A Miracle Unexpected

Chapter 32 - Delivery time

Damon's P.O.V.

Mystic Falls Hospital had never seemed so far away. I sped down the highway, going way past the speed limit, without a care in the world. As soon as I hung up on Elena, I dropped the blood bags in my trunk and took off.

I turned into the parking lot sharply, scaring a few civilians, and parked. I jumped out of the car and rushed into the hospital, heading straight for the main desk.

"Elena Gilbert," I slammed my hands down on the desk. "Elena Gilbert. She's in labor. Was she checked in yet? Did she have the baby?" I asked in a rush.

"The Father has finally arrived!"

I turned and saw Doctor McCarthy smiling at me. She excused herself from the conversation she had been having with a nurse and walked over to me.

"Where's Elena? Is she alright?" I asked.

"Elena is fine, Damon. Relax," she chuckled as she patted me on the arm. "She was just set up in a room. You can find her on the fourth floor in room 580."

I thanked the doctor and rushed off without another word. I sped up the stairs, knowing the elevators would take too long, and moved at a human pace when I was in the halls of the hospital. The sound of babies crying surrounded me as I looked at each and every door, cursing low under my breath when each of them didn't turn out to be Elena's room.

"Damon!"

I turned my head sharply and let out a sigh of relief. Stefan was standing at the end of the hall. I jogged over there, dodging the various people that stepped in my way.

"Where is she?" I asked Stefan.

He pointed inside the room he was standing in and I moved in quickly.

Elena was sitting up in a bed, holding her stomach. A few hair strands fell out of the ponytail her hair was in, framing her beautiful face that held a small smile.

"About time you got here," she joked.

"I'm sorry. I think I beat every law in the book to get here as fast as I could," I explained to her as I pulled the chair over to sit next to her.

"It's not like you've never broken them before," Stefan spoke up from the doorway.

I skipped any sarcastic comment I could have made as I turned to him and instead said, "Thanks for getting her here, brother."

He gave a small smile. "It was no problem at all," he said. "I'll get you that ice now, Elena."

"Thank you, Stefan," she said.

My brother left the room, leaving us two by ourselves. I looked at her with a small smile of my own as I asked, "How are you doing?"

"Surprisingly good," Elena answered. "Doctor McCarthy came in a couple of minutes ago. I'm only four centimeters dilated and my contractions are ten minutes apart."

"Looks like it's going to be a long night, huh?" I tried to joke with her.

"Oh yeah," she agreed with me.

"Did Stefan call everyone?"

"Yes but not everyone is coming."

"Why not?"

"I don't want the waiting room packed. Aunt Jenna, Alaric, and Jeremy are on their way. Caroline and Bonnie told him to keep them posted so that is his job for the night while I focus on getting this baby out."

I chuckled as she patted her stomach and leaned my forearms on the bed. "You seem excited," I pointed out.

"I am excited," Elena said. She gave me a weird look. "Did you expect me not to be?"