Chapter 4 - Stephan
This chapter is a little short, but it has to explain how they got from one step to another, and again, it may seem farfetched, but it's fan fiction, and I am a huge fan. Please enjoy.
Also, I'm going to do something a little out of the ordinary. When I read FanFiction, I often like to listen to music while doing so. So like pairing a fine wine with gourmet cheeses, I am going to suggest songs that would fit well with the feel of the chapter. Keep in mind, it isn't the lyrics that match, but sometimes they will, but the tone of the music. For this chapter, I suggest: The A Team - Ed Sheeran
The next morning when Damon awoke, it was not like the morning before. Elena did not have her arms wrapped tightly around him, nor was she even in bed with him. He jumped out from under the covers and ran downstairs to the kitchen. He expected to find her at the table, eating breakfast, or watching tv in her cozy pajamas, but none of those things played out. He ran back upstairs to find Elena in Stephan's room; Damon's worst nightmare. "Hey you, where'd you go?" Damon asked cheekily, peering into the room. She was sitting on the bed looking at a picture, but from where Damon was standing, he couldn't see the photo. Damon thought he had cleared out Stephan's room and removed all scraps of "Stehany" evidence. Elena peered up with big brown eyes that were cloudy and wet. Was she... crying? "Elena," Damon came up to the side of the bed and sat down next to her, "What's wrong?" She teared up a little more and choked on her words. "Stephan."
Damon nearly jumped out of his socks when he heard her say that name. "Your brother," she continued. Here it came, the most terrible lies Damon had ever told was coming undone, after just two days! Damon was preparing for the worst, he could hear her voice in his head. "You liar, you jerk, you fucking two faced mother fucker!" Damon took a hard swallow and placed a hand on her shoulder, firm, but hesitant. Elena continued sobbing and turned to him. "You're brother... is in love with me." Damon stared at her, not knowing what to say. "What do you mean?" Damon asked. Elena handed the picture to him which appeared to be a post card from a nearby town. On the back it read: "My Dearest Elena, I am so sorry for abandoning you. Klaus asked me to assist him, and I needed his trust if we were to find a cure, but the trip quickly turned sour. I didn't mean anything I said. But I will be back with you in a few days. Stay strong my darling, I love you." Damon turned towards her, unable to explain such a message. But he knew he would have to come up with a plan, he wasn't giving up on is future with her just yet. "Elena, Damon spoke softly, as to inflict her trust, "Stephan is my brother indeed, but you have to know something. He does love you, and was very jealous when I was able to take you home and make you mine. He's felt guilty for many months for trying to seduce you, nights before your accident, when you fell in the lake. So he tried to make it up, and find a...cure... for his heart ache, and Klaus, his good friend, said he could help him but Klaus is tricky and very sour, so he lead Stephan down a destructive path, and now I fear he will come back for you, and this time, will not leave without you." This had to be an even craftier lie than the one he started with, but it had to be elaborate, it had to be detailed and precise if it was going to work.
The look on Elena's face told him everything he needed to know. She believed it, she was scared, and she was still in love with Damon. "What do we do? Damon, where do we go?" Elena gasped. Damon wasn't about to leave this house, he wasn't going to sacrifice the perfect life he had created with her, they were not moving. Stephan was going to return soon, and Damon had to think fast, what is the one thing that would make Stephan re consider this relationship? The one thing that would hit Stephan so hard, he would never be able to return to a relationship with her?
Elena rubbed Damon's back for what seemed like forever, while he thought for only a few minutes. What was this mystery answer that would prevent Stephan, the almighty, good guy, dream hunk Stephan, from interfering with their life? Then it hit him. All they had to do was... have a child. He immediately sat up on the bed and whipped his head so fast to face Elena. "It's okay," he reassured her, "I will take care of Stephan, you go get into the shower, wash up and we'll go out." Elena agreed and walked into the master bathroom, closing the door behind her. That was that, Damon and Elena were going to have a child. Stephan would never be able to bring himself to be with Elena, knowing she had a child with Damon. This was perfect, except for one thing... how they were going to conceive. There was only one solution, and her name was Bonnie Bennett.