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Chapter 20:

Maybe this child wasn't like every other child, since it was half vampire, I knew it wasn't going to be completely normal, well the pregnancy certainly wasn't.

A muffled voice from the bed made me look up, it was Damon. He was dreaming again.

"Katherine." he murmured over and over, the sweat dripping down his forehead.

"Shhh, Damon. It's okay." I said standing by the bed, I couldn't comfort him properly, because I couldn't touch him.

After several minutes he finally drifted off to sleep again, I walked back over to the chair.

I knew he still loved Katherine, and he missed her tremendously. I didn't know if he loved her more than me. I wondered if he really loved me the same way he loved Katherine, if it was still as special for him.

When I looked at Elena and Stefan they looked pretty close, they were in love, and Stefan had loved Katherine too. But Damon was completely different to Stefan. He had said he loved me before, but was Katherine still his true love? If he had the chance would he pick Katherine over me?

I wanted to stop thinking about Katherine, I loved Damon, and he had said he loved me. I wanted to stop worrying but I couldn't. He was so ill, and he was calling out Katherine's name, instead of mine. I felt stupid being jealous over someone who had died but I couldn't help it.

I looked over at Damon, he was still sleeping soundly. His skin seemed to have regained some colour, the sleep and blood must be doing him good.

I woke up to someone talking loudly. Damon was sitting up in bed watching a small flat screen TV in my room. How had that got there?

I must have fallen asleep on the chair, my back was aching from the uncomfortable position.

"Hi." said Damon giving me a small smile. "Do you like your new TV.?" he pointed to the fancy looking TV.

"It's great." I said smiling. "But how did it get there?" I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, yawning.

"Damon felt bad for breaking your old one, so he asked me to go and get you a new one." said Stefan from the end of the bed, I hadn't even noticed he was there.

"Thank you." I said beaming. I got up and went over to Damon, I was about to give him a hug, when I remembered that I couldn't.

"Stefan explained to me about the situation, where you can't touch anyone, maybe because of the baby." said Damon. "We're going to have our hands full when it's born."

He said We're! Maybe that meant he wanted it. "Does this mean, you want to keep the baby?" I asked unable to control the excitement in my voice.

He gave a small laugh. "Well, I'll give it a try." he said. "I'm curious to meet a child that can actually harm me."

"Maybe it isn't the baby." I said. "Maybe it's just me."

Damon opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by Stefan. "I'm going over to Mrs. Flower's in about half an hour if you want to come."

"Yeah sure, I just need to get ready, what about Damon? we can't leave him alone." I said, Damon just glared at me.

"Hang on one minute and I'll just get my babysitter's phone number so you can ring her." said Damon.

Stefan just rolled his eyes. "We won't be long, are you sure you'll be okay?"

"Yes, father. I'll be fine." said Damon is his best sarcastic voice, he seemed to be getting back to normal.

"I'll be waiting in the car." said Stefan and then he was gone.

I went over to my wardrobe and picked out a long- sleeved blue top, my usual skinny jeans and then my ugg boots.

I went into the bathroom and had a quick wash and got dressed, I noticed my hair straightners that I hadn't used since I had got here, I took them out and brought them into my room.

I preferred my hair straight, I liked my wavy hair but it just got frizzy really easily. After I had finished straightening my hair, I put on some rose coloured lip gloss and some light blue sparkly eye shadow, it made my indigo eyes look darker.

I stood in front of the mirror satisfied, I didn't know why I wanted to look so nice, probably because I had looked a mess the past few days. My light auburn hair looked almost a red colour in the sun that shone through a gap in the curtains. I looked down at my stomach and gasped, I hadn't noticed that I looked so noticeable, it was obvious that I was pregnant, and I couldn't really hide it, which worried me.

"What's wrong?" asked Damon, I had forgot he was there, he was just staring at me. He gave me a cute half smile when I turned around.

When he saw my hand on my stomach, his face looked so understanding.

"Damon, how am I supposed to hide this?" I said just above a whisper.

He shook his head. "Well, you can't really hide it." he thought for a minute, before answering . "Maybe just wear a big coat."

I nodded, going over to the wardrobe and getting out my beige parka and putting it on.

"You look beautiful anyway." he said, looking over at me.

"I feel so fat, like a whale or maybe a hippo."

"You don't look bad at all Sophie. You're beautiful." he said.

I smiled at him, he could be so sweet, "I better go now." I said going over to the door. "Bye."

"What no kiss or even a hug?" he said, he put on a mock hurt expression.

"Sorry Damon, but I don't want to hurt you again, but I promise that when we get this sorted out, I'll kiss you as much as you want."

A full smile broke across his perfect features. "Okay, I suppose I can wait. I love you Sophie."

"I love you too." I said smiling as I went out the door, I was relieved he seemed to be better.

It was a silent car ride to the boarding house, we were both too busy thinking to ourselves.

When we got to the boarding house Mrs. Flowers was standing in the dusty old kitchen, it was dark inside. She was bent over the old range, cooking something.

When she heard us walk into the room, she turned around and gave a small smile. "I knew you were going to come. Sit down."

We did as we were told, the chairs were rickety, I was afraid they were going to break.

"So how's your brother today Stefan?" she asked going back to the range.

"He's doing much better today." he replied. "I've come to ask you something about what's wrong with him."

"I know." she said. "I already know what's wrong with him. That's what this is for." she said pointing to the pot on the range.

We both got up and peered into the pot, there was a thick bronze coloured liquid in there, it looked horrible.

"What is it?" I asked.

"It's crushed amber that is liquefied, with some dried cilantro and giseng herbs and many other things that I can't even explain to you, secret recipe ." she said stirring it.

It smelt like petrol, for some reason, which was quite weird. I loved the smell of petrol.

"So what is it, some kind of potion?" I asked curiously.

She gave a small laugh. "Well, you could say that." she picked up the large pot and spooned the mixture into a glass jar and handed it to Stefan.

"Give this to your brother, only one spoonful should do, and it should make him completely well."

Stefan nodded and smiled gratefully. "Thank you, but what's wrong with him exactly?"

"Well, I'm not completely sure, but there's some kind of power, and it's quite strong, I can sense it . Who ever it belongs to is using it quite a lot. I thought it was you or your brother at first, but now I'm not sure, but who ever it is, they are inflicting the damage to him."

Stefan nodded. "I know, I can feel the power too, but it's not from Damon, or me."

It was silent for a while, I remembered Stefan's theory, I decided it was worth a try telling her about it, she seemed to know a lot of things.

"What about the baby." I said.

Mrs. Flowers looked up at me. "Your baby?"

I nodded and took off my coat, my stomach sticking out, Stefan looked surprised at the size.

"Stefan think's that maybe the baby could be doing this, it's a dhampir." I said.

She nodded and came over to me and placed her hands on my stomach, she took them away after a few minutes a worried look on her face.

"Did it hurt you?" I asked worried.

She shook her head. "There was a slight pain coming from it, but it wasn't too sore." she said quietly, a worried look still on her face.

"What's wrong?" asked Stefan.

She shook her head. "All I saw was darkness and death, lots of death..." she didn't go any further.

"What do you mean?" I asked confused.

"That child will cause death." she whispered before going over to her cupboard. She got out a small container filled with a clear liquid, she handed it to me.

"Take a little sip of this when you get home, it will help purify the child's soul, then maybe you'll be able to make contact with people again, but I'm not guaranteeing anything, and make sure you only take a small amount. It will only work for a short while."

I nodded and took the container, I was still a bit confused. What did she mean purify the child's soul? Was she saying the baby was evil?

A million questions were running through my mind as we walked back to the car.

"Stefan, I'm a bit confused about all this. What's happening?" I asked as we were driving down the road.

He took a few moment to reply. "Well, we think that maybe your baby isn't as innocent as most babies. It has an excessive amount of power that it can project, just like vampire can, but it's power is different in some way, and it's too young to control it so it seems to just send out sudden blasts of it. Hopefully that liquid that Mrs. Flower's gave to you will help stop it from doing that."

I nodded, taking in all the information. "What about the death part?" I asked.

"Well, with Damon as a father it's no wonder, and especially since it's half vampire Damon will want it to have human blood."

I shook my head. "I don't want my child to be a murderer, I don't want it to kill anyone."

"Well try telling it that to it, when it is around blood, it will be so young it probably won't be able control it's self."

I nodded. "I suppose it won't know any different if it's a dhampir." I said glumly.

Stefan looked at me. "I could always try to get it to take up my diet but Damon probably won't allow it."

"We I'm all for it being a vegetarian vampire, I don't care what Damon says."

Stefan gave a small smile. "Good luck with that, Damon can be very stubborn."

When we got back to the house, Damon was still watching TV, he still look tired, but when he saw us his face lit up.

"T.V. in the daytime sucks." he said. I looked at the TV, he was watching Tom and Jerry. "I haven't watched cartoons since the 50's." he said.

I laughed and sat down on the bed next to him. I told him everything that Mrs. Flower's had said, he listened with interest.

"So our child is...evil." he asked almost smiling. "I'm starting to like the sound of this baby more and more."

I shook my head, I didn't want to start an argument with him, so I just kept my mouth shut.

I took the small container out of my pocket. "Hopefully this will make it be less...powerful."

Stefan handed the jar of bronze coloured liquid to Damon. "This is to make you feel better, just have one spoonful."

Damon looked at it disgusted. "No way am I eating that, it looks like shit."

I went and got a medicine spoon out of the first aid kit in the bathroom and brought it into him.

He didn't take it, I sighed. "Damon, just help yourself. If you want to be stuck in bed forever watching Tom and Jerry, well that's your choice. But if you actually want to get better, then I would advise you to take the medicine, right now." I said in a stern voice, I was starting to sound like a mother already.

He just looked at me and snatched the spoon out of my hand, I smiled gratefully at him, until I realised he had threw the spoon on the ground.

Stefan seemed to be just as exasperated as me, Damon was being so childish, so maybe if I treated him like a child he would take it.

"I'll take some first, and then I'll tell you if it really tastes that bad." said Stefan picking up the spoon, he unscrewed the lid of the jar, it looked disgusting.

He took out a spoonful, when he put it in his mouth he looked like he was going to get sick, he quickly turned around so Damon couldn't see his face and swallowed it, making a disgusted taste.

"What's it like?" asked Damon, almost smirking.

"Uh...It's not too bad." said Stefan, the look on his face was obvious that he was lying.

"You're lying Stefan, I thought saints weren't supposed to lie."

"Please Damon." I said almost begging, I really wanted him to get better, but he was being so stubborn. I brought my hand up to my neck and stroked my vein, and smiled letting him know he could have some.

Can I really have some? said a voice in my mind, it was Damon speaking to me telepathically.

How are you talking to me telepathically? I thought that only worked when we were...kissing.

Well, I'm talking to you now, aren't I? and we're not kissing, unfortunately.

You can have some blood if you take the medicine.

Is that a bribe? I looked over at him, his signature smirk on his face, I nodded smiling, Stefan was just staring at us.

Err...Hello! I am here too you know. said Stefan joining in the mind conservation.

Well that's a shame, I thought you were finally gone. said Damon.

Okay, so Damon are you going to take the medicine? I asked.

"I suppose so." he said out loud he picked up the jar, he quickly put the spoon in his mouth. He gagged and quickly swallowed it.

"Eww, that was horrible, it tasted like…. I can't even explain it." he grabbed the glass if water off the beside table and gulped down the whole glass.

"Time for mine." I opening the container, I brought it up to my mouth, and took a little sip, just as Mrs. Flower's had instructed me.

It tasted lovely, like coconut and it almost had a chocolate taste to it. It made you want to have more, but I knew I wasn't allowed.

"Mine tastes really nice." I said smiling.

"Well, you're lucky." mumbled Damon, he seemed to look a bit better than a few minutes ago.

"Let's see if mine worked." I walked over to Damon, and gently placed my hand on his arm. I held my breath waiting to see what would happen.

"There's a slight pain, sort of like a tingling, but that's probably because it hasn't really had enough time to work yet." he said smiling.

I put my arms around him, I was ecstatic, I couldn't believe it had actually worked. I never wanted to let go of him. He gave a small laugh.

"How are you feeling now?" I asked him, still cheerful that I could actually make contact with him without hurting him.

"I'm feeling a better, it's actually starting to work."

I put my arms back around him hugging him tight, I was so pleased he was going to be fine.

"Do you think your able to get out of bed?" asked Stefan, he seemed glad that Damon was better now.

"I'm not sure." he said, pushing me gently away. "I'll try." he pushed back the covers, he was still in his jeans.

Stefan came over at supernatural speed, he was there to help Damon, if he needed it.

"I'm fine." he mumbled, he didn't like people helping him, but he was still weak, he pushed himself up, his legs were shaky, he grabbed onto Stefan before he fell to the floor, he seemed a bit embarrassed, he hated being weak.

"I might try again later, when the medicine has worked a bit more." he said.

Stefan nodded, I saw Damon still glancing at my neck. I moved nearer to him, he was just about to bring his mouth to my vein, when Stefan stopped him.

"What are you thinking!" he shouted. "You can't drink her blood, you could get ill again, and you can't drink a pregnant woman's blood. It dangerous for Sophie, you could end up killing her!"

Damon looked disappointed, but he understood, I knew he was probably going to start sulking.

"Will lots of kissing make it better." I asked stroking his cheek.

Before I knew it, his lips were crushing mine, the kiss seemed so passionate, so full of love.

"Uhh...I guess I'd better go then." said Stefan, walking to the door.

When he was gone, we stopped briefly, Damon's dark eyes staring straight into mine, he let out a small laugh, his breath on my face, then he smiled, I had never saw that kind of smile on his face before, I made me feel dizzy, he was so...handsome.

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