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DamonFTW – This chapter helps to explain the "how" although I feel that's pretty obvious (lol) but the when is also important, which is what you find out in this chapter. Basically, she blacked out and lost her memory as a side effect of whatever happened to her to cause her to get pregnant and the pregnancy itself. You'll find out who the people with the plan were... but not right now. ;) They are directly related to what happened to Damon & Elena when they disappeared for the day. And no, I have not decided on the sex of the baby yet. I shall take a mini Damon into consideration though ;) Ah, you assume Stefan will be back. I guess you'll have to wait and see.

Autrey R – See above :)

Jessica – I was SO touched by your review. You were the one who actually motivated me to write even more, so thank you. You will probably notice, I named the doctor after you.

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CHAPTER TWENTY ONE:

Flashback – The day after Damon went missing.

The sunlight was barely coming in through the windows when Damon and Elena each opened their eyes. For the first time in two days, they were waking up next to each other. Facing each other, they gazed in each others eyes; words were not needed in this moment. Their cool bodies warmed in the arms of their lover as minutes passed. Feeling the need to be closer, Elena leaned forward and gave Damon a gentle and loving peck on the lips then pulls away. Temptation taking over, Damon captures her lips once again as he covers her body with his. Passion completely consumes both of them as the kiss becomes more heated; mouth to mouth, tongue to tongue, body to body.

Damon hesitantly removed his lips from Elena's only to remove her restricting black nightgown. There was a sense of urgency in everything he did. The one second it took him to remove the nightgown was too long. In a voice that would be incomprehensible to a human, he whispered "I love you" before capturing her lips once again. They were intoxicated with the taste of the other, never wanting this moment to end.

Elena placed her hands on his firm and muscular chest and forcefully pushed, flipping him onto his back. Straddling him, she grazed her lips over his face and chest, leaving gentle kisses along the way. Slowly torturing him, she ran her fingernails down his chest, stopping to run her tongue around his belly button before gripping his hips with her soft hands, pulling his briefs off. His member was long and erect which made her giddy with anticipation. She smirked, which made him smile in return, thinking about how she got that from him before grasping his length and pumping it in her hands quickly. Hearing him moan her name only encouraged her more as she removed her hands and replaced them with her lips. She teases him with her tongue at first, eliciting a gasp from him before taking him completely into her mouth. Having done this many times, she no longer had difficulty with his size. Damon gasped and moaned Elena's name, lifting his hips up, unable to constrain himself.

Breathing heavily, he was barely to get out a "Please Elena."

Ready for him, she removes her mouth, licking his head on the way out before sliding herself onto him, gasping in response to the feeling. As she began to move slowly, he leaned forward to bring her nipples into his mouth, making her gasp and go faster. Never wanting the feeling to go away, Elena begins to slow down once again as Damon removes his tongue from her breasts and kisses her passionately.

"Elena, dear, please go faster. I'm almost there; I want to cum inside you. Please."

She obliges, going quickly until euphoria meets them both causing them to scream in pleasure, thankful no one was around for miles.

"I love you Elena," Damon tells her as he slides out of her and holds her close.

"I love you too Damon."

Exhausted from their lovemaking, they fall back asleep holding on to one another, unaware of the spy walking away to report their success. It would only be a matter of time now.

End Flashback

"Elena, are you almost ready?" Damon calls upstairs to Elena as he waits patiently by the door.

"Yes Damon, I'll be right down. I don't even see the point of this appointment. Why are we going again?"

"Well, Elena, we are going to make sure the good doc over at the hospital wasn't tripping on acid when he told us we were pregnant. Plus, the first appointment is all about how healthy the baby is, the strength of the heartbeat, etc etc.."

"Oh my God, Damon! What if the fetus doesn't have a heartbeat?"

"Elena, I'm sure our baby will be fine."

"That's not what I meant and you know it. We are both vampires. Isn't it likely that our baby will be one too?"

"Well it's not supposed to be possible at all, so who knows?"

"Okay, I'm ready," she says, walking down the steps with her dark hair in a ponytail and a pair of denim shorts and a black t shirt gathered with a tie.

"Great. Let's go. Are you wearing my John Varvatos?"

"Yes. It's soft... and plus, it smells like you."

Damon smiles and places a soft kiss on her left cheek.

Holding hands, they walk into the OBGYN office to check in. The waiting room was more full than usual and most of them turned to look at the attractive couple that just walked in. Elena noticed a few gave them dirty looks, no doubt because she looked considerably younger than Damon. Although no longer a teenager, she could easily pass as one whereas Damon looked to be in his mid to upper twenties, possibly even lower thirties. She smiled at the thought, if only these people knew how much older he was.

After being in the waiting room ten minutes, they were called back to see the doctor. Damon held Elena's hand as Doctor Jessica Montona performed the physical tests and asked questions about their family history, health problems, etc, which they responded none, of course. Elena compelled the doctor not to take any blood, as they didn't want to deal with that today. Instead, she submitted a urine sample to confirm pregnancy.

After performing all the tests, Dr. Montona asked Damon and Elena to meet her in her office to discuss things.

"Please, sit down Mr. and Mrs..."

"Salvatore and Gilbert, respectively," Damon responded.

The doctor glanced down, noticing for the first time the lack of wedding rings on their fingers and nodded. "Of course. Well Miss Gilbert, you are indeed pregnant. It is interesting you found out so early though."

"What do you mean?" Elena questioned.

"You are only two weeks into gestation. Many women do not find out until an average of seven to eight weeks."

Damon and Elena glanced at each other, wondering how it could be possible. After all, it was three weeks ago that they first found out they were pregnant. According to this doctor, she wasn't even pregnant then. Overall though, the appointment went well. Elena was told the heartbeat was strong and that she should begin taking prenatal vitamins. They made an appointment to come back in six weeks. With the good news, Damon and Elena left the doctor's office more confused than when they came in.

On the way home, they discussed the odd appointment.

"Damon, why do you think the baby is only two weeks along when we have known for three? And why does it have a heartbeat? How is that even possible? This is just too weird."

"I have no idea Elena. It has completely thrown me off but I'll figure it out, we'll figure it out. As soon as we get home I'm going to start doing some research. Maybe it's possible another vampire has had a baby and could shed a light on this whole situation."

"If a vampire had a baby, wouldn't you know about it though?"

"Geez, Elena, I haven't slept with that many people."

"Ha ha ha. I just meant, that would be pretty extraordinary and it seems like word would get around and you would've heard about it."

"True, but we have to hope for the best. It's not like we have a lot of other options here."

"That makes sense. I'm just worried about the baby."

"I know you are."

As promised, as soon as they arrived back at home, Damon immediately got on the computer and began doing his research. Elena was exhausted so she took a nap while he attempted to find out anything he could. Two and a half hours later, she came downstairs to find him in the same spot she left him in, computer still in lap.

"Anything?"

His tone was melancholy as he responded "No."

"So, we're the first vampire couple ever to conceive a baby?"

"Maybe."

"What do you mean maybe? You just said..."

"It's not like we have a website, Elena. I've met a lot of people over the years. I can try to get in touch with some of them, see if they know or have heard anything. I can leave tomorrow morning."

"I'm not going with you?"

"I would feel a lot better knowing you were here safe. I'll bring back any information and won't be gone longer than two to three days, I promise."

The next morning, Elena woke up to find Damon laying beside her, staring at her.

"What is it?"

"You just look beautiful, that's all."

"You're just saying that because you're about to leave me for two days."

"No, I'm saying that because it's true.. and you're having my child...and I love you."

"You better watch out Damon, act like that and people may start to think you're human."

"Oh, my dear, sweet Elena. Don't you know you brought out my humanity years ago?"

They make love before Damon leaves her for his research trip, in hopes of finding out something, anything, to help make sense of this.