That night, Rachel went to the bonfire party with Matt and had fun. He introduced her to a few people and if none of them had the potential of becoming her best friend, she at least knew who to spend her free time with.

It looked like Stefan and Elena where having fun together and Rachel knew that her new friend was hurt, and, by the looks of it, so was Caroline.

"Is Caroline drunk?" Rachel asked Dawn.

"Yes… I think she was really interested in Stefan… she's tired of Elena always getting what she wants…" Dawn explained.

"What do you mean?" Rachel asked.

"When Elena started dating Matt, Caroline was interested in him first…"

"Maybe Elena didn't know it…" Rachel suggested.

"I doubt it… They've been best friend for ever, I'm pretty sure she knew. She just didn't care… She has always gotten what she wanted… that's how she was raised I guess…" Dawn explained with a shrug of the shoulders.

"That's sad for Caroline…" Rachel said.

"Yes… Well, she'll get over it… She always does! Wow…Who's the hottie coming our way?" Dawn asked.

Rachel turned around and saw her father, without the bracelet, walking their way.

"Da… Damon?" Rachel asked, catching herself before she called him daddy in front of everyone.

"Hello Rachel. Hello Rachel's friend." Damon said with a flirty smirk.

"Damon, this is Dawn, a friend from school. Dawn, this is Damon, my…" Rachel was cut off by Damon:

"Her cousin. I decided to come and make sure nobody tried to take advantage of my sweet innocent Rachel!" Damon replied and Rachel knew he was speaking the truth.

She had never been to a party before and he wanted to make sure nobody took advantage of her. Back in Lima, Puck had invited her to go with him to a few parties but she hadn't felt like going... She just didn't like the typical cheerios and jocks that were back there. Here, she felt it was different, she felt at home.

Soon, Dawn got called by one of her friend and she left Rachel and Damon alone.

"So, how is it so far?" He asked her.

"Not bad… I didn't have any problem grabbing a soda since everyone drinks alcohol…" she replied with a smile.

"Stefan looks like he's having fun…" He commented.

"Yes… I think he's pretty into Elena… They deserve each other!" Rachel said.

"What do you mean?" Damon asked, knowing his brother was listening and they couldn't let it out that he was her father.

"I don't know why but Elena has been very rude to me so far… Calling me names and shoving me…" Rachel explained shyly as she watched Damon's face turn in one of anger.

"She what?"

"Please calm down… I'm fine…" Rachel said, resisting the urge to call him 'daddy'.

"What did she call you?" Damon asked.

"It doesn't matter…" She replied, knowing that it would anger him even more.

"Please tell me Rachel…" Damon pleaded, knowing he couldn't get out the 'I'm your father I need to know' card because of Stefan's presence.

"She called me like Shelby does… She called me a freak…" She answered him, knowing he would see right through her and know she was hurting more than she let out.

"I swear she'll pay Rachel… Your father won't let that slide!" Damon replied, glaring at Stefan and Elena who where watching them. He knew his brother was listening and maybe even repeating everything to his human girlfriend.

Rachel knew it was his way of saying he would take care of it.

"Don't worry about it… I'll be fine… I'm stronger that her insults." She replied.

"That's right, be the bigger person!" Damon replied, still glaring at his brother.

After that, Rachel started talking with Tyler, Matt and a few other people and Damon stayed by her side but decided to listen to his brother.

Apparently, over the summer, he had told Elena what he was and the girl was completely okay with it and sure she was in love with him.

"I thought you said your brother was a monster with people… Why is he acting so nice to her?" Elena asked and Damon hated the way she had said 'her'.

"I don't know… Maybe he's using her for something…" Stefan suggested and Damon could hear that he really believed what he was saying… stupid idiot!

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After a couple of hours, Rachel declared that she was ready to go home.

"I drove you here, I'll drive you home!" Matt said, getting up from his spot.

"Don't worry about it man. I'll drive her home." Damon said, guiding his daughter, well, officially his cousin right now, toward his Camaro.

"Are you sure?" Tyler asked, looking at Rachel.

Damon smiled inside. At least he knew now that he could trust those two boys with his baby.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine with Damon!" Rachel replied before she let her father guide her away.

"Stefan is following us." Damon whispered while he drove.

"How are we going to deal with this once we get home?" she asked him.

"I'll wait until you get inside and drive off. I'll drive toward the other house and wait until he leaves before I run back here. I'll just leave my car back there." He replied and she nodded her agreement.


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