The Things We Hold On To

CHAPTER 1

It was days after the ball that Esther threw where she tried to bind her children to Elena in a linking spell only for it to fail in the witch's eyes as Elena was clever enough to use a different blood source-Abby Bennett's blood. The older Bennett witch gave it to her to use so that she could help her daughter Bonnie out. Elena thanked her now, as she looked at the pregnancy test that showed two pink lines and another one that actually said the word 'pregnant'.

Before it was just a niggling feeling in her gut but here's the proof of her and Elijah's little romp from when Damon undaggered him and she invited him inside, giving him something to drink when they started kissing which led her to this situation she found herself in at the moment.

Thoughts were running rampant through her mind-did he want the baby? Did he not want this child? Did she-now that was stupid! She wanted the baby, no matter who the father was.

Deciding to bite the bullet, she called him only for Rebekah to answer it in her usual snotty way.

"Why are you calling my brother doppelbitch?" Elena took a deep breath before speaking.

"I need to talk to Elijah. Is he there?" The laughter from Rebekah on the other side made her wish that she never called.

"Try calling back never again." Rebekah then hung up on her. Tears were threatening to spill but she held them in.

Looking around the room, she made a shocking and surprising choice-she was leaving. She was leaving her home and her hometown, going off to live somewhere where she hoped that she would be able to protect this little life inside her.

"Hey 'Lena!" She left her room and went towards the stairs where Matt and Jeremy were, holding a box of pizza.

"Guys? I have something that I need to tell you something important that you both have to keep a secret." She said with a slightly stronger voice than what she usually used on Jeremy when she was younger and getting him to eat his vegetables.

"I swear I won't tell a soul." Both men said quickly, after realizing that he and Elena were better off as friends, Matt was her support system.

"Remember the morning that you discovered that Elijah was leaving the house quickly?" Elena asked as she remembered that morning. Jeremy could only nod. "We slept together the night Damon undaggered him and now…now I'm pregnant, with his child."

She couldn't hold it in anymore. The tears fell and danced across her cheeks, leaving trails in their wake.

Jeremy pulled her into his arms and was consoling her as best he could. He wasn't sure if he was doing a good job or not but this was the best that he could do. He'd never been around any pregnant women in his life and he was praying to whoever was out there that this was the best way to console someone.

Matt was still in shock and as he put the pizza down, he went over and hugged her as well. Though he would like nothing better to do than beat the shit out of Elijah, he made a promise to Elena and he was going to keep it till his dying day.

Eight months later on a late June evening, Elena gave birth to a little girl in a New Orleans hospital. Elena was just happy that her daughter was born perfect and as she held her, she smiled down at her.

"I tried telling your daddy sweet baby but your auntie kept saying that I was no good and a horrible person." She whispered. "So for now on, I'll protect you as best I can."

"What are you going to name her?" Elena looked up to see Matt and Jeremy there, Matt being the one who spoke. Elena smiled and as she looked at the bundle wrapped in pink, the perfect name appeared in her mind.

"Nova. One meaning is butterfly and that's what she is. My butterfly." She said. "Nova Belle Gilbert-Mikaelson."

"Are you sure that you want his name in there?" Jeremy asked as he sat beside her with a smile, his finger going down the baby's cheek.

"He is the father and besides-I'm sure that your girlfriend Davina can ask her vampire guardian to compel the doctors to hide this from them." Elena told him, still happy and blissful, even as she stressed 'them', meaning the Mikaelsons.

"I'll go ask her to ask him." Jeremy said as he got up to find his witchy girlfriend Davina Claire. It was by chance that they met in St Anne's after she was revived from a blood sacrifice called 'The Harvest'. Since their meeting, they've been happy together.

Matt looked at her and smiled lightly.

"She's as beautiful as you." He said as he gave her a stuffed teddy bear. She smiled at him with warmth.

"I just hope that she won't cause much trouble like I did." She told him with a blissfully happy smile.

"I'll be there whenever you need me-because I'm sure to be her favorite uncle." He joked.