Elena signed in and took a seat in the waiting room, she had let Stefan go off and check on one of his patients as they had got there slightly early. She started flipping through the magazines muttering under her breath "boy or girl. Boy or girl" over and over again, until she heard a familiar voice behind her say "boy, it's my nephew in there so you better take good care of him." She didn't need to turn around to know that Damon was standing behind her, and he was. She got up and hugged him, "how did you know I was here?" she said hugging him again making sure he was real.
"Well Stef told me you had an appointment today and you were going to find out the sex of the baby, so I thought I could come on down and see my little nephew, for real. But be quiet he doesn't know I am here." He raised his finger to his lips and smiled.
"Damon? What are you doing here?" Stefan ran up and hugged his brother.
"Just come to see my little nephew" he gave Stefan a smirk and patted Elena's stomach
"We don't know if it a boy or not Damon, but you are welcome to come in and find out with us" Elena was shocked as he just invited Damon into the scan with them. Elena decided this would be a good time to sit down and so did the boys. She rested her head on Stefan's shoulder while the two boys talked.
"Elena Salvatore." The nurse called out her name causing the boys to stop talking and to get up and go into the room, luckily this shut them up, well at least Damon.
"So Elena, you know the drill, shirt up. Damon are you staying in her?" Meredith gave a questionable stare in Stefan's direction.
"Yes he is staying he want to see his niece or nephew" Stefan decided to put emphasis on the niece and it could go either way.
"So guys I am guessing you are hoping for a boy then?" Meredith looked at all three of them but her eyes settled on Elena.
"We Damon is, but all me and Stefan care about is that it is a healthy baby not weather it's a boy or girl." Stefan leant down and kissed Elena on the head. Damon started to talk just as the sound of a heat beat filled the room.
"I'll be damned." They were both so happy to hear their child's heard beat that they completely forgot about Damon. "Is it a boy or a girl?" Elena was starting to think the only reason he came was to see if his brother's child needed to be taught on how to pick up girls.
"Let me see, so Stefan, here is the foot, and there is the head, I've got to say Stefan I have known you for a long time and this is the happiest I have ever seen you. Look Stefan you helped make that. That is your son." Stefan hadn't really been paying attention until the mention of the word son. It was a boy. He let out a small laugh and kissed Elena so passionately that he was sure Damon turned away, well at least he was happy it was a boy. "It's a boy Elena, we are going to have a baby boy!" Stefan looked down at Elena and kissed her bump.
"Let me just print of some pictures for you all and you can be on your way. And Elena, I'm really happy for you."
"Stef why don't I go and tell Ric and you can go and get on with some work?" Stefan could tell this was meant to be a question but is was said as if it was an order.
"That's fine, I will see you when we get home." Stefan was now looking at Damon who hadn't stopped smiling since the news that the baby was a boy.
"Sounds like a plan, Stefan you can introduce me to all your patients as you way better older brother, and Elena you can go and see Ric and I will swing by later. Good idea lets go." He grabbed on to Stefan's jacket and tugged him down that hall.
"I love you Elena!" Stefan managed to shout down the hall just in time before he turned the corner.
Elena walked slowly down to the ICU, even though Ric was out of the woods, they still wanted him there in case something went wrong, which Stefan has assured Elena that it would not.
"Hey Ric, how are you feeling?" Elena walked up and kissed Ric on the head and gave him a quick hug.
"Elena, you are massive! I'm trusting Stefan is on board?" Ric placed his hand on Elena's bump and stroked it. "Do you know if it is a boy or girl?" he now looked up at Elena who was glowing.
"Stefan is totally on board and he is really excited, he even told Damon who is excited as well. And it is a boy, we just found out, I wanted to come and tell you." Elena now took a seat next to his bed so then could talk without him having to strain his neck.
"Elena! You should have started with that. I can believe in 4 months' time you are going to be a mum and Stefan is going to be a dad. You are going to be amazing parents. And I can't wait to meet this little one." Ric pulled Elena in for a hug, but they were interrupted when Logan came in.
"Elena, Stefan said you would be in here, sorry to interrupt, but he is looking for you and he said it is important. He is in room 375, he asked me to send you down." Elena thanked Logan who then left, and just looked at Ric who was still smiling.
"Just go, I'll be fine and I'm really happy for you, and I can't wait." Elena kissed Ric and squeezed in one last word before she left.
"Damon said he was going to pop by later, but knowing him I wouldn't keep your hopes up."