As requested, just a little thing about Delena sending one of their children to college
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"I've learned that home isn't a place, it's a feeling."
-Cecelia Ahern-
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Damon, Elena and two of their children were standing in the beautiful gardens of Brown University; it was a sunny Saturday morning, the air was a bit chilly and the birds sang happily in the sky. Damon had his right arm around his daughter's slender frame while his left hand gripped his wife's tightly.
"Are you sure you don't want to reconsider?" He looked down at the hazel eyes of his daughter.
Ophelia laughed softly "Daddy…"
"I'm just saying Whitmore is a really good school"
"Damon…" Elena warned with a chuckle.
He had gone crazy when Ophelia told them she was going out of state for college; he threw a tantrum as well when Stefan decided to go to Columbia but it was even worst with Ophelia, she was his little girl and he still wasn't ready to let her go.
"Okay they had some questionable teachers and they did allow Alaric to teach there but-"
"Daddy…"
He sighed "All right, all right"
Ophelia smiled at her father and circled his waist with her arms "You know I love you right?"
"Oh I love you too" He answered before placing a kiss into her forehead "Just bear with me the first weeks, I might call you everyday"
Ophelia beamed at him "You can call me as many times as you can" She stood up on her tippy toes and kissed his cheek before releasing him and moving towards her mother.
Her arms went around the slender frame of her mother and Elena hugged her as tight as she could, tears were glistening in her eyes but she refused to let them fall, the last thing she wanted was for Ophelia to feel bad about leaving "Goodbye sweetheart"
Ophelia held tightly onto her mother, she was excited about college but being away from her family was going to be the hardest thing she had ever done. She would miss her father's jokes and her mother's advices, her warm hugs and hot chocolate on cold nights "Goodbye mommy" She released her mother and tried to hold back her tears as she kneeled down to be leveled with her little brother "Goodbye Robbie Rob" His small arms went around her and she couldn't hold the tear that trailed down her cheek.
"Bye Phi" He murmured against her hair.
She broke apart from him and ruffled his hair "You be good with mom and dad"
"Always" He nodded solemnly.
"Yeah right" Elena said with a chuckle.
"You're more like me than what I would like" Damon said and they all couldn't help but laugh at it because it was the utter and complete truth. Of their three children Robbie was the one who was the most alike to Damon, and it wasn't just the blue eyes and dark hair but the confidence and the capacity to say the most inventive of things all the time.
Ophelia sighed as she looked around the members of her family, Stefan had wanted to come but school didn't allow him to, her lower lip and trembled and in a minute she was engulfed in a Salvatore group hug.
"You take care baby" Elena said as she placed a kiss on her daughter's cheek.
"We'll call you tonight" Damon said unable to hide the catch on his voice.
Ophelia nodded and bit her lip to stop the tears from falling "Bye guys" She waved awkwardly before turning away and started walking in direction of the dorm rooms.
Damon placed his arm around Elena's shoulder and she rested her head on his chest "I can't believe we're sending our second child to college" She whispered as they watched the figure of Ophelia disappearing in the distance.
"And you all thought I wouldn't know how to save money"
"We are pretty awesome parents don't we?"
"We are"
Twelve year old Robbie chuckled "Don't worry guys I'll never be leaving Mystic Falls"
Damon's eyes moved to their youngest son "Yeah right, let's see what you think in a few years" He muttered, already dreading the day they would have to see his little one going away too.
Robbie planted himself in front of them and stared at him with a solemn expression "I'm serious; I'll be a police like uncle Matt"
Damon groaned "Oh no please, why God?"
"Damon…" Elena warned as she chuckled.
"I want to be the sheriff" Robbie said proudly and Damon smiled warmly at him.
He ruffled his son's hair "Well… I did like the sheriffs in town" His mind going back to one of his best friends, one of the many who got lost along the way. He wondered briefly what Liz would think of him now; would she think he was doing a good job as a parent?
With another sigh they turned around and started walking towards the Camaro, Robbie was ahead of them looking marveled at everything around him "Two kids in college… We're leaving our youth behind" Damon said
"No we're not" Elena answered and then looked at him as she extended her hand to caress his hair "Well maybe your gray hair thinks different"
"I don't have-"He started to protest but when he saw the mischievous smile on her face he leaned down and kissed her softly "Funny" He murmured against her lips.
Truth be told Damon did have more than a couple of grey hairs scattered around his once dark black hair, but to Elena it only made him look hotter, she was always telling him he looked even better than Eric Dane and Josh Duhamel put together.
Robbie was the first to climb in when they reached the Camaro; Damon went around so he could get in the driver seat but stopped when he saw Elena standing outside the open door of the passenger seat "Is something wrong?"
Her lips widened in a smile "Wanna go on a road trip?"
"What?"
"Feel like spending a couple of hours with me and your son on the road?"
"Well…"
"What?"
"You're not the worst company in the world" They grinned at each other as their minds went back to a memory that seemed to belong to a different life. How different they were from that pair of frenemies that climbed inside that very same car so many years ago.
Damon lifted an eye brow "Georgia?"
"Yeah" She nodded eagerly.
He nodded before giving her a devilish smirk "Let's go then Mrs. Salvatore" They got inside the car as fast as they could. "Hey, Robbie guess what…"
And just like that Damon and Elena were once again in the road, in the way to a new adventure.
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