Chapter Twenty-Five: The First Little Miracle

Katherine tried to button her jeans. She really did try, she swears. Katherine bit her lit and finally figured that the reason she couldn't close her jeans was because of all this excess skin in the first place.

She had managed to still squeezed in her clothes for the past few weeks, but currently right now it seemed impossible. Her bulging belly wouldn't budge. Katherine could feel the tears roll down her cheeks. She didn't know why she was sobbing.

She was pregnant, of course she knew that she would gained weight, but she didn't like that she would have to buy maternity clothes. The last time that she had seen her father, he had glared at her and handed her his credit card and told her to buy maternity clothes stat and then he had left without eating lunch and murmuring under his breath. But Katherine had ignored her father, he practically got a heart attack if someone wore their skirt above their knees. Instead she had used the credit card to buy her unborn daughter a few onesies and a pink coat with a unicorn hood.

Caroline had mentioned something about going maternity clothes shopping, but she was so busy with her Klaus/Tyler drama that she hadn't been answering her calls and Elena was worse off, she was still moping about the whole Damon mess. Katherine wondered why Elena didn't just stomp there and demand to be heard. She tried to close her pants again, but she grew unsuccessful.

"Katherine, what is taking so long?" Elijah looked back startled. "What is it, sweetheart why are you crying? Does something hurt?"

"No!" she snapped feeling like a baby. "My pants don't fit, and I feel bad, and I can't stop crying, and I can't stop eating, and I don't know why I'm feeling this way." She ran her hands through her chocolate brown hair. She didn't know why she was so emotional. It sucked.

Elijah kissed the side of her forehead and rubbed her back. "It's ok, darling your hormones are all over the place." He pressed a hand on her belly. "I think we need to get you some new clothes, don't worry you will look beautiful in them."

Katherine raised an eyebrow. "It what ways are maternity clothes, sexy?"

Elijah laughed. "Well, you have a point there. But you will still look beautiful, Katherine."

"You don't think I'm crazy?" Katherine said. She still wondered from time to time if what Esther had said was right. Was she too selfish for pure, noble Elijah?

Elijah kissed her softly. "Of course, not, you are pretty sane." He patted her cheek. "I love you, Katherine."

A blush coated her cheeks. "Do you really love me, Elijah. Truly?"

Elijah nodded. "I do love you, Katherine. I'm sorry if you think that it's sudden."

Katherine interrupted him. "No, it's perfect, I love you too." She started untying his tie. "Perhaps you should call the restaurant and cancel our reservation."

"Please fax this over, Lou Anne," Damon told his secretary as he handed her a contract. "And make sure they actually get it this time." Lou Anne had been his secretary for three weeks ever since the last one quit because of his temper and although she was nice and sweet she was kind of a ditz.

Lou Anne nodded. "Of course, Mr. Salvatore."

"Lou Anne have there been any calls for me."

"Well, Mr. Wood wanted to change his meeting with you."

"I meant personal calls." Damon's phone had been eerie silent for the past few days. Though he supposed that was his fault. Lou Anne shook her blond head and Damon dismiss her.

He was just looking over some papers and wondering why Elena was being so stubborn when his phone rang. "Yes, Lou Anne?"

"Mr. Salvatore, you have an incoming call from St. Mercy's hospital about a Miss Elena Gilbert would you like to take the call now- "

"Yes," Damon barked. "Transfer the call now." The moment seemed like hours, but he finally heard a voice asked. "Mr. Salvatore, this is Dr. Emory from St. Mercy's Hospital, I'm calling about your wife Elena Gilbert."

"She's not my wife," Damon corrected with a pang. "She's the mother of my unborn child. What is wrong?"

"She came in this morning complaining of pain and before we knew it she's giving birth prematurely. The baby was in the wrong position and we had to do a C-Section."

"She's seventh months pregnant," Damon blurted out. "Our daughter can't be born yet."

The doctor sounded tense. "Please, Mr. Salvatore. We need you to come in. We will explain more here."

Katherine was shaking as she added sugar to her coffee even though she had heard rumors that hospital coffee sucked. Elijah wasn't too fond of the idea of her drinking coffee and Katherine reminded herself to get rid of the parenting books he had become so fond off, otherwise he would drive their daughter mad.

She took a sip of her cup and frowned. Yes, the rumors were true this coffee sucked. But she needed to do something, especially since Elena was still trapped in the damn hospital and no one was telling them anything. Elijah was trying to calm down a freaked-out Damon and Katherine had excused herself to get coffee.

"Hey, you're here." Katherine turned around and saw Caroline. The blond looked pale. "What happened, Klaus and I were having dinner when suddenly we get the call from Elijah-how can Elena be in labor she has two months left!"

Katherine said. "The doctor says that sometimes it happens if a woman is under stress and with the whole stress with Damon and her job and she hasn't been eating well. I guess Baby Salvatore got desperate."

Caroline chewed her lip. "I hope Elena and the baby are ok."

"I hope so too," Katherine narrowed her eyes when she looked at the rock on Caroline's finger. "Caroline Forbes-no way did Klaus finally have the guts to propose?"

Caroline blushed. "He actually asked me a few days ago, I kind of made him wait for it for a few days. Was that cruel?"

Katherine nodded. "Good make him work for it. Congratulations. We should probably take them some coffee."

The girls somehow managed to carry cups of coffee back to the waiting room. Klaus and Elijah had been whispering when they saw the girls with the coffee. "Where's Damon?"

"Dr. Emory called him, they finished the C-Section and he went to go check on Elena," Klaus told them.

"And the baby?"

"She was born premature," Elijah said. "They are taking her to ICU, she's going to be there for a few weeks I'm afraid, she so small."

Katherine tried to lighten the mood. "Elijah, we need to offer our congratulations to Caroline and Klaus."

Elijah looked confused. "Why?"

Caroline giggled as she showed them her ring, Klaus stood there with a smug smile. "We're getting married."

Elijah grinned as he patted Klaus on the shoulder. "Congratulations, Niklaus and you too Caroline. My brother is a lucky man."

Damon couldn't help, but continue to look at Elena. She was propped up on pillows and connected to an IV. She was still high on pain medications though. Dr. Emory had told him that the C-Section had gone well, but that because she had only been seven months ago, the baby was small and it had to be in the ICU for a few weeks to grow.

Her perked up when he saw Elena stir. "Elena, Elena, I'm right here, baby."

"Della," Elena mumbled. "Where is Della?"

"What?" Damon asked confused as he squeezed her hand. "Elena, honey what are you trying to say?"

Her eyes fluttered opened slightly and she looked confused at seeing Damon there. "Damon, what are you doing here? Where's Della, is she ok?"

"You're in the hospital," Damon said gently. "You went into early labor, who is Della?"

Elena hesitated a bit before she said. "Our daughter."

-End of Chapter Twenty-Five-