"Please come back to me."

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"Why doesn't she remember us?" Lizzie says turning to her aunt Bonnie with a saddened expression once they all leave the room, leaving only Caroline and Camilla.

"I don't know. This shouldn't have happened." Bonnie replies with frowned eyebrows.

"I think a question we should be asking is how the hell my brother rose from the dead." Damon says still staring at Stefan like he was an alien. Damon pokes his side and Stefan grunts.

"I think we'd all like to know." Klaus mumbles. Stefan ignores them all more concerned with his wife, or what was his wife.

"We should focus on Cami right now. What's going on? Why does my own wife look repulsed by me even touching her?" He says frustrated he hasn't gotten any answers. "And who are all of these kids?"

"Brother." Damon interrupts. Stefan looks towards Damon who points to each of the kids. "Meet Lizzie, Josie, Jace, and Alec." He says with a tense smile. "Again."

"What?" Stefan whispers staring at all the kids with his jaw to the ground. "Okay. Okay. So I've been dead for a long time. Why the hell are the Mikaelsons in my house?"

"Well rippah, your wife turned your home into a school for the gifted after your death." Kol says slightly smug. He never liked Stefan, but he was trying to be slightly civil for Cami's sake.

"That still doesn't explain why you're here, I swear Cami told me you were dead." He says with narrowed eyes towards the past psychopathic Mikaelson.

"I could say the same about you." Kol says glaring at the former Ripper.

"Okay, okay, not the point here. How do we get her memories back?" Elena interrupts the glaring match looking towards Bonnie, davina, and Freya.

"We just need to give her time, maybe being around everyone again will help her get them back." Freya interjects.

"Is mom going to be okay?" Jace asks overwhelmed with everything going on. He still hasn't processed the fact that he has a twin sister let alone his own mom not remembering him. Alec nods, also wondering when he can finally be in her arms again.

"Everything physically is fine with her." Davina nods biting her lip.

"Why are you making that face?" Kol says while inspecting his wife's every move. She was nervous, he knew that much.

"Theres nothing that can tell us if she ever will get her memories back." She whispers wishing there was something she could do.

After a tense silence Damon breaks it, "On the bright side, my little brother can just work his charm, make her fall In love again. She forgets about this douche bag." He says pointing towards Klaus who glares at the latter. "I make her remember why I'm her number one best friend and she forgets about you." He finishes pointing towards Kol with a smirk.

Kol scoffs, "Ok Damon, we all know you were just a replacement for me."

"Stefan did she not say she liked me better than Kol?" He says whipping towards his little brother with an eyebrow raised.

"Damon, now is not the time." Stefan rolls his eyes. Camilla didn't necessarily say she liked him better, Damon was over exaggerating it. But he would never admit it infront of the Mikaelson.

"Did I forget to mention Camilla has another kid?" Damon says looking towards Stefan with a small smirk, attempting to get under his skin for not backing him up.

"She had another kid?" Stefan asks shocked. He was a little hurt she would move on while he was waiting for her in peace, but he understood. He had been gone for years.

"Not exactly." Klaus says with a small smug smirk. He gave Cami something Stefan never could. Although it didn't happen the way he wished he was still happy to have the twins.

"When Camilla was pregnant with Jace it turns out she was actually pregnant with twins. Some witches in New Orleans transferred one into Hayley Marshall. We found out recently but she never knew." Elijah interjects, he knew what his brother was trying to do. But when Cami gained her memories back if she wanted to be with Stefan he hoped his brother would let them be.

"Who is it?" He questions curious, less hurt now that he knows she didn't have another kid while he was dead.

"Me." Hope whispers quietly smiling small while raising her hand slightly in the air.

Stefan smiles towards her. She had Cami's smile and eyes. She was shy like how Cami first was when he met her but she eventually came out of her shell and became the most lively person he knew.

"Hello, I'm Stefan Salvatore." He says smiling softly and shaking her hand.

Caroline walks out of the door and her eyes widen seeing Stefan and Hope. It was still a shock to see Stefan here in the flesh, she only wished her sister was mentally here to see it.

"How is she?" Rebekah asks worried about her former good friend.

"She's confused. I actually wanted everyone to come in. I told her that she had kids. And a husband who uh," she looks towards Stefan who looks at her with a somber look." Has come back from the dead."

"Did you tell her I am her bestfriend?" Kol says with a raised brow. Caroline just rolls her eyes walking back into the room while everyone does the same. "It's a serious question Caroline."

Walking into the room everyone now sees Camilla in different clothes looking cleaner than she did before taking a deep breath calming herself.

"Hi." She says shyly to everyone.

"Hello." Stefan says with a wide smile, everyone else still just staring at her.

"Uh, can you guys introduce yourself and who you were to me I guess?" She says smiling softly still just staring at Stefan.

"I'm Stefan Salvatore. I was your husband, and then I died. But now I'm back, I don't know how or what that makes us." He says somberly smiling softly towards her. This must've been so confusing and frustrating for her.

Camillas eyebrows scrunch in confusion before nodding looking towards the next person.

"I'm Bonnie Bennett, we've been best friends since kindergarten. This is my husband Enzo. You guys became friends before we left to travel the world." She nods towards her husband who smiles in cami's direction waving.

"I'm Elena Gilbert, now Salvatore. We've been best friends since kindergarten along with Bonnie and Caroline." She says with a bright smile on her face. Camilla replicates the smile and looks towards the next pair.

"I'm Davina Claire-Mikaelson, I'm Kol's wife. We didn't know each other much before you lost your memory." Davina says with a small smile.

"I darling, am the most important person you need to remember." Kol says stepping up before Damon could say anything. He walks over to the bed and sits next to her making her slightly uncomfortable but she oddly felt a little more calm. Damon narrows his eyes at Kol. " I am Kol Mikaelson. Your best friend. You sacrificed your life for me at one point. That's how much you love me." He shrugs waving a hand around as if pointing out a picture.

"Actually I'm Damon Salvatore, your brother in-law." Before he could continue Kol mutters under his breath. "She was practically my sister in-law."

Camillas head snaps towards him in confusion while Klaus and Stefan send glares towards the Mikaelson.

"What?" Camilla asks confused. "I thought Stefan was my husband?"

"Oh boy." Jace snickers under his breath. His 'father' was never getting away from his mistake, not even when his mom lost her memory.

"Oh he was, you were engaged to my brother until he cheated on you and left you a single mother." Kol says bluntly shrugging. Klaus' glare intensifies if that was even possible.
When he sees Camilla looking around the room trying to find out who it is he sighs and steps forward.

"Hello love, I'm Niklaus Mikaelson." He says being straight forward. Stefan glares slightly at his nick name In which Klaus ignores.

"Uh, hello?" She says smiling shyly not knowing how to respond to the situation. Klaus only genuinely smiles.
She looks towards the group of kids, they all have emotional looks on their faces. Especially the boys, what could they say? They were always mommas boys.

"I'm Jace Forbes. Your first born." He nods looking towards his mother fondly. Alec clears his throat trying to be less emotional for his moms sake.

"I'm Alec, you adopted me into your family when I was only 6 months old." He says while Camilla smiles softly towards the tall boy.

"I'm Lizzie and this is Josie. We're twins. Fraternal. We were transported into you after bio mom was killed by her crazy twin brother and you raised us like your own, we are your kids. We're your babies, please remember us. Please don't forget us forever." Lizzie says beginning to sob towards the end, this was like a nightmare. Her mom was like her best friend and she doesn't know what she'd do if she never remembered her.

Camilla feels horrible, it must be so hard for them. She lost her memories but they lost a mother. She has a strong urge to wrap her arms around her. She stands up and begins walking towards the sobbing blond. Alaric tries comforting his daughter but she pushes him away.

Everyone watches while Camilla bends down towards Lizzie and brings her in a big hug. All of the other kids watch envious and jealous of the blonde getting attention from their mother when they've all missed her for days.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." Camilla says whispering in her ear with a tear running down her face.
Lizzie shakes her head feeling mad at herself for making her mom sad when she knew it wasn't her fault. But it was so hard to act like everything was okay. "It's okay."

Camilla looks towards the next person not feeling as protective or familiar than she has with the rest of the kids. She tilts her head studying the girl.

"I'm Hope Mikaelson." Hope says taking a deep breath. "I'm your daughter you didn't know existed." She finishes, ripping off the bandaid. Everyone hold their breath waiting for her reaction.

Camilla's eyes widen looking even more confused. "That I never knew about?"

"I was transferred from your belly into someone else's. We just found out a few days ago." Hope says warily. She was even more scared her mother would reject her now that she says it out loud.

"Oh. Well hello." Camilla says with a smile trying to not sound awkward or rude. Hope smiles back and relaxes a bit. Everyone besides the twins smile softly towards the duo. Stefan notices the look the twins give the two and raises an eyebrow in thought.

'They were jealous' he thinks with a questioning gaze towards the twins but they both avoid his eyes.

"I'm Rebekah and this is my brother Elijah we were all friends." Rebekah says with a large smile. Camilla smiles back looking towards Caroline who already introduced herself when they were alone in the room earlier.

"Well Thats enough for today." Caroline says smiling happily at the progress they made today. Her sister seemed to relax after everyone introducing themselves.

Everyone says goodbye and exits the room but Stefan hesitates. Caroline sees this and nods towards him in encouragement and closes the door behind her.

Stefan takes a seat near Cami but stays far enough away, careful to not make her feel uncomfortable.

"I really wish you remembered me." He says chuckling softly but there was no humor in it while staring at her.

She opens her mouth to apologize but he stops her. She had been apologizing all day and he hated every second of it. She didn't do anything wrong. "It's not your fault. You know we promised till death do us part, and I died. But it doesn't say anything about coming back to life."

Camilla sits there and hesitantly asks the question on her mind. "Do you still love me?"

Stefans head whips towards her, "of course. You're the love of my life. When I died I was at peace with my bestfriend Lexie. I was just waiting for you, and now that I'm here." He takes a deep breath. "I just want you to know, I don't want to push anything on to you. If you never get your memories back and you don't want to be with me. It's okay. I'll let you live your life. You shouldn't have an obligation to love someone you can't remember." He says with teary eyes at the thought of her never loving him again or being with someone new. A certain hybrid comes to mind but he shuts the thought down. It would tear him apart to watch as they lived happily together.

"I just need some time Stefan. Thank you for being so understanding. It's just, I wake up and suddenly I have kids and all these people who expect something from me that I don't know if I can give." She says trying to calm down her emotions. Everything was catching up to her now and she begins crying.

Stefan hesitantly scoots over to hug her and he's surprised when she hugs him back and whispers a small 'thank you' in his ear. He closes his eyes taking in this moment Incase he never got it again. He prays to whatever exists beyond this earth that she comes back to him.

'Please come back to me.' He thinks with a tear coming down his cheek.

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