this is an all human au nothing is canon

Chapter 1

Damon was walking through the grocery store, his small, hyper daughter wiggling about in the seat of the cart. He knew that if he didn't get her home within an hour or so, she would never want to take a nap. As he turned down the frozen aisle, she bounced on her butt with her hands on the cart.

"I want ice cream!" the light redheaded little girl squealed.

"We'll get ice cream, Kate, don't worry." Damon chuckled, looking down at her and trying to keep her from grabbing any of the food in the back behind her.

Kate vibrated her lips and kicked her feet, nearly kicking him in a unlucky place.

"Hey! Watch your feet kid." he told her and she giggled.

They stopped in front of the ice cream freezer, and Kate pointed at a pint of chocolate ice cream. Damon grabbed it and put it in the card before they continued down the aisle.

Kate was just four years old, but she was one of the smartest, most excited four years old you could ever meet. Lucky for Damon, she was his. In the beginning, he wasn't so happy about having a daughter out of the blue, but now, he wouldn't trade her for anything.

"It's miss Bennett! Miss Bennett!" Kate started bouncing again and Damon stopped as he was about to turn into the chips aisle, looking to wear she was pointing.

A woman with dark brown hair that was wavy and reached her shoulders, turned around to look. She smiled and then walked over to them.

"Kate Salvatore." she smiled, and looked at Damon.

"Ohh, you're her preschool teacher right?" Damon asked her.

"Yes, I was hired in place of the previous teacher, a few months ago. I'm Bonnie Bennett." Bonnie explained.

Kate smiled, "She's a good teacher!"

Damon chuckled, "I'm Damon Salvatore." he told her with a smile.

He had seen Bonnie a few times while dropping his daughter off at school but had never really spoken to her, since she was new and the parent teacher conference wasn't for another few weeks.

Bonnie smiled, "She's a wonderful little girl. I actually have wanted to suggest that she be bumped up to first grade, rather than kindergarten when she turns five."

Damon blinked, "Oh, well, we'll certainly look into that." he nodded.

Bonnie's green eyed flickered over his face and as they stood there, the height difference was quite noticeable. She was a full foot shorter than him. However, she looked younger.

"I better get going." she smiled and leaned down to look at Kate, "You have fun shopping."

Kate grinned, "Bye Miss Bennett!" she giggled and waved as the woman walked away.

As Damon stood there, he watched her walk away and disappear down an aisle. If anything was true, Bonnie was certainly beautiful. After a second, he looked away and continued down the aisle.