Addison Gilbert POV*

My night so far has consisted of me rushing around the kitchen and stress baking, while thinking about how I'm gonna go about finding a witch to preform a supernatural paternity test. I know that I cant ask Bonnie because she doesn't know how to yet, so I guess I've really just been debating on whether I should ask grams or not. It also doesn't help that I haven't seen or talked to Damon since we got back from Atlanta.

This whole situation plus the fact that I currently don't have a car and I have to ride with Lena everywhere is going to be the death of me. Oh and lets not forget that my dear twin is obsessing about the fact that we're adopted all the time. I personally don't give a shit, but that's just me... I'm sure mom and dad were gonna tell us at some point.

As for my family, I have no idea what Jenna's doing, she might be out with Mr. S. I know that Jeremy is at our supper table sketching, and I'm almost 87 percent sure Lena is upstairs talking about how life just isn't fair with Stefan (what's new?).

Right as I put the final batch of chocolate chip oatmeal cookies into the oven the doorbell rang. So I scooped Chloe up from where she was playing on the floor and races Jeremy to the door to get what was probably the pizza we had ordered. Jer had beat me, but I was right behind him when he opened the door, and 10 points to Addison-dor, because I was right about it being the pizza guy.

"Hey. It's gonna be $22." The pizza guy told Jer-Bear as he started pulling the food from the bag it was in.

Jer looked at me expectantly, "Money?"

"I don't have any money, not down here at least." I informed my formerly goth brother as I lightly smacked his cheek.

We both shared a look and at the same time yelled, "Elena!" but Jer continued it, "We need the money!" He then told the pizza dude, "Uh, here. Come in. Just put it on the table." He then walked back to the dining room, leaving me alone with the guy who cautiously wondered into the house.

He set the pizza on the table before asking, "If you don't mind me asking, how old is she?" He gestured to Chloe.

"This bug is 6 months old," I told him as I raised Chloe's arm to wave at him. He smiled and waved back, but looked up as Lena rushed down the stairs.

She pulled the money from the wallet and handed it to him, "Hi. Um, keep the change."

He excepted the money from her, and started walking backwards out of the house, "Thanks. And you three ladies have yourself a good night."

I gave him a small smile and said, "You too," and then shut the door behind him.

We ate our pizza and some of the baked goods I had made, then all went out separate ways for the rest of the night.

—~•+•~—

The following day at school, while Lena was giving all of our friends vervain jewelry that Stefan had provided her with, I was handing out the baggies of cookies that I had made. And of course, Care loved both of our gifts. "It's so pretty, and they look delicious. Thank you. God, it'll go with, like, everything. What's the occasion?"

"No occasion. Just a little friend gift." Lena informed, and I would like to call bull shit.

I however told it to her straight, "I was stressed last night, and if I were to keep all of the cookies I made, I would eat them all, and I ain't about to smash those by myself."

We all sat down at a picnic table outside while Care laughed at how blunt I was. Once we were settled she told sarcastically asked Lena, "Lesbian friend necklace? Cause we're freaky like that?" She then finished it with a equally as sarcastic wink.

I couldn't stop myself from all but shouting, "You know it baby girl!" followed Care-Bear and myself fist bumping, 'cause we're awesome like that.

"Your friendship is important to me." Lena told her while tossing a unamused look my way, not that I'm not used to them or anything. I think she hardly ever finds anything I say or do in a joking manner funny. I don't know why, Stefmiester and Dammy boy find me funny sometimes. I think she just might be a fun hater... Anyways.

"Why are you being so mushy?" Caroline asked her after examining the necklace again.

Lena sighed, "Because you've been avoiding me, and I wanted you to know that whatever is going on with you and Matt, it's ok." Also it really hurts my heart seeing Damon compel you all the time. Formalities.

"I was gonna talk to you about that. I was, but there's just not much to say. You know, we've hung out a couple times. That's it, but...I just feel like we've peeked as friends." I gave he a reassuring smile as Lena nodded at her, "This is weird. I shouldn't be talking to you about this. It's weird. It's weird, right?"

I piped up before my twin could, "I think its cute, with little twinges of weird here and there, but sweet none the less." She gave me a grin, happy for my support.

Lena laughed and told her, "It's a little weird, but if it's what you and Matt want, then it's not about me." Sure its not.

Care rolled her eyes in sync with me, "But it's all about you. Matt's not over you, and we all know it." Straight up facts.

"I'm with Stefan now." Since when has that stopped you? "Matt understands that. He knows he has to move on." She then started unwrapping her sandwich, and while she wasn't looking, Care and I shared an unconvinced look.

—~•+•~—

After school and work were over for the night, Lena, Bonnie, Myself, and my little stink bug were all having supper together. I wasn't really paying attention to the other two, to busy scoping the bar for a certain raven haired alcoholic, and stuffing my face with my cheesy fries. I was startled when Bonnie touched my shoulder, giving me a look before she said, "I can't believe you guys are adopted. I never saw that coming."

I gave a small nod, making sure Chloe was okay as Lena spoke, "And it gets weirder. I looked at our birth certificates." That's news to me, "It lists Miranda and Grayson Gilbert as the birthparents. None of it makes any sense."

I rolled my eyes, "Lena, dad was a doctor, he probably just had to pull a few strings here and there, and bam, they're parents of twin baby girls."

Bonnie agreed, and told her, "Which is why you should ask Jenna."

When Lena groaned I gave her a glare, "Elena, its not her fault that we didn't know, so stop blaming everything on her."

Bonnie looked surprised, most likely due to my outburst before telling my bitchy twin, "First of all, the Elena I know would always want the real truth, good or bad."

"And second of all?" Maybe, uh, I don't know, get the fuck over it?

Bon went in a bit of a different direction then me though, "You just found out your boyfriend is a vampire, so unless your birthparents are aliens..." she asked for a little bit of comedy, which made Lena laugh, "How bad could it be?"

Lena glanced at her phone before standing up, "Ah, ok, look, I have to go to the store. My outfit for the dance is severely lacking accessories." Whelp, that's me.

I followed her up, picking up Chloe's things as Bonnie told us, "Ok, I'll pay the bill."

"Alrighty, by Bon Bon." I told her with a smile.

I deliberately ignored Lena as we walked outside. Her phone started ringing as we got to the car, so I was situating Chloe while she talked on the phone.

"Hello." I listened as she answered.

She put it on speaker as they dude answered, "Hello, Elena, Addison." Creepy...

"Hey, who's this?" She asked, fumbling around in her purse for something.

Though what mystery guy said caused the both of us to pause what we were doing, "Your sister hit me with her car.

"Is that a new one? Or is it yours?" I scrambled around to the other side, climbing into my seat as Lena did the same on her side. "You got away from me. You won't next time." Was the last thing he said to us before Lena hung up on him and drove off, right past the hoodie dude.

—~•+•~—

When we got home, I wasn't expecting going into my room and finding THE Damon Salvatore sitting on my bed, flipping through the copy of Fifty Shades of Grey that Jenna gave to me. I got all the way through the doorway before shutting the door and setting Chloe on her little play mat that's on my floor.

Damon dramatically shut the book and dropped it onto my covers, glanced up at me, and then raised his eyebrows at me inquisitively. I rolled my eyes at the hint of a smirk he was sporting, "Jenna gave it to me without me asking, she said, and I quote, 'Since your not getting any for the foreseeable future, you might enjoy reading that.' end quote. She then gave me a smirk and went to work."

"We could change the path of your foreseeable future if you want," He jokingly (well, hopefully) waggled his eyebrows at me.

I shoved him a bit before falling back dramatically onto my bed, "Yeah, I'm not to sure you ancient girlfriend your trying to get out of a tomb would be too happy about that. Especially if she's anything like my controlling bitch of a sister."

He let out a low whistle, "Trouble in twin paradise?"

"When isn't there?" I sassed him.

"Hey now short stuff, I'm not the one pissing you off."

"Not currently at least," I mumbled out while I eyeballed him picking up Chloe off of her mat.

He sat beside me and started bouncing the little bug on his knees while asking, "Is this about the whole adoption thing?"

I groaned, "She literally cant grasp that us not knowing is not Jenna's fault, or anyone's for that matter. And she doesn't get how I don't care. But my thing is, if our parent or parents really wanted up they wouldn't have gave us up. And even if they didn't, whose to say that we'd grow up to be the same people in that situation. Ya know?"

He gave me one of those inquisitive looks, like he didn't realize I could be this deep. "I don't know, exactly, but I get where your coming from."

I expressed my gratitude for letting me vent with a smile, before turning my attention to Chloe and gave her a grin, that she mimicked back to me. I sat there and debating bringing up the whole baby daddy situation, but was brought out of my thoughts by placing the wriggly baby onto my lap, and standing up.

I was gonna ask him what he was doing, but he spoke first, "I gotta go, okay?" When I nodded he said, "Alright, night Addie, night sweet girl." He placed a kiss onto Chloe's head before disappearing.

I growled out in frustration and fell onto my back, making my bug let out a happy squeal in the ride down, and I couldn't help but laugh as she did.

—~•+•~—

The next night, after I had already gotten ready for the 50's dance, and I was procrastinating going upstairs and changing Chloe into the little outfit I had gotten for her. I want expecting my aunt to walk into the living room decked out in 50's gear. But I just had to roll my eyes at my twin when she rolled hers at out innocent aunt.

Jenna ignored her and addressed me, "Spoke to the insurance company. Car's totaled. Your gonna have to keep riding with your sister and occasionally borrow mine."

I raised my thumb, "Sweet." But I was cut off from teasing my aunt about her new love interest by my bitchy sister.

"So you're coming to the dance?" She asked in her snotty tone that she sports sometimes.

Jen-Dog didn't seem to notice though, "Alaric asked me to help chaperone." She told us with a huge smile. She walked around the couch and grabbed my shoulder giving them a small rub and whispering, "You look cute!"

"So do you!" I whispered back.

Elena, of course, gave us a disproving look, "Why didn't you tell me, Jenna?" Well I'm glad shes not including me in her little pissy crusade anymore.

I glanced back at Jenna and saw the startled look on her face, before she answered, "Your mom was gonna do it eventually. I never thought I'd have to."

"What did I tell you," I told Lena with a glare.

She didn't acknowledge me in favor of telling poor Jen, "If my mom were here right now and I asked, she'd tell me the truth."

Jenna let out a defeated sigh, and answered, "Your dad was about to leave the office one night when this girl showed up. She was sixteen, a runaway, and about to give birth to twins. He delivered her babies, and he gave her a place to stay, but a few days later, she disappeared. And there you two were. Your parents were trying so hard to have a baby. I-it just wasn't happening. All Miranda ever wanted was to be a mom." I get it bro, you don't have to explain that to me, I'm not Lena.

"Well, why were my parents' names on the birth certificate?" I explained this at the grill dumbass, dad was a doctor.

"Your dad was a doctor, Elena. He took care of it. They didn't wanna lose you, so they kept it quiet, told as few people as possible, but if anyone ever wanted proof, they had documentation."

"Man, am I ever not right?" I asked sarcastically leaning back with a glare pointed at Lena, because the crazy chick knows I called that one.

Elena ignored me, "What else do you know about her? The girl?"

Can this conversation please end? "Just her name. Isobel." Well damn I'm glad I didn't name Chloe that... that would have just been very awkward!

—~•+•~—

Later, after Jenna had left with Alaric, I was in my bathroom adding the final touches to my makeup and hair. I already had Chloe all dressed and ready to go, so I was really just waiting for Lena to be done getting ready so that we could go.

I had just packed Chloe's bag for any possibility when Lena burst into my room, "Ads, was that you in the hallway?"

"What?" I asked her confused. Then the compass that she was holding started flipping shit and spinning like crazy. We both shared a strange look and walked downstairs, Lena calling Stefan I presume, and me carrying Chloe because I didn't wanna leave her by herself if we just so happened to be in danger.

I ignored Lena in favor of walking around and checking the living room, and didn't realize how long I had been doing so, until I heard Lena scream. I did the only thing I could do, I put Chloe down onto the floor and ran to my screaming twin.

When I saw him about to bite her neck, I ran at him and jumped up onto his back, yet he easily throw me off, and went back to trying to take a chunk out of my sister. I groaned and rolled over away from the table behind the coach that the asshole threw me into and sighed in relief when I noticed Stefmiester kicking the vamp's ass, and I actually laughed when the dude flew over me, until I remembered that Chloe was in the other side of the couch.

I shot up and picked up my baby after being glad to hear her cry for the first time since I gave birth to her.

After a few minutes, Damon was there and coddling Chloe and myself, and after he took his sweet time fussing over our wellbeing's, spoke to Stefan and Lena. "How did he get in?"

I grabbed his hand to stop him from pacing because it was making me anxious, and he relented, sitting beside me, and gabbing Chlo from me. He cradled her into his chest as Lena told him, "He was invited in."

"He posed as a pizza delivery guy last night." Stef added.

I smirked a bit to myself, "Your saying he learned it form the pizza man." I expected a laugh or two, but everyone gave me a strange look. Damn... well if Jer-Bear was here he would laugh at my reference.

Damon rolled his eyes, not caring that I just sounded like a dumbass, "Well, he gets points for that. Did he say what he wanted?"

"I would assume he wanted a chunk of Lena." I spoke up.

The twin gave me a hairy eyeball, "No. He was too busy trying to kill me."

"And you have no idea who this is?" Stef asked.

"No." I saw the look shot a him, "Don't look at me like that. I told you we had company."

I let out a low whine and leaned onto Damon's shoulder as Lena asked, "You think there's more than one?"

"We don't know." The raven haired man answered while tossing the arm I was leaning on over my shoulder so that I was cuddled into his side.

Hot back looked between the two of us with a strange look, before addressing, "Damon, he was invited in."

Dames nodded and rubbed my arm, "Then we go get him tonight." He then looked down at me and back over to Lena, "You two up for it?"

I couldn't even answer because Lena spoke over me, "What do I have to do?"

"Let your boyfriend take you to the dance. We'll see who shows up." I looked up at him and found he was already looking down at me, "As for you girls, you mind if I third wheel?"

I nodded in approval as Stef said, "That's a bad idea."

"Till we get him, this house isn't safe. For anyone who lives in it. Especially Chloe, so it's worth a shot." My heart is now a puddle on the floor, just so you know.

"I'll do it." Lena told the guys as I nodded in agreement, same as Damon. She grabbed Stefan, who didn't look too excited, and told him, "We'll be with the two of you. I'll be safe."

I verbally agreed this time and dug my head into the crook of Damon's neck, taking a deep breath before getting up, shorty followed by the other three in the room.

—~•+•~—

Once we got to the school, we all walked in together. Lena and Stefan's arms were linked and Damon and I were behind them, him holding Stink Bug and I was right beside him, and his free hand was resting on my lower back, somewhat guiding me.

Damon handed me Chloe when Lena asked if I wanted to go get some punch, and we went to do just that. I was grabbed a cup of punch while Lena messed with her earing when Cinnamon Bon and Care-Bear. Lena greeted them, "Having fun?"

"No, but this took about two hours, so I'm at least staying half of that." Care, Lena, and I laughed at that, but I couldn't help but notice Bonnie staring off in the distance.

"What's Damon doing here?" She suddenly asked us, yet gave me the accusatory glare.

I raised my hand with the punch as the other was busy holding my daughter on my hip and said, "He offered to come and keep an eye on Chloe. He's gonna behave, promise."

"So what is this, like, a sibling party now, you and Stefan, Damon and Addie?" Caroline asked sarcastically.

"No, but if I'm gonna be with Stefan, then I have to learn to tolerate Damon. It's not like I can kill him." I glared at Lena for that comment.

"There's a thought." Bon agreed, and she was shortly followed by Care.

"Mmm. I'll help."

I rolled my eyes as they clinked their glasses and glanced over at Damon who was giving me a smirk and I couldn't help but giggle with how ridiculously hot he looked with a floral diaper bag hanging over his shoulder. I left the trio in favor of the blue eyed vamp, needing to grab a diaper for Chloe.

He gave me the bag and let me go off to the bathroom by myself, but once again, when I was in there I got cornered by a few of my basketball teammates telling me it wasn't too late to join. It took me five minutes to get away after finally getting Chloe changed and when I came back, I noticed Bon Bon and Care leaving Damon and tossing him glares as they went.

I got to the man at the same time Elena and Stef did. He took my little bug from me, and blew a raspberry on her hand when she reached up to his face, making her fall into a pit of giggles. I smiled at the pair as Lena asked, "Where did they go?"

"I don't know." He answered in a funny voice while tickling the laughing baby's tummy, and I couldn't help but chuckle along with the sweet little girl

Stefan had a far away look in his eye as he asked, "What did you say to them?"

Damon smirked, looking away from little Bug, "I was perfectly polite." He then turned his attention to my sister, probably looking to piss her off, "Elena...Would you like to dance?"

And I was shocked when she said, "I would love to." But it all made since when she looked up at her boyfriend, "May I have this dance?"

As Stefan led her away she shot a devilish smirk at Damon, but he was already turned, heading the opposite direction, one hand gripping mine taking me with him. Damon was having fun tossing Chloe around and play dancing with her while I could only watch the show loving how this man was with her. This man that is defiantly her father, no witchy paternity test needed.

The man had turned his attention to me and looked about ready so say something when we were approached by Mr. S. "Yeah, I don't recognize you. How'd you get roped into chaperoning?" I had to hold a laugh as Damon looked at the man confused, "Alaric Saltzman. I'm the new history teacher." He looked between me, the blue eyed vamp, and Chloe and greeted me as well, "Nice tp see you and your daughter Addison."

I smiled, "Nice seeing you too Mr. S."

"Please, call me Ric, Addison," He told me.

"Then call me Addie or Ads, Ric." I told him, earning a smirk.

I could feel the stare Damon had locked on the back of my head before he moved between me and my new friend/ teacher, "Ah, the, uh, cursed faculty position." Well that's only if you kill this one too honey.

"So I've been told." Ric informed him.

Damon held out his free hand, and they shook as he told Ric, "Damon. Salvatore."

Mr. S analyzed him, "Salvatore, as in, uh, Stefan?"

"He's my little brother. I'm his legal guardian, hence the chaperoning." Damon looks about done with this guy and they've been talking barely three minutes.

"I hear he's very bright, not that I've had a chance to see for myself." He played off that being why he was interested, but honestly, I don't believe it, so that means Damon defiantly doesn't believe it.

The blue eyed vamp rolled his eyes, "Well, his attendance record's a little spotty. Family drama."

"No parents?" Not since... like, 1863.

"Mm, it's just the two of us now." Damon told the man while turning his attention back to the little girl in his arms that was demanding attention from him.

"You, uh—you live here your whole life?" Ric asked, eyeing the baby as if she was in great danger or something.

"On and off. Travel a bit." Damon answered before lightly catching Chloe's fingers in his mouth, as she was trying to grab at something, probably his tongue, and I swear Mr. S looked about ready to jump out of his skin. He relaxed when Damon let her fingers go and blew a raspberry on her hand again, which of course made Chloe squeal in delight.

"Really? Where? Around the states?" Ric pried and I held a chuckle back as Damon looked at him with raised eyebrows, "Heh. I'm sorry. I'm nosy. I...I don't mean to pry. Look, it was nice meeting you."

"You, too." Damon said unconvincingly.

"Enjoy the rest of the dance guys." Ric then patted Damon on the arm and walked away, and I didn't miss as the raven haired man watched him walk away suspiciously.

After the strange encounter Damon went off to the dance floor say something about, "Gotta show the princess how to really dance."

I decided to go over to Lena, who was standing by herself looking around, before she seemed to spot something. I observed as she started walking backwards out the door, and I decided I was gonna follow her. I caught up with her as she ran out the exit.

When she noticed I was following her, she grabbed my hand and ran down a few corridors, sometimes looking back to see if who I would assume is the vamp that's been causing us so much trouble, was following us. We finally met our match when we encountered door that were chained shut, making sure we couldn't get through them.

This time I took charge, I gripped my twins hand tighter and ran to the door that leads to the cafeteria. Unfortunately we encountered another locked door, except this time there was no escape for us.

The guy flung the door open and wasted no time going straight for my sister, who tried to get away, only to get restrained by the hair. Just like earlier I took this time to jump on the dudes back ,and just like last time I was thrown across the room onto a table. Only this time I was gasping for breath seeing as the wind got knocked out of me.

When I was finally up right again, I noticed that Lena was attacking the guy with pencils, and she was going for the mop. I ran towards them as she broke it and went to stake him, but he grabbed her wrist preventing her from doing anything. I was finally close to the two as he took the mop and threw it across the room, and went to bite her, but before he could I scooped a bloody pencil off the floor and jammed it into his neck.

Then suddenly Stefan and Damon were there, and surprisingly Damon was holding Chloe. Though not for long because he deposited her into my arms before picking up the stake the guy had thrown across the room. "Hey, dickhead." Damon spoke, " Nobody wants to kill you. We just wanna talk."

The vamp is obviously stupid though, because he rushed in the direction of Lena, Chloe, and myself. Damon quickly threw the stake to Stef who then jammed it into the dude's stomach, making me cover Chloe's eyes.

I stayed back as Damon and Stefan interrogated him, "Now you feel like talkin'?"

All the response Stefmiester received was, "Screw you." Which in turn caused him to drive the stake deeper into the dude.

"Wrong answer. Why are you doing this?" Its weird seeing Stef play bad cop.

"Because it's fun." That's just fucked up.

Stef pushed the stake in farther, "What do you want with Elena and Addison?"

"She looks like Katherine." His eyes traced to Chloe, "It'd also be pretty cool to get the bitch pregnant and have a kid."

I think all of us looked shocked, Damon might have look a bit more on the feral side though, before he growled out, "Don't even fucking look at them." He seemed to gain some composure before asking, "You knew Katherine?"

This caused the dude to laugh, "Oh. You thought you were the only ones." He then laughed so hard he had to gasp, "You don't even remember me."

Damon didn't find it so funny though, "Tell me how to get in the tomb. Hmm?"

"No." Oh boy. Stefan shoved the stake deeper, and this time the guy complied, "The grimoire."

"Where is it?" Damon demanded. And Stef assisted by torturing the guy even farther, "Check the journal. The journal. Johnathan's journal. Johnathan Gilbert's."

Damon grimaced before asking, "Who else is there?"

"No. You're gonna have to kill me." Well... at least he's loyal, that's gotta count for something.

I watched the brothers share a glance, and looked away right as Stefan removed the stake form the vampires stomach knowing what was gonna follow.

I didn't look back until Lena asked, "What do we...how are you gonna find the others now?"

"He had to die." Damon told her as he approached me.

"But..." She tried to continue, but she was cur off by Stefan.

"Elena, he's been invited in."

Then the door opened and all of us turned and saw Ric through one of the windows. Stef told Damon, "Go. I got this."

I followed Damon out of the cafeteria for three reasons. One, I didn't wanna be away from him at this very moment. Two, I didn't wanna watch Stef and Lena be all lovey dovey. And finally I wanted to make sure that he didn't kill my aunt new potential boyfriend.

I had to jog to catch up when he vamp sped in front of Ric, and started to compel him, "What were you doing?"

"Looking for Ms. Hilden." Mr. S answered as I got beside them.

"Why are you in Mystic Falls?"

I got a job as a teacher."

"Do you know what I am?" When Damon asked this I spoke up.

"Damon, please don't kill him." But he didn't show any indication that he had heard me at all.

"You're my student's brother." Ric you lucky man.

Damon squinted at him, "Is everything you're telling me the truth?"

"Yes." I couldn't stop myself from sighing in relief.

"Then forget we had this conversation." Damon said as he gripped my hand and led me out of the school, taking the diaper bag from me. He then took me and a sleeping Chloe home, not bothering to wait for Stefan or Elena.

When we got home, he carried Chloe upstairs and carefully put her in her crib and gave her a soft kiss as not to wake her. He surprised me when he stepped back from her though, by coming to me and wrapping me in a hug placing a kiss on my hairline. I raised up so I was on my tiptoes and pecked him on the cheek as he released me from the hug. He mumbled, "See you soon doll." Then he was gone.

And that got me thinking... what am I gonna do when he really is gone after they get Kathrine out of the tomb. But you know what, I don't wanna think about that tonight, so I'm just gonna get to bed.