It's Time To Wake Up, Elena

Chapter 23

Damon's POV 

I don't know how to explain all the emotions through my body right now. It's electrifying, something I've only felt one other time; the first time I saw Elena back in 2010. I wish this moment could last forever, but the one thing I want more than to live this moment over and over is to live our life together and to have a family. Elena and I never talked about having kids besides that one time we played the 'You're human and where do you see yourself in 5 years' game. Even though it was just a silly fantasy back then, but the moment Elena took the cure...it wasn't just a fantasy anymore, it was the future. It was our future. Now that I think of it, that was part of the reason I decided I was gonna take the cure with Elena, to have a family, yes it would be did-functional as hell, but it would be our family. I just want to prove to Elena and myself that I would make a great father, better than the piece of shit father I had. I just want to show people that I've changed for the better, it just took time and the right person...

Hours of dancing, talking, laughing, and memory making...the sun sets. I grab Elena's hand and pull her away from the crowd of people.

"Damon." She chuckles. "Where are we going?"

I look back at her as I walk her on this path entering the woods. "I wanna show you something." She smiles. About a minute later, I stop.

"What is this place?" Elena asks. She looks around. All there is was a big flat rock elevated about 8 feet above the ground with little rocks creating a stairway up to it.

I smile at her, "For the past 65 years, every time I felt alone or down about something, I came here." I grab her hand and help her up the rocks.

She's still looking around as she reaches the top, "Why here?"

I lay on my back on the flat rock, "Come here, I'll show you." I smirk. Even though Elena is still in her wedding dress and her heels, she lies down next to me.

"Whoa." She gets lost in the gorgeous site.

"Yeah." When you lied on this flat rock and look up, there's a clearing of trees that gives you a beautiful site of the stars. "This reminds me of that night before you went off to college and you dragged me out to the see that 'this' was forever. So I guess I came here to see these stars to...remind me that we were forever." I looked over to see this huge smile on Elena's face still looking up at the stars.

Elena's POV

Just the way Damon said all that is what made me smile.

"Damon."

"Yes?"

"You know how I said that there's something you should know a few days ago..." I was finally gonna do it.

"Yeah?" I sit up, Damon follows.

"I-I'm uh um, Damon I'm pregnant." I take a deep breath. His mouth parted, his eyes widened.

"You're pregnant..." He barely could get just those words out.

I smile, hoping to lighten the mood, "Yes."

His blank expression turns into a huge smile, "You're pregnant?!"

I smile and nod, a teardrop runs down my cheek.

He doesn't smirk but he does one of his rare, all teeth smiles. "I love you, Elena Salvatore, forever," he grabs both of my hands with his.

"I love you, Damon." We lay back down, I cuddle into his side. And we get lost in the stars for what felt like years...