Chapter 9
Stefan and Bonnie left with Arianna a week ago and God how he missed that little girl. He felt like piece of him was missing, he had known this little girl for a short time and he loved her so much that it hurt. He missed how she would smile like her mother but would smirk like him he missed her giggles he missed how much she reminded him of Bonnie and then she reminded him of him self. The feeling was still surreal that he was now a father, that he help created the living, breathing little person that look so much like him and her mother. She was so innocent so young without a care in the world. A brilliant, smart, intelligent, and kind person, who had the heart and soul that most people 10 times her age didn't, this little girl, His little girl. His Daughter, His and Bonnie's daughter was simply captivating
He Rented an apartment with 3 bedrooms, 1 for him 1 for Ari and a guest room, a large kitchen because Damon Salvatore loved to cook it was one of the things Bonnie loved about him and a large living room so he could enjoy football like any other man in America his parents were both Italian but he was an American in every since of the word.
Tonight was Friday night and he was alone and his empty apartment. Usually he would be at the bar drowning his sorrows in a bottle of bourbon but not tonight. For starters his drinking buddy Ric was out of town, 2nd he didn't have to come home to a nagging bitch of a wife and 3rd he just got finished talking to his daughter, he made plans to visit her next weekend and he was in a pretty good mood.
He missed his daughter. Part of him resented Bonnie, Stefan, His parents and out right hated Elena and everybody else who kept his child a secret from him. Maybe he could understand why Bonnie and Stefan did it, they were pissed. What he couldn't understand was why his parents did it, his own flesh and blood and he wanted to know why.
Damon Knocked on the door to his parent's home and His mother answered the door.
"Hello Damon, What are you doing here?" Isabella asked happy to see her son.
"I just wanted to visit my parents."
"Okay, come in." Isabella escorted Damon to the sitting room where Giuseppe was reading a book." We have a visitor Isabella said to Giuseppe. Giuseppe looked up at his son.
"What do we owe the pleasure?" Giuseppe asked
"I just thought I come visit my favorite parents." He smirked
"I'm surprise your wife let you out."
"Well my wife and I are separated."He answered matter of fact
"Good for you." Isabella said
"What brought on the sudden change of heart?" Giuseppe asked with a raised eyebrow
"Arianna, she didn't like her and honestly I hated the skank."
"You married the Skank."
"And I have regretted it ever since."
"I'm glad you decided to let her go." Isabella said
"I hope you have a good Divorce attorney, because she won't go easy."
"I'm a Lawyer Papa."
"Yes but your a corporate lawyer you need a Divorce attorney because she'll try to take every cent."
"It doesn't matter I told her she could have it all."
"What." Isabella exclaimed
"Bella did you drop him on his head as a baby." Giuseppe asked
"No, Damon you can't do that." Isabella said to her son
"I just want to get rid of her."
"But if you do that she wins."
"I don't Care."
"Well you need to care because if you give her everything that leaves Arianna with nothing." Giuseppe said
"My daughter will be well taking care of."
"You have to cut her off because if you don't she'll keep coming back for something, you have no other ties to this woman."
"Your right papa, I'll fight."
"Great, I just hope that this decision to get divorce has everything to do with Arianna and not Bonnie."
"What if it does?"
"You had your chance you blew it with Bonnie she won't give you another chance."
"Of course you would take her side Papa that's how it always was Bonnie and Stefan then Damon. always last."
"That's not true." Isabella said
"Yes it is Mama if it wasn't you would've told me about Arianna."
"It wasn't for us to tell you."
"It doesn't matter Mama someone should've told me."
"Bonnie and Stefan did what was best for my granddaughter and that was bringing her in a non stressful environment and away from you." Giuseppe said
"Sippie." Isabella yelled
"I'm her father I should've known."Damon yelled
"You knew that you got that Gilbert girl pregnant, what did you tell her?"
"That was different."
"How so, it was your child."
"I love Bonnie."
"It doesn't matter, it still was your child and you told her to get rid of it, would you have made Bonnie do the same.."
"No."
"Of course you say that now but if Bonnie would've came to you and tell you she was pregnant you would've thrown her out on the street and forced her to have an abortion and then you wouldn't had the little Angel you love."
"You're wrong."
"Stefan did what you didn't he stepped even when he didn't have too, he is and will always be a better father than you would ever be, and if I had to do it all over again I would."
"Sippie, that's enough." Isabella yelled
"You're wrong Father, I might have missed 3 years of her life but I won't miss another one, I will be a better father than Stefan or you have ever been."
"Damon." Isabella yelled
"No Mama it's always been that way Stefan is the Golden child and I'm the Demon spawn, anything I do isn't good enough, it never has been. Both of you always put Stefan first, even Bonnie did when we we're dating it was always Stefan." Damon stormed out if the house and got and his car and drove.
Bonnie picked up the basket filled up with Arianna clothes and took them to her room to place them in her Drawers while Stefan cooked spaghetti for Dinner and Ari watched television
"Come and get something to eat munchkin." Stefan Said to Ari
"I don't want Spaghetti, I want cake" Ari winned
"No, you can have piece of cake after dinner but right now you're eating spaghetti."
"No." She yelled
"Arianna Isabella Bennett-Salvatore, if you don't come in this kitchen right now, no tv for a week." Stefan raised his voice. Arianna stumped in the kitchen.
"My daddy would've let me." Arianna said under her breath but loud enough for him to hear.
"Your daddy isn't here." Arianna stuck out her tongue at Stefan.
"No TV for a week and no cake." he said.
"I hate you." she spat
"Well I love you Munchkin."
"Mommy uncle Steffy is being a meeny."
"What happened?" Bonnie asked coming out of the room
"She's just mad because I won't let her have a piece a cake."
"He said I can't watch TV for a week mommy a whole week that's like forever for a fly." She exaggerated
"Okay, Drama queen, If your Uncle Stefan said so then you can't."
"But mommy."
"Don't but mommy me, now eat your dinner." Arianna started eating her Dinner and Stefan walked in the other room and Bonnie followed him.
"You okay Stefan." Bonnie asked. Stefan ran her fingers through her hair and let out a breath.
"2 weeks with Damon and she's already turning into him."
"No she isn't."
"She told me she hated me Bonnie...Me, She have never told me she hated me."
"I'm sorry Stefan."
"Don't apologize to me, I just I... I'm going to bed." Stefan went to his room. Bonnie walked back into the kitchen and sat with Ari.
"Did you tell Uncle Stefan you hate him?"she asked her
"Yes mommy."Ari put her head down.
"Why."
"Because he told me I couldn't watch TV for a week."
"That's not nice Arianna."
"I know mommy."
"Then why did you say it."
"I was mad."
"Do you hate your uncle Stefan?"
"No."
"Then you owe him an apology."
"I know."
"Then go apologize to him."
"Okay."
Arianna knocked on the door to Stefan's room where he was laying in the bed staring at the ceeling
"Uncle Steffy." Arianna called
"What's wrong Munchkin?" Stefan sat up in the bed and asked
"I'm sorry uncle Steffy.
"Its okay munchkin, come and give me a hug." Arianna Jumped up and Stefan's bed and hugged him.
"I love you uncle Steffy."
"I love you too munchkin." He kissed her cheek.
"Are you two good?" Bonnie said standing in the door way
"Yeah were good." He started tickling the little girl.
"Great, because we have another problem."
"What." Stefan frowned
"Ari go finish your food."
"Okay." Arianna left out of the room and Bonnie closed the door.
"What's wrong?"
"Damon's coming he just called."
"When?"
"He said He'll be here in a few hours."
"I thought he wasn't coming until next weekend."
"I did too, apparently he wanted to see her."
"It's almost her bed time."
"I told him that, but he said he'll be here when she wakes up."
"Where is he staying?"
"I told him he could stay here."
"Bonnie." He wined
"Stefan."
"Fine."
"But if he stays here he has to follow the rules and respect us both as parents."
"I told him that too."
"How long is he staying?"
"Only the weekend."
"Great." He said sarcastically
"It'll only be for the weekend Stef, he'll be gone before you know it."
Damon pulled into the driveway of the home Bonnie and Stefan lived in with Arianna. It was a small brick home, quaint, in a nice and quiet neighborhood. It was 11:00pm dark, with only a single street light lighting the street the house was located on. Damon grabbed his bag out of the backseat and stepped on the welcome mat and ringed the doorbell and stood waiting for an answer. Stefan answered the door wearing nothing but pajama pants and a bowl of popcorn in his arm.
"Hey, come in." Stefan stepped aside and let Damon inside. Damon walked inside looking around.
"Where's Ari." He asked
"Sleep."
"Oh, where's Bonnie."
"She's in the living room watching the movie." Stefan walked into the living room followed by Damon. Stefan gave Bonnie the bowl of popcorn and sitting down on the other end of the couch while Bonnie lay on the other end and rested her legs and Stefan's lap.
"What are we watching?" Damon asked feeling awkward watching how comfortable Bonnie and Stefan were with each other. If he didn't know any better he would swear Bonnie and Stefan were a couple. Honestly they had always been this comfortable with each other, Damon knew it, but they were living with each other for 4 years a lot could change in 4 years and he didn't really know how close they had grown.
"We're watching The Avengers, now move your butt out of the way this is my favorite part." Bonnie Answered. Damon sat on the small arm chair and dropped his bag beside it."
"So what is this about?" Damon asked. Bonnie and Stefan looked at him with both shock expressions. "What."
"You have never seen the avengers." Bonnie asked
"No."
"What the hell is wrong with you?"
"What."
"How could you not have seen the Avengers, it's like the best super hero movie of all time."
"Never heard of it."
"Have you been living under a rock the last 2 years? Stefan asked
"No, I just have been busy."
"Okay so it's about a bunch of super hero's who have to team up to fight a villain." Bonnie explained
"Sounds Boring." He said
"You're Boring." Bonnie said throwing a handful of popcorn at him and giggled
Bonnie, Stefan, and Damon watched the movie in silence after the movie was over they got up and went to bed. Stefan showed Damon to the guest room across the hall from his. The next morning Damon woke up to the smell of Bacon, Eggs, Sausage, and pancakes cooking. He got up out the bed and thought he would fine Bonnie cooking breakfast but saw Stefan cooking instead.
"For a minute I thought Bonnie learned to cook." He said sitting at the kitchen Stefan laughed.
"Bonnie will burn water."
"I remember I tried to teach her how to cook lasagna and she almost burned down the apartment." Stefan laughed
"When I try to teach her, I almost caught on fire." The brothers laughed before falling into an awkward silence
"Umm Stefan we never really got a chance to talk about what happened and I just wanted to apologies." Damon started.
"I'm listening."
"Elena tricked me, I honestly thought it was Bonnie, I was to drunk to know the difference."
"Okay but why did you Marry her."
"I was drunk, depressed, and lonely."
"I don't know what to say Damon."
"You can accept my apology."
"I could but being drunk isn't an excuse, the truth is you have a serious alcohol problem."
"I don't I can stop when ever I want to."
"You know the first step is admitting you have a problem."
"I don't have a problem."
"You Do."
"I have an occasional Drink."
"Okay whatever you say Damon but do me a favor then I can forgive you."
"And what is that."
"Every time you pick up a drink think about what you want more that drink or your daughter."
"Are you threatening to take her away?" he asked angrily
"No I'm not but remember the last thing you loved you lost because of that Drink." They sat in silence for a few minutes and Damon thought about what Stefan said.
"Hey Daddy." Arianna came running into the kitchen and hugged Damon. Damon hugged the little girl and looked back at Stefan
"I promise."