He Can't Love You Like I Do

by anneryn7

AU. AH. Bamon with Berek endgame. Slowburn. Bonnie is trapped in an abusive relationship with Dr. Damon Salvatore. She overhears someone talking to Derek about the self-defense classes he offers & decides to take them. He's just her instructor. It's not his job to fall in love with her and show her how she should be loved, but that doesn't mean that he won't. Trigger warnings.

13. Chapter 13

A/N: Hey all! Sorry it's been so long! Here's a short update. Next chapter will be up near the end of this week! Stay tuned!

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I DO NOT OWN TEEN WOLF, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, OR THE CHARACTERS.

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Chapter Thirteen:

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I stared at the positive pregnancy tests in disbelief. This can't be happening. There's no way.

I told Meredith that I wanted to go to the hospital to get a blood test taken. I was praying that they were false positives, even though I knew in my heart that I was most likely with child. Damon would never stop controlling me.

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I help Derek's hand, as we walked through the hospital. Meredith kept things to herself, but the reason I was here still spread like wildfire. Everyone who worked at Mystic Falls General gossiped, HIPAA be damned.

Derek was supportive, like I knew he would be. I wished that he could have been the father, not Damon. But fate wasn't that kind to me. Would my body ever be mine, again?

They told us that they would contact me with the results. I just cried. I knew in my heart of hearts that I was pregnant and no matter how much I hated Damon, I didn't have it in me to abort the child.

I've never felt such despair. I wanted to die.

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"Bonnie," Derek said, as I sat trembling with my phone in my hands. Meredith had called to give me the life-changing news that I already knew. I sat on the floor sobbing, quietly. "Damon doesn't have to be in the picture. You can put my name down on the birth certificate. We can raise the child as our own. I want to be the father." He offered.

I mopped off my face and looked up at him. I didn't have to ask to know that he was serious. I wanted nothing more than to have this child with Derek. I wanted Derek to be my forever.

"You would do that?" I asked him. He just nodded. The tornado churning in my stomach seemed to settle. "I really love you, Derek Hale." I cried. I wanted to marry that man, someday, but I'm not ready to come out and say it.

"I really love you, Bonnie Bennett." He promised.

"Does that mean I'm going to be an aunt?" Laura asked. I just nodded, numbly. Laura threw her arms around me and it was impossible not to smile.

Maybe, hopefully, this won't be so bad. Maybe, we'll actually survive this.