A Miracle Unexpected

Chapter 25 - A kiss

Elena's P.O.V.

I came to the conclusion that I had too much damn schoolwork. I sat on my bed surrounding by books, notebooks, and various pens that had run out of ink. I never thought so many pens in the house would be out of ink.

"Elena come watch TV with me," Jeremy said as he walked into my room.

I looked up at him. "Does it look like I can watch TV?"

As if he couldn't notice the mess I was sitting in, he said yes.

"Jeremy I have a lot of work too. It's Wednesday night and all of this schoolwork needs to be handed in with Alaric on Friday," I sighed.

"I'm sure your teachers will let it slide."

"I'm not taking the chance. This work is getting done." I looked back down at the work and saw that I still had a lot more to do. "Well, a majority of it will be done," I muttered.

"Suit yourself," Jeremy shrugged his shoulders. He left my room shortly after and I focused my attention back on the math I was working.

I wanted to go back downstairs and watch TV. I wanted to sleep even more than that, but this work needed to get done.

There was another knock on my door and I groaned. "What?" I shouted.

The door pushed open and I sighed when Damon stepped in.

"Cut me some slack. This time I knocked," he smirked.

"What do you want, Damon?" I asked in a tired voice. Was it too much to ask for a little time to myself so I could finish my work?

"To visit my favorite pregnant girl."

"I'm the only pregnant girl you know," I rolled my eyes.

"So you think," he raised an eyebrow at me as the corner of his lip tilted up. "What are all these books?"

"School books. I know you probably haven't seen one in quite some time," I teased him.

"Not true," Damon said as he picked one up. "I saw quite a few when I visited some colleges."

"By colleges do you mean actual colleges or college girls?"

"That's for me to know and for you to..." Damon paused dramatically. "Dot, dot, dot."

"Damon as much as I love joking around with you, I have things to do," I said sarcastically.

"You love joking around me with me? I'm touched, Elena," Damon grinned.

"You missed the sarcasm in that."

Damon continued to grin at me and started to move my books one by one. I glared at him as he did so.

"Damon, come on. I have a lot to get done. It's all due Friday," I said as he continued to move them.

"Well then it's a good thing tomorrow is Thursday!" he shouted. Once all books were moved off of my bed he told me to move over. I did so and he dropped down onto my bed, pulling my teddy bear onto his chest as always. "Stefan left," he said suddenly.

"What do you mean he left?" I turned to look at him with wide eyes.

"He left. I got home from the Grill yesterday and saw him packing up the car."

"Why did he leave? Where is he going?" I asked in a rushed tone.

"Take it easy, Speed Racer," Damon looked up at me. "I don't know where he's going. Stefan told me that he's leaving because he needs some space from us. He said he'll be back when the baby is born."