Beautiful Accident

Chapter 11: Heartless

"So, your kids are going to be like Olsen twins?" - Caroline asked with her eyes wide open, popping out of her skull from the excitement.

Both Stefan and Elena were shocked by the news they're having twins. At first, Elena was full of fear that something is wrong with the baby, that somehow she messed up her child even before it was born, so the fact she will be having not one, but two babies, did not seem that big to her. Her relief ate her surprise and her worry. She realized what's going on when they sat in the car to drive back home. "Wait" - she said, like something finally clicked in her mind - "we are having twins" - she stated as he stopped on the red light - "Like, two babies?" - there was a small amount of panic in her voice. Stefan turned his head around in surprise and looked at her confused, before pulling a smile across his face and nodding at her. "Oh" - was her reaction, and both of them kept silent for the rest of the drive home.

Couples usually discuss these things. They discuss the possibility of twins, illness, number of children they want, and which gender would they prefer. Most of the couples are ready for these things, but the two of them were caught off guard. They knew absolutely nothing about each other, and Stefan realized that as two professional members of medical staff, it was completely irresponsible of them not to have that conversation earlier. And they could not afford anymore irresponsibilities.

So as soon as they entered the apartment, both of them agreed they should talk. They went through all of the family illnesses the child could inherit, which luckily, there were none, and as it turned out, there were twins in both of their family lines.

"How stupid am I? I thought you look larger because of your tiny figure" - Lexi said while putting a hand over her mouth.

The day after, they summoned Caroline, Lexi, Bonnie and Damon to give them the news. Bonnie and Damon were as surprised as Stefan and Elena were. They looked at each other, but haven't said a word. Lexi was also surprised, but she found some words to say. And then there was Caroline, who was excited, and who had plenty to say.

"I have so many ideas for my baby fashion line now" - Caroline exclaimed and clapped with the palms of her hands.

Stefan was about to tell her something, but she was no longer listening. She was squinting, like strong light was bugging her eyes, and she was buried deep inside of her thoughts. After some time she opened a small sketchpad she always carried with herself inside of her purse and started drawing something with her tongue stuck out a little. She would always stuck a tip of her tongue a little when she was concentrating.

"Well, congratulations" - Damon said as he stood on his feet - "Double blessing" - he smiled while looking at Elena.

Even though they did not know each other that well, Damon and Elena had a weird relationship. There was a lot of silence between them, but also, there was a lot of understanding. Caroline told Elena that Damon probably admires her, and that is why he's so silent all the time, because he can't deny it, but there's also no way in hell he would tell her the truth. So he kept his mouth shut, and secretly hoped she knows what he thinks of her. That her actions make her brave, and strong.

Bonnie knew there's more behind Damon's thoughts, because he did not have to tell her what's on his mind for her to know what he's thinking. She knew Damon accepted Elena from the moment he laid his eyes on her because there was something in her that made his brother smile brighter than he usually smiled. Something other than his child. His children.

Because Bonnie could see that too, and she wished for Stefan to be happy, more than anything, especially because of his past relationship experiences.

"I promised Rose we'll go for ice cream" - Damon said as his daughter's eyes widened at the mention of ice cream - "Stefan, care to join us?" - his eyes fell on his brother.