A/N: I am so sorry this took forever to get out. I got a bit blocked with how and where i wanted to take this story. But i think i have figured it out now (at least i hope i do) Thanks again to Hippogriff-Tamer from beta'ing this for me.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything but the characters not originally found in the Book or Show.

Chapter 11

Three Months Later….

"'Lijah, I think it's time," Elena told her husband one morning. This of course had her husband up and at her side in a flash making her realize how she had phrased her words.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean…I meant I think it's time to return to Mystic Falls."

"Are you sure, Lena? You know that Melanie said that your pregnancy was going to be accelerated because of your vampirism."

"I know. I just wish I knew just how accelerated it's going to be. I already feel like a beached whale at the moment. However, I meant after the child is born, 'Lijah. I want to go home. It's time to return."

"Lovely, if that is what you wish then I will make the arrangements. And Elena, you are far from a beached whale," he said with a grin before placing a kiss to her forehead before leaving the room.

She sighed then frowned as a pain shot through her middle. Since Melanie had informed her about the signs of labor she instantly recognized what the pain in her middle meant. She stood slowly breathing through the pain but let out a cry as her water suddenly broke. The cry had her husband returning to the room in a flash. "Now it's time," she gritted out almost doubling over in pain.

Elijah quickly pulled her up into his arms and flashed them to their room and gently placed her on the bed before telling her that he was going to go inform Melanie of the impending birth. Elena nodded and let him go knowing he would be back shortly.

She didn't know how long he was gone but she could feel her body opening up as it prepared to push the child from her womb. She was covered in a sheen of sweat and was paler than normal when both he and Melanie returned.

"Elena, I'm going to check and see how much longer before your ready to give birth, is that alright?" Melanie asked coming to stand by the end of the bed.

Elena could only nod before a scream tore from her as another pain assaulted her. Elijah, who hated seeing his wife in such pain, went to sit behind her. He needed to hold her and let her know that he was there if she needed him for anything.

Melanie lifted the gown Elena was wearing and examined her, surprised when she could see the child's head already. "Elena on the next contraction I need you to give me a good push alright. Your child seems to want to join the world quickly," she managed to quip at the end making Elena smile through her pain.

Elena did as she was told and when her next contraction hit a few seconds later she pushed hard letting another scream rip from her as she felt the child's head pushing out of her. A few more hard pushes later they heard the cry of their firstborn.

Melanie quickly cleaned the child up and wrapped it in a blacked before presenting it to its parents. "Congratulations, you have a healthy baby girl," she said giving the child to its exhausted but happy mother. She then went about cleaning Elena up.

"'Lijah, she's so beautiful," she cooed as she looked at her daughter.

"She gets that from her mother no doubt," he grinned when she merely rolled her eyes at his words.

"Lovely, maybe we should tell Melanie her goddaughters name," he said surprising the witch who had finished cleaning up Elena and was standing by the end of the bed admiring the new family with a smile on her face.

Elena nodded in agreement and then turned her attention to her friend, "Melanie, I would like to present to you, your goddaughter, Carina Melanie Mikaelson."

"I…Elijah….Elena…I…I don't know what to say other than I am honored that you would chose me to be your child's godmother."

"We knew that if anything were to happen to either of us that we wanted her to be someplace safe with someone who would raise her well. Who better than a whole coven of witches of which we both have been welcomed by? You are our friend, Melanie and in some ways a mother to us both. It is only right that you have the honor," Elena told her with a soft smile.

"Thank you. Truly. And I promise that if anything should happen to the two of you I will take care of your little ones."

Her last words shocked the two vampires as they both gave her quizzical looks. She only grinned before leaving the room.

They looked at each other and then at the door the witch had just left through and then back at each other. "Did she just insinuate that I'm going to have more children?" Elena asked.

"I think she did, Lovely. Does that bother you?"

"No, not at all. I just wasn't expecting it. I mean now that we know how she was conceived," she said looking down at the child in her arms before continuing, "It is only a matter of time before it happens again. I really don't think that she was a one-time thing now do you?"

"No, I don't think she will be, Lovely. We do tend to let our passion reign when we are together. Though, I think we should wait before we have another, don't you?"

She nodded in agreement before trying to sit up. Realizing what she was attempting to do he helped her into a more comfortable position. "Lijah here, hold your daughter," she said handing the child to its father.

He held his little girl to him gently, still in awe that after centuries he was finally a father. He had never told Elena that he had hoped their child would be a girl. As much as he had wanted a son he had wanted a daughter more just so he could have two girls to spoil rotten. A wife whom he adored and a daughter who would be the other love of his life. He jumped slightly when his daughter who had been nuzzling his neck bit him and began suckling softly. Drawing her back he didn't miss the look of shock on his wife face.

"What?" he asked

"She drew blood," she answered.

Sure enough, when he reached up to his neck to the spot his daughter had bitten there drawing back his hand there was a speck of blood on his finger. "I guess that answers if she will need blood to survive or not."

His wife nodded then held out her arms for her child who had begun to fuss in her father's arms. Elijah gently placed her back in his wife's arms and watched as Elena began feeding their child. He sat beside her and simply watched over his new family.