The Girl Next Door
Chapter 1
Damon Salvatore tried to appreciate everything he had in life, but even he had his limits when it came to things like this. He just couldn't believe it they had been so careful. How could one night of fun turn into something like this. He didn't have what it took to be a dad. Hell he wasn't even sure if he still wasn't a child himself. How was he supposed to raise one when it felt like his whole entire world was crashing down.
He looked over wickery bridge so lost and confused when footsteps startled him. He turned around and he swore it was like looking at an angel. A girl that he shouldn't be looking at, but still was because he felt as if he really needed a stranger to talk to in a time like this.
He looked back at the water ignoring the girl until she was right in front of him leaning into the bridge and smiling at him. He had to admit that he underestimated how beautiful she was when she was far away, but now that she was beside him it appeared as if she was more of an angel than anything. With her long brown hair and her brown eye that he could just gt lost into. If it wasn't for his impending dad hood he would have loved to get to know her, but maybe she was just some stranger passing through. Maybe Damon would never see this woman again.
"You know whatever s bothering you, you can tell me."
Damon looked at the girl startled at what he had just heard. Why was this complete stranger lending him a synthetic ear?
"Why would I want to bother you with what I'm feeling?"
"Because i'm a person whose not involved with the sitution and from my experince people who don't seem emotionally involved with the sitution seem to give better advice over it. So go ahead, get whatever is bothering you off your chest. I promise i'll listen and help you the most I can."
Damon nodded taking in a deep breath as he prepared to tell this girl his story. He couldn't believe what he was doing, but he needed to calm down somehow.
"My ex-girlfriend is pregnant and i'm not sure what to do about it. I'm hardly a good person, how can I be a great father?"
The girl sighed as she put on what he assumed was her thinkng face.
"Okay I can tell you a couple of things. First off is I know I barely know you, but I know that this girl is probably just as scared as you are. I know that no matter what happens between you and the mother that this baby will need you in their life. And I know that if you weren't standing on this bridge being concerned about it I know you wouldn't be a goo father because bad fathers just don't care about things like this. So you'll be okay, I know you will be."
"How can you be so sure when i'm a complete stranger?"
"Let's just say somethings I just know." she said smiling and that was the last time he ever thought he would see that girl, but fate. Fate seemed like it had other plans for them.
7 months later
There was a lot of things that people don't tell you about having a baby. They don't tell you how terrifying it will be and they certainly don't tell you about stupid braxton hicks contractions that send you into a early hospital visit thinking your girlfriend is in labor.
"What do you mean they're just braxton hicks?" Rebekah asked giving a pointed look at the doctor.
"It means that you're not in labor yet and you can go home."
Rebekah sighed as Damon took her hand.
Ever since Damon had had that conversation with the girl on the bridge he had fixed things with Rebekah and they wee trying to make it work, but now that she was getting closer to her due date Damon was getting more and more terrified. He just wished he knew what he was doing.
After Rebekah got dressed they drove back to their new house and was surprised to see a moving van next door. It appeared as if they had new neighbors.
"I wonder whose moving into Alaric's old place."
"Well I guess there's only one way to figure out."
Damon took Rebekah's hand and led her next door. He expected another couple to be living next door, but what he didn't expect was the girl from the bridge to be there. All by herself. What the hell was going on here?