You guys have been so patient and I am really grateful! I'm so so so sorry it took me so long to update but I have been really busy with school. Also, I finished the chapter weeks ago and then my internet went down! And I would rather take longer and give you all a really good chapter that I'm proud of then a rushed and not so good chapter.

And the show... all I can say is wow! Having to wait seven days for a new episode is torture!

Just in case you forgot I shall remind you again: flashbacks are in italics :)

Another four weeks passed quickly. Stefan and I have been avoiding Katherine and Damon as much as we could. And when we can't avoid them we just ignore them, as if they're not there at all. We've been mostly secluding ourselves in Stefan's bedroom or hanging out with Jeremy or our friends.

The times we did happen to run into Katherine she had been surprisingly pleasant. She would ask me how I am feeling or if I needed anything. She would ask questions about the baby, as if she didn't have any problem with Stefan and I being together. It is very strange and doesn't make any sense. Stefan has told me what Katherine is really like and the things she's done. He basically summarized her as a lying, selfish, manipulative bitch. But so far she has only been, oddly enough, nice.

I wake up and sigh contently. I feel Stefan's arm tighten around me. Somehow he always knows when I wake up.

He leans in and kisses my cheek. "Morning, beautiful."

I smile. "Morning. Ho do you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Know when I've woken up? Is it just another one of your super vampire senses?"

He chuckles. "No, I just know you. Right before you wake up you always give a cute little sigh."

"What? I do not?"

"Yes, you do."

"Well, aren't you just observant." I joke.

Stefan laughs and kisses my nose. "So, are you excited?"

"For what?" I know exactly what Stefan is talking about. This afternoon we're going to the doctor and we are finally going to find out the sex of the baby. But just to mess with Stefan I decide to play dumb.

"Our doctor's appointment, that's what."

"What doctor's appointment? I didn't make any appointment."

He face is complete shock. "What? Elena, we can finally find out if we're having a boy or girl and you forgot to make an appointment with Dr. Conway?"

At this point I can't contain myself any longer and I start busting out laughing. The look on his face is priceless!

"That wasn't funny."

"Oh, yes it was. You should have seen your face!" I still cannot stop laughing.

"Oh, really? Well, I know something that will be even funnier." His hands suddenly start tickling me all over.

I start to laugh so hard I get tears in my eyes. "Aahh… no… please… stop." I beg, out of breath.

He finally stops after a few more torturous minutes. "So, I'll ask you again. Are you excited?"

I pretend to think about it for a second. He gets impatient and hovers his hands threateningly over me, getting ready to tickle me some more.

"Yes, yes! I'm so very excited!" I answer quickly.

"That's what I thought." He smirks and pecks me on the lips. "So, what would you like for breakfast this morning?"

"Hmm… how about chocolate ice cream?"

"Ice cream…or breakfast? Really?"

"Yes. And don't blame, the baby wants ice cream."

He puts his hand on my slightly rounded stomach. "The baby, huh? Well, then I guess it must be a really chore for you to have to comply. I bet you can't stand having to eat ice cream." His voice is dripping in sarcasm.

"Oh haha. You're so funny. And don't complain, at least I'm not having really weird cravings like… peanut butter and mayo sandwiches."

"Ew, now that just sounds revolting."

"I know. Now, please! I really want some ice cream." I give him the puppy dog face and he caves, he always does.

He sighs. "Be right back." He kisses me again and goes downstairs.

Stefan returns with the entire tub of chocolate ice cream and I have to say it was the best damn ice cream I have ever tasted. Stefan has been constantly making fun of me for all the different cravings I've had. I think the one he teased me the most with was cream cheese and gold fish*, which actually tasted really good, and that's not even that weird.

"Alright, now that your done your 'breakfast', what do you want to do till its time to get ready to go?"

"Can we just lay here and relax? I'm not in the mood to deal with Damon and Katherine. Can we just stay here, the three of us, for the next two hours?"

"That sounds perfect." He leans in a kisses my deeply.

After two blissful hours in bed with Stefan it's finally time to get up and ready for the doctors appointment.

I was in the bathroom changing and put my hands over my now evident baby bump. As long as I wear flowing clothes you can't really tell that I'm pregnant, but lift up my shirt and it's quite obvious. Luckily, I've been able to hide it well enough at school that people aren't noticing yet.

In order to hide my ever growing stomach I had to, unfortunately, go out and buy maternity clothes. At first I was really reluctant to go out and buy maternity clothes because I like the clothes I wear now and I've never thought that maternity clothes were very appealing. I mean, I've seen pregnant women before and all their clothes seem frilly and girly. That is definitely not my style. But once my jeans started getting a little tight, Bonnie and Caroline finally wore me down last week. I now know to never go shopping for maternity clothes ever again.

"Please, Elena. We know you need new clothes, your jeans don't even fit any more." Caroline begs. Her and Bonnie had just showed up at the boarding house and immediately tried convincing me to go shopping with them.

"Yes, they do. They're just… a little tight." I lie.

"Just, stop. We've been friends since elementary school. We can tell when you're lying, Elena." Bonnie argues.

Damn it. Now what can I say to get out of it. I think for a second…perfect! "Actually, I'm really not feeling well. You know, morning sickness. Maybe we should just go some other time." I do my best to put on a sick face and rub my stomach for effect.

Bonnie and Caroline look at each other, debating whether or not to believe me. When they finally look back at me I can see the determination on their faces. I guess they didn't buy it.

Bonnie starts. "First of all, it's three in the afternoon. So, you can't have 'morning sickness'.

I'm about to tell her that it is possible to have morning sickness later in the day but cuts me off. "Second, we know you haven't gotten morning sickness at all since you've gotten pregnant."

"And third, that is like one of the oldest tricks in the book. Did you actually think we would fall for that? you're going to have to try harder than that to get out of going shopping with us." Caroline adds.

"Yeah." Bonnie agrees. "So, no more excuses. Lets go."

"How about we just go a different day?" I ask hopefully.

Bonnie and Caroline can see how badly I don't want to do this and give me sympathetic looks.

Bonnie looks me in the eye. "Elena, if you keep wearing the clothes you already have people at school and around town are going to start to notice you're pregnant. So, if you really want to wait to go shopping for maternity clothes, that's fine. But are you ready for all of Mystic Falls to know you're pregnant?"

She got me there. I'm not ready; I think I would rather have nobody know but my friends and family. It's not that I'm ashamed of my child or the fact that I happened to get pregnant in high school, but I hate gossip. And I know that as soon as one person finds out the whole town will know soon after and they'll all start to speculate and try to put in their two cents. I also know that in a small town like this one there are bound to be some people who will really disapprove of me being a pregnant teenager. This is mine and Stefans personal business, I don't want to hear anyone one else's opinion. I know it will get out eventually, but I am going to hide it for as long as I can.

I groan. "Alright, lets go before I change my mind."

"Yay!" Caroline and Bonnie clap their hands excitedly. They each link they arms to mine as we head to the car, as if to make sure I don't run off at the last second.

Caroline is practically skipping. "This is going to be so much fun, you'll see. You're going to be the hottest mom in Mystic Falls!"

I can't help but smile at the excitement on my two best friend's faces.

"Ugh! Please tell me this is the last store!" We have now been shopping for three hours and been to four different maternity stores. So that no one we knew would see us, Bonnie and Caroline searched for stores that had maternity clothes in the near by towns. Who knew they would find so many stores?

Caroline puts a hand on my shoulder, "Nope. Sorry, hon. We still got two more to go. Now go try this one on." She hands me another shirt and pushes me towards the dressing room. I'm pretty sure I have tried on more clothes today than I have in my entire life.

I reluctantly put on the shirt and look at my self in the mirror. I have to say they clothes Bonnie and Caroline have been picking out for me aren't that bad. They have been able to find clothes that are more my style. The shirt I have on now I actually kinda like.

I step out of the dressing room to get their opinions. "So, what do you think?"

Bonnie and Caroline both gape at me. "That looks awesome!" The both say at the same time.

"That is definitely the best one you've gotten all day." Bonnie looks at me quizzically. "But, do you like it?"

"I, surprisingly enough, kinda love it. You two really know how to pick clothes."

Bonnie smiles widely and Caroline looks smug. "We know. One look at you at Stefan won't be able to keep his hands off of you."

I blush because with these crazy pregnancy hormones it's mostly been me not being able to keep my hands off him.

I go back in the dressing room and put my own clothes back on. We continue looking through the racks and I see two women doing the same not to far from us. They are having a conversation with each and they're loud enough that Bonnie, Caroline and I are able to hear every word. Although, I really wish I hadn't.

"What a shame." We hear one of the women say. She was tall with short bleach blond hair and a very round belly. They were both around their mid thirties.

"What?" The other woman looks up from the clothing rack and asks. She was shorter with deep brown hair.

The blonde nods her head towards us. She is completely oblivious that we can here everything their saying. She must think that she's talking quiet enough for us to be able to hear, but she definitely isn't. "More and more teenagers seem to be getting pregnant these days. You think they'd learn by now."

"How do you know they're not here shopping for someone else?"

"No. The one in the middle is definitely pregnant; she was trying on clothes earlier. I bet she's not even out of high school yet. It's just a shame that she's throwing her life away. She's ruining her entire future because of one mistake. But, on the other hand girls like her need to understand that there are consequences to their actions."

"Girls like her?" The other woman sounds as if she isn't completely agreeing.

"Girls getting pregnant in high schools. Girls that think they can just go out and have sex without any repercussions. I wonder if she even knows who the father is."

At this point I can feel the angry tears building up. How dare she? She doesn't know anything about me or my life. She's basically summarizing me as some stupid slut.

She just continues. "Lets just hope she gives the baby up for adoption because teenagers are no where near responsible enough to be parents."

That's what did it. I could see Caroline getting angrier by the second, but that comment sent her over the edge.

Her eyes were blazing when she walked over to the two women. Caroline sounded pissed. "Ok, first of all, if you're going to talk about someone who is only a few feet away you might want to speak a bit quieter. Second, you don't even know her! You know nothing of her life and the kind of person she is. Third, you can't just stereotype her as some slut that got pregnant in high school because that is the complete opposite of who she is. And fourth, her child is not a mistake. That is something really inexcusable for you to say considering your about to be a mother yourself. You want to know what's a really a shame? The fact that you can be so ignorant."

Caroline starts to walk away and the women are left completely speechless with their jaws practically on the floor. But before she reaches us she turns towards the woman again. "Oh, and I'll have you know that she is going to be a fantastic mother. Unlike you, from what I can tell, if that's the kind of bullshit you're going teach your child." When she gets back to us she grabs mine and Bonnies arm and pulls us out of the store.

And its things like that why I don't want all of Mystic Falls to know. Because I know there will be other people who will feel the same way and if something like that were to happen again, without Caroline or Bonnie around, I don't know what I'd do. It's also why I never want to go shopping again. Not only do I have to be on my feet for hours but I also run the risk of running into other rude bitches. I'm just thankful this little shopping trip is over.

I came home that day planning on not telling Stefan knowing it would hurt him as much as it did me. But as soon as I walked in the door he saw the pain in my eyes and got the story out of me. Yet, I got the complete opposite reaction I was expecting from him. Instead of hurt, he was angry, very angry. About as angry as when he thought that Damon kissed me. Angry at the fact that someone could be so judgmental and mean to person they don't even know. I was finally able to calm him down but even now I can see that what happened still affects him as it does me. Its people like that, that makes me want to hide my pregnancy.

Yet, I've been doing me best to rid my mind of all those negative thoughts because I know there are so many good things in my life right now.

As I'm looking at my reflection, I can't help but smile at the beautiful baby that is growing inside me. My smile broadens when I feel Stefans strong arms encircle my waist and place his hands over mine. I happily lean back into Stefan's chest as he rests his chin on my shoulder.

"You are stunning." Stefan whispers in awe.

"We do make a pretty cute couple."

"No we don't." He sees my very confused face and tightens his arm around me. "We make a pretty cute family."

I turn around and kiss him long and deep. We finally pull apart when air becomes a necessity.

Stefan gives me one more peck on the lips. "You ready to go?"

"I've been ready. I can't wait to find out if were having a boy or girl."

We are sitting in the examination room, waiting for Dr. Conway. When she finally arrives she greets us with a smile.

"Hello, it's good to see you two again." She pulls up a chair next to the bed. "So, Elena how have you been feeling?"

"Pretty good. My feet and my back have been a little sore but that's it."

"That's a bit odd you're feeling like that this early in the pregnancy, but not uncommon. And I hate to tell you but it will probably get worse the farther along you get and bigger the baby gets. So, if it starts to really bother you then just try and stay off your feet and maybe even try and convince Stefan here to give you a massage." She winks at me and we all chuckle. "Okay, so are you ready to find out the sex of your baby."

Stefan and I nod our heads excitedly.

She pulls the machine over and quirts the cool gel onto my stomach. She rubs the wand over my stomach and the image of our baby comes on to the screen. But something doesn't look right. Is a baby supposed to have two heads and four arms and legs? Wait…no, it can't be. Oh my god.

As all of this is running through my mind the doctor confirms what I can't believe. "Well, I'm not sure how we missed it before, but it seems as if you're having twins. It looks like you're going to have both a girl and a boy. Congratulations."

Stefan and I are speechless. It's not supposed to be possible for Stefan and I to have one baby together, now we find out we're having two. Wow! I didn't see that coming.

*I put in the goldfish and cream cheese thing for my friend Margaret. She loves cream cheese and goldfish together. When she first told me I thought she was crazy cause it sounded kinda gross and then she had me try it and it's really really good!