A Miracle Unexpected

Chapter 7 - I'll never be alone

Elena's P.O.V.

It had been one hour. One hour since we told Stefan. One hour since Damon ran out. One hour since I had stopped crying. One hour since Stefan and I spoke. We both were lying on my bed looking up at the ceiling. Our bodies weren't touching, not even our hands. I couldn't deal with the silence anymore.

"Stefan" I whispered. I turned my neck to look at him. "I'm so sorry," I apologized again.

I watched as he closed his eyes. "I know you are, Elena," he whispered. Stefan turned to look back at me. His green eyes were filled with pain and I felt horrible. "Just answer this. Why?"

"I was drunk. I didn't know what I was doing."

"But to get drunk after a fight like that? It was a small fight, Elena. We've had worse."

I sat up in bed. I couldn't lay down anymore. I brushed my hair back and looked away from him. I couldn't look into his eyes anymore. "I didn't go there looking to get trashed. I went there looking for Caroline or Bonnie, but then Damon showed up and we started to drink."

I could practically hear all of the thoughts running through Stefan's head and none of them were good. I turned and saw him sitting up, his eyes dark. He was blaming his brother.

"Stefan, this was not Damon's fault," I said carefully.

"Yes it is, Elena. He took advantage of you!" Stefan exclaimed.

"No he didn't. Damon and I both are at fault. We both were drunk," I defended him.

Stefan looked bewildered when I defended Damon. His eyes narrowed in confusion, "Why are you defending the man who got you pregnant?"

"Because he didn't know. He didn't know," I crawled over to Stefan and sat on my knees in front of him. Bravely, I grabbed his face in my hands and held it in place. "You and I both know that if Damon knew the witch had slipped him something, he would have left the Grill."

Stefan had to say nothing else. As my words registered in his head, his eyes softened along with his face. I could feel the tension in his body slip away. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before opening them. He nodded his head and mouthed the words, "I know."

I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and he wrapped his around my waist. We held onto each other as if our lives depended on it.

"I'm going to be here for you, Elena," he whispered into my ear. He pulled away from the hug and held my face in his hands. He gave me a smile as he slowly rubbed circles into my cheeks with his thumbs, "No matter what. I love you and I won't leave your side."

My eyes began to tear as I smiled back at him. "I love you too," I said quietly. I leaned in and kissed his lips softly with no hesitation. He began to kiss me back and I felt my whole body relax. He turned us around and I felt my back hit the mattress. Stefan continued to kiss me slowly and I eagerly returned the kisses.

"Elena!"

Stefan jumped off of me and flashed over to the other side of the room. I sat up quickly, breathing heavily and frustrated at the intrusion. My bathroom door slammed open and Jeremy walked through it.

"Jeremy what's wrong?" I asked. He looked furious.

"What the hell is this?" Jeremy shouted. He opened his hand and in it was the pregnancy test. My body tensed up again and all I wanted was for Jeremy to leave so Stefan and I could continue what we had started.

"I'm waiting for an answer, Elena," he continued to shout. He looked over at Stefan, "What the hell did you do?"

I got up and rushed over to Stefan so I could stand in front of him. "Stefan didn't do anything, Jeremy."

Stefan touched my waist lightly. He said in a whisper, "I'm going to leave you two alone. I'll be back tomorrow. Call me if you need me."

Before I could say goodbye, he was gone. I looked back to Jeremy who was still looking furious.

"Elena please explain to me why I found a positive pregnancy test in our bathroom," Jeremy said. "Unless it's Jenna's and her and Alaric-"

I held my hand up, "It's not Jenna's, Jeremy. It's mine. I'm pregnant."

Just like everyone else I had told, he couldn't believe it. "That's impossible. Stefan's a vampire."

I sat down on my bed and took a deep breath, ready to explain it all. I told him to sit down next to me and when he did, I began to tell him everything. I started with the fight that I had with Stefan. Then I told him how I had gone to the Mystic Grille looking for friends but found Damon. I told him about how drunk we both were when we slept with each other, but sparred him the dirty details of the sex. I told him all about the fertility potion and how it had been slipped into Damon's drink without him realizing. I poined to the pregnancy test, "And now I'm pregnant."

"Holy shit, Elena."

I nodded my head. I couldn't believe it either.

"Does Jenna know?" Jeremy asked.

"No. She will, though. I'm going to tell her soon," I said.

"What about Bonnie? And Caroline? Who exactly knows? Did you tell Stefan?"

I leaned against my headboard, ready to answer his questions. "Bonnie and Caroline know. I kind of had to tell them when they caught me throwing up in the bathroom."

"So that's why you've been throwing up a lot," he realized.

I shrugged my shoulders, "Morning sickness has been suckish. I told Stefan tonight."

"And how did he take it?"

"He's angry, but he said he'll stand by my side," I answered him with a small smile.

Jeremy looked at the floor before looking back at me. He moved up on my bed and sat next to me to pull me into a side hug. "I'm on your side too," he kissed the top of my head. "I'll help you with whatever you need, Elena."

I smiled and hugged him back. "Thank you, Jeremy," I whispered.

As we laid on my bed, I felt as if we were little kids again. Even though I was older, I remember Jeremy used to come into my room when he or I would have nightmares. We would sit in the exact same position we sat in now until one of us fell back asleep. We weren't little kids, though. The monsters that once haunted us in our nightmares were real and we had to deal with them every day. I certainly wasn't a little kid. I was pregnant with a child of my own. When I found that out, I felt so alone, but now? Now I didn't feel alone. I had Jeremy who was family and would never leave my side. I had Bonnie and Caroline, two of the best friends anyone could ask for, who would never leave my side. I had Stefan, my boyfriend who I loved, who would never leave my side even though he had every right to leave. Then there was Damon. I had Damon, the Father of my child and the man who I knew loved me, who would never leave my side. Damon was always there for me and I knew it would be that way for the rest of my life.

I would never be alone in my life.