A Miracle Unexpected

Chapter 28 - The after shower

Damon's P.O.V.

And so it began. I turned to look at her with a blank face. Elena was serious about the talk and I wanted to groan. I knew how it would end. It would end with one of us severely pissed off. That's how Elena and I worked. We fought and pushed each other to the edge where there really was no easy way to apologize about the fight. I didn't want to do it but I could see in Elena's eyes that she wasn't going to drop anything.

I set down the box of diapers she had unwrapped moments before and said, "Talk."

"What are you doing, Damon?"

"Gathering up the gifts from your baby shower," I said in an obvious tone.

"I didn't mean that," she shook her head quickly.

"Then what did you mean, Elena?" I asked. I took a step closer to her and frowned when she took another step back. We were back to that.

"What was all this?" Elena asked. She gestured to the party decorations, the gifts, the crib, and the leftover plates of food surrounding us. "Why did you do all of this?"

"Because you're having my baby and you deserved a baby shower. Every mother-to-be deserves a baby shower. Is this all we need to talk about? The reasons why I threw you a baby shower?" I turned my back to her and continued to clean.

"No that is not all we need to talk about," I heard her say from behind me. The tone of her voice showed she was getting aggravated.

I turned back around and sighed. "What do you want to talk about, Elena?"

"Why haven't you been talking to me?" Elena sighed.

Looking into her eyes at that moment was a big mistake. They were wide and gave away every one of her emotions. I didn't see the happy and pregnant woman I had been seeing for the past couple of months. In that woman's place I saw a pregnant woman who was nervous, sad, angry, and afraid.

"Elena..." I spoke her name softly. I took another step towards but once again, she stepped back.

"No. Don't 'Elena' me," Elena shouted. "You've been ignoring me!"

"Elena you need to relax."

"Don't tell me to relax either!"

I could feel the anger rising in me but I did my best to push it down. I didn't want to get angry at her. I didn't want to make the situation worse, so I sighed again and turned around once more. I began to pick up the plates as she continued to talk.

"I am pregnant with your baby and I have no idea what the hell is going on with you, Damon. Everything was fine. Everything was fine but then you stopped talking to me! You don't come over anymore. You don't talk to me anymore. You don't do anything for me anymore."

"I didn't know I was supposed to be at your beck and call," I growled.

"You're supposed to be there for me because of this baby!" Elena continued to shout at me.

"I was there for you, Elena," I said. I tried my very best not to raise my voice at her. "I was there for you and I still am there for you, but don't you dare even try to put the blame on me."

"Oh so you're saying it's my fault? You're saying that you're not talking to me because of something I did?"

I dropped the plates and turned to look at her again. "Are you going to act as if you didn't kiss me?" I asked.

"That kiss was just a kiss," Elena shook her head. "It was no reason for you to stop talking to me."

I snorted and picked the plates back up. With them in my hands, I quickly moved into the kitchen and threw them in the garbage. That kiss was just a kiss. I should have known that was all it was to her. I heard her follow me into the kitchen and groaned.