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I slowly flutter my eyes open and roll over in my bed and I end up on something. I wake up and see Damon lying in my bed. I'm shocked to see him there. "Rise and shine, sleepy head." Damon grins..
I sit up fast. "Aah! What are you doing?! Get out!" I shriek.
"You know you were dreaming about me. Explains the drool."
"Omg, you're a dick." I groan and look at my alarm. "Really? 6am, my daughter sleeps longer than this. Do you have anything better to do than to wake someone especially a mother at this time?"
"Fine, don't come with me and Elena to bring Stefan home. See ya." Damon alerts.
I shoot up. "Wait? What, you know where he is?"
"Windy city."
"They're in Chicago? How do you know that?"
"Katherine Pearce."
"The original doppleganger who barely tells the truth."
"Yep."
"Is he okay?"
"Well, let's just say he's not there to meet Oprah." Damon jokes.
"What about Amy, no one can look after her today?"
"She can come with us, we will keep her out of harms way, just say it's a road trip, get to know one another even better."
"You seriously want to take my three year old with us?"
"She can help pass the time."
"Fine but she better not come home with a scratch." I warn.
"I promise you, she won't, but you can do Always do a protector spell." He suggests.
"Sometimes I forget you know that."
"Well it's a good thing you trust me." He smirks. "Now hurry up, I have to wake your sister."
I slowly get out of bed and rub my eyes. I quickly shower put on jeans and a white tshirt with a jumper and let my hair down and dry on it's own. After I am ready I walk into Amy's room and gentle rub her back. "Wakey wakey." I whisper.
She stirs and opens her eyes and yawns. "Mornin mumma."
"I have a surprise for you." I whisper.
"What?"
"You, me, Aunt Lena and Damon are going on a road trip."
"Really?" she asks excitedly.
"Yep. So you need to get up and get dressed okay, wear something warm and comfortable."
"Ill be ready." She responds and I give her some clothes to put on.
After half an hour we are all ready and leave for Chicago but before we do I quickly do a protector spell on Amy just incase anything happens, which it won't but it's there anyway.
The drive to Chicago is full of conversation. I am in the front seat with Damon and Amy and Elena are in the back. Amy and Damon have been playing games keeping her entertained which I have found quite cute. "Thank you for keeping her entertained." I whisper as I know he would hear.
"Your welcome." He responds and looks into the back seat and finds Amy asleep. Elena is knee deep in the journals that Stefan has written. "I sure hope we find him, cause it would suck if the last memento of Stefan was that crappy old necklace." Damon teases Elena.
Elena touches her vervain necklace "It's an antique, Damon. Like you." Elena jokes.
I laugh and he gives me a look. He takes one of the diaries from the back and opens it for Elena. "Read this. It paints a pretty little picture of Stefan's first experience in Chicago."
"It's Stefan's diary. I'm not going to invade his private thoughts."
"You need to be prepared for what you're about to see Elena." I advise.
"I've seen Stefan in his darkest periods. I can handle it."
Damon opens the diary anyway and begins to read. "Here's one. March 12, 1922. 'I've blacked out for days. I wake up in strangers' blood, in places I don't recognize with women I don't remember.'" Damon says and glances at Elena. "Ahh! I'm shocked! Stefan's not a virgin?" Damon continues as I pinch the diary from his hands.
"Eyes on the road Grandpa." I tease and he groans. "Suck it up precious." I finish as I flick through the journal.
We eventually arrive in Chicago and I decide to show Amy around as Elena and Damon will work on a plan to find Stefan. "You sure you want to split up?" Elena worries.
"I'm a big girl Elena, I'll live." I remind her.
"It's just Klaus he's." she begins to add but I cut her off.
"Klaus's what out there? Well so are other dangerous people but he doesn't even know me I wasn't around I'll be fine, besides I know how to look after myself and Amy, we will be fine."
"You sure?" Damon asks.
"Certain."
"If you get into trouble ring me immediately."
"Yes sir." I joke and get Amy from the car. "Come on munchkin lets see Chicago, we will meet up with Lena and Damon later."
"Bye, bye." She dissmisses with a massive smile and we walk off in the opposite direction.
Amy and I walk down the busy streets of Chicago. It's chilly and luckyily Amy is wearing warm clothes. "Are you hungry?" I ask her.
"Hungry." She answers.
"Let's get some food then." We find a Diner which is close to a bar that is closed right now. We walk into the Diner and see several people dining and eating. We sit at one of the booths and I help Amy decide what she wants to eat. "What would you like?" I ask her.
"Burger." She answers.
"Cheeseburger?"
"Yes pease."
A waiter comes over with a smile. "Welcome, what can I get you two today?" she asks us.
"A cheeseburger and fries with a chocolate shake and I will get the chicken snitzel and fries with a peach iced tea please." I order.
"Anything else?"
"That's all thank you."
A little while later our meals come and we devour them. "Hungry huh?" I ask her.
"Full now." She mumbles.
I let out a little laugh. "Well you ate a little quickly."
"Can't help it mumma."
I smile. "It's fine baby."
"What we do now?"
"Have a look around, meet up with the others later on, they had some stuff to do."
"Like what?"
"Errens."
"Do we have errens?"
"Nope, we can have fun today, how about some new outfits?" I suggest.
She instantly lights up. "Yes, pease."
We finish eating and leave the Diner and as we walk out I trip over and Amy squeals. Before I hit the ground I feel a pair of hands catch me and I instantly feel coldness but I let it go because it's Chicago. "Omg." I gasp classlessly.
"You okay love." Asks an English accent.
"Yeah I'm fine thanks." I respond looking up and gaze into the most beautiful blue-green eyes I've ever seen. "Sorry."
"Mumma." I hear Amy's voice from next to me. I turn and see Amy looking at us. "I'm fine Amy."
"You going to be okay from here?" the guys asks and I'm drawn to his physique again. Shaggy blonde hair, he's tall and built but lean. Hot! But I instantly feel my witch senses click in but I stay calm.
"Yeah I should be alright if I don't have to walk up steps."
"Wouldn't want anything happening to you would you." He flirts but I can sense a double meaning behind it.
"No, wouldn't want that. Well thank you again." I thank gathering myself and Amy's hand.
"No worries love, just be careful walking around you wouldn't want something happening to you or your daughter."
I look up at him. "No I wouldn't." I tell him strongly eyeing him up. I than smile. "Thanks again ah. What was your name?"
"Nik."
"Well thanks again Nik." I finish and start to walk in the opposite direction.
"And what is yours love?" he calls out.
"Perhaps another time." I retort and walk off.
"You ok mumma?" Amy asks worried.
"Perfect, the man helped me all good."
"Something was off with him momma."
"What do you mean?"
"I could feel something."
I look at her shocked, oh no. "What did you feel was wrong?" I question.
"It was this feeling around him it was all dark but had some light in it but it was buried."
This shouldn't be happening she's three. "Well it's a good thing we'll never see him again."
"Yeah. We going to meet up with Lena now?" she asks.
"Yes let's go."
After a few hours of shopping and shaking off the feeling of worry. We try to find Damon and Elena. I ring Damon first. "Any luck?" I ask over the phone.
"We know where he will be tonight heading there now."
"Do you need assistance?" I ask.
"No definitely not, just stay with Amy and I will call you when we are done." He replies.
"There is something I need to tell you too."
"What?"
"I'll tell you on the way back, but in private but it's about Amy." I tell him.
"Okay, I've got to go, Elena is wining."
"When is she not." I comment and he laughs and I hang up. I look to Amy. "Damon isn't quite finished yet but he'll meet us soon."
It's dark now and Amy and I enjoyed the day we've spent together. We have finally met up with the others and Amy is asleep in the car. "How'd it go?" I ask from the outside.
"He's really gone." Elena says crying.
I hug her. "I'm sorry Elena, but maybe now you can see why we didn't want you to see him this way, and now you can start over."
She just cries and gets in the car. "How are you doing?" I ask Damon.
"Almost died whilst I was in there but the witch that was in there stopped it." he announces.
"So you had a run in with Klaus?"
"I did, I'm fine, what about you, you said you needed to tell me something?" he reminds me.
"Let's get on the road then talk." I suggest and we drive off.
"So talk." Damon alerts as we head home.
"So I tripped today but someone caught me and when we walked away Amy said she felt something off about him, I felt it because of being a well you know what but he seemed harmless but she said she could see his aura." I tell him.
"You don't think?"
"I hope not but she's three it's way to soon to be triggering anything."
"Have you figured out how you are a witch?"
I nod. "My grandmother, it was in the grimoires I found before I left."
"Well if it happens I will help out and maybe you can ask Bonnie." Damon suggests.
"Maybe, I just know that my secret is going to come out but I just want to know if I did the right thing?"
"Yes, you absolutely did the right thing. You would do anything to protect your daughter and now your caught in this mess, sorry about that."
"It would of happened anyway."
"Cheer up I'm sure when the time is right you will tell everyone." He finishes.
We eventually get home and Amy is passed out. Damon carries her to her room while I talk with Elena about what happened. "So what actually happened today?" I ask her.
"He told me to let him go because he isnt coming back not in my lifetime." She explains.
"I'm sorry Elena."
She hugs me tightly. "I don't know what I would do if you weren't here right now."
"Same." I reply and we head up to our rooms to bed.
