A Miracle Unexpected

Chapter 29 - The comeback

Elena's P.O.V.

Time was going by fast. I was waiting in the doctor's office for my final appointment. Unlike the other ones, I was by myself..

"Where's the young man that's always with you?" The woman at the desk asked me.

I cleared my throat and avoiding her eyes as I checked in. "He couldn't make it today."

I said nothing else as I sat down and waited for my name to be called. It felt weird to be by myself. I had no one to talk to or to keep me company. I had no one to be excited with me. I was alone like I should have been from the very beginning.

Damon and I hadn't spoken since the night of our fight at the baby shower. That was three weeks ago. Things had never been this bad between us before. If we had something to say about the baby, we used our friends as messengers.
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Flashback

I was sitting on the couch with my feet propped up eating a glass of ice to cool myself down. It was another hot day and I couldn't stand it. I moved my head to the side when I heard the front door open. Alaric stepped in and I frowned.

"What does Damon have to say now?" I asked.

"What makes you think I'm here because of Damon?"

"Because that's how it's been for the past week."

"Elena just talk to the guy," Alaric sighed.

"No!" I snapped. "I have nothing to say."

"You could have fooled me."

"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?"

"Elena since the fight you both have been using me, Jenna, Jeremy, Caroline and way too many other people to send messages to each other. No one else is going to say something about it but I think it's time that I did. You both are way too old for this shit, especially Damon. You are pregnant with his baby and whether you like it or not, the baby is coming soon. You two have to talk."

"We don't have to do anything," I growled.

"Yes you do," Alaric said in a firm voice.

"Alaric do me a favor and act like a teacher, not my Father," I stared at him with cold eyes.

"You know, Elena... maybe to you I am just your teacher," he shrugged his shoulders. "But to me, I'm more than that. Because of everything we have been through, I look at you as if you were my daughter. I'm the closest thing you have to a Father right now so I'm telling you that you need to get your act together. Ignoring Damon because he said things that you may have not liked is childish. You're better than that, Elena. I know you are."

End flashback
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Just thinking of what Alaric said brought tears to my eyes. I wiped at my eyes when I heard my name being called. I followed the woman into the familiar room and changed into the familiar gown as I tried my best not to cry.

I looked up at the ceiling as I laid on the chair. I thought about how Alaric had been right. He had been right about everything. He may have been just my history teacher that was dating my Aunt, but I thought of him as more. I thought of him as a Dad. I listened to Alaric and stopped using everyone to say things to Damon. Instead, I tried to talk to him myself. I called him every day, but he never answered. I left voicemails, but he never called back. I texted him, but I never got any replies. It upset me and it hurt me, but I knew I could do nothing about it. It was all my fault that things were the way they were.