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Chapter 6

Elena ran to her locker, she knew she would get in trouble for missing Tanner's class, but she just didn't care. She checked her wallet, 100 dollars in cash.

'Okay I am just going to go to the pharmacy and get a test, when it says I am not pregnant, I will just buy some condoms and go on a diet.' She tried to rationalize. She grabbed her keys for the SUV her and Kathrine shared and left the school.

She drove around town for along time. Finally, she went to the supermarket since her aunt Jenna's best friend Meredith worked at the local pharmacy and she did not want anyone finding out.

After she bought the test she went to the bathroom of the store, reading the directions on the package and peed on the little stick, set it on the back of the toilet and set a timer on her phone for 2 minutes.

She sat on the public toilet staring at the white walls, fear deep within her bones. She felt like she was a hollow shell, never in her life had she been so scared. She nearly jumped when the timer on her phone beeped.

Her hand shook as she reached for the test. Taking a deep breath, she looked at the screen, a deep pink plus sign stared back at her. Elena felt sick, she automatically threw up. 'How could we have been so careless.' She cried. She put the lid back on the test and slipped it in her bag, she would tell Damon right away.

She looked at her phone it was after 2:30, three missed texts, Damon, Caroline, Kathrine.

Text Damon: Hey babe where are you?

Caroline: Elena Gilbert where did you go, Tanner is pissed.

Kat: Elena please answer me, where did you go?

Elena gulped as she pulled up in front of the school just as the last bell of the day rang. The sky had turned dark and it had begun to thunder, rain came pouring from the sky.

Kathrine ran to the car, "Elena! Where the hell did you go?"

"Kat can you drive Jeremy home alone, I need to talk to Damon." Elena said as she put the car in park and walked over to Damon's Camaro and got in the passenger side.

"Babe? Where were you? you missed lunch and bio, it was a good class to all about procreation." Damon smirked. Elena went green.

"Elena? Hunnie what's wrong?" Damon put his hand over hers. Elena could feel the tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Oh Elena, what's wrong, kitten please tell me. Is it the thunder storm? I know you hate them." Damon said, his face thick with worry.

"I'm late…" Elena cried.

"Well I mean you missed the whole class so that's not late, that would be absent." Damon laughed.

"No, not the class… I'm late for my time of the month. Many months actually." Elena stared out the front of the car, beads of water pooling down the windshield.

"Oh… OH!" Damon's eyes went wide.

"I went to the store, to buy this…" Elena said as she pulled out the test, handing it over to him.

He took the small plastic stick from Elena's shaking hands, his own hands erratically moving.

He stared at the plus sign, he knew from enough movies that a plus meant pregnant. How could he have been so careless, he and Klaus had talked about it last week and he had bought condoms, he thought maybe that Elena was on the pill, but it was never a conversation they had.

"Damon please say something," Elena begged.

"I… We need to tell my Dad, and your parents." Damon said seriously. All the blood in his body had ran cold. 'Dad is going to kill me. Grayson and Miranda are going to hate me. Oh. My. God.' He thought to himself, his world was crashing in on him.

"I know… I know." Elena said pushing her hands over her face.

"Its going to be okay, I won't leave you I promise you, no matter what you choose." He said lovingly.

"Can you take me to the clinic, I think we need to find out, what the options are." Elena said swallowing thickly.

"Yeah, of course, we will go right way." Damon said putting the car in reverse.

The drive to the local Planned parenthood clinic was quiet, both teens were caught up in their own thoughts.

When the got to the reception, Elena filled out the paper work and they both waited to be called. Twenty silent minutes later they were called back.

"Elena Gilbert?" a nurse came to get her.

Elena got up to go, Damon followed behind. "Um sir?" the nurse started.

"He can come." Elena nodded.

In the office…

The nurse gave Elena a gown and told her to change into it and wait for the doctor. Elena changed and sat on exam table. Damon sat in the chair across from her, his pale skin looked even paler in the lights of the office, and he looked deep in thought. He jumped when the door opened.

"Good afternoon Miss Gilbert, my name is Dr. Parker, it has come to my attention you took a home pregnancy test and it was positive?" the young woman doctor asked as she sat down.

Elena nodded.

"Okay well there's no need for us to test, those tests are really accurate, but just lay down on the table here and we will do an exam, would you like your boyfriend to leave?" the doctor asked kindly.

"No, he can stay." Elena said looking nervously at Damon. Damon nodded and gave a weak smile.

"Okay Elena the first thing I am going to do is just press lightly on your tummy okay?" the doctor said, as she began to lightly palpitate Elena's stomach.

"Elena, when was your last period." The doctor asked concerned.

"About five months ago." Elena said tears coming to her eyes.

"Why didn't you come sooner dear?" the doctor said softly.

"Sometimes I don't get a period, I just didn't think it was anything to be worried about." Elena sniffled.

"Okay, well you were sexually active five months ago?" Dr. Parker asked her, Damon's heart was beating so loud he was sure that both of them could hear it.

Elena nodded.

"Okay, I am going to do internal exam now and then we will go down the hall and do the scan okay?" Dr. Parker said as she lifted Elena's gown and prepared her for the internal exam.

Damon looked away as the doctor violated his girlfriend, this whole scenario was unreal, he felt as if he was going to puke.

Elena turned her head away from him too, she felt embarrassed having the doctor's hands checking her most intimate areas.

"Okay, everything feels normal there," the doctor said as she took off her gloves and instructed Elena to change back into her clothes and follow her down the hall.

When she was dressed, her and Damon followed Dr. Parker down the hall.

"Okay Elena, you lay back and we will do the scan, this is going to feel a bit cold." Dr. Parker said as she placed the blue gel on Elena's rounded stomach.

She felt numb as the doctor placed the ultrasound machine on her stomach, the images that projected on the screen were surreal. Elena gasped as she heard the fast pace beat of a heart.

"Okay, if you look here that is your baby, what I suspected is right, you are about 20 weeks," Dr. Parker said, Elena and Damon were in awe looking at the screen, it wasn't a little blob like Elena had originally thought, but a fully formed baby. The little baby was kicking and sucking its thumb.

"Elena, I am sorry if you came here today to get a termination, I can't legally preform one, the law states that after 20 weeks you need a parent's signature." Dr. Parker said weakly. Damon froze, how could they be parents at only 16, he felt his world imploding.

"I… I don't want to kill my baby," Elena said tears coming to her eyes. Damon grabbed her hand and squeezed.

"Would you like a copy of the ultrasound?" Dr. Parker asked.

"Please, it will be easier to explain to our parents." Elena sniffled.

"Of course, would you like to know if it's a boy or a girl?" Dr. Parker smiled.

Elena looked to Damon, he weakly nodded.

"Please." Elena sighed.

"Okay, well let's see, come on little one open your legs for your mommy and daddy." The doctor chuckled. "There we go, okay… ummhmmm, looks like your having a son."

A son, Damon's heart skipped a beat.