Okay everyone it's been a while but I have to say I must have the best followers EVER. Not one of you got even the tiniest bit upset, and I hear nothing but encouraging words from everyone while on my winter break. You all are the sweetest ^_^ This is for you to enjoy. I decided to skip ahead a bit so let me know what you think.

I woke up in a cold sweat. Immediately a horrible wave of nausea hit me and I scrambled out of my bed to the bathroom down the hall. I just barely made it to the toilet in time to empty my stomach. After a good few minutes I groaned and leaned back against the wall while sitting on the floor.

I reached around the ground to find my diary that I started keeping in the bathroom since this is where I spent a majority of my mornings and began writing for the first time in a while.

It has been 12 weeks since I started my raw meat diet that Damon so adamantly enforced. Things were finally starting to settle into a routine. Once I hit the 6 week mark I could hardly leave the house because of all the nausea.

The last 6 weeks had been hellish however there was a silver lining in the fact that Damon asked moved in with me. Actually Damon had been pushing the idea since the day after we found Stefan but it took me until Stefan left town for me to finally accept.

Stefan had been difficult at first and I didn't really blame him but at the same time it only added stress to everyone and there was just no way to shake the awkwardness between us. Finally he left when Caroline made a comment about how she thought I was starting to show.

It was mostly ridiculous of course because I had only been not even two months along at the time but still everyone could tell it cut Stefan deep. He came to my house that night saying he didn't want to watch this baby grow, he couldn't, because it just hurt him too much.

We left it at that and gave him my best wishes and watched him leave into the night.

Speaking of Caroline, she has been incredible if not slightly overwhelming with excitement over every little milestone. It's pretty adorable. She's already bought all the clothes the kid I going to need for the first 5 years of its life. Damon thinks she's trying to fill her time since breaking up with Tyler. Things got a little crazy with them but I won't go into too many details.

Bonnie has been distant but always on call. Damon refuses to ask for her help until we really have exhausted our resources though. He still holds a strong grudge. This leads us to usually turn to Klaus for help and he certainly has almost all of the answers but is still kept us all in the dark as to why he is so chalk full of information about vampire pregnancies. Damon's nothing but suspicious. Of course Klaus does have his reasons to want this child to continue the line of doppelgangers but I have a feeling that after spending so much time around us he's starting to go a little soft. We'll see.

Katherine has been MIA since our last encounter with her almost 3 months ago. Everyone is pretty concerned about her showing up again but after finding an anonymous letter on my bed a few weeks ago along with a rather old book of home remedies for morning sickness and other pregnancy things I had a feeling even the wicked Katherine had a soft spot for babies.

Damon has been interesting. While Stefan was still around he always seemed to be tense like he was expecting him to jump him at any moment. However since moving in he has been the picture perfect supportive partner. However he does tend to get possessive of both me and the baby which is both adorable and annoying at thie same time. It's hard to tell who will love the baby more him or Caroline.

As for me I have started showing just the tiniest bit which has made this whole thing that much more real. Unfortunately Klaus has advised against all ultrasounds at normal hospitals so we have yet to see any pictures. Not to mention the gender is still a great unknown. That doesn't bother me too much though.

My butt is starting to fall asleep and I will probably need to get up and make sure Damon doesn't think I've fallen asleep on the toilet seat again. Last time he put himself on this huge guilt trip saying how he worthless he was if he couldn't even make sure slept comfortably.

Love Always,
Elena

I shoved my diary back to its hiding place behind the toilet and slowly stood as I yawned and stretched.

As if on cue Damon knocked on the door. "Everything alright in there? You didn't fall asleep on the toilet again did you?" His normally teasing tone was very obviously riddled with real concern. I smiled lightly and replied as I got my tooth brush out.

"No I'm fine you can go back to sleep." Knowing full well he'd be waiting on the other side of the door once I was finished.

Sure enough a few minutes later once I opened the door I came face to face with those lovely blue eyes that were glazed with sleep.

"Any particular reason why you're up this early or have the pregnancy gods been sending you the worst morning sickness known to mankind still?" He placed his hands on my hips and gently swayed with me.

"Weirdly the raw meat doesn't exactly taste any better the second time around." Damon made a face of disgust before I continued,

"But yes. I think maybe it's a punishment from the pregnancy gods for cheating the laws of nature seeing as we don't exactly fit in the mankind category." He smirked in response and went in for a kiss but I stopped him short with my finger pausing it there for a moment before gliding it teasingly along his lips. "Don't even think about it until I have my breakfast Mister."

"Someone's in a sassy mood this morning." He spoke in a deep whisper, his eyes now bright and playful with his devilishly beautiful smirk playing on his face.

It was hard not to feel completely in love with this man whenever he was like this. All playful and devious.

Suddenly I was pulled out of my thoughts with a wave of nausea. I practically jumped out of Damon's hold on me and dove to the toilet just in time.

"Ugggh" I groaned feeling completely empty this time around. I doubted I could puke again if I tried.

I was suddenly aware of Damon's presence as he rubbed my back and realized he'd been holding my hair back this entire time. "I just brushed my teeth too!" I whined leaning against him for support as I stood

"Well how about you finish up in here and then settle back into bed and I'll bring you some breakfast in bed." He said sweetly as he kissed my forehead as I sighed. "Breakfast…" I groaned again as the thought of it made my head spin. I wasn't sure if it was because I wanted it so bad or because the thought of it made me sick.

"It'll be good I promise." Damon assured me as he half carried me to the bed. When he set me down I replied with an odd whimper. "Trust me, I'll bring it up to you naked, you'll love it." He said with a wink as I rolled my eyes but couldn't help smiling.

With that he was off and I was left alone with my thoughts yet again. My eyes drifted to my nightstand where I saw my phone and the baby book Caroline had got for me a while back. I went for the book and opened it up to week 12

"At this point in your pregnancy morning sickness should be coming to a close" "Thank god" I said out loud before continuing.

"This is also the point when you might be feeling more comfortable in looser clothing and noticing the first signs of a bump." I put the book back down on the dresser and went over to the mirror.

Lifting up my shirt slowly I peered down in curiosity at my stomach. It did seem to be bulging out just a bit over my pajama pants. At this point it could almost be mistake for a post-thanksgiving dinner bloatedness but knowing I hadn't eaten in a while erased all doubt from my mind.

I was officially showing. This tiny bump proved it. I felt something hot on my checks and it wasn't until I turned my gaze towards my face did I notice I was actually crying. Smiling and crying at the same time. I rubbed my tears away with the back of my hands and went to take a picture with my cell phone.

It was so cliché but I had to show Caroline, she'd been dying to hear about all the pregnancy details and this was certainly a big moment. With a satisfying click of my phone after struggling with a good pose I send Caroline the picture message.

Just as the screen switched to a "message sent" alert Damon walked in with my breakfast; a plate of eggs and ketchup with another cover plate next to it that I assumed was the raw meat. He knew it was still an adjustment for me so we decided covering it until actually consumption helped my mental state at least.

"Breakfast in bed usually means you lay in bed while I serve it to you." Damon said as he set the serving platter on the bed but as soon as he noticed me with my shirt up he froze.

"Oh yeah." I said awkwardly and went to pull my shirt down and walked over to him. He just stared down at me.

"Are you-?" He started but stopped again reaching out towards my stomach.

I smiled up at him and nodded pull my shirt up for him to see. "Just a bit, I mean I just read in the book this is the week most women start showing so I went to check and sure enough…" I trailed off noticing he was no longer listening.

Both of his hands were on my tiny bump, then he dropped to his knees and planted a kiss right next to my belly button. I gasped at the warmth of his lips and the sweetness of the gesture.

Finally when he looked up I saw his eyes brimmed with emotion. "I guess it's real now huh?" He was grinning.

"I guess so." I grinned back and he came up to embrace me. I closed my eyes once his arms wrapped securely around me and his face settled in the crook of my neck and silently sent love down to my belly.

Finally after a few moments he was the one to break the silence. "So you hungry?" I nodded against him still not ready to let go completely. He must have known because he only gripped me tighter as the tears started to come again.

Tons of thanks to all my reviewers and I hope you hear what you thought of this latest one : ) it took me quite a while to get just right. I was in a fluffy mood haha. XO Miss Brightside