Rachel Mickealson

Part 7

Once again, Rachel slept exceptionally well.

She really liked it in Mystic Falls and it felt right home. When she got up she looked at the clock on the nightstand and saw it was almost 9 already. She looked at her cell phone and saw that Damon was already up, he had texted her good morning already. She replied and got ready before going down for breakfast along with the rest of her family. Her father was at the table, reading the local newspaper, she could see Sage and Finn in the back yard and her father informed her that Rebecca was still asleep as she grabbed her favourite "I'm a star" mug.

"When are we leaving daddy?" Rachel asked her father as she poured herself some milk.

"As soon as you're ready princess. Take your time, we have until late afternoon." He answered her with a soft smile.

It was almost 10 when father and daughter left with a lunch basket to see the caves. Rachel had put on a pair of pants and some walking shoes. It was very unusual for her who almost always wore dresses and skirts but it was necessary to walk in the woods and in some ancient and dusty caves.

"You seem happy with Damon…" Klaus said as he showed her the way.

"Yes… It feels natural with him… Like we've been together for years instead of just days…" Rachel answered with a bright smile.

"That's how it felt for Finn and Sage… That's true love." He replied.

"He told me he loved me…" Rachel told her father as he showed her the way through the trees.

"You knew it already, it can't have been a surprise!" He replied with an amused smile.

"No, it wasn't… But I don't know if I should say it back or not just yet…"

"Well, you do love him don't you?" he asked her, worried.

"Of course I do! I just want the moment I tell him to be special…" she told her father.

"Don't worry, any moment you choose he will remember forever!"

"Exactly! I can't tell him just anytime! I have to be careful! Imagine if I tell him just when a bird poop on my head? He will forever remember that the first time I said 'I love you' I got pooped on by a stupid bird!" She said worriedly.

"It will all work out star… Always…"

"…and forever… I know!" She said with a smile as they kept on walking.

"We're almost there!" He informed her as the caves he spent so many nights hiding in were getting closer.

When they finally arrived in front of the entrance, Klaus saw that it was hidden by some bushes. He took them out and Rachel got her flashlight out as they walked inside slowly.

Klaus was in front of her, ready to protect her against whatever creature had taken residence in those caves. They walked for a long time and some times Klaus would tell her a story about what happened in the spot they were seeing. It was almost 1:30pm when they sat down to eat in the exact spot where Niklaus and Elijah had had a big argument one day about Tatia. He informed his daughter they hadn't talked for weeks after that argument. After they ate the sandwiches they had packed along with the carrot sticks, they went back on their way. In no time, they were in front of what looked like a room with two entrances.

"This is where we engraved our names." Klaus informed her as he let her walk in front of him. However, when he tried to follow her, an invisible barrier blocked him.

"Daddy, look, there is some drawings in there!" she said as she turned around to see him trying again to walk past the barrier.

"I can't get in it must have been spelled to keep vampire from coming in… I wonder why…" Klaus said, deep in thought.

"Maybe because your family history is written on the walls…probably by the natives…" Rachel said. Her father had taught her when she was younger the language he spoke when he was a child and how to read the drawings of the Native Americans.

"What do you see star?" he asked her. From the place he stood, he couldn't see much.

"This is how you came and made peace, the werewolves, your mother changing you all, the curse she placed on you, you killing her, burning the tree, leaving… everything you told me is here… wait, this is what you told me to be a calendar… If I'm not mistaken it means 300 years after you left… The natives are worshipping around the white oak tree… It's impossible!" She exclaimed. She took a picture of the calendar with her cell phone and went to show it to her father.

"You're right, it says about three hundred years after we left… They must have found a way to save it somehow…" Klaus said.

"I'll film everything with my phone, this way we'll be able to see everything, maybe they saw where it is or how they saved it…" Rachel said as she took the flashlight in one hand and her cell phone in the other.

It took her about half on hour before she was satisfied with everything. After filming it all, she had taken pictures of everything just to be sure she didn't miss anything.

"I'll carry you out, it'll be easier." Klaus said when Rachel walked out of the chamber and stood next to him. When they were back in his car he said:

"I think the Salvatore used to be the one to take care of cutting the trees… There is no old white oak tree around here so it must have been cut somehow…" Klaus said.

"Well, we're not far from the boarding house, let's go and ask Damon if we can take a look at the papers he kept from back then…" Rachel suggested.

Seeing it was barely 4pm, Klaus nodded. They didn't have to be at the Mayor's house until 8 so they had some time to start looking. On the way, Rachel called first Sage and Finn and asked them to come over with her computer. She texted Kol to be ready to Skype soon, she called Elijah who was on his way and told him to join them all at the boarding house for some important news. Then she called Rebecca who was shopping. She told her to come as fast as she could.


When they arrived, Sage and Finn were already there along with Rebecca. Damon was waiting for them outside. As soon as Klaus stopped the car, Damon rushed to open his girlfriend's door.

"What's going on? Is there a problem? Why is everyone coming here?" Damon asked between kisses.

Rachel proceeded to explain to him what they found in the caves on the way inside. Rebecca was installing the computer and just as Kol appeared on the screen, along with his two girlfriends, Elijah arrived, along with Stefan who opened the door for him.

"What's going on? You don't mind if they're here right?" Kol asked.

"Of course not brother, they can be there, after all, they will be concerned by this once they change, might as well include them in right now." Klaus said. Then he explained what Rachel discovered in the caves.

"You mean the natives found a way to save the White Oak Tree?" Kol said. He had explained what that particular tree meant to the two cheerleaders and they both got closer to him, looking worried.

"I'll go get the registries." Damon said as Stefan followed him to carry them with him in the main room where they had all been.

"You should wear a giant shield so they can't stake you!" Brittany suggested to Kol with a serious look on her face.

"I don't think it would help if anyone decided to kill them Brit… We just need to be careful!" Santana said, already planning to be on the lookout to protect the only man she felt like a woman with.

At that moment, the Salvatore brothers came back with their arms full of heavy looking books.

"It's going to be a long work looking through all of those…" Elijah said.

"Maybe not… It's just a feeling but I think we should start with the eight volumes of the 1912 year." Damon said.

"Why that year?" Stefan asked.

"Because the town changed a lot back then and a lot of wood was used… It the year where we did the most money out of the wood business… I've got a feeling it's where we'll find what we're looking for." Damon said seriously.

"Well, I trust your gut, let's look." Klaus said as Damon passed out the volumes concerning the 1912 year.

Rachel sat on her boyfriend's knees and they looked through the same book. For the next while, all that could be heard was pages being turned. All of the sudden Damon was about to turn the page when Rachel stopped him and got everyone to look up.

"Look, here…The Wickery Bridge…" She said as she pointed the right spot to him.

"You're right… We've found it!" Damon exclaimed as he showed the book to Klaus and everyone else.

"So what do we do then? Do we burn it?" Stefan asked.

"Maybe we shouldn't…" Rachel said.

"Why is that?" Elijah asked her, surprised she didn't want it burned.

"Well, what if the reason the tree was saved was because there is a spell on it that make it grow back as soon as it's completely destroyed? Burning the bridge would only move the problem to an unknown place…" She explained her point of view and she could see they were all convinced.

"She's right… We shouldn't burn it until we know how to find the other one…" Elijah said.

"We could watch it until the Martins come back, then we'd ask them to team up with the two Bennett to put some protection spell on it…" Rachel suggested.

"That's a really good idea Star…I just hope the Bennett will agree…" Klaus said.

"I'm sure they will… Since I've been back I've talked to Sheila and she believes we have all changed for the best. She told me the spirits aren't angry at us anymore…" Elijah informed them.

"Ah, Sheila… We were friend in the 60's… She knew how to catch a crowd with her anti war speeches…" Stefan said.

"She teaches at the local university… I guess she still knows how to do effective speeches!" Elijah answered the younger Salvatore.

"I'll call the Martin's as soon as we're back at home and explain things to them; they'll be able to look for the right spell then." Klaus said.

"I'll speak to Sheila." Stefan added as everyone nodded.

"Well, everything is cleared then… It's almost 6, we should get back home to get ready." Sage said after glancing at the clock on the wall.

They all left, after Rachel kissed Damon goodbye and they all said goodbye to Kol and his girls who promised to come for a visit soon.

"How are you doing Uncle Elijah?" Rachel asked her uncle as she sat in the car with him on the way home (she had a choice, she decided to spend some time with him.).

"I'm fine… How are you doing? Things are good with Damon?"

"Things are perfect!" she answered with a bright smile before adding "so, where were you these past few days really?"

"You didn't buy the whole selling and buying properties right?" He asked her as she smiled:

"Not really."

"Well, I went to look for Elena's mother…I was curious…"

"Did you find her?" She asked him.

"Yes, I did. I didn't show myself though, I just watched… She's got a daylight ring, so I'm guessing Katherine must have found her before we killed her… She seems to be preparing a trip over here actually." Elijah informed his niece.

"Is she going to be trouble?"

"I'm pretty sure she definitely will be trouble for us all. We'll have to keep an eye on her." He said as they parked the car in front of the house.

"oh, I almost forgot to tell you, Elena asked about you… I think she misses you!" Rachel said with a playful smirk that fitted usually Klaus or Damon's faces.

"You're spending too much time with Damon and Klaus!" He yelled at her as she ran in her room laughing.


Once in her bedroom, Rachel took her clothes off and took a shower before she got in front of her dressing and tried to choose the right dress. She decided on a cream knee-length dress that had a silver belt and small silver straps over the shoulders. She thought she looked quite good in it and after doing her hair (she decided to let them free, holding them only to the side with silver pins) she chose her jewellery and was ready. She put her cell phone and the essentials in a small silver purse and she was ready to go. When she got down, everyone was ready also and they pilled into the cars. In one car it was Elijah, Sage and Finn while in the other on it was Rebecca, Klaus and her. The Salvatore were taking their own car and would probably end up taking Rachel and Rebecca back to their place for a movie or something else.


When they arrived, the Mayor was outside with his wife and son, ready to welcome the newcomers like a proper gentleman. The Salvatore had arrived at exactly the same time and Damon had his arm hook through Rachel's while Stefan and Rebecca were also coupled up.

"Mister Mickealson, Welcome! I didn't know you knew Damon." Carole Lockwood said.

"Oh yes, Damon is an old family friend. He and my daughter are dating." Klaus answered with a smile as he shook the mayor's hand and kissed his wife's hand.

"Well, you are all welcome into our house!" Carole said, completely charmed by the newcomers. Tyler looked disappointed when he saw Damon with Rachel but caught himself and greeted them the way he was supposed to.

When they got in, the Lockwood's followed them in, they were the last ones to come. When they looked around the room, they were introduced to the Gilbert's (Jenna was here with Elena, Jeremy and, to everyone's dismay, John), the Forbe's (Caroline glared at Rachel the whole time while Liz smiled softly at the girl in Damon's arms), the Fell (Really just Meredith, the doctor and her cousin Logan, the news' man), the Bennett's (just Bonnie and Sheila. Even if the Bennett weren't considered founders, they were here for as long as the Lockwood's, who were the first in town, so they were included on this dinner) as well as a couple of unimportant people that Damon seamed to vaguely know from the council.

They finally took their places around the table and Rachel could see Elena blush when she realised she was right in front of Elijah, between her brother and her biological father. Jenna wasn't very happy with her sitting position since she was between John the jerk and Logan the really big jerk. In front of her was a very unhappy Caroline. Rachel was seated between her father and her boyfriend, in front of Tyler. She didn't mind.

"So Klaus, Doctor Martin told us you travelled a lot." Carole said.

"Yes, I used to travel a lot, but ever since I adopted Rachel I tried to give her a stable environment." He explained to her with a smile.

"That's good. She seems like a very well behaved girl." Richard, her husband, noted.

"That she is. I've never had any trouble with my Rachel. Never got a call from school because she was in trouble, nothing. My star is the perfect daughter!" Klaus said with a proud smile on his face in a tone full of pride that made Rachel blush.

"Lukas said you were a good singer Rachel. Is that right?" Tyler asked her.

"Well, I'm pretty good… I've won several competitions already… After school I will go to NYADA and then I'll be on Broadway for a while. When I'm 24 I'll have won a couple of Tony's and be ready to settle in with Damon and get married!" She explained;

"Well, that's some plans…" Carole explained.

"How do you know you'll make it to Broadway? And what is NYADA?" Caroline asked her.

"NYADA stands for New York Academy of Dramatics' Arts and I know I'll make it there because it's the best school in the world and a couple of years ago I met the director, Carmen Tibedo, she heard me sing and said I would have a spot in her school as soon as I graduated. I will make it to Broadway and become a Star." Rachel told the girl that didn't like her as everyone silently scolded Caroline for her rudeness.

"You will marry Damon?" John asked. She knew he was aware of her family and the Salvatore being vampires and she knew he understood she meant she would change at that moment.

"Yes I will." Rachel replied with a polite smile.

"You're very young…Too young to know what you will want in 6 or 7 years." John said in a tone that was almost rude.

"Mister Gilbert, I don't want to sound too rude but I've known what I wanted to do with my life since I was old enough to say what I wanted. It's always been Broadway. Then I met Damon and I know this won't change either. I'm ready to bet anything you want that things will happen exactly like I told you they will!" Rachel said, never letting go of her smile. On the corner of her eyes, she could see Damon and her father smiling proudly.

"Well, we'll see won't we…" John said, obviously angry to be bested by a teenage girl.

"I don't see what you have against love stories John! It's her choice, her life… You can't control everyone!" Elena said. The tone she used told everyone she was picking up on an argument that started before they got here. Jeremy and Jenna both looked surprised, they obviously didn't know about it.

"Not now Elena." He said in a contained tone.

"No, I don't see why I shouldn't talk about it here. Oh let me guess, none of them know do they… Well, let me do the honour and tell all those people that respect you who you really are!" Elena said angrily as she rose from her seat.

"What do you mean?" Jeremy asked as John raised as well and told her to "Shut up".

"John never told you guys that when he was in high school he impregnated a teenage girl named Isobel Fleming?" she stared as John rose his hand, read to slap her, only to be stopped on the spot by Elijah who stood himself in front of her to shield her from him.

"She would have liked to keep me but she knew she couldn't do it alone, John here told her he didn't want anything to do with 'it'. Grayson Gilbert handled the delivery and when a couple of days later Isobel left, saying John threatened her to leave town if she didn't want trouble, she left the child…a baby girl… She named her Elena before she left!" Everyone gasped. The ones who knew about it, the originals, acted like they were just discovering it along with everyone else. Elena was in tears as she spoke.

"John told Grayson to 'throw it away or something' and Grayson and Miranda decided to adopt her… I'm adopted, my uncle, a man I've despised my whole life is my father and didn't even think to tell me when my adoptive parents died!" she said, ending the speech in tears.

Everyone was speechless. Rachel had risen from her seat and was now trying to comfort Elena along with Bonnie. Jeremy and Jenna were yelling at John while everyone was giving him a mean eye. Caroline remained in her seat, mumbling how Elena had once again managed to drag the attention to herself. Liz scolded her, wondering what was wrong with her daughter lately.

It was a really awkward moment. Nobody knew what to do or how to act. John looked furious and kept screaming that Elena had no right saying anything. He looked like he wasn't controlling himself when it happened.

He said it.

Everything.

He was yelling and everyone could hear it:

The Salvatore's are vampires, the Mickealson's are also vampires and Rachel will become one eventually. They let the devil into their town, the Lockwood's men have the werewolf gene and could change any moment if they triggered the curse…Everything. Sheila and Bonnie joined hands in front of him and mumbled some Latin words, making him fall asleep on the floor.

"Now it's quiet, we can talk and explain everything out." Sheila said. She didn't worry about exposing herself, everyone in this room knew she was a witch, except for Jeremy and Jenna who would be learning a lot of new things today.

"What does he mean by Vampire and werewolves? Surely he is delirious…" Jenna said.

"I think seeing as we are the oldest creatures here it's best if we started explaining who we are and how we came to be." Klaus said before adding "Elijah is the historian he'll talk."

"Thanks brother." Elijah said as he rolled his eyes and proceeded to explain the most important about their family, how their mother created them and why she did it. Then he explained how werewolves broke their curse, how when Klaus made his first kill as a vampire he became a hybrid, how Esther but the curse on him. He then summarised everything until he talked about Katerina. He explained what a doppelganger was and saw Elena pale at that. He explained Katerina's story a little until she met the Salvatore, then he picked on the Salvatore and how it joined the Original's in the 20's. He mentioned how Damon was the one to change Isobel because she asked for it. Then he picked up when Klaus met Rachel in the broken car, how he decided to take care of her and gave up on doing the sacrifice around the same time; How Rachel changed Klaus and the whole family, how they were reunited, how Rachel and Damon met when Katerina was killed, how they are now soul mates.

"So you're not going to kill Elena to be able to be a werewolf?" Jenna asked.

"No, I have no need for it… I have my daughter and my family… I have no need for hybrids…" Klaus said with a reassuring smile.

"If you were to do it, would the change still hurt as a wolf?" Richard asked him.

"Yes, but the wolf would have the choice not to change if he doesn't want to, even on a fool moon." Klaus explained, curious. He knew Richard didn't trigger the curse.

"My little brother, Mason… he told me a few months ago he accidentally killed a guy and his curse got triggered. He had a vampire girlfriend that went missing a while back… he said she looked like Elena Gilbert, only older." Richard explained as everyone gasped.

"Katerina must have changed him, hoping to exchange the 'ingredients' for the curse against her freedom…" Sage guessed.

"Well, Can we help him? Can't we break the curse and make him a hybrid so he isn't in pain?" Tyler asked.

"Elena would have to die in the sacrifice Tyler!" Carole snapped at her son.

"Didn't you say your witches had found a way to save Katerina's life back then?" Elena asked Elijah.

"Yes, but I don't know if the Elixir is still working… It's really old…" Elijah answered.

"Bonnie, the Martin's and I could make sure it works… this way Elena will come back to life…" Sheila said.

"Elena would have to survive anyway… We found out some time ago that to complete the transition, a hybrid needed to drink the blood of the doppelganger… meaning she can't become a vampire after the sacrifice… She has to come back to life as a human…" Klaus said.

"Okay then, we can do it right? We wait until the Martin's come back to fix the Elixir, then we break the curse and allow Mason to not be in pain anymore…" Elena said.

"You don't understand… The doppelganger isn't the only one who has to die in this ritual… I need to kill a vampire and a werewolf also… I have to rip their hearts out… They can't come back to life!" Klaus explained to everyone.

"Daddy, I'm sure we can find a vampire and a werewolf who deserve to die… there are criminals everywhere…" Rachel said.

"Hum… We actually have the tomb vampires… Besides Pearl and Harper who were nice and deserve to live, the others were out of control…" Stefan suggested.

"Then we have the vampire… We just need to open the tomb…" Damon said, looking at Sheila.

"I'm sure we can do it if we channel the power of the fool moon. Anna just arrived in town and wants her mother free…" Sheila explained.

"What about the werewolf?" Tyler asked.

"Can't we do some sort of tracking spell to find one that deserve to die?" Bonnie asked, looking at her grandmother.

"We can always work on it and ask the spirits to guide us… They don't want innocents to die so they will probably help us find a guilty one…" The old witch answered.

"I can't believe this…" Klaus said stunned.

"What is it daddy?" Rachel asked him as everyone turned toward him.

"For over a thousand years I've been fighting everyone to break this curse and when I finally give up on it, a bunch of people who barely know me work side by side with my family to help me break it…with a willing doppelganger…"

"I think mother would have enjoyed the irony of the situation!" Rebecca said with a smile.

"I'll text Kol to inform him of the decision… Nothing will happen before at least a few months anyway… But he would like to know about it!" Finn said as he took his phone out.

It took them a while but they ended up going back to their dinner, talking about different things. Meredith admitted in using vampire blood sometimes to save some patients lives and Sage agreed to give her some the next day as long as she was careful on who she used it on.

"What about John? He is still on the ground!" Caroline said out of the blue.

"Oh, I completely forgot about him!" Jenna exclaimed.

"We could lock him up until the vervain is out of his system and then compel him to leave town…" Liz suggested.

"Sheriff, I'm shocked!" Damon said mockingly. They all ended to agreeing to do it. While Stefan and Rebecca help the sheriff carrying John in the Lockwood's basement, Carole looked at Rachel and said:

"You know, you missed registration but I could make an exception if you wanted to compete to be Miss Mystic Fall's…"

"Do you think I have a chance?" Rachel asked, insecure all of the sudden.

"Of course you do!" Elena said with a smile as Caroline glared again, mumbling how it was her competition and she would win it this time, no matter who stood in her way. Damon decided to keep an eye on the mean blond girl.

"Okay then, I'll be delighted to do it!" Rachel said as Damon passed an overprotective arm around her waist and hugged her to his side.

The rest of the night passed without any other problems. Jenna took Elijah aside and told him she could see something happening between Elena and him and while she wouldn't stand in their way, he better not spend the nights in their house or she would find a way to severely hurt him. He assured her he wouldn't push Elena too far until she was ready and told her he was ready to wait as long as necessary for her. Jenna softened and smiled at the eldest Original before asking him as an almost whisper so absolutly nobody else could hear:

"So, your brother, Klaus, he is single right? He doesn't have a soul mate he's waiting to grow up until he dates her right?" Seeing she was obviously attracted to his lonely brother, Elijah answered her:

"Niklaus is single… He has been for a while… He use to have random girls to take care of his needs but ever since he took Rachel in, he's waiting for something serious…" With a smile, Elijah left the human to her thoughts.

While Jenna was battling inside her head to decide if she would ask the original hybrid our or not, Elijah silently walk behind Klaus and whispered in an amused voice:

"Someone has a crush on you…"

"Who?" Klaus asked his brother.

"I'm not telling… You have to guess!" Elijah told him playfully as Sage and Damon were with the council, telling them how things were in 1864 and 1912.

"Well, the only single women around here are the young Caroline who hate my baby, her mother the sheriff, Jenna and Meredith…"

"Actually, Meredith has a boyfriend." Stefan said as he passed them to join his brother in the tales of 1864.

"Well, then, we have the two Forbe's women and the sweet Jenna… Please tell me it isn't Caroline or Liz?" Klaus begged his brother playfully.

"It isn't." Elijah said.

"Jenna then? Jenna has a crush on me?" Klaus asked as his brother nodded and walked away to speak with Elena with a laughter. Klaus turned around and saw a deep in thought Jenna.

"You should go for it daddy." Rachel told him as she joined him.

"You think so?" he asked her.

"You deserve to be happy." She told him before she kissed him on the cheek and went to sit with Tyler, Bonnie and Jeremy.

Klaus decided his daughter was right and went to take the sit next to Jenna.

"You learned quite a bit tonight… Are you okay with it all?" He gently asked her.

"When my sister told me the tales of vampires and big bad wolves I didn't think it was real… I wonder what else is real..." she told him with a smile as she softly blushed.

"I was wondering if you would like to join me for dinner tomorrow night." Klaus asked her, decided beating around the bush wouldn't be useful.

"Sure, I would love to…" She answered pleased but wondering if it was a date or if the rest of his family would join them.

"Great then, I will pick you up around 7pm… I'll make reservation in a very good restaurant Damon recommended me around here." Klaus said with a smile.

"Perfect!" Jenna said with a smile.

They talked some more until it was time for everyone to go their own way.


Like Klaus guessed, Rebecca and Rachel were going back to the boarding house, Rebecca would sleep over and Damon would drive Rachel home later.

Rachel was happy, she had planed a big slumber party the next night at her place with Rebecca, Elena and Bonnie. She tried to be the better person and invite Caroline but the blond she turned her head and ignored her. Sage decided she would join the girls while Finn would spend the night with Stefan and Damon who had invited Tyler and Jeremy to come over for some male bonding (video game and learning how to fight!).


Once they arrived in the boarding house, Stefan and Rebecca ran upstairs and closed the door.

"Well, I guess they won't be watching a movie with us!" Damon said as Rachel blushed.

They snuggled up on the sofa in front of a movie Damon thought she would like and Rachel told him:

"You know me well, I like it already." He smiled down at her and kissed her forehead before she shifted and kissed him on the lips.

"That's because I love you princess!" He said with one last kiss before shifting his attention to the movie. Rachel turned toward the movie too but was deep in thoughts. Finally she said:

"You know I love you too right?" she asked.

"Yes, I do. Why?" He asked.

"Well, it's just… You keep saying you love me and I haven't said it yet… I keep trying to wait for the perfect moment that will create the perfect memory but… I just want you to hear it really." She said, wondering if what she just told him made sense.

"Don't worry, babe, we will have a lot of perfect memories… I know how you feel, you know how I feel… I love hearing you say it though…." He said.

"I love you Damon Salvatore." Rachel said.

"I love you Rachel Mickealson." He said.

"One day I'll be Rachel Salvatore." She said, looking at him right in the eyes.

"Yes you will!" He answered before he kissed her.

Soon, the movie was forgotten and they were both tangled on the sofa, making out and feeling each other up. Damon had his shirt open so Rachel could touch his chest and she had let him push her dress down so he could touch her boobs. It was the first time the two of them went that far together and Rachel was really enjoying herself. She realised at that moment she would be giving him her virginity long before her 18th birthday… Maybe on his next birthday…

Damon was in heaven. Rachel was lying under him with her legs hooked around his hips, pressing them together as they kissed and touched each others and he loved it. He could smell the girl's arousal and his member growing harder. He knew she would want more soon… He tried to slow things down but Rachel didn't let him.

"Are you sure you're okay with this Rach?" he asked her.

"We're not going all the way… But a little farther please." She moaned between kisses as he softly caressed her chest.

"Tell me to stop if I go too far okay?" He asked her.

"Yes." She answered as he pushed her bra down to take her right boob in his mouth. While he was busy with his mouth up on her chest, he let his hand wonder down to her hips, her tights and back up until it reached her underwear. He hesitantly stroke her clit a bit over her underwear and when she kept on moaning without protesting, he pushed it aside and slowly slipped one finger inside. He really enjoyed hearing her moaning under him. All she was doing now was saying how good it felt and begging for him to keep doing it, so he did. He played with her clip for a while until he inserted a second finger… After a while, an hour maybe, they were both laying on the sofa.

"This was really good Damon… You were amazing…" She told him.

"It was my pleasure babe." He said as he kissed her once more. They had shifted positions and she was now lying on top of him. Suddenly she sat up between his legs and started to work on his belt to open it, then his trousers.

"What are you doing?" He asked her, not stopping her.

"It's my turn to give you a little something!" She said with a bright smile and sparks in her eyes.

"You don't have to!" he said.

"I want to!" she assured him as she freed his hard member from his boxers. Before she took him whole in her mouth she said:

"Got to put this no chocking reflex to good use right?" She said it with a smirk before she put his entire member in her mouth and started to work on him like she would have a Lollypop. Damon couldn't say anything sensible as she was slowly driving him crazy. She was really good and he was glad she was only his. He warned her when he was about to come but she ignored him and swallowed everything. When she rose with a satisfied smile, he didn't even let her ask how it was…he had her under him in a tight kiss in no time.

"You were amazing babe. I love you so much!" He said.

"I love you too!" She said as they started making out again. When the clock on the wall started ringing one in the morning, Damon and her dressed back up so he could drive her home. It had been a great day. She was happy.

That night, when she got home, Rachel wondered if she needed to tell her father about the development her physical relationship with Damon had taken but when he greeted her in the living room, she could see in his eyes he had guessed it. She assured him they didn't go all the way and he smiled softly at her, telling her he trusted her and Damon to take the right decision concerning their relationship. She kissed him goodnight and went in her room half dancing.


However, Rachel's super good mood didn't last the night. When she got up the next morning, it was already 10 and The Salvatore's were over.

"What's wrong Rach?" Damon asked her.

"Something bad is coming." She said, catching everyone's attention.

"What do you mean?" Damon and her father asked in one voice.

"I had a vision last night as I slept… I know it was a vision and not a dream… Danger is coming but I'm not sure what way… Isobel and Mickeal are both coming to town, not together, not with the same plans… One to divide and kill, the other plans to kill but will change idea pretty fast… I didn't see who is the good and who is the bad, I didn't see an exact date or place… nothing!" Rachel said, she was in tears and Damon took her in his arms to help calm her down.

"We need to get ready then. Keep watch for the both of them… or any new vampires really, because they could easily come with friends." Elijah said.

"I'll go warn the member of the council with an old picture of Mickeal so they can be ready." Finn said.

"Warn the Gilbert's too!" Klaus told him.

"I will." Finn said as he left after a quick kiss to Sage who was already on the phone, warning Kol to keep his eyes open for his father.

"Sheila Bennet told me he was locked in some tomb in a cemetery in Charlotte…" Stefan said.

"Maybe someone woke him up then." Rebecca said.

"I'll bet you anything it has to do with one of Katerina's minions." Klaus said angrily as he crashed a vase against the wall and yelled "I won't let him or anyone hurt my daughter or anyone in my family!"

"I probably should go and tell Elena myself that her mother is coming to town…" Elijah said as everyone nodded and he left the house.

Rachel was still pretty shaken and Klaus told Damon to carry her upstairs and help her calm down. Once in the girl's room, he laid her down on her bed and went beside her. He held her and kept telling her he would do anything so she could be safe along with everyone who loved her. After a while she calmed down and they both just stayed in the room until it was time for lunch.

"Sheila did a quick spell and saw that a young vampire was paid by Katerina a while back to find Mickeal and free him. He just did it. Mickeal is awake and on his way, gathering information on everyone's whereabouts." Rebecca informed them when they got in the room. Feeling like she needed her father, Rachel kissed Damon before she went and hugged her father. He held her really tight and whispered in her ear that he would do anything in his power to keep her safe and that he loved her more than anything.


After that, they ate lunch and decided not to speak too much about it since there was nothing more they could do until they both arrived. Sheila had put a spell on the bridge that would send a text message to Klaus' cell phone if anyone tries to destroy it or take a piece of it and they would keep an eyes open for both Isobel and Mickeal. Until then, they would keep on with their lives.

The rest of the day went by pretty fast and soon it was time for Klaus' date with Jenna and the girl's slumber party. Rachel had gone to the store with Damon during the day to get snacks and everything they would need to have a normal girly night. Damon had picked some beers for the boys that were coming over and everything was ready in both places. The only reason Damon and Klaus could handle leaving Rachel for the night was because she had a witch and two vampires with her. Also Klaus made sure Rachel's kiddie vervain guns were still hidden around the house, just in case.


When Klaus arrived to pick up Jenna, she invited him in. She explained she wanted to make sure he could come in the house in case Isobel came and made trouble around town. She also asked him to check around the house if he saw any bit security problems. He told her Elijah already looked a while back but he looked anyway, just to show her he cared if she was safe or not. After that, he walked her to his car along with Jeremy. They dropped Jeremy off at the Salvatore Boarding house and he drove her to the same restaurant Damon took Rachel a few days ago. They had a lot of fun and when they were done eating they went to a bar not far away to have a drink. Things were going well and even if it was too late to say if they would have a forever, Klaus was happy to have someone to share his 'now' with.

Jenna was pretty happy too. After all the jerks she dated in her (short compared to her present date) life, Klaus looked and acted like a gentleman. He never hid that he used to be a jerk and she felt that she could trust him to treat her right. After all, if raising Rachel turned him into a good guy for everything else, why wouldn't he also change with the way he treated women? She felt like there was a good love story ahead of her.


In the Boarding house full of men, things were going pretty well. There was beer and action movies and fast food… They were getting to know each others and having fun. Matt had been told everything by Tyler and joined in on the night. The human boys asked the vampire men to share their stories with women and they got some tips on how to treat a lady. Tyler also informed them that his father called Mason and asked him to come home, that they had a solution for him. He would be back after the next full moon.


At the Mickealson's, Bonnie surprised everyone when she showed up with Caroline. Rachel decided to be the better person and acted like Caroline had never offended her at all. Caroline didn't look very happy to be here but as soon as she got into the next room with Sage and Rebecca, Bonnie explained to Elena and Rachel that Sheriff Forbes asked Bonnie and her grandmother to look into Caroline's behaviour, see if there was a supernatural reason to it.

"We found out she had been compelled by Katerina a while ago." Bonnie explained.

"That's got to be over than a year and a half…" Rachel exclaimed.

"Yes, we did a spell to free her from it but it will take time to wear off. We figured it would be better to have her with us and keep an eye on her tonight. Sheriff has to work so…" Bonnie said before adding "I hope you don't mind… I should have called before…"

"Don't worry, I don't mind at all." Rachel said with a big sincere smile.

The girl all went into the video room. Klaus and Elijah had made sure this room looked like a movie theatre. The girls looked at the selection they had previously made:

"So we have The Notebook, Crossroads, Ghost, Gone with the wind, Runaway Bride, Pretty Woman, Titanic, The sisterhood of the travelling pants, The devil wears Prada, Dirty Dancing, Funny Girl, Funny Lady, Bridget Jones' Diary and the Age of reason, How to loose a guy in 10 days, Some like it hot, 50 first dates, 13 going on 30, Evita, Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Dangerous beauty, The sweetest thing, Legally blond, Sex and the city 1 and 2, 27 dresses, The princess diaries 1 and 2 and Enchanted." Rachel read.

"That's quite a selection!" Elena said.

"Oh, it's not everything, we made our own cut earlier… Klaus likes to have it all. We also have the whole Disney collection and every musical every out on DVD." Sage explained.

"How nice it must be to have money…" Caroline said as everyone ignored her.

"So, what are we watching?" Rachel asked with a big smile.

"How about we let luck pick it?" Elena suggested.

"Good idea." Rebecca said as they put all the movies on the floor and let Elena pick on by pointing with her eyes close. She pointed at Dangerous Beauty, a beautiful movie about the story of Veronica Franco in Venice before the great inquisition, a woman who was a courtesan and a poetess. Rachel squealed: she loved that movie. They put it in and got the pop corn out as well as the sodas and the other candies.

"This movie is great!" Elena whispered as Veronica was on trail and the men rose to defend her.

"I know… I love it!" Rachel answered her with a dreamy smile.

"She's just a smart whore!" Caroline said.

"How can you say that? A courtesan is more than just a whore! She was an independent woman at a time it was impossible to be!" Bonnie argued.

"Whatever, Gone with the wind is much better!" Caroline said.

"Well, we can watch that after, I love that movie too!" Rachel said nicely, trying to make peace with the compelled blond. Caroline just ignored her and turned back to the screen.

When the first movie was over, Rachel decided to play even nicer and let Caroline pick the next movie. With no surprises, the blond girl decided on Gone with the wind. This time, since they all knew that movie pretty well, they decided a little game of 20 questions was in order. After that, they played Truth of Dare with Bonnie making it hard to lie since she bewitched a flashlight to turn on if the person lied. It was pretty fun. Elena had to admit in being in love with Elijah, not just attracted. Rachel was blushing a bright red when she admitted to what she did with Damon the previous night. They had a lot of fun and Caroline joined in when she was forced to admit she liked Matt a lot.

Everyone could see Bonnie's spell slowly working on Caroline. The girl was slowly becoming the girl Elena and Bonnie used to know. She acted nicer toward Rachel and was much more cheerful. Rachel realised that when she was compulsion free, Caroline was like Brittany, in smarter.

The dares were crazier than ever. They tired to make it funny and big. Rebecca had to sneak into the boarding house, give Stefan her underwear and leave without saying a thing. She did and everyone laughed when they saw the video Sage and made of it. To get revenge, Rebecca dared Elena to send a naked picture of her to Elijah and then text him saying "Oops, this one was for Bonnie". She did and this once, Bonnie did a spell so they could see the man's reaction. They saw him blush when he got the picture and pale when he got the text. Elena was blushing with embarrassment, wondering how she would face him the next day. Caroline dared Sage to order a pizza and flirt with the delivery guy to get it free without using compulsion. She did and even got a coupon for another free pizza later. After that, Sage dared Rachel to call Damon and try to convince him she fell for Caroline.

"Hey Babe, how's your night between girls going? Is there a problem?" He said as soon as he answered.

"Hey Damon… Well, you know how in girls' night you sometimes play Truth or Dare?" She said.

"Yes, it explains Stefan getting Rebecca's underwear and Elijah's text message." Damon answered with a smirk in the voice.

"Something happened…" She did her best to sound guilty.

"What is it Love?" He sounded worried, she could hear everyone else behind him, she was on speaker.

"Well, it was Sage's turn to ask me and I decided on dare because the truth always made me blush tonight… Sage dared me to make out with Caroline…" Rachel did her best to sound down.

"Well, it's okay Love, it's not cheating if it's for a dare… Even less if it's with another girl!" Damon said with a smile in his voice.

"That's not all Damon…"

"What is it?" He asked, worried again.

"Well, I don't know how to say this… Caroline… She's actually a pretty good kisser and… I never thought I would say this to you…I fell for Caroline…" Rachel said in a small voice."

"What? How can you…? Are you sure? Did you have anything to drink?…Because if you're drunk you can't believe what you're feeling princess." Damon sounded really worried and Rachel gave Sage a look. The red haired aunt told her with a sign she completed the dare and Rachel laughed in relief.

"Damon, I'm sorry, it was a dare from Sage, I had to make you believe I fell for Caroline!"

"So you're not in love with her?" Damon asked with evident relief.

"No, I'm not. We didn't even kiss." She said.

"Too bad… That would have been hot!" he said before telling her how much he loved her and hanging up.

After that, Rachel dared Bonnie to do a spell so Jeremy would see her in seductive underwear in front of him when nobody else would. It took her a while and with the other spell allowing them to see what was going on in the boarding house, they could see Jeremy having a hard time concentrating on the movie they were watching. The poor boy was trying to find a comfortable position when Bonnie put an end to it and waved at him before disappearing.

"Well, this was fun." Caroline said.

"How about we play a game of I never?" Elena suggested. They all agreed and decided the person who actually did it would have to eat one of the candies in front of them. They each had a pile of 20 candies and the one with the most left would win.

"I've never…met a real king." Rachel said, knowing her two aunts did meet several kings in their time.

"I've never…been in love with a vampire!" Bonnie said, making everyone but Caroline and her eat a candy.

"I've never…been attracted to one of the Salvatore brothers." Sage said. Rachel and Rebecca were the first to eat their candies, then Elena and Bonnie reluctantly exchanged a look and ate one, explaining they did find Stefan very attractive when they first came to town. Caroline ate one too, saying both brothers were really hot!

"I've never been dead!" Elena said, watching the two vampires as they took a candy.

"I've never…heard my parents having sex!" Rachel said.

"It's easy, you only have one parent!" Rebecca commented as she ate a candy, along with Elena, Sage and Caroline.

"I've never…been in love with two boys at the same time!" Rebecca said, thinking of the short time where Rachel loved both Puck and Damon. Rachel was the only one eating one.

"I've never been to pre-school!" Sage said with a beaming smile, watching everyone but Rebecca eating a candy.

"Of course you didn't, it didn't exist back then!" Rachel said with a playful glare.

"I've never done a heavy make out session with my boyfriend while my aunt and his brother were having sex upstairs!" Rebecca said, looking at Rachel who blushed and ate a candy.

"I've never been in love with an original!" Rachel said, watching Sage and Elena eating.

"I've never had sex in public." Bonnie said looking at Caroline who blushed and ate a candy, explaining she was drunk and that Tyler didn't even remember it. Rachel was surprised to see Sage and Rebecca also eating one.

"I've never drank alcohol!" Rachel said with an angelic smile on her face. She watched with delight as everyone took a candy to eat it.

"I've never had sex." Rachel said since it was her turn again. She watched as once more, she was the only one not eating.

"I've never watched porn." Rachel said with a triumphant smile as she watched her aunt's last candy disappear. She had won. She did a small silly victory dance and they all turned to the screen and realised that the movie was over. They decided to put on Twilight and make fun of their version of Vampires.


On his side of town, Klaus was having fun. Jenna was proving to be good company and he could see himself spending some time with her…If not forever at least a few long years. They stayed at the bar for a long time before he took her home. She invited him back inside for some coffee and they ended up in bed, having sex together. For Jenna, it was the best sex she'd had in a very long time, for Klaus, it was the only sex he had in a very long time. It was a good night for the both of them.

"You're not staying right?" Jenna asked him after a few orgasms.

"I would like to but it's the first time I'm with someone since I got Rachel and I don't want to leave her alone… Even though she's with the girls… You understand right?" he explained.

"Of course I do. I'll see you tomorrow?" She asked him.

"Sure, I'll pick you up around 2 and we'll spend the afternoon together?" He suggested.

"It works for me!" She answered with a smile.

"Stay here, I'll show myself out. Goodnight!" he told her before he gave her a quick kiss and left the room. He stopped a while behind the door and heard her sight in contentment. Smiling, he went to his car and drove home.

When he got home, it was 4 in the morning and the house was quiet. He went to Rachel's room and saw her asleep in her bed along with Elena, Bonnie and Caroline. The four girls were in the same bed and he wasn't sure if he would be able to tell how they managed to fit in there… Shaking his head, he closed the door and went back to his room. He showered and went in his bed. He could see himself being happy with Jenna and he knew Rachel would like her once they got to know each others.

Once again, Klaus blessed the day he decided to keep Rachel. For the first time in his life, he felt like a normal person. He was completely happy.


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