A Unexpected Miracle

Sonogram

My head snapped over to the doorway when I heard Elena's voice. I let go of Stefan's neck and dropped my hand. Stefan didn't do the same.

"Stefan let him go," Elena demanded.

I looked back at my brother just as he let go of me. I fixed my shirt and walked past with him a blank face to sit on my bed.

"Elena," Stefan said, surprised to see her. "How was the doctor's?"

"Don't change the subject," she snapped.

"We were just talking. That's all," Stefan's cold eyes moved over to me. "Right, Damon?"

I rolled my eyes. It was as if Stefan thought lying would get him on Elena's good side. Clearly neither of us were on her good side, so why lie?

"Oh that's what you call talking? Trying to choke each other?"

"It's not like we could choke each other, Elena," I said. "We're vampires. It takes a lot more than choking to kill us."

"It doesn't matter if you're vampires or not," she shouted. She crossed her arms across her chest. "I want to know why you two were fighting and I want to know now."

"Just the usual brother stuff," Stefan mumbled under his breath. He moved over to her and touched her lightly on the arm. "Come on. Let's go to my room and we can talk about your doctor's appointment."

Elena looked over at him and said, "I'll be there in a minute."

I could tell Stefan didn't want to leave her alone with me, which made me want smirk, so I did smirk. He glared at me before leaving and I stood up. "What do you want, Elena?"

She opened up a folder and took a small piece of paper out. She walked over to me and handed it me. I looked down at it confused. "What is this?" I turned the picture around in circles. It was a black screen with numbers and letters. Besides that, I couldn't see anything else.

She laughed a little bit and moved next to me, our arms touching lightly. I tried not to let this affect me. She pointed her finger at a small little dot that I focused my eyes on. "That," she whispered, "is the baby."

"That's the baby?" I asked with a shocked voice. I squinted my eyes at the picture. "I've seen a lot of babies. That doesn't look like one."

"That's because it hasn't grown yet. It'll grow and soon we won't be looking at a picture of something that resembles a peanut."

I looked at it for a few moments before handing it back to her. She pushed my hand back towards me and wouldn't take the picture.

"Keep it. That's your copy. I have my own," she said.

I looked down at the picture again and back up to her. "Thanks," I said.

Elena smiled at me and I almost smiled back. She turned and left the room to go see Stefan.

I sat back down on the bed and looked down at the picture in my hand. I couldn't tear my eyes away from the tiny dot. It wasn't just a tiny dot though. "It's our baby," I whispered.

Looking at the picture made me wonder how the doctor's appointment went. I needed to know if the doctor noticed anything usual, because let's face it: this wasn't your average baby. I'm a vampire. Elena is a human. I grimaced as I thought of that Twilight movie where the baby was half vampire at birth and everything was messed up. I don't think I'd be able to handle something like that and neither would Elena. No one would be able to handle that.

I wanted a normal baby. I wanted Elena to have a normal baby and I know that's what she wanted too. We never did talk about it, but I could tell. We wanted this baby to be the healthiest baby ever and I know that if any little thing seemed out of sorts, it would probably be because of me. Just thinking of something happening to my baby because of what I was made me furious.

I sighed as I stood back up. I put the sonogram down on my nightstand and headed downstairs for a drink. I poured myself a glass of bourbon and moved over the window, staring outside at the rain.

A few minutes passed and Elena came downstairs. She didn't look happy, but I didn't ask any questions about why she looked like that.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"Home," she said simply.

"It's pouring out. Do you need a ride?"

She looked upstairs and nodded her head at me.

"I'll go tell Stef-"

"No," she said quickly. "No. Can you give me a ride? Please?"

Something had happened between the two. I put my glass down and nodded. I grabbed my jacket and my car keys before rushing outside into the rain with her. We both got into the car and I drove away as soon as her seat belt was on.

"Why are you going home so early? Usually you stay," I asked as I drove.

"Alaric is coming over to cook dinner and Jenna wanted me home. I didn't plan on staying long, I just wanted to give you the sonogram."

Sonogram? What the hell was a sonogram? "What's that?"

"The sonogram is the picture I gave you."

So that's what it's called! I said that to her and she laughed a little bit. After that, it got quiet in the car for a while. She looked over at me as I drove and I could tell she wanted to ask me something. I continued to drive and keep quiet. I was going to wait until she was ready to ask me whatever it was.

"Damon, how do you feel about this? About the baby?" she finally asked. She asked in a hushed tone, as if she was afraid of what I might say.

"I feel a lot of things, Elena," I answered honestly.

"Like what?"

"Shocked. Nervous. Worried," I looked over at her. "Somewhat excited."

"Why are you nervous and worried?" she asked.

"Elena, this shouldn't have happened. I'm a vampire. What if something happens to the baby and you while you're pregnant? What happens if the baby isn't healthy? What if I turn out to be a shitty Father just like mine?" I asked in a loud voice. I took a deep breath to calm myself down. I couldn't freak out on Elena. She didn't deserve that.

"Damon stop the car for a minute," she told me.

"Your Aunt will kill you if you're late," I said in a monotone voice.

"I don't care about that right now. Pull over and stop the car."

I did as she told me to. I leaned back in my chair and ran one hand through my hair, keeping the other on the steering wheel.

"The doctor said the baby is perfectly healthy," she whispered. "It's due in September which means it'll be a normal 9 month pregnancy. I'm healthy, I've always been healthy, so there will be no problems for me. She said it should be an easy pregnancy."

"Does she know the Dad's a vampire?" I mumbled under my breath.

"Damon I know you're expecting something to go wrong, but you have to look at the bright side of things."

"There is no bright side Elena. You're a pregnant teenager and the baby's Father is a vampire and an asshole."

I saw her smirk out of the corner of my eye.

"Well you can be a bit of an asshole," she laughed a little. She stopped laughing and reached over to touch my hand lightly that was resting on my leg. "But pushing that aside, I think that this baby will be healthy, that it'll have two parents who love them very much, and that you will be a great Father."

I looked over at her. She was smiling a little bit. All I could think of was how badly I wanted to kiss her. Elena had calmed me down within minutes, which is more than anyone I know could have ever done. With a simple touch of her hand a few words, I felt okay. I started to think that maybe everything would be okay. I moved my head over to hers slightly, not thinking straight. I snapped out of it when I saw her eyes drop to my lips and she moved back.

I cleared my throat and started to drive again. "We better get you to Jenna's before she beats us," I chuckled, trying to get rid of the tension.

The rest of the car ride, we said nothing. I pulled up to her house and she got out of the car, but turned to me at the last second. "Do you want to come inside and eat? I'm sure Alaric would like it."

I looked over at her for a while, not sure if that was a good idea. "Oh what the hell," I thought to myself as I shut the car off. I got out of the car and grinned at her. She continued to smile as she led us into her house and all I could think about was how she was glowing.

"Hey Elena," I called out to her before she stepped into her house. She turned to me, silently asking what it was I had to say. I grinned at her, "Pregnancy suits you. You look... you look beautiful."

She said nothing, which made me question if she had heard anything I said. I was about to tell her to forget what I had said when I saw a small smile pass across her face. Her cheeks turned red and she turned into the house while I chuckled, following her with a grin.