~Nico Petrova~

~One Life To Live, One love to give~

Katherine stumbled through the woods, tears staining her cheeks. Damon's voice rung in her ears. How on earth could he do that. She had opened up to him and loved him, he loved what he saw, not what she was. 

It had been a month since Katherine had called in with the news for Damon, and since then, he had locked himself in the library with a few girls a night; who never got out. He had let the darkness take him again, indulging in vampire life, that was what Katherine had taught him. All of what he was was down to Katherine. 

Katherine walked into the hospital with shakey hands and slowly rang the attention bell at reseption. 

"hello my dear, could i help you with something?" Asked a small mousy looking girl, her hair pinned back and glasses perched on the tip of her nose. 

"I'm here to see doctor cullen?" the small girl started typing. 

"name please?" she asked katherine as she searched the data base. 

"Katherine. Katherine pierce." she replied nodding. 

"Ah my dear, dr cullen is out on a family matter today but we have doctor chealsie available. If you would like to see her." she said with furrowed brows. 

"erm, sure." katherine replied, needing to find a doctor. 

"that way." the receptionist pointed to a small corner room and katherine headed over. 

"thanks you." she called back as she opened the door to the room. "hello? I'm here for the replacment doctor for Cullen." she said walking into the room. 

"be with you in a second" called a musical almost voice from the back room. "please take a seat y dear." she called. Katherine nodded and sat on the small blue patient's examination table looking around the room nervouly. "so, what brings a pretty little young one in here today?" asked the tall brunett girl. Katherine shrugged and lay back on the table as the Doctor approached her. "well i'm Chealsie." she nodded. 

"katherine." she stated looking up at the doctor nervously. 

"relax katherine. Everything is going to be alright." she nodded to her. Pulling on two latex gloves she got her instruments out and asked katherine to roll up her shirt. Katherine followed the instructions only wishing someone was there to hold her hand and assure her that they're there. Chealsie squirted the cold gell on her baby bump and started rolling the scanning probe along her stomach, watching the moniter closely. Katherine lay back closing her eyes and breathing deeply. 

Panick washing over her katherine just wanted to get out and back to her little apartment. She was just about ready to jump up and run out of the room when she felt a cold hand wrap around hers. The doctor looked over to the handsome intruder with a puzzled expression on her face.

"Only imediat family in the room please sir, if you would leave?" she asked calmly seeing the distress on Katherine's face for the first time that day. 

"I'm the father of the baby." he said cooly. Katherine's eyes shot open as she heard the voice and automatically felt comfort in the gorgeous boy that held her hand in his own. 

"Katherine, would you like him to stay?" asked chealsie only looking for the sign off katherine to get rid of this man. 

Katherine nodded rapidly. "If you wouldn't mind, Damon's the dad." she nodded and he give her hand a light squeeze as if to reassure her of the fact that he's here with her. doctor pulled the screan towards them and pointed out a small peanut shapped shadow. "That's your baby boy." she smiled at them before leaving the room to clean up.

"what changed your mind?" Katherine asked warily, keepin a tight hold on his hand. 

"I just had a talk with Edith and she helped me and i realized what you must be feeling. The reason i freaked out Katherine was because i couln't stand by and watch you carry our child...after what happened to my mother." he nodded swallowing hard. Realization sunk in and Katherine could see Damon's problem with having a child.

"oh..." He ran his hand over her cheek softly. 

"That's our baby boy on there Katherine. Our baby." he grinned watching the screen in awe. "I love you katherine, and i promise, i wont let anything happen to you or our litte boy. You're my only one."