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"Stef?" Damon replied sounding alarmed.

After all it was 3am. Even though Stefan was in Europe he had just talked to Jamie a few hours ago, he knew it was night in Mystic Falls.

"Hey, it's me..I just wanted to inform you that I'm no longer coming back on Saturday. Father left a couple of days ago and he wants me to stay until next Sunday. Can you believe that?" Stefan said, chuckling without humor in the end.

He had to be insane, Damon thought. He almost had an heart attack by getting a call from him at 3am, and this was what he wanted to tell him? Not to mention that the only thought of his father pissed him off even more. He and Giuseppe had to have a chat as soon as he woke up…in the morning.

Damon sighed heavily. "Stefan, you do realize that here is deep night, right? You really called me at 3am to tell me this? Oh why thank you, a text or a call in the morning just weren't the same uh." He spat sarcastically.

Now it was Stefan's turn to sigh. "Sorry. Being in Europe…I didn't realize it was that late. But come on, like you aren't used to stay up all night doing god only knows what..don't be so fussy Damon." He said in a mocking tone, and Damon could pratically see him rolling his eyes.

"Well maybe things have changed…" Damon whispered, looking lovingly at Elena.

"About that…" Stefan started in a hesitant tone, but definitely more serious than before. "What the hell are you doing, Damon? Father in one of his many rants of the day mentioned that you're with some girl and he's furious about it because according to him she's 'worthless' or whatever." He sighed heavily. "I don't understand..why is he so upset about it? He pratically yelled at me, almost as if it was my fault! Damon can't you just leave this girl alone, please? Do it for me. There are lots of other girls out there." Stefan huffed.

Damon listened to his brother in utter shock. His father did what? And especially, how he dared calling Elena worthless? Thank god that he didn't tell Stefan her name, otherwise he knew that his brother would have freaked out. It was the only thing that annoyed him about Stefan coming back; telling him about him and Elena, and hearing Stefan all pissed telling him how much he would have screwed up.

"No." Damon said firmly. "I really like this one…I know you would agree." He said smirking slightly.

After a few moments of silence, Stefan pratically snorted. "Is it Andie? Because if it's Andie, my brother...you really don't know what you're talking about anymore." He said chuckling.

Damon rolled his eyes. Right..he now remembered how Stefan despised his flings, especially Andie. He thought that she was shallow and annoying. Which indeed...

"God no it's not Andie, Stefan." Damon said annoyed, rolling his eyes.

"Mmh. Good." Stefan replied, sounding thoughtful.

"Well, if you don't mind, I would really like to get back to bed. Conversations at 3am are not my best." He spat sarcastically.

"Wait…" Stefan said quietly. "I, uhm, yeah father was one of the reasons why I called. He seemed upset and I wanted to talk to you. Again I apologize for the hour but I really didn't remember…" He was saying, when Damon cut him off.

"Cut it, Stef." He said annoyed at his brother's rambling.

"I..we..uhm, we need to see Dr. Hunt when I get back, Damon." He said serious. "The chances that we have…" He was saying but Damon cut him off again.

"No. Stop, Stefan. It's bullshit, okay? We've never had problems before and I don't see why we should worry so much when nothing happened." He said through clentched teeth.

"Damon but Fath-…"

"Father is father. We're not him. Goodnight, Stefan." He said firmly, hanging up on him.

With that, Stefan completely ruined his sleep. He didn't want to talk about that. Not now, and hopefully not ever. He glanced over Elena and saw that she was still sleeping with Jamie curled around her. He smiled softly at the sight. Elena would make such a great mom, one day.

He went downstairs, going into the kitchen filling a glass of water. Liked it or not, he had to have a chat with his father and clear things up with him once for all. Damon no longer saw Giuseppe as his father for a very long time, but still that man was a part of his life and he had to deal with the consequences of it. Giuseppe was absent during mostly all Damon and Stefan's lives, so much that Damon was always the one taking care of Stefan. For that his father was his biggest shame. He was cold and manipulative, and what Damon feared the most was following his steps, even if unconsciously.

He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't even notice Elena entering the kitchen with an expression mixed in confusion and tiredness. She was embracing herself in a tiny blanket, clearly affected by the cold weather.

"Hey, is everything alright?" She asked weakly.

"Sure." He said giving her a little smile. "I was just..thirsty." He said tensly, looking everywhere but her.

She didn't say anything as she walked closer to him, giving him an adorable tired smile.

"Liar." She croaked, still smiling.

He smiled genuinely too, pulling her into his warm embrace. She snuggled into his chest and purred lightly. He loved having Elena in his arms. She was warm, and smooth..and god he loved the smell of her shampoo. She wrapped her tiny arms around his waist, kissing his chest.

"Care to tell me what's wrong? Always if you want to." She reassured him.

"I, uh..Stefan called a few minutes ago." He said.

Elena immediatly looked up at him, fear in her eyes. "Oh my god. Is everything okay?" She asked worried.

"Yeah, he's fine. It's not that…it's about my fahter." He huffed frustrated. "It's always about him." Damon said, shaking his head in frustration. "Well Stefan has always been his favorite, even though you can't call him a real fahter. He hasn't been a father to either of us. So when he has some problems, things that upset him, especially about me and my being a so-called failure as a son for him…"

"Oh, Damon. Don't give weight to his words. He's not worth it, baby." Elena said passing her hand through his hair.

He smiled weakly. "I know that, 'Lena. I've been dealing with my father my whole life. What I was saying is that he always tries to take Stefan on his side, and when he can't, he despises him too and on some levels Stefan is much weaker than me." Damon sighed as he seemed thoughtful.

"So yeah, I've got this call from him telling me that he won't be back until next Sunday, and that father called him, apparently furious about my new…girlfriend." He admitted.

Truth be told there was even another reason for Stefan's call, apparently, but he didn't want to pull Elena into this.

He could see that Elena's face fell a little, but she quickly tried to recompose herself.

"So Stefan know we're together?" She asked raising her eyebrows.

"No, not yet. We're gonna tell him and Blondie together...right?" He said, smirking sligthly.

She mimicked his smirk, kissing him tenderly on the lips. She then looked into his ocean blue eyes with her doe ones.

"You sure there's nothing else? Damon I don't want to force you into telling me everything, if you don't feel comfortable I'm totally fine, but you have to know that I'm always here for you and that you can tell me anything. Okay?" She asked firmly.

It pained him to lie to her, but for now, he had to. She couldn't afford this, and he hoped she never would have to.

"There's nothing else. Let's go back to bed, baby girl." He said smiling sweetly, kissing her nose which made her giggle.

They led upstairs and luckily Jamie was still sleeping quietly. Damon thought that Elena was going to lay near Jamie, but when he laid down on his side she was still there glaring at him.

"A little room, please?" She asked, raising her eyebrows teasingly.

"Of course." He said huskily, smirking smugly.

"Thank you, sexy." She said kissing his chest and snuggling onto it.

He wrapped his arms around her as she pratically fell asleep on top of him. He kissed the top of her head and quickly fell asleep too. All the anxiety that he was feeling completely vanished once his girl was in his arms.

"Mmmh…I love you Damon." Elena purred quietly in her sleep.

When he woke up, it was 9am. Damon's eyes widened a little as he thought about Jamie. Crap! He had to go to school…to hell, he thought. In two months he had never lost school besides two days. It was fine. Both Jamie and Elena needed some deserved rest, especially his beautiful girl, who was after all still in pain because of her injuries.

Damon though got up even if he would have loved to sleep all day with Elena in his arms. He had to talk with Giuseppe and he had to do it now.

He quietly got up, pulling the blanket up Jamie and Elena's body carefully. Elena moved a little in her sleep as in searching for him and he smiled contently. He had even dreamed about her telling him she loved him last night…

Damon arrived at his father's office forty minutes later. Luckily, the building which was also his father's major office, was a little out of Mystic Falls. He got out of the car and slammed its door, feeling nervous for the first time in a very long time. He hadn't seen his father in six months and the man always managed to make him feel stressed.

Everyone in the building knew who he was, so when he came in all the people were looking at him with surprise in their faces. Damon smirked slightly. If his father left him no choice, he would have gladly made a show in front of everyone, he simply didn't care. He took the elevator that brought him to the last floor, which was reserved only to his father and other few employees. While making his way to Giuseppe's office, ne noticed the few secretaries eyeing him flirtariously. He had probably slept with some of them, he didn't even remember to be honest..all he knew was that their looks didn't affect him, so much that one of them almost seemed offended at his indifference.

He opened the door of the office without even knocking, leaving Giuseppe looking up at him with a mix of surprise and anger.

"Damon..what a lovely surprise." Giuseppe said calmly, letting the pen he was holding on the desk.

"Hello, father." He replied sarcastically.

"It's been a long time.." Giuseppe made him notice.

"Indeed." Damon said sighing while toying with one of the objects on the desk.

He quickly took notice of all the things on his desk, eyeing the pictures in particular. There was Giuseppe, Giuseppe with Stefan, he and Stefan as kids…and then her. Damon's jaw clentched immediatly.

"Why there's not even one goddam picture of mom?" Damon asked abruptly, not even making eye contact while trying to calm down.

Giuseppe stayed quiet for a few seconds, not knowing what to say as he sighed heavily. "I see no point." He said cooly. "She's dead, Damon." He then pointed out as if it wasn't something that he didn't know already.

Damon shaked his head in disbelief. It was unbelievable. The passion in hating his father never ceased to amaze him.

"So let me get this straight," Damon said while pacing around the room, "the woman you've been married to twenty years, the mother of your children, doesn't get to have a picture on your desk..but the gold digger slut you've married since what, five years, can? Oh wow Giuseppe, I think you way overestimate your so-called intelligency." He then said chuckling humorless.

Giuseppe suddenly got up from his chair, anger in his face. "Watch out your words, Damon." He demanded raising his voice.

The fake smile that was on Damon's face immediatly disappeared, replaced by his glacial cold stare. He went near his father and gave him a deadly glare.

"And you watch out yours, old man." He spat. "Don't you dare come near Elena ever again. You leave her alone. She doesn't deserve your malice. If you have a problem, you tell me, you don't get to put her into this. She's the only good thing that has happened to me in years, and if you think that I'm gonna lose her because of you then you better reconsider it." He said firmly.

"Oh come on now Damon. We all know how this is going to end up. You're going to get tired of her eventually, and all this 'epic speech' you just gave me will be forgotten." Giuseppe said annoyed. "I get it, son. I've ignored you and you're seeking attention. There you have it." He said with a devilish smile.

Damon grew mad at his comment. He had to thank that he would have gone to jail, otherwise he would have gladly punched him all day long.

"I couldn't care less about you and your freaking attention. You could rot in hell for all I care." He said, "I just want you to leave Elena. Alone." He then said slowly, getting closer to his father.

Giuseppe smirked, all of a sudden seeming amused. "Well I have to admit that she's quite something indeed, son. Those legs…" He said sighing seeming thoughtful, the only purpose pissing Damon off.

He lost it. "You son of a bitch!" Damon said while making it to hit him.

"Oh relax, Damon. Your little thing doesn't interest me." Giuseppe said abruptly. "I just don't think a nanny fits you. After all, you're still a Salvatore. You could be great. You're handsome, rich, tough..don't waste your time on that distraction of yours. You have plenty of worthy women ready to warm your bed." He said. "That is all. Now if you want to excuse me, I have to get back to work." He then said going back at writing.

"You know nothing about Elena." Damon said standing near the door, this time more calmly. "She's one hell of a woman." He said quietly, making eye contatc with his father one last time before heading out for good.

Elena woke up finding the bed empty besides Jamie sleeping peacefully. She giggled as she saw him drooling all over one of Damon's pillows, knowing that Damon would be so annoyed. Luckily the housekeeper was going to come today. She then glanced at the clock and her eyes widened. It signaled 10am. How much did she sleep? And didn't Jamie have to go to school? In that moment she thanked that she was taking classes on the website of the university, and that she wasn't taking actual classes, because she would have failed completely. A few weeks after coming into the Boarding House working as a nanny, she realized that for the moment she had to slow down a little with her studies because she couldn't make it.

She left Jamie sleeping, mentally taking notice to wake him up in half an hour. She went to the bathroom and after getting ready she headed downstairs. She thought that Damon was going to be there but he wasn't. After thinking for a few moments she realized that he was probably talking to his father. Elena could only hope for the best. She knew that things between him and his father were complicated and angsty, and she didn't want to cause any more problems, but hell if that man deserved them.

While waiting for Damon she fixed the living room and the kitchen a little before the housekeeper was going to arrive, since in the last days they had been messed up quite a lot. It was still very cold and on her shirt she put Damon's sweater on, knowing that he would appreciate it.

A few minutes later Jamie came down, rubbing his eyes.

"What time is it 'Lena?" He asked sleepily.

"A little after 10am." Elena said smiling.

Jamie's eyes widened, seeming anxious. "Oh no! I have to go to school! We're so late!" He said.

"You don't have to go today Jam, relax." She explained.

Jamie was quite the anxious kid. It was like you had to deal with a mini Stefan.

"Oh..okay. But why?" He asked. Luckily he seemed a little more relaxed.

Why? Elena wondered herself. She had to ask Damon later, but she was pretty sure it was about the meeting with his father.

"Uncle Damon couldn't, uhm..bring you. But don't worry you always went, one day won't hurt anyone." Elena said quietly.

"Okay." He said shrugging. "Can you make me breakfast, pretty please?"

"Sure. Come in the kitchen." She replied standing up from the couch.

"What do you want?" Elena asked once in the kitchen.

"Scrambled eggs." He replied.

"Okay." Elena said while taking the eggs from the fridge. "Wow, you've made a lot of drawings Jam. There are plenty on the fridge." She said entusiastically.

"Yay and I'm working on others too. I love drawing 'Lena." He said grinning.

"I know, and you're very good at it Jam. You should meet my brother Jeremy. He's quite the artist too." Elena said fondly.

They chatted for a while as Jamie ate his eggs, telling Elena the trip that he made with Stefan and Damon in Italy, saying that it had been the best trip of his life. Elena was surprised. Knowing the loner that Damon was, he really must love Italy to go there for two whole weeks with Jamie and Stefan. She wondered if he would ever bring her…

Elena was so invested in her talk with Jamie that she didn't even hear Damon walking in. He seemed tense but he seemed to cover it pretty well. Little did he know that Elena knew better.

"Hey Uncle D! I was telling 'Lena about our trip to Italy. Do you remember it?"

"Of course I remember it kiddo. We had so much fun..and we even made Stefan actually laugh a couple of times." Damon said chuckling ruffing Jamie's hair, as he laughed too.

Elena kept eyeing Damon all the time, seeming worried. Maybe the meeting with his father had been bad, they fought..or what if his father convinced him that she wasn't the right girl for him? Elena grew pretty worried at the thought. Jamie made his way upstairs after a while, leaving Damon and Elena alone in the living room.

"Is everything okay?" Elena asked a little hesitant, placing her hand on his arm while sitting next to him on the couch. "And don't you think it's a little early for that?" She then said, pointing at the bourbon he was holding.

He scoffed as he drank the drink in one gulp. "Probably." He said while looking away.

Elena didn't know what to do. She didn't want to push him, but at the same time she was dying to know what happened when he confronted his father. It was even about her after all. She knew though that he was upset, so she wanted to give him his time.

She kissed his cheek, softly caressing his raven hair. "It's okay Damon. We'll talk when you feel to." She said getting up and heading upstairs.

As she entered her room and opted for a shower, her phone started ringing.

"Hello?" She answered.

"Elena!" Jenna squealed from the other line.

"Oh hey, Jenna! Is everything alright?" Elena asked as she sat on her bed.

"All good. And you, honey?" She asked softly.

"I feel better. Way better. And Damon is taking care of me..." She said a little smugly.

"Oh, I can only imagine how he is taking care of you." Her aunt teased.

"Jenna!" Elena said, blushing deeply. "You're so dirty minded." She said chuckling.

"Yep." Jenna replied laughing. "Listen, always if you feel to, I was wondering if you wanted to come over for dinner tonight. Ric and I would really love it. It's just a little party to inaugurate the house, you know? You can bring Damon of course." She said.

"Yes Jenna of course. I'm so curious about this house. But there's a little problem..Damon's nephew, you know Stefan's son, he's always with us. We really wouldn't know where to leave him." Elena said sighing.

Jenna seemed thoughtful for a few seconds. "That's no problem. I'm sure he's a good kid, and besides a couple of friends of mine will bring their child too." She said.

"That's great, thank you Jenna. How many people are coming?" Elena asked.

"Not so many. As I said it's just a little party. There are Jeremy and his girlfriend Anna, this couple that I told you about, and another friend of mine. She's really cool." Jenna said.

"Oh, okay. See you tonight then? At what hour?" Elena asked as she opened the water of the shower.

"8pm. On time." She said trying to sound firm.

"Yep Jenna, don't worry. I'm not the latecomer in the family!" Elena teased and hung up.

She then tied her hair and stepped into the shower, letting the water relax her muscles. After a few minutes though she heard Damon's voice calling her.

"I'm in the shower! WAIT THERE!" She tried to shout but the noise of the shower covered it.

In fact, a moment later Damon came in. Oh god! She blushed and cursed the glass of the shower for being so trasparent.

"Wah! GEE! Get out Damon, NOW! Shush!" She squealed covering herself as he checked her out with his jaw droppen.

As Damon came to his senses, he cleared his throat awkwardly.

"It's not like I haven't seen a woman's naked body before, Elena." He said rolling his eyes while facing another part of the bathroom.

"Well but not mine!" Elena said angrily, turning off the water.

"Besides, you're my girlfriend.." He said smirking smugly. Holy fuck, Elena was sex on a stick and she didn't even realize it.

Elena melted a little at his words. True, she was his girlfriend and she still couldn't believe it, but they still hadn't crossed that line and she was quite uncomfortable.

"Uhm, yeah, okay. What do you want?" She asked impatiently.

"Talk?" He said as if it was obvious.

"Uh, of course..just not when I'm naked in the shower, please? Why don't you just wait outside?" She said tyring to sound calm.

Damon chuckled lightly as he stepped out. She was so shy.

Elena sighed heavily as she wrapped a towel around herself. She loosened her hair and stepped out. As she came into the room Damon's eyes widened.

"Put some clothes on, woman. That's pure tease. Now you're the one making me feel uncomfortable." He said while eyeing her long bare legs.

She smirked smugly. "Fine." She said taking some clothes from her wardrobe, obviously taking her time with it..

"So?" She asked in front of him as she came into the room fully dressed.

He gave her a hesitant smile, then pulling her onto his lap kissing the side of her head.

"I'm sorry if I seemed a little off before..but after talking with my father I always have that kind of reaction. He's frustrating." He said annoyed.

"It's okay Damon, really. I understand you and you don't owe me any explanation. But is everything okay between…us?" She asked biting her bottom lip.

He seemed genuinely confused. "Of course babe, why are you even asking?" He asked while looking at her a little worried himself.

"I don't know, maybe after talking with your father you changed your mind or something." She said shrugging lightly.

"It would never happen Elena. Please don't ever think something like that ever again." He said firmly, taking her chin in his hand. "Promise me." He demanded.

"I promise you." She said smiling softy, kissing his lips.

"Good." He said against her lips smiling a little, deepening the kiss.

She wrapped her arms around his neck as they kissed passionately, his tongue demanding dominance. He pulled her head to him as they kept kissing. Elena let out a moan when he laid her down, crushing his body onto hers. He let his hand fall down her legs, teasing between her thighs. She gasped loudly as he touched her flesh through the material and he smirked. He could feel how ready she was for him even through her jeans.

And then…they were being cockblocked by Jamie. Again.

"Ewwww. This is gross Uncle D! You're really really worse than daddy and Caroline!" He said disgusted.

Damon groaned. He loved his nephew, a lot. But not when he was being the cockblocker. He saw Elena blushing deeply, probably wondering if he was going to tell all these things to Stefan once he was back.

"Whatcha need, Jam?" Damon asked trying not to sound annoyed.

He rolled his eyes when Elena punched him in the arm.

"I was wondering if we were going at the fair this year? My friend Lucas is going. I want to go too..please Uncle D!" He said expectanctly.

"Sure. I actually proposed it to Elena already, I know you two would have so much fun. It's in two days." Damon said smiling.

"Great!" Jamie said grinning, clapping his little tiny hands together.

"I was actually about to ask you if tonight you wanted to go with me somehwere?" Elena then said.

"Where?" Damon asked, raising his eyebrows in confusion.

"My uncle and her fiancé are inaugurating their new house tonight, and they're throwing a little party. So she invited me, and you and Jamie of course." She said.

"I would love to." Damon said grinning.

She pecked his cheek as she smiled. "Do you want to go Jam?" She then asked, hoping he would say yes.

"Yes of course 'Lena. Tell me when I have to get ready okay." He said smiling, and with that he ran out of the room.

"Mmh..can we continue from where we were left?" Damon asked wiggling his eyebrows.

"Nope." Elena replied popping the 'p' and tapping his nose as he pouted.

She giggled and got out of the room.

Hours passed quickly as they ate and then went for a little shopping after lunch. Elena decided to buy something for Jenna and Alaric's house. She bought Jenna one of those modern lamps that she loved so much. She even hoped to finally meet Jeremy's new girlfriend tonight, and to him and Jamie to get along since they seemed to share a passion.

They got back home just to change quickly. Elena put jeans on, and a black shirt that showed a little of her cleavage. Damon seemed annoyed at the beginning, considering it too 'inappropriate'. Elena chuckled at his jealousy. She told him that she just loved that shirt, and that they were not going to a club or something. It was just her aunt's house. Besides it wasn't that scandalous..he just wasn't used to that version of her.

She decided to put some more make-up than usual on, leaving her long chesnut hair loosened. She even wore a pair of heels.

While she waited for him to get ready in his room Damon kept telling her how beautiful she looked and she nervously blushed every time. Her jaw dropped when he took his shirt off to change into another one.

"Like what you see?" He asked cockily.

Elena nodded numbly as her mind kept going into other kind of fantasies.

He always looked gorgeous, but tonight he seemed to be even more. Per usual he was wearing all black, and as he put his leather jacket on he was just perfect. He was so breath-takingly beautiful that Elena had problems at keeping her eyes off him.

"Are you ready Jam?" Elena said while knocking softly on his door.

"One minute!" He shouted from inside.

Damon wrapped his arms around Elena from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder.

"My aunt is gonna love you, you'll see. I think you could get along with Ric pretty well too." Elena said kissing his nose.

"I wouldn't know about that. I'm not exactly what a parental figure would like. I'm the bad boy." He said.

"Well you don't have to worry about Jenna though. She's a seventeen years old inside on some levels." Elena said chuckling.

He kept kissing and nibbling at her neck all the time while waiting for Jamie and Elena shuddered. He was making her so hot.

Luckily after two minutes Jamie was out of the door, otherwise Elena's knees would have dropped in a matter of time.

She made sure to pick the gift for Jenna and they quickly headed out.

Jamie seemed to be excited about the whole thing, he especially wanted to meet Jeremy to talk about drawings and stuff with him. Elena found cute how Jamie dressed up a little elegant. He was such a little gentleman.

They all kept talking and laughing for the whole drive. As they arrived, Elena took in the outside of Jenna's house. It seemed to be quite bigger than their previous one, and the yard was larger too.

While parking in the driveway, she saw Damon eyeing a car a little strangely but decided to let it go.

She rang at the doorbell and not even ten seconds later a grinning Jenna opened the door throwing herself at her.

"Elena! I'm so glad you came! You don't know how happy it makes me." She said excitedly.

"I couldn't miss it Jenna, you two were planning about moving into this house for months now. Here..this is for you." She said handing her the gift.

Jenna gasped. "Oh Elena..you didn't have to, really." She said but she seemed genuinely happy.

"Shut up, I know you'll love it." She said winking at her.

She turned around to see Damon and Jamie approaching them. One of Jamie's drawings fell into the car and he 'absolutely had to have it tonight'. So Damon told her to go first meanwhile.

When she turned around to Jenna though she couldn't believe what she was seeing. Who she was seeing. What in the actual fuck? Elena really hoped it was some sort of weird allucination, but as she blinked two times she was still there. Andie.

"Oh sorry, this is my friend Andie, Elena. You sure saw her on TV anyways. She's a journalist." Jenna said proudly.

Oh sure I saw her. The bitch, Elena thought. It was going to be such a long wonderful night...