Kol was enraged, he couldn't believe that his own brother would turn on him again, they had already established that they didn't do well divided, then what was the meaning of this betrayal? When he entered the room, he heard his brother on the phone, "Damon Salvatore. I am surprised that you haven't found me yet."

Kol entered the room and stood near the table, listening to the conversation, Klaus smirked at him.

"Didn't need to. You have nothing that can interest me." Damon spat, "Well there is that little revenge plot somewhere at the back of my head." Damon added calmly.

Klaus shook his head at the phone with a laugh, "Aren't you short a wife and a brother?"

There was a bit silence before Damon answered, " If you ask me, good riddance. My brother has long left me and my wife belongs to a Gilbert family, you know the same family that put your father in his grave. I am sure they'll take care of it."

Kol raised a brow at his brother, Klaus gestured him to calm down, "Enough chit chat Damon, you don't submit your bases to me tomorrow, I'll drive a knife into your pregnant wife and your brother, and feed their insides to my dogs."

Damon growled, "Then you'll probably enjoy my return gift, I can't seem to find a box right now which is the size of Elijah Michaelson, would you accept two deliveries, one for his head and the rest for-" he asked with feigned genuine curiosity. Klaus frowned, he looked up at Kol I'm shock. "Liar."

"Go on talk to him." Damon said in a cool tone, Klaus heard ripping which he assumed was a tape to his mouth.

"Nicklaus." Elijah panted.

"What are you doing there?" Kol growled standing from his seat in anger, "I was abducted, I was brought here on the promise that we would negotiate. I came in peace!" his last words directed at Damon who was probably near by.

Klaus heard Damon huff, "Well you'll go in pieces."

"You motherfucker! Keep your hands off my brother you Italian garbage!" he seethed. He heard Damon chuckle, "Tsk. Tsk. I know exactly how you feel after all you kidnapped my brother, of course you didn't break his fingers like I did Elijah's but you still pissed me off."

"What do you want?" Klaus asked squeezing his eyes shut in anger. "Should I spell it out for you. I want Stefan back, alive, breathing and his hero hair prim and proper. One scratch on my brother equals one organ your brother loses, so you better brush up your math skills Michaelson." He hung up. Klaus clutched the phone in his hand, "Fuck, once I get Elijah back, I am so going to kill him."

Kol folded his arms across his chest, "And when were you going to tell me you abducted Elena?"

"leave me alone." Klaus said under his breath and turning around to his desk, Kol insisted, "Tell me where Elena is, I'll get her and take off, you don't ever have to see us again."

Klaus gripped his phone tighter, "She doesn't fucking care about you, when is that going to get through your thick skull." He spat.

"I don't care- that's for me to decide, I want Elena. I don't care about anything else!" he shouted, Klaus turned around and threw his phone at Kol's face with all his strength, his brother yelled as he saw red in his vision before he fell back and Klaus approached him, "You won't interfere in my plans, Kol. I will avenge my family and kill that Gilbert bitch."

Kol growled as he tried to fight the sharp pain of the wound on his eye and sat up, twisting his leg around Klaus's, he got up and hit his head against his brother, "You can't take her from me, this was our deal, she's mine!" he threw Klaus against the floor and punched him, suddenly he was being held by guards, Klaus got up and spat on his brother's face, "Fucking disgusting traitor. Get him out of my office."

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Elena sat up against her headboard, sulking about her reality, how had she gotten here? All she wanted from her life was to be an artist and enjoy the pleasures that came with a normal life. Even the problems.

Picking up her 'baby' book, the one she had made when she found out she was pregnant, she begin going through pages. The ultrasounds, pictures of the small socks she had bought for the baby, the places she had marked to visit with the baby, the activities they were going to try.

Her visions of the future only had this baby and her. Not Damon. Her own father had never been a part of the few rare good memories she had with her mother and Jeremy. Damon was just the same. He was always going to choose his life first no matter how many promises he made. She had the horrible realization that she could never settle for that.

Her father walked in the room and she slightly jumped from the sudden interruption. She closed the baby book and smiled faintly, "Any updates?"

"None yet. How are you?" he asked as he sat down on her king sized bed, "baby book." He looked over at the scrap book, she pursed her lips as her father reached it, she let him open it, a smile spread on his lips, "Do socks these small actually exist?"

She giggled softly, "They do."

"Your mother had a baby book too, for you and your brother." He said as his fingers ran on the pages, "We used to sit down on the weekends, fill in the baby books for hours. Once your mother wanted to take a stitch your old teddy bear's bow to the pages, you threw a tantrum obviously. You were just two and you cried till we gave it back to you." He laughed.

Elena palmed her flushed face from embarrassment, "I really did that?"

"Yeah. I had to be your horse for a whole evening to get you to be friends with us again." He cupped the side of her face. Elena bit her lip, "Do you have those books?"

He shook his head, "She took them when you went over to your grandparents." Her father sighed. Elena grew quiet, she hated talking about what her dad had done to her mother. She never forgave him, she just never confronted him, "If you loved her then why?"

Grayson knew why she was asking, he had avoided this question long enough but Elena was somewhat in the same position now. "She always said it was all okay but it wasn't. She hated who I was, what I did." Grayson sighed, "Everyday, she expected me to do something which would make her walk out."

"Why couldn't you prove her wrong, Dad. You didn't have to cheat on her, she loved you." Elena cried.

"She loved me, yes. But she didn't believe in me. We had taken you out once to a carnival, you were a baby who hardly understood anything but that was the happiest I had seen you. The Michaelson family attacked. We had gotten out unharmed. Nothing was the same after that. She hated everything about me but me." Grayson pursed his lips, "It hurt her and I just wanted to give her a reason to stop holding on." He shrugged, "I gambled, I came home late, I ignored her, I ignored you. I just was hell bent on her detesting me."

Elena could see the pain in his eyes as he spoke, was that how Damon would be like in twenty years, alone? Full of regret.

It was as if Grayson read her, he got ahead and wrapped his arms around her, "You're either in or out, Elena. This is our world Elena."

"I know Dad, but I want this baby to be part of a beautiful world rather than a scary one." She whimpered , "And I know that's stupid. But what if he starts wanting me to detest him? What if he pushes me away?"

Grayson stroked her hair, "He won't Elena, you love Damon for who he is- despite what he does."

She nodded slightly, "I do love him but I love my baby too. I know it deserves a good world."

Her father pulled back slightly, "There is a way. It is maybe the only way."

She looked up at him, as he stroked her hair to the side, "Damon is keeping Klaus and Kol occupied, no one will know, I can change your identity, move you to a place far away. You can raise your baby in the world you want, with a new name, new face, new everything but you should know you'll never come back, you'll have to live like we didn't exist, Jeremy, I and your husband, you can never see us again if you want this to work."

Her lips parted as she considered the option, he stroked her cheek, "I know I'd be giving you up, but I rather lose you this way than lose you to an enemy Damon or I have. This baby should grow up in a good world."

Her eyes filled in tears, she knew it was the right thing to do, as if she had known all along, "I have to think about this."

Her father kissed the top of her head and stood up, "Okay princess, We don't have much time on us, remember that."

She gave a light nod as he left the room.

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Kol was sitting in the corner of the empty room, rubbing his eye with his shoulder, his hands bounded. It had stopped bleeding but the swelling had just started, he couldn't care less, all he was thinking about was what his brother had last said. Killing Elena. That wasn't a right that he would hand over to Klaus. Even though Klaus had locked him here, he was going to find a way out and maybe best Klaus to death with his bare hands to ever even think of hurting Elena. The door to the room opened and he saw Bonnie step in, "Your brother didn't even waste any guards on you. I'd say how cruel but you are kinda worthless." She walked up and ripped the rope from his bound feet. He gritted his teeth, "What do you want?"

She chuckled and held his chin, "Awww you just know the right words to make a girl happy... I want revenge." She stepped closer, stroking his hair, "revenge on Damon Salvatore. So this is your lucky day because I am going to tell you where Elena is."

Kol's eyes widened, he held up his bound wrists, "Is she alive? Bonnie have you been giving her food, she's weak-"

"Stop with the sap. She has plenty food. Now how about that plan, the plan is you are playing the two biggest motherfuckers this world has known, your brother and her husband so you better not turn on me with Klaus. I want Damon to live his worst nightmare which is losing Elena to you. I don't care what you do to her, just be sure she's gone." Bonnie instructed, Kol nodded, "She will be, I am done with Klaus, he never planned on giving me Elena. I am taking Elena as far away as possible." He promised himself.

"Good boy." She patted his shoulder and got up.

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Kol drove up to the warehouse, if he knew his brother, he knew there would be an army around here and surely there was. Hundreds of guards in standard Klaus uniform of black guarding the place. He left his car there and got out. The idea was to knock a guard and take his uniform, even being Kol Michaelson, he couldn't fight them all, he didn't even know how many of them were guarding Elena inside the warehouse. He slowly sneaked behind the place and spotted a guard, picking up a brick from the side, he waited. Kol was getting so impatient that if he could he'd use his gun but that would just make more problems than solve them, this had to be strategic. When he saw a guard coming, he hit his head and covered the man's mouth with his palm to muffle any sounds, throwing him on the ground, Kol took off his clothes and wore them. Then he tried to blend in and get into the warehouse as quick as he could. Once inside he looked around, surprisingly no guards. This looked fishy

"Welcome Kol Michaelson. I had been waiting." Damon said with in a mock- warm tone as he walked closer, "To answer your questions because you apparently have lost your guts and your voice. No, my wife is not here, No, Bonnie didn't betray me. And No, those are not-" he chirpy tone changing into a deadly dark one, "Klaus's minions."

Kol frowned, "So what is this? A one on one for Elena."

Damon gritted his teeth, "You have the nerve to say her name in front of me. There will be no duel over my wife because she is my damn wife." Damon held his collar In a tight grip, "This is for Stefan."

Kol rolled his eyes, "Isn't this a little cowardly of you, to use Bonnie and Elena for catching me?"

Damon bit the skin inside his cheek, his other hand went down to get the gun out of Kol's pants, "I call it strategic, besides it wasn't a man I was after, it was a cockroach."

Kol growled as he launched at Damon but he pulled back and shot Kol's leg, a scream left his mouth as Kol dropped to the ground from the pain, trying to hold his fuming , bleeding wound. Damon tutted, "Tsk-tsk, hurts like a bitch doesn't it. Should have thought about that when you shot my wife."

Kol growled in pain as he held his leg, his whole body shaking on the ground, anger and pain was consuming him, "I did many things to your wife! Some of which she enjoyed immensely."

Damon clutched the gun tighter, "If you know what's best for you, you'd shut up."

"Did Elena ever tell you about the time-" Kol started but Damon kicked him hard in the ribs, "Stop saying her name from your worthless, disgusting mouth you pest." Every hit harder than the other, he heard a crack, probably Kol's ribs, Kol fell back, losing conscious, "Kill me, Salvatore."

"You're not that lucky yet. I'll take you to the brink of death and bring you back so many times that you'll beg me to kill you." He seethed, Kol chuckled, blood leaving his mouth along with his coughs, "And I'll tell you all about how Elena wanted to forget you on our date. To answer your question because apparently you have lost your tongue, yes there was tons of kissing."

Damon kicked his stomach over and over till Kol lost the ability to laugh in between the hits or give another piece of doubtful information.

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Klaus shook his head, of course his stupid brother escaped but he couldn't bring himself to care for that loser right now, he was asking to be killed. If even he finds the place Bonnie hid Elena on his own, he couldn't before him, Bonnie stepped into his office, "Is my stuff ready?"

"Yes it is, now if you'll tell me where the Gilbert bitch is-" he said in a low dangerous tone, Bonnie bit her lip, "Like I said, I'd need to leave before I can say anything."

"I don't trust the fact that you'll be on a plane and give me this information." He seethed, Bonnie took a step back from his sharp words, "That plane would be arranged by you, all the reins are in your hands at the end, Klaus. Just let me go. If Damon ever found me, he'll kill me and I need to go." She insisted, "If you want Elena, this is my condition."

Klaus wanted to rip his hair out, "Fine. You'll get on the plane in three hours, pack."

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Damon was sitting back in his chair, watching Kol being beaten was indeed a beautiful scenery for him, the man had ruined his life for over an year now and to see him beaten black and blue was therapy. He had gotten tired from beating him up but watching him being ripped into pieces was the next best thing, his phone rung and he sighed as he took a sip from his bourbon and held his phone up to see who was calling.

'Elena'

He was still angry at her for all the lying and plotting but a part of him was worried about her every second. He sat up a bit, "Hold the torture for a minute." He said when he saw his phone, he picked it up, "Pulled another trick from your sleeve to try?"

He heard Elena's soft voice, "Damon. What I did has no excuse, I'll always be sorry. I was so sure that It'll work-" she sniffled.

He pursed his lips, "I don't want to talk about it." He could see Kol rolling on the ground in pain, clutching at empty ground and groaning.

"But I do. I am sorry Damon, Stefan is your family. I can't wait for a time where all of this is normal." she requested, "I understand if you'll never forgive me."

He palmed his forehead as she continued, "And I even understand if you hate me."

"I don't hate you. How can you even think that I would? Whatever happened with Stefan, might be a terrible mistake on your part but I'll never hate you for that." He said in an honest tone, he could see Kol's brows furrowed together, Damon deliberately said her name, "Elena, I love you. That is my only truth."

Kol growled low and rolled on his stomach, crawling to get to him, the guards looked at Damon for any order but he didn't give them one, "I promise you Elena, this will all be over sooner than you think, I'll take you far away from here, you won't even remember the names that ruined your life. Klaus, Kol-"

She flinched, "Please Damon, I don't want to talk about them, I just want to talk about us."

Damon smirked as he sat forward, watching Kol crawl up all bloody and bruised to his seat, "No need to worry my love, their names are history." He put his phone to Kol's ear, the cold screen made him shudder but Elena's words froze him. "I wish they would be, kill them Damon, both Klaus and Kol. I just want them dead so you and I can start over."

Damon saw a look of pain cross his face and he pulled the phone back, cleaning the screen, "I'll give you whatever you want."

There was a pause before she said, "Stay safe, okay."

"Will try." He looked over at Kol, his head hung in disappointment.

He hung up and pushed Kol down with his boot to the floor, "What do you know, a girl did more damage than all of you combined."

He said to his guards, he got up the chair, "How does it feel, Kol. She wants you dead, you've known Elena far before I did, you know about her angelic instincts of forgiveness and yet a girl like that won't do it for you."

Kol coughed, "Kill me. You might never get this chance again, what are you waiting for!?"

There was silence before they heard steps, four steps, Damon smiled, "For that."

Kol slightly looked over his shoulder, his vision blurry but he saw two people coming closer, he blinked over and over.

Bonnie and... Stefan.

Damon cocked his head to the side and reached into his pocket, he pulled out a gun, "I wish I could kill you for what you did to Elena but –" he handed the gun to Stefan, he gripped the gun with shaking hands, "Thank you, Damon. I need this."

"I know." Damon pat him on the shoulder and gestured Bonnie to follow him. They backed away. Stefan got down on one knee, clutching Kol's collar, "You killed her, what did she ever do to you?" he seethed

Kol coughed, blood oozing from his mouth, "Nothing, she saw me, recognized me from when I was at the wedding, added two plus two."

Stefan gripped his collar tighter, "She was pregnant, don't you have any rules? Any limits?"

Kol rolled his eyes, "Can we get over with this?"

Stefan growled low, "Tell me what she said, how she was at the last moment, was she scared?"

Damon and Bonnie could hear Stefan shout, he knew Stefan was in pain but he didn't want to interrupt.

Kol laughed, "Look who's begging now."

"Kol tell me and I'll kill you, if you don't I'll shred you to pieces, put you back together and do it again over and over." He said slowly towering Kol's bloody and beaten form.

Kol stayed frozen.

Stefan nodded, "Guess you'll want to live in a world where I beat you to death everyday, where you stay in a room without a ray of light or a grain of food. Where I will bring you updates on how beautiful my brother's life is with Elena."

The last of which made Kol wince, he spat, "You want to know what she said? Fine. She begged me not to kill her, that she won't ever whisper it to a soul who I was, she tried to run, cried that I should leave her at the excuse of your good for nothing child. And I almost considered it. Because she is Elena's best friend. I had loved Elena all these years, I was attached to the people she loved, but she was ready to betray Elena to save herself. That is not the kind of friend Elena deserved, she took that whore in after everyone abandoned her and she was going to betray her for you and that child. That was the worst thing she ever did. If i could choose differently, I'd still kill her, my only regret is that I killed her once."

Stefan was panting with ever word out of Kol's foul mouth, when he finished Stefan gripped his throat and got on top of him, growling, "Filthy bloody motherfucker. I am here to grant your wish. You wanted to die didn't you? He tore the sides of his shirt, "If you see Caroline on the way to hell, then let her know who fucking killed you." He stuffed the cloth in his ears and forced his mouth open, Kol's eyes widened, "You can't kill me, if you kill me Klaus will wage a war against you."

"I always knew you were all talk when you begged us to kill you." He thrusted the gun into his mouth positioning the gun up to his head, "So long you psycho." Stefan said over his muffled protests and shot him, blood splattered on Stefan's face, he shouted and gripped Kol's throat shooting a second bullet, a third one- until the trigger was useless and no more bullets came out, his eyes were watery as he looked down at Kol's dead face. Lifeless eyes, bruised face and the fear of death. He exactly mimicked the form of 'her' except there was no pain Stefan felt now. It was just numbness, still pushing the trigger. Damon held his arms, "He's dead. Get up."

Stefan looked over his shoulder to his brother, "Give me your gun."

"Stefan-"

"I said give me the fucking gun!" Stefan shouted, Damon huffed and reached his hand out to a guard who gave Damon a gun, Stefan took the gun from his hand and aimed it at Kol, shooting him in the middle of his head, "That's where he shot her right?" he asked in a crazy tone.

"Stop it." Damon pulled him up with his arm to make his brother face him, "He's dead."

Stefan shook his head and turned around to look at Kol, he threw the gun at him, tears rolling down his eyes as he faced his brother "There is no relief, I thought that if I killed him just like he killed her, everything would be gone, but it hurts."

"Come here." Damon stepped ahead and hugged his brother, he could feel Stefan's tears on his shoulder as he patted his back, "Blood doesn't clean blood, Stef. It just makes it darker. But I wanted you to do this for yourself."

Stefan pulled back, "She fought for me and I couldn't even let her know that I loved her, I didn't want to kill him, I wanted to kill myself."

Damon shook his head and cupped Stefan's face, "We're not giving up, we started this together, Stef. You can't leave me."

"I know, but I can't do this anymore, I just want a different life, please." He cried, "I was so close to ruining us all for revenge and I don't want to be consumed by it again. Please brother."

Damon continued looking at Stefan's hopeless form, it was all making him feel guilty. Stefan, Elena, his baby- he had so much to take care of. He turned around to look at Bonnie who was standing there waiting for his next order, he signalled her to come closer. When she did. He left Stefan at his spot and walked over to her, "Guess you and I do have one last thing to take care of."

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"She didn't even get to the plane, Boss." Klaus was told by one of his men, he shook his head in disappointment, "So the mole was actually-"

"Yes boss."

"We don't have any leverage, Stefan and Elena both are free, so we better leave right now." He told his men, "Tell everyone to head for Moscow. If Damon is here with all his force, it's the best time to occupy it."

With his bags packed he was headed for the first flight out of there when Damon and his men showed up at his headquarters. "No need for bloodshed." Damon said with his arms up in surrender, "Elijah is still locked with us so it's your loss if you retreat to old tricks." Damon said to Klaus.

Klaus looked him up and down before throwing his luggage down, "What? No more war?"

"Your brother is dead, mine is with me. Why would I need to." Damon stepped inside his base.

Klaus smirked, "Then what is this?"

"A negotiation." Damon clapped his hands, after a moment two guards dragged a bruised Elijah into the premises, "Both of us are left with only one brother, it would be a shame if you lose him to Mob cat fights."

"What do you want?" Klaus growled, Damon palmed his forehead, "See I know for a fact that if I kill you, one of your little roaches is going to come after me like they did after Grayson, one of you will manage to kill Elena or my baby. So this is my last offer. Even though right now I am the one with leverage, You and your men, pack it up and go far away from here. You stay away from the Gilberts and my family. Accept the fact that this is just not your kingdom anymore as you can see I have outnumbered you in guards as well." Damon chuckled, "Or I can kill you all right now, some Brit asshole cousin of yours hears about it and comes after my family, this starts all over again."

Klaus gritted his teeth, "Fine. But I need the Russian base."

"All yours." Damon shrugged. Not telling him the fact that Butorin and occupied that place and would kill Klaus there, but then that wasn't his problem because that wouldn't be associated with his family.

"Okay then. Hand over Elijah."

Damon gestured his guards who dragged Elijah to his brother, "Good bye, Salvatore." Klaus spat.

"You put up an okay fight, Klaus. See you in hell." Damon said as he turned around to leave.

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Elena had asked the driver a million times when they would get to the airport, she couldn't wait to fly home and see Damon. It had been two weeks since she last saw him, Stefan was fine and half her guilt had subsided. She had taken all sorts of precautions for the flight with the baby, after all it was Damon's private plane that he had sent for her, once she reached the airport, she couldn't believe it when she saw Damon. On his own, waiting for her, he had came here to take her back home. Elena's eyes welled up in tears, she gasped dropping her bags and running up to where he was. He laughed when she threw herself in his arms, "Damon!"

"Hey." He held her up and twirled her in his arms, the sound of her giggles filled the air as he moved her, looking up at her sun kissed face, "Stop, I'll vomit!" she said between laughter. He slowly stopped, bringing her back down, still in his arms, her arms wrapped around his neck and she kissed him, moaning when his soft lips brushed against her and his tongue slipped into her mouth, moving with her at a delicious pace. She pulled back reluctantly, "I missed you." She whispered.

"Me too. So I thought I'll pick you up." He said with a calm smile on his face, she pursed her lips, "Damon I-"

"I know baby, I forgive you. I could never be mad at you for wanting to help me." He kissed her again before pulling back, "And Stefan thought it would be great for him to confirm his approval in person." He looked over his shoulder and Elena saw Stefan standing there, she hadn't even noticed him, she pulled away from Damon and walked over, "You're okay. I am so sorry." She wrapped her arms around him, Stefan hugged her back, "Hey the plan sucked but we did win, technically, You and I started it all."

"That's the first and last time you both will ever contribute on criminal business." Damon interrupted and held Elena's arm pulling her from Stefan back into his arms, his hands went down to caress her baby bump, "I missed you both so much."

"We missed you too." Elena chuckled and stole a kiss from Damon, "Okay I have my luggage bags so let's go."

"We will, you and Stef will get on this plane, I am taking another flight, I have some things to settle with Grayson." He said cupping her face.

Elena frowned, "You said you were here to take me home. Not for another-"

Damon huffed, "Elena, I am here to take you home. This isn't a deal or anything, your father and I are discussing family, we are planning to re-locate Jeremy. Now that Sergei killed Klaus, we just need to make sure everyone is safe for a while. See if a head pops up to avenge Klaus."

Elena looked at his face with a doubt, he kept giving her his puppy dog eyes and she groaned in annoyance, "Fine. But we can go with you. We can wait a few hours." She looked over her shoulder, "Right, Stefan?"

Damon stroked her cheek, getting her attention, "Hey, I just need to get you home safe, okay. Listen to me for once."

Elena whined, "But I have to tell you so much about the different things I've been feeling with the baby and-"

"I can't wait to hear it all but right now, I just want to get over with this so I can get back to you as soon as I can." He pulled her closer and kissed her deep, she kissed him back with eagerness, not ready to let him go this soon, when he parted, she bit her lower lip, "Please, come home soon."

"I will." He promised.

"I love you, Damon and I believe in you." She said as she stepped back and looked at Stefan, Damon's fingers brushed over her bump, "See you soon little one."

Elena smiled as he walked away, she kept looking at him till the very end, then turning to Stefan, "Well, let's go."

He gestured the guards to pick up her luggage, when Elena stepped inside the plane, she gasped when she saw Bonnie, "What are you doing here?" Elena's tone cut throat.

Bonnie got up her large while seat, "Elena, you thought wrong, I wasn't trying to betray Damon."

She was confused but Bonnie took a step ahead, Elena backed away, getting Stefan to protect her, he held her arms and rubbed them, "It's okay Elena, it was all Damon and Bonnie's plan, she was supposed to act like that."

"But-"

"She saved me Elena." Stefan confirmed. Elena turned to look at Bonnie, who moved slightly to offer Elena a seat, "Please sit down."

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Grayson moved his pen against his desk without any reason, not knowing the words to say, Damon sat on the seat in front of him, the very place Damon had started, saw Elena the first time, had a weird obsession to know her even if it took marrying her. He looked so broken that Grayson pitied him.

"I gave her the option." Grayson shrugged, "She didn't want it, she said she couldn't see bringing up the baby without you. So no, your plan failed."

"I can't do this, Klaus may be gone but a million other enemies , courtesy of both of us are ready to pounce on everyone I love, the very chance they get." He shook his head, "I don't want to live without them, but I don't have a choice."

Grayson shrugged, "If you think this will save them, go ahead and try, my daughter will never forgive you."

"Well it's a good thing I am never seeing her again." The words brought more pain than he thought they would, especially now that he knew Elena's choice, she didn't care if she died as long as they were together, but he did care, he would never let her get hurt because of himself.

"Gray, this is best for both Elena and the baby. If you love your child, you'll stay away from her." He warned.

Grayson nodded, it was the exact reflection of Damon's feelings, he couldn't let crime follow them.

"So where are they going?"

Damon too clicked his anxious fingers against the desk, "Greece for now, then Stefan will relocate them after they get their new identities, both of us won't know where they are, so we will stay away even if we get weak."

Grayson chuckled, "That'll finally kick my momma bear instincts, it's a good thing you did this while she didn't have the baby yet because once you hold your kid, it would be hard to ever let them get out of your sight."

Damon let out a little laugh, "What? Are you kidding? I almost threw her over my shoulder."

"Look at us, bonding about screwing over our kids. Yours won't even know you." He shook his head and got up to walk to his office bar to make them drinks, Damon regretted every breath he took, but this decision felt like the most painfully right decision he had made, "I am glad my child, won't know me, I wanted my child to inherit the blood on my hands, what kind of a father does that. They'll be better off without me." He couldn't even die, he had to protect them till his last breath.

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Elena opened her eyes, they were still on the plane, even though her seat was comfortable, she couldn't wait to get off this plane and restart her life. A smile spread on her lips, when she saw Bonnie, watching her. "Hey, what's up." To know that she hadn't lost her other best friend to Klaus was the best gift she had ever received, Damon and her would always be grateful to her, "Where is Stefan?" she asked rubbing her eyes, Bonnie smiled, "Asleep." She gestured to the other seat. Elena rose up a bit and saw Stefan sleeping with his hand under his cheek like a kid, Bonnie followed her eyes and chuckled, "Have you ever seen someone sleep like they just threw off the weight of the world from their shoulders before going to bed?"

Elena laughed in a low voice, "Maybe he did."

"I know." Bonnie pursed her lips, looking at Stefan, "Even after he took his revenge, he couldn't rest. I wish he gets his peace one day."

Elena's eyes widened a bit, "Bonnie. Do you-" she gestured at Stefan, Bonnie blushed , "No-no. He's hurt, Elena."

"So you do feel." Elena smiled, Bonnie shook her head, "Who cares if I do, Stefan wants a clean slate, I am a murderer."

"This is your clean slate too." Elena reminded her, Bonnie took a deep breath, "I guess it is."

Elena checked her watch to see how much time was left when she frowned, "Bonnie we've been on this plane for five hours."

Bonnie looked around a bit nervous, "Elena calm down, okay. It'll all be fine."

"What will be? What are you not telling me?" she tried to get up but she felt sick, grasping her stomach she sat back, "Bonnie?" her chest felt tight, Bonnie's eyes widened, she stood up hurriedly, "Stefan!"

Stefan got up and when he saw Elena gasping for breath, he ran to her, cupping her face, "What? What happened? ELENA?" he shouted, Bonnie quickly got a bucket and some water, Elena held the bucket close to her and started vomiting, her breakfast coming out her mouth and she cringed. Stefan held her hair back and Bonnie was stroking her shoulders and back for tension relief. Bonnie handed her water which she drank and threw her head back, "I've never felt so sick."

"Maybe it was the turbulence." Stefan said to calm her down. Elena sighed, "Stefan, where are you people taking me, please don't lie."

She saw Bonnie and Stefan exchange a look before Stefan pursed his lips, "Elena, we are starting over, as new people. With out your father and my brother."

Elena knew what that meant, her hand automatically went to her bump, "Stefan, don't do this to me."

"Its what they both want, Elena, Damon refuses to choose you over whatever he has built for himself." Stefan explained, "And he told me to tell you that he can't do this, he can't be a father or a husband."

"You're lying. I know what this is." Tears rolled down her eyes, "He- he loves me more than anything I saw it in his eyes."

"This is the chance you wanted, if you go back your baby will always be in danger, stay Elena. Damon doesn't want this marriage anymore. He didn't want a baby, he wanted a heir, if you can't give him that, he doesn't want it." Stefan's words threw her in shock, she wanted to hit him or kill him. She cried loud and slapped him, "Stop it! You liar! Take me back please take me back. I need him, please Bonnie I didn't even say goodbye."

It was as If her brain was putting the pieces together, he didn't come to pick her up, he came to say good bye, the option Grayson have her which she turned down, he set it all up. Because she had said that she couldn't see her child be like him? She regretted those words, how could he do this to her without her choice, "I hate him so much. I hate him." She broke into tears, Bonnie wrapped her arms around her and she dug her face into Bonnie's shoulder, "Please Bonnie take me back, I promise this is all I ask for."

Bonnie cupped her face, "I wish I could but to confirm this plan we have already had a staged plane crash to show Stefan and you are dead, so anyone who comes after Damon won't target both of you. We can't ever go back."

Elena's face clenched in pain, "All of you lied to me. He said he loved me."

"He does love you." Bonnie said despite Stefan gesturing her to stay quiet.

"Not enough apparently." She threw her head back on her seat, "I just want to talk to him one last time."

"We can't Elena. Understand that." Stefan's knuckle brushed against her cheek, "I promise I'll protect you and the baby, I'll give you the life you've always wanted. That's what Damon wants for you, to live the way you've wanted."

She cried, "I don't want the world, I just want to go back to him. I don't care if I never see the light of the day or he locks me in a room forever just please take me back, my baby and I can't live without him." She cried. Bonnie sighed and raised a brow at Stefan who shook his head.

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"How is she?" Bonnie heard her Boss's voice from the other end of the phone, "She's asleep, nineteen hours of labour did exhaust her. Did you see the picture?"

"I saw him." His voice cold.

Bonnie turned around to see Elena asleep on the hospital bed, "Don't do this Boss, don't act like the baby doesn't matter to you."

"What do you want me to say? That he's perfect? That I love him more than I ever thought I could love anything? Or that I would give up anything in the world to hold him for a moment? Because I can't say those things Bonnie, nor do I deserve to." He said over the phone. Bonnie could hear the agony in his tone and she nodded, "Got it, you can't."

"How is Stefan doing?"

"Good, he got a job, waiting tables, your wife suggested she could cook in the place." Bonnie chuckled.

Damon laughed, "Its going to be a cold day in hell before Elena cooks something that a person would voluntarily eat and pay for."

Bonnie shook her head, "Yeah, she's not doing that anymore. She's applied to some places for fashion, where we are fashion is a huge deal."

"Don't tell me."

"of course, They are happy. At least Elena doesn't cry in front of everyone now." Bonnie huffed, "How are things there?"

"They are good. Every man I ever threatened is silently celebrating the fact that I am a widower now."

"Do you play the part?" Bonnie asked playfully, Damon sighed, "I don't have to, I did lose both of them. Of course not the way they think."

"You're doing the right thing. She's doing all the things on her list, now with the baby, soon-"

"I'll barely be a memory." He interrupted, "That scares me, does she hate me?"

"she says it everyday." Bonnie leaned against the glass of the room, "I haven't believed her once."

"Take care of her and take care of yourself, Bonnie. I owe you big time." He said after a quiet moment, Bonnie thought he had hung before he said, "He's perfect, maybe you can suggest the name 'Rhys' to Elena, if she hasn't chosen one already."

"She'll love it, I know." Bonnie said as she walked closer and looked at the baby, "Good bye Boss."

"Good bye Bonnie."

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Elena ran her finger over her baby's plump lips, she smiled, "What are you looking at?" she talked in her baby voice, "Mommy just fed you don't even think of getting greedy."

Bonnie walked in with fresh fruits she bought from the store to their apartment and kept them on the table, "I see your already talking in that squeaky way that you lectured Stefan and I not use around the baby because it was detrimental to his intellectual growth."

"Oh to hell with that study, he's my gooey-cutie poo poo." She said and leaned down kissing the baby's nose.

Elena huffed, "I am going to work on Monday, I am going to miss my whole day with Rhys so much."

Bonnie chuckled and extended her arms to take Rhys from her, Elena reached him to her and immediately felt the loss, her warm bundle of love had won her heart completely.

Bonnie held him and kissed Rhys's whole face who immediately started crying, Elena shook her head at her, "Bonnie I know you love him but you know how he has a two kiss limit."

Stefan got inside the house with a handful of groceries, "Bonnie when I had the courtesy to let you just take one bag, I thought a second trip would be a courtesy on your part."

When he saw Rhys crying he put the bags aside and ran to him, "Oh excuse you ladies, my little boy misses me."

"No-no I just passed the kiss limit." Bonnie held Rhys back out of his reach, Stefan feigned annoyance, "Give him to me. You held him in the morning."

They both looked at Elena to decide, who shook her head with a laugh, "I am not getting in the middle of this."

"Rhys is mine!" Stefan said and took the baby from her, taking him to his room, they both could hear Stefan now singing his self composed songs for Rhys.

Bonnie huffed and sat down on the couch again, "He is so happy."

"Yeah." Elena bit the inside of her cheek, "He'll be happier if he finds out someone has a crush on him."

Bonnie widened her eyes, "Elena, can you say that any louder?"

"What is the problem Bon? You want him to get it going with a Parisian girl here? He likes you, the whole back and forth bantering. It's so clear." Elena cupped her face, "Just let him know before he stops trying."

"Let him know what? He doesn't like me Elena, he saw me at my worse, beaten and bruised thirteen year old sex slave." she turned her head away, Elena touched her shoulder, making Bonnie face her, "I know he saw you that way, but he thinks of you as the most beautiful girl he has known. Well, also strong, he was scared of you as a young boy, you had survived so much with so much grace." She wiped at the little tear escaping Bonnie's eye, "He told me that himself, I can't wait for things to just find themselves, you guys have been fighting your feelings for months. Just be together, it's not that hard."

Bonnie looked back at Stefan's room before clutching her hands, "I can't."

"Bonnie, I want to tell you the exact words he told me but I want you to hear it from his mouth." Elena said firmly, Bonnie licked at her lip and slowly stood up, "Thank you, Elena."

When Bonnie turned away to go, Elena sat back on the couch, smiling. At least she won't have to see those lingering looks anymore. She laughed slightly, Stefan's ugly songs had abruptly stopped and Elena, with a mischievous smile headed for the room, they were both looking at each other as if she had interrupted a conversation, Elena entered and took Rhys from Stefan's arms, "I'll take the baby out so you guys don't haunt him with the images of passionate expression of love." Stefan and Bonnie raised a brow at her as she closed the door after them, she chuckled kissing Rhys's head excitedly, "With some luck, maybe you'll have someone to play with in an year, Rhys, till then you have to play with your Bo-in (boring) Mommy."

Elena went to the living room. Elena saw Bonnie's phone ringing and she went to shut it off when she saw the name.

'Rhys-D.'

She swallowed thick, it wasn't who she thought it would be right?

With shaking hands, she reached for the phone. Picking up and holding it to her ear. Her body screaming at her to hang up but her heart ripped at the thought of missing the chance of hearing 'his' voice.

"Hey Bonnie, How is Rhys doing now? Is his fever down? Please just let me send some money." The voice she knew best- her whole body warmed hearing it, her eyes filled in tears.

Elena felt like her whole world crashed down hearing that voice, she had yearned to hear it so much, her mouth refused so any words.

"Bonnie, Rhys is okay right? You're scaring me." He insisted in a broken, desperate voice, she looked over at her blue eyed baby, his big eyes, the low sounds he made, round rosy cheeks, Damon knew Rhys, did he know what Rhys looked like? The way his mischievous chuckles reminded her of him.

"Rhys is okay, Damon." She said in a low voice.

There was complete silence on the phone, Elena thought he hung up on her but then he spoke, "Elena-" his voice was full of longing, gloom and regret. She bit her lip from crying on the phone.

"You don't have to say anything. You're dead to me and to Rhys too. So for me to speak and listen to a ghost explain is pointless." She snapped.

Her anger had consumed her so intensely, he left her, he wanted her to start over, he chose to let her go so he should listen to her hurl her pretend 'hate' towards him.

"I can't ever explain it to you if I wanted to, i had to do this." He spoke in a firm tone, "Take care of Rhys."

"I will, stay away from us. Don't call Bonnie ever again, you made a choice, stick to it." She hung up and threw the phone on the sofa, wanting to break everything in anger but her son was moving restlessly in her arms, "Its okay Rhys, Mommy has you and she's never letting go."

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THE END

A/N : I am so happy to be finishing this story because it is one of my most successful one. It was close to my heart but my studies made it so difficult to plan for it. I thought of this end based on your feedback, some of you people believed that a happy ending wasn't realistic in this scenario so this is the outcome.

I still think it's a happy end. They are far away but they love each other and they have a baby who will grow up in a normal world.

Did you guys enjoy it?

Also I have posted a new story "ANGELS HAVE THEIR WICKED SCHEMES BUT YOU TAKE THAT TO NEW EXTREMES" that is going to be a dark story. I have already planned it out so it won't be hard to post. If angst, psychological themes and dark stuff isn't your think you can skip it.

Please let me know how you feel in the reviews? I am really looking forward to hearing from you my lovelies.