𝐖𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 - s. salvatore ¹

seventy-four

tvd: season 7, episode 12 - postcards from the edge
tvd: season 7, episode 13 - this woman's work

OLIVIA LAID ON HER BED, HER EYES FOCUSING ON THE CEILING, ever since she's back from New Orleans she couldn't help but have a hundred thoughts fill into her mind about her family. Are they okay? What's happening right now? She couldn't help but feel useless, she was one of the strongest supernatural creatures yet she's doing nothing but looking up at the ceiling. She was grateful for these miracle babies, she never thought she'd be a mother but here she was, pregnant and closer to her due date.

"Hey, sorry, I was trying to track down my brother." Stefan's voice called as he slowly opened her bedroom door and Olivia sat up in her bed. He walked inside with bags of food, "Curly fries or waffle? I brought both."

"Everything. I need food so bad, right now." Olivia took the curly fries from Stefan's hold and shoved some in her mouth. She closed her eyes feeling the good taste of fries, "God. I love you so much."

"Are you talking to me or are you talking to the fries?" Stefan chuckled, raising a brow at his fiancee.

"Do you want me to lie to you?" Olivia playfully raised her eyebrows but chuckled as she leaned in and placed a soft kiss on his lips "You know I love you. Did you find Damon?"

"No."

"Alright, let me finish this amazing food you brought for me and then we will track him down." Olivia told him as she felt a small flutter of pain hit her, she brushed it off before another sudden jolt of pain shot through her making her scream out, "Ow."

"Are they kicking again?" Stefan asked, placing his hand to rest on Olivia's baby bump and felt a kick. He smiled at her, "They're kicking."

"Yeah." Olivia chuckled before another pain jolted through her, she groaned, "Okay, these kids are kicking really hard."

Olivia softly stood up with the help of Stefan as she hissed in pain once more, her hand going to her stomach. Stefan's eyes went wide as he saw her trying to balance herself. "Olivia, maybe you're going into labor."

"No, my water didn't break." Olivia shook her head, squeezing Stefan's hand as she began to search his worried eyes. She hissed in pain once more causing Stefan to shake his head.

"I'm taking you to the hospital."

***

Olivia sat in the bed, Stefan sitting next to her as he nervously bounced his leg up and down. The doctor already did an ultrasound and the babies were fine. The doctor looked at the couple and she gave them a small smile, "The pains you experienced were Braxton Hicks, intense ones."

"So she and the babies are okay?" Stefan asked her, once more.

"They're all perfectly fine, as you saw I did the ultrasound and they are doing fine. I ran a few tests. All her levels are even except her blood pressure, it's high." The doctor looked up at Olivia before looking at Stefan, "Any idea why they are so high?"