Elena stood there stunned, she couldn't understand why Matt was telling her to leave town. She looked over at Stefan and she could tell he heard Matt. Everything seemed to be happening all at once. She finally found her voice to speak to Matt through the phone.
"Why," she asked confused.
"The person that gave the tip on you guys," Matt hesitates, "I asked around and they told me who it was… It was Enzo."
"Why would he do something like this," Elena asked looking up to see Damon considering something.
"I don't know Elena," Matt sighs, "I really don't know."
"Well thank you Matt for letting us know," Elena whispers, "We'll figure everything out."
"Just try to hurry Elena," he says, "I don't want anything to happen to you."
With that, he hung up leaving Elena confused. She heard a branch break and she looked to see it was Enzo standing behind Damon. Damon turned around and looked at the tan dark haired man. Stefan took a step-in front of Elena, blocking her with his body.
"Hey guys," Enzo says in his British accent, "Miss me?"
"Not really," Damon says, "You gave a tip on us."
"Oh that," Enzo asked, "I told you I'd get you back for old times' sake."
It all seemed to happen at once, Damon grabbed Enzo by the neck and pushed him up against a tree. Elena watched, frightened, but Enzo was meaning to cause harm. Stefan took a step closer to Damon, ready for the fight. Damon was growling at Enzo.
"You son of a bitch," Damon said, "I could kill you without a second thought about it."
"And ruin every chance with Elena," Enzo asked, unaffected by Damon's tight hold.
"That ain't going to work for your mercy," Damon stated and Enzo used his hand to push Damon off him.
"You're the one that should be asking for my mercy," Enzo said when Damon bumped into Stefan, but neither feel over.
"Why bring Elena into it," Stefan asked and Enzo smiled.
"The only way I knew how to hurt Damon," Enzo hesitated, "Was to hurt you and Elena."
Enzo rammed into Damon as Damon tried to go in for him, causing Damon to lay on his back with Enzo on him. Enzo kept punching Damon in the face, blood pouring from Damon's nose. Stefan pulled Enzo off Damon, but Enzo pushed Stefan into a tree while punching Stefan in the gut. Damon got up again and pulled Enzo off Stefan, so Enzo pushed Damon away. Elena looked around feeling helpless as the tears began to fall. She found a sharp rock on the ground and knew what she had to do. She picked up the rock and cut her wrist.
"Stop," Elena demanded and Enzo looked at her as he bared his teeth, "You want to hurt Damon? Drain me."
Enzo let Stefan go and vamp sped to where she was with hunger in his eyes. She knew what was needed to be done and she watched Stefan as Enzo grabbed her wrest. When he lifted it to his lips, she began to close her eyes tightly. Then, the sucking stopped and Elena reluctantly opened her eyes to see Stefan holding Enzo's heart in his hands and Damon holding Enzo's no longer attached head.
"You okay," Stefan asked searching Elena's blurry eyes.
"Yeah," she smiled, "I'm fine."
"Here," Stefan said bighting his wrist and offering it to her, "Heal up faster."
"I'm going to get rid of this son of a bitch," Damon said dragging the body away into the woods.
Elena touched her lips to Stefan's wrist, but when the blood touched her throat she began coughing it back up. She pulled away from his wrist to cough up the blood, watching the dark red drops hit the ground. She looked back up at Stefan who had worry written all over his face.
"Do you need to go to the hospital," Stefan asked as her phone began to ring, it was Bonnie.
"No," she says before answering the phone, "Hey Bonnie, Matt called me."
"Caroline's in the hospital," Bonnie said in a hurry, "She's in labor. She went into labor last night, but Ric just called and said she is about to start pushing."
"Okay," Elena said nervously, "We'll be right there."
"Hurry," Bonnie said sounding excited, "They babies are coming. We'll get to finally meet them."
"I know," Elena sighed happily.
Elena hung the phone up and smiled widely at Stefan. He heard what Bonnie had said and he smiled at her. She ran to the car and Stefan followed her, but before she could open the door she looked back to see Damon watching them. Elena's bright eyes and smile must have told him what was happening.
"Caroline's in labor," Damon said, "Ric just called me."
"We're going there now," Stefan said as Elena got into the car.
"I'll meet you guys there," Damon said before vamp speeding away and Stefan got into the car.
Elena was so excited that she was shaking, her body unable to hold it. Stefan grabbed her hand and she looked over at him to see him smiling at her. They drove silently to the hospital, but the smile never left either of their faces. When they finally pulled up they jumped out of the car and head into the hospital where they saw Bonnie sitting in the waiting room. Bonnie looked up and smiled at Elena as they walked towards her.
"Ric said he'd come get us when they were here," Bonnie said excitedly.
"Why is she having them so early," Elena asked worried.
"We think it's where she's a vampire," Bonnie states as Elena sits next to Bonnie and Stefan sits on the other side of Elena.
Elena nods before looking over to see Stefan reading a parent magazine. He looked up and smiled at her as she put a hand on his knee to steady herself. She looked over to see Damon coming into the waiting room, standing over to the side. She considered him carefully, something seemed different about him but familiar at the same time. She heard footsteps and saw Ric coming out wearing a blue robe and a face mask over his neck revealing his smile.
"Hey," Ric says and they all stood up, "They're here. Wanna go meet Lizzy and Josie Saltzman?"
"That's a stupid question to ask," Elena laughs, "Of course we are."
"Then follow me," Alaric smiled.
All four of them followed Alaric into an elevator where they went to the maternity floor of the building. Once they exited he elevator they followed him down the hallway and entered the room. Caroline sat up in bed holding the twins smiling, though she looked tired. Elena and Bonnie were the first to go to the bed, one girl on each side.
"Hey guys," Caroline whispered.
"They're adorable," Elena cooed and Caroline laughed a little.
"Thanks," she said, "Want to hold them?"
"Me first," Bonnie said and Caroline nodded as Bonnie grabbed both the girls.
Bonnie looked down at the babies, whispering something Elena couldn't hear. Elena felt a hand touch the lower part of her back and she looked to see Stefan looking down at her with such love. Bonnie finally passed them to Elena, but Stefan took the one that was resting on her sore hand. Elena looked down at the baby carefully.
"That one's Lizzy," Caroline told Elena and she smiled at the woman before looking back at the baby.
"It's nice to have a new person in the world," Elena whispered to the baby, "You are truly a blessing come true."
Stefan handed Josie to Alaric and looked to see Elena still cooing over the baby. He could see her being the mother of his children, had always wanted it. He knew that if she asked him to take the cure so they could be together the way people were supposed to, he wouldn't even have to think twice about it. Elena handed the baby to Caroline and she saw the look Caroline was giving her, the look told her to just do it, whatever it was.
"I want one," Elena whispered to Stefan.
"Marry me," Stefan asked quietly.
Elena looked up to see Stefan's serious eyes. She nodded as tears pricked her eyes. He crashed his lips to hers, pouring all the love he could into that one kiss. When they pulled away, she saw that Alaric had handed Damon Josie. She watched Damon and saw a tear fall from his cheek, Damon was back. He looked up and saw Elena watching him before he handed Alaric Josie and walked into the hallway alone with his emotions. Elena pulled away to look Stefan in the face.
"I'll be right back," she promised.
Elena walked out the door and saw Damon standing there, waiting for her. She smiled at him and he gave her a shy smile, but she could tell he was hiding something. Elena took an attentive step closer. He didn't say anything at first, but she knew he was dealing with all the emotions going on for him right now.
"I saw you in there," she comments slowly, "You're back."
"If it came down to me and Stefan," Damon hesitates changing the subject, "Who'd get the goodbye?"
"Damon," she whispers, remembering him asking this once before, hesitating.
"Please," Damon asked and she saw the hurt in his eyes.
"No matter how much I loved you Damon," she hesitated, "I love Stefan."
"Stefan," he whispered, "Always gonna be Stefan."
Damon took a minute to stare at the girl he loved before walking over towards her. He kissed her cheek lightly before pulling away to look into her dark eyes. Elena looked at him confused, but he had once told her the deal he made with Stefan that whoever she chose, the other would leave. She watched as Damon began to walk away, leaving her watching him slowly disappear. Elena walked back into the room and stood beside Stefan as they watched the babies that were in Caroline's arms now. She belonged with Stefan and she will always choose him.
A/N: I really hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know a lot happened, but thank you for reading.
