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Chapter Three

Jennifer had woken up early and her mind had yet to adjust to her new surroundings. The room that Damon had prepared for her was beautiful. It had beige walls with beautifully crafted wooden furniture and touches of red on her comforter, walls and such. She loved it. He even left spaces left for her to put her own touches.

She made her way downstairs and began making breakfast. She hadn't decided if she would take Damon up on his offer to go to college, but she had decided that she would help around the house as much as she could. She was going to make sure that Damon knew how grateful she was for taking her and JD in.

She hummed to herself and was so immersed in what she was doing that she failed to notice Damon leaning up against the wall. He smiled lightly as he watched her move around gracefully. It seemed so familiar to him.

*Flashback*

Damon watched Jennifer move around the kitchen dressed in a light green gown that was covered with an apron. Her curls were pulled half back and flour was dusted on one of her cheeks. The cook was sitting on a stool, which wasn't a surprise because Jennifer made her take a break whenever she took over the kitchen.

Tired of standing in the doorway, he walked over and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind. "Do you know how beautiful you are?" He placed a kiss on her clean cheek.

"Even covered in flour, Mister Salvatore?" She asked skeptically, but a smile played at her lips.

"Of course, Miss Pierce." He chuckled and turned her head so that he could place a soft kiss on her lips. "What are you making?" He asked once he had pulled back.

"Peach cobbler." She answered with a smile. "Amelia and I found a recipe in the drawers and I decided to try it out."

Damon's blue eyes widened. "My mother used to make peach cobbler all the time when I was little…" He mumbled softly. "It was my favorite."

Jennifer looked at him with sad eyes. She knew how close Damon had been to his mother based on all the stories he'd told her. His voice was always filled with so much love and affection and there was always a smile on his face. "I know." She admitted quietly. "Laura Salvatore was written on the corner. That's why I instead that I make it instead of Amelia."

Damon gave a small smile and cupped her cheeks. "You truly are amazing, Jennifer. You remind me so much of her. You will be an amazing mother to our children." He pecked her on the lips. "I love you."

*End Flashback*

Damon blinked rapidly at the sudden memory. That was one he hadn't remembered seeing before. His chest constricted at the memory of his mother's loss, but swelled with Jennifer's act of love in making the cobbler his mother made when he was a boy. He was also surprised at how much he had once felt for her. He wanted her to be the mother of his children, and in 1864 it meant that he had wanted to marry her.

He shook his head. Marriage, children and the mention of his mother made Damon realized that he had been very serious in his love for the non-doppelganger Petrova and it made a small part of him wish that he could feel that way again while the larger and stronger part reminded him of his unyielding yet unrequited love for Elena. His heart clenched as he remembered that he was simply second fiddle in the younger doppelganger's heart just as he had been in the older doppelganger's. But once upon a time he had been the only man in a woman's eyes, maybe, his heart hoped, one day he would be again.

He broke away from the thoughts that were beginning to plague him and looked back at Jennifer, who was flipping pancakes and had flour on her cheek just as she had in his flashback. He walked over with a smirk. "You have a habit of getting flour on your cheek, don't you?" He teased and he placed a curl that had fallen out of the bun and placed it behind her ear.

She chuckled and blushed lightly. "Only sometimes." She stuck her tongue out playfully.

"You should put that away before I find a use for it." He smirked and moved to dip a finger into the pancake batter.

"No!" She smacked his hand away and he moved to stand behind her. "I can't believe you remember that of all things." She rolled her eyes with a laugh.

"Well I remember a few other things too." He shrugged casually, the smirk still planted on his face.

"Like what?" She asked with mock suspicion and shifty eyes.

"Well," He pretended to ponder and then looked straight into her eyes. "I remember the curve of your body under mine." He whispered lowly in her ear as his fingers trailed down her arm, making her breath hitch in her throat. "I remember the sound of you voice calling my name in pure bliss." His lips were mere millimeters away from her ear. "And I remember the look on your face when you would finally let go." His husky voice made a lump grow in her throat as feelings that she hadn't felt in years burst inside her as he moved to the other side of the island.

"O-oh…" She stuttered with a blush, her eyes looking everywhere but directly at Damon. She pushed away the feelings that he had awakened because she knew that he was just teasing her and that he was in love with someone else. For her it had been 3 years, but for him it had been 150 and he didn't completely remember her until now.

Damon watched a swirl of emotions flash through Jennifer's eyes before settling on resignation. Guilt crept into his mind. He shouldn't have teased her like that. Although those had been things he did remember, he shouldn't have told her like that. He knew that she still felt something for him while he, unfortunately, didn't feel the same, but he refused to toy with her heart as others had done to him before. No one deserved that, especially not a woman who had loved him whole heartedly, had his child and held her own against a disapproving father.

"Jen," He sighed and rubbed the back of his head. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that. Even though what I said is true, that wasn't the way to say it. I shouldn't take advantage of you like that, especially since I know how it feels. It's just that I… I do that kind of shit because…" He shifted slightly as he attempted to find the right words.

"You flirt to tease." She finished for him with an understanding smile. "You put on the cocky act as self defense, Damon. I know." She reassured with a playful roll of the eyes and returned to her cooking.

He stood there in silence for a few minutes, admired at the sincerity behind her words. She understood his personality with ease and simply rolled her eyes at his usual way of deflecting and teasing instead of getting on his case about it, unlike others. It was a breath of fresh air for him. He smiled slightly and sat at the island as she moved around. When her back was turned to him, He reached to grab a pancake.

"Damon Salvatore, get away from those pancakes right now." She warned without even turning to look back at him.

His eyes widened and he moved his hand back. "How did you know?" He asked suspiciously.

She let out a laugh. "I'm a mother, Damon. I have a son who loves to sneak food behind my back." She turned face him and flipped another pancake. "Now I know where he got it from." She teased with a smile.

Damon smiled back. "He's a lot like me, isn't he?"

"So much." She nodded as she finished the last of the pancakes and started on the bacon and French toast, flipping everything with ease.

"You cook with ease… Have you always been able to cook?"

"I learned a lot from Amelia." She answered with a smile. "My mother also owns a bakery so I've picked up a lot." She shrugged. "Plus being a single mother kinda requires a girl to learn how to cook." She gave a crooked smile. Damon nodded, the guilt still brewed in him. "Now stop." She ordered with a glare.

"Stop what?" He furrowed his eyebrows and folded his arms across his chest.

"Blaming yourself." She arched an eyebrow. "There was nothing that you could've done. What happened to you was out of you control. Now stop acting like an emo-pire and go set the table." She teased, but he could still see the seriousness behind her words.

He chuckled and set the table as she had requested. "We're gonna have guests here soon." He informed as he walked back over to her. "The whole Scooby gang is coming here to meet you."

She arched an eyebrow. "Do they know they're meeting me?" She asked fighting the smirk on her lips.

"Nope." Damon's answer had been exactly what she assumed. "They just know that it's important that they be here." He smirked and she laughed.

"You just happened to leave out that they'd be meeting your ex-girlfriend from 1864, who just happens to be human and had your child in the phone call?" She teased with a laugh.

"Actually, it was a text." He corrected with mock seriousness, making her laugh as she began placing the food on the table.

"Oh, my mistake." She chuckled.

"Mommy? Daddy?" They heard JD's sleepy voice from the top of the stairs.

"I'll go get him. I don't want him coming down the stairs while he's semi-conscious while in footie pajamas where he could sleep and fall." Her worry for JD reminded Damon of his own mom's worry for him. "I'll also get him into his clothes for the day."

"Ok, I'll finish things up here." Damon nodded and she walked out. Once he was finished, there was a knock on the door. He opened the front door to find Caroline, Jeremy, Bonnie, and Matt standing there.

"Ok, we're here." Caroline chirped cheerily as always.

Damon rolled his eyes. "You're early."

"Well," Caroline pushed him out of the way and everyone followed her in, "you said that it was important and it couldn't wait." She shrugged and then turned to the kitchen. "Something smells good." She walked into the kitchen and saw pancakes, bacon, French toast and orange juice on the table.

"Wow, where did all this come from?" Jeremy asked, looking around as his stomach growled.

Damon rolled his eyes. It was obvious that the talk was not going as he had planned. "Just sit down." He ordered in surrender.

"Hey, guys." Elena greeted after making her way downstairs upon hearing her friends' arrival. "Wow." She said upon noticing the breakfast feast. "Did you?" She turned to Damon, who simply shook his head.

Damon turned his attention back to Caroline and the others. "Look, the reason I called you all here is so that you could meet someone who's gonna be sticking around for a while." He explained as he heard Jen JD make their way down.

"You have humans here?" Caroline, who heard the heartbeats, inquired while looking at him confused.

"Yeah, I do." Damon shrugged with a smirk.

"Damon…" Elena warned, her eyes screaming at Damon for him to just tell them, but Damon just smirked more as he turned his attention to the door. She knew that he wanted to catch them off guard just as he had with her and Stefan.

JD and Jen made their way into the kitchen together and JD let go of his mother's hand when he saw his father. "Good morning, Daddy." He said, still rather sleepily as Damon picked him up.

"Good morning, kiddo." He kissed JD's head, turned to Jen, who was shaking her head with a small smile, and then turned to Caroline, Jeremy, Bonnie and Matt who had shock clearly written all over them. Damon let out a soft chuckle. "This is JD, my kid, and that's Jennifer, his mom." He said casually as Elena's head shook with disapproval. "JD, Jen, this is Caroline, Bonnie, Jeremy and Matt." He pointed to each person accordingly.

"Hi." JD waved with a shy smile and then rested his head on Damon's shoulder.

"It's nice to meet you guys." Jen gave them a friendly smile, ignoring Elena's disapproval and Damon's cockiness. "I'm sorry to surprise you all this way. I assumed that Damon had informed you with all the details, but I found out otherwise just before you all showed up." She explained with an apologetic look and a shrug. "But then again, that's just Damon." She rolled her eyes but they could hear the playful tone in her voice.

"Damon, what is going on here?" Bonnie asked with a glare as she stood up, and Stefan slipped into the kitchen. "Are you seriously trying to convince us that the little boy you're holding is your son and that she's his mom?" She glared even more as the desire to give him an aneurysm grew, but she couldn't do it because of JD.

"Did you compel them or something?" Matt asked looking between Jen and JD.

Damon glared immediately. Did they think that to find people that would like him that he would have to compel them? Or did they think that he could only find friends with Elena's help? "No." He snapped at the blond guy and Jen shook her head. "This is real." He fought the urge to growl as his glare burned into Bonnie and Matt while Caroline was still too stunned to speak and Jeremy simply waited for an explanation.

Stefan walked over to his brother and placed a hand on his shoulder in order to get his attention, but got JD's as well. "JD, why don't I take you to see the back yard while your mom and dad talk with the other grownups?"

"OK, Uncle Stefan." JD answered with a yawn and Stefan pulled him out of Damon's arms and began to walk out of the kitchen.

"You don't seriously believe this, do you Stefan?" Bonnie accused, making Stefan halt and look at her.

"Just listen to what he has to say," Was his simple answer before taking his nephew outside. Jen couldn't keep the smile off of her face as she watched Stefan's interaction with JD. His decision to take JD out had reminded her of Luke. Luke would always distract JD when things around the adults got too tense.

"Now that there are only adults in the room, we can talk more freely." Jen said with a sigh, feeling disappointed at the way Elena's friends had automatically assumed the worst in Damon.

"So no more bullshit," Bonnie crossed her arms, still glaring at the blue-eyed vampire. "Tell us the truth."

Damon took a threatening step forward. "Listen here, Witchy-" He started only to be cut off by Jen, who placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Maybe I should explain instead." She gave Damon and exasperated look and turned to the others. "Everyone sit down and have breakfast so we can talk." She ordered, leaving no room for argument as she put some food in a small bowl for JD. "Elena, since you already know everything, would you mind taking this out to JD so he can eat?" She asked, holding out the bowl.

"No problem." Elena took the bowl and ran at vampire speed to JD and Stefan, and back.

"Now," Jen took a seat between Bonnie and Damon, "My name is Jennifer Pierce." She began and immediately earned gasps from around the table. "And yes, I am related to Katherine and Elena." She added with a chuckle. "Three years ago I was sent into the year 1863 by Emily Bennett where I met Damon, Stefan and Katherine. I was there for 6 months and during that time Damon and I fell in love. I was pregnant when Emily sent me back into my present and when she did that all beings in the natural order of things, forgot me completely. I was erased from the timeline so that I wouldn't disrupt it, but I continued to remember everything. I left Damon a letter because Emily promised that Damon would remember me one day and he found it last week and came to find me." She finished as everyone set in silence around the table for a few seconds.

"That's why you came to me with those questions about time travel." Bonnie finally understood, looking at Damon.

"Yes, but when I found Jen, I sure as hell wasn't expecting to find JD too. I had no idea about JD, but that's my kid." Damon said with a small smile. "I'm gonna be a part of his life for as long as I can."

"Aw, Damon!" Caroline smiled. "That's so sweet!" She squealed, making Damon put on his usual mask.

"So why are they here after only a week?" Jeremy asked, showing no signs of accusations.

"I had been having a feeling that I was being watched for a while…" Jen trailed off and looked down.

"There was a vampire watching her and the scent was old, which means that Jen was being hunted." Damon finished on her behalf. "Someone was looking for the right moment to strike, like a game. So I brought her here. I know that sometimes we get sucked into a lot of supernatural bullshit, but with Klaus off our case I figured that there wasn't much that could be worse than him."Everyone else, except Jen of course, nodded their heads in agreement.

Damon turned to look at Jen and said, "Now you know who you can trust." And she simply nodded in response.

"Welcome to the group." Caroline smiled widely. "You can trust my mom too. She's the sheriff, and I'm Caroline Forbes, this is Bonnie Bennett, Matt Donovan and Jeremy Gilbert. He's Elena's little brother." She explained as she pointed to each person accordingly.

Jennifer smiled at Caroline's sunny disposition. "I'm Jennifer Pierce and that beautiful little boy saw is my son, Jacob Damon Salvatore." They could all see the pride in her eyes when she talked about JD.

"Damon a father… now that is something unexpected." Jeremy said with a chuckle as the others followed causing Damon to roll his eyes.

"He's been really good with JD." Jen added throwing a smile Damon's way. "He's a really good father."

"I simply have a hard time believing the situation at all." Bonnie shook her head and sighed. "Why would Emily bring you back in time, let you get involved with the Salvatores, and send you back? It doesn't make any sense."

"You would have to ask her." Jennifer shrugged.

"Well congratulations, Damon." Caroline said in a teasing voice. "You're a father." She smiled. 'Maybe there's hope for Damon yet.' She thought to herself.

"Yeah man, congratulations." Jeremy clapped him on the shoulder and Damon simply smiled his thanks. "JD seems like a nice kid."

"He really is adorable." Caroline agreed with a nod.

"He is my kid." Damon reminded with a crooked smile making her roll her eyes.

"Whatever." She remarked and turned to Elena, who was sitting between her and Bonnie. "You're awfully quiet, Elena. Are you ok?" Caroline's bluntness made Jennifer laugh internally because it reminded her of her best friend Natalie. She had noticed how quiet Elena was, but it wasn't her place to ask.

"I'm fine." Elena assured. "I'm still having a hard time believing the situation." She explained.

Damon rolled his eyes. "Out of everything that's happened in the last year, this is the hardest thing to believe?" The annoyance was clear in his voice.

"It is kinda weird," Jeremy shrugged. "But hey, we've seen weirder so good for you, man." Damon smiled at Jeremy's comment. "How many ancient vampires can say that they have a kid that's their blood?" That earned a smile from both Damon and Jen. At least someone had taken the situation well.

Before anyone else could say anything, JD came strolling in holding Stefan's hand and then ran over to Jen with a smile. "Mommy, guess what? Uncle Stef took me for a walk in the backyard and told me stories about Mysic Falls, and he told me that I'm never supposed to go to the woods alone." He explained excitedly making the grownups smile.

"That's great, baby." She kissed his forehead. "And the name of the town is Mystic Falls." She corrected and he nodded his understanding. "Did you eat your breakfast?"

"I made sure he did before we went walking." Stefan answered for him as he put the bowl and spoon in the sink.

Jennifer smiled at him. "Thanks, Stefan. Now grab a seat. We just finished talking and are finally going to eat." She offered and Stefan took a seat next to his brother as everyone began digging in.

"Wow, this is really good." Matt complimented in between bites.

"Jen made it." Damon mentioned as he have her a quick, crooked smile. "She's a hel-k" he corrected before continuing, earning chuckles all around, "of a cook and baker."

"This is the best breakfast I've ever had." Jeremy mumbled with his mouthful.

Jennifer laughed because he immediately reminded her of Luke. "Thanks, Jeremy. If Damon doesn't mind, you can come here for breakfast whenever you like." Then she looked at Matt. "You too, Matt. I don't mind cooking."

Damon smirked as he finished his plate. He wasn't surprised at how quickly Jen was winning people over. She definitely had the Petrova charm. "I don't mind." He shrugged his approval and reached over to JD. "Come here, bud. Let your mom finish her food." He pulled him onto his lap.

"Cool, thanks." Jeremy smiled and put more food on his plate.

"Yeah, it's really nice of you." Matt smiled as well as he finished off if what was left in his plate.

Elena watched as everyone talked and asked Jen and JD questions. Her mind was still reeling over the fact that Damon was a father. She had to admit though, JD was really cute and the spitting image of his father, and Jennifer was really nice, but something inside her felt wrong. It wasn't simply the fact that she couldn't have that. She could never have a child. Not with Stefan, nor with anyone else, but Damon had been gifted with something that she, Caroline and Stefan could only dream about. He had a child and he could have a family, but would that mean that he would stay with Jennifer so that the 3 of them could be a family? No, she answered to herself. Damon was way too in love with her. Sure he played around with other women, but he never truly gave up on her.

"It's no problem." Jennifer shrugged as everyone finished eating.

"That was really delicious." Bonnie complimented with a smile.

"Thanks, Bonnie. I'm glad you liked it." Jennifer smiled as she began gathering the plates.

"Let us help." Caroline said as she began gathering some dishes too. "It's the least we can do." She and Bonnie began helping.

"You guys are great, but you don't have to." She protested, earning smiles from both the witch and the vampire.

"Let them." Damon insisted playfully and put JD on the floor. "I'll make sure everything gets done. You've already cooked so the Scooby gang and I will clean up."

"But I-" She began to protest yet again only to be cut off.

"You are going to go upstairs and change because I'm taking you and JD to get to know the town." He crossed his arms and she saw the he wasn't going to budge.

"Fine," She relented and turned to their son. "Come on, sweetie. Let's go change into clothes so we can go out with Daddy." She held out her hand and he immediately took it.

"Ok, Mommy. Can I wear the black shoes please?" He asked as they made their way out and Stefan walked over to Damon as the other began cleaning up the kitchen.

"So 'Uncle Stef', huh?" Damon gave his brother a grin.

Stefan let out a laugh. "He said that it was easier to say." He explained. "He's a really smart kid."

"He is." Damon agreed in a rather serious voice. "It sucks that I've already missed so much out of his life and he's only 2." The regret rang clear in his voice.

"It's not your fault, Damon. You never even knew about him or her for that matter." Stefan reminded in order to appease his brother's conscience.

"And you have no idea what she had to endure alone because I wasn't there." Damon sighed. "Let's just get this done. I want to be dressed and ready before Jen's done."

Once the kitchen was clean, Damon quickly made his way to his room and changed. He walked to JD's room and saw Jen slipping his little black Chucks onto his feet.

"I like living with Daddy, Mommy." JD swung his dangling little feet.

"Me too, sweetie." Jen smiled at him.

"Now I have a family like the other kids from school." He smiled and Damon's heart swelled.

Family. Damon hadn't been part of a real family, a happy family since his mother was alive, but now it seemed like he was given another one. "Are you guys ready to go?" He finally spoke up.

"Yep." JD answered, popping the p just as he had seen his father do, and it made his parents smile.

"He gets more and more like you every day." Jennifer chuckled.

"Then he'll be awesome. Right, kiddo?" He grinned at Jen and then at JD.

"Right, Daddy." JD agreed with a grin of his own making Jen laugh.

"That's what I'm talking about." Damon smiled victoriously and ruffled JD's hair. "Let's go." He took his hand as the three of them made their way downstairs.

"Daddy, is Uncle Stef coming too?" JD asked as Damon buckled him into his car seat.

"No, kiddo, but he is gonna meet us later at the Grill." Damon answered slipping into the driver's seat.

"Everything has changed so much." Jen said as he drove to the square.

"Tell me about it." Damon agreed. "I remember the first time I came back here after I left. It had almost fifty," he whispered so JD wouldn't hear, "years. A lot had changed and you technically haven't seen Mystic Falls in 150."

Jen nodded. "It may seem silly because I'm from this time and I'm used to technology, but in my head I couldn't truly picture Mystic Falls any other way other than how it was." She smiled and Damon saw a faraway look in her eyes. He could see that she was lost in a memory. "Everything was really simple back then..." She whispered as she shook herself back into reality.

He sighed sadly. "I really do wish that I could remember more..."

"I hope you do." Jennifer replied honestly. "I really do because even if we never go back to that, I'll always want as part of JD's life and my life, and trust me when I say that there are no words that I could ever use to describe the time I spent with you Damon."

Regret grew even more in Damon's heart at the same rate as surprise did. He hated that he couldn't remember. Everything he had with her was locked away somewhere in his mind and he was having a hard time finding those memories. He wanted to cherish those memories just as he did with the ones he already had of her, and Jennifer? She never ceased to surprise him. She wanted him be always be a part of their lives even though he was a vampire, and even though explaining the situation to JD would be hard someday and he would be there for them as long as they wanted him.

He brought himself out of his reverie as he pulled into the parking lot of the town square. "Here we are." He announced once they were parked and he slipped out of the park. He unbuckled JD and put him on the ground as Jen walked over to them. "If we get any funny looks, just ignore them." He said with a nonchalant smile.

"And why would we get funny looks?" Jen asked, not being able to contain a smile at his expression.

"Let's just say, I don't look like the father type." He shrugged with a smirk as they began walking. "But," he amended, "considering my history with women, I'm sure that someone was expecting me to have a baby mama around somewhere."

Jennifer laughed at his label for her as she took JD's other hand and the 3 of them could walk together. "Please," she begged, "when you introduce me to people, do not use the term 'baby mama'." She continued chuckling.

"Aww..." He mock pouted. "Now you're just being a party pooper."

She rolled her eyes at his antics. "You've had your fun already." She reminded, thankful that JD was too distracted looking around."You completely threw Elena's friends for a loop with no giving them any heads up about us and it was obvious that Elena didn't approve of how you broke the news." Even though she thought it was pretty funny too.

Damon rolled his eyes. "Elena doesn't approve of a lot of the things I do." And man did it drive him crazy. Jennifer chuckled at the annoyed expression. "What's so funny?" He looked at her curiously.

"Nothing." Jennifer answered casually, but couldn't keep the smile off her face.

"So you're not laughing at me?" He arched an eyebrow.

"Ok." She admitted with a cheeky smile. "It's pretty funny when you get annoyed." She chuckled again. "I always found it so funny."

Damon couldn't help but smile at her cheekiness. "Haha, hilarious." He said sarcastically, making her let out a giggle.

"Sorry." She shrugged, clearly unapologetic.

"Yeah, right." He smirked as Sheriff Forbes walked up to them. "Hi, Liz." He nodded at her.

"Hey, Damon." She nodded back and then looked at JD and Jen oddly. "Who's this?" She gave a rather suspicious look.

"This is JD." He ruffled JD's hair and placed a hand on Jen's shoulder. "And this is Jen, my son and," Jen gave him a look so he wouldn't call her 'baby mama', "and his mother." He finished cheekily.

Liz narrowed her eyes. "Damon." Liz said warningly. "Did you..?" The rest of the sentence was clearly implied.

He rolled his eyes. "No, I didn't and we can talk freely around Jen. She knows."

"She does?" Sheriff Forbes looked surprised.

"I do." Jen confirmed with a nod. "It's nice to meet you, Sheriff Forbes." She held out her and the sheriff quickly took it.

"You too." Sheriff Forbes gave her tentative smile.

"And this is JD, our son." The little boy smiled brightly at the sheriff.

Sheriff Forbes' eyes widened at JD's likeness to Damon. "Wow… You look just like your daddy." Looking at him made it a lot harder to doubt the legitimacy of Damon's story.

"Thank you." His smiled widened, obviously proud of being compared to his father. "Are you really a sheriff?" His eyes widened

Sheriff Forbes smiled at JD's sweet innocence. "Yes, I am." She nodded.

"Cool." JD giggled. "You're like Woody!" His Toy Story analogy made Jennifer and Sheriff Forbes laugh, and Damon looked at them oddly.

"Who's Woody?" Damon whispered to Jen, which made her let out another laugh.

"When we get home, I'll show you." She whispered back.

"Well it was nice to meet you, Jennifer." Sheriff Forbes held out her hand with a smile and Jen shook it.

"You too, Sheriff." She returned smiling as well and Sheriff Forbes turned to JD.

"It was nice to meet you too, JD." She shook his hand with a smile too.

"Thanks, Sheriff!" JD gave her a bright smile. "It's nice to meet you too."

Sheriff Forbes chuckled and gave Damon a nod. "I'll let you get back to your walk."

"Thanks, Liz. Just ask Caroline about all this because I honestly don't feel like repeating myself." Damon responded, nodding to her as well and she walked away. "That went better than I expected." He smiled crookedly and she chuckled.

Jen sighed heavily as she unpacked another box. She had been unpacking their things that had arrived just a day after they had for the past three days. Luckily, JD wasn't around to demand her attention.

Caroline had come by and begged her to let her take him to the park. She hesitated at first because she didn't really know Caroline, but Stefan immediately stepped up and said that he would accompany them. She consented, trusting Stefan to keep an eye on her child. Caroline squealed and hugged her. She noticed that Caroline had immediately taken a liking to JD, but then again… it was impossible not to. He was his father's son. Damon had gone with Elena to practice control and later he'd be picking up the new deed of the house to put in her name.

She began placing JD's clothes in his dresser when suddenly her cellphone started ringing loudly. She quickly answered without even looking at the caller ID. "Hello?"

"Jennifer Ann Pierce!" An angry female voice yelled into her ear so loudly she pulled the phone away some. "How the hell do you just pack up and move without telling me? Do you realize how worried I was when I went to your apartment this afternoon and it was empty? How the fuck do you meet your baby daddy again and move in with him to another state without telling us? You do realized that Max was gonna ask his friends in the FBI to find you and our nephew?" She rambled and Jen chuckled as she shook her head.

"Breathe, Nat." She rolled her eyes, although she understood her best friend's concern. "Calm down… Everything's fine."

"Don't tell her to calm down!" A male voice yelled. "I thought you were kidnapped by that creeper Demetri, but then the creeper tells us that there was some man staying at your place all week who claimed to be JD's dad!"

"Give me back the phone, Max!" She heard Natalie yell and a struggle go on.

"Max, Nat!" She yelled in hopes of getting someone's attention as the laughter of her friends' spouses echoed behind their struggle.

"Ok, got the phone back from my idiot brother." Natalie said victoriously and Jen laughed. "Now back to our conversation."

"I swear, sometimes it's like you two never grew up." Jen sighed. "Look, I told Luke to explain things to you guys when you came back. I texted him my new number to give to you and obviously he did, Nat. Why all the dramatics?"

"Because we didn't go see Luke first," Natalie responded in a duh voice. "We went to see you and then the creeper tells us that you ran off with a dude. You didn't even call us!"

"You were in Malaysia doing charity with Ryan! You had no cellphone service, how exactly was I supposed to reach you?" Jen rolled her eyes. "Max and Dani were on their second honeymoon and I wasn't going to call them and say: 'Hey guys, JD's dad just reappeared into my life and we're gonna go live with him.' You and I both know that he would've flipped the fuck out and come home."

Natalie laughed. "Very true… Ok you win this time, but we're coming down to visit. Is that ok or does the asshole that disappeared on you not like visitors?" Anger laced her sarcastic question.

"It's not like that, Nat." Jen sighed. "After the event, Damon suffered an accident. He got amnesia and there was a possibility that he'd never regain his memory, but he started to little by little. He also found the letter I left for him, and then he came looking."

"Hm…" Natalie responded pensively. "Alright," She accepted the explanation. "But you know Max won't be as easy to convince, especially since he's training for that ABU stuff. He'll analyze the shit out of this guy. We know how much you suffered after Uncle Jacob kicked you out and whether this guy has a legitimate reason for not being there for you or not, we'll make sure he knows what you went through to bring life to his child." The conviction was clear in her voice and Jen knew better than to argue.

"Max is training for the BAU, Nat, as in the Behavioral Analysis Unit." Jen rolled her eyes. "It's fine if you stop by this weekend. I'll let Damon know."

"Damon?" Natalie asked surprised. "That's his name?"

Jen laughed at her blonde best friend. "Yes."

"You pretty much named JD completely after his dad! I wondered where you got Damon from. How could I not see this?" Natalie rambled in disbelief.

"Relax, Nat." She repeated to the overexcited blonde. "I'll see you guys Saturday. I'll text you the address and tell Max that he has to be nice."

Natalie giggled. "I will, and you make sure to make that amazing apple pie! We'll be there for lunch."

"I will."

"Good. Give my nephew a hug and a big kiss for me." Natalie reminded.

"Give everyone a kiss for me, now I gotta go finish putting away everything that I unpacked." Jen turned to the clothes on JD's bed and sighed, earning a laugh from Natalie.

"Have fun, mama bear."

"Bye, airhead." She jabbed back affectionately and hung up.

Natalie and Max were twins that had been her best friends since birth. Their mother was best friends with her mother and their fathers were business partners. The three of them were practically siblings and they'd taken JD as their nephew. Danielle, better known as Dani, was Max's wife and joined their group in high school when she and Max began dating. After high school, just before she was sent to 1863, Natalie went to Italy for an internship at some big label fashion company where she met her now fiancé Ryan, who was a photographer, while Max went with Dani's family to send the summer in the Bahamas. When they returned, she still hadn't returned from what they believed was supposed to be a trip around the country to check out colleges.

She smiled at the thought of her friends, but returned to folding her son's clothes. She finished putting away all her clothes and JD's clothes away by the late afternoon, and started pulling out all of the picture frames that held pictures of her friends and family. There were also many of JD and many of her while she was pregnant with JD. Natalie had insisted that the pregnancy be documented as much as possible and with Ryan, it was entirely possible.

She moved downstairs to the living room to unpack the box of photo frames and picked up a picture of her when she was 4 months pregnant with blue little tennis shoes that Natalie had bought as a gift as soon as they left the doctor's office against her small, bulging belly, and she had just found out that she was having a boy. After she and Natalie had left the doctor's office (and the store so Natalie could by the baby shoes), they went to Natalie's house where her stylist best friend did her hair and makeup as Ryan set-up the living room to take her pictures.

*Flashback*

"Alright, Ms. Pierce." The doctor said as Jen lay back on the exam table and put the cold gel on her stomach. "Let's see how this little baby's doing and found if it's a boy or a girl."

Jen smiled nervously as Natalie held her hand. "Relax, Jen. I'm sure everything's fine." Natalie assured as the sound of the baby's strong heartbeat filled the room.

"Well, the baby's definitely doing better, Jennifer, but you need to keep talking the prenatal vitamins as well as the supplements I gave you." The doctor smiled at Jen. "Let's look around to see if we can see the sex." She moved the sensor over her stomach in search of the right position and then stopped.

"Well? Have you found out, Dr. Lane?" Jen asked hopefully, turning to look at the screen.

Dr. Lane turned to Jen with a smile. "It's a little boy."

Natalie squealed and clapped as Jen's eyes filled with tears. "A little boy…" Her voice was barely above a whisper. 'I hope he looks just like his daddy…' She thought as one of the tears finally spilled over and her heart clenched. 'How I wish you were here to see this, Damon…'

*End Flashback*

Jen shook her head as she pushed back her tears. 'Well he's here now.' She smiled down at the picture.

"Watcha looking at?" She heard Damon's voice ask from behind her.

She turned around and saw him walking towards her. "Just looking at some pictures."

"You're crying." He frowned slightly, taking a seat next to her on the floor.

"Just from a memory." She reassured with a smile and then lifted up the frame to show him.

He took it with a smile, looking at the picture of her pregnant with their child. "How far along were you?"

"4 months." She smiled. "That's the day I found it he was a boy. My friend Natalie's fiancé took the picture as soon as we left the doctor's office."

"It's beautiful." He ran a finger over the picture and then looked at her. "What was it like? When you found out?"

She took a deep breath before speaking. "Well, I was nervous every time I went, but my doctor was great. She was a single mother really young, but put herself through school and became an OB/GYN. When she told me he was a boy…" She got a faraway look in her eye and a small smile on her face. "From the moment that I found I was pregnant, I hoped for a little boy. When Dr. Lane confirmed what I felt in my heart, I was ecstatic and all wanted was for him to look exactly like you. My heart broke a little though… I'd been home for 3 months and I missed you so much, all I wanted was you there with me even though I knew it wasn't possible. I just hoped that you would be as happy as I was if you knew." She explained, and then looked down with a sniffle. She didn't want to tell Damon about what she went through after returning to her own time and she hoped she'd never have to. It wasn't the easiest story to tell.

Damon's heart clenched as he placed a hand under her chin, making her look up at him with teary brown eyes. "I would've been happy." He affirmed with a small smile, earning one from her in return. "I am happy, Jen. You can't believe how happy I am that I found the 2 of you."

"I am too, Damon." She leaned into his hand.

"You 2 being here, I know it's going to make a lot of things better." He pulled the box of photo frames close. "I want you to put these all around the house, not just in your room and his room. This is your home now and I want you to feel like it, but first, I'm going to pick out the ones I want to put in my room." He gave her a cheeky grin.

"Ok." She agreed with a chuckle. "Oh," She gasped as realization hit her. "My friends called me asking if they could come to visit on Saturday. They were all out of town when you stopped by and were so mad I just left without warning. Is it ok?" She asked, scratching her head.

"It's fine." He smiled. "Now show me more pictures of our good-lookin' kid." He winked, making her laugh. "Where is he by the way?"

"Caroline stopped by and asked if she could take him to play at the park. I was a little unsure at first, but Stefan offered to go to so I said it was fine. He promised that they'd be back before it got dark so they should be back soon." She explained and he nodded.

"Ok, back to these pictures." He pulled a frame out of the box, earning another laugh from her. His excitement to share the memories of her pregnancy warmed her heart.

Elena watched in complete silence from the doorway of the living room as Damon and Jen talked about the milestones of her pregnancy. A knot formed in her stomach as she watched them laugh and bond. She felt uncomfortable with how their friendship was developing. She knew they had a baby together so it was only right that they have a close relationship, but she had never seen Damon actually be friends with any woman like he was with Jennifer. There was the Rose situation, but that wasn't on this level. It worried her and she didn't really know why. She'd never be replaced in Damon's heart…right?

The front door opened, breaking Elena from her thoughts, and Stefan walked in holding a sleepy JD in his arms as Caroline followed behind with JD's bag on her shoulder. "Hey, Elena." Stefan greeted with a smile.

"Hey," She smiled back. "You guys were out for a while."

"Well we really wanted to make sure that JD enjoyed his day at the park." Caroline explained smiling. "Where are Jen and Damon?" Elena tried not to think of the 2 of them grouped together as a unit as she pointed into the living room. "Thanks." The perky blonde smiled, and she and Stefan went into the living room as Elena stayed in the doorway. "Oh my gosh! Is that you?" Caroline asked pointing to one of the picture. "You were such a pretty pregnant lady. You didn't look like a beached whale at all. You were actually pretty!" She gushed.

"Thanks." Jen laughed as the nearly sleeping toddler lifted his head off of his uncle's shoulder and looked around.

"Daddy," He reached for Damon, who he hadn't seen all day.

"Hey, kiddo." He pulled JD into his arms. "Did you have fun with Uncle Stefan and Caroline?"

"Yeah!" He nodded excitedly. "Ms. Caroline is really nice and really fun."

"Heck, yeah I am!" Caroline agreed with a smile making Stefan and Jen laugh, and even Elena smile.

Damon rolled his eyes at the blonde vampire. "Let's go give you a bath before dinner, kid." He bent down picking up 3 frames. "These are going in my room. I'm sure you can find somewhere for the rest. If you wanna hang any of them up, Stefan will help you." He said and made his way over to the doorway, spotting Elena for the first time.

"Did you just get here?" He looked at her curiously.

She sighed. When did Damon start failing to notice her?

'Oh yeah, when he brought a kid home.' She answered herself.

Ok there it is! Please don't forget to review! Here's a little announcement... I made a photobucket account and posted a few pictures based on the story. I'll put the link on my account, but before you go there, lol, I'm going to warn you. I did a lot of photoshop work and it's not good lol. In fact it looks kinda funny, but it's all a result of me being completely unable to find an actress to represent Jen so I ended up photoshopping Nina Dobrev -_-'... The point is that Jen is supposed to look a lot like the doppelgangers, enough to look like a sister... so please if you're gonna go there don't judge my shoddy work lol.

Thanks so much to all the readers & followers!

-Major J.