A/N: I was going to post a new story for the next part (Chapters 3 and 4) but I've decided to carry on with this one so that people following this story don't miss out.

I will be changing my formatting slightly. I've decided it's really not necessary to put that we're in Mystic Falls on each date, so unless we're not in Mystic Falls I won't put a place. I'm also leaving out the chapter songs - it was getting harder each chapter to find a fitting one, and sometimes it would take me hours to do so.

A lot of people have said they don't want a crossover with Twilight, so I won't go down that road. My muse is adamant Jasper needs to make an appearance, though not necessarily in this story. I'm still undecided, but I may write a Twilight fic.

As for baby Salvatore, do you all want to see a boy or another girl?

I don't own anything you recognise, only my own OCs and plot points.

May 23rd 2010

Imogen's POV

The last few weeks have been, thankfully, free of supernatural drama. Unfortunately that doesn't mean there hasn't been any drama at all.

Jenna and Ric split up after Jenna realised she has always had a thing for Mason Lockwood. Ric was understandably upset and so he and Damon have spent a lot of time drinking bourbon while Damon attempts to help his best friend. Not sure how much he helps, but they certainly get drunk.

Jeremy and Anna split up also. I'm not really sure of the reason why. Anna has left Mystic Falls, but has promised that if we ever need help she will be back, we just need to call.

Jonas and Luka disappeared shortly after the sacrifice, with Greta. Bonnie was upset as she thought things were going well between them. She and Jeremy bonded in their heartache and I'm sure they will be in a relationship soon, if they're not already.

Elena was devastated that Stefan left with Klaus so that he could get the cure for Damon. She didn't speak to either of us at first, blaming us for the loss of her boyfriend. She wanted to believe they were soulmates like Damon and I, but he would never have been able to leave if that was the case. She can be angry and blame us all she wants, but Stefan made the choice himself. I will be forever grateful that he saved my husband, and Elena needs to understand that not everyone will do what she wants them to all of the time.

We discovered that Klaus daggered Elijah after saying he would reunite him with his siblings. Sophia has been staying with us as we try to find them so she can get him back. We discovered she had no part in Elijah's betrayal and that he really did have every intention of killing Klaus until he told him that the rest of the family were not lost at sea as he originally thought.

Damon has been trying to track Stefan. He has a closet full of cuttings and a map full of markers showing suspicious deaths he believes are related to Klaus and Stefan. He's been to a few places they've been, with Ric. When he's been sober enough that is. Damon thinks that Stefan has become a ripper again, and he's determined to get him back. He's not doing it for Elena, but because he needs his brother and he thinks he owes him for saving his life.

Today is Scarlett's 1st birthday. It's a bittersweet day as it's also the anniversary of the car crash that killed our parents. Or Miranda and Grayson. I'm not even sure what to call them anymore. They did bring me up, so parents is probably right, and I'm not sure if I will ever call Sophia and Elijah Mom and Dad.

We have our first appointment today, with Dr Meredith Fell, for the pregnancy. We discovered as she is one of the founding families she knows about the supernatural, and given what we both are we thought it would be best in case there is anything out of the norm with my pregnancy.

Damon is more excited than a kid at Christmas, both because of the appointment and because it's Scarlett's birthday. He missed out in everything related to my pregnancy with Scarlett, and he is insistent that he be there for everything this time round. I can't help but chuckle to myself that the big bad Damon Salvatore is actually such a softy at heart.

"I made breakfast, it's on the kitchen table." I hear Damon call out as I head downstairs. I enter the kitchen to find Scarlett in her high chair eating her breakfast with Damon supervising.

"Thank you." I say, sitting down and devouring my breakfast, before getting a blood bag and warming it up.

"You're having more blood than usual." Damon comments.

"I think it's the pregnancy." I reply. He just nods in response and kisses my head.

Once we're all fed and ready, we drop Scarlett off with Jenna and head to the hospital. Once there I fill out the paperwork and we wait to be called in.

"Imogen Salvatore." We hear called. We stand and go over to Dr Fell, following her into a room. She gestured for us to sit down, which we did.

"So, you're having a baby." Meredith started.

I nodded. "We know that you know about the supernatural, and you know what Damon is." I start.

"Yes, which has me confused since you're pregnant but Vampires aren't meant to be able to procreate." She replies.

"That's true, they're not, except in one situation." I explain.

"What is that?" She asks.

"When a couple are soulmates and they bloodshare at the same during sex." I say.

"And I take it you're soulmates?"

"We are." Damon confirms.

"There's more." I say. "I'm a hybrid, part witch, part vampire."

"I see why you've come to me." Meredith says. I nod in response.

"We knew you would understand if anything isn't normal. This is our second baby but the first since Imogen activated her witch and vampire sides. We've been told it will be a normal pregnancy, like her first was, but just in case." Damon explains.

Meredith nods. "I understand."

She takes some details, our medical histories, details about my pregnancy with Scarlett and then she asks me to get on the bed so she can do an ultrasound. She squirts gel on my stomach and uses the probe to find our little one. As it comes into view on the screen she points it out.

"There's your baby." She says with a smile.

I smile widely and look over to Damon. I notice he has tears in his eyes.

"That's our baby." He whispers.

"It is." Meredith confirms with a smile. "Baby is measuring 11 weeks, you're due 11th December. Everything looks perfect for your gestation."

"Thank you." I say, cleaning up now the ultrasound is finished whilst Meredith gets the pictures she printed for us.

"I'll see you again in 4 weeks to check on your progress." Meredith tells us.

"Thank you." Damon says. "It means a lot that you're willing to look after Imz and keep our secrets."

"You're welcome." Meredith replies.

We say our goodbyes, arrange an appointment with the receptionist for 4 weeks time and head pick up Scarlett.

We arrive at the Gilbert house and walk in.

"We're back." I call out. Jenna comes out of the living room with Scarlett on her hip.

"How did it go?" She asked.

"Great. I'm 11 weeks along, baby is due 11th December." I say, showing her the pictures.

"So cute! I'm so pleased everything is going well." She says. Damon and I smile in response.

We stay for a while, catching up before we say our goodbyes.

"We will see you later for Scarlett's party." I say.

"You sure will." Jenna replies.

We get Scarlett strapped in her car seat and head home to get ready. We're not having anything big, just family and friends with some food and drinks so they can see her and she can open her presents.

Once home we get everything ready, and it's not long before people start to arrive. We have a lovely afternoon and Scarlett is spoiled with new clothes and toys. We show off the ultrasound pictures and everyone is happy for us. The only thing missing is Stefan, and I know it is bothering Damon although he is trying to hide the fact by being his usually snarky self.

June 22nd 2010

The last few weeks have been pretty quiet. I'm now 15 weeks pregnant and have a small bump. I'm over the morning sickness and my sex drive has gone through the roof, which Damon is absolutely loving. We had another appointment with Meredith Fell yesterday; everything is still going fine and Damon was amazed at the changes that he could see on the ultrasound. We have another appointment in a couple of weeks when we will find out the gender.

Today is Elena's 18th Birthday. Caroline talked us into letting her throw a party at the house. Elena initially refused, then said a small party, but something tells me it will not be small. Grams is having Scarlett overnight so that she is not in the house. The last thing we need is her being around rowdy teenagers getting drunk.

We've just gotten back from dropping Scarlett off and we head into the parlour. I flop down and Damon sits next to me, pulling me onto his lap.

"You know, you having a little baby bump is so sexy. I love knowing that is our son or daughter growing in there." He tells me.

"Oh really?" Damon nods in response and kisses my neck.

"Prove it." I say.

Damon moves to kiss me on the mouth, licking his tongue across the seam of my lips to gain access. It doesn't take long before we start taking each other's clothes off. We are so caught up in each other that we don't notice that someone has entered the house.

"Oh" we hear Elena say. We both turn to look at her.

"You should learn to knock. What if we were...indecent?" Damon says. Elena throws my shirt at me and Damon passes me my bra. I hand Damon his shirt and we both get dressed.

"Sheriff Forbes gave us another location to check. Memphis." Elena says, pulling a piece of paper from her pocket.

"Another dead-end you mean?" Damon asks. He's been trying to keep the full extent of the killings and the fact that Stefan is in his ripper mindset from her so she doesn't get too upset.

"You don't know that." Elena says, exasperated.

"You're right, Elena." Damon retorts. "This could be the one. After almost two months this could be the one clue that tells that Stefan is alive and well and living in Graceland."

"Fine, I'll go by myself." Elena says, starting to walk away. I sigh heavily.

Damon vamp speeds in front of her and takes the piece of paper. "Right, and let Klaus know you're tracking him. He thinks you're dead; let's keep it that way."

"It's a new lead; we haven't had one in a while." Elena says.

"We'll check it out. If we find anything we'll call you." I tell her.

Damon grabs hold of me and runs us to our room at vamp speed so we can finish what Elena interrupted.

Once we're done he goes to the closet and opens the door. He pins the piece of paper on the map he has on the door.

"So this victim is Tennessee." He says.

"Actually, thinking about it, that victim we looked into had family in Tennessee." I say.

"Which one? Pensacola?" He asks.

"Yes." I say, nodding.

"I hope Ric's up for a road trip."

"I'm sure he will be. I'll see if I can get you an address." I say.

Damon comes over and kisses me. "Thank you. I love you."

"I love you too."

Damon gets dressed and heads out to get Ric and follow up on the lead. I get dressed and find the address, which I then text to him. I hear voices downstairs and realise it is Elena, Caroline and Tyler getting ready for the party. I hear Elena complaining that Damon isn't taking the search seriously and roll my eyes. We're trying to protect her from Ripper Stefan.

I take a nap and am woken a few hours later by my phone ringing. I answer without checking who it is.

"Hey you." I hear Damon say.

"Hey, how is the road trip?" I ask.

"It's definitely Stefan. They're after werewolves. Klaus is obviously keen to start his hybrid army.""Great. He definitely the ripper?"

"Most definitely."

I sigh. "Elena will be devastated."

"I know. We're on our way home. We'll be there in an hour or so. I love you ""I love you too." I reply and we end the call. I let out a big sigh and go to shower so I can get ready for the party.

Once I've showered and dried my hair I start searching through the closet to find something to wear. Most of my normal clothes don't fit very well any more and I end up finding a pale yellow maternity sundress. Damon comes in just as I'm trying to zip it up.

"Help a girl out would you?" I say to him.

"Of course." He says, coming over and zipping up the dress, giving my neck gentle kisses as he does.

"I found Elena's necklace in Ric's apartment. I know she said she didn't want us to buy her anything, but I think we should give it to her for her birthday." He says.

"That's a good idea." I reply, kissing him softly on the lips.

"Come on." He says, leading me to Stefan's room where Elena is getting ready. She sees us enter in the mirror.

"Don't worry I'm not gonna lose it. At least not before the cake." She says to us.

"It's your party, you can cry if you want to." Damon says with a shrug. He heads over to Stefan's drawers and looks at the things there. "Ah, Stefan. Such a pack rat. We got you something. We know we promised not to buy you anything so don't worry, we didn't pay for it." Damon says to Elena.

"You stole it?" Elena asks. I laugh and shake my head.

"No he didn't. During one of his 'help Ric get over his breakup' drinking sessions he found it in Ric's loft" I explain as Damon hands her a small box.

"My necklace. I thought I'd never see it again." Elena says with tears in her eyes.

"We thought you'd be happy to have a reminder of Stefan back." I say, putting the necklace on for her.

"I am happy, Thank you both." She says, hugging us.

"You're welcome little sister." I say.

"Shall we?" Damon asks, holding out his arms for us both to take. We each take one and head downstairs.

We pass some girls who wish Elena a happy birthday. and head into the parlour. We see a girl coming towards us with a bottle of Damon's expensive bourbon in her hand. He growls lowly and releases Elena's hold on his arm. He stops the girl and takes the bottle from her.

"Oh, hey, hey, hey, hey. You don't want that. You want the cheap young stuff over by the cheap young people." He compels her then lets her walk away as I burst out laughing. Elena rolls her eyes as Caroline comes over to her.

"You like? Don't answer that." Caroline asks.

"This is keeping it small?" Elena asks. Caroline just smiles at her. She rolls her eyes again. "What are we drinking?" Elena asks as Caroline leads her away.

I turn to my husband and he wraps an arm round my waist, kissing me on the head.

"Come on wifey, let's go find Ric." He says. I hum in agreement.

After wandering around for a while and Damon getting a glass for his bottle, we head outside and find Ric sitting on the wall.

"I am every parent's worst nightmare. I am the chaperone teacher from hell." He says as we sit with him.

"I love high school parties." Damon says. I roll my eyes and smack his arm. "Of course I only have eyes for my beautiful wife though." I roll my eyes at him as he kisses my head. Elena approaches us.

"Hello Birthday Girl!" Damon says.

"Drink!" She says, holding out her hand for Damon's drink. He looks at me and shrugs before handing his glass to her.

"Jeremy's smoking again." She tells us. I sigh. Jeremy has been falling back into bad habits since Anna left.

"Is his stash any good?" Damon asks. I roll my eyes.

"Really? Actually I don't even know why I'm surprised you asked that." I say. He just grins at me.

"You're an ass." She says to Damon. She turns to Ric. "Talk to him, please. He looks up to you."

"Elena I don't know. You Jenna and I broke up." Ric says to her.

"I know, but he won't listen to Jenna and he doesn't look up to Mason like he looks up to you." She says before handing Damon back his glass and going back inside.

"You're screwed." Damon says to Ric.

"Ahh." Ric sighs.

"Just gove it a try, please Ric? She's right about him looking up to you." I say. Ric sighs.

"Okay, okay. I'll try." He says.

"Thank you." I reply.

"Well, hold the fort down, will ya? Imz and I are going to take a walk and get away for a bit" Damon says to Ric.

"You mean the fort full of my drunk history students?" Ric retorts.

"Drink more, you will feel less weird." Damon replies. He takes my hand and leads me to the woods.

"Thanks. A house full of drunk teens when I can't drink myself is really no fun." I say.

"I know, I could tell it was bothering you through our bonds." He says.

We walk quietly, hand in hand, through the woods. I sigh happily, it's just what I needed.

After a while Damon's phone rings. He looks at the caller ID.

"It's your sister." He says with a shrug.

"Answer it." I reply.

"Party Central."

"Where are you and my sister?!"

"Umm, by the...punch bowl." He replies, pulling a face at me. I giggle.

"Don't do that Damon, don't lie to me! I saw your closet."

"Oh...Oh, I gotta go, gotta break up beer pong." He says, then hangs up.

"Why has she been in our room?" I ask, annoyed.

"I don't know Imz." He replies. He looks over my shoulder and his eyes widen. "Stefan."

I turn around and see Stefan standing a little away from us.

"Hello, brother. Imogen." Stefan says.

"You don't write, you don't call." Damon replies.

"Need you to stop following me. Causing some problems."

"With who? Klaus? Are we supposed to care with he thinks?" Damon retorts.

"What you're supposed to do is let me go." Stefan says.

"Saw your latest artwork in Tennessee. Walking a fine line there my friend. Keep that up and there will be no saving you."

"See the thing is, uh, I don't need any saving. I just want you to let me go."

"Nah, we got a birthday girl at home that's not gonna let us do that." Damon says.

"You know, maybe I haven't made my point." Stefan says before speeding over to me and grabbing me by the throat.

"Imogen" Damon shouts. "Not cool brother!"

"Aw, come on! A little bit cool. Huh?" Stefan smirks in response. "I said let me go or I will kill your wife and unborn child."

"You're forgetting his wife is a hybrid." I say and blast him across the forest with my magic. Dakon grabs hold of me and wraps his arms around me.

"Just. Let. Me. Go." Stefan grinds out and disappears.

"I think we should get home." I say to Damon.

"I agree. Come on" He says, leading me back to the house.

We walk into the parlour as Tyler and Caroline are walking out. She presses the bottle into Damon's chest as she passes us.

"Hey! You missed the cake." She says to us, before following Tyler out of the house. I sigh and lean my head on Damon's shoulder. He puts down the bottle and leads me upstairs to our room.

As soon as we walk in we see Elena holding a bunch of the papers from the closet.

"What? What are you doing here?" Damon asks.

"Why are you in our room?" I ask.

"Why didn't you tell me? Why did you keep it a secret?" Elena asks.

"Can we not do this right now? We're having a really bad night." Damon says. Elena ignores him and carries on.

"All summer, every single time I came to you with a lead, you made me feel like an idiot for having hope."

"You were an idiot. We all were." Damon retorts

"Tell me what you know, Damon." Elena says.

"I know you need to get back to your party, Elena." Damon tells her.

"Immy, please tell me what you know." Elena asks me.

"Just leave it, Elena. Tonight has been a crappy night." I tell her.

"We're supposed to be in this together. Why didn't you tell me that you've been tracking Klaus' victims?" Elena asks Damon, realising I won't tell her anything.

"Because they're not Klaus's victims, Elena, they're Stefan's!" Damon shouts. He's reached the end of his patience and now Elena is going to hear things she doesn't want to. I sigh and sit on the bed.

"What?" Elena asks.

"He's left a trail of body parts up and down the eastern seaboard." Damon says.

"No. You're wrong." Elena says.

I roll my eyes. "He's not wrong Elena." I say.

"I've seen it happen before. He's flipped the switch. Full-blown ripper."

"Stop it, Damon." Elena shouts.

"No, you stop, Elena! Stop looking for him. Stop waiting for him to come home. Just stop! Stefan is gone and he's not coming back. Not in your lifetime." Damon shouts back. Elena starts to cry, touches her necklace and leaves the room. Damon leaves soon after and I can hear smashing coming from the direction of Stefan's room. I sigh and get ready for bed, knowing that Damon needs to work his anger out himself.

A while later he comes back in the room and gets ready for bed. He climbs in and pulls me into his arms.

"I'm sorry if I was harsh on your sister." He says.

"She needed to hear it and didn't want to listen. It's okay." I reply.

"I won't let him hurt you or our baby." He says.

"I know. I love you, Damon Salvatore."

"As I love you, Imogen Salvatore."

It doesn't take lonh before we fall asleep, wrapped in each others embrace.