A/N: I am so sorry about the delay, I've had a lot going on, I still have. I hope you all forgive me.
Elena looked at Damon, and she began to panic, and Damon quickly turned and hugged her, kissing her forehead, and then he smelt it, it was strong, there was more than one, the empowering stench made him throw his hands onto the counter behind Elena, making her flinch.
"What's wrong?" Elena asked, cupping his face in her hands. Damon exhaled, and just kissed Elena, softly, lovingly. her kisses always had a way of calming her down, of stopping his bloodlust.
"I didn't know, I'm sorry," Damon whispered, as they all just walked into the room. Damon heard Elena's heart pound in her chest, her breathing increase, she didn't know what to do. Jenna, Jeremy, Caroline, Bonnie, Alaric and Stefan joined them, the girls were cooing over the baby, while Stefan leant against the doorframe, smirking. Damon wasn't going to deal with this in the way he wanted to, he couldn't. Elena slowly made her way towards the cot, and scooped her son up, so they could look properly.
"Is he…?" Bonnie asked, scared to touch him. Elena smiled and shook her head, with that Bonnie stroked Alex's cheek, and smiled down at him. Jenna wrapped her arm around her niece's waist, hugging her sideways; she didn't want to know what was going on, she was just glad to know that she was safe. Jeremy and Alaric stood in the middle of the room, unsure what to do. As Damon brushed past Alaric, he picked up the scent of vervain. Damon glared at Alaric, then at Stefan.
"It was just in case anything went wrong, Stefan didn't tell us what was going on," Alaric told him, Damon still looked suspicious, and walked towards Stefan.
"Are you going to let me in?" Stefan asked, looking down at the boundary line, Damon shook his head, and stood firm in the doorway.
"What were you thinking bringing them here?" Damon asked, looking back at Elena to make sure that she was ok, she looked happy, and that's all that mattered to him.
"She missed them," Damon hated that Stefan still had a connection with Elena, that he could feel all her pain, all her suffering, that he was trying for something he could never have, because Elena belonged to Damon. Stefan laughed, like he knew what Damon was thinking and then he was gone. Damon tried not to slam the door closed, and he advanced towards Elena, wanting to show off his son. He politely walked around the women, and then looked down at Elena; she smiled, knowing what he wanted. She carefully passed him his son, making sure that Damon was holding Alex' correctly before she let him go. Damon carried his son over to Alaric and Jeremy. Alaric was nervous at first, and Damon knew what he wanted to do.
"Go on," Damon held his son arms length away from him, as Alaric dropped a small amount of vervain on Alex's head, nothing, not a tear, not a flinch. Alaric gave Damon an apologetic look and wiped the vervain away. Damon shrugged it off, and then looked at Jeremy.
"Can I…hold him?" Jeremy asked, Damon saw Jeremy's hands twitch, Damon passed Alex' to Jeremy, who cradled his nephew close to his chest. Elena approached them, and almost cried when she saw how good Jeremy was with Alex'. Damon weaved his arm around Elena's waist. Caroline and Bonnie were next to follow, while Jenna had disappeared to use the bathroom.
"When are you coming home?" Jeremy asked, not looking up, swaying side to side, rocking Alex' back to sleep, Elena looked up at Damon as she was unsure what to say, she didn't know if they were going to return home, or if they were going to stay in Washington.
"In a few weeks, we have some things to sort out first, and then we will return to Mystic Falls," Damon said squeezing Elena's waist. he heard her sigh softly, and her heart race calm down. Jenna came into the room, and then grabbed Damon by the arm pulling him away from Elena, and dragging him outside. She needed to be the authoritive guardian and find out what the fuck was going on. ….