A Miracle Unexpected

Chapter 35 - Story time

Elena's P.O.V.

I spent two days in the hospital. Not one minute of my time there was spent alone. Jenna, Alaric, Jeremy, and Stefan came to see me. Caroline and Bonnie came to see me too, but only once. They spent the entire day with me. Damon never left my side. On the first night when the nurse told him that visiting hours were over and that he had to leave, he compelled her and all the other nurses to let him stay. I didn't want him to do that but Damon never listens to me.

After those two days I went back home with Lily. I was happy to see that everything I didn't get the chance to do was taken care of by Jenna and Jeremy. All of her clothes had been put away in her dresser, the cradle was set up in my room, and the finishing touches on the nursery had been finished. I was surprised to find the couch set up as well and when I asked what the sheets and pillows were for, Damon told me that he was going to stay with us for a little bit.

Now here we were, a week after Lily was born, sitting on the couch. Lily had just been put down for a nap after crying for two straight hours.

"You're really quiet," I said in a low voice.

"I'm thinking," Damon said.

"Thinking about what?"

"I think we brought the wrong baby home."

"We did not bring the wrong baby home," I laughed a little. "You made sure of that."

"Don't make fun of me. I was double checking."

"Damon you followed the nurse to the nursery and said your name at least thirty times so she knew what baby to send home."

"Elena I read stories where parents accidentally take home the wrong baby," he said. He looked over at me with a serious face. "It's happened before. I think we brought home the wrong baby."

"No we didn't," I shook my head as I grinned.

"But she was so behaved in the hospital and she's done nothing but cry here!" Damon exclaimed.

"She's a baby, Damon. Babies cry."

He sighed and kicked his shoes off as I giggled.

"I'm glad you think I'm funny, Elena."

"I think you're hilarious."

"Of course," he rolled his eyes. He stood up and moved over to his duffel bag to grab his clothes for the night then moved to the bathroom to change.

While he did that, I laid my head back on the couch and closed my eyes. I hadn't been getting much sleep lately because of Lily. I felt like I had been sitting there with my eyes closed for an hour, when it was actually only a couple of minutes. I opened them when I heard Damon come back down the stairs in black pajama pants and a black shirt.

"She's out like a light," Damon told me.

I shrugged my shoulders as I sat up a little bit. "She'll be up at 3am as usual to be fed. It's ten now."

"So that gives us a few hours of peace and quiet," he chuckled.

I nodded my head as I yawned for what had to be the tenth time that night. I shook my head to wake myself up a little bit before standing up. I wanted to straighten up a little bit before going to bed. As I bent down to pick up a couple of bottles, I felt Damon's hand on my lower back.

"Elena what are you doing?" I heard him ask in a soft voice.

I stood up straight with two bottles in each hand and tried to ignore the way my stomach was twisting because of where his hand was. "I'm cleaning," I said. "For a little baby, she sure does leave a bit of a mess. There's bottles, empty wipe packages, and I have to take the bag of diapers out."