Who's in the trees and who's dragging Bonnie off? Read and find out.

Disclaimer: Characters, places, and the like from the Vampire Diaries are the property of LJ Smith. I'm just borrowing them to create this tale. All other characters that have no ties to any other fics belong to me!

Chapter Sixteen

~Mom? Mom, are you okay?~ the baby sent out in fear and frustration.

"Your mother is just fine little boy. She just hasn't noticed it yet." Came from a familiar voice tugging her away by her right arm. Shawn?

That stunned Bonnie into silence fast. Damon's chuckle was on her left "Finally decided to calm down Cara?"

"Damon? Shawn? Why did you two scare the hell out of me like that?!?!" Bonnie snapped as she forcefully yanked her arms from her husband and son, both of who caught her before she fell to the ground.

Shawn kept looking and feeling for any senses of danger. "Mom, we didn't have a choice."

"Cara, I won't have you and our baby in that kind of danger any longer than I have too. Here love, feed." Damon offered his wrist.

Bonnie could feel the rumbling in her belly, and knew that the baby was hungry as well. But they were still in danger. "Damon, I can't. Those brats are still out there, and now they have Katherine back. They wanted me to bring back Klaus, but you two pulled me away before they could make me do it. I don't even know how they brought back Katherine!"

Knowing that she was rambling in her panic partly because the fresh wash of hormones flooding his Queen's body, Damon pulled his wife closer to his chest. "Don't worry Cara. We have new friends and family protecting us all. And don't worry about me. I am strong enough to feed you, the baby, and myself – Papa Jeffrey made me make sure of that."

"I thought …" Bonnie began, but was interrupted by a strong voice in her head. ~Both of you quit talking. Bonnie, you and that little one are weak and tired. Despite what he says, the baby is also scared.~

~I am NOT scared! Daddy and bubby and me here, and we can protect mommy!~ The little boy growled very much like his father.

Bonnie chuckled. "It's like father, like son all over again. Was that Papa Jeffrey bossing me around?"

Damon smiled as he nodded, offering his wrist again. This time Bonnie didn't reject it. She and the baby were both hungry, and that was all she had on her mind for several moments. Soon the baby was satisfied, and then Bonnie herself found her fill quickly after that.

"Better?" Damon gave one of his wolfish grins, adding a playful wiggle of his eyebrows to bring out his wife's beautiful giggle. It worked perfectly. Bonnie couldn't hide her giggles or her relief at being in his arms. She felt safe and loved. Damon gathered her into his arms as he and Shawn headed back to the house.

Bonnie felt that her unborn son was as much on alert as his father and elder brother were. She couldn't help but chuckle at the sensation. Then came that damn howling!

I know shorter than ever.

I swear there will be an update soon.

I just have to figure out if Bonnie is going to have trouble with this pregnancy or have one that goes smooth like Elena had with little Jeffrey.

Any comments?