Hello. I'm sorry I know that it has been months since I last updated this. But, you know writer's block sometimes happen and once you stop writing you have to find that time where you are motivated to start writing again. Plus, you don't want to write things just for the sake of writing it, but want to make sure that you are satisfied with the next chapter that you will do. I know that it's been a while but I hope that you still enjoy what's left if this story,
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Caroline spoke from the front passenger's seat. "This can't be happening."
Damon swallowed hard as he cradled Bonnie in his arms in the backseat. "It is happening."
Caroline returned. "But, it's too soon, she still has a few weeks left to go."
"I know that but the baby doesn't because he or she appears to be on their way." Damon responded.
"Alright, we have to stay calm. We'll just get her to the nearest hospital." Stefan voiced even though there was worry in his tone.
"Where is that?" Damon wondered.
"I'll see." Caroline got out her smartphone and searched the closest hospital to the location that they were in. She paused when she found out the answer. "...Shit."
The younger Salvatore brother casted her a brief look before returning his attention back to the road that he was driving on. "What?"
The blonde vampire looked over at her boyfriend. "If this is accurate then it says that the next hospital is an hour drives away still."
"Damn it." Stefan clutched at the steering wheel. "That's too far."
Damon cursed, wide eyed.
"Well, maybe if we are lucky and fast enough we can get there." Caroline said to calm everyone in the car including herself who worry went up a tick. Even though she knew in her mind that it wasn't realistic.
In Damon's arms, Bonnie let out another scream of pain as her stomach muscles contracted.
"We won't make it, she's going to have to give birth in this fucking car." Damon grumbled.
They happened to have a that also happened to be a midwife who specialized in supernatural pregnancies and birth, like those from women werewolves and witches, and she happened to have a clinic of her own separate from the hospital that she worked in. This clinic had everything that the normal main hospitals did to give help to proper childbirth and Damon and Bonnie had discussed with each other if it might be a better plan for her to give birth at this clinic. Just so that they could shield their baby from any doctor or nurse that might discover that something with their baby wasn't fully human.
Going to the nearest hospital had been something just thought up at the moment, since Bonnie's water had broke unexpectedly. But their hometown and the midwife was even further away than the closest hospital was and Damon knew that there was no choice left other than for his fiancee to have to give birth to their baby right now.
Then Stefan spoke. "Damon's right I'm going to have to pull over."
"Alright, I guess we have to deal with it the best way that we can." Caroline had a frown of concern on her face.
"Yeah, that's what we will have to do." Damon mumbled as the nervousness for his still to be born baby went up.
So Stefan pulled over to the shoulder of the road and turned the blinkers on and parked the car.
Caroline suggested. "We should go through and gather up whatever we can that will help us prepare."
Stefan nodded his head and opened the door. As did Caroline causing the overhead lights of the car to turn on.
This allowed Damon to see Bonnie who was now fully awake, her green eyes wide and darting around.
"What's happening Damon, what's going on?" Bonnie questioned frantically. Although she could feel it in her body and already knew.
"Your water broke and you're about to give birth." Damon answered drawing in a deep breath.
"No, No, No. This isn't suppose to be, it's too soon." Bonnie shook her head from side to side.
"I-I k-know that it is." Damon stuttered. "But, that's what is happening and what you're going to have to do."
Inside of the car and in the trunk Stefan and Caroline were getting everything that they could, that they thought would help. A towel, blankets, some bottles of water, scissors, alcohol, along with some other items.
Some fear entered into Bonnie's tone as she could feel her stomach muscles contracting. Fear for deep concern of their child being born prematurely. "Oh God."
Damon tried his best to confront even through his own concerns. "The next hospital is too far away and unfortunately we have no choice for you to give birth here."
"Okay,Okay I'll try." Bonnie gritted her teeth against the pain.
"That's all that you can do." Damon directed.
Caroline came around and opened the backseat door that was on the passenger's side. "Here I have a towel let me put it over the seat."
While her eyes were on her fiance, Bonnie heard Caroline's voice. She had passed out back at the place that Enzo had locked her in when Damon came to rescue her, and didn't realize that someone else was with them until now.
"Carebear?" Bonnie questioned to her blonde best friend.
"Yes, Bonnie, I'm here for you and so is Stefan." Caroline returned softly.
Stefan moved around to the front seat of the car with several items in hand. He gave Bonnie a reassuring, light smile. "We're all here for you. It's going to be fine. The kid is going to come out perfectly fine."
Damon joined in. "That's right, witchy."
"Things are going to be fine." Bonnie stated after a deep breath. Even through the pain that she was currently going through and even though her body still felt a little weak from the blood loss that she had suffered through earlier.
Damon maneuvered with Bonnie in his arms, Caroline then placed the towel over the back seat of the car. And he laid Bonnie down over it and then positioned himself between her legs, opposite to the side that Caroline was on.
"We should prepare right now." Caroline hinted.
Agreeing without saying a word Damon grab a large blanket and placed it over Bonnie's lap to cover her up. Then he pulled down her pants and underwear with just enough room for the baby to be able to get comfortably out.
Damon looked over and her. "Are you ready?"
Bonnie looked down her body at him and took a big gulp. "Y-y-yes."
Caroline looked across as Stefan who was leaning over the front seat, ready to help and assist in any way that he could.
Damon had actually read up on how to give birth to a baby. It was more of a curiosity thing from the fansantination at knowing that he was going to be a father. He never thought that he would actually be in the position to have to help see his child born. But, here he was about to do just that, he hoped that he remembered enough from his research to do this correctly, because both Bonnie and their baby needed him at this point.
It didn't take long for the contractions to get closer together and pretty soon Bonnie felt the urge to push. The contractions made her groan or yell out in pain. Caroline tried her best to comfort her friend by holding her hand.
The eldest Salvatore brother could sense that Bonnie needed to push too. So that's what he told her to do. "Now push."
The Bennett witch pushed, her heart pounding in her chest at the urgent situation that she was facing.
For the next few minutes Damon ordered her to push and that's what she did listening to his voice and allowing him to guide her.
However she had no medication to ease the pain and because she was giving birth unexpecting it meant that she had to do so in the complete natural way. Her torso and back was in pain and she was feeling weaker and weaker by the minute.
Tears streamed down her face at the pain and concern. "I don't think that I can do this, it hurts too much."
"I know that it hurts and I'm sorry for that." Damon eyed her with emotion. "But, I know that you can do this. You're strong, You're a fighter Bon and I have faith that you will do this for us and our child."
Hearing his tone and his encouraging words gave her one last burst of energy. "Yes, I can do this. I'm going to do this, for our child."
"That's what I love to here." Damon gave a half smile.
Bonnie worked her hardest, trying her best to get past the discomfort as she pushed and pushed.
Soon Damon spotted something that made his heart boost in his chest. "I see the crown of the head!"
And with those words the excitement between every one went up..
These encouraged Bonnie and with the last bits of energy that she had in her she pushed more and more. Her body was aching, beads of sweat were all over her face, and her body was slightly trembling. She kept pushing and pushing with everything that she had in her.
Until the baby slipped out into Damon's hands and the cries of the newborn suddenly filled the car. As both Stefan and Caroline watched on in amazement. Damon looked down in almost disbelief at the small life that he had now held in his hands, the life that he had created with Bonnie. And the baby was a tiny thing, he guessed just over four pounds or so. But, still there was a powerful set of lungs on the kid.
Tired and exhausted Bonnie collapsed back on the seat of the car. She felt so many emotions as she could hear the cries of her baby. But, was too weak to lift her head to look.
"Oh my God." Caroline looked on.
Damon cradled the baby in his hands. "Quick, the umbilical cord."
Stefan got the scissors that he had sanitized the best that he could with the alcohol and peroxide that he found. He handed them to Caroline who as carefully as she could cut the umbilical cord.
Then Damon wiped the baby down as best as he could with another towel, before wrapping the baby in a blanket. And he felt overjoyed and filled with fatherly love at this life that he had held in his hands. "You did it Bon Bon, I'm so proud of you."
Bonnie let out a shaky laugh. "What is it? What's the sex?"
"It's a girl. We had a girl that like you said that she would be!" Damon's eyes brimmed with tears.
Bonnie wanted to say something, she wanted to see their newborn girl but before she could respond her eyes rolled back in her head and she found herself slipping back into unconsciousness.
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They all had thought about taking Bonnie by the hospital at first. But, then upon discussing the matter among the three of them, Damon, Stefan and Caroline had decided against that now that Bonnie had already given birth to the baby. They knew that many questions would come, not just about Bonnie and how she gave birth and questions about the newborn babygirl. But tons of other questions too. There had already been some worry about the doctors that they didn't trust or know somehow discovering that the baby wasn't quite fully human. Which could have lead to who knows what that wouldn't be good for the fate of the newborn.
The other questions too would come along with Bonnie herself. And after the hectic situation Damon had just remembered the fact that Bonnie was believed to be dead. Until the discovery that Enzo had faked her death and kidnapped her. The doctors could have recognized Bonnie appearing suddenly alive out of nowhere, which might lead to the cops getting contacted and knowing that happened to Enzo. Killing Enzo was in self defense of Bonnie and their baby who was still unborn at the time. Still Damon preferred that Enzo's death be kept a secret from anyone else and he didn't want the cop's nose in their business.
He would find a way to deal with Bonnie being alive and having to explain it to everyone else around who had thought that she was dead later. Now however his number one concern was the witch and their newborn baby girl. Other than being unconscious Bonnie's heart rate and her breathing was fine from what Damon could hear. He did give her more of his blood as Stefan drove them back to help her heal from the labor that she had just went through. And from the sight of it the baby seemed to be doing okay, despite being born early.
So, Damon, Bonnie, the newborn, Stefan and Caroline all made their way back to the house that Damon and Bonnie shared. Then Damon called someone who he trusted with the situation. He gave Bonnie his blood, but still wanted her and their baby to be checked on. That's why he called up the midwife knowing that she had been used to things happening in the supernatural world and trusted with the whole situation and what had went down with Enzo.
He gave the baby to Caroline who took her to clean her off and to put a diaper and come clothes on her. While Caroline attended to that he attended to Bonnie who had yet to regain consciousness since they had arrived home. Damon removed the clothes from her that had been soiled from blood and the results of childbirth and dressed her in some fresh and clean clothes. He laid her in the middle of the bed and watched over her until the midwife came over with her medical bag.
After explaining everything that had happened to the midwife, including the fact that Bonnie had been kidnapped. The midwife went to work checking up on the baby girl, then she checked up on a passed out Bonnie. Checking the witches vital signs, making sure that she wasn't injured anywhere and giving Bonnie some medication through a needle.
Once she was done treating Bonnie for everything medical that she could the midwife turned to Damon, who was standing there watching.
"How will she be doing?" Damon wanted to know about Bonnie.
"She should be able to make a full and complete recovery physically." The midwife let him know.
"Are you sure about that?" Damon questioned.
"I'm very sure. Between the blood that you gave her, she will heal from the affects giving birth. And the medication that I gave to her will also help with the pain and help her recover. With those two things she should be able to recover and be okay in a couple of days." The midwife said.
The blue eyed vampire felt relieved. "I don't have to take her to the hospital then, because I will if you think that she has to go."
The midwife closed up her medical bag. "No need for Bonnie to get to the hospital at this point, that's the advantage of being engaged to a vampire. Your blood will help her heal faster than any thing in the hospital could."
Damon asked more. "And our baby? She was been early, how do you think she is?"
"I understand your concerns as she was born a little early. But she has the luck of being supernatural on her side, while being born early might be trouble for a normal human child, it isn't for your baby." The midwife explained. "She is half witch and vampire after all, the magic in her and vampire in her shielded her from the complications of being born early." The midwife explained.
Damon felt greater relief. "Thankfully."
The midwife added. "Bonnie has been through a lot over this recent days. Emotionally, mentally, physically. Between the stress of being kidnapped and held against her will, and being bitten in the neck and losing so much blood, then childbirth on top of all of that. That's why she is unconscious right now, her body is exhausted and is going to a state of recovering. She will be okay though."
Damon said. "That's what is most important."
The midwife look back at where Bonnie lay and turned back to Damon. "Mostly for the next two days she will be sleeping and on bed rest. If she still has trouble recovering call me and I will come to check on her again."
Damon returned. "I will do that."
"As far as everything that went down with the kidnapping you have my word, I won't share that information with anyone else." The midwife said.
"I'll have to trust you on that." Damon said.
"I'll call tomorrow to see how everything is going, congratulations on your healthy little girl, Mr. Salvatore." The midwife finished.
"Thank you, I'm a lucky man." Damon returned.
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The following two days kept Damon a very busy man, he split his time eveningly between watching and taking care of his babygirl. He took care of the baby, giving her everything that she needed. He fed her when she needed to be fed, mixing a few drops of blood in the bottle of her formula since she was part vampire and needed a little blood with each feeding. He and Bonnie were told this when it was discovered that she was pregnant with a hybrid. And he changed diapers when they needed to be changed. Spent time holding his baby and showering her with all of the love and attention that he as a father could give to her.
The other half of the time, he handed over the baby for Stefan and Caroline to watch her, while he spent that time taking care of Bonnie as she recovered. Bonnie did indeed spend most of the next couple of days in the bed sleeping and resting. He kept a close eye on her making sure that she was physically okay. She didn't have much of an appetite, but he did bring her a few sips of water every now and then so that she wouldn't get dehydrated and waited on her hand and foot. She remained in bed most of the time, only getting out when she had to occasionally use the bathroom with Damon assisting her to get there. Or when he would put her in the bathtub to bathe her and wash her off. But, she didn't have that much energy and because of that the first couple of days she couldn't give that much attention or care to the baby.
On that second night, after Caroline had finished giving the baby a bath, she handed her back over to Damon. Damon told Caroline thanks and that he could handle it for the rest of the night. Then he took the baby back to their bedroom where Bonnie still rested. Although the baby's crib was in the nursery, Damon had placed a playpen in his and Bonnie's bedroom, briefly for their newborn to sleep in. Planning to keep it there just for enough time for Bonnie to recover so that he could keep an eye on both during the night.
Over the next couple of days, Damon had noticed the baby's features more and more. She had the physical characteristics of both of her parents. Her hair color was black like his was, with dark naturally wavy curls, and she had his icy blue eyes. But she had Bonnie's nose and Bonnie's mouth and her skin was a flawless brown, just a shade lighter than Bonnie's was. Damon thought that she was a sight to behold.
The father felt so much love for the daughter that he held in his arms. Slowly, he paced around the bedroom, gently rocking her so that she would fall asleep. And while doing so he had a little conversation with her. "Hey, little princess, I just want to let you know that even though you arrived a bit early, that I'm very glad that you are here and that you are going to be okay." He started quietly."
"You already remind me of your mother, in the fact that you are strong and a fighter just like she is. Your mother went through so much and persevered through so much to get to where she is today, but I know that she'll be the best mom in the world for you. As I will do everything that I can to assure that I am the best dad that I can be to you. I'm going to protect you and do anything that I can for you. Just know that daddy loves you and that I will do so for the rest of my life." He finished.
When the baby had fallen asleep in his arms, he placed her carefully down in the playpen and then went over to his bed and got in, where he lay next to Bonnie and fall asleep himself.
On the next morning Damon got up and took a quick shower, and then got dressed. When he entered from the bathroom into the bedroom, he saw Bonnie sitting up in bed wide awake and looking a lot better than she had been when he rescued her from Enzo.
Immediately he approached the bed. "Hey."
"Hey." Bonnie returned.
Damon took a seat on the edge of the bed, on the side that she was on. "How are you feeling this morning?"
Bonnie's lips curved upward. "I'm feeling much better. I think that I have the energy of a thousand suns and everything with me is back to where it should be physically."
"I'm so happy to hear that. You had me worried for a bit." Damon told her.
"Yeah, Just giving birth out of nowhere like that. It was tough, but I managed to do it." Bonnie sighed.
"You sure did and did an excellent job considering the situation." Damon stated.
"I made it, thanks to you finding me." Bonnie told him.
Damon's tone turned serious for the moment. "What happened with Enzo…." He himself had no regrets about killing the British vampire. As far as he was concerned, Enzo deserved what he got, but he know that in the past Bonnie used to care about the bastard.
Bonnie understood where he was going even though he didn't finish the sentence. "I know what happened and I know what you had to do what you had to do. To save me and our baby, I'm not sorry that Enzo is gone and dead."
Damon nodded.
Bonnie went on. "Speaking of that baby, how is she?"
Smiling Damon responded. "She's tiny, but a perfectly healthy baby girl, despite being born early."
That made Bonnie smile and feel relief. "Can I see her? I haven't had the time to interact with her much yet."
"Of course you can see her." Damon heard the soft voice of the baby as she woke up. "And it appears that she wants to wake up to interact with you as well."
With those words Damon got up and walked over to the playpen. He picked her up, then walked her over to where Bonnie sat. "Here you go."
Bonnie carefully took her daughter from his arms and looked down at her. As this was the first chance that she got to hold her since she was born, Bonnie was filled with instant and overwhelming love for the little hybrid. She had only loved their child since it had been growing inside of her, but holding her now made that love grow ten times faster.
Seeing the expression on Bonnie's face made Damon beam, with warmth in his heart.
The Bennett witch studied the young one's appearance. "She has your eyes." She directed at Damon.
"And your mouth and nose." Damon added with a grin.
"Right, she does." Bonnie chuckled. "We did a good job with this one."
The eldest Salvatore was in full agreement. "We sure did, I couldn't be more proud at this moment."
Bonnie wondered. "Have you named her yet?"
"Nope, I knew that you had an idea on what you wanted to name her. But, I wanted to wait until you came around first." Damon replied.
"How lovely of you to wait until I got better to officially name her." Bonnie said.
"So, you haven't changed your mind, you still want to name her Autumn." Damon guessed.
The witch paused for a brief moment before answering. "Yes, that's what I still want to name her."
"I'm fully on board with that. Autum she shall be named." Damon said.
"Autumn Shelia Bennett-Salvatore, since you and I will be married soon!" Bonnie exclaimed.
"Great! The love the sound of that." Damon gave two thumbs up.
Bonnie gave him another smile.
Damon added. "She hasn't eaten in some hours and now it should be time for her breakfast. While you have her, I'll head out and make her a nice, warm bottle."
Bonnie directed. "I'm kind of famished too, in fact I'm starving."
"Say no more." Damon waved his hand. "What would you like to eat for breakfast?"
"Eggs, bacon, and toast sounds good." Bonnie suggested.
"Then a warm bottle for the kid and Eggs, bacon and toast for the witch!" Damon exclaimed.
"Thanks." Bonnie warmly stated.
Leaning over, Damon kissed Bonnie on the forehead before leaving the room to go and make his family some breakfast.
Alone in the room now with their baby, Bonnie turned her full attention to her. "Hello there, Autumn . After all of these months carrying you inside me you are finally here. God, you are so perfect and have no idea how much I love you, how much the both of us, your father and I love you. Just to give you a warning, I'm going to spoil you a lot. And I look forward to life with you and the three of us. You, your dad and me. I promise you that as your mom right now, I'm never ever going to let you go."
Autumn's tiny hand grabbed onto one of Bonnie's fingers and the witch found herself holding back tears. But, they were tears of happiness. Despite Enzo trying to end it all, he had failed and she had her life ahead of her with Damon and their child. And because of that she so looked forward to the future that they all had together.
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I apologize for any spelling or grammar errors that I missed. I'm about to wrap this story up with one more update. Then I have another story about Bamon in mind based on season eight. Thanks to those who are still reading, despite me not having updated in awhile.