PART ONE

Damon Salvatore looked at his watch with impatience. Lily Salvatore was late again, which wasn't surprising if he was being completely honest, his mother after all was CEO of a large wedding dress emporium with over 5,500 shops all over the United States. Still, his time was precious and he didn't fancy being kept waiting with his brother, Stefan who he saw every day.

A man had to have some options.

"If she's not here in five minutes, I'm leaving." Damon quipped to his younger brother.

Stefan ever the good son narrowed his brows. "Damon, she's only ten minutes late."

Damon snorted. "Ten, try forty-five. As if I didn't have better things to do- "

"Calm yourself, Damon," Lily Salvatore interrupted his rampage as she surprised him by coming behind him. At one time Lily Salvatore, had been a beautiful woman, but the death of her husband and managing her own company had quickly tired her out. Although she was still beautiful she looked older beyond her years. "I'm here now how about we sit down and have a nice lunch."

The three Salvatore's quickly ordered and Lily straighten her skirt. "Well, this is nice. It's been a while since all of us have had lunch together."

Damon smirked and Stefan broke the awkward silence. Both knew too well that Lily didn't bother contacting them unless it was something major or if it was the holidays. Since it was the middle of March, they thought that the first option was closest. "What is going on mother?"

Lily bit her lip. "Mr. Andrews, the family lawyer. You remember him right dears? Well he finished sorting out your father's will, he made a mess of the whole thing and of course poor Mr. Andrews finally finished setting up the will."

Mr. Andrews was the short, nervous little man that had overseen Giuseppe Salvatore's will. Even since their father had died three months ago, from a heart attack the will had stayed in a sort of limbo state while Mr. Andrews tried to fix all the mistakes that Giuseppe had made. He wasn't exactly known for being tidy and kept everything in check. Damon had begun to think that Mr. Andrews would never finish the stupid will.

"Damon," Lily said. "Things in the will, they are complicated. . .they are quite unusual. We weren't expecting."

Damon gritted his teeth. He knew where this was going, the cheap bastard hadn't left him anything. He had always hated Damon's guts not caring that he was his oldest son. When he had died unexpectedly Damon and he had been in a fight and although Damon was sorry that his father had died before they could make up, he wasn't exactly sad. Besides his father had always preferred Stefan.

Stefan, Damon looked at his younger brother. It wouldn't surprise him in the least if Mr. Salvatore had left his wealth to Stefan. Precious baby bro had always been everyone's favorite.

"What is it, mother?" Stefan ever the good son said.

Lily seemed grateful that someone at last had spoken. "Perhaps we should discuss it- "

"We will discuss it now." Damon said through gritted teeth.

Lily shook her head. "All right, Damon no need to make such a fuss. Stefan, your father has left you his house in France and your trust fund of course, you need to see Mr. Andrews in the morning to get everything squared away. Damon as his eldest son, you too get your trust fund and the houses in the Hamptons and Connecticut. But for you, um, you father requested a usual. . .detail. You must do something before you receive your inheritance."

Elena twisted the necklace around her neck nervously. She felt chilly in the paper robe that was one of the nurses had given her. She looked at the clock and noticed that she had exactly four minutes until her lunch hour ended and she still hadn't spoken with the doctor.

Elena was currently at the Milani Clinic where they specialized in insemination and fertility treatments. Elena had come in to see if she would be a good candidate for insemination. She knew her parents would freak when they found out that Elena was having a "test tube" baby with no father in the picture. But this is what Elena wanted. Besides she had a decent job and she would start saving up for the baby.

All Elena knew was that she wanted this, badly. Dr. Winston came in and greeted her, "Miss Gilbert, sorry for the long wait, we were just getting the results of your tests."

Elena gulped. "And?"

"You the perfect candidate for insemination," Dr. Winston said. "You're young, healthy, and fertile. Everything came back perfect. Now all you have to do is set a date and pick a donor. Rachel at the front desk will give you some papers on information of possible donors such a hair color, health issues, etc. so you can pick who you want, to be the father of your baby."

Elena nodded. "What about cost?"

"Each insemination will cost around $400," Dr. Winston said. "Per try. You might need to try it three or four times. Women rarely get pregnant the first time, but I've seen young women around your age get pregnant on the second or third time."

Elena nodded. Dr. Winston patted her shoulder. "Elena, it's ok to be scared, you don't have to decided right now. You're still young, you could fall in love- "

"No, please Dr. Winston," Elena said, "I want to do this. I just need to get the money."

Dr. Winston nodded. "All right, give me a call when you have decided."

"A baby!" Damon nearly shouted as he slapped the sides of the wheel of the car. Stefan sat next to him in a quiet, obnoxious way. But Damon was secretly glad that his brother was there so that he could complain to someone. "Where am, I supposed to get a baby?"

Apparently, the condition that Mr. Salvatore had set for Damon to get his inheritance was that Damon was supposed to have a baby in three years. If he did not, he would lose his inheritance and it had to be a legitimate child. So, he couldn't just adopt a baby or get a random girl pregnant.

Apparently, the eldest Salvatore thought Damon's partying ways would mean that he would never get settled and he wouldn't continue the Salvatore family name. "Is that even legal?"

Stefan nodded. "It's not hurting anyone or causing harm to the general population. Besides is his money, he can do what he wants with it."

He threw him a dirty look. "And why didn't he demand that you also get someone pregnant?"

"Maybe because I'm not fucking everything that has high heels," Stefan snapped. "Besides Damon you have three years, that's plenty of time. Besides you have plenty experience in making babies."

"Little bro, the brat that I have is supposed to be legitimate," Damon laughed darkly. "Which means I need to marry the brat's mother."

"Maybe you will meet someone nice," he said dryly.

"Yeah, maybe."

-End of Chapter One-

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