"What do you mean Katherine's back?" Caroline questioned. Elena nodded feebly, her gaze distant. She ran a hand through her brown hair before turning to look at her friend. Caroline's blue eyes were soft as she listened intently to her friend's woes. "What does she want?" Caroline wondered aloud, folding her arms across her chest.

"I don't know what Katherine wants. I don't know what Stefan wants. I don't know what Sabrina wants. I don't know what anyone wants!" Elena said as she threw her hands up in the air out of exasperation. Elena took a deep breath, her gaze turning serious as she watched the flames of the fireplace interact with each other. "I thought that with Klaus gone things would get better…" she said quietly.

"What does Damon say about all of this?" Bonnie asked quietly. Elena shrugged her shoulders, her brown eyes tired as she let out a deep sigh. It was obvious that whatever was going on in her life was physically draining Elena of the Petrova fire she once possessed. "I wish I could be more help to you," she said quietly, offering her friend a small smile.

"Bonnie, can't you like…contact the other side or something? Find out what the hell is going on?" Caroline asked hopefully. Bonnie took a deep breath, her gaze regretful as she shook her head. "Then we're back to square one…" Caroline mumbled, collapsing into the couch.

Elena took a deep breath, her hands flying to clutch her side as a vicious cramp found itself into her body. Her forehead furrowed together in pain, visibly wincing at the tiniest movement as she tried to make herself more comfortable. "What's wrong with you?" Bonnie asked.

"I don't know," Elena said quietly before rubbing her torso. "I've been getting cramps off and on for about a week now. I think it's just the stress," she said hopefully, closing her eyes to wish away the pain. Bonnie and Caroline exchanged a look of confusion before Caroline was in front of Elena, her gaze soft and concerned.

"Do vampires get physical symptoms of stress?" Caroline asked quietly, her voice urgent as she patted Elena's shoulder out of reassurance. Bonnie shrugged her shoulders, a look of concern on her face as she looked at Elena's condition. She opened her mouth to voice a suggestion before Elena threw her head back in pain, unable to hold it in any longer. "When was the last time you fed?" Caroline asked urgently.

Elena's breathing was ragged as she tried to remember the last time she'd fed. "Two blood bags this morning…" Elena answered honestly. She winced again as she tried to shift into a more comfortable position. She was now clutching her stomach in pain as she lay in the fetal position on the couch. Bonnie nodded towards Caroline who blurred out of the room.

She came back moments later, another blood bag in her hand and offered it towards her friend. Elena offered Caroline a grateful smile as she took the bag from her hands. She tilted the bag towards her mouth, allowing the blood to soothe her body aches. Suddenly, the bag dropped from her hands and spilled all over the carpet. "Elena?" Caroline asked urgently as she took a deep breath. "Elena!" Caroline said again.

Elena's eyes were rolling in the back of her head as she clutched her torso in agony. She bit her bottom lip to hold back the scream that threatened to fall off the tip of her tongue. Before she could react, she instinctively hunched over the side of the couch, allowing her body to empty itself of its contents. Caroline's eyes widened in horror as Elena coughed up blood. Bonnie extended her hands immediately, trying to lessen the pain Elena was harboring. It was similar to the spell she'd done on Elena when Lucy tied Katherine and Elena's pain together, but it wasn't working.

"Is it Sabrina?" Caroline hissed.

"I'll go find out," Bonnie said urgently as she grabbed her purse. "Call Damon!" she said before getting out of the house as quickly as possible. Just as Caroline was about to dial Damon's number, she was interrupted by the sound of Stefan and Damon entering the boarding house.

"Elena?" Damon called out instinctively, unable to sense a difference in the atmosphere. Caroline took a breath of relief as she stroked Elena's hair, desperate to help her friend.

"In here!" Caroline called out. Damon's forehead furrowed together in confusion as he entered the living room. His eyes fell on the bloody carpet beside the couch before his gaze fell on the body on the couch.

"Elena!" Damon said urgently, flashing over and taking Elena in his arms. She winced in pain from the movement but just bit her lip again. Her breathing was ragged as she clutched her torso in pain. "What the hell happened?" he asked urgently, his eyes flashing towards Caroline.

"The three of us were just talking and then she started feeling sick," Caroline said quickly. "I…I tried to give her some blood and she had one sip but then she was coughing up blood!" Caroline explained, her voice cracking as she was on the brink of tears.

"Where's Bonnie?" Damon asked quickly, stroking Elena's hair and kissing her forehead as if it would somehow make everything better.

"She went to go find Sabrina."

Damon turned to Stefan, his gaze serious and his eyes wide with fear. "Go find Bonnie, help her with Sabrina. Go!" Damon growled, tightening his grip around Elena. He looked down at his wife, her brown eyes glistening with tears of despair as she clenched her teeth together. "You're gonna be fine, Elena. I promise, okay? Nothing is gonna happen to you!"

: :

"Did you find her?" Damon asked urgently when Bonnie and Stefan entered the boarding house half an hour later. Bonnie's face made it clear that their venture was successful, as her brown eyes were wide with concern.

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of high heels across the wooden floors. Damon groaned as Katherine sauntered into the boarding house, a smirk on her face. She took in Elena's disheveled appearance in Damon's arms and smirked, folding her arms across her chest. "Well this is a new problem," Katherine commented before collapsing into one of the arm chairs.

It took everything Damon had not to leave Elena to rip Katherine's heart out. He didn't have the energy to fight with her right now; he needed to save his wife. His mind was racing. Vampires didn't get sick. They didn't reject blood. They didn't hold themselves together out of agony. They healed quickly. They were okay unless staked or chalked full of vervain.

"What the hell is going on?" a new voice asked. Damon didn't have to look up to know what the look would be on Jeremy Gilbert's face. Alaric followed suit but remained silent by the door, taking in the broken expressions of everyone. Bonnie crossed the room and fell into his arms before taking Arianna from him, holding her close to her. "Damon?" Jeremy asked, crossing the room. "What's happening?"

"We don't know," Caroline said gently, her voice regretful. She exchanged a look of pain with Stefan as his head hung low. Katherine looked around, her eyes narrowed. She wouldn't say it out loud, but she was just as curious about what was happening as the rest of them. "We can't find Sabrina anywhere and Bonnie's pain spell isn't working."

"It's like I'm blocked," Bonnie said defeatedly.

"Are you concentrating hard enough?" a new voice asked nonchalantly. All eyes fell on Sabrina as she sauntered into the Boarding House, and watched as she took a seat on a chair opposite Katherine. Katherine furrowed her forehead together in confusion as she began to stand up from her chair. Even from across the room, both Stefan and Damon saw something flicker across Katherine's eyes as she looked at the witch – it was recognition.

"Sabrina?" Katherine asked incredulously. "You have…aged," she said quietly. Sabrina smirked lightly before flipping her blonde hair over her shoulder. Caroline fought to contain the gasp of surprise that was about to fall from her mouth. The hair flip was her thing. Before Sabrina could answer, she was thrown against the wall, Damon's hands around her throat. f

"What did you do to her?" he growled angrily. Sabrina rolled her eyes, a smirk on her lips and suddenly, Damon's hands were burning again like they did when he touched her in Vegas. She smirked at him and straightened her clothes off before her gaze fell on Elena.

"What happened to her?" she wondered, confusion in her voice.

"Save the innocent speech for someone who will listen, alright fake Blondie?" Caroline shot out. "Whatever you did to Elena, fixit."

The look that flashed across Sabrina's face was something that everyone would have never expected – confusion. "I didn't do anything to her," Sabrina said. Damon's forehead furrowed together in confusion as he flashed across the room to take Elena in his arms again.

"Vampires don't get sick. They don't reject blood. They don't hold their torsos in agony. What the hell did you do to her?" Damon asked again, his teeth clenched together. As Stefan stood on the other side of the room, he was shell shocked. He didn't know what to think. How did Katherine know Sabrina? What was going on with Elena? Sabrina seemed genuinely confused by the revelation that Elena was unwell. Maybe she really didn't have anything to do with it.

Realization flashed across Sabrina's face. She blinked back her surprise in an attempt to neutralize her facial expression. She took a deep breath and folded her arms across her chest, her eyes narrowed as she stared at Elena before looking at Bonnie. "Your spells probably aren't working because you're a little rusty," the blonde pointed out.

Bonnie bit her lip out of sadness, her hand falling over her flat stomach. It had thrown both Bonnie and Jeremy for a loophole when they went for their checkup and the baby didn't have a heartbeat. That was over a month ago, and Bonnie hasn't had the strength to practice witchcraft since. Sabrina was right, she was rusty. "There hasn't been a reason for me to use magic!" Bonnie tried to defended.

"Well now there is, and your spells still aren't working," Sabrina pointed out as she folded her arms across her chest. Damon growled and ran a hand through his hair, his body on the brink of a breakdown as he held Elena's weakening body in his arms. "Sucks being a doppelganger," Sabrina added. "All the crappy stuff happens to you."

"Fix her!" Damon growled again. Katherine's forehead furrowed together as she nonchalantly made her way over to the desk in the corner. Her fingers curled around a skinny object as she clasped it her hand. "Vampires aren't supposed to be acting like this! What the hell is going on?"

Katherine flashed across the room suddenly and ripped Elena's hand away from hugging her torso. Before Damon could stop Katherine, she was running a letter opener across the palm of Elena's hand.

Elena screeched in pain as the blood began to drip through her fingers. Damon didn't waste any time as Katherine was thrown across the room. She got up effortlessly, her hands on her hips as she dusted herself off. "What the hell is wrong with you?" Damon asked, his eyes blazing with anger while Caroline went to help Elena.

"Look at her hand!" Katherine almost yelled, her brown eyes wide with fury. "It's not healing!" she continued. Damon followed Katherine's gaze as Elena was crying profusely on Caroline's lap while Caroline gingerly put pressure on the fresh wound. Realization and horror along with confusion flashed across Bonnie's face, a gasp leaving her lips, her eyes never leaving Elena.

"It's not healing because she's human," Bonnie finished, her voice weak. "Elena's human again."

: :

"This is so cliché," Damon muttered as he took a seat by Elena's bed. She offered him a weak smile before her eyes fluttered to a close, her head hitting the soft pillow in hopes of rest. He took her hand and offered her a small smile of support. Although he didn't show it, he was scared. He was scared for Elena. He didn't know what was happening to her and he didn't know why but if Bonnie was right, and if she was human again, then something was going on inside her human body.

He reached his hand up to stroke her hair, earning a sigh of contentment escaping Elena's lips. Even through her exhaustion, she still managed to be the most beautiful thing in his world. He felt as though the minutes were passing by so slowly. All he wanted was to know what was going on with his human-turned-vampire-turned-human-again-wife so he could take her home.

"Mr. Salvatore?" a voice called from behind him. Damon didn't get up; he only offered the doctor a half smirk as she entered the room. "I'm Dr. Morrison," she introduced herself. Damon nodded out of acknowledgment, his eyes never leaving Elena. Her brown eyes fluttered open ever so slightly, as she fought to stay awake. A smile fell on the doctor's face as she looked at Elena. "Hi Elena," she said warmly. "I'm Dr. Morrison."

"Hi," Elena said, her voice barely a whisper. The doctor looked at her chart, and then her gaze averted between Damon and Elena. "What is it?" she croaked.

"You're lucky your husband brought you here when he did, otherwise we might have risked losing both you and the baby. Have you been taking your prenatal vitamins?" she asked. Damon could feel the color draining from his face as his words got lodged in his throat. Elena's heart began to crash inside her chest, her eyes glistening with tears that threatened to fall.

"What baby?" Elena choked out, her voice shaky. She exchanged a look with Damon that deciphered what they were both thinking. It was all impossible. This had to be a dream. It was only last month she met a new witch bitch that threatened to turn their worlds upside down. It was only last month her doppelganger returned to town along with her ex-boyfriend slash brother in law. It was only last month her brother and her best friend had lost their unborn baby.

Dr. Morrison looked at her charts before her gaze fell on Elena again, confusion in her eyes and in her tone. "You're pregnant," she said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "You…you didn't know?"

Damon rolled his eyes, as he squeezed Elena's hand. "Yeah, cause these are the faces of two people in the know," Damon said sarcastically. He had no idea how it was even possible. Elena's mysterious illness only fell upon her this morning, and now suddenly he was going to be a father? "Are you sure she's pregnant?" Damon asked quietly.

"Unless she had a really big lunch today then yes, I'm sure she's pregnant. According to the ultra-sound and multiple tests we've ran, I estimate she's about six weeks along," Dr. Morrison closed her chart, a warm and friendly smile on her face. "I will write you a prescription for prenatal vitamins. Now that you're pregnant, you need to start eating all the right things, drink plenty of fluids. I recommend a lot of rest and try to keep your stress level as low as possible. We'll book another appointment for you to see me in about six weeks and then we'll see how everything's moving along."

"So when you say pregnant do you mean like…a human…baby…thing?" Damon questioned, his gaze distant. Dr. Morrison held the chart to her chest as her eyes narrowed at the husband of the woman in shock. "I'm not drunk, I'm not on drugs…but like…when you say pregnant…there's no chance that it's like…you know…gas or something…"

"Mr. Salvatore," Dr. Morrison said. "I've only been doing this for ten years but I'm almost certain your wife is growing another human being. Unless she was abducted by aliens, you're going to be a father!" Damon swallowed hard, his gaze continuously distant as he looked at the floor, incredulity in his eyes. Dr. Morrison took a deep breath as she pulled her pen out from her lab coat before writing on a piece of paper from her pocket. "I'm gonna give you my number. If you have any questions, pleasecall me," she said before leaving the room.

Damon stood there, his gaze distant as he remained shell shocked. Elena let out a breath of disbelief, her eyes immediately falling on her torso. Her eyes stung with both shed and unshed tears as she ran her hand over her flat stomach.

He didn't know what to think. He didn't want to be happy – because usually when he was happy, the universe found some way to screw things up. He didn't understand what was happening to him or to Elena. She was a vampire this morning and now she's a pregnant human. He didn't understand why he wasn't human too.

But most of all, he wondered what he ever did to deserve Elena carrying his child.

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