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Chapter 3: Not Quite There
It's amazing how someone can break your heart and you can still love them with all the little pieces
~ Unknown
I am at the brink of happiness but not quite there, yet, not without her. It has been officially three months since I left Mystic Falls, since I left her. In this time have settled in to my home and I actually have a job. About three months ago I opened up a new bar in town named, for all intense purposes, Elena's Bar and Grill. It hasn't been all that hard to do since I am one of the few bars in town, business has been a success. I'm doing pretty well with keeping myself on track, though I have good reasons to continue this way.
Two Months Ago…..
I was walking in town when something caught my eye. "Adozione Agenzia" as I looked at the sign that I passed so many times something crossed my mind. Why shouldn't I adopt a kid? I certainly got enough room. Maybe it will keep my mind away from Elena, and fill the void of not having the love of my life in my life? Maybe. I walked inside the building to be greeted by many bright colors. As I walked in I saw a stunning red-head behind the counter.
"Ciao, Come posso aiutarla?" the redhead askd in rusty Italian.
"Ciao,vorrei adottare un bambino." I replied.
"Va bene, ecco..." she pause as if trying to remember how to say the next word. "...alcuni documenti è necessario compilare." She handed me the paper work.
"Thank you." I said in English to put her out of her misery of trying to speak Italian the entire conversation.
"You speak English, thank God," she said relieved. "You would think being in Italy for almost a year my Italian would be better." She laughed while eyeing me up and down.
I smirk. "Yeah, it's not as easy to pick up"
"We don't have a lot of men in here like you" she replied still checking me out. "Like I said just fill out the paper work, but it is going to be a long process so you might not hear back for a couple of months." She continued.
I did not feel the need or want to go through the whole human "long" process, so I looked her in the eye and watch as they became dilated. "You will get me through this process as fast as you can and will have the kid to me by this weekend." She repeated what I had just said and I sat back and smiled, pleased with myself. The smile soon disappeared as a thought of how Elena would feel/react to me compelling this woman against her will. She would probably….
"So, do you want American or Italian?" She asked breaking me out of my thoughts.
"American"
"Here you go look through this book and choose a kid." She said handing me a black and white book, I assume was pictures of kids.
I took the book and looked at all the kids that were available for adoption. I always wanted kids of my own but with me becoming a vampire put a damper on my plans to go that route. As I look through the book five kids caught my eye. A set of twins name Cattleya & Bliss that was 6 years old. They grabbed my attention because they reminded me of my childhood. Another little girl who looked around the age of 10 years old named Brooklyn. She had my eyes and reminded me of my mother. The last two were boys Wyatt, 7 and Jayden, 3 they really didn't remind me of anyone I just always wanted a son.
I showed her the five kids that I picked and told her I would pay for all the expenses. And when I left, I was actually looking forward to something since I left Mystic Falls one month ago.
I slowly walked to my car as I smiled as I remembered the process of that week after. I spent the week getting ready for them to arrive by designing their bedrooms, plane tickets, getting transports, and everything. The day they arrived, I was so nerves that I believed I might have scared them by how nervous/excited I was. They don't know about my 'diet' yet (well really nobody knows about that). It's going to be like that for as long as I can help it. They are a hand full, especially the little ones. I enrolled the four oldest kids (Brooklyn, Wyatt, Cattleya, and Bliss) in school. Jayden either spend time with me when I don't work or he had a babysitter until a month ago.
One month ago….
I drove to the kids' school to pick them up. We have come a long way in the past few weeks that I have grown accustom to the way we do things. I soon reached the school; I walked up to the twins' classroom.
"Good afternoon" Damon said to Ms. Pentel
"Good afternoon Mr. Salvatore" she replied with the biggest smile on her face. I smirk at the lust that is in her eyes and the sound of her arousal in my ears.
Seeing that she had no intention of calling the girls, I kindly reminded her with a smirk on my face. I simply stepped closer, bending down a little to whisper in her ear "The girls, Ms. Pentel"
"Oh yes I forgot, Cattleya & Bliss Salvatore your father is here." She finally said slowly calming down.
I had come to accept being referred to as a father because in a sense I was a father to all five of these kids. Well the only father figure they will have giving the circumstances. I come to appreciate every time that called me 'dad' rather than Damon. I have begun to look forward to those words of adoration because it felt as if at least someone cared/loved me. Not the person I wanted, but someone none the less.
"Daddy" Bliss and Cattleya yelled at the same time while running toward me with the world's biggest smiles on their faces.
"And how was my little angels' day?" I said, bending down to open my arms to give them both a hug while picking them up at the same time.
"Good" Bliss replied as she put her arm around my neck. Cattleya just nodded agreeing to her sister's statement. They are the smartest six-year olds I know and I am proud to call them mine. Though they are smart they like to be sly about it so don't let them fool you.
"Daddy, I was thinking," Cattleya started waiting for me to say something.
See what I tell ya. "And we now that is never a good thing." I whisper to myself as I started to walk toward the car with them still in my arms. They looked at me confusion written all over their face. "What do you want this time?" I finally gave in. they had these excited grins on their faces like they know that they was going to get whatever they asked for. The same silly grin Elena wore every time she got her way.
"We was talking to our friend Savannah," oh this is a good start, "and she was telling us about her new dog, her parents just got her." I really don't like where this is going. "And B wanted to know if we could get a dog?" Cat finally finished her statement/question.
"Nope, out of the question" I said not looking them in the eyes because I know when I do I am a goner. The car finally made its appearance and I put them as they begin to beg.
"Please daddy" Bliss said.
"Not going to happen"
We made it to the car with me almost giving up with them double teaming me. Just as I thought they were going to give up. They enlist help.
"Brooke, do you want a dog?"
"Yeah, we are getting a dog?" Brooklyn asked getting excited.
The look on her face almost changed my mind but I had to stand my ground so I said "No we are not" as the words left my mouth I saw as her face fell.
"Please, Daddy please" Bliss started to beg again.
I made the mistake of looking back at them. The look on all their faces killed any refute that I had in my mouth. To think I was actually going to get through to refusing them of anything was beyond my knowledge. I actually have to fix that little hold all five of them have on me.
"Okay, but I draw the line at cleaning up after it." 'I just might have to compel the dog to be house trained' I added in my mind.
"Thank you, you will not regret this" Brooklyn replied as she attacked me with a big hug. I returned the hug and kissed her forehead as Bliss & Cattleya went ballistic jumping up and down clapping.
I finally got the girls calm enough to put them in their car seat. I know I was already regretting this decision but it makes them happy so it will be worth it. I walked to the driver side thinking how true that statement was. On the way home, Brooklyn and Wyatt told me how their day went.
Once we got home, I saw a car in the driveway that wasn't mines or Natalie's. I got Bliss & Cattleya out the car. The locked the car doors after everyone else was out and walked to the front door unlocking it to let everyone in.
"Nat, who car is outside?" I said while extending my senses to make sure there was no immediate danger. I didn't get a reply but I don't feel any danger. The feeling that someone else was here would not go away even though I only heard six heartbeats.
"Jayden…" I yelled again "Natalie?"
"Daddy" Jayden came yelling running down the hall.
"hey, how is my big man" I said, picking him up.
"Good"
"Hey, where is Nat?"
"In the kitten" he said
I walked to the kitchen to my surprise to see three people instead pf one. "Hey little man go upstairs with your sisters and brothers for me, please." I told Jayden.
When I was sure Jayden was upstairs with the rest of them, I turned to face our guest. "Who are you and what do you want?" I demanded.
"Come on Damon, is that anyway to treat your little sisters." The mystery voice asked.
"Kiara" I said dumb folded, then I looked at the other woman, "Kendall" I continued. I thought they were dead. They had disappeared the year before I was turned. Everyone gave up on them coming back, except me. A couple of years after I turned I just hoped they was okay because the alternative was too much to bear.
"Hey big brother" Kendall said. While Kiara got up to give me a hug. I slowly wrapped my arms around her tight, scared that if I let go she would disappear. I didn't realize I was crying till Kendall gently wiped the tears running down my face as she too hugged me with everything she had.
"But how? I asked after we have all settled down.
"That night we disappeared, we got attacked. Someone by the name of Pearl helped us. She turned us but we couldn't return home because we knew father wasn't going to accept us. We kept track of you and Stefan throughout the years. We are contacting you now because we really missed you and Stefan is no longer with you." Kiara answered.
"I'm just glad y'all are here now. I really missed both of you a lot" I said pulling them into a hug again. They never really liked Stefan do to the fact that he never like them because of what they represented. They are the product of an affair that our father had with another woman. After their mother died, our father let them stay with us forcing my mother to raise his illegitimate children. While welcome them with open arms my brother did the total opposite. He went out of his way to disclaim them at any point and time. He was so much like our father it was ridiculous. Then my mother died and all I had were Kiara and Kendall when our dad started to beat me. I never forgave myself when they disappeared and the next day my father enlisted me in the war. I was always thought my father had something to do with their disappearance because he knew I would not go to war, leaving them behind. I never had the proof so it was nothing I could do but rebelled against him and that's what I did.
We moved to the living room to talk about all their adventures the years and childhood memories I told them what I been up to over the years and why I moved here. I told them about the kids and how they doing.
"So why exactly did you adopt 5 kids?" Kendall asked with a smile.
"Well…" how am I supposed to answer to answer this question without feeling and sounding like a heartbroken sap. 'Well a girl broke my heart so I filled the pain by adopting kids' I couldn't say that even if it was written all over my face. So I went with the half-truth "I had so much room in this giant house, I was like why not."
They nodded their heads. "So when are going to meet our nieces and nephews?" Kiara questioned still skeptical of my answer but not pushing it.
"Now if you would like?" they both nodded their heads. I got up and went to the stairs. "Kids"
"Yes" they replied after a while.
"Come down, I have some people I want you to meet" once I heard an okay I walked back to the living room. "They don't know about 'us', so let's keep that a secret for now."
As they nodded their heads, the kids walked into the room. Bliss and Cattleya came sat on my legs, Brooklyn and Wyatt on either side of me and Jayden between my legs. "Kids meet my sisters Kendall and Kiara. Kendall and Kiara meet Brooklyn, Wyatt, Bliss, Cattleya, and I'm sure you already met Jayden I assume?" they nodded.
"It's nice to meet you all" Kiara said while looking at all of them as Kendall gave them a hug.
"Same to both you" Brooklyn said after hugging Kiara and coming to sit back beside me.
"Daddy can we go get the puppy now?" Bliss practically begged.
"Yes we can sweetie" I said "How about we all go and shop for this famous puppy you been asking about."
Having four dogs in the house is never a good thing. The twins picked out a cute little Shetland sheepdog puppy named her Bella; the boys picked out a white golden retriever and named him Bullet. But what had surprised me the most is the dog Brooklyn picked out. I told them so much about Elena that they look to her as a mother figure even though they never met her. So when she picked Elena's favorite dog, a Siberian husky and she named her Beauty. I picked out a black Siberian husky puppy named Duke. These last three months of letting go have been really helpful with the amount of distractions I have in my life. The weekly calls to Jeremy to check in really put my mind at ease. He keeps me up to date on what's going on. Mystic falls wasn't under any real danger and as long as they didn't need me I didn't have to go back.