PART THIRTY-THREE

When Elena drove back home she saw Damon's sleek black car waiting in front of her parents' house. Her parents had told her that they were going to visit a couple of friends and warned Elena that they wouldn't be home when Elena returned back home from her outing to Caroline's.

Elena hadn't thought it had been a big deal, she just hadn't thought that her husband would come waltzing back in. Seriously, at the beginning Damon had to practically beg Elena to marry him and now Damon was willingly seeking her out.

Stranger things had happened, but Elena had never thought that Damon Salvatore would willingly seek her out.

Elena didn't want to fight. She was sick of fighting, but it seemed that, that's what they were going to do today. She parked her car at the end of their driveway and saw Damon waiting there for her.

He looked tired, Elena would give him that. Elena felt almost sorry for him. "What are you doing here, Damon? I already told you that I don't want to talk."

"I know," Damon said. "I know that Elena, but we need to talk. I honored that contract that we both signed. I would never cheat on you, I swear."

"Then why were you kissing Sybil," Elena hated how jealous she sounded. "Was it a hello kiss or what was it?"

"Sybil was an ex-girlfriend of mine," Damon said patiently. "We lost contact years ago and suddenly she steps out of nowhere and starts kissing me. Elena, I did not want to kiss her, she forced herself on me. Please, you need to believe me."

Elena hesitated, she thought back to Damon and Sybil, how they had kissed. How they had been so close. "How do I know that you're not lying?"

"I'm not lying to you." Damon assured her. "I am many things, but I am not a liar. If you don't believe me, ask Stefan." He opened the door of his car. "But I wouldn't lie to you, Elena. Not about this. Ask Stefan, he knows me better than anyone and he will be able to give you the same response. I want you to come home, Elena."

"He's right you know, as much as I hate to admit it, but I do know him more than anyone." Stefan turned to look at Elena who had an uncomfortable look on her face as she crossed her arms over her chest. "I know my brother, Elena and he is many things, but he is not a cheater and I know that you two didn't exactly have a classic fairytale at the start of your relationship, but he wouldn't cheat on you. He especially wouldn't cheat on you with Sybil of all people."

Elena looked at the clock that Stefan had in his office. It had little carved out hummingbirds on them. "What happened between Sybil and Damon, Stefan. I know that it's none of my business, but I need to know Stefan. I need to make sure."

Stefan ran a hand through his hair. "It's a long story, but basically Sybil and Damon dated for years. Everyone thought that they would end up getting married. While they were both in college Sybil cheated on Damon and Damon broke up with her. It's been years since they saw each other. I know Damon is not exactly a saint, but Sybil is a very manipulative person and not very kind. After what she did to Damon, Damon wouldn't take her back."

Elena didn't say anything for a few minutes.

"Look, I'm not saying that I know what exactly the truth is," Stefan admitted. "But I know my brother and this whole situation with Sybil does not stand well with me."

Damon had been in the middle of his second bottle of wine when he heard the doorbell ring. Damon stood up and went to open it and he nearly jumped when he saw Elena standing there. "Elena, I wasn't expecting you." He was half afraid that she had come here asking for a divorce.

Elena stepped inside biting her lower lip. "We need to talk."

Damon nodded as both of them walked towards the living room. Elena turned back to him and said slowly. "I spoke with Stefan about Sybil and he told me about your situation and well your past with her."

Damon swallowed hard as he approached her. "Elena, the relationship between Sybil and myself is complicated, so, so complicated, but I will never cheat on you with her I swear. Sybil is the one chasing me for whatever psychotic reason. You need to believe me, please."

Elena didn't say anything for a few seconds. "I believe you." She finally sighed and looked at him with wide eyes. Damon breathed a sigh of relief. "You are many things Damon, but you are not a liar."

"I take that as a compliment." Damon relaxed a bit, Elena looked less angry. She looked more relaxed. Though she still looked exhausted. This mess with Sybil had really taken a toll on her. It was enough to make him angry. Why couldn't Sybil just exit out of their lives for good?

Her belly seemed to have grown larger though it had been only two long weeks since Elena have been living at her parents. Damon pressed a hand on Elena's belly and she softened a bit. "What does she want Damon? What does she want, why does she keep doing this?"

"To make our lives miserable? Because she is an evil bitch? I don't know Elena, but I do know that I am going to do everything in my power to make sure that she gets the hell out of Mystic Falls."

"I found out the gender of our baby," Elena said with a shy smile as Damon smiled at her. It was the first time that he seemed genuinely happy about the baby and not talking about it as if were a new car that they were going to get at the end of a business transaction.

They were almost their own normal family.

Damon pressed a hand on her belly caressing it. Elena already felt like she was walking funny, like a little penguin and she was only half way along. "What are we having?" he almost cooed.

Elena smiled. "We are having a baby boy."

After Elena and Damon had made up, Elena had agreed to move back to their lavish home. Damon had offered to help her pack up, but Elena insisted that she should do it herself since she didn't know how her parents would react since they weren't too thrilled about Damon.

Elena thought it would be best if she talked to her parents first and she promised that she would be back at home tonight.

Her parents still weren't home after Elena went back home, so she decided to pack up her things in her small car.

Elena was half way towards her car, carrying a box with her clothes when she heard footsteps behind her. Elena was about to turn around when she felt something sharp on the back of her head and then everything became black.

-End of Chapter Thirty-Three-