Present Date.
"Luke!" Elena yelled as she ran behind her 4 year old son. "Luke get back over here!" She saw as he ran towards Caroline's house. For a 4 year old, he sure had enough knowledge and power of a teenager.
"Aunt Elena?" Elena turned around with the bowl of soup in her hands which was for Lucas.
"Is everything okay Christal?" Elena asked walking over to Christal. It still astonished Elena how much she looked like Katherine even if she wasn't really Katherine's daughter.
"Daddy won't tell me where my mommy is. I want my mommy, just like Lucas has you." Her lower lip trembled as she tried to control her crying.
"Chirstal, remember what Uncle Damon told you that day?" Elena said picking Chirtsal up.
"Yes, but I want my mommy too." Christal cried and then stopped as a light went off in her head." You can be my mommy too, right?" Christal asked with a hopeful look in her eyes.
Elena tried holding back her own tears, after the fearful night of Lucas's birth, Damon was adamant to not give Christal away to Stefan which was something Elena had wanted too, but she had no right to keep Stefan away from his daughter, when he had finally decided to be there for her. She had no right to fight, but it still hurt.
So, that's when they decided to have Stefan move in with them. It still wasn't the same with Christal, but she was not going to complain.
"I.." She started, but was cut off by Stefan.
"Chirtsal!" Elena saw as Chirtsal hopped off her lap and stood facing towards her father. Elena saw as Stefan's eyes softened noticing tears in her eyes. He still was adjusting with Chirtsal, someone would say that four years was plenty time to get your head around having a daughter, but it wasn't. With Stefan it wasn't, but Elena knew he tried his best and wasn't half bad at it.
"I was asking Aunt Elena, if she could be my mother!" Chirstal explained it to her father with excitement. Elena saw as Stefan wiped of the last traces of tears from Chirtsal eyes. Elena knew he hated it when he could never give her the answer about his mother. What was he supposed to tell a five-year old?
He sighed at looked at Elena and back at Chirstal.
"If Aunt Elena has no problem, then why not?" Stefan kissed her forehead.
"Really?" Christal jumped her eyes wide with excitement.
"Really." Stefan confirmed and laughed at her daughter's excitement and saw as she ran away to Caroline's house probably to say it all to Lucas.
"Stefan..." Elena started at a loss of words.
"It's okay, Elena. If that's what she wants, let her have it please." Stefan pleaded with his eyes.
"You know I don't mind in the slightest bit." Elena smiled at him.
"Shouldn't be a problem then, sister." Stefan winked at her and walked towards the kitchen.
She just stood there when everyone around her pretended that nothing big happened. Maybe it wasn't that big of a deal. She should shut up and be happy that Christal would call her 'mommy'.
"A littler birdie told me she has a new mommy." Elena turned around facing towards the door where Damon had Lucas in his hand and Christal holding her hand as the trio walked in. Christal giggled as Damon winked at her.
"I'm not a bird, Uncle Damon." Christal giggled.
"Who is your mommy?" From the corner Lucas asked Chirstal in his angel-like voice, but Elena knew better. The boy was not even close to an angel, no matter how much she loved him.
"Aunt Elena!"
"What the hell?" Lucas yelled.
"Lucas!
"Lucas!" Both Damon and Elena yelled at the same time. That is why he was not an angel.
"What?" The four year old shrugged and walked into the kitchen.
"This is it! It is all your fault Damon! He-he is all you! He curses like a teenager. This not normal. I'm the worst mother ever!" Elena said as she plopped down on the nearest chair.
Damon chuckled and walked towards Elena.
"It's not my fault that he turned out to be like me!" Damon chuckled. "I don't even know where he learns these words from." Damon said pushing a strand of her hair away. "Let's just blame it all on Caroline." Damon kissed her forehead as she smiled.
"Lucas Ian Salvatore!" Speak of the devil, Caroline marched into the room. " Get your ass out here!"
"Caroline!" Elena yelled and then glanced back at the kitchen wondering if he heard her. "Don't use such language around him. He catches up on it." Elena glared at Caroline.
"Oh please, Elena. He knows all of it I'm sure. He painted my bathroom floor with toothpaste!" Damon laughed seeing the expression on Caroline's face.
"I'll talk to him." Elena said trying to hide her own smile.
"Uncle Damon!" Damon glanced back at the kitchen where Christal was running from towards him.
"Yes, Angel?" Damon asked picking her up and balancing her in his lap.
"I want Ice-cream!"
"Me too!" Lucas ran towards Damon and tugged at his pants asking Damon to pick him up as well.
"Hmm, only if your mother says yes."
"Momma, please?" Lucas asked flashing her with his baby blues jutting his bottom lip out.
"Yes, Aunt- Mommy please!" Chirstal said. Elena glanced at Damon when Chirstal called her mommy, Damon just smiled at her.
"I don't know, Lucas.." Elena said.
"Daddy!" Lucas whined looking at Damon.
"Common, mommy we want icecream." Damon said giving Elena the same look as Lucas gave her with wide eyes and a pout. All three of them were looking at her with identical looks, her insides warmed at the sight in front of her.
"Ugh, fine. Only if you promise to behave Lucas." Elena tried to look stern, but she was trying to hide the smile at the picture in front of her.
"I pwomise!" Lucas gave her a big smile and she laughed.
*DE*DE*DE*
"Lucas, how many times have I told you that you can't just take off when you get out of the car? You have to hold my hand." Elena scolded.
The kid shrugged. "I don't know. I was just hurryin' my ass to the ice cream store 'fore it all meltses." He said and ran away, while Damon tried his best to not laugh at Elena's face.
"I can't believe my own blood tricked me." Elena said throwing her hands up in the air dramatically.
"Let him be, Elena. He is adorable." Damon said wrapping his hand around her waist.
"He is a monster."
"And the award for the best mother of the year goes to Elena Salvatore, everyone!" Damon said a little too loud when a few people passing by gave them curious looks.
"Asshole!" Elena playfully punched his chest.
"What is an asshole?" Elena froze as she heard her son.
"Ugh, why is he around at such times?" Elena groaned resting her head on Damon's chest.
"You are not going to repeat the word I just said, okay?" Elena kneeled down in front of Lucas trying to look as stern as possible.
"Okay." He shrugged and ran away which made Elena believe that her son agreed to her.
"Maybe, I'm not half as bad." Elena gave Damon a smirk and he just chuckled and shook his head.
"It's easy to fool you, baby." Damon said kissing her temple and walking towards Lucas and Chirstal who were walking towards a woman with a son around Lucas's age.
"Did you make a friend, Lucas?" Elena asked walking towards him and the lady with her son.
"No." Lucas said.
"Common then Lucas, say hello." Elena said smiling at the lady.
"Hey asshole." Lucas said and Elena turned red.
"Oh my god, I am so sorry." Elena said apologising to the lady who stood there shocked with her mouth open.
"Let's go, John." The lady said pushing his son forward to walk.
"Lucas!" Elena yelled.
"Elena, calm down." Damon stepped in seeing how angry Elena was.
"But he.."
"He's a kid Elena, he doesn't know what he is saying." Damon smiled.
"He. Is. A. Monster." Elena said.
"No, he's not." Damon chuckled.
*DE*DE*DE*
"Where is Caroline?" Grace asked as she helped Elena set the dishes on the table.
"She should be here any minute." Elena said taking a look at Lucas who was playing with spoons and forks.
"And Giuseppe?" Elena asked Grace.
"He said he'd be late."
It had taken a lot of time for Grace, Damon and Stefan to accept Giuseppe, but they had finally took a leap of faith and let Giuseppe in. It took them time to realise that even if Giuseppe did wrong he still meant well for his family and he wanted to be a part of Lucas's life and Elena was not going to deny his son the love of his grandfather.
Damon took a lot of time to accept it, but he came around eventually. Her life never could be better.
"Elena!" Elena looked up as Caroline entered the room with Klaus behind. Six months after Lucas's birth Caroline and Klaus decided to finally tie the knot. Klaus never really talked much, but Elena knew he considered everyone his family.
"What is it, Caroline?"
"We were just followed by this freaky man with man boobs!"
"Caroline!" Elena yelled as she glanced back at Lucas who had clearly heard Caroline.
"Would you please avoid such words around him?" Elena requested pointing at Lucas who surprisingly chose to ignore what Caroline said.
"Fine, I'm sorry." Caroline rolled her eyes making Klaus laugh.
The dinner went by quickly with easy conversations and inappropriate words from Lucas.
*DE*DE*DE*
Damon walked upstairs with a sleeping Lucas in his hands. He pushed the door to his room open and tucked him in carefully.
"Daddy?" He looked back and saw Lucas staring at him with innocent.
"Yes?" Damon asked walking back towards him.
"Are their monsters under my bed?" Lucas asked with a serious and a fearful look in his eyes.
Damon shook his head and repeated the same activity he did almost every night he bent down and glanced under his bed for Lucas's amusement.
"No, honey. There are no monsters under there." Damon said and kissed his forehead.
"Monsters suck!"
"Yeah, they do." Damon chuckled and ruffled his hair. "Promise not to use such words around mommy? It upsets her, buddy."
"Do I upset mommy?"
"Sometimes, yes."
"I'm sorry, mommy." Lucas said looking over his shoulder where Elena was standing near the door.
"It's okay, baby." Elena said walking towards Damon and Lucas, she leaned down and brushed a softest kiss on his forehead. "Goodnight." Elena said and both Damon and Elena walked out of the room.
"We managed to make an awesome baby, eh?" Damon said as they reached their room. Wrapping an arm around Elena.
"I think the opposite." Elena mumbled resting her head on his chest. "Okay maybe he's a little funny." Elena giggled.
"You both are so same." Elena said a few seconds later.
"Like hell we are!" Damon said in Lucas-like tone leading Elena to giggle.
"I love you both." Elena said sighing. From the moment almost 6 years ago when she'd first laid her eyes on Damon, never in her life had she thought that this was going to be her life. It was all parts of great and she couldn't ask for more.
"We love you too."
*DE*DE*DE*
Morning, Mommy," Lucas said as he snuggled into Elena's side.
"Morning daddy!" He said before turning to play with Elena's hair. He later jumped on to the bed and directly into Damon's lap.
Lucas cupped Damon's cheek and looked seriously into his eyes." Hey daddy."
Damon squeezed him tighter and smiled, " Yeah baby?"
"Lemme see your man-boobs."
Ding!Ding!Ding!
For those people who have read Seduction and Snacks would know that Lucas is all Gavin haha. I loved the idea and I wanted Lucas to be the same like Gavin! So I own nothing.
This is an official end of Hate & Love and as much as I hate to end this, it's inevitable.
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