Dear Diary,

Today is officially the day that all the fun will begin. That's right, today's December 1st, the day that Damon moves his items into my house, and stays with my family and me for the entire month as we show him our way of celebrating Christmas.

At first, Aunt Jenna wasn't too fond of the idea. She doesn't trust Damon, especially with him staying under her roof which could cause things to happen easily. But, she trusts me and knows that I'm better than that. Secretly, I think she's excited. For the first time in months, she'll have a house full of teens. That's true! I forgot to mention, Anna and Jeremy are coming stay the entire month too.

How wonderful, two humans and three vampires, living underneath the same roof...

"Hunny," Damon called out as he sat on her open window seal, "I'm hommmme." He made sure to stress the m on home as they did in the olden day movies.

"Damon," whispered Elena as she ran to his side and placed her hand over his mouth. "Jenna's home, she could easily hear you."

"Elena," Damon replied, mocking the young girl, "Why does it matter? She knows I'm staying the entire month."

"Because," Elena started, "Normal humans, use the front door. So good bye."

"You've got to be kidding me," groaned Damon as he climbed out of the window and quickly made his way down the large tree. Elena laughed quietly as her boyfriend pouted at her from the ground below as she carefully sealed the window shut.

"Was that Damon?" Jenna asked as she walked into Elena's room and placed her newly washed clothes on the dresser near her bed.

"Um, no," Elena smiled nervously, "Well, yeah, but not in the room. I had him on speaker phone."

"Hmph, could have sworn he was in here. Guess I'm finally losing my mind, huh?" laughed Jenna, "Speaking of Damon, what time is he coming over?"

"I'm-" Elena started, only to be interrupted by the door bell ringing throughout the house, "Damon's here."

Elena smiled to herself as she raced down the stairs and made her way to the living room. Quickly, she opened the door to discover Damon leaning against the wall with his arms slightly crossed as he flashed her his famous smirk – the same smirk that weakened her knees every time she laid eyes on him.

"Can I come in?" he asked, joking around due to the fact that he had already been invited in months ago.

"After you," Elena replied as she opened her hands up like the employees at hotels normally did.

Damon smirked as he strutted past the dark girl, allowing himself to walk around the living room, observing every aspect of the room. Although he had been in the home numerous times before, he still found it fascinating to discover embarrassing pictures of Elena as a younger child, which could be used as black mail in the future.

"The house isn't as large as the boarding house..." Elena trailed off, "But we have just enough bedrooms, if you and Jeremy share his room and Anna and I share mine."

"Why can't we share a room?" Damon asked as he lowered his voice, dragging out each word as she felt his warm breath hitting her face, causing her to shiver under his stare.

"Because," Elena smiled as she walked into the kitchen, "Some of us have authority living in the home with us."

"I'm a big boy," Damon smirked, "I'll behave myself."

"You better," warned Elena as she suddenly grew serious.

"Elena, look at this face," Damon demanded as he pointed a long pale finger to his smirking face, "Does it look like I'd be bad?"

"Do you really want me to answer that?" Elena asked, already knowing the obvious answer.

"Only if you say yes, because any other way would put me sounding similar to Stefan" Damon replied as he shook in disapproval, "Scary thought."

Damon causally laid himself across the living room couch as he grabbed the nearest book, Twilight. "Don't tell me you actually read this stuff," he said with a hint of amusement in his voice.

"I don't," Elena said as she snatched the book out of his hand, "It's Caroline's. She left it here the last time she came spend the night."

"Oh, right," Damon replied in a rolling of the eyes, "The blonde who asked if vampires really sparkle. That explains a lot."

It'd only been thirty minutes since Damon's arrival, and already, he was all over the house, interested with every ounce of furniture, every picture, and every speck of dirt on the floor. Elena sighed as she realized what she had gotten herself in to, after all, it was Damon Salvatore, the guy who was fascinated by anything and everything.

"Elena," called Jenna as she appeared from above the current floor, carrying a bag of trash in one hand, "Did you talk to your brother?"

"About an hour ago. He said they were packing and would be over as soon as they were finished," answered Elena.

"Good, I'm about to start dinner. Oh, hello Damon. I hope you like roast," Jenna smiled as she took notice of the young guy laying across her couch.

"A woman's homemade meal always leads to a guy's heart," he replied uninterested.

"Don't you have a way with words. Anyway," Jenna sighed as she rolled her eyes at Damon before turning back to Elena, "Alaric's coming over tonight for dinner. I figured I'd invite him since everyone else had someone."

"The teacher?" Damon asked as he suddenly shot up quickly.

"Mr. Saltzman? Mhm," Jenna replied before exiting the room.

"How interesting," Damon said quietly to himself. Before he could get any ideas, Elena was on his case.

"Don't you dare try anything. I'm warning you Damon," she said forcefully as she grabbed hold of his bags and begin to bring them up the long isle of stairs. Suddenly, she felt Damon at her side, removing the heavy suitcase from her hands as he made his way up and quickly found the room.

"How did you-?" Elena asked as she pointed to Jeremy's room with as a look of confusion spread across her face.

"I've been here once or twice," Damon smirked, "Plus two hundred."

"Stalker much?" Elena laughed.

"Hey now," Damon said as he raised his eyebrows and waved his hands in front of him, "I'm no Stefan."

As much as Elena tried to hide it, she could feel herself laughing along with Damon at his previous comment. "Stop being mean."

"Stop being nice," Damon smirked as he mocked Elena even more than before.

"Why must you be so childish?" Elena asked, half annoyed, half entertained.

"Why must you be so in love with me?" Damon whispered into Elena's ear as he pulled her closer to him before capturing her lips in a passionate kiss. Elena could feel Damon slowly backing her up and laying her against her bed as he climbed on top of her. Suddenly, they heard a clearing of the throat coming from the other side of the room as they flew apart from each other, Damon nearly landing in the chair on the opposite end of the room.

"Don't worry, it's just us," Jeremy laughed as he walked through the door, "Although, I could have lived without witnessing my sister and her boyfriend getting it on."

"Why didn't you ring the door bell?" Elena asked, ignoring Jeremy's last comment.

"I did. Ten times. Was Damon moaning to loud or something?" Jeremy replied as he took a seat on his sister's dresser. Elena could feel Damon's smirk before she even turned to look at him.

"Where's Anna?" she asked, refusing the reply to his comments once again.

"Downstairs with Aunt Jenna discussing things I don't care much about," yawned Jeremy.

"I like this kid," Damon said as he pointed in the direction of Jeremy, "He has spunk. Like, a younger version of myself."

"Jer, please don't end up like Damon," begged Elena.

"Oh, I hope I don't. Next thing I know, you'll be all over me," laughed Jeremy as he exited the room, leaving a stunned Elena and Damon nearly dying on the floor from laughing so hard.

"Did I mention I love that kid?" Damon smirked as he continued to laugh even harder than he had started to.

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Alaric stood in the kitchen against the small island as he watched Jenna prepare the main course for the small family get together she was holding tonight. Apparently, Damon and Anna were staying the entire month along with Jeremy and Elena.

"So, this thing with Damon and Elena. Clue me in, when did this happen?" Alaric asked as he reached into a plastic bag of lettuce and removed a small piece for himself.

"To be honest, I have no clue. Last time I checked, she was working things out with Stefan," Jenna replied, never removing her eyes from her cooking meal.

"It's a shock, to me, personally. Every time Damon would visit at school, Elena would walk away with disgust," Alaric commented as he remembered witnessing a view moments when Elena and Damon would be together.

"You know what they say, opposites attract," sighed Jenna.

It wasn't so much that she didn't like Damon, because she did. But, she didn't trust him. Everyone around Mystic Falls knew his reputation – date the girl, have sex with the girl, dump the girl. Out of all the stories she heard about him, she had yet to hear about him staying with a girl for longer than three months. She'd already witnessed Elena going through enough pain, she didn't want to see her niece go through anymore unnecessary pain.

However, she refused to allow herself to become one of the over protective guardians who push themselves into every aspect of their child's life, including personal relationships. If Elena found something worth liking in Damon, there had to be something there that only Elena saw. It was also very possible that Damon only opened up to Elena and no one else. For all she knew, she could have been judging Damon based on rumors. As long as Elena was happy, she would try to push away the threatening stories and focus on the more important thing – getting to know her niece's boyfriend.

Anna, on the other hand, she absolutely loved. She had many manors for everyone around her and was always offering to help. Unlike Damon, she didn't just walk into the house and make herself at home. The first thing she did was head straight to the kitchen and make small talk with Jeremy's Aunt before leaving to go find her boyfriend. While Damon, well Damon just sat there looking like a pretty boy and throwing out sarcastic remarks.

"Alaric, would you do me a favor," Jenna asked still not looking up from her cooking food, "Could you get the other four down here please? Dinner's going to be served soon."

Without replying Alaric made his way up the stairway to find the four teenagers sitting together and talking in Jeremy's room. Damon winked the moment Alaric's eyes rested upon him, causing Alaric to sigh in frustration. If this was what he had to look forward to for the next month every day he stopped by, he'd end up pulling someone's hair out.

"What's wrong Ric? Not pleased to see me," smirked Damon as he pasted the history teacher before following a scolding Elena down the stairs.

"Never better, Damon," replied Alaric with the same amount of sarcasm hidden in his voice.

"There's the jolly old guy I killed before. Great attitude, personally, I love it," replied Damon before he shut up as they made their way into the kitchen and each took a seat at the table which was neatly made and prepared for the group.

"Love what?" asked Jenna as she placed a plate in front of each of her guests.

"Why," Damon started while looking at Jenna with an innocent smile, "How nice it was of you to take in all these teenagers for the holidays. From the bottom of my heart, thank you."

Jenna stopped in her tracks as she stared at Damon weirdly before shaking her head and going back to placing the food down. Damon simply shrugged before returning his focus to the talkative table.

"What you like any help, mam?" asked Anna as she rushed to Jenna's side and helped her carry the steaming pots of food.

"How thoughtful, thank you Anna," smiled Jenna as Anna followed her trail.

"You're welcome. Mother always thought me to help an fellow woman in need," Anna replied as she smiled back. Thoughts of her mother flashed to her mind, making her sad for a moment. However, when she turned to look at Jeremy, all her sadness went away. It was a part of the reason she was so crazy about him, he could fix her problems without even trying.

As soon as the food was finished being pasted out, the hungry kids as well as Alaric, dived into the food. For the rest of the dinner, Jeremy explained him and Anna's plans for the future, as well as how they were thinking about a big surprise that would eventually shock the entire family. Elena explained what she hoped to teach Damon about celebrating Christmas with a family, as well as Matt and Caroline's plans. And as far Alaric, well Alaric just sat back and chatted with Jenna as he kept a close eye on Damon. Although, surprisingly, Damon was on his best behavior for the rest of the meeting.

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woo, welcome to the first part of Christmas with the Gilberts, by yours truly. I'm not sure how I feel about this chapter, I guess it's okay, tell me what you think. If I don't get many great reviews, I may end up redoing it.

Anyway, I tried capturing Damon's sarcastic and carefree attitude in this story simply because in the other one, his guard was down a little because he was around basically Elena the entire time. Now that he's around others, it's back up but yet he still knows when to stop and how to express his emotions to Elena. But we all know Damon wouldn't be Damon with his cockiness.

I think for a majority of this story, I may put it in Damon's point of view since the main idea is basically Damon experiencing a lifestyle with Elena and her family, and how he realizes how humans are not so bad. But I'm not sure, let me know if I should keep it in third person or if I should switch to first person.

Anyway, enjoy and review.