'll go over to her house and beg her forgiveness. She has to forgive me! I can't live my life without her, I need her.
Elena's not the only one who needs some time. I need time to figure out what the hell got into me and made me say those things to her.
Katherine heard Damon following her so she turned into a white owl and soared away. Once she was sure she lost him she went back to the Salvatore home to watch the show commence.
She crept to the edge of the woods and got there just in time to hear the end of the formally happy couples argument.
"Please just answer the question, Elena." She hears Stefans toneless voice.
"No! I won't answer the god damn question because you should already know the answer!"
"You promised you wouldn't get angry."
"That was before you accused me of cheating on you with Matt! Matt is like my brother, I don't think of him that way."
It's quiet for a few seconds and then she hears Elena yell. "You know what? Fuck you Stefan!"
Seconds later she sees Elena storm out of the house and drive away.
Katherine can't help but laugh out loud.
Stefan has gotten so weak, getting into his mind was all too easy. All she had to do was influence him to doubt Elena's faithfulness and make him confront her about it after she left. She knew they would get into a huge argument and it could likely end their relationship for good. And her plan worked perfectly. Hopefully they have learned their lesson.