I open my eyes, squinting at the sudden brightness from the sun. I lazily rub my eyes and look over to my side, where I see Klaus sleeping peacefully.

A small smile escapes my lips as I watch him for a few more seconds. I wasn't surprised he was sleeping since it was a long night, but he usually gets up way earlier than I do so it's nice to have him here.

I sit up from the bed and wrap a blanket around my body. My feet hit the cold ground as I take in my whole weight, stepping forward until I lose balance and hit the floor. "Ow!"

Pain seeps up my legs and I wince, not expecting this at all. I hear Klaus move from the bed and then he looks at me. "Why are you on the floor, love?"

"You did this." I scold him, grabbing onto the nightstand before holding myself up, one hand still trying to cover my whole body with a blanket.

"For your information, I didn't do anything. It was mostly you." he tells me with a grin on his face. "That's a lie! Your anger got in the way."

"I mean, it wouldn't of gotten in the way if you didn't flirt with Marcel." he says to me, his grin still lingering on his lips. I shoot him a glare, "That's besides the point!"

I slowly walk over to the bathroom door and turn around to face him, who's still sitting on the bed with no shirt and the covers of the bed were covering the lower part of his body. His hair is all messy and his eyes look tired, but he couldn't be more beautiful, I swear.

"Okay, I'm going to take a shower now." I snap myself out of that trance and go to open the door when I hear a whoosh behind me. I turn around again and Klaus is only a few feet away from me.

"Without me? That kind of hurts." he tells me and I gulp, then shake my head. "Yes, without you. It wouldn't be a shower if you were in it."

My hand is still on the handle and I go to turn it, but Klaus puts his hand on top of mine to stop it. "Please." he pouts and I give him a look, "Stop doing that!"

"Doing what?" he asks me, confusion washing all over his face. "Your eyes! The ones where you practically beg like a puppy."

"Well, I'm not begging as you say I do." he says and I roll my eyes and he gives me that look again. "Okay, fine. You can join or whatever."

§

"What are you doing with that luggage?" I hear Rebekah from the other room. I walk down to the last step of the stairs and turn to look at her with my hands on my hips.

"I'm going back to Mystic Falls. Remember I have to graduate?" I ask her and she nods, "Oh, that's right. I also do remember your high school friends and how awfully rude they were to me."

"Well, they're about to do the same to me when I tell them I'm staying in New Orleans because I have a child on the way." I tell her and her eyebrows raises. "You mean  to tell me that you never told them?"

"I only told Caroline, but yeah. Nobody knows." I confess, shaking my head. I know they're going to be mad. I mean, I'm supposed to go to college with the girls, but instead I'm going to be feeding my child while they're out partying.

"If your friends hate you for that, just tell them that I wouldn't mind paying them a visit." she smiles and I nod, laughing. "Thanks, Bex."

"And how are my favorite girls doing?"

I look up as Klaus walks down the stairs with a smile and his hands behind his back. "What has gotten you in a good mood?" Rebekah asks with her arms crossed.

"Why must you always question a man's happiness?" Klaus questions and gives me a smile once he hits the floor.

"The two of you are not sneaky at all. I could barely keep an eye closed because of the ruckus. I do have vampire hearing, remember?"

"Don't put this on me, sister. It was all her." Klaus points at me and my mouths goes wide. "Klaus!" I smack his chest and he shrugs with a smirk.

"You two are bloody weird." Rebekah states and then looks at us. "I'm debating whether or not I should come to your graduation. Am I invited?"

"If you want to go, yeah you're invited." I respond and instantly a smile forms on her lips.

§

Being away from Mystic Falls made me realize how much my life has drastically changed over the past few weeks. And how much I miss Elena and my friends.

I know this will be my last time seeing them until the next time we meet, which could be months or even years. However, I do not want that happening. I just don't know what the future will take me.

I step foot on the porch of the Salvatore Boarding House and my hand slowly turns the doorknob. I arrived at Mystic Falls not that long ago and no one knows I'm here. Klaus and Rebekah are at some fancy hotel out of town and compelled for the best room there is.

I told them I wanted to tell my friends this on my own. It's a pretty big deal to me considering I'm telling them I am leaving forever and have a child on the way.

I close my eyes and turn the doorknob completely before walking into the house. Nobody seemed to be home, which is not a surprise. Damon's probably at the Grill and Elena... I'm not even sure at this point. I don't even know if her humanity is still off because no one seemed to update me while I was out for awhile. But, I guess I kind of deserved it. I left them with no explanation and they still don't know.

I hear movement from above so I quietly walk up the stairs and into Stefan's room, who had his red graduation cape on and is trying to put his tie on. He seems far too busy to even notice I walked into his room.

I stand by his door and continue to watch has he struggles to fix his tie when he finally turns around and spots me.

"Maya? When did you get back?" he asks and walks over to me, pulling me into a hug. I smile into his embrace and after a few moments, we pull away.

"Just a few hours ago. I wanted to surprise everyone, but no one seems to be anywhere." I answer him and he nods, "They're all at Caroline's getting ready."

"And you decided not to join them?" I question, crossing my arms. "Well, I was on my way, but uh..." he points to his tie and I grab it from him. "Let me do it." I say and walk in front of him, putting the tie on him.

"So, where did you go? Caroline refused to tell me. It must be big considering she kept a secret."

A laugh falls out of my mouth and I nod. "Yeah, surprised she did keep the secret." I let my hands continue to fix his tie and he gives me a look. "What's the secret?"

I bit the insides of my cheeks and I finish his tie, turning around to face away from him. "Okay, well. This is going to sound weird and crazy, but..."

I couldn't say it, I just couldn't. I know I can tell Stefan, he's the only friend who never judged me once, but it's alot to take in and it's going to be the main reason why I'll be leaving Mystic Falls for good.

I felt his hand place on my shoulder and he slowly turns me around. "Hey, hey. It's okay. You don't have to tell me if you're not ready."

"Klaus and I are having a child."

"What?"

"I know! Listen, the baby is being carried by Hayley, Tyler's friend. Some witches in New Orleans decided to take my baby out of me and put it into her because I can't carry it."

Stefan's face has mixed emotions that even I couldn't figure out. It was like a puzzle, except this was impossible. Then, his face broke out into a smile. "Can I be it's uncle? No, it's godfather. Or both."

"Ugh, you really are the best friend ever." I tell him and grab him, giving him another hug only this lasted longer. "Tell me everything that happened while you were away."

And so I did. Telling him every detail, not everything, that happened while I was in New Orleans. I'm disappointed that talks like these won't happen anymore, at least in person.

§

"Where is everyone?" Caroline asks as she pouts and looks around. Matt arrives suddenly, "I'm here. Oh, my god, Maya. When did you get back?"

He pulls me into a hug and I smile at the sudden impact. We pull away once Caroline blurts out questions at him. "Where have you been?"

"Oh, you know, making plans for the summer, dodging death by vampire hunter." Matt responds sarcastically and Bonnie joins in, "Where's Elena? We can't do this without her."

I felt arms wrap around my chest from behind and I immediately knew who it was. "Oh, it's so good to see you."

"I missed you too, Elena." I turn around and hug her tightly. After I explained my part to Stefan, he eventually told me Elena got her humanity back. I let go of the hug and see Stefan chiming into the group.

"I can't believe it. We're actually all here. We are all here together! Bonnie Bennett, are you crying?" Caroline gasps and she nods. "It's our last hurrah before you guys go off to college."

"Before we go off to college." Caroline corrects Bonnie. Elena sighs, "I... kinda sorta missed the deadline. You know, being an emotionless bitch."

"Well, the perks of being a vampire—we can go wherever we wanna go. We can choose our own roommates. We could—we could get a triple room!" Caroline cheers.

"Triple room? Are we forgetting Maya?" Elena questions and my smile drops, forgetting that they have no clue what happened.

"Well, she'll be in New Orleans so—" Caroline gets cut off by my sister. "New Orleans? Isn't that where Klaus is moving? Maya, I know you have a thing with him, but I never thought you'd actually move in with him."

"Wait, since when were you two a thing?" Matt jumps in and all eyes turn to him. "No, we're not just a thing. We're more than that."

"Oh, since when?"

"Okay! That's enough of the Gilbert drama. We're graduating! It's supposed to be happy times. Now, come on. Group hug!"

I throw on a fake smile just for her and join the upcoming group hug. Stefan mutters, "Ah, I don't—I don't hug..."

"Oh, get over yourself!" The six of us close in for a joint hug. I almost felt the tears swell up at the corners of my eyes, but I quickly wipe them away as soon as the ceremony starts.

"Welcome parents, family, and friends. What a beautiful day for a graduation. Thank you for joining us today on this special day, as we celebrate our graduates. So let's get started..."

The ceremony goes on and eventually all of us walk into the stage and receive our diplomas. I walk off of the stage and get stopped by Klaus once I'm pretty far from the stage.

"Congratulations, love." he smiles down at me before leaning to give me a kiss on the cheek. A smile creeps up on my face as I thank him.

"You look so lovely, Maya. Congrats on your graduation." I hear Rebekah behind me and I turn around. "Thank you, Rebekah."

"I heard your friends awhile back about them having triple rooms, but I think us trio would do so much better. Don't you think? Nik and I can buy plenty of triple rooms, right?"

"As much as you want."

Later that day, I disappeared from both Mikaelson siblings and stumble upon a table of food. Classic me, grabbing a plate and putting whatever satisfies me onto the plate.

"You're eating for two now? I know you said you and Klaus were serious, but I didn't think that was actually true."

I turn around and see Elena and Bonnie with their eyes narrowing at me. "What are you talking about?"

"Her hips got wider too."

I widen my eyes at Bonnie's comment and put my plate on the table before looking back at them. "Excuse me?"

"Damon says you're pregnant and I'm here to say I'm not surprised." Elena tells me and I cross my arms against my chest, rage filling up inside me.

"Maybe my hips got wider, maybe not. Probably not because I'm not carrying the baby and maybe you would know that if you'd actually listened to me and not judge me every five seconds without knowing the whole situation. And you know, I've always been there for the both of you and none of you have been there for me, which is fine or whatever, but don't act like you know me when you don't."

"Oh, I'm sorry you feel that way." Bonnie says and I roll my eyes at the both of them. "Wait so there is a baby?" Elena asks and I nod, "Yes, Elena. Why did Damon tell you different?"

"Damon said you told Stefan and not us and I'm kind of offended you didn't come to me first." she responds and I narrow my own eyes at her. "You're offended? Elena, you just showed me you wouldn't support me having a child. There's a reason why I didn't tell you first."

"You didn't support me being in love with Damon. Why does that mean I have support every decision you make?"

"Of course. You always have to bring yourself into this. You know what? I'm not even sure if your humanity is on or not because you still sound like an emotionless bitch." I tell her and walk away from the two of them, already wanting to leave and never come back.

I walk up to Klaus and Rebekah who are smiling down at me. "I hate to say I'm proud of you, but I am most certainly the proudest of you." Rebekah tells me and grabs my arms.

"Aw, Nik. Your girl's mad, why don't you cheer her up. I'll be waiting in the car."

Rebekah soon walks away from the crowd and I move away somewhere less crowded and Klaus follows me. I end up behind the school and lean my back up against the brick wall.

"If only I could dagger a sibling..." I say after a long moment of silence which causes Klaus to stifle a laugh. "I'm serious." I reply and he continues to laugh, making me smile along.

"Stefan and Caroline are my only true friends. I expected more from Elena considering she's my sister, but she acted different." I frown and lean my head back on the wall with my eyes closed. I feel Klaus stand next to me to the point where our arms were touching.

"Don't worry about them, love. They're incapable of showing support and what you need... is support."

"I've never had any support and I'm fine with that. Bonnie will always support Elena and Elena will always support Bonnie. I'll just always be the background music, and I'm fine with that, really, I am." I confess, not even realizing what I had just said out loud.

"Do not say that. You aren't some background music to me. You are Maya, you're my whole world and I will not let anyone take your light, you understand?"

One tear falls down my cheek as I nod at his words. I give him a small smile and pull him into a hug. "I love you." I whisper slightly, barely audible, but I knew he heard me. "I love you. Always and forever."

I honestly don't understand how I got him, but I did. Hes is truly the best thing that has ever happened to me. He's the only one who's been there for me, besides Stefan and Caroline on certain occasions, but it was always him. And it makes me love him more everyday.

I let go of the embrace and wipe away some more tears that came down my face. "Ugh, I probably ruined my make up." I say, letting my finger brush underneath my eye. "You're beautiful either way." Klaus says and I roll my eyes at his compliment, but smile anyways.

"Come on. Rebekah's waiting for us." I say and loop my arms onto his. We walk away from the back of the school and towards the parking lot where I was stopped by Matt.

"Hey. I heard what Elena and Bonnie said earlier and you don't deserve to be treated like that. I'm happy for you and you deserve to be happy. I'm not really into this whole vampire half human baby because I just found out today, but I support it and I will always support every decision you make. So, congrats. Both of you."

"Oh, my god. Matt..." The corners of my mouth slid upwards. "Thank you." I give him one last hug before that was the last time I step foot into Mystic Falls.