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Damon's POV

I woke up really early this morning and I've being trying to make sense of every thoughts and feelings running through me. Elena is sleeping quietly next to me and the sight makes me feel calmer every time my head starts to feel too crowded.

I was a dick for her last night and she stand up for me and she supported me when I needed her. The truth is I never liked anyone seeing me vulnerable and I never thought I would ask a woman to spend the night just sleeping, but with Elena, I just want to spend everything with her. I want her to know everything about me and I want to know her more and more each day. She had the motives to be mad at me last night but she knew I couldn't take any more problems anytime soon. That train of thought brings me to these new developments with my father. What the fuck am I going to do now? Am I supposed to treat him like nothing happened? I have to admit that the motives between my father's and Katherine's weeding toke me by surprise, I never thought she could be like that. Everything about her that made me fall in love with her is now what makes me hate her. But I have to question if my father couldn't find any loophole after so many years. Was he right when he said I wouldn't believe him if he told me the truth? Probably I wouldn't believe him; I was that blind about Katherine. Did I change that much since I met Elena? If I did, looking to the sleeping beauty next to me, I wouldn't change a thing.

I felt Elena move next to me and I forgot all of my worries so I could see me girlfriend wake up. God I love that word…

"You can sleep a little bit more kitten. It's early." I said caressing her sleepy face.

"That's ok. Good morning." She said giving me a smile. I knew she was still tired but she wanted to know if I was ok, after everything.

"Good morning kitten" I said pulling her closer to me and kiss her forehead. I didn't even have to force a smile on my face, it didn't matter all the problems I have, every time I see her, a grin makes its way to my face.

"How are you?" she asked with her head on my chest, her eyes burning into mine.

"I don't know" I said honestly

"Do you want to talk? I don't mind listen to you… Or I could call Stefan" Elena said.

"No, I don't want to talk to Stefan without knowing what to do. He is my baby brother, he doesn't need the weight of my problems. I love talking to you kitten but I don't know what to say or think about this…" I said quietly. I was not going to have an anger attack and be unfair to Elena again.

"Let's start slow. Did you believe what your father told you last night?" Elena asked

"I do. I never thought I would say this but this is something Katherine would do." I responded.

"Do you think you can get pass this and have some type of relationship with your father?" Elena continued to ask serenely. She was trying to make me organize my thoughts and make me come to a conclusion but I don't know if that is going to happen.

"I don't know Elena. It's what I told him last night, our problems run far deeper than that. His betrayal was just a tip of the iceberg. If I had a good relationship with him in the first place, Katherine's plan would never work…" I said running a hand through my hair.

"Don't you think you should talk to him and find out why he was a bad father, I'm sure he should have some sort of explanation. I mean, he married her to keep you safe, that should mean something." Elena reasoned

"I guess"

"Damon, I know what you want people to believe; you like to think you don't need anyone to be there for you but the truth is that you miss your father. I might have been a terrible father but he is the only father you have, and you would never stop talking to him if Katherine hadn't done what she did. So, if you are able to forgive him for that maybe you owe it to yourself to talk to him about everything else and find some answers. After everything that happened you don't even know why he tried to buy a part of the company, and that's the main reason you went there last night…" Elena explained.

"You are right. I'm going to go there this afternoon" I said.

"I think you should. You don't have to trust him or even start a relationship with him, but it wouldn't hurt to talk to him…" Elena said

"Yeah, you are right! As always" I smirked

"And don't you forget it" Elena said and kissed me.

We stayed like that for a while. I knew she was right, I was not obligated to do anything I didn't want to do. I never did that and I wasn't about to start now, and not with my father from all the people.

"Will you come with me?" I asked Elena

"If you want me too I will, but baby I think this is between you and your father. I don't think any one of you will say everything you need to say if there is someone else there. You are both similar that way" Elena said with a gentle smile.

"I suppose. But I would like it better if you were there" I said

"I will be one phone call away. If you need anything you just have to call, ok? I have to go home anyway to see if Jeremy didn't burn it down" Elena said.

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I got home from Damon's but my head and heart was still with him. I was hoping talking with his father wouldn't be a huge mistake.

"Jeremy!" I called when I step inside of the house. I could really use some distraction. Damon had stayed home preparing himself to go to the boarding house after lunch. He would never ask me to leave but I knew he needed some time to himself so I left with the excused I needed to check on Jeremy.

"Up here" I heard Jeremy yell from him room. I went there and knocked on the door. I don't know if Anna is here and I don't want to add up to the things I want to forget today.

"You can come in Lena" Jeremy said and I walked in. He was sited at his desk with a drawing note pad and a smile on his face.

"What are you doing?" I asked sitting in his bed.

"Drawing, I felt inspired today" He answered excitedly.

"Do you want me to leave? I don't want to disturb you" I said preparing to go to my room.

"No that's ok. I can stop for a while. Do you want to cook lunch with me?" Jeremy asked and I smiled. I loved having time alone with him like that.

"Sure. Mac and cheese?" I asked

"What else?!" Jeremy said rolling his eyes and walking to the kitchen.

Mac and cheese are one of my favorite dishes and I used to cook it for the both of us all the time when we were growing up and my mother wasn't home.

"So, where is Anna" I asked when we started to prepare lunch.

"She couldn't stay last night. Her mother has a cold and Anna needed to take care of her" Jeremy explained "and Damon?"

"He went to talk to his father this afternoon. He should come by later" I said. It wasn't my place to tell Jeremy about Damon and his father.

We stayed like that for a while just making lunch and talking with each other and it felt awesome. We haven't done this in a while and it was moments like this that reminded me that I had a good friend in my brother. When lunch was in the oven I ran upstairs to take a quick shower. I was about to leave my room when my phone started to ring.

"Elena, lunch is ready!" Jeremy yelled from the kitchen.

"One minute Jer" I yelled back.

I looked to the caller ID and I didn't recognize the number but something told me to get it.

"Hello?" I said

"Hello Elena, it's Giuseppe here." The voice on the phone said and my heart stopped. Why was he calling me?

"Mr. Salvatore, what can I do for you?" I said

"Damon just called me saying he would be stopping by in an hour to talk. I just wanted to thank you. I suspect you had something to do with it" He said and he sounded like a worried and happy father that was grateful someone had found his son and brought him home.

"No need to thank me. I didn't do anything except trying to help Damon. And any advice I may have given him was for his benefit only. He is my priority, not you Mr. Salvatore." I responded

"Well thank you anyway. Thank you for taking care of my son Elena. And please don't tell him I called you" Giuseppe said

"You are welcome, and I won't. But don't you dare hurting him. Your son is twice the man every men hopes to be." I said assertively.

"I know Elena. Believe me, I know" Giuseppe whispered and that made me feel calmer.

I could now start to relax and wait Damon to return to the safety off my arms.

After lunch Jeremy left to see Anna and I called Bonnie and Caroline so they would come over.

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I walked into the boarding house feeling a little bit lighter than last night. At least this house, my mother's pride and joy, was no longer in the hands of that bitch.

I went into the parlor next to the burning fireplace. I had called my father earlier to let him know I would come by to see him but I was still nervous about doing so. Elena was right, I did missed my father and I wanted to try and fix my relationship with him, I knew my mother would have wanted that too. After Elena left this morning so I could have some time alone (yes, I knew she was using Jeremy as an excuse because she knew I needed some time to prepare myself), I had realized some things and one of them is that I want a family. I want my brother to have a family and I was going to try and accomplish that.

I walked over to the drink table and poured myself a glass of bourbon. We were going to talk about some difficult things in order to get through this.

"Damon, you're here" I heard my father say behind me and I turned around.

"Yup, I told you I would come by so we could talk" I responded.

"I know but I thought you might have rethought it" He said and I felt a different vibe in the air.

"I don't run away from the things" I said and he nodded with a small smile

"Where is Stefan?" I asked wanting to lighten the mood.

"Out with Rebekah. We didn't talked much after last night, I think he is disappointed with me" Giuseppe said

"He will get through it" I answered. I lived a long time without a father and I don't want Stefan to go through it. Giuseppe was not the best father in the world but it was our father, and he always was a decent father to Stefan.

"Can you?" Giuseppe asked.

"That's why I here. We need to talk! If you want to have a relationship with me, than you have to explain some things to me." I said

"I'll answer anything you want son" Giuseppe said sitting in the leather chair next to the couch. I needed to walk so I stand.

"I don't remember much before mother's death but I remember you were different back then. You were a good father to me back then. But when she died and Stefan was born you changed. Anything I did was good enough for you and I tried, I tried so much but nothing worked. What did I did that was so horrible that made you stop loving me? Why did you hate me so much?" I asked and I felt decades of buried anger come to the surface.

"It wasn't you son. The problem was not you, was me. I was a bad father after your mother died. Before I met your mother I didn't want kids because I knew I wouldn't be a good father, because my father was not a good father. But your mother made me want all of that, she was the strong one and I knew that with her by my side I could do it. I knew she was going to be there to help me every step of the way and I was going to love you and your brother more than life because the two of you were the representation of our love. Before your brother was born I was happy in everything, every day I looked forward to come home to you and your mother, but then she died. She wasn't supposed to die and leave us. I didn't knew what to do and every time I looked at you I was reminded of a time I was so happy and a time I could no longer go back to. With Stefan I could pretend that she wasn't important, I could pretend I my heart hadn't been buried alongside of her; but with you I couldn't do that because you knew the truth. You were her, all of you is the best part of her and I couldn't take it. Everything you did reminded me of her, your strength, your smile, your way of seeing things, the way you would never lie even if that would get you in trouble… I loved and love you Damon, but I didn't knew how to love you without breaking down about your mother." Giuseppe said and a tear rolled from his eyes. I knew he was been honest but it still hurt. The truth his nothing he could have said would make this easier or compensate about the fact I, not only did I lost my mother I lost my father as well. But maybe now I can find some closer.

"So, why now? Why do you want to have me back, now? What changed?" I asked genuinely curious.

"Katherine did" He stated and I was even more confused.

"How is that?" I asked

"After I married her I begun to get depressed, I mean being married to that woman can drive anyone insane. I started to see a therapist and I finally was able to move past the death of your mother and I realized that she left but she gave me the best gist ever. She gave me you and when she left I still had the best part of her with me. I'm sorry it toke me so long to realize that." He said

"You know it's not going to be easy to move past this right?" I asked

"I know but I'll do whatever I need to, to make this right. I want to have a family again; I want both you and your brother to be happy and strong. I want to teach you guys everything your mother would have wanted." He said standing up.

"This is going to be hard but I'm willing to try. No promised though, this is not going to happen overnight and I've been by myself for a long time now and I'm not used to anything else" I said.

"Ok, baby steps it is. Oh this reminds me, I have a thing I want to show you. Wait a second please" He said going upstairs. Five minutes later he was back with a wooden box I never saw before.

"What is that?" I asked

"This was the box your mother kept everything important for her and I kept something's in there too. I found it this morning in the back of my closet." Giuseppe said giving me the box. I opened it up to find several old photographs of my mother and I, the three of us when I was really small… I also found several homemade cards I did for my father after my mother's death.

"Why is this here? You always putt it a side when I gave them to you…" I said choked to see my many attempts to please my father growing up, things I thought long gone.

"I could never throw them away… I read anyone of these cards over and over again and I save them here. I just thought you might like to see that they were not in vain." He said.

"Thanks dad. This means a lot… I just have one more question, why did you tried to buy a part of my company?" I asked. I almost forgot to make this question, the question that brought us here.

"Because I wanted to support you, it's not easy to start a company and I wanted to be there for you. And that was the only way I could help you at the time…" HE responded and I felt closure.

"Ok, I have to go now." I said. I was happy I came but I needed to breathe a little.

"Sure. Maybe we could have dinner one of these days…" He said and I could tell he was nervous.

"Yeah, ok. I let you know" I said and I walked away. I needed to think for a while.

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I was lying in my bed with Caroline and Bonnie. We hadn't been together like this in a long time. Just talking about anything. The girls knew about Damon and his father because Stefan had called Caroline this morning to talk.

"I don't know what to do girls, it's so wrong but it feels so right" Caroline said telling us all the news about her love life. I seems that Valentine's Day double date with Stefan, Rebekah and Klaus, ended well for Caroline and Klaus as well as for Stefan and Rebekah.

"It seems you are totally into him Care" Bonnie said and Caroline buried her head in my pillow.

"Yeah but I'm so confused. I thought he was a total ass when I knew him but when we were alone he was really sweet and gentle. What am I supposed to think?" She said

"Ok, I'm not seeing the big deal here?" I said really don't understanding why Caroline was so worked out about Klaus

"How can you not Elena? Who is the real Klaus? Is it the ass or the good guy?" Caroline said and I saw her cheeks blush.

"Caroline what are you not telling us?" Bonnie asked with a smirk

"What do you mean I'm not hiding anything" Caroline lied

"Caroline!" Bonnie and I say simultaneously

"Ok, we kissed ok. He was being an ass and I was rambling about how I couldn't wait to go home and never see him again. I told him he was an arrogant son of a bitch and that he thought he was better than everyone when he really wasn't. So to shut me up he kissed me, hard. And and it felt like flying, it was infuriating and wonderful and I just wanted to slap him and kiss him and I did it. I pushed him away, I slapped him and them I kissed him. We started laughing and then he was a totally different man…" Caroline said.

"Woah that is…I don't know what to make of it but it sure seems like you do Caroline…" I said smiling.

"He sent me a drawing he made of me and he wrote 'would you give me the honor of going out on a date with me, love?' what should I respond to that?" Caroline asked.

"Only you can know that Care, but from what you are telling us, you are dying to figure this guy out" I said honestly.

"I kind of am… And the guy is so HOT, I mean, British guys are so not my type, but that guy… Oh my god he is one piece of heaven… and his voice…" Caroline rambled absentmindedly.

"Caroline you are drooling all over Elena's sheets…" Bonnie said smiling.

"I'm going to say yes" Caroline said determinately "I'm going out on a date with him"

We stayed like that for a while until I felt my phone vibrate with a text message

"Are u home?" Damon texted me and my heart sped up.

"Yes r u k? R u coming here?" I texted back

"It's Damon?" Caroline asked and I nodded.

"I think we should go. I'm sure you want to talk to him and I have to call Klaus." Caroline said and she and Bonnie left.

"I'm good. I'll be there in 5. Love u" he said

"K. Love u too"

I waited but the clock didn't seem to be moving. All I could think was about is meeting with his father. Will he be ok? Did his father hurt him again?

I loved how punctual Damon is. In 5 long minutes he was knocking in my door.

"Hi" I said when I opened my door. He was grinning and he didn't seem sad. That made me let out a sign of relief.

"Hi kitten" He said coming in and kissing me passionately.

The kissed heated up and soon we were in my bed the booth of us naked. Damon was kissing me, my neck, my breasts… Our pace was slow and passionate and every bit delicious.

Damon moved south and placed a kiss in the inside of each thigh so close to where I wanted him but so far none the less.

"Damon please" I said and he chuckled. He continued to caress every part of my lower body for a few more minutes until he caved and kissed my clit. His tongue liked me with reckless abandon and I was gasping in minutes.

He kissed his way back up until I felt all of his weight pressed against me, it was heaven. He entered me with a quick thrust and I can swear I saw stars. Once again our pace was slow but deep. After a couple of thrusts Damon stopped and pulled me up. In this position Damon was on his knees and I was straddling him. The new position allowed Damon to hit every right stop and I reach my orgasm in a matter of minutes. He quickly followed and we stayed lying in my bed trying to catch my gasp.

"Thank you kitten" Damon said after a few moments

"What for? I should be thanking you for what you just did" I said with a smirk and Damon chuckled.

"It's not that. Thank you for making me realize I needed to talk to my father." Damon said kissing my hair.

"I guess it went well then?" I asked

"Yes, I mean it still hurts and it always will but I finally had some closure" Damon said and it was all I needed to hear. I'm not going to ask what he said because I know Damon will tell me if he wants it.

"I'm glad it went well" I said

"I do to. You know that he kept all of the cards I made him growing up? It's all in a wooden box alongside some things from my mother…" Damon said with a smile

"Did he told you why he tried to bought the company?" I asked curious

"Yeah, he told me it was his way of trying to support me… Speaking of company, I have something to tell you" he said

"What is it?" I asked looking curiously to him

"You need to go shopping!" He stated

"Shopping? Where did that come from?" I asked. Why in hell did I need to go shopping?

"You have to go shopping because we are going to host a masquerade ball!"