All three sticks were pink plus signs. She was pregnant. Bonnie smiled feebly, Elena poured her heart out to her a week into their friendship. "What am I going to do?" Elena asked. Bonnie slid to the floor beside her, "You deal with it." She said as she rubbed Elena's back, "And Care and I'll be here to help you get through this."
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After the two month mark Damon showed up. He finally was returning to classes, except he wasn't staying. In his hand he held a white slip of paper. He neared her desk nervously as he smiled, "Good morning." Elena felt air stick in her throat, "Damon." She said. He nodded, holding the paper out to her. "You're transferring classes." She stated, reading over the paper. He was transferring over to Mr. Lockwood's class. She knew Tyler fairly well, he was Caroline's fiancé and she was sure he was an exceptional teacher, but she didn't want him to go. Now she won't be able to see him every day, but she signed it anyways, she couldn't be selfish, not with him. "Have fun." She said, handing the signed paper back. Their fingers grazed over each other as Elena looked up at his face, nothing. "Thanks." He said, than he left. No happy ending what so ever, the best part was, she didn't even expect for him to come running back into the room. She left that evening tired and broken. If only she stayed around just a little bit longer, she would have seen him jog back to the room to find it dark and locked.
Damon strolled back to his dorm, hands in his pockets as he flipped the bobby pin over and over again. "It could be anybody's dude." Alaric tried to reason. "I know man I know, but something tells me that it's hers. The way she was looking at me today and when our fingers touched, I don't know man, it was something." Alaric sighed; he never knew what had happened months ago, it had all happened too quickly. "Things like that don't just happen man; women like her don't fool around with guys like us." Damon shook his head in disagreement, "It was in the cove dude, and not even you have been there. This girl was special." Alaric shrugged, "Doesn't mean it was your English professor!" They reached their dorm and headed inside. "I'm just looking out for you man." Damon nodded as he dropped his bag at the door and grabbed a beer out of the fridge, if he couldn't remember, why start now?
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Elena stood in front of her mirror, resting her hand on her small baby bump. She smiled sadly at her reflection, she would make the most of it, she wasn't going to tell Stefan. It was for the best, after everything that happened she couldn't imagine making her child go through the same thing. She slipped into a pair of slacks and a black sweater and headed off down the street on her morning walk to work. It wasn't just any day though; it was the last day before winter break. She would finally be able to relax and kick back her beginning to swell feet. When she reached her door she saw a male figure leaning against it. It was Mr. Mikaelson, the Vice President of the school board. "Mr. Mikaelson, what are you doing here? Is something wrong?" The man smiled warmly at her, clearly dazed by her appearance, "No nothing's wrong, I just came by to wish you a good holiday considering I won't be here after classes conclude this evening." "Oh." She said, smiling. She moved around him to unlock her door, flicking on the lights and headed over to her desk. She knew he would follow. "I was wondering, my family they are having this dinner, well they have it every year but I was wondering if you'd like to go. My other siblings will be there and they'll nag me like they do every year about not bringing anyone." "So you want me to go." She finished for him. "Precisely." He said, clasping his hands together behind his back. Elena thought for a moment, she suppose she could, it's not like she had a life. "I'd love to." He grinned, "Great, I'll pick you up on Saturday." She quickly wrote down her address for him as he stuffed it into his pocket and headed towards the door. He looked back at her with a smile, "Oh and call me Elijah."
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Elena sat in the teacher's lounge that afternoon with Caroline and Bonnie. "Elijah Mikaelson asked you out?!" Caroline squealed. Elena nodded excitedly, she could finally move on and stop hoping for something that she knew would never happen, he would never remember her so she might as well try and forget.