A/N: Oh my gosh, thank you everyone who reviewed and/or favorited! It means a lot to me!
Sorry for the long wait! I've had midterms along with high school assessment this month and I haven't had any time to update! This chapter is mostly just some cute fluff, though.
Okay so let me just rant a little bit here. I HATE REBEKAH… SOSOSOSOSOSO MUCH! I WISH SHE WOULD GO DIE IN A HOLE!
I've heard rumors the love triangle was going to come to a head this season:( Let's hope for a DEndgame!
~(*SPOILER*)~: But anyways, have you seen the promo for the next episode? Damon, Rebekah, and Sage were in bed together! I KNEW SAGE WAS A LESBIAN! ;D
Anyways, on to the chapter!
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When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
And the bullets catch in her teeth
Life goes on
It gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
Every tear, a waterfall
In the night, the stormy night
She closed her eyes
In the night, the stormy night
Away she'd fly
Paradise - Coldplay
The next day, Damon sat in the boarding house kitchen, nursing a tall glass of his favorite whiskey.
Elena was seated on the floor, playing with an assortment of dolls that Jenna had left her. A pink sippy cup of milk was perched precariously on her tiny lap.
He smiled as he listened to her softly sing to herself, her high-pitched baby voice ringing throughout the room.
Damon tapped his foot impatiently. His brother was due to arrive any minute now and he was starting to get antsy at the thought of seeing him again.
Suddenly, the vampire jerked at the sound of loud knocking, successfully bringing him out of his inner ramblings. Damon stood up abruptly, his chair clanking noisily against the cold linoleum floors.
Elena raised her head at the boisterous sound, climbing up from her spot on the ground. She gazed at Damon, her big doe eyes muddled with confusion and worry.
"You okays, Damy?" Damon laughed nervously and smiled tenderly at the nickname.
"Of course I am, princess," He answered meekly, reaching down to pick her up. "Now come on, up we go." He murmured in her ear. Damon raced over to the front door with his enhanced speed, cradling Elena's head to his chest protectively.
The little girl sighed in satisfaction, sticking her thumb in her mouth; something that he noticed she did a lot. Apprehensively, he heaved the door open with his one unoccupied hand. His baby bro stood on the front stoop, staring expressionlessly at his feet. Damon rolled his eyes. Always a brooder, that Stefan. He thought.
"Damon!" Stefan exclaimed, "What…" He trailed off when he saw Elena, his eyes growing wide as he took in the sight of the toddler. Damon bit his lip in uneasiness.
"Uhm, brother, this is Elena…Katherine's doppelganger. Elena this is my brother, Stefan." Damon introduced weakly, shifting Elena so that she faced Stefan.
The five year old peered at his younger sibling curiously as the green-eyed vampire sucked in a startled breath.
"Damon…" He said chidingly, glaring at him. Damon glowered right back, half expecting him to start to waggling his finger like a mother scolding a child.
"In my defense, little brother, I'm just playing babysitter. I didn't even know she was the doppelganger until witchy told me so."
Stefan scowled, "Fine, we will talk about this later."
Elena, who had been mostly silent through the duration of the exchange, chose that moment to speak up.
"Damy, what's a…..dwoppel…dopp…dwoppelgwanger?" She asked cutely, her tiny nose scrunched up in concentration as she tried to pronounce the unfamiliar word.
"Nothing you need to worry about, sweetheart."
Later
Stefan stopped outside of his older brothers room, his hand poised hesitantly on the brass door knob. He wanted to go in there and learn more about the little girl...
But at the same time, he was afraid of what he might figure out from asking. Ugh, he was too conflicted for his own good. Finally, he worked up enough courage and pushed open the heavy wooden door, pausing slightly to take in the scene in front of him.
Damon lat sprawled on his massive bed, wearing nothing more then a pair of black pyjama pants. A sleeping Elena lay completely on top of him, curled up on Damon's bare chest with her face nuzzled in his neck.
She was wearing an oversized princess tee shirt along with baby pink flowered cotton underwear. Her thumb was stuck in her mouth and a bear was cluthed tightly in her small fists. She was the picture of innocence.
"Don't be shy, brother." Stefan snapped to attention and saw Damon staring at him, a small smirk playing on his lips. When Stefan still didn't move, the blue eyed vamire guestered to the empty spot next to him on the bed.
Stefan stared at him for a second before blurring over to the satin draped black sheets, dropping unceremoniously onto his brother's pillows.
At the sudden movement, the toddler stirred, her chocolate eyes fluttering open.
"Damy?" She yawned, her nose crinkling adorably.
"Im right here, princess." Damon replied, picking her up off his chest and placing her between them.
"Hwi, Stefan!" She said, her voice slurred with sleep as she cuddled up with both of them.
Stefan smiled, gently tickling her stomach and smiled as she giggled uncontrollably, her chubby cheeks flushing pink.
Both brothers exchanged looks. They knew that with Elena being the doppelganger, many life-threatening problems would arise to them.
But now, as they gazed at the little girl nodding off between them, they knew what they had to do.
And they didn't care what the price was. They had to protect Elena at all costs.
A/N: Sorry for the short chapter! I was going to write more but I wanted to give at least something today. I was going to update yesterday but something was wrong with fanfiction where they were deleting everything I upoaded onto doc manager. :(
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