Chapter Ten: Case Is Closed
Two weeks later
Elena's P.O.V
Everything is dark like a black hole and in the beginning, I can't hear or see anything, but suddenly I'm able to hear sounds. I have no idea where I am or why, but I feel like there is more to this than a black hole.
"Did you drug her?" A pity high childish voice says I recognize the voice as Katherine.
"Yes, she's not waking up before you tell me to wake her up." A male voice says, I don't know who it is yet, but it sounds familiar.
"Good, what about Damon have he suspected anything?" Katherine demands.
"No, but he doesn't trust me at all and it gets harder and harder to get him to leave her while I drug her." He says distressed.
"You can do it, can't you?" She mocks.
"Of course I can." He says determined.
"Good, because you know what happens if Damon learns what I did, then I'll take you down with me after all you were the one switching their daughter with the Williams' dead girl and it'll be all too easy for me to pin this all on you. I don't want Damon knowing anything I did to her and I don't want Elena waking up before my plan to take her life from her is perfect." She laughs evilly.
"I know, but you should know by now that I wouldn't do that to you. You know I love you and I'll do anything you want me to." He says lovingly and I recognize the voice, it's Elijah's.
"Then you have nothing to worry about." She says and the next thing I hear is lips smashing together.
I jump up from bed and I realize that the black hole I've dreamt about for weeks was a memory there was drugged away. I feel Damon's strong arms around me as I have every night since I started to have these nightmares.
"Elena, you alright?" He asks worriedly.
"No." I cry realizing that Elijah and Katherine kept me from waking up; they took a year of my life.
"What happened?" He asks drying the tears away and making me look at him.
"I remembered something." I say looking into his comforting blue eyes.
"What?" He says now curious, but still worried.
"I wasn't in a coma, Damon." I barely whisper.
"What do you mean?" He says confused.
"I know who helped Katherine take our daughter." I whisper hoarsely.
"Baby, I'm really confused, please, just tell me what you remember." He says softly as he caresses my arm for comfort.
"I wasn't wake, but I wasn't sleeping either. I told you that every time I sleep I see this black hole and this time was just the same. I didn't know where I was and I couldn't see, but I could hear and I overheard a private conversation between Katherine and Elijah." I take a breath in.
"What did they talk about?" He asks trying to keep calm, but I can feel the anger in his body because he knows Elijah did something that's why he never trusted him and what caused me to wake up, Elijah was my doctor and he was the one telling Damon to leave right before I woke up. I'm sure he told Damon to leave so he could drug me again, but he just never got a chance to.
"Katherine asked him if he drugged me and she asked because she couldn't have me waking up before her plan to take my life was perfect, she also wanted to know if you suspected anything and then she threatened him. She said that if you figured her out she would take him with down her because he after all switched our daughter with the Williams' dead girl. Damon, I wasn't in a coma, Elijah drugged me to keep me from awakening." I cry from saying it aloud.
"Fuck! I knew he did something! I should have known! He helped her take our daughter and he kept you from waking up, bastard!" He says like there was venom on his tongue. "We have to report this, that bastard is not gonna get away with this, I would kill him, but then I risk losing you and Hope." He soften up a bit, holding me closer. "I promise you that he'll pay." He whispers.
"Maybe I should go to the police station and report him right now." I suggest.
"You properly shouldn't wait, but I want to come with you." He says stubbornly.
"You have to stay here with Hope." I reason.
"No, you're not going alone; I'll call my mom to look after her while we're at the station." He says grabbing his phone from the nightstand.
"Damon, it's 5am." I say trying to stop him.
"I know that, but this can't wait." He says leaving the room already dialing his mother and about two minutes later, he returns. "She'll be here in 15 minutes." He says as he begins to get dressed and I decide not to fight him on this one, I get out of bed and get dressed and as Damon said 15 minutes later, we hear the doorbell.
I hurry downstairs to open the door for her. "Hi Rosalyn, please come in." I say sweetly.
"Thank you, Elena. Damon said it was emergency and that he needed me to look after Hope." She says concerned.
"Yeah, I remembered something important that I have to report." I say as Damon comes down the stairs.
"Thank you for coming, mom." He smiles.
"Of course, I won't ask what's up right now because it seems like you're in a hurry, but I will ask later." She warns with a smile.
"We'll tell you when we're back." Damon promises.
We walk outside to my car since Damon is still using crutches and I drive us to the police station, we walk in and to the front desk. "Hi, something I can help you with?" The receptionist asks politely and before I get a chance to say a word Damon beats me to it.
"Yes, my fiancé remembered something there's important to the investigation about her accident and our daughter getting switched." He says as polite as he can.
We're let into an office where I tell what I remembered and he tells me to instantly get a check at the hospital by another doctor because apparently I can be the proof they need to close this case once and for all.
Damon and I get back in the car, we drive to the hospital in silence and I know that it's because he's worried that Elijah might have done something to me that can't be undone. The police station already called them to let them know how important this was and that it needed to be kept quiet.
The second we arrived at the hospital the nurse let us into an exam room and soon after a doctor arrives. He does a lot of test on me and Damon is losing his patience because no one would tell us what they suspected he did to me.
A couple of hours later the doctor returns with the results of the test and he looks serious. "Miss Gilbert, I have a lot of information for you and before I give it to you I have to ask do you want Mr. Salvatore in here?" He asks carefully.
I look over at Damon and I know that he would never leave the room. "He can stay." I say softly and the doctor nods.
"We had a lot of suspicions of what Mr. Mikealson have done to keep you from waking up luckily he kept you in a trance state, it's like a coma only he was forcing it on you. I'm happy to tell you that it didn't leave any problems, but he did give you medication there gave you amnesia and we believe that it was to make sure you wouldn't remember luckily it didn't make any damages to you and it won't affect you. All of this is been sent to the police they have enough to charge Elijah even if he doesn't confess and he'll never be able to be a doctor again." He informs us and both Damon and I let out a breath.
"Thank god." Damon says before he pulls me close to him.
"There is one last thing I need to tell you and it has nothing to do with this case, but we fell over it when we looked at your blood tests." He says looking between Damon and me.
"What?" I ask nervously.
"You're pregnant, Miss Gilbert." He announces.
"What?" Damon and I ask in shock at the same time.
"How far along am I?" I ask.
"About four weeks." He says and I look over at Damon, I got pregnant the first time we made love after I woke up.
"Thank you for telling me." I say unsure on what to say.
"You're free to go home now, but I'm gonna give you a time with your gynecologist in three weeks." He says handing me a card with a date and a time on.
Damon and I leave the hospital when we get to the car we both get in, but I wait to start the car hoping that Damon will say something and when he doesn't I decide to. "Damon?" I ask softly.
"I can't believe you're pregnant." He says expressionless.
"Are you mad?" I ask carefully and he instantly turns his attention to me taking my hands in his.
"No, of course not, I'm just shocked I guess, I didn't think about the possibility since you just came back to me." He confesses before kissing my cheek.
"You want this baby then?" I ask suddenly feel weak and fragile.
"Yes I do, I want this baby and I want to be here for you." He says tenderly before he kisses me passionately and I kiss him back instantly.
"I was so scared for a second." I confess letting out a breath.
"You have nothing to worry about, I'm here for you and I'm here because I want to be more than anything else in this world. I'm sorry if I scared you." He says softly.
"So Hope will get a brother or a sister." I giggle.
"Yes she will." He kisses me again.
"Should we tell your mother when we get home because she will ask why we was in such hurry this morning?" I ask.
"Let's just tell her the truth." He smiles.
"Okay, let's get home then." I smile back and start the car.
We walk in as soon as we get home and the first thing we see is Rosalyn sitting with a giggling Hope on her lap. I smile as I fall into thought; it has only been two weeks since I first saw my daughter and I hate that I missed a year of her life, but also grateful that she isn't dead as I believed. Everyone in our family healed by having Hope back into our lives and I finally realized that what happened to my parents wasn't my fault. Now I also know the truth about what happened to me and I really needed that because I knew something didn't add up.
Damon snaps me out of thought by putting his arm around my waist; we walk into the living room and Hope looks over at us before reaching for me. I take her into my arms and I look at my beautiful daughter, Damon sits down beside his mother.
I suddenly feel my phone vibrating in my jeans, I quickly let Hope sit on her father's lap and look at my phone and I leave the room as I answer. After I hang up, I walk back to the living room Damon looks suspiciously at me.
"It was the police, they called to inform me that Elijah confessed everything, he realized that Katherine used him to get what she wanted and decided to take the consequence of his actions, and the case is finally closed." I say happily, he won't be in our lives anymore.
"That's fantastic news." Damon says happily.
"Yes it is." I agree sitting down beside Damon and he instantly puts his arm around me as I lean into his chest.
"Damon just told me everything about Elijah and Katherine, I feel so angry that two people so close to us could do so much damage to our family." Rosalyn says in shock and anger.
"I know, at least it's all over now." I smile.
"Thankfully, he also told me that you're pregnant." She smiles.
"Yeah, it was a bit of a shock, but a good shock." I giggle.
"Definitely a good shock." Damon says kissing my temple and I close my eyes letting myself feel the fireworks in my belly I feel every time he's near me.
We spend the rest of the day with Rosalyn; once she went home and we put Hope to bed, we go back downstairs to the living room. I cuddle closer to Damon on the couch and he just holds me.
"I'm sorry." He suddenly says full of guilt.
"For what?" I ask alarmed.
"I should have been the one to notice that Elijah drugged you, I should have refused to leave the room. It's all my fault you lost a whole year." He says guiltily.
"Damon." I say softly turning around to face him. "When will you stop blaming yourself for everything there goes wrong, Elijah and Katherine did all of this. You didn't know and I'm happy you didn't because then you would question everyone who is close to you, they betrayed us and that's not your fault." I say full of warm and love.
"What did I do to deserve you?" He asks lovingly.
"You were always your warm, funny, loving and caring self. You have always been there for me, you're my rock, Damon. You even stayed by my for a year when I was in the hospital barely leaving and you put me before yourself, I love you." I say before crashing my lips onto his.
The kiss is heated as always it's like some sort of frenzy begins and it's impossible to stop, but of course I don't want it to stop. My hands automatically finds their way to his shirt and my fingers work over the buttons once all of the buttons is undone I push the shirt of him.
His hands work over my body until they reach the hem of my top and he starts tugging it, I lift up my hands as he pulls it off me joining his shirt on the floor, he smirks when he realize that I wasn't wearing a bra. I push him softy down on the couch before I gently run my fingers over his abs while our eyes meet and he caresses my cheek before bringing my lips to his.
I deepen the kiss and he starts to caress my body until he reach my breasts, he gently cups up my breasts using both of his hands and I moan. I pull away to breathe, but my lips never leaves his skin as I kiss his jaw line and down to his neck.
I kiss my way down to his chest while I loosen his pants and pull them off, his erection springs free and I giggle. "No underwear?" I smirk.
"It's too much work." He smirks at me. "I think you have too much clothes on." He points out looking at me hungrily.
"You might be right." I agree pushing my own pants and panties off before I lean in to kiss him again. "Better?" I ask with a giggle.
"Much." He says pulling me closer until I'm straddling his waist, I kiss him passionately as I sink down on him. I gasp when he fills me completely, two weeks is a long time without being joined intimately with Damon.
I rolls my hips and that causes him to grip my waist tighter with both of his hands, he makes me move faster and I love every second of it. We kiss hungrily as if our lives depended on it while I keep on moving faster.
"Damon." I whimper when feel my release is close.
"Oh god, Elena, just like that." He groans.
I kiss him passionately as I cum around him, and my release trigger his. I force myself to keep moving up and down on him until I collapse on top of him breathing heavily as we come down from our high.
I get up from the couch after a long while to get a blanket before I lie back down in his arms, I look up at him and our eyes meet. He leans in and kisses me gently; I rest my forehead against his chest.
"There's something I've been thinking about." He says breaking the silence.
"What's that?" I ask looking up at him.
"We have been engaged for a long time now and I was thinking it might be time to set a date for our wedding." He says kissing my temple.
"Yeah, maybe we should get married in two months then it would be right before I start showing." I suggest.
"Sounds perfect, I've never said it, but I can't wait to be married to you and if all of this has taught me anything then it's to appreciate life right now, I love you so much." He says passionately and I lean in to kiss him.
"I can't wait to be married to you either because I love you too." I say full of joy.
"Maybe my mom and Jenna still wants to arrange the wedding." He wonders aloud.
"I'm sure your mom is up for it, I remember her telling us that we would be damned if we eloped so she couldn't plan or attend the wedding when we told her about the engagement." I giggle.
"I remember that, it almost made me want to elope, but then again all there's important to me is that I have you by my side nothing else matters." He kisses me and I sigh in happiness.
"I know it'll be perfect." I say joyful.
We gain eye contact and I melt into his icy blue eyes. "I promise you it will." He says with happiness shining through his eyes and I crash my lips against his.
A/N:
This is the last chapter before the epilogue, I hope you enjoyed it :)
*Disclaimer I don't own The Vampire Diaries. I only own this story.