Chapter 3 Ultrasound

It has been twelve weeks since Katherine had found out she was pregnant. So far it was progressing well. Give or take the occasional snaps she makes at Damon or the uncontrollable crying she'll do when Damon raises his voice at her. Damon flopped down on the couch, exhausted from dealing with Katherine today. He loved her but not like this. He doesn't know if she wants to rip his throat out or cry into his chest. It was really irrating him. Now he has to go to this doctor's appointment with her. He wants to go and find out if the baby is ok, but at the same time he doesn't want to be around her either.

Katherine walked in, all dressed in a nice velvet shirt and some slick black pants. "Ready to go?" she asked her husband as she took his hand and pulled him away from the couch and walked outside.

Damon mentally groaned as they moved too fast for human eyes to see towards the doctor's office. He thought about taking the car but Katherine wouldn't have it. She wanted to know if the baby was ok. Damon assured her that everything was fine, but like always nobody listens to Damon. "We're here!" chirped Katherine as she stopped abruptly. Damon didn't register the words fast enough and ended up crashing into a tree instead. Damon quickly got up to find Katherine laughing at him. "Oh my gosh, you should see the look on your face! Priceless!"

Damon glared at her and walked forward, wondering why Katherine was still giggling like mad. "What is so funny?"

Katherine pointed to the top of his head. Damon reached up and stuck his hand into a sea of green. Growling, he angrily brushed off the leaves and continued walking towards the building. "Let's just get this over with."

They walked in and were immediately bombarded by conversations by patients. Damon and Katherine walked briskly walked up to the blond haired woman. "Oh, you must be Katherine," she looked at Damon, "and you must be Damon. The doctor will be right with you two."

Katherine smiled brightly at Damon as she took his hand and sat down in a chair, barely able to contain her excitement. "Isn't this exciting?"

Damon looked at her and managed his best smile. "It's wonderful."

They sat in the waiting room for awhile; Katherine grabbed a magazine and started flipping through it. Damon was sitting there, drumming his fingers impatiently on the hard wood of the armrest. Soon, the doctor called out Katherine's name. Katherine sprang up and eagerly walked into Dr. Garret's office. Damon followed behind, looking bored. He just wanted to get to the screening already.

Katherine laid down on a table after putting on a gown that the doctor instructed her to wear during the procedure. He got a metal device and lifted Katherine's gown up to expose her belly. He rubbed something on it before switching on a small screen infront of Katherine and ran the device over her stomach.

A weird, disorientated screen popped up. Mostly consisting of black but as he moved the device up and down her stomach, you could see the inside of the uterus and a small lump inside of it. Dr. Garret began taking some notes on a piece of paper. "Yes, it looks good." he muttered to himself.

"Well, is the baby ok?" asked Katherine.

Dr. Garret nodded. "Yes it seems to be just fine. The heartbeat is active and it's steady."

Damon stared at the lump of tissue and cells combined together. That was their child. That lump was going to form into a baby and Katherine was going to give birth to it. Damon was completely awestruck.

Katherine continued to stare at the screen in awe. "Look, Damon. That's our child."

She took hold of Damon's hand and stared at the screen. Damon twisted his fingers with hers and leaned down to kiss her forehead. Katherine smiled as she kissed him on the cheek. "I can't wait to find out what we're having."

Damon nodded. "I hope it's a boy."

Katherine looked at him quizzically. "Why a boy?"

Damon smirked. "Someone else who I can play rough with and of course to bug the living crap out of my brother."

Katherine playfully smacked him in the arm. "You won't be doing any of that until a couple of years have pasted."

Damon smirked. "And what kind do you want?"

Katherine's eyes sparkled. "I want a little girl. Someone who I can dress up in cute outfits and complain about boys with."

"What will you two complain about? The fact that they're all dying for some unknown reason or the fact that I kill any boy that goes within a ten-mile radius within her."

Katherine laughed. "You would do that."

"Any boy that tries to date our daughter will be dead before they have the guts to ask her out."

Katherine smiled up at him. "Yes they would." She kissed him softly on the lips. "But we don't even know what we're having yet so don't jump the gun this second."

Dr. Garret cleared his throat to let them know that he was still there. "Oh sorry Dr. Garret, we forgot you were there!" laughed Katherine as she got up and went to go change.

"So when will we find out the sex of the baby?" asked Damon, looking at Dr. Garret.

"In a few months, actually. It's not that long of a wait."

Damon nodded in understanding. Katherine came running out of the bathroom with her clothes on and ready to go. "Ready?" Katherine asked Damon.

"Ready as I'll ever be." Damon hurriedly walked out the door.

"It was nice seeing you Dr. Garret. I'll keep in touch."

Dr. Garret smiled at Katherine. "It was nice seeing you too."

Once Katherine left, Dr. Garret opened a cabinet and pulled out a bottle of pills. He smiled to himself. "So, Katherine and Damon are going to have a child are they? They're a strong vampire couple but are they strong enough to stop the vervain from killing their child?" He grabbed Katherine's prescription for morning sickness and dumped out the pills that were in that one and replaced it with the other bottle of pills. "She'll be coming back for a refill, and when she does she'll much more then morning sickness to worry about. Much more."

Katherine felt like she was on cloud nine as she waltzed into the house, completely happy. She couldn't believe that this was real for her. She couldn't believe that in nine months she was going to have a child. It was all so surreal to her, and Damon as well. Damon felt much happier then he did before. He was really excited about this then he had been before. He just wished that the mood swings and the morning sickness ended soon.

Little did he know, that this was just the beginning of his troubles.

A/N: Wow what's going to happen now? Will Dr. Garret succeed in killing Katherine and Damon's child? And what is Dr. Garret's role in all of this? Please review!

I will not be watching the season finale until Friday so could u guys please hold off the spoilers until then? Thanks!