Weeks later, Bonnie stood in the downstairs bathroom,
just staring at the items that were in front of her. And she spent a good forty minutes staring at them in disbelief, as if looking at them for a long period of them could change the results that these items were showing her. Because she was trying to make sure that her eyes were telling her the right thing and sure enough they were, because there was no denying what was in front of her.
Her body had been feeling off and once she had pinpointed what it was and why it could have been off, she took the steps to see if what she thought might have been going on was actually going on. But, still because of the circumstances she was doubtful that the results would actually go there. She took the steps more as a precaution and just to be safe and sure. So, to say that the results had her taken aback was a big understatement.
But, the test before her told her that there had been a big change to her body, even if it had yet to be noticed by the naked eye and that big change was that she was pregnant. When her period hadn't come on time, she wondered how and why. Sure being missing a period would have a lot of women immediately questioning whether or not they are pregnant or not and for those women the results may not have been surprising if it turns out that they were. But, for Bonnie it was a little different, because of the supernatural being that Damon was, he simply wasn't suppose to able to get a girl pregnant. At least that was the common rule and knowledge of the supernatural world.
So, for that reason when she had brought the pregnancy test as a precaution and took it, part of her at least expected the test to come back as negative. Then she would see that she is not pregnant and therefore if she needed to go to her doctor to see why she had missed her period and her doctor could tell her the medical reason for why this had happened. But, there was no need for her to do that, because it was clear that the only medical reason for her being late was the fact that she was indeed pregnant.
And she still couldn't wrap her mind around that fact. Because of the circumstances, she wondered if the test that she had gotten was perhaps faulty and had told her the wrong results. To make for certain she brought two more over the counter pregnancy test from the store, went back home and tested herself out. And just like the first test had told her, the other two test read her back that positive sign that told her that she was indeed pregnant. Three different over the counter test from three different brands all telling her the same thing.
Now she stood staring at those test in complete nervousness and surprise. And for forty minutes she processed it through her mind, how she felt emotionally about these results. Once she had gotten past the shock and the nervousness of what she had felt, she decided that she actually felt excited and happy by these results. She had always envisioned herself being a mother someday, even if not this soon. So a big part of her was excited, even if another part of her was sort of unsure.
Then there was the question of how Damon would handle it once she had told him that she was pregnant. How would he feel when she let him know that she was going to have his child? He would be as surprised and as shocked as she was, because he was a vampire and Bonnie could bet that he didn't expect to make any woman pregnant that he had slept with.
She knew that he was in love with her and that he loved her very much. She knew that he was one percent committed to her and only her, as by the proof that he had proposed to her and wanted her to be his wife for many years to come. She didn't know how exactly he won't react to her pregnancy. A man learning that he was going to be a father had to always be a huge deal, a man that happened to be a vampire and Bonnie guessed that that deal would be mindblowing.
With her knowing Damon for so long she had an idea in her mind on how he might react, but she still couldn't have been one hundred percent sure about that. But, she knew that she had to tell him as soon as he got him, this wasn't something that she wanted to procrastinate and wait around on telling him.
Deciding that she had spent enough time in the bathroom staring at those tests, Bonnie moved into the living room area. She turned the TV on and flipped through the channels, but her mind was too preoccupied to really pay attention to anything that was on, so she turned the TV back off. Sometime later the sound of Damon's motorcycle pulling into the driveway broke through her silence and thoughts. And her heartbeat picked up a notch as she wanted for her fiance to come inside.
The front door opened and Damon called out. "Hey, Bon-Bon, I'm home where are you?"
"I'm in here." Bonnie answered him.
Following the sound of her voice Damon stepped into the living room.
Turning to look she saw him dressed in all black, with his motorcycle leather jacket on. "How was your ride?"
"Thrilling and freeing." Damon gave her a half smile. "So, how was your time while I was out?"
Bonnie paused before answering. "Eventful."
Damon took off his leather jacket and toed off his boots. "I would love to learn all about it."
She sent him a nervous expression.
He noticed this. "Has something happened, Little witch?"
"You can bet that it has." Bonnie pressed her lips together.
"Alright." Damon moved over to where she was sitting.
Bonnie suggested. "You might want to set down, this is some life changing stuff."
Damon being very curious sat down next to her and waited for her to say whatever she had to say.
Taking a breath Bonnie quickly said. "I'm…..I'm pregnant."
"Wha….huh?" Those words didn't quite register to Damon.
"I'm pregnant." Bonnie confessed. "You're going to be a dad."
For a whole minute Damon didn't say anything at all, just sat there looking at her with his icy blue eyes widened.
That only made Bonnie more nervous about how he was going to react.
"You're pregnant." Damon slowly put it together. "And I'm going to be a dad?"
"Yep." Bonnie confirmed.
"Are you positive?" Damon questioned taken aback.
"Took three over the counter pregnancy test and they all say positive." Bonnie explained. "I could show them to you if you'd like."
Damon shook his head. "No, of course you don't have to do that, I believe you without seeing them."
She nodded her head in response.
"Wow." Was what he said.
"I thought the exact same thing." Bonnie still have that expression and feeling of surprise.
"This is unexpected….." Damon rethought about what he had to say. "I mean…."
Bonnie returned. "I know what you mean."
Damon went on. "It's kind of shocking."
Bonnie added. "Even though we have made love a lot since we have gotten together." She emphasised on the a lot part.
Damon whistled in agreement. "A lot would actually be an understatement on that."
"Under normal circumstances, in a situation where a man and a woman have tons of sex unprotected, it wouldn't become that much of a surprise that they ended up pregnant." Bonnie commented.
"But, I'm a vampire." Damon stated.
"Yes, we know the rules of the supernatural world when it comes to vampires and pregnancy…...it's just not suppose to happen." Bonnie pointed out.
The blue eyed vampire let out a long sigh. ""Apparently, somehow, someway I have managed to get you pregnant."
She sighed. "Apparently, you have managed to get me pregnant."
For a moment they just exchanged gazes, each one trying to read what the other was thinking and feeling.
"So….." Damon rubbed at the back of his neck. "This is life changing news for us."
"Beyond life changing." Bonnie emphasis.
Another moment of silence passed between them as they shifted through their thoughts and feelings on the matter.
Bonnie had to know how he felt about it. "Now that I have told you what's going on, what are your feelings on the fact that you're going to be the father of my child?"
Damon gestured. "Whoa,...Um once I look past the shock, I can say that I have mixed feelings about it. Not that any of them are negative feelings, but yeah mixed feelings about it."
"Me too, mixed feelings for me too." Bonnie nodded.
"Well, a big part of me is nervous with such news, this is a huge deal after all. But, I also can say that sorting through how I feel, I think that I'm happy and excited with the thought of you being pregnant." He admitted.
Her eyes lit up. "Really?"
He looked at her.. "Really. Before, I would want nothing to do with getting a girl pregnant. But, a lot of things have changed for me lately, especially with you coming into my life and because of the fact that it's you having my child, I can honestly say that I'm excited right now."
Bonnie told him. "I feel the same way that you do."
Damon returned. "Do you?"
"I do." Bonnie smiled. "Mostly. I'm excited and thrilled to learn of this news. I always thought that once I settled down and met the right man that it would be wonderful for me to become a mother one of these days. And because that man is you, I'm good with the idea of this pregnancy."
"Great, the fact that you are glad that I knocked you up really flatters by ego." Damon joked with a chuckle.
Laughing Bonnie nudged him with her elbow. "Even though there is a smaller part of me, that's unsure about how I'll handle parenthood exactly."
He swung an arm over her shoulder. "I think that's natural when you're becoming a parent for the first time. I can be one hundred percent certain of how I will be a father. But, whatever comes with being parents, we will learn and will get through it together."
"You're right. Just like we get through everything together. Whatever comes with this pregnancy and baby, I will know in the end that we will be okay. And that we will raise and love this child to the best of our abilities." Bonnie said.
"That's right." Damon brushed his lips off of the side of her head.
Bonnie laid her head on his shoulder. "To think that you and I created this life together, it really is amazing beyond words."
Damon got a twinkle in his eyes as he looked down at her still flat belly, but now knew that there was a tiny life starting to grow in there. A tiny life that he and his witch had made. It really touched and warmed his vampire heart. "We're going to be parents, we're going to have a baby!" And the thought of that had him in awe.
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While Damon and Bonnie fawned over learning the news of her pregnancy, Enzo sat a bar, nursing a bottle of beer. It was actually his third bottle of beer that he had been working on since he arrived at the bar. That's what he had been doing ever since he learned weeks ago that Bonnie was not only with Damon and had been with Damon for a while, but that she was also engaged to his former friend and that she was living with him and being a full blown couple with him.
He had been laying low and keeping to himself since then. Avoiding them and staying out of there sight and out of there way. To cope with his bruised heart, he had spent the following weeks drowning himself in alcohol, drinking down whatever he could get his hands on. He had also been sleeping with random women, bedding any woman that he willing and able to give herself to him. However, even though he had been getting his needs physically met as a man, his feelings and ego were still sore. To think that Damon was currently still having his happy little time with Bonnie left Enzo bitter.
Enzo didn't have the time and patience for any of it. He lingered around in California only to try and enjoy it's weather and to try to shake off his bruised feelings. He couldn't stand the thought of catching the sight of Damon and Bonnie roaming around in coupledom together and he knew that his best bet was to get as far away from them as he could. That's why he was going to leave to fly back to the east coast and Virginia tomorrow, he just had to get away from Bonnie Bennett if he ever was going to move on.
Just as he was thinking about getting a fourth bottle of beer, he heard some people coming in the doorway of the bar laughing. Turning his head Enzo saw the rocker couple coming through the door holding hands and showing PDA with each other. He recognized them as Bonnie and Damon's neighbors, He remembered seeing them from across the way from Bonnie and Damon's house, when he had jumped in the rental car and drove off after his confrontation with the witch and the vampire weeks ago.
The rocker couple sat down at a booth next to each other and they ordered some food and drinks. It didn't take long before the waitress brought them their drinks and they had conversation with each other as they waited for the food. Even though there table was several feet away Enzo could hear what they were saying from where he was, thanks to his vampire hearing. From boredom more than anything else he used that to eavesdrop not really expecting to hear anything interesting.
"I can't believe the phone call that we got from Damon before we got here." Bailey started.
"Yeah, it is pretty unbelieveable." Trevor agreed.
"They're going to have a baby, it's quite lovely news." Bailey said.
Trevor commented. "Of course as it always is to know about a new life being created for this world. I could tell that Damon was super excited about that."
Bailey returned. "It's totally sweet that he was so glad to tell us that he is going to be a dad. Not all men would be glad to learn about that."
"Well, Damon is a stand up guy, at least when it comes to Bonnie, so it's not surprising that he is glad to be the father of her child." Trevor stated.
"Those two have become great friends and they are even better people, They deserve all of their happiness that they can get." Bailey said.
"I agree with that." Trevor grabbed his drink. "They're having a little one and who ones maybe with some luck you and I can have a little one of our own some day."
Bailey grinned. "Maybe? We definitely will have a little one of our own some day. Hopefully sooner rather than later."
Trevor gave his girlfriend an expression. "Hey, wouldn't that be something if we could give Damon and Bonnie's kid a friend to play and grow up with."
Bailey directed. "That would be something, as A matter of fact I say that after we leave here we go back home and start working on having a little one of our own."
"Yes, Yes in that case let's eat and get the hell out of here so that we can go home and put the work into that little one of our own!" Trevor exclaimed.
Bailey gave a flirty giggle in response.
Trevor nuzzled his nose against her cheek and whispered something in her ear.
Enzo couldn't quite hear enough to understand what Trevor was whispering. But, he assumed that it was something flirty or sexual considering where the conversation with them had gone. But, he didn't care about what that couple had to say with each other or the fact that it appeared that they planned to have sex with each other.
No, his concern was on the ones that they had talked about. Damon and Bonnie and the fact that it appeared that Bonnie was pregnant and that Damon was the father. Enzo had no idea how that could be, Damon was a vampire so perhaps it was mistaken somehow. Nonetheless if it was even possible that this was true then Enzo was alarmed, alarmed and bothered. The fact was that a child could make some couple's bond grow stronger and if she was really pregnant then that was another win for Damon and another loss for him.
Enzo clutched the beer bottle tightly in his hand almost to the point of breaking it. He needed to know if this could be true. If it was then moving on from Bonnie was going to be even more difficult for him.
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Once they had finished celebrating their pregnancy with each other, during the hours after they had found out, they had contacted all of the people closest to them to let them know about the news. But, no one was as close to them as Stefan and Caroline were. That's why the next day they were now talking to Stefan and Caroline on the computer and through a video call on skype. Where Damon and Bonnie sat next to each other in front of the computer at their California home and Stefan and Caroline were at their computer, in the boarding house back in Virginia. Skype was one of the ways that the four used to stay in contact with each other, since they were on different coasts most of the time.
And at the moment the four were continuing the conversation of them all finding out that Bonnie was pregnant the day before.
"I'm still surprised about this. You know considering vampires and pregnancy and all of that." Stefan started the conversation off.
"Believe me, we're still surprised too." Bonnie gestured towards Damon.
"Yeah, but I guess you could say that I have vampire magical sperm." Damon smirked.
Caroline held up a hand. "Ewww, way too much information."
Stefan squinted his eyes at Damon through the computer screen. "We don't need a visual of you and your sperm. Damon."
Damon just snorted in response.
While Bonnie shook her head playfully at her fiance , before speaking. "We don't know how this came to be, but Damon and I are planning to do some research to see what loopholes could have lead to me getting pregnant."
"Besides that part, how are the two of you handling this? Any of your feeling change since yesterday?" Caroline wanted to know.
"Not really. We're still happy and excited about this for the most part." Bonnie answered.
"Yep, even though the thought of being new parents is a little scary, we're still as thrilled as we were yesterday." Damon added.
Caroline put in. "That's good and you two feeling that way is what's most important in this situation."
Stefan put in. "As long as you are feeling positive about this, I'll say it again, like I said yesterday, congratulations on your bundle of joy."
Damon directed. "Thanks, for the congrats, brother."
"Right, Thank you Stefan." Bonnie said.
Stefan smiled at them through the screen. "You're both very welcome."
Caroline bubbled. "I hope that you guys know that I'm going to spoil that baby as much as I can."
"Of course, I already know that. Care." Bonnie's lips curved in a lighthearted way.
"We're going to be flying to the west coast once that child is born." Caroline went on.
"We will be doing that." Stefan agreed with his girlfriend.
Damon stated. "And Bon-Bon and I will look forward to you visiting us more often."
Bonnie commented. "We want our baby to be exposed as much to his or her Aunt and Uncle as he and she can be."
The fact that Bonnie had preferred to her as the Aunt made Caroline smile more. Even though they were siblings by blood, like Stefan and Damon were, they were very much like sisters to each other.
"You know what, I'm going to start to do some shopping for baby tomorrow." Caroline told them.
"Already?" Stefan looked sideways at her. "We just found out and we have many months left until Bonnie will give birth."
"Silly." Caroline lightly tapped him on his shoulder. "One can never prepare too soon for the birth of a baby."
Bonnie waved a hand. "That's true, I know that I'm going to be spending every second that I can preparing."
Damon mumbled. "So, will I, every second for the next nine months."
Stefan commented. "The more that I think of it the more that I think that being an Uncle will be interesting."
Damon cocked his head to the side. "How do you think that being an Uncle will be interesting, brother?"
"Don't know, I guess in the way that I can teach my niece or nephew some things." Stefan hinted.
"What things? Like how to brood or how to hunt for rabbits and squirrels in the forest?" Damon joked.
Caroline rolled her eyes.
And Stefan smirked knowing what his brother was trying to do. "Actually, if the kid wanted to learn how to hunt and feed off of animals then I would teach him or her."
"No way, that's not going to happen." Damon made a dramatic movement.
"So, you're against the idea of our child drinking animal blood." Bonnie directed at him amused.
"Damn right I am, Bonnie. Only human blood for our child. Human blood gives vampires the most strength after all" Damon muttered.
Stefan leaned forward. "What's so wrong with animal blood?"
Damon returned. "Other than the fact that I don't want my kid being a weakening like you."
This time Stefan snorted. "Hey, why don't I show you what a 'weakening" that I am."
"What?" Damon raised his voice.
"I could fly all the way over there just to kick your ass and you won't be calling me a weakening then, I bet." Stefan challenged.
"Come over here and bring it on, if you want a beatdown then." Damon narrowed his eyes.
Bonnie and Caroline exchanged a look and a laugh through the computer monitor. They knew that the Salvatore brother's weren't being serious with each other and were just joking and messing around with each other like brother's sometimes did.
"Knock it off you guys." Caroline jumped in.
"Yeah, you two knock it off and get along." Bonnie added.
The four of them laughed and continued their video call for about another hour.
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Enzo demanded answers and needed answers on what he had overheard. So, when he had boarded his flight in California that morning and arrived back to Virginia hours later on that afternoon he went out to look for them. Instead of heading from the airport back to his cabin, he went into the main part of Mystic Falls and drove down a street, until he had found the little shop that he was looking for.
It was a shop that was ran by an elderly witch, one who was very wise and known by all of the resident witches and local supernatural. The shop was only known to the supernaturals and sold items to mostly witches. Although it could have it's uses to the local werewolves and vampires as well, depending on what one was looking for. The shop sold spellbooks and potions and herbs to the witches around. But, the elderly witch was often known to know a lot of information about the supernatural world and some went to her for information and answers that others didn't know. That was Enzo's intention as he walked into the little shop.
The elderly witch has sold small spellbook to a teenaged boy who appeared to be in the starting stages of his craft. He gave her the money for the cost of the book and the elderly witch gave him a sweet smile and told him to come back if he had any questions about the book. The teenaged boy gave her a wave and a nod and left the shop with a curious glance towards Enzo.
Alone in the shop now, Enzo approached the counter where the witch had switched her attention to some potions. Enzo stood there and waited for her to acknowledge him, but she kept her focus on what she was doing.
So, after a while Enzo cleared his throat.
The elderly witch greeted him without looking up from what she was doing. "Yes, vampire?"
Enzo furrowed his brow. "How did you know that I was a….."
She cut him off. "Vampire…...I've been on this earth for seventy years, I know the aura of a vampire, I can tell the difference."
All that Enzo could say was. "Oh."
"Tell me what brings you here? Do you need some herbs? Some spell that has to do with vampirism?" The elderly woman wanted to know.
"I don't need any herbs and I don't need to know of any spells. What I am here for is answers about the supernatural world and I think that you could have the knowledge to inform me of such information." Enzo replied.
"What is this information that you speak of?" She wanted to know.
"Pregnancy or more specifically vampirism and pregnancy." Enzo said.
"What about it?" She pushed for him to tell her more.
Enzo went on. "Vampires, more focused on male vampires and it is possible for us to create children."
The elderly witch peered at him through her glasses. "How long have you been a vampire?"
Enzo answered. "For many decades."
The old witch adjusted her glasses. "And yet you come here for questions about vampires and procreation that you should already know."
"I do already know. I just need for you to reinforce the odds of a male vampire such as myself being able to get a female pregnant." Enzo insisted.
The witch shook her head. "As you should already know the odds are very much against that factor. There is a one in two million chance that a male vampire would be able to get a woman that he slept with pregnant. You would have a better odd of winning the lottery or getting hit by lighting."
"That's what I figured." Enzo commented.
"But, there can be an exception to that rule." She added.
"And that exception is?" Enzo questioned.
She let him know. "If that woman were a supernatural herself, more likely a witch."
The British vampire cursed under his breath.
"Now if a woman were a witch, then perhaps she could get pregnant by a vampire. The odds would increase only slightly over that of a human woman, but under certain special circumstances then yes a female could became pregnant by a vampire. But, firstly only witches from the most powerful of bloodlines would be able to carry a child from a vampire." This elderly witch explained.
"Such as she being a Bennett witch?" Enzo grumbled.
"Yes, one hundred percent, a witch from the Bennett lineage would certainly have the blood and the magic within her strong enough to be able to have a baby with a vampire." She confirmed.
And with that Enzo was filled with dread. "Then what if I told you that I know of a witch that got pregnant by a vampire. And that she is a Bennett witch at that."
"Then I would tell you that my interest is peaked upon learning this news. It certainly would be a fascinating event considering the circumstances. Not even I have actually seen a witch who has a baby by a vampire, even though I know that it is possible. This baby would be a gift to our world, one of the very few witch/vampire hybrids of it's kind." She finished.
Enzo swallowed. "She's my ex girlfriend and he was my best friend."
The elderly woman pressed her lips together. "Then you are here wanting this information with a scorned heart?"
Enzo chose to ignore that question. "I was with her for three years and dated her, slept with her. If it's her Bennett blood and magic that makes it possible for her to be able to become pregnant by a vampire, how come she never got pregnant with my child?"
"Do you want the harsh truth." She sighed.
"Lay it on me." Enzo said to her.
She gestured. "As I said several things have to play in factor for a vampire to be able to get a woman pregnant. Not only must she be a witch from a powerful bloodline, but it was to be more than that. The vampire has to be her soulmate, her one and only, her one true love, the one that she is in love with more than anything, and the one that she has such a strong connection to that all rules of the supernatural world can be overcome, including the fact that witches and vampires are often enemies, then that is when truly a loophole can be created."
"Then you're telling me that she never loved me only him?" Enzo frowned.
The elderly woman shook her head, this poor man before her she pitied some, for clearly a woman that he was attached to was with someone else. "This Bennett witch may have actually cared for you and had some feelings for you at the time that you dated her. But, no you weren't her soulmate or her meant to be, as it appears that your former vampire friend is."
"That's just it then?" Enzo huffed.
"I'm afraid so. I gave you the answers that you came here for." She directed at him. "But, other than that I can do nothing else for you on this matter and as fascinating as the thought of a witch becoming pregnant by a vampire is, I don't have any further interest, as I don't like to get myself involved in the personal affairs and drama of others, especially strangers. My advice would be that you let go of this woman that you're obviously still stuck on since she is having a child with another man."
Enzo's tone was slightly sarcastic. "Great advice, that's something that I have been trying very hard to do, but it's easier said than done."
The elderly witch just eyed him. "Do you have any other questions on other subjects that you need to know of vampire?"
"No, I don't." Enzo said. "As a matter of fact I think that you've just helped me gained closure, I know what I need to do now."
"Alright, then if that's all, I ask that if you aren't going to buy anything to leave. I have a business to get back to." She said in a polite manner.
Feeling grim Enzo turned and walked out of the shop.
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Eight months later.
Over the course of her pregnancy, Damon and Bonnie had spent the time as much as they could getting ready for their upcoming parenthood in every way that they could. They looked up information online as well as the both of them reading up on books and magazines from the human world, on pregnancy, birth and parenthood and gathered up and learned on the information that they could on that front.
Besides reading up on everything from the human world about babies, they had also went to the supernatural world since she was a witch and he was a vampire. They found all of the information that they could from that viewpoint and researched through everything that they could find on the subject. Looked up on witch/vampire hybrids and what they could expect that came along with having such an hybrid child.
They learned that having a baby that was created in such a way was very, very rare to the world. That there had been a very few natural witch/vampire hybrids that had ever existed. There were siphoners such as the heretics. But, in that case the heretics stole power from witches and didn't actually have any powers of their own.
Hybrids such as the baby that Bonnie was carrying was different and unique. The only ones known that could be a vampire and have the ability to create and sustain magic, naturally produced from their own bodies. And such being had the chance of being the most powerful and strongest supernatural beings that ever existed. Because of this once their child was born and grew up to a certain age, the Bennett/Salvatore hybrid could eventually become the most powerful supernatural that the world ever saw, with strengths beyond the imagination.
Such a witch/vampire hybrid was very rare and even though it was possible for a vampire to impregnate a witch under certain circumstances, Damon and Bonnie learned that there was only one other known case in recorded history of a baby being born that was like theirs. That was a hybrid that had been born way back in the 1600's and which had lived briefly before dying during childhood for unknown reasons. There could have been a few others but there was no way to be sure of that. Either way their baby would be the first of it's kind that the world saw in modern history. And they were preparing in the best way that they could for that.
As for the physical part of Bonnie's pregnancy, things had been going along pretty well. There was no major health problems with her pregnancy and things were going along and developing like how they were suppose to. Even though they learned the birth of their child might be more straining on her body because of the fact that the baby was a witch/vampire hybrid her pregnancy was healthy and fine. Sometimes she struggled with morning sickness but that was normal for any woman who had become pregnant.
Bonnie took good care of herself and ate well with nutritious heavy foods and she took the vitamins that she needed to take. There were cravings that she had, since she had become pregnant she had the increased need to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, chocolate chip ice cream, oatmeal cookies, and cheddar flavored potato chips. So, she always made sure that she had those food items stacked in the kitchen.
Damon did his part as a expectant father, by taking good care of her. Waiting on her hand and foot whenever she needed some rest and making sure that she didn't push herself too far, with too much work. He would insist doing some of her chores for her and tell her to sit down and relax. He always checked on her to make sure that everything was going okay. And used his vampire senses to assure that her pregnancy was going along like it was suppose to. He treated her with extra tenderness and care and because of that she could tell that he was going to be a heck of a dad.
Currently, because of the birth of their child being just a month away, they were putting all of the finishing touches on doing what they needed to do for the arrival of the baby. That included getting the nursery prepared. And that was Damon's mission, getting the room ready by painting it so that they could move the baby bed, the diaper changing station, and all of the furniture that needed to be moved into the room moved into the room.
All throughout that day Damon has been painting the room and painting the room in neutral colors that could be for either sex. Since they had yet to know if the baby would be a boy or a girl and they didn't really want to know which one it would be until their baby was actually born. For being the only one who was painting the room by himself, he was making quite the progress after he had spent hours on it. He was on the ladder working on the higher part of the wall when he heard footsteps walking in. Glancing back he saw that it was Bonnie touting a glass in her hand.
"Hey!" Damon exclaimed in greeting.
"Hey." Bonnie returned approaching him and the ladder.
Damon questioned. "Need something?"
Bonnie replied. "I was just bringing you some refreshment after you been working hard all of this time." She held up the glass. "Ice cold lemonade, with a couple of drops of blood."
"Thanks." He took the glass that she offered him and gulped down the lemonmade with a taste of blood in a few big swallows. "That really hit the spot and gives me an energy boost."
Taking the now empty glass from him she stated. "You're welcome, I thought that you would need it after all of this time painting."
He told her. "Very generous for you to keep me in your thoughts."
Placing the glass on a stand Bonnie looked around the room. Since he had started to paint that day she had come in from time to time, every hour to check on him and make sure that he was okay, as well as check on the progress that he was making.
"Paint job is coming along very well so far." Bonnie softly said.
"It is." Damon's eyes scanned the room.
"Keep up the good work." Bonnie encouraged.
"I will." Damon then took that moment to study her. His fiancee had grown even more beautiful through the months of being pregnant. And right now her hair swept over her shoulders and her face was a little fuller and slightly rounder from the pregnancy weight that she has gained. Her eight month belly was a big and round baby bump in front of her, causing her to have to waddle sometimes when she walked. He just looked at her and notice had amazing she looked.
She notice how he was staring at her. "What?"
He whispered to her. "You're glowing and you look absolutely stunning and breathtaking right now."
"Aww." Bonnie touched a hand to her heart. "With constant compliments like that it's no wonder why I'm having your baby!"
"Ha!" deciding to take a break from the painting, he stepped down off of the ladder and wiped his hands on a towel. "How are you feeling today?"
"Still good." She answered since he had asked the same question that morning. "I have the usual craving, thinking about going off and finishing the rest of that chocolate chip ice cream."
Damon grinned. "Those cravings are strong."
Bonnie exclaimed. "Yes, they are."
Damon returned. "A month from now and this room will be filled with the cries of our creation."
"Yeah." Bonnie muttered. "I think that I'm ready for that, but at the same time I still don't know how exactly ready, I'll be once I'm holding our baby in my arms."
"You'll be ready and you'll be the best mother in the world." Damon assured her.
"I'll put every ounce of myself into being the best mother." Bonnie gave him a smile.
"And I'll try my best in being the best dad." Damon added.
Bonnie let him know. "And you'll succeed!"
Damon directed. "Our kid's going to be special and strong, one of the few hybrids of his or hers kind."
Bonnie agreed. "Badass, like his or hers parents!"
Damon chuckled.
"You know, I have a feeling that it's going to be a girl." Bonnie sighed.
"Really? A girl and not a boy." Damon arched a brow.
"It's just this feeling that I have, even though we don't know. My gut says that it's a girl." Bonnie explained to him.
Damon nodded. "Okay!"
Turning her head to the side she asked him. "Would you prefer if it was a boy?"
Damon admitted. "Having a son would be pretty cool. But, really it doesn't matter. Boy or girl as long as we have healthy child, I will love it either way."
"Right, I think that if the baby is a girl I would like to name her Autumn." Bonnie warmly expressed.
"Autumn, that's a pretty name." Damon commented.
"You think so?" Bonnie wondered.
Damon smiled even more. "Yeah, if it's a girl we'll name her Autumn."
Bonnie added. "And if a boy, we'll come up with a name for him at birth."
He gave her a thumbs up. "Agreed!"
They leaned into each other for a long kiss on the lips.
But, Bonnie pulled away when she felt something in her stomach. "Oh, Wow!"
"What is it?" Damon asked.
"The baby is kicking!" Bonnie exclaimed.
"Seriously? Whoa!" Damon exclaimed in return.
Grabbing his hand, she placed it on her belly so that he could see for himself. "Here."
Sure enough he could feel that baby kicking and it was with some strength too. "Whoa." He repeated.
As she felt their baby inside of her, her heart already swelled with the love that a mother has for a child. Looking over at Damon she could see the fatherly love and awe in his eyes and her heart swelled even more. This was her life and she loved it.
"I love you." She told him with unshed tears of joy in her eyes.
Making eye contact with her, he had emotion and love of his own in his eyes. "I love you as well, Bonnie." He kept his hand on her belly until the baby stopped kicking.
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On the following night, after being busy running some errands Bonnie was heading home. She looked forward to going home and spending time with Damon for the rest of the night, before bedtime. Thinking that maybe she could curl up on the couch with him and they could get cozy and snuggle as they watched a movie from Netflix together.
Putting the radio on low and quietly humming along to the song that was playing on it, she turned on the two lane highway that would lead her to the road that her has was located on. She was just about a fifteen minute drive away from home. Taking her time and obeying the speed limit and not rushing to get home.
Everything was going along smoothly, that was until she noticed a car coming from the other lane and in the opposite direction with it's high beam headlights on, that hurt her eyes and blinded her some. Annoyed at whoever the driver was she was about to signal with the blink of her highlights that the driver needed to turn his bright headlights into low lights. But, before she could do that she noticed that the car was coming towards in at a high rate of speed. Alarmed she tapped on her brakes, when the car made a sudden jerky movement in her direction, coming at her in a high rate of speed, almost at a blur making it harder for her to react. The car jumped lanes and was headed towards her in a head on collision, she clutched at the wheel and slammed on her brakes with a scream caught in her throat.
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Back at the house that he shared with Bonnie, Damon waited for her to come home, looking forward to snuggling up with her and spending some time with her. He was expecting her home soon as she had called twenty minutes ago to let him know that she would be home soon. He thought about the movies that he could watch with her on Netflix when there was a knock on the door.
In a bright mood he walked to the door to see who it was. Damon opened the door to see a couple of men in police uniforms standing there. "How can I help you officer's?" His tone was cheerful.
The policemen gave him a sober expression. "Are you Damon Salvatore?" One of them asked him.
The tone and their demeanor had the cheerful mood dropping from Damon and he felt a sudden bad feeling come over him. "Yes, I'm him." He swallowed not liking how they were looking at him, like what they had to tell him wasn't good.
"We're sorry to inform you." The officer continued in that sober tone. "But, your fiancee Bonnie Bennett was in a car crash just moments ago and we regret to tell you that she has passed away."
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Thank you to those who have supported this story so far. I apologize for any spelling or grammar errors that I missed.