You Were Never Here, but You Were Never Gone

Chapter 6

Elena's smile grew wider as she stepped into the place where she would meet her future daughter or son. She knew that this child would never replace the one she had lost, but she was willing to give motherhood another shot. She just hope that she deserved it.

Elena took Damon's hand and squeezed it tight as the social worker opened the doors and smiled letting them into the room where they would meet the children who were up for adoption. Elena just hoped that she didn't screw this up. She didn't want anything else to ruin the only chance she had at being a mother.

"Hello Damon and Elena, how are you two doing today?"

"We're doing great, so who are we meeting today?"

"Well since the baby isn't technically born yet, it's up to the birth mother to decide if she sees you fit to raise her child."

"And what if she doesn't?" Elena asked nervous.

Damon grabbed a hold of her hand and squeezed, but she was pretty sure her palms were sweating like crazy by this point. She was genuinely concerned that she might not get another chance like this ever again.

"Well if the birth mother doesn't see that you are fit to raise her child we have other options. We can get you interviews with some of the children that we think you'd be compatible with or there's always being a foster parent. You have a lot of options if this girl says no. She's about six months pregnant but doesn't mean she still isn't scared so I would try and not judge her if I were you."

"How-How old is she?"

"She just barely turned fourteen."

Elena's eyes widened she had heard of teenager getting pregnant, but she had never thought a girl would be this young and pregnant. She had just barely begun to experience life herself and now she was pregnant with a baby of her own.

"How? How did she get pregnant?"

"You see that's not something I can openly discuss with you, but if Sutton wants to tell you how she got pregnant than she can. "

Elena nodded not willing to argue. This was probably hard enough for Sutton so she wouldn't bother to ask.

"I'll go get her, you two can take a seat."

They both sat down as the social worker went to go get Sutton. Elena had to admit that she was nervous, but she had to stay positive it was the only way she would make it through. But she still wondered what was going through Sutton's mind and if she should at least take her into consideration. There were so many things she hadn't considered about this. She didn't even know where to start. Where did you start when a girl was giving away her own unborn baby before she even got a chance to hold her? Elena would have given anything to hold her baby at least once. But before she could think about that any further the door opened to reveal the social worker and the young girl named Sutton.

Elena's eyes widened as she looked at the girl before her. The young girl had a young face with long brown hair and brown eyes. Elena had to admit she was a pretty girl and it did look like she had a pretty good size baby bump on her so she was at least trying to take care of herself. Elena sighed and extended her hand out to Sutton when she sat down.

"Hello Sutton, I'm Elena and this is my husband Damon. It's nice to finally meet you."

Sutton looked at Elena's hand in confusion but still shook it anyway as Elena sat back down. So far so good. Sutton grabbed a clipboard which she assumed was full of questions that the mother had for her and Elena inhaled ready to answer all her questions with complete honesty.

"Let's start with some pretty basic questions. Damon we'll start with you. What do you do for a living?"

"I'm a lawyer at a very prestigious law firm."

"And what about you Elena?"

"I own my own online business."

Sutton nodded and wrote those answers down in her book looking thoughtful.

"Do you both have good relationships with your family and your friends?"

"We actually haven't been that close as of lately."

"Why is that?"

Damon squeezed her hand encouraging her to go on.

"I actually just recently lost my baby. It was a devastating time for me, so I pushed my friends away and now they're deciding to stay away themselves."

"I'm sorry that happened to you."

"Thank you."

Sutton shook her head and scribbled something down.

"Why did you decide to adopt?"

"After I got into my accident my life was forever changed whenever my doctor said that not only had I lost my baby, but I also extended so much injuries that I can never have kids. I want to adopt because I want to be a mother no matter if it's my blood or not my blood."

Sutton nodded and closed her notebook taking Elena's hand.

"I thank you for telling me your story and I would love to give you this child."

Elena smiled from ear to ear and kissed Damon as she stood up and hugged Sutton. Finally she was finally getting what she always wanted.