Dear Diary,

From the moment your pregnant you can't help but think about the end game. For nine months you prepare yourself for the moment you bring a child into the world. Yet no matter how much planning goes into it your still find yourself freaking out and everything you told yourself goes out the window in panic and shock that the moment has arrived.

As you know things didn't necessary get off to a great start for me. I lost my parents and was forced to move away from New York City the only home I ever knew and come to live in this small town called Mystic Falls. Tired at how life had become so crappy I stopped caring. The pain of losing my parents made me want to distance myself from anyone else and not allow myself to get close to anyone. I gave up caring and I decided to forget about any of my responsibilities.

The truth is you can never get away from responsibilities and I learned that a hard way. At camp I tried to be someone I wasn't because I didn't want to be the girl with dead parents. I fooled around with the bad boy at camp to prove that none of it would matter. Boy was I wrong.

As I look into the nursery it reminds me how close we are now and how far Damon and I have come since this all began. We started out as a one-night stand, I had no intention in seeing him again and he felt the same. There are no time-outs in real life and sooner or later we have to take responsibility for our actions.

When I first found out I was pregnant I thought my life was over, at fifteen how was I suppose to be a mother. I don't think I would of made it through my pregnancy if it wasn't for my friends. They have been with me throughout even when I have been a bit of a pain.

To my surprise Damon, the town's bad boy who could have any girl he wanted stepped up. We have spent the last several months getting to know each other and preparing for the arrival of our little bug. I never thought I would find myself getting close to a guy like Damon and yet for some reason it feels so right.

Damon and I know that our lives are about to change and that the journey won't be an easy one but together I'm sure we can figure it out. Both Damon and I have had some heartache when it comes to family but it is our hope that our little bug grows up in a world surrounded by loved ones.

Elena

The pain started in her lower back and move to her abdomen, it was like nothing she had felt before. She let out a whimper as she clung to the stair banister tightly. This was it, after all the waiting it was time. After about 40 seconds the pain weakened and she was able to stand. With a deep breath she climbed the rest of the stairs to get to her room.

She had spent weeks reading up about the labor stages but at this moment her mind was just racing of a million things in a panic. Looking around she tried to find her phone, she had to call Damon and let him know it was time. Luck would have it that the first time she is left alone in a week she starts having contractions. Moving her books on her bed she tried to find her cell.

"Damn it where is it!" she said in frustration. Spinning around she checked on her computer desk and moved some of her notebooks. Brushing her fingers through her hair to keep it away from her face as she continued to look high and low for it. Looking around with a sigh she spotted it on the floor under her bed. "Great just great!" she mumbled.

Waddling back over she leaned against the bed and started to kneel down. This wasn't as easy as it use to be and usually she would have someone help her out. As her knees hit the floor she held the bed with one hand and then reached for her phone. Yet before she could grab it she felt another contraction. She cried out in pain and touched her abdomen again as she squinted her eyes.

It lasted for about 30 seconds and then the pain decreased again. She tried to slow down her breathing as she once again reached for her phone. Picking it up she braced herself against the bed and got to her feet. Once she was up she pushed her hair back with one hand while the other pressed 3 on her phone for Damon on speed dial. She stood their waiting as the phone started to ring. "Come on Damon pick up," she begged. It went straight to voice mail and Elena gave a sigh as it beeped. "Damon, I need you! I'm having contractions; please you have to come back. The baby is coming now."

Hanging up she tried Bonnie and Jenna but still got no answer from the either. "Damn it! Where the hell is everyone?" she cried in panic. Why wasn't anyone answering their phones she thought and then another contraction started. Looking at the clock on her nightstand she saw that the contractions were about fifteen minutes apart.

Taking a deep breath Elena tried to calm herself down, she had time her water didn't break yet so she had time. Rubbing her belly she thought about thought back to all the books she had read about the labor. "Just hang in a little longer," Elena whispered as she looked down at her baby bump. Trying again she called Damon but still got no answer.

Waddling out of her bedroom she made her way down the stairs while still trying to call who ever she could. She stood in the hallway dialing whom ever she could, "Damn it why doesn't anyone carry their damn phones!" she screamed and stomped her feet. As the pain returned she grabbed her stomach again and fell to her knees. Thirteen minutes apart, they were getting closer and the pain seemed to be getting worse.

Just then the front door opened and Jeremy walked in. He was smiling about something but it faded quickly as he saw Elena crouched down in the hallway in pain. "ELENA!" he called out as he ran to her side.

"Where the hell have you been? Nobody answers their phones anymore" She snapped at him.

Jeremy helped Elena back on to her feet, "Are you in labor?"

"Contractions, their less then fifteen minutes apart" she told him as she held on to Jeremy's arm for support. She froze for a moment as another feeling came over her and then her feet were wet.

"What's wrong?" Jeremy asked her not liking the worried look on her face.

"My water just broke," she told him and then Jeremy looked down both grossed out and panic.

"Oh GOD!" Jeremy said. Grabbing his phone he tried calling Damon and Jenna.

"Nobody is answering," she told him as she headed for the stairs.

"Wait where are you going?" Jeremy asked her.

"I need to change, do you really think I want to go to the hospital like this!" she snapped at him as she started to climb the stairs. "Try and get a hold of Damon and tell him to get his ass over here!" she yelled back.

Jeremy nodded his head and chuckle as Elena went out of sight. Jeremy could only imagine that if Elena was bitchy while pregnant she was going to be a real treat during labor. Damon definitely had his work cut out for him today.

Driving out of town Damon had his music blaring and bobbing his head to the beat. For a week he had heard nothing but Elena yelling at him so it was nice change. The drive allowed him to clear his head about everything that was going on. At any moment he would become a father and as much as it terrified he couldn't wait to finally hold his little bug for the first time.

Starring out his rearview mirror he saw he was being followed by none other then Bonnie. Shaking his head Damon kept on driving until he got into town. When he was on the main road he pulled over and parked the car. Getting out he leaned against the door and waited for Bonnie to catch up.

As Bonnie drove down the road she spotted Damon standing by his car and starring right at her. She thought maybe he didn't see her but when he waved she knew she was busted. With a groan she pulled over to the side of the road and parked. As she got out she never took her eyes off Damon and he didn't either.

"Your need to work on your spying, I've known you have been following me since we left Mystic Falls" Damon told her as she walked over to him.

"What are you doing?"

"Going to a strip club," he snapped at her. "Why are you following me?"

"Can you blame me? You're sneaking around on my friends back" Bonnie said angrily.

"You have no idea what I'm doing" Damon told her. "And since when can you drive?"

"Hey I turned sixteen a couple months ago and got my permit! And by the way I know you and I know whatever your doing it can't be good," Bonnie said as she crossed her arms over her chest. "You also have a record for running out on Elena."

Glaring at her Damon pushed himself off the car and started to walk down the street. He wasn't in the mood to deal with Bonnie, especially since she made her opinion of him very public.

"Whose Rachel?" Bonnie asked as she followed Damon down the sidewalk.

"Come see for yourself, or don't I really don't care" Damon said with out turning to look at her.

"NO!" Bonnie yelled and then grabbed Damon's arm so that he had to face her. With her other hand she reached for his car keys and held them away from him.

"What are you twelve?" Damon growled and tried to take them back.

"Tell me who Rachel is?" Bonnie told him.

"Last I checked I didn't have to answer to you, now give them back" he yelled at her and reached for his keys. The two fought over the keys until the slipped between both of them and then fell to the grown. They fell over the curb of the sidewalk and the two watched as the keys fell down into the sewer.

"NO DAMN IT!" Damon yelled as he bent down. "Now look what you done, you crazy nut!" Damon yelled at her.

Getting the call from Jeremy, Jenna rushed home as fast as she could. She was in class at the time she got the call and had to sneak out all the while her professor gave her an angry glare. Even though the college was about 30min from their house Jenna had somehow made it in less the 15min.

Rushing in the door she dropped her bag at her feet and frantically looked around for either Jeremy or Elena. "I'm home Jeremy? Elena?" she called out wondering where everyone was.

Just then Jeremy was coming down the stairs carrying Elena's hospital bag that she had packed weeks ago. He set the bag down by the door and looked at his aunt. "Have you heard from Damon at all? He won't answer is phone."

"I though he was here?" Jenna said as she pulled out her phone to try and call him. Bringing the phone to her ear she nervously waited. "Where's Elena?"

"She's having a shower, says it's calming her down or something" Jeremy told her not really sure.

"Damn it's going straight to voice-mail" Jenna said as she hung up. "Do you know where he went?"

"Nope…"

Nervously Jenna flipped her blonde hair and looked up at the stairs where Elena must be. "How far apart are the contractions?"

With a nod Jeremy pulled out the stopwatch. Once he got home, Elena put him in charge of timing the contractions. "Um last time I checked they were ten minutes apart" he told her.

"And did her water break?"

Jeremy scrunched up his face as he remembered the incident with Elena's water breaking. "Yeah it did and it ruined my new shoes" he told her and pointed to the shoe that were not sitting on the front porch.

As the two stood at the door nervously, Elena came into view now freshened up and dressed. In her hand she held her phone and by the look on her face she was having a little freak out. "Where is Damon? Why won't he answer?" she asked them angrily.

Jenna was about to answer when all of we sudden Elena let out another cry out in pain. Clutching her tummy she knelt down on the stairs praying for it to stop. Quickly Jenna ran to her side and got Elena to try and control her breathing. "Try and relax, breath in and out."

"I can't relax when I have a watermelon trying to ripe by body in half!" Elena cried as the pain continued.

"Alright I think we better go!" Jeremy said seeing how much pain his sister was in.

"Jeremy go start the car, I'll get Elena out there!" Jenna said looking up at her nephew.

With a nod Jeremy grabbed the hospital bag and ran out of the house and over to the car.

Elena had tears in her eyes as Jenna helped her stand up and lead her out of the house. "I don't know where he is! He just left and so did Bonnie." Elena told her aunt. "I've talked to Stefan and Caroline and they haven't heard form either of them. Where the hell could they be?" Elena yelled. For days her friends had been glued to her side that it became annoying and yet when she actually needs them they are gone and not answering.

"We'll figure it out" Jenna told her as the two reached the car. Opening up the passenger door Jenna helped Elena climb inside and buckle up her seat. As she sat their Elena had her phone out again to call Damon. Shutting the passenger side door as Elena started yelling into the phone, obviously getting his voice-mail, Jenna ran around the car to the driver's side and climbed in while Jeremy hopped into the back. Pulling out of the driveway they sped off down the street and towards the hospital.

"This stupid town doesn't get reception!" Damon growled as he stormed around trying to get a signal. Bonnie was leaning over the grate trying to see if she could spot the keys, at one point she thought she saw a glimmer of them. The grate was about a 3-foot wide by 6-inch tall opening along the curb. Unfortunately, a mental grate that was bolted down covered the hole in the ground. There were slots that were barely two inches wide. definitely too small to fit an arm through. Looking down Bonnie guessed it was about a five feet drop to a pool of mucky water where the keys were.

"You could probably get them" Bonnie said and looked up at a not very amused Damon.

"Yeah because I'm MacGyver!" Damon snapped sarcastically at her.

"Hey I'm just trying help!" Bonnie told him not liking his attitude.

"No if you wanted to help me you would of stayed with Elena" Damon yelled back. Shoving his phone back in his pocket finding it useless at the moment he looked around the small town. His eyes scanned his surroundings and then landed on a hardware store. Without even looking back at Bonnie he took off.

"Where are you going?" she called out to him but Damon didn't even bother to look back at her as he entered the hardware store. As he entered an old man in his sixties was standing behind the counter reading a fishing magazine. When Damon walked by the old man smiled at the young lad and then returned to his magazine.

Bonnie came in after him and smiled at the old man. Damon turned and looked at her for the first time since the incident. "See if he will let you use the phone to call someone to get the keys" Damon told her and then headed down one of the isles.

Picking up a few things he grabbed flashlight, a magnet, a roll of duck tape, a long steel rode, and several coat hangers. He figure he might have to do it himself so may as well get some supplies. Sure enough Bonnie came over and shrugged her shoulders. "Their closed for the day say we will have to make an appointment in the morning."

"I'm not leaving my car in this town" Damon told her and the made his way to the checkout counter.

"What you're going to get them yourself?" Bonnie asked as she followed him up.

"You have a better idea that will involved me leaving with my car today?" Damon asked her. Bonnie shrugged her shoulder and stood quietly beside Damon as he paid.

Standing back outside by the sewer Damon handed Bonnie the flashlight so that she could try and locate the keys while he prepared the rest. Opening he coat hangers he straightened it up but was sure to leave a hook at the end. Putting duck tape on the end with the hook he attached the magnet.

"Okay I see them!" Bonnie told him as Damon got down on his stomach beside her and slowly lowered the contraption down into the drain. The two worked away at it for about 30 minutes and managed to only snap at each other a handful of time.

At one point Damon checked his watched and let out a sigh, "Alright I need you to stay here and try and get those key's, I've got to go meet someone" Damon told her as he got up.

"Rachel?" Bonnie asked him with a very disapproving look.

Damon didn't like the way she said that and glared at her. "Look as much as you think you know me you don't!" he told angrily. "So why don't you stop judging me! We are in this mess because of you!" Damon reminded her and then shook his head and headed down the street.

Bonnie watched him leave and prayed that what ever Damon was up to he wasn't doing something that would hut Elena. With a sigh Bonnie looked back down at the sewer and with the flashlight in one hand and the contraption in another she went back to trying to get the keys.

Elena leaned forward with an annoyed look on her face as she sat in her hospital bed, while Caroline tried to rearrange Elena's pillows for her. After getting the call that Elena was going into labor Caroline rushed to the hospital and was even there before Elena was. They had been here for an hour now and Elena continued to have contractions but she wasn't far enough to get the epidural yet.

"Caroline please just hurry up!" She snapped at her friend.

"Okay sorry…" Caroline said as she helped Elena lie back again. "How are you feeling?"

"A baby is about to rip through my body how do you think I'm feeling?" She snapped.

Caroline bit her lip and tried her best not to anger Elena even more. Rubbing her hands together she looked at all the machines in the room and the one monitoring the baby's heartbeat. It was only a matter of time before the baby would be with them.

"Have you heard from Damon yet?" Elena asked.

"Um no Stefan is still trying" Caroline told her.

"Well where the yell is he? And where is Bonnie! The two of them disappeared hours ago!"

"We'll find them," Caroline told her.

Sure enough another contraction started and Elena cried out in pain. Caroline, wanting to be therefore her friend stepped forward and held Elena's hand. "Okay just breath, breath, breath… AHHHHHH" Caroline cried as it felt like Elena was crushing her bones in her hand.

The doctor came in to check on her while she was in the middle of another contraction. "Please Doctor! Can I have the drugs now!"

Looking at her progress the doctor shook her head, your only at three centimeters, once you get to five I can give you the epidural" the doctor told her.

"PLEASE CAN SHE HAVE IT NOW!" Caroline begged, as she was experience great pain as Elena grasped her hand tightly.

As Stefan came back into the hospital waiting room he found Jenna and Jeremy siting down and waiting. Both looked up when they saw him but Stefan just shook his head to let her know he hadn't gotten a hold of either Damon or Bonnie.

They suddenly heard yelling coming from Elena's room and then Caroline came running out desperately needing to get away from the hormonal and bitchy Elena in labor. She let out a sigh as she shut the door behind her and leaned against it. "Please tell me you got a hold of Damon," she asked as she looked at Stefan.

"No, still no luck" Stefan told in a shock his head.

"Oh my god! Where could he be? She is freaking out in there and I'm sorry but I can't handle standing by her side as she verbally attacks me" Caroline told them.

"Yeah I can't go in there anymore either" Jenna told her. "She is getting meaner and meaner by the minute and we have only been here for over two hours."

"God it that all" Jeremy moaned as he slouched in his chair.

"Come on guys," Stefan said seeing how they were all complaining while Elena sat in her hospital bed terrified of what she was going through. "This is Elena, she needs us right now." Stefan told them but when neither of them moved Stefan shook his head and then headed into Elena's room by himself.

Less then three minutes later Stefan came running back out of the room. His face was in complete shock at how Elena had reacted to him entering the room and his attempt to comfort her.

"So how did it go?" Caroline asked him as she tried to hide her smile.

"FIND ME DAMON!" they heard her yell.

Stefan eyed Elena for a second and then looked at the three sitting in the waiting room. "Could of gone better"

Not having much luck Bonnie let out a grunt and sat back on the curb. She had been at it for over an hour and still Damon hadn't returned. It was just after 7 o'clock and the town businesses were closing for the day and soon it would be getting dark.

As she sat there Damon came sauntering down the street with his hands stuffed in his pockets. As he rejoined her he didn't say anything to her or even acknowledge she was sitting there. Instead he grabbed the flashlight and the magnet attached to the coat hanger and lowered it into the sewer.

"So what was your errand?" Bonnie asked him since he didn't seem like he was going to say anything to her.

"I wasn't screwing some girl so you can quit treating me like I can't talk to a women without getting into her pants," He snapped at her.

"Then why so secretive, why not just come clean to Elena about where you were going?" Bonnie asked him. "I mean it's not like you have the best track record with women and being faithful."

"NO, that's your opinion and thank god Elena doesn't listen to every remark you tell her about me and don't think I don't know that you do that" Damon said as he glared at her.

"You know, all you and everyone else is done lately is throw my past mistake in my face. No matter what I do you won't let any of that go!"

"Can you blame us?" Bonnie asked him. "You left her and run off to Florida!"

"And you guys never let me forget it!" he yelled at her as he go to his feet. "Yes I panicked! I took off to Florida because suddenly my life was planned out for the next eighteen or so years and no offence but you have no right to keep throwing that back in my face because you don't know what it's like. Your not about to be a parent, your don't have to not only look after yourself have two other people who are counting on you now." He yelled at her and at this point the anger in his voice surprised Bonnie. "The only person who doesn't keep throwing my mistakes back in my face is the only one who knows what it's like and that is Elena!"

Bonnie stood there in front of him stunned by Damon's outburst. She had never seen him this way.

"You have no idea how terrifying it is know that at any time there will be a little person who will be depending on me to protect them!" Damon told her.

"I…I'm sorry" Bonnie said unable to say anything else to him. He was right really; she had not right to keep bringing up his mistake if Elena had forgiven him.

"And for your information not that I even have to show you but I was meeting Rachel because she is a jeweler" he told her. Bonnie looked at him a little confused as Damon continued. "She was helping me design this," he added and then reached into his pocket to pull out a black square box. He handed it over to Bonnie she that she could take a look.

Bonnie's eyes widened at the sight of the jewelry box. Taking it into her hands she opened it up to reveal a white gold heart diamond birthstone pendant. Her jaw dropped when she saw it necklace. There was a large heart with small diamonds running down the one side and at a small dangling heart was had emerald stones running around the outside of the heart.

"Damon…" she said becoming speechless.

Taking the necklace back he put the box back in his pocket and didn't look Bonnie in the eye. "Just go" he told her and then waved her off. Getting down on his knees he grabbed the flashlight and magnet attacked to the coat hanger and went back to trying to get his keys out.

Knowing that he wanted to be alone Bonnie slowly started to walk away and handed back to her car. As she climbed inside she pulled out her phone and held it out trying to get some service bar. When she finally did her phone went nuts with all the messages. "What the hell?" she wondered and then listened to her voice mail. After hearing the first one and hearing about how Elena needed help and that she as in labor Bonnie's eyes widened. It was time. Getting out of her car again she ran over to Damon in a hurry. "DAMON, DAMON! It's Elena she's in labor!"

Damon's head shot up in shock, "What? When? How?" he said getting to his feet. He had so many things racing through his brain at the moment but the big one was that he had to get to the hospital now.

Forgetting about his keys he ran over to Bonnie's car and hopped into the passenger seat. Quickly Bonnie pulled the car onto the road and sped away and towards Mystic falls.

They weren't sure who was more thrilled when Elena was given the epidural, Elena or the others. With some of the pain taken away Elena's mood changed a bit and she didn't spend every second insulting them.

"Where is he?" Elena cried as she had Jenna on one side of her and Caroline on her other.

"Don't worry we'll find him and if not I will be right here the whole time" Jenna told her niece as she brushed the hair away from Elena's face.

"Stefan is trying again," Caroline told her as she held Elena's hand.

Just then Dr. Bennett walked in with her team and gave Elena a smile, "Okay Elena it appears you are now at 10 centimeters so it's time to start pushing."

"What?" Elena said as she sat up and let out a sniffle. "NO, Damon isn't here yet we have to wait. He should be here," Elena told the doctor.

"This baby is ready now Elena" Dr. Bennett told her.

As the nurses and doctor got ready Elena had tears in her eyes. Jenna wrapped her arm around Elena and kept telling her it would be okay.

"God where the hell is he!" Elena cried one last time as she looked towards the door.

All of a sudden the door swung open and everyone turned to see Stefan standing there and looking out of breath. "Damon is coming," he told them and he watched as Elena finally relaxed a little.

"Well we have to start now so anyone who isn't the coach has to leave the room now" Dr. Bennett said.

"You'll be okay," Caroline told her as she moved to leave the room. Along with Stefan and Jeremy they left Jenna, as she stood right beside her niece holding her hand and having her concentrate on her breathing.

"Okay Elena when I say need you to start pushing" Dr. Bennett said.

"Okay" Elena cried as she held Jenna's hand tightly.

Before anyone could do anything else the door swung open and Damon ran into the room. "I'm here, I'm here," he said running to her side.

"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN!" Elena screamed at him.

"Long story I'll tell you after" he said with a smile as he kissed her forehead,

"Okay I can't have anyone else coming in that door" Dr. Bennett said.

"It's okay I'm leaving I'll make sure everyone stays out" Jenna said as she leaned over and kissed her niece one last time on the forehead. Looking at Damon she grasped his forearm for a moment and then left the room. This left Damon to stand at Elena's side, one arm wrapped around her back while the other held her hand as she squeezed it tight.

"Okay Elena I need you to push!"

Elena let out a cry and pushed as Damon held her close. He gave her encouraging words telling her she could do this and that it would all be over soon. She had tears in her eyes as she experience pain she had never felt before.

"I can see the head," the doctor told them and Elena continued to push as hard as she could. "Almost there!"

"Please I can't do this anymore" Elena cried. Damon held her even tighter and kissed her forehead. "You can do this Elena," he told her.

"One more push Elena, come you can do it. You'll be able to hold your baby in a matter of seconds!"

With a deep breath Elena pushed as hard as she could and let out a painful scream unlike any she had given before. "Come one you can do it," the doctor said. "Almost there… here comes your baby! It's a…. it's a girl!" the doctor called out. "She's here!"

Hearing the baby cry for the first time Elena let out a tired breath and fell back onto the bed. She was still breathing quiet heavily but allowed her eyes to close and focus on the sound of her baby girl crying for the first time.

"We have a baby girl!" Damon whispered to her softly as he held her tightly and kisses the top of her head. "You did it, babe you did it," he told her with a huge smile on his face.

Dr. Bennett held the baby and smiled at the couple, "You like to do the honors dad" she said happily.

Hearing her call him dad Damon's smile grew even bigger. Leaving Elena's side for only a moment he came around and cut the cord to separated mother and baby. His eyes then fell on the little baby that the doctor held and he couldn't think of anything more beautiful then seeing his baby girl.

As the nurse took the baby to clean her up Damon rejoined Elena at her side and brushed her hair back. As Elena's breathing started to go back to normal she smiled up at Damon thankful that he had made it in time. "She's so beautiful" Damon told her and then leaned down and captured Elena's lips. Elena brought her hand up and touched his cheek, as they ended the kiss their forehead stayed together as the two couldn't stop smiling.

"Okay here she is" said the nurse as she came over with the baby swaddled in a pink blanket.

As the nurse handed her over to Elena she had tears of joy in her eyes. She carefully held the baby girl in her arms and smiled down at her. Her tears continued to fall, as she was able to hold her baby for the first time. She had dreamed of this moment for months and it was finally here.

"She's so beautiful," Elena said softly.

The baby girl moved her little hands and wiggled her little nose at the sound of her mother's voice. Damon took a seat on the bed beside Elena and wrapped his arm around Elena as he too stared down at their little baby they both had been waiting to meet for so long.

"Just like her mother" Damon said and then leaned forward to give a kiss to both her girls.

After giving the new parents and their little baby girl some time to themselves they invited the others to come in. Caroline was first in the door and excitedly looking for the baby. As they all walked in the found Damon standing beside Elena's bed holding the baby wrapped in a pink blanket.

"It's a girl!" Damon said happily.

Caroline was right up beside him to get a peak at the baby. "Oh my gosh she is adorable!" Caroline said happily.

Jenna leaned over and gave her niece a hug and kiss before she turned to see the baby. Damon happily handed her over to Jenna and allowed her to hold her great niece for the first time. "God I can't believe I'm a great aunt," she said with tears in her eyes. "Hello darling, you're so beautiful."

Everyone got a chance to see the baby gush over her as Elena and Damon sat on the bed together watching all the people who were going to be so important in their daughter's life.

"Alright let the uncles through!" Stefan called as him and Jeremy squeezed their way up to see the baby. Bonnie had just finished holding her and passed her over to Stefan and then to Jeremy. Damon and Stefan's uncle Zach had also managed to make it back from a meeting he had out of town so that he could be here.

After Caroline had her turn she bounced over to stand beside Tyler who had shown up just before Elena gave birth. "Isn't she amazing!" Caroline said as she hugged her boyfriend.

"She is a cutie" Tyler told and then leaned in to give Caroline a kiss. Stepping away from the group for a moment Tyler's face turned serious. "Listen I just want you to know I told your mom the sheriff about my dad, they took him into custody last night" Tyler told her.

"Oh Tyler" Caroline said as she wrapped her arms around her boyfriend. She was so happy that that man couldn't hurt Tyler anymore and she just hoped that he never got out.

When the baby made a cooing sound everyone in the room made an aw sound that got Tyler and Caroline's attention. The two rejoined the group to gush over the little baby. As Elena held her baby she looked down and smiled; she couldn't believe that hours ago she was still considered their little bug but not she was a their 8 pound 10oz beautiful healthy baby girl.

"So are you gonna make us guess or are you gonna tell us her name?" Jeremy asked as he stood on the far side of his sister looking down at his little niece.

Elena smiled and gave a giggle. She looked up at Damon who had once arm behind Elena and the other under the baby. With a smile Damon looked up at everyone in the room, "Everyone I'd like you to meet Claire Miranda Salvatore!"

It was about eleven o'clock at night and everyone had gone home for the night allowing Damon and Elena to have some alone time with their baby girl Claire. Elena had just finished breast-feeding her with the help of the nurse and now the three were alone.

Coming to lie on the bed with her, the both got comfortable as they stared down at their little girl as she made a big yawn. Both couldn't help but be in aw of her as she just nestled into Elena.

"I think she recognizes my voice because every time I talk she settles," Elena said.

Damon just smiled and then gave Elena a kiss. "I can't believe I almost missed this," he whispered as he let Claire clutch hold of his pinky finger tightly.

"Yeah, by the way where were you?" Elena laughed. "I'm pretty sure I was driving everyone nuts asking them to track you down. Both you and Bonnie were AWOL"

"Long story but I went to pick something up" he told her and then got up and left her side for a moment. His leather jacket was hanging over a chair so he reached down into the pocket he pulled out the black box and with a smile brought it over to Elena.

He opened it up to show her since she had Claire in her arms and watched as Elena stared at it in amazement when she saw the necklace. "Oh my god Damon!"

"I figure it would be a nice touch, it's got her birthstone the emerald on it" he told her and then leaned in for a kiss.

When they pulled away Elena looked down at their beautiful little girl with a sigh, "We spent months reading books on taking care of a baby but now I feel like I have no idea" Elena said honestly.

"Me neither" he told her. "But together we'll figure things out." She smiled up at him and the captured his lips once more. The kiss was passionate and expressed just how happy both of them were at that moment. "I love you Elena," Damon said softly to her without taking his eyes off her.

"I love you too Damon" she said with a smile looking up at him. As they pressed their foreheads together the two got comfortable and stared down at their amazing little baby girl that was apart of both of them. They stared at her with so much love and it was that love that let them know that not matter what obstacles they faced, together they were going give their little girl a happy loving family.

THE END!

Thanks so much for reading! I had a lot of fun writing it and hope you all enjoyed reading it. Like I said last chapter I am considering a sequel for this story but I will leave it up to you guys. So if you are interested in a sequel then just leave a comment and if I have enough people interested I'll write it! I also have idea's for another story different from this one but am still working out a few kinks so once again thanks for reading hope you like it and if you would like a seguel just let me know.