Hi folks!

I'm back with this new chapter wich is a little bit too dramatic but it sets the scenario for the story.

I was so hurried yesterday when I posted the story that I forgot to tell you that from chapter four I've been writing this with an amazing friend, Noe, known in as angelito97 - Delena.
I want to thank all of you for following my story or put it between your favorite storys, it warmed my heart. And of course I want to specially thank to those people who took time to give me a review. You made my day!

(PS: the chapter's name is not good, i'm not very good at names but I had to try)

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Chapter 2: Five Weeks Late

Later that morning, Elena shared the table with Caroline in the history classroom. Teacher, Alaric Saltzman, talked about World War II while blondie's mind was flying somewhere far away.

Elena was scrawling a couple of silly drawings on a piece of paper when she suddenly felt it: she first had to hold out forcefully from the desk to stop herself from falling and then her stomach stirred as if she had just got off from a roller coaster.

"Care I… feel bad" Elena murmured closing her eyes while trying to make an attempt to recover the balance.

"Do you need...?"

But before Caroline could finish the question, Elena rushed out of the classroom making a strong noise with their desktop. While she was running to the bathroom, Elena listened to her back as Caroline apologized for both of them with Alaric before pursuing her. The blonde one joined when she was kneeling on the floor of the bathroom and held her hair while she vomited.

None of them said anything and just after she had returned her breakfast Elena felt rather new.

"Are you okay?" Caroline asked her.

"No"

Elena's voice sounded broken and full of fear. Without a warning, she covered her face with her hands and sobbed. It was a cry of suffering, almost hysterical. In the midst of her anguish, she hit the walls and let out her frustration against the dump that had little to do against her. After letting her cry for long enough, Caroline knelt next to her friend and hugged her helping her to stand up.

"Everything's gonna be alright" she assured her.

"It is the third time this week" Elena sobbed.

"I know it…"

Caroline had nothing to say. She knew the fears that were pursuing her friend even when they hadn't put it in words a single time. There was no need to be a genius to figure out what was going on. In silence, Elena washed her face and mouth to then sit in the bathroom countertop.

"I am scared" she whispered.

"Would you like to tell me about it?"

"Sorry, Care... I am sorry for not telling you anything…" Elena sobbed "But I am so scared"

"It's ok if you don't want to tell me, you know I will help you with anything you need. Don't be afraid, Elena. You can tell me"

"I think…" she sighed, and closed her eyes, afraid to say it because she was afraid that if she put it into words her fears would become real. A silent tear slid down her cheek again and she spoke in a whisper almost impossible to understand "...I think that I might be pregnant, Care…"

Although she had already suspected it, those words were an incredible surprise to Caroline who simply ran out of nothing to say. But luckily, although it was not very much the words type, Caroline was a person of facts and there was nothing better for Elena at this moment than the hug her best friend gave her.

"How long ago?"

"Five weeks, I'm sure" Elena said between her cries, she had spent a lot of time analyzing and thinking about the possibilities. She was sure that it had been that time "Oh my god, I was so stupid... I forgot to buy the pills and the pharmacy was closed… it was unintentionally, I swear that I forgot it, it was only one day…"

"It's ok…" Caroline said hugging her friend "Calm down, Lenna. It's ok, stop crying".

But there was nothing Caroline could say to calm her friend. Elena seemed completely broken, scared and filled of guilt.

"Would you like to call Jenna to take you home?" Elena shooked her head "Would like to go to the infirmary?"

"No…"

"I feel useless, I can't do anything to help…"

"Nobody can" Elena's voice cracked "I just want to ask you something: Please, don't ever say anything about it to anyone" begged underlining last the word.

"I promise" Caroline smiled "Hey, Elena... What... What about Mr Mysteries? Does he know something about it?"

Elena's eyes filled with tears again at the sound of one of the many nicknames that Caroline used to refer to Damon and she couldn't help trembling. No, he had no idea. She was too coward to tell him the truth.

"I couldn't tell him… I swear I couldn't" Elena cried.

"You should... You know you should" she said carefully.

"It's too complicated, Care…"

Caroline was about to respond when the new nurse came into the bathroom looking for them.

"Good morning, ladies. Mr. Saltzman told me that there was someone who was not feeling well in the girl's bathroom."

Elena simply looked down, full of shame and fear so Caroline had to be the first to talk.

"My friend felt a little sick... I think she go the flu" Care improvised.

"Is that true Miss…?"

"Gilbert" the girl whispered "Yes, it is true."

"Then, in that case, you could come with me to the infirmary and your partner can return to classes"

"But…" she wanted Caroline to intervene.

"You should return to classes, Miss Forbes."

Grumbling, Caroline returned to the classroom and Elena had to go to the infirmary with the new nurse. Putting into words her fears for the first time had left her completely destroyed. During the way through the halls, Elena could not avoid a couple of tears that trickled through her cheeks.

Arriving, the nurse offered her a seat and a steaming cup of tea and allowed her to drink it in silence to calm down for a few minutes before she had to speak.

"My name is Meredith, I had no opportunity to introduce myself" Meredith grinned kindly.

"I'm Elena…"

"Professor Saltzman told me that it was not the first time that you rushed out from class in the mornings"

"It's been three times this week…" Elena whispered without lifting the look from the cup of tea.

"Would you like to tell me about your sleeping and eating habits, Elena?"

The girl fell silent to that question. She wanted to talk to a professional and the new nurse seemed a great choice, but nonetheless was afraid.

"I just want to help you. Anything you say will remain secret among us, you can trust me…"

"I've been sleeping a lot these days" she began talking with a soft voice "Usually I have lots of energy with a few hours of sleep but lately I fall asleep without realizing. In classes, at home after coming back from school…"

"And what about your eating habits?" the nurse asked with a concerned look.

"I've always loved candies. But lately I've been spending all of my money on them, I feel like I want to eat them constantly"

Although she tried to give few details, Elena was afraid and was terribly embarrassed because she perfectly knew what conclusion would lead those confessions.

"Do you have any idea about what could be happening to you Elena?" Meredith asked patiently and the young girl nodded almost in an imperceptible way.

"I have…" Elena took air and closed her eyes trying to avoid tears, she didn't feel strong, but she had to say it "I'm three weeks late on my period."

"Then you know that there is a good chance that you are pregnant right?"

"Yes…"

"Did you take a pregnancy test, Elena?"

"I'm scared" she confessed with a broken voice.

"The fact that you decide to know it for sure or ignore the facts doesn't change the truth, Elena. Now you have to take care of yourself."

"But... I… I can't do this."

"The first thing you have to do is find out truth, then you have a very important decision to take…"

"What?"

"I think you know that there are safe methods if you were pregnant and you... choose… not to have that baby"

No. She couldn't think about that, she couldn't even think clearly at all at that moment.

"What should I do now?" she stammered.

"A complete blood test would be preferable but you need the permission of an adult to do so. Do you live with your parents?"

"No, they died three years ago and my aunt would kill me… Isn't there any other ways?"

"You can get a pregnancy test. It is not hundred percent sure but it usually works…"

"Thank you" Elena whispered.

"I can give you a permit to return home if you want. I don't want you to go back to class right now, you have a lot to think…"

"Yes…"

Meredith began writing a paper with somewhat worried gesture and, in another piece of paper, she noted a number.

"Is my phone number" the nurse said handing her both of the sheets "For anything you need"

"Thanks. This means a lot to me" Elena's simile arose.

"The best thing you can do is stay calm. And, Elena…" the young girl turned at the sound of her name "You have to talk about this with your boyfriend… It's important for you to not be alone in this moment"

"Yes. Yes, I will do so" she replied rudely and left the room.

Before leaving, Elena went by the director's office to sign her permission and left the school walking. Her house was ten streets so she decided to go home walking.

In the middle of the road, she decided to go by the cemetery. Completely silently, Elena bought two red roses and slowly walked to the her parent's tomb.

Given the time and the day there was no one in the cemetery so the girl could kneel at the tomb and cry without being seen. She stayed there awhile looking at the names written in stone, hoping to get answers to questions she didn't even know how to ask. But despite the time, nothing came to her mind so all she could do was join forces to stand up. Before leaving, she kissed each roses and left them at the graveside. She missed both his parents so much at that time… She wanted Miranda to embrace her and told her that everything was going well, she wanted Grayson to stir her hair and make her laugh. Elena desperately needed her parents in that moment of her life, and they were not there.

With the latest energy that she had, Elena went by the pharmacy and secretly bought the more expensive of all pregnancy tests thinking that it would be going to work better than the others and then she walked up to her house.

She was unable to reach her room and just collapsed on the couch crying. It was as if tears were never going to end.

Half an hour later, trembling and trying to reassure her tears Elena decided to quit the self-pity show and got up from the sofa to take a bath.

When she came out of the bathroom, Elena was more quiet and, when she saw the clock, she realized that the time coincided with the free period so she decided to call Damon. It was now or never. She had to face it.

"Elena?" he asked confused, since she never called him in the middle of classes "Where are you? Are you okay?"

"I'm home... I… I need to see you." She mumbled.

"Are you okay, babe? Have you been crying?"

"No…" she sighed "Yes… What time do you get out?"

"It's monday, I get out in an hour. I can go to your home… but what about your aunt?"

"Jenna and Jer are not home. I need to see you, please" she whispered and she couldn't hold a sob.

"Babe, are you crying?"

"No" she lied but another sob betrayed her.

"What is it Elena?"

"I am so scared, just come. We have to talk."

"Give me half an hour. Screw third grade"

She sobbed again "No, don't neglect your work for me, I can wait."

"You are the most important thing of my life, Elena. Nothing will happen if I leave early just one day."

"Ok... Damon?"

"Yes?"

"You can bring me some chocolate?"

Damon smiled at that childish request.

"Of course, babe. See you in 30 minutes at your home. Don't cry, please."

"I'll be waiting for you... the keys are in the same spot as always"

When Damon hung the phone rushed to accommodate the things in the classroom and got out of there as fast as he could. As expected, Mikael, the director, didn't have problem to let him leave early when he saw the concern in Damon's face. In addition, Damon was an exemplary teacher with an irreproachable conduct so Mikael didn't have anything to say. Before getting into the car, he warned Ric by a message to not wait him out because he had a problem and then went out on his blue camaro.

Halfway, he stopped to buy a couple of chocolates for Elena and continued driving. He was too worried, he hated seeing her cry and not knowing what happened to her was driving him crazy. Luckily, he came fast and looked for the key Elena kept hidden under a flowerpot on the porch. When he opened the door, Damon found her sitting on the sofa, with tears on her cheeks and staring at something that was resting in her hands. She was so absorbed that she had not even heard him open the door.

"Elena" he called her approaching.

But she didn't answer so Damon came closer and only when he sat beside her, the young girl reacted and hid the object behind her back.

"What do you have there?"

"I'm sorry" she murmured non-stop crying "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry. I swear that it was unintentionally... I... I didn't want to. I never wanted to…"

"Shh…" he interrupted her and tried to hug her, but Elena refused "What happened?"

She shook her head, unable to hide the fear and continued crying. This time, when Damon hugged her she couldn't refuse and fell to cry in his arms.

Elena continued crying for a long time, enough so that Damon, looking for answers, analyzed the room around him and felt as the air began to abandon his lungs when he discovered the empty box of a pregnancy test bedside the table in front of them.

"Elena, what is that?" he asked stupidly when she got up.

"I'm... sorry, I really am. I never wanted to…"

"Enough" Damon nearly shouted, filled with nerves "Stop crying!"

"Don't yell at me…" She begged him and she turned around to find the test that had hidden on her back.

"Don't yell at you? Elena you are acting like a little girl!"

"Because I am a little girl!" she answered crying.

"Tell me this is not what I think…"

"I'm pregnant" she let go with a sob, extending the test so that he could see it.

Silence gripped the room at that moment and thousands of things passed through both of their heads. Damon seized his head unable to believe it as he analyzed the test that was resting in his lap. The two stripes spoke for themselves. It was true, and his life was falling apart by that small fact.

"I'm so sorry" Elena repeated "I'll understand if you don't want to know anything about me or about this, if you want me to forget about us. I can do it alone, I'm going to talk to Jenna and... we are going to solve it. You can return to your life as if the last few months had not happened, after all we always knew that…"

"Shut up!" Damon cut her, without even looking at her and she was shrunk from the fright before the relentless sounding his voice "Listen to me very carefully because I will say it only once: do not ever say that nonsense again, ok?. We are together, I love you. This doesn't change anything...

"It changes everything…" she muttered quietly.

"Look at me" he whispered to her making that chestnut looked him in the eyes "We will get through this, together. We will be fine…"

"You are not assuming that I'm going to... to get rid of it, are you?" she asked scared.

"It is your decision, only yours, babe. I'm going to be with you whatever your choice is."

Elena nodded, unable to say anything more and silently fell back into his arms completely conquered by the fear, until a doubt forced Damon to break the silence.

"How long?"

"Five weeks" she whispered.

"Georgia" Damon recalled, with a small smile. Elena had also thought about it when she learned the truth, that magical weekend they spent together when Jenna and Jer went to visit some relatives in Denver.

When Elena looked him in the eyes, she knew if she didn't know it already, that they could never hurt that baby.

"I can't get rid of it, Damon." she cried "Please don't make me do that…"

"I don't know how, but I promise that we will get out of this, babe… I love you."

She nodded and accepted the kiss he gave her. Both of them were scared to death, but still had the same centainly that they had that morning: they were together and they were crazy in love with each other.

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