Temporary Home

Chapter One: New Beginning

Author: Okay guys before I get started, I haven't wrote in a long time so please excuse my grammar and sentence errors, I am looking for a beta if anyone is interested I would be greatly honored. This is going to be my first muilt-chapter fanfic for The Vampire Diaries, so please be kind on the reviews but I will except all kinds of reviews. I am trying very hard on making this as soon as I can without a beta for the first chapter. Anyways enjoy and let me know what you think! Thank you.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Vampire Diaries, just this plot in the story.

"There's a baby in there alright." Dr. Mikaelson says giving the new mother a warm smile. Caroline Forbes never thought about becoming a mother at least not so soon, she takes a deep breath holding back the tears that has swell in her eyes. "Are you sure?" she whispers more to herself than at the doctor, "Yes, honey, I am sure. Do you want to know the gender of the baby?" she asks the young girl. "You can tell already?" Caroline's curiosity getting the better of her made her almost forget about the frighten experience that she is about to jump into. Dr. Mikaelson let out a small laugh "Yes, honey, you are about twenty weeks, your half way through your pregnancy. How did you not know about being pregnant?" she turns to the young blonde with curious brown eyes. "I have been hiding the fact that I might be fat instead of carrying another life inside me." Caroline looks at the screen to see the little baby on there and at the bottom of the screen where the monitor is monitoring the heartbeat of the child, making it feel more real than it has beforehand.

"Oh darling, you must have some clue or you wouldn't be here?" she questions the young mother once again cleaning the jelly of her swollen tummy. "I have taken all the pregnancy tests before I made the appointment. I thought they were lying to me, I mean that can be faulty right?" Caroline asks her. Laughing lightly at the girl before her knowing that she is in denial about being a new mommy that she had to come here to make sure, "Sometimes, but if they all say the same thing I don't think there that faulty. Anyway, we'll schedule a follow up appointment to check on the baby to make sure it's doing fine." Dr. Mikaelson says getting up from her chair to writing something down in Caroline's folder. Caroline pulls her shirt down over her pregnant stomach and sits there trying to keep the tears back that continue to resurface, "Dr. Mikaelson?" Dr. Mikaelson turns toward the blonde sitting in the chair trying to calm her emotions. "Yes darling?" "What is the gender, I don't want to keep calling my baby an it the whole pregnancy." Caroline looks up to see the doctor smiling warmly at her. "It's a girl, I check for you before you decided and I have it wrote down just in case you wanted to know." She replies.

The first time since Caroline walk into the office of Katherine Mikaelson, she smiles a true genuine smile. Katherine is taken back by the girl smiling since at the beginning of the appointment she's been nothing but a bundle of nerves. This is what makes her job so enjoyable is seeing the wonder, fear, and excitement all in one setting knowing that the soon-to-be parents are happy about their newest addition to their family. Caroline walks out the door with a smile present on her face while Katherine is leaning against the doorframe watching as she walks out of her office but stopping to make another appointment. "I know that look Dr. Mikaelson." She heard her receptionist calls to her. "Anna, make sure that you pick up a few girly baby items for me." Was all she said before turning to go into her office in the back of her clinic with a smile of her own present on her face?

Five month later

Caroline is sitting at a table for two in a small café waiting on her best friend to get there for lunch. She looks down at the small bundle of pink blankets to see her beautiful baby girl, her little pink bow that her grandmother got her is a little too big for her small head, that made Caroline smile at the thought of her mother going out shopping after she got over being mad at her daughter for getting pregnant. Caroline starts to think about her ex-boyfriend and the father of her child, how he reacted cause her the most pain, he wanted her to get rid of the child like it was a disease and that hurt and angry her the most. Without even realizing that a tear rolls down her cheek until something wet hit her bare hands, 'Get ahold of yourself, Forbes. Brooklyn needs you to be strong for her.' She thought looking back at her sleeping daughter once more. "Hey Care, sorry I haven't been able to meet you for lunch lately." Stefan Salvatore says to her, Stefan has been her best friend since the sixth grade when a bunch of boys put gum in her hair and Stefan was kind enough to help her cut it out later result in her having shoulder length hair since they had to end it out from the gum. Ever since that day, she proclaim them as best friends and they were inseparable since then.

"Its fine, Stefan. Anyways how have you been?" she asks him. "I've been fairly nicely ever since I move careers, I must say I can help you out in the job field if you like?" Stefan has been trying to get her out of Mystic Falls since she graduated high school. Recently Caroline has come up to New York to visit Stefan since he insisted on paying for her to stay here but it wasn't until the pass week that she finally gave in and pack Brooklyn and her things and drove to New York to stay with Stefan. "I bet Bonnie will love to watch Brooklyn for you while you work!" Stefan encourages the young teenage mother to consider his offer. Bonnie Bennet is their neighbor a few doors down that she met on the day she moved in with Stefan. Bonnie seen Caroline struggle with carrying an infant carrier and a box into the apartment since Stefan was at work at the time. So Bonnie being a good neighbor ask her if she would like some help and ever since then they became great friends and Bonnie has come over every night for the past week helping Caroline take care of Brooklyn and keeping her company while Stefan works.

"I suppose I could give it a try so I won't be a bum in your house anymore!" Caroline says exciting about looking for a job in New York. Stefan grins at his best friend knowing that she doesn't have to do this alone anymore makes him feel a lot better plus who wouldn't want their best friend as a roommate even if he acquired two new roommates?

Present day

Caroline is sitting in the same chair that she sat in five years ago when her best friend Stefan help her out. Five years ago, she snag the best job of her life thanks to him and now it's this day that she is celebrating with him knowing that she is the strong and independent woman that she was before her pregnancy, now she can look back and be thankful for her daughter's surprise arrival five years ago. Caroline is too busy with her thoughts to even notice that her best friend of many years took the seat in front of her. "Hey Care." His voice snaps Caroline out of her thoughts causing her to jump a little and smiles embarrassingly at him. Stefan chuckles at his best friend's response, "Stefan, you scared me!" she gushes at him before laughing at her silliness. "It's not my fault that you were preoccupied with something else?" he questions her with a small smirk. "Seriously!?" she laughs at him once again. Her laughter fades but her smile never leaves her face, to be honest she is happy that she took him up on his offer all those years ago. "So how's the firm treating you?" Stefan asks as the waitress walks over to them to take his order along with Caroline's since she was polite enough to wait for him. "It's going very well, Rick is actually having me help plan his annual even that is coming up soon." She replies to him, "What about you and your lovely career?" she asks him rolling her eyes.

Stefan chuckles at the blonde's childish behavior "It's as lovely as ever, I have been thinking about proposing to Beck as of late. I'm still nervous about it and I don't even know how to ask her!" Stefan blurts out a little embarrass now that he said it out loud. Caroline took pity on him, the poor guy has been dating his boss's sister for three years now and it hasn't been very easy on him either. "Don't worry Stefan, you'll do fine. Let's eat then we can take a walk down to the jewelry store." She says with a comforting smile that he returns.

After they finish their lunch and the argument of who was paying for lunch that Stefan won fairly causing Caroline to frown the entire walk to the closest jewelry store. "Oh come on Care, don't be like that! He says laughing at her pouty face. Completely ignoring her friend, she walks over to one of the cases displaying beautiful rings "Welcome to Anna's Fine Jewel, if you need any help or would like to try on any of the rings let me know." The young brunette suggest to them thinking that they were the future bride and groom. Caroline politely declines her offer before looking back at the rings before her. "What one should I get her?" Stefan asks coming up behind his blonde friend. "Something simple yet elegant is what I'd like but knowing Rebekah, she would like something more of elegant and showy." She says rolling her eyes. Stefan chuckles at his best friend and continue to look at the rows of engagement rings.

After a few minutes of looking Stefan decided to wait before picking out the prefect ring and bid Caroline farewell so they both could get back to work. Caroline walks back to the office thinking about what Stefan is going to do over the next few weeks. She is jealous of the blonde that her best friend is wanting to marry, she can't help but wonder if she will ever get the wedding that she has always dreamt of, 'Oh course not! Don't be silly Caroline, nobody would want you because as soon as they find out about Brooklyn your dreams of marriage is out the door.' She sighs heavily at the thought. She knew what the sacrifice was when she made the choice in keeping her daughter and she has never regretted her choice at all. "Hey Care, do you want to go out for drinks?" her colleague Elena asks her. She met Elena through Stefan since she is married to his brother, the girl has always been pleasant to be around but Caroline always got a nagging feeling like she reminded her of someone but she couldn't place the person. "I don't know E." she says looking at the picture of her daughter and her at the zoo last year, Brooklyn was excited that Stefan along with Rebekah took them to the zoo. Caroline smiles at the memory of that day since Rebekah's pink wool beret hat got ruined by the llama trying to eat it.

"Oh come on Care, you never go out!" she whines to her. Caroline gave her a glare "Yes I am well aware of that Elena but remember I have a daughter to take care of." She spits out causing the brunette to roll her eyes. "I am aware of that but you need a break from this." She jesters with her hand about her work life "I mean do you ever wind down?" she questions the blonde who sighs in return at her. "Its settle then, I'll come by to pick you up at nine that gives you enough time to find a sitter cause you are going out!" Elena says before walking away "Oh and Caroline, don't forget to wear something sexy too!" she calls over her shoulder causing Caroline to scoff at her friend. 'Great, now I have to see if Bonnie is busy tonight since Elena wouldn't take no for an answer.' Caroline rolls her eyes once more at the fact that she is getting dragged out to wherever Elena is planning on taking her.

Hey Bon, are you free tonight? –C

Since the day is almost over Caroline decide to get the rest of her work done and try to think of what she could wear to this 'night out' that Elena has roped her into. Her cell phone lit up and Caroline unlocks it to see Bonnie has replied to her.

Hey Care, nothing that I know of, why? –B

Caroline stares at her phone trying to think of the best way of asking her without it seeming like she actually wants to go.

Well Elena has ask me if I wanted to go out tonight, which I declined but she is going to drag me out either way saying that I need time away from work. So in other words, can Brooklyn spend the night with you tonight? –C

Caroline took a deep breath hoping that Bonnie would agree to this and Caroline will make sure to pay her double for taking Brooklyn overnight even though she insist every time the weekend comes up.

I don't mind, it'll be good for you. I'll make sure to let her know that she'll be staying the night. Have fun with Elena tonight! –B

Smiling at her friend's text, she puts her phone away to finish the rest of today's work before heading home for the day. She has to get the minutes from her boss's last meeting finish and call the Mikaelson's and Brothers to make sure that they remember the meeting that will take place Monday morning.