A/N:

OHMYGOSH I am sooo sorry about taking so long to update! I've been so busy lately that I haven't had much free time to write between school and work and ALL of my favorite shows coming back. So anyways, I'll stop babbling now so you can read the story…

I woke up wrapped in Damon's arms and smiled, knowing this was how it was going to be for the rest of my life.

"Good morning." Damon told me.

"Morning." I replied, snuggling in closer. "When do you have to get to work?" I asked him.

He glanced up at the clock on the nightstand "In half an hour."

I groaned. "That's not even fair." I said, propping myself up on my elbow.

Damon laughed. "Yeah well, life's not fair."

I laughed. "This is true." I grabbed a hair tie from the nightstand and pulled my hair back into a ponytail. "So should we start telling people, or just wait for them to notice the ring?" I asked.

"I think wait until they see the ring. Just flat out telling them is too boring." He replied.

I laughed. "Mmkay, then."

"So I was thinking, why don't we ever invite Jenna and Ric to couples' nights?" I asked as I got out of bed, wearing only his shirt and my underwear.

Damon shrugged. "I guess it was always sort of a thing for the younger couples." He said.

"It's not like they're that old, they're only in their thirties." I pointed out. "And besides, Ric is your BFF."

He climbed out of bed, too, and walked into the living room, me close behind. "Guys don't have BFF's."

"Oh whatever." I said, rolling my eyes. Damon just gave me a half-smirk and kissed me lightly.

"So who knew that you were going to propose?" I asked him I plopped down on one of the chairs by the island in the middle of the kitchen.

"Stefan, Ric and Jenna." He told me as he grabbed some orange juice out of the fridge.

"Ah," I said. "It's funny, not even two hours before you proposed, the girls ambushed me with questions about when we were going to get engaged."

Damon laughed. "I don't know how you deal with them all the time."

"I don't know how you deal with the guys all the time." I retorted.

"This is true."

I smiled and took a sip of the orange juice that Damon had poured me. I couldn't believe that we were getting married. I mean, I knew that it would happen eventually, but…I certainly didn't expect it then.

"So what made you propose?" I asked curiously.

"Honestly it was more that I was waiting until I thought you'd be comfortable with it." He said. "I mean, with everything that happened I didn't want to freak you out by proposing too soon."

I just smiled and walked over to him before wrapping my arms around his torso. "I love you." I whispered.

"I love you, too." Damon replied, placing a kiss on the top of my head.

I pulled away a little and kissed him on the lips softly. "You have to get ready for work." I whispered.

"I know." He said before kissing me again.

I smiled into the kiss as I wrapped my arms around his neck. "You're gonna be late." I mumbled against his lips.

"Mmhm." Damon mumbled as he lifted me onto the counter, my legs instantly wrapping around his waist.

Suddenly his phone rang, making him groan. I laughed and pulled away. "You have to get that." I told him.

"Fine." He complained, making me laugh. He pulled away and went to grab his phone.

I jumped off the counter and walked to our private bathroom in the bedroom to shower.

I walked out of the bedroom, drying my hair with a towel to see Damon about to leave for work.

I walked up to him and pecked him on the lips. "I'll see you later." I said.

He gave me a little half-smirk. "See ya later." He replied. "I love you."

I smiled. "Love you, too." I pecked him on the lips once more, and then he left.

Once he was gone, I sighed and looked around the lonely apartment. Since I didn't have recording that day, I really had nothing to do but sit at home.

I plopped down on the couch, wearing black yoga shorts and a dark red V-neck T-shirt. I turned on the TV and started flipping through the channels.

I stopped once I heard my phone ring. I grabbed it off of the coffee table and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's Jenna." My aunt's voice said.

I smiled. "Hey!"

"Do you want to meet up with me and Ric for coffee this afternoon?" She asked.

"Sure." I replied. "When and where?"

"How's Caribou on 74th at two?" Jenna asked.

"That works. I'll see you then."

"Bye." She replied.

I walked into the small café and immediately noticed Jenna and Alaric sitting by a window, sipping on their drinks.

"Hey, guys." I greeted them, sitting down beside Alaric.

"Hello, bride-to-be." Jenna said, smiling.

I laughed. "Damon told me that you guys and Stefan were the only ones to know about it."

"Damon had to practically drag Ric with us for ring shopping." Jenna said, smiling.

"Oh come on, you didn't want to find the perfect ring for your favorite niece?" I joked, nudging him lightly with my elbow.

"You guys would've been better off without me. Remember when I was looking for a ring for Jenna?" Ric asked.

I laughed thinking about when me, Damon, Stefan and Jeremy all went with him ring shopping. "What happened?" Jenna asked, taking a sip of her drink.

"Let's just say that Ric has a horrible taste in jewelry." I told her. We all laughed.

"So how has everything with Damon been going?" Ric asked.

I smiled. "I think everything's back on track." I said. "When we got back together we said that we'd put everything behind us, have a fresh start. And after we did that, everything went fine. And look at us now, we're engaged!"

"That's good. Damon was so weepy for a few months after you guys had broken up." Ric told me. I laughed.

"I've been told." I replied.

"So we wanted to tell you something…" Jenna said suddenly.

I raise my eyebrow. "Alright…?"

Jenna smiled and Ric took her hand from across the table. "I'm pregnant." Jenna announced.

I broke out into a huge smile. "Oh my gosh!" I said. "I'm going to have a little cousin."

"Is it weird that my nephew had a baby before I will?" Jenna asked.

I laughed. "I just wish me and Damon could have kids." I sighed.

"It could still happen." Alaric assured me.

"Except for the fact that it might not." I replied. "I mean, there is adoption and surrogacy…but I want to actually carry a child…Damon's child."

"What about fertility treatments?" Jenna asked.

"They wouldn't do anything." I told her. "The crash left me completely unable to ever have my own children."

"Miracles do happen, you know." Alaric reminded me.

"I guess." I shrugged. "Okay, I'm gonna go order. I'll be right back." I said before standing up and walking to the counter.

Jenna POV

I watched Elena walk off.

I felt bad for her. Everyone around her was having babies, and she could never have that.

"Has Damon said anything about her struggling with it again?" I asked Ric.

He shook his head and sipped on his drink. "I think it's something she'll always struggle with."

"Yeah." I agreed. "I remember when she and Damon had first gotten together. She was so in love. They both were."

"I was so close to beating him up when I heard about him sleeping with Katherine." Ric muttered.

I laughed. "Believe me, I was too."

"What are you guys talking about?" We heard Elena ask, snapping us out of our conversation.

Elena POV

"What? Oh, uh-Nothing." Jenna stuttered.

"Let me guess-Damon and Katherine?" I asked, sitting down.

"I'm sorry for bringing it up again, it's just…" Alaric trailed off.

"It's fine, guys. Really." I assured them. "It's not like we can avoid talking about it for the rest of our lives." I added before sipping on my mocha.

"Have you guys noticed how much Paige looks like Jeremy? It's ridiculous." Jenna said, changing the subject.

Ric and I laughed. "Yeah, she does. It'll be cool having a mini-Jeremy runnin' around." I said.

"And if she takes after personality-wise, she'll be sweet and polite one minute and snarky the next." Alaric added.

"Oh, did you guys hear that Caroline is dating Rebekah's brother?" I asked.

"Please tell me it's not Kol." They begged in unison.

I laughed. "No, it's not Kol." I clarified. "Though that wouldn't surprise considering the guys Caroline has dated since she and Matt broke up." I said. "Anyways, it's Klaus."

"Hasn't he been crushing on her since you guys were in like…9th grade?" Ric asked.

"Yep." I replied. "I guess his dream finally came true." I joked.

"And Matt got a new girlfriend, too, right?" Jenna asked.

I nodded. "Yeah. Her name's April." I told them. "She's really sweet."

"It seems like all of you kids are growing up and settling down…It's too weird." Ric said, making us laugh.

"All of us but Bonnie." I sighed. "I think she might still have feelings for Jeremy." I admitted. It was true, ever since I had come back to LA I had noticed little things like Bonnie glancing at Jeremy longingly, or her bringing up their relationship a little more than she should have.

"Didn't they break up like…eight years ago?" Ric asked, sipping his drink.

I shrugged. "Yeah, but Bonnie never really got closure, I guess. I mean, she found out that he cheated on her with Matt's sister of all people, and then she broke up with him without a second thought. It was sort of sudden." I explained. "I just think that it's been hard for her to get over it. And besides, Jeremy is the first and only guy she's ever loved. It's not that easy to get over that."

"I hope that she gets over it soon, though. I'd hate to see Bonnie ten years in the future, still pining over a boyfriend that she only dated for a year in 11th grade." Jenna said. "And besides, Jeremy doesn't have any left over feelings for her. I mean, if he did he wouldn't be married or have a kid right now."

I nodded. "Yeah. Though he did say something about regretting cheating on her once, I've never heard him talk about it much."

"When did he say that?"

"The night he proposed to Anna." I replied.

I was sitting on the couch in our living room, sipping on hot chocolate and watching reruns of Grey's Anatomy when I heard Damon come in.

"Hey." I greeted him, standing up from my spot on the couch.

"Hey." He replied, kissing me lightly on the lips.

I smiled as we sat down next to each other on the couch. "What're you watching?" He asked me.

"Grey's Anatomy." I replied, resting my head on his shoulder.

"That's the one about the weirdly-named hospital full of messed up doctors, right?" Damon asked.

I laughed. "It's not that weirdly named." I said as I turned the TV off.

"So what did you do today?" He asked.

I shrugged. "I got coffee with Jenna and Ric."

"Anything new with them?" He asked.

I broke out into a smile. "Jenna's pregnant."

Damon smiled. "Gee, Ric being a dad. That's…interesting."

I laughed. "Well he was like a dad to me and Jeremy for a couple years."

"Yeah, but you two were teenagers. This will be an infant."

"I think he'll manage." I said. We ended up just cuddling like that for a few minutes, neither of us saying anything. "You'd make a really good dad." I said quietly, breaking the silence.

"What?" Damon asked, turning to me.

I looked at my hands. "I don't know…I've just been thinking about it lately." I explained. "What are we gonna do when we want kids?"

"I always thought we would adopt or something." He replied. "But I get that you want us to have a child of our own."

I sighed and looked up at him. "Yeah, I do." I said. "But I can't get pregnant, so…I guess we'll be stuck with either adoption or surrogacy."

"Well then we'll do that." Damon told me. "Look, I love you, you know that. Whether we have a kid or not, whether it's biologically ours or not, I will always love you."

I wrapped my arms around his neck and rested my head on his shoulder. "I love you, too."

I felt his arms wrap around my waist and I relaxed in his embrace. It was amazing how that man could make me feel so many emotions at once. I pulled away and little and kissed him lightly.

He happily returned the kiss as I wrapped my arms around his neck again. We leaned back onto the couch as his hands found their way into my hair.

Yep, that was a great night.

A/N:

So what d'you think? Good? Bad?
I thought I'd make this chapter more about the whole Elena-can't-have-a-baby situation than anything else because it's something I sort of want to focus on in this story.

Also, I'm sorry about overdoing the whole Jeremy/Bonnie past relationship thing, but trust me, it'll be important later in the story. And besides, I have to do SOMETHING with Beremy since they're one of my favorite TVD couples. Like I said in the A/N of the last chapter, I don't even ship most of the couples I've put on here. I mean, I did when I started the story, but I don't anymore. Like, I ship Stefan/Lexi(I don't know their couple name) instead of Stebekah, Beremy instead of Janna and Mabekah instead of Matt/April(also don't know their couple name).

(NEXT PART MAY INCLUDE SPOILERS!)

Can you believe season five starts TOMORROW? I am way too excited! I'm especially curious how they'll play out this whole Delena thing(I really hope they don't start that love triangle up again), and I wanna know what'll happen now that Bonnie's dead after she sort of finally admitted that she's still in love with Jeremy by kissing him before the veil went up AND dying for him(even though she didn't know she'd die at the time).

Okay, so I'm going to end this super long A/N and just let you get on with your lives!
Please review!

-Nina