9 Months of Hell Chapter 10

9 Months of Hell Chapter 10 

Damon looked down at the lifeless form of Elena in his arms. He looked back up just in time to see Stefan throw his child into the wall. Luckily, Damon caught her before she made impact. He gave Lilly to Katherine and turned back to his brother who let out an enraged cry and leaped at Damon. Damon quickly dodged Stefan and grabbed him by the shirt then threw him into the wall. Stefan slowly sat up and looked around the empty room. He sighed as he turned to Elena. "You can wake up now. They're gone."

Elena slowly moved her head, feeling her neck perfectly intact, almost like it had never been broken. "Stefan, that was really low."

Stefan sighed as he buried his head into his hands. "He's going to hate me forever."

Elena put her hand on his shoulder. "It could've been worse. What if you had been wrong about Damon having fast reflects? He'd probably would have killed you."

"Maybe." Stefan looked up towards the door. "Bonnie you can come in now."

Bonnie walked through the door, a shocked look on her face at what she had just seen. "So, is the child a threat to us?"

Bonnie shook her head. "No, she's not."

Elena breathed a sigh of relief but sadness clouded her features. "Damon will hate us forever."

Stefan nodded. "He'll probably get over it in about 500 years."

Elena managed a weak smile. "I feel so bad though. Damon trusted me and now that trust is lost forever."

"Hey." Elena felt Stefan's hand on her face. "It's going to be okay."

"I hope you're right."



Damon and Katherine stopped infront of the boarding house and went inside. Katherine watched with worry as Damon stromed inside and went upstairs to their bedroom. Katherine sighed as she heard the door slam and went to the nursery. She laid Lilly down in her cradle and covered her up with some more blankets before kissing her goodnight and walking out of her room to have a talk with Damon. 

She opened the door and saw Damon staring out the window, feelings of betrayal and anger coursing through his body. She slowly wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. "Honey, do you want to talk about it?"

Damon angrily shook his head. "No I do not. There's nothing to talk about."

Katherine sighed and decided that it was best to leave him alone for awhile. "I'll be downstairs if you need me." Katherine slowly closed the door behind her. Damon glared darkly towards the wall, angry beyond belief. How could Elena and his brother do that to him? How could Stefan steep so low as to threaten his child? Now, Elena was dead. And strangely Damon felt bad about killing her. Why would he feel bad when she was the one who was going to harm his daughter? She deserved to die. But he felt more wounded by his brother. He had finally managed to let go of all the hatred he had for him and then he goes and does this? Damon sceretly loved his brother, but he wouldn't dare let anyone else know that. He felt betrayed by Stefan and Elena. Those were the last two people on earth that he would expect to do this kind of thing. Damon layed down in his bed and closed his eyes. This was all too much for him. 

The shrill cry of a baby woke Damon up from his light slumber. He was in her room in a matter of seconds. Looking down at her, the memories of the hospital came rushing back at him but he forced those memories out of his head and picked up his crying daughter. He patted her back softly as he sat down in the rocking chair. "I know. I know." Damon whispered as he kissed her. "Don't cry, it's alright now."

Slowly, Lilly's cries died down to mere whimpers. Damon cradled her in his arms and looked at her lovingly but with a hint of sadness swimming in his ocean blue eyes.. "I thought I'd lost you today." Damon was sure she couldn't understand a word he was saying but he didn't care. "I was so scared that my brother was going to kill you. You have no idea how terrified I was at the thought of losing you just like I lost your mother a very long time ago." Lilly gurgled up at him and made baby sounds, as if she was trying to respond to what he was telling her. Damon just smiled and hugged his daughter close to him. "I promise I'll protect you from whatever that is out there. No one can hurt you while I'm around."

He walked back to the cradle and laid her down in it, kissed her one last time, and walked out of the room with a renewed sense of energy. Katherine heard the nursery door opening and walked over to greet her husband. "I'm glad you're feeling better."

Damon kissed Katherine softly. "I am too." He gathered his wife into his arms and walked to their bedroom. He laid the half-asleep Katherine on the bed and walked out of the room. 

Damon reached the last flight of stairs when the figure of his brother appeared infront of him. "Come back to finish the job I see?" sneered Damon, eyes burning holes in Stefan's body.

"I came to apoligize." replied Stefan, gulit written all over his face. "I'm so sorry about what I almost did. It was way out of line and I am most remorseful."

"He really is." Damon looked on in shock as Elena walked through the front door.  "Bonnie used a spell to keep me from dying." Elena answered Damon's unasked question.

Damon sighed as he glared at the both of them. "You have no idea how mad I am. Sorry doesn't change what you did."

"Damon, I know that you hate me and I'm that you will never forgive me but I'm sorry!"

"Apology accepted." Damon said sarcastically.

Elena and Stefan watched as Damon zip up the stairs. Stefan sighed. "I knew that this was a bad idea."

Elena rubbed Stefan's shoulder confortly. "In time, he'll forgive you."

"I hope you're right Elena."


Damon tossed and turned in his bed, unable to get to sleep. Oh well, since I'm a vampire I don't really need sleep anyways. Damon thought to himself as he got up and walked out of his room. He looked down the hallway and decided to go check on his daughter. He slowly opened her door and walked over to the cradle and looked at his sleeping baby girl. He lightly touched her face and moved his hand up to her cheek and to the small tuff of hair on her head. Just as he turned to leave, a soft cry caused him to turn around. "Well, looks like I'm not the only one who can't sleep." Damon picked up the now awake little girl and laid her head on his shoulder as he walked over to the rocking chair. He lifted his daughter off of his shoulder and laid her in his arms. He played with her fingers for a bit and then made sure the blanket was surcurely wrapped around her. He was strangely comfortable with this postition. He felt his eyes close as he fell asleep with his daughter safely in his arms.


Katherine groaned as the morning light hit her, waking her up from her slumber. She was surprised that Lilly didn't wake up during the night. She turned over to see an empty spot next to her. She smiled. "Oh Damon." She slowly got out of bed and made her way into Lilly's room. She let out a gasp when she saw Damon and Lilly sleeping together. She giggled to herself as she pulled out a camera and turned off the flash. After she snapped the picture, she quickly put the camera away and walked over to Damon and lightly shook him. "Damon." 

Damon slowly stirred and opened his eyes. He looked down at Lilly and then up to Katherine. "Have I been here the whole night?"

Katherine nodded. "Pretty much I'd assume."

Damon slowly got up and held Lilly close to him as he walked out the room with Katherine. "You must be tired of holding her by now. Let me have her."

Katherine started to take Lilly from Damon but Damon pulled away from her. "No it's alright. I got her."

Katherine could see the protectiveness in his eyes and smiled. He loved her so much. Damon walked down the stairs and watched his little girl open her eyes and look at him. Damon went to the couch and sat down, pulling out a pacifer from the bag on the table and sticking it into her mouth. Katherine came back with two blood bags and set one on the table as she opened the other one. "Have some when you're ready and I'll feed Lilly."

Damon nodded as he handed Lilly over to Katherine and he drank some blood from the bag.

He sighed as he put his arm around Katherine and kissed her unexpectingly on the lips. Katherine kissed him back. "I love you." she said as she pulled away.

Damon smiled. "I love you too."

Once he was done, he discarded the bag in the trash and went back over to see Katherine burping Lilly. Once she was done, she handed Lilly into the awaiting arms of Damon. "So what are we going to do today?"

"We could kill my brother." Damon grinned as Katherine hit him.

"Tempting, but how about something more kid-friendly?"

"We can watch Van Gogh all day long." 

Katherine laughed. "Shut up Damon." She got up to go to the kitchen.

Damon followed her. "What? It was a suggestion!"

Katherine suddenly turned to him. "How about we just take it easy today. We've had a long day yesterday and I would like to just rest for today."

Damon nodded . "That sounds like a great idea. You rest and Lilly and I will go out."

"Go out where?" Katherine asked.

"To the toy store."

"Damon, I swear. If you come home-"

"Don't worry! I'm not going to spoil her, much." A sly smile crept onto his face.

Katherine groaned and threw her hands up into the air. "Fine! But make sure she's safe and please don't bring the entire store home with you!"

Damon smirked. "Of course." He kissed Katherine on the forehead and grabbed the diaper bag and the baby carrier. He stafely strapped Lilly in and covered her with her blanket. He stuffed her teddy bear in there with her and walked out the front door.

Damon arrived at the toy store and got out, holding the baby carrier in one hand and his credit card in the other. He walked into the store that was packed with nothing but toys everywhere. Toys covered every inch of the store and the smaller ones were in isies. Damon grabbed a buggy and walked up to an isle that had toys for newborns and decided to check that out. "Hmm. Let's see. Oh a rattle!" Damon grabbed a pink and blue rattle from the shelf and put it into the buggy. "What else does she need?"


Katherine was sitting in the living room, reading a book when Stefan came through the door. "Hey have you seen my brother?"

Katherine looked up at Stefan and then looked back to her book. "He went out shopping with Lilly."

"Shopping for what?"

"Toys, I'm assuming."

At that moment the front door opened and Damon walked in carrying five bags of toys and the baby carrier. Katherine's eyes widened. "DAMON SALVATORE! YOU BETTER NOT HAVE SPOILED HER!"

Damon sniggered as he brushed past his brother and set the toys on the table. "A little too late for that."

Katherine didn't know weither to hit him or yell at him some more. She settled for being quiet. Damon unbuckled Lilly and took her out of the carrier. "Aw come on Kathy! Don't be like that."

Katherine tried to hold back a smile but failed. Damon laughed as he kissed her and looked back at his daughter. "You want your new toys now?" Damon grabbed a rattle from one of the bags and ripped the tags off. He shook it infront of Lilly and smiled when one of her hands reached up and tried to get the new object. 

Katherine smiled as she watched her husband and daughter bond with each other. She loved seeing Damon like this and hoped that she would get to see this side of him for many more years to come.

A/N: If you thought that I'm going to end it there then you're wrong! Next chapter coming up soon! Any ideas for the next chapter? What would you guys like to see? REVIEW =)