Caroline's POV
Cami was fast asleep when I heard the front door open. Elena sounded like she was crying. I walked into the foyer to see Damon and Elena smiling and Elena was crying, happy tears.
"Perfect moment, brother?" Stefan appeared beside me
"Pour me a drink and meet me in the study." Damon chuckled throwing his leather jacket on the coat rack
"I've completely missed something…" I huffed looking at Elena
Once the boys were out of earshot Elena looked at me. "He proposed." Elena cried showing me the ring
"You're sure it's not too soon?" I asked making sure she was okay
"If you had been there…you would've said yes. It was the most perfect moment in my life." She couldn't stop smiling
"I'm so glad Elena." I hugged her "This ring is beautiful."
"How long has he had this?" She questioned
"Who knows Elena; men are a mystery to us." I smiled
"I want to go kiss Cami then we can talk all night long." Elena smiled hurrying up the stairs
Damon's POV
I looked at my younger brother. "Stefan it was amazing, perfect. It was pouring down rain and I kissed her, she looked at me made me promise this is forever and I did…I do. Then I did it."
"Brother that's amazing, I'm so happy for you." My 22 year old brother smirked taking a swig of his bourbon
"When are you gonna ask Care?" I looked at him
"Damon…I love her, but I don't want to cause…" Stefan began but I quickly cut him off "I'm marrying Elena, Caroline loves you and you love her. I'm so happy she gets to stay in the family. I will always love Caroline, and I hope she feels the same about me, but we promised to never stand in each other's way."
"Thank you, brother." Stefan hugged me tight
I woke up the next morning with a smile on my face; Elena was going to be wife. I couldn't believe she said yes. I got up and stretched, I headed for the shower when I heard someone humming in my bathroom.
"Goin' to the chapel and we're gonna get married." Elena's off off-key voice sang. I wouldn't dare tell her I encountered this moment. I heard the water turn off and I scurried back to the bed. Once under the blanket the door opened to reveal Elena in only a towel. "Oh." Her face flushed red when she saw I was awake.
"Good Morning." I yawned stretching my arms over my head
"I hope you don't mind, the water pressure is messed up in my bathroom." Her face beat red at this point "I better…" she was so embarrassed
"I hope you won't be this shy once we are married." I strutted over to her wrapping my arms around her waist.
"It's just…you look at me…" she put her head down refusing to look at me
"Hey, look at me." I lifted her chin "What is it Kitten?"
"You look at me like I'm the most beautiful girl in the world, even when you have Caroline sleeping down the hall…Tyler…he always told me I was beautiful, but he only looked at the outside. You see me; you know my weaknesses and you love me even knowing what I did in the past." Tears threated to escape her brown eyes
"I love you more than anything in the world." I kissed her lips softly, only to be interrupted by the cry of my daughter. "She knows." Elena laughed
"Of course she does." I whispered "Go get dressed and I'll get Cami."
Elena headed down the hall to her bedroom and I stopped in Cami's room. "Hey baby doll."
"Dada." Her chubby hands grabbed my face "Looks like you're gonna get a momma after all." I whispered to her
"Wena?" she looked around the room
"Yes, baby." Elena walked in the room now fully dressed
"WENA!" Cami reached for her
"Hi baby." Elena took her into her arms "Good morning." She kissed me
"You're so beautiful." I whispered longing for her
"Damon…" her cheeks redder than before
"I'm sorry, I can't help it…I don't know how you do it, but everyday your even more beautiful than the one before." I took her in my arms Cami laying her head on Elena's shoulder
I held Elena but couldn't help feeling that she was thinner than normal. This concerned me. The first thing I noticed when my mother got sick was weight loss. I'd have to check to see if she was eating enough, I don't want to point it out if anything isn't really wrong. Maybe I'm just paranoid.
"Damon?" Elena's voice brought me back "Are you okay?"
"Huh? Oh…um yeah. Let me go shower and then we can…we can eat." I struggled to find my words as I hurried from the room
Elena's POV
He noticed…I was afraid it was noticeable at this point. I had been losing weight since the incident with Tyler. No matter how much I ate, what it was. I just couldn't seem to gain the weight back. I was supposed to go to the doctor tomorrow, but now Damon has noticed it…If something is wrong with me he's not going to handle it well. I would call my doctor to see if he had an opening today. "Wena?" Cami called from the living room floor where she was happily playing with her Uncle Stefan
"Are you okay Elena?" Stefan asked me noticing my distance
"Can you watch her for a few hours?" I asked him "I know I'm the nanny and it's my job, but I need to take care of something." I told him silently so Damon wouldn't hear from the next room
"Absolutely. Is everything okay?"
"Damon and I are fine." I smiled grabbing my keys and coat heading out the door quickly.
I drove to my doctors and they got me in almost immediately. "Elena." They called me back
"I've looked all of your blood tests, and you're perfectly healthy…Elena, I really believe this is from your PTSD. How are you sleeping?"
"I'm…I'm not…I sleep in the baby's room on a cot. Maybe a few hours a night."
"Sweetie…you need to get help. If you don't this could cause a health problem. Please…"
"I don't want to be blasted on a bunch of medications. I don't want to live that way…I'm finally happy. Last time…last time they made me so drugged up I could barely stay awake."
"We will work on it, if you'll go see someone I will make them consult me before prescribing you anything, even an aspirin." Meredith told me
A/N: There it is. Elena has PTSD and Damon doesn't know. What will happen next? Let me know your thoughts in the reviews.
