AN: I'm glad I managed to update in time, ha :P Although this chapter isn't really long, sorry about that. Hope you can still send me your amazing reviews and let me know what you think about it! Really guys, thank you a lot for them. :)

Oh, by the way...I just have to LOL at people scared and freaking out because of the time-jump and the possibility of Damon with someone else. Haha. Sorry about that too! I know it was a little mean to do, and yes I did it on purpose. I guess you'll have to read and find out if he's indeed with someone else or if our Elena is still sticking around :P

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She sighed heavily, ready to shake some sense into him once again. Ever since she'd started calling about two weeks ago, it had been haunting him day and night. He was conflicted and confused and she could see it.

She wrapped her robe tighter against her body, walking upstairs just to find him sitting on the edge of the bed, slowly unbottoning his shirt. He seemed thoughtful.

She smiled sadly and walked over to him, sitting behind him and soothingly petting his hair.

"Hey." She murmured softly. "It's gonna be okay Damon." She said as she kept stroking his reaven hair.

She felt him sighing and relaxing against her as she started unbottoning his shirt for him. She started massaging his shoulders and she chuckled when she heard him purring quietly.

"How was your day?" She asked.

"Good, besides the last few hours. You know Stefan." He said rolling his eyes.

"And I know you." She smiled softly. "Give your brother a break, sometimes you tend to become a little too bossy." She said giving him a pointed look.

They gazed into each other's eyes for a long moment, reading into each other's soul as they always did. Just one look from him could make her day go bright as one look from her could comfort him.

He gently pulled her into his arms, placing little feather-light kisses on her face. He untied her bun as her long hair cascaded down her shoulders.

"And how was your day?" He asked softly.

"We're doing great." She grinned at him.

He placed his hand on her six months baby-bump, leaning down to kiss it. She giggled a little and just then she felt the baby kicking. It had been more than a few weeks now since the feisty baby inside of her started kicking and making a party. It was awesome and yet slightly annoying.

It never ceased to amaze Damon though who was always there ready to want to hear or feel it.

"Our little baby boy. He's gonna kick some asses." He smirked proudly.

She immediatly narrowed her eyes, ready to contradict him. While Damon had been convinced from the very start that it was a boy, she'd been convinced with the same passion that there was a little girl in there. They had decided to keep the sex of the baby uknown until he or she was born.

"You can't know that. I'm pretty sure it's a girl." She said firmly. "Maternal instinct." She then added cockily.

"While you're pretty sure, I'm absolutely sure that there's a baby boy in there." He said with the same firmness.

He saw her cocking her head as she always did when she was irritated and he smiled smugly. She was adorable when she did that.

"Elena?" He said as her eyes met his ocean blue ones again.

"Yes?" She said, her eyes devouring his face.

"I love you." He murmured chastily kissing her lips.

She returned his kiss and when she pulled back, he groaned softly. She chuckled and then handed him one of his t-shirts.

"Dinner's ready, daddy." She winked as she headed outside of the room.

Ever since her bump had been more and more evident, and making efforts was becoming more exhausting, Damon had become attentive and protective at every hour of the day. Maybe even too protective.

As she slowly stepped down the high stairs, she could sense him being right behind her with his hands lightly on her waist.

"Damon I'm pregnant, not disabled!" She huffed as her hand fell on her baby-bump, who was being pretty animated tonight.

"I don't care. The other day you almost fell." He said firmly. "I told you it was better to restore the house a little. Maybe we should change the stairs…even for when the baby is born and everything, you know." He said sounding thoughtful.

Even if sometimes he could be way over-protective, she loved this side of Damon. He'd totally softened up and she didn't understand for the life of her why he still got issues in believing that he would make an awesome dad.

Elena believed that it all depended from his problems with his own father, who gave nothing but crap to Damon for his whole life.

"Babe, relax." She said softly as he sat down. She brought him his dinner and sat next to him. "We're already making changes in here and I'm loving it so far. I don't want to change the house too much. Its being so antinque is exactly what it makes it so beautiful."

He started eating the chicken parmesan that she'd spent almost the whole evening at making and she eyed him contently. Her cooking skills had definitely improved in six months.

Their routine so far had been amazing and she wouldn't change any second of it. These days he and Stefan had been more busy than usual so he kept himself at work more time. It saddened her because spending most of the evening alone without Damon put her in a bad mood. Including the hormones…she was a mess.

They talked about everything and nothing at all, never touching that argument. The she-who-must-not-be-named was something that made Damon furious. She'd started harassing two weeks ago and now she just wouldn't stop.

They ate dessert together as they talked about leaving for the Salvatore's house in the mountains in the morning. Elena was excited like a little kid. She hadn't been in the mountains ever since her parents died and she missed it. It was something that she'd always loved during the years, it was like a tradition. It just bothered her that she couldn't do anything because of her pregnant state.

She had no doubts that the house would have been amazing. She bet it would be even more glorious and huge than the Boarding House. A real maison.

They would spend Christmas there and Caroline, Stefan, Jamie, Jenna, Jeremy, and Alaric would come too. They'd all agreed on spending Christmas together since the place was huge and comfy for everyone.

Elena had found herself inviting Bonnie too, who otherwise would have spent her Holidays alone. She had recently ended her relationship with her boyfriend Luka and Elena wanted nothing more but to cheer her up.

She couldn't believe how far they had come. Just one year ago she was a simple nanny doing her usual job. Who would have thought that she would have met the love of her life? And ended up pregnant?

She knew that it could all seem rushed, but she couldn't be more ecstatic. As far as she was concerned another chapter of her life, the most beautiful one, was just about to start and she couldn't wait to live it with Damon and their little girl or boy who was about to arrive.

As they finished Damon told her to go lay on the couch as he cleaned up the kitchen. She had protested at first because she still loved doing all these things but she knew that Damon wouldn't let her.

She got up and headed towards the living room, comfly sitting on the couch as the fireplace warmed her up.

She softly caressed her belly, feeling all the motherly love radiating from her. She thought about the night they found out she was pregnant and how magical it had been.

That very night she had an outburst fearing that Damon wouldn't want it, or that he wasn't ready, but he had ended up being nothing but reassuring and amazing to her. The test resulted positive at the first try and she still remembered the feeling of tears of joy and disbelief when she found out. Her heart started beating so fast that she almost couldn't breathe. When Damon saw her face, he had immediatly understood that she was indeed pregnant. He had remained speechless and unmoving for a few minutes, so much that Elena even started worrying he was having a panic attack or something.

But as tears started streaming down his face too she understood how amazing they would have been together. How much of a blessing it was.

As they went to the ginecologist to confirm the pregnancy, and know of how months she was pregnant it turned out that the conception actually happened in New York. Elena liked to think that it was from their first time, their love-making passionate and sweet. Not from the second time when they went at it against the bathroom wall just because they were too horny for their own good.

She chuckled and she then noticed Damon sitting on the other side of the couch, eyeing her amused.

"I didn't know hormones couldn't even make you laugh randomly." He said kind of perplexed.

She sighed softly, lying her head on his lap as he started caressing her stomach with one hand, and with the other picking up the book "What To Expect When You're Expecting". Yes, they were being that cheesy.

She giggled, taking the hand he had on her stomach and holding it.

"I was just…thinking." She shrugged casually.

He eyed her strangely but decided to let it go. Even though the baby had started kicking a lot more during the last few weeks, Elena was always radiant and ecstatic. He'd never seen her happier. They had even bought that silly book that she said helped so much.

He was scared, of course he was scared. His father gave him nothing but crap for his entire life and he'd never actually thought about settling down and starting a family. But truth be told..he was thrilled. He loved Elena and Elena loved him. They were going to have their baby and he couldn't wait. Finally after many years of being so lost he had a home, he had found that kind of love and warmth that he had been seeking for all his life.

They had decided to remodernize the Boarding House a little, changing some forniture, rugs, lamps, and other things. They had just started painting the baby's room walls and they opted for a light apple-green color.

He noticed Elena purring softly and closing her eyes as he lovingly caressed her stomach, his hand from time to time tangling in her hair.

His phone started ringing and he groaned a little as he picked it up from the table in front of the fireplace.

"Hello?" He answered.

"Damon!" Caroline said firmly from the other line, and he could just imagine her stomping her foot.

"What a pleasure…" He said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

"Ugh. I hope that poor kid won't get your sense of humor!" She complained.

"Do you have to tell me something or…?" He said matter of factly, raising his eyebrows.

"Yes. You two remember that tomorrow we're all leaving, right?" She said trying not to sound paranoic. "Stefan just wanted me to remind you. He really cares about this thing you know."

"And as long as my father and his lovely wife won't be there, I actually care about it too." He said as firmly.

"They won't. Relax." Caroline sighed.

"Fine. I thought we were going to leave at 10 am or something like that, is it okay?"

"Yep, it's perfect. Again remind me who's coming? I want to tell the housekeeper how many rooms she has to settle for the guests and stuff." She said.

"It's us, then Jenna, Ric, and Jeremy…that's it I think. Oh and Bonnie." He said.

"Okay. Goodnight then."

"Night. See ya tomorrow, Blondie."

He turned off his phone and looked down at Elena who was now sleeping. He smiled fondly and kissed her forehead. He still couldn't believe that she had chosen him, that she really loved him that much. He'd never felt so loved in his whole life. If he had to, he would die for this girl. He would literally do anything for her.

"Lena?" He whispered softly. "Come on baby let's go to bed." He said as she slowly opened her eyes.

She smiled and nodded. He'd noticed that she was having a lack of energy during these last days but decided to shrug it off. It was normal, after all. He knew that Elena didn't like when he was being overprotective so the only thing he had demanded her was to take the vitamins that the doctor gave her.

He took her hand and led her upstairs. She took her robe off and immediatly crawled into bed.

He noticed that she was wearing one of his long sleeves t-shirt as she usually did and he loved it everyday more. He turned off the light and crawled next to her, spooning her from behind.

She purred softly as he kissed the crook of her neck.

"Mmmh...you smell so good." He said kissing her shoulder and inhaling her scent.

"You like it? It's cherry body butter. Caroline gave it to me." She said chuckling lightly.

"Yes. I love it." He said sighing contently.

"Damon?" She asked after a few minutes.

"Yeah?"

"You sure you don't want to talk about it?" She asked hesitantly.

"Not yet. These days I just want to relax and enjoy our family time together. Please." He sighed frustrated.

"Okay...goodnight then." She said quietly, holding his hand that was was placed protectively on her stomach.

"Goodnight baby girl." He said as he kissed the top of her head.

As he wake up he immediatly searched for Elena, noticing that the side of her bed was already made. He glanced over the clock which signaled 9 am.

He got up and saw that their suitcases were already next to the door. Elena had probably gathered all the stuff when she woke up.

In a few minutes he was ready and he took the bags with him downstairs, placing them next to the front door.

He entered the kitchen and saw Elena preparing breakfast.

"Hey you." She grinned happily. "You're up, finally. I was going to wake you up in a few minutes."

She was wearing purple ugg, a large black shirt, and some maternity leggings which still looked flawless on her. Her smooth and long legs hadn't changed a bit. Her face was glowing in happiness and he knew that it was because she couldn't wait to go in the mountains and spend their time there with all the people she loved the most.

He approached her and wrapped his arms around her waist, putting her hair behind her ear.

"You look beautiful today. More than usual, that is." He said smirking slightly.

"And your eyes are bluer than ever." She said looking firmly into his ocean blue eyes. "We're so cheesy." She then added chuckling.

"Who cares." He said as he kissed her passionately.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him more into her as she could. The more the baby bump grew and the more she couldn't cling onto him as she loved. That was one of the things she hated.

They kissed and whispered love words to each other for a few minutes. He quickly had breakfast and they were pretty much ready to go.

He pulled down all the shutters in the house and reminded Elena to go peeing. He knew by now that she constantly had the need and they had a 3 hours roadtrip ahead.

They headed out of the house and he settled their suitcases in the passanger seats.

"Excited?" He asked as they stepped out of the driveway.

"I can't wait." She said smiling.

"We're going to relax and have a wonderful time, trust me. No one can ruin it for us." He said taking her hand and kissing it.

"I know." She said stroking the palm of his hand.

The time passed by pretty quickly, the only times they had to do breaks was when Elena had to use the restroom.

He could see her looking around ecstatic while they were approaching the house.

"Wow." She said quietly as they looked at it from a distance.

He looked at her and saw the mesmerized look in her eyes. The masion was indeed beautiful and huge. And she had to see the inside.

"It's amazing, Damon." She said as she looked at the sourrandings.

"I know." He smirked.

As he parked into the large driveway he noticed a car that didn't seem to belong to Stefan. They were the first ones who arrived, so it was probably the housekeeper's one.

Luckily he had a pair of keys himself. They were freezing, even though he could see how excited Elena was to see the rest of the house. She seemed almost surprised by this and he realized that ever since her parents died she probably didn't have Holidays like this.

He entwined their fingers and squeezed her hand gently, leading her into the house. She wrapped an arm around his waist as they kept walking.

The house was glorious and wonderful as he remembered. Still looking comfy and inviting.

The fireplace was lighting in the leaving room and his smile suddenly dropped when he saw the person who was smugly sitting in one of the couches.

"Hello Damon." Giuseppe said with a smirk.