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Dear Diary

Things with Tyler have been going great! Since the school year came to an end we have been spending our whole summer together. It's crazy to think that this time last year we hated each other's guts and now we are pretty much joined at the hip.

Since Tyler's dad was arrested he was forced to step down as Mayor and the reason behind it was covered up. Tyler's mom was furious and traumatized to hear about what her husband had been doing to their son so was determined to make sure he went away for a long time.

With Tyler's dad out of the picture I've noticed how much more relaxed he is. He has a bit of a skip in his step now as he walks around town. I'm glad that Tyler is able to feel a sense of security that he hadn't had in a long time. He knows that soon word will get what his father had been doing to him but right now Tyler is happy just feel safe.

Caroline

After being told to dress for the outdoors and that a dress was out of the question Caroline came skipping around the corner from her room wearing a white tank top and short khaki shorts. Tyler had a special morning planned for them before they headed over to the Salvatore house for Damon's birthday.

Damon's friend Logan whom they all new very well, was throwing it for him and Caroline knew that could only end in disaster. Although she wasn't really friends with Damon she was mostly invited because of Elena and so that Elena would know people at the party.

She heard the doorbell go off and she smiled and made her way over to open it. On the other side stood Tyler who also had a huge smile on his face. Immediately Caroline jumped into his arms and gave him a tender kiss hello. "Hey there!" Caroline said as her hands rested on his chest.

"Hey your self" Tyler said in reply as he leaned in for another kiss. The kiss was long and passionate and Tyler had to drag himself away so that they could get a move on. They only had a few hours before Damon's party so he wanted to spend as much time alone together with what he had planned for today. "All right we better get a move on" he told her as he pressed a kiss to her cheek.

"So what's the surprise?" Caroline asked as she grabbed her purse and shut the front door behind them as they headed for the car. Although she asked him this question it was pretty obvious what was going to happen since there was a large canoe strapped to the roof of the car. Caroline clapped her hands in excitement and then leaned over to kiss her man one last time before moving around to the passenger seat and hop in. This was sure going to be a lot of fun.

With the sign Mystic Pizza on the side of the gray Honda the car pulled up in front of the pizza place. After killing the engine Stefan stepped out in his red and white striped uniform and red cap. For the summer Stefan got a job at the local pizzeria and although the uniform was hideous the money wasn't so bad for a sixteen year old.

After successfully getting his licenses after his sixteenth birthday Stefan applied for the delivery boy job to earn a bit of cash over the summer. Grabbing the empty bag on the passenger seat Stefan headed into the restaurant and prepared to refill.

Setting the bag on the counter he leaned against the counter and let out a sigh. He wasn't paying much attention and didn't seem to notice the girl sitting by the window table watching him. "If I knew delivery boys looked like you I would order pizza everyday!" came the voice that finally made Stefan look up.

Stefan smiled at the pretty brunette as she twirled her hair around her index finger. "I'm Amelia," she said with a smile at Stefan. As she got up and walked towards him she stared at him with her cat like green eyes that were very unforgettable.

"Stefan" he replied with a polite smile. "Are you new in town I haven't seen you around" he told her honestly.

"No I'm just visiting my father," she told him as she came to stand beside him.

"Your father?" Stefan said as he questioned why she was in the pizzeria then.

"My dad is Tony, the owner" she clarified.

"Ah you're my bosses daughter" Stefan said with a smile. "Got it!" he added as he backed away a little. No matter how hot she was he had no plans in getting involved with the bosses daughter.

"So as a Delivery boy I guess you know this town pretty well" she stated as he placed her left hand on her hip and leaned against the counter.

"It's a small town," he informed her. "There are like two major roads and everything comes off them and meets at the town square," he told her.

As the two teenagers talked the door behind the counter swung open and out came Tony himself carrying a stack of pizza boxes. As he stepped into the front of the restaurant he eyed the two as they stood their starring at each other. "Your not bugging my delivery boy are now Amelia?" he asked her as he eyed his daughter.

"Of course not!" she said with a innocent smile, "I'm just bored sitting around here. Can I ride along with Stefan?"

Tony thought about it as he remembered Stefan's brother was the one that knocked up last year's new girl. He was a little nervous about letting Damon finding out he had a daughter but Stefan always seemed so much different then his brother when it came to girls. "Alright, this is Stefan's last run of the night anyway. Do you have any plans after work Stefan?"

"I've got a birthday party I'm going to… did you want to come along meet some of the kids from the neighbourhood?" Stefan asked her with a smile.

"I would love to!" She said happily, "Anything beats sticking around here all night" she said as she grabbed her purse.

"Great!" Stefan said with a smiled as he loaded the pizza boxes in bag and then swung it over his shoulder. Amelia happily followed Stefan out to the car and then the two drove off.

Tyler set the ores in the canoe at a river just outside of town and then reached out to help Caroline step into the canoe. "Do you even know how to row a canoe Tyler?" she asked him, taking a seat on the far side.

Tyler shook his head with a chuckle and started to push the canoe into the water before jumping in himself. "Not really but how hard can it be?" he laughed and handed Caroline an ore and then kept one for himself. Heading out on to the water, the two slowly made their way through the water much because they were going in circles every so often.

"Okay Tyler I think we are doing this wrong" Caroline laughed watching as they continued to go in circles.

"What you didn't want to go in circles?" He laughed along as they both steered the boat in the same direction.

"We're not as good at this as I thought," she giggled setting her ore down inside the boat and leaned back with a smile.

Tyler watched her with a smile and realized she wasn't going to row anymore and after a little friendly bickering Tyler shook his head and set his ore down as well. "Looks like we're not going anywhere" he told her.

"Huh, then what should we do?"

A smile spread across Tyler face as he got up from his side of the boat and stepped over to her side and kneeled down in front of her to capture her lips. "I have a few ideas," he whispered and Caroline eagerly wrapped arms around him and deepened the kiss. This was a perfect date.

As the group lounged around the poolside in the Salvatore's backyard Damon had snuck into his uncle's poolside bar and found some beer. While he knelt down under the bar he reached in the small refrigerator and pulled out a few bottles. As he collected them Logan came around to join his pal. "So whose the crazy girl your brother brought?" he asked as he gave Damon a hand.

"I have no idea, but you thought she looked crazy too?" Damon asked with a chuckle.

"Trust me I've dated crazy and she seems to fit the profile" Logan answered.

"The eyes" Damon said as he pointed to one of his own eyes.

"I KNOW!" Logan whispered as he started to freak out a bit. "You think we should warn him?"

Damon started to laugh as he handed a beer to his buddy and then both of them popped open the bottles. "Hey we have all dated a crazy chick, it's kind of a right of passage," Damon point out before taking a drink.

Across the pool Elena was hanging out in the shaded area under a tree with the girls and Claire sitting on her lap. As the girls talked Caroline would lean forward and talk to Claire in a soft voice and big smile so that Caroline would smile back at her. Bonnie and Elena couldn't help but laugh at how much Claire seemed to be always happy to see Caroline.

While the girls sat there Bonnie took notice of the new girl that Stefan had brought along to the party as the two of them splashed around in the pool. "So anyone have any idea who she is?" Bonnie asked.

Caroline shrugged her shoulders as she looked over at the two flirting in the pool. Elena on the other hand had gotten a chance to talk to Stefan and had a little more info on her. "She's Tony the pizza guys daughter, she doesn't live in Mystic Falls though. She just here for the summer apparently."

"Cause I think if she is going to be hanging around we should have the opportunity to interrogate her. Make sure she is good enough for Stefan and the group!"

"He just met her today I don't think you have to worry about that yet," Elena said with a giggle.

"You never know" Caroline said as she turned to look at the two in the pool again.

"So what about you and Damon?" Bonnie asked.

"What about us?"

"Well you guys have been together practically all the time since Claire was born. You mentioned that you're actually sleeping over here for the weekend" Bonnie answered.

"We're giving Jenna a break and Damon wants Claire to be used to being over here as well."

Caroline looked around at the many kids hanging out by the pool and leaned forward and closer to Elena so that only the three of them could hear. "Have the two of you…"

Elena eyed her friend trying to figure out what she was going on about, as she made sure no other ears could hear.

"You know done the nasty!" Caroline added trying to be as discreetly as possible.

Elena's eyes widened as she realized what Caroline was talking about and found herself stumbling over her words. "Um ah no not since that night at camp"

"REALLY?" Bonnie asked with a very shocked looked on her face.

"Why does that surprise you?" Elena asked as she repositioned Claire on her lap.

"I think Bonnie is more surprised that Damon hasn't been getting any in a long time rather then you" Caroline replied. "You may not know Damon that well before camp but we did and him and Logan were the womanizers or Mystic Falls. Damon and Katherine may have been out public but he had a new girl on the side pretty much every week. It's hard to believe that someone like Damon could just wake up one day and change everything about himself."

"Well that may have been the old Damon but he's not like that anymore" Elena assured them as she kissed Claire on the top of her head.

"So your telling us Damon hasn't brought the subject up?" Bonnie asked not convinced that Damon had changed.

"Look right now we're both focused on Claire and with us Damon is letting me set the pace. I just had a baby I am in no way ready for that" Elena insisted. She knew her friends were just trying to look out for her but whether they could see it or not, Damon had changed and wasn't the womanizer he use to be.

"She is such a cute baby!" came a voice and the girls all looked up to see Stefan's friend Amelia.

Elena smiled at her as she turned Claire around so that she was looking over her shoulder as she started to fuss. It was time for her nap so getting to her feet Elena picked up Claire's pink blanket and carried her into the Salvatore house so that she could lie her down for a nap.

"God it must be so terrible to know your life is over" Amelia blurted out as she crossed her arms over her chest and shook her head as Elena entered the house.

Both Caroline and Bonnie were shocked by Amelia's sudden statement and their jaws dropped unable to believe what she had just said. "Excuse me?" Bonnie asked as she glared at Amelia.

Amelia seem to not realize that she had voiced her opinion out load and was a little shocked by the looks Bonnie and Caroline were giving her. Yet figured now it was too late to take her words back. "I'm just saying getting knocked up probably wasn't her plan but now her choice has ruined her life."

Caroline and Bonnie couldn't believe what this girl was saying, who was she to come around and bash their friend when she didn't even know the whole story. "You know what? Elena knows very well that her life isn't going to be an easy one but that doesn't mean she has ruined her life." Bonnie said standing up for her friend.

"Come on you guys can't be serious that she is happy with the way her life as turned out?" Amelia said with a chuckle. "Are you saying that if she had the chance to choose she would do it all over again?"

Bonnie and Caroline so badly wanted to fight this girl and stand up for Elena but they didn't know exactly how to answer her question. Seeing them contemplating looks on both Caroline and Bonnie's faces Amelia smile and nodded her head. "Just what I thought." Before either Bonnie and Caroline could respond Amelia turned and skipped over towards Stefan and wrapped her arms around his bicep.

"I don't like her!" Carline stated. "She failed the test to join our group!"

Claire started to cry as Elena set her into the crib for her nap. As she rubbed Claire's tummy and made hushing noises Elena tried to calm her down because she knew how tired the little girl was. "Shhh go to sleep Claire" Elena said softly as she gave Claire her soother. As she started to calm and her little eyes grew heavy Claire grasped onto Elena's index finger on her right hand while her left hand continued to rub her tummy in a circular motion.

Within about twenty minutes Claire's eyes couldn't stay open any longer and she dosed off into a slumber. Once Elena was sure her baby girl was asleep she gently retracted her index finger from Claire's tiny fist and draped a blanket or her. Grabbing the baby monitor on the changing table Elena quietly left the room and shut the doors behind her so that Claire wouldn't be waken up by any of the noise downstairs.

"Little Claire down for her nap?" came a voice as Elena made her way down the stairs holding the baby monitor. Although Elena couldn't see whom it was the voice was one that she had no trouble placing.

As she stepped into the main room she found Katherine lounging on the sofa with a little smirk on her face. Not happy to see her Elena crossed her arms over her chest and glared at the girl who had caused so many problems for her last year. "What are you doing here Katherine?" Elena demanded to know.

Getting to her feet and closing the distance between her and Elena Katherine smiled, "It's Damon's birthday and I was invited" Katherine told her. "And I love parties" Katherine told her and then spun on her heels and headed for the back door that lead to the pool.

Watching Katherine leave in a very small bikini Elena felt a little self-conscious. Here was Katherine coming in all fabulous looking while Elena was still trying to lose the baby weight and not comfortable enough to wear a bikini yet and instead had on a one piece.

When Elena joined the others outside she found Katherine laughing and telling stories at the group gathered around a bonfire. While Logan and Katherine seemed to be having fun reminiscing in the past Damon didn't seemed to looked thrilled as he sat slouched in his chair and drinking his beer. He just glared at the two and never answered them when they asked if he remembered.

Stefan and Amelia had taken off and Caroline was glad because after what she had said about Elena Caroline didn't want the girl around. Although this left Caroline, Tyler and Bonnie sitting around the fire feeling a little out of place with the rest of the group. They weren't really part of Damon's circle of friends so they just sat there and watched Logan and Katherine tell stories all that seemed to have a Katherine/Damon theme to it.

Walking over Elena set the baby monitor under Damon's chair and then took a seat on Damon's lap. He immediately wrapped his free arm around her waist and then turned his attention to her instead of Logan and Katherine. "She go down alright?"

"Yeah she was good" Elena told him and then Damon nodded before taking another gulp of his beer.

"Do you remember that Damon?" came Katherine's voice as she interrupted the couple. Both Damon and Elena turned to look at her and neither of them had an amused look on their faces. "One founders day we broke into the Lockwood's cellar in the basement and made the party a little more interesting."

"Yeah, yeah Damon was hitting on one of the maids and was able to get her keys to the basement. I swear all you had to do was whisper in her ear and touch her arms and she was like your own little puppet!"

"So you guys are the reason my mom fired Nancy?" Tyler asked.

"Yeah but that's not important," Katherine insisted. "What is important is that Damon made me jealous and he made sure to make it up to me in the cellar…" Katherine said with a wink.

"Oh god!" Caroline mumbled as she rolled her eyes in disgust of the conversation.

Elena wasn't very comfortable with where the conversation was going either and tensed up as she sat on Damon's lap. This didn't go unnoticed by Damon who was also not happy with the topic Katherine had chosen but knew she had picked it on purpose to get to Elena.

'That was a good night!" Logan said as he remembered it. "You and I got into all sorts of trouble as kids. I remember how we set old tires on fire and sent them rolling over the bridge. By the time they cops got there we had the whole bridge was blocked off and they couldn't get across the bridge to catch us."

"That was you guys! My mom told me about that," Caroline said as she looked between Damon and Logan.

"Yeah we had some good times!" Logan said with a smile as he nodded his head.

"I think we have shared enough stories for on night," Damon announced as he finished his beer and sat if beside his chair.

"Oh come on these stories are fun!" Logan said as he disagreed with changing the subject. "Come on don't you remember sneaking booze into football camp in the summer?"

"Yeah I remember" Damon admitted.

"And do you remember hot we used to do some sneaking of our own in the woods…" Katherine said with a devilish smile. "You really did have a thing for taking girls into the woods" she said with a smile and watched as everything register with Elena.

As Elena sat there listening to Katherine she learned that she wasn't only girl Damon had flirted with and then taken into the woods with him. She of course knew she wasn't his first but the idea that he had taken a number of girls to the exact same spot he took her and the spot that they conceived Claire including Katherine, just didn't sit well with her.

Damon glared at Katherine as he despised her. He was about to say something when he suddenly felt Elena's weight disappear from his lap as she stood up and started to walk towards the house. For a split second Damon argued with himself whether he should go after Elena or stay and yell at Katherine. As he saw Elena heading towards the house Damon made up his mind and went after Elena.

Elena just wanted to get out of there and away from that mean cold-hearted girl. She could hear someone running after her and figured it was Damon but she was really in the mood to deal with him or anyone at the moment.

"What did you think you were the only one?" Katherine called out to her.

As Damon gritted his teeth he spun around and glared at Katherine. "KATHERINE SHUT UP!" he yelled and his loud tone got everyone's attention. While everything took place Caroline and the others sat quietly unsure of what to do, they had called Elena wanting to comfort her but she kept on walking past them. Yet when Katherine made the comment about Elena not being the only one she came to a halt deciding if she should keep going or turn back around and slap the smile right off her face. Elena closed her eyes and tried to calm down her anger.

As she stood there she felt someone gently touched her wrist, "Elena," she heard Damon say to her softly and then she quickly whipped her hand away not wanting him to touch her right now.

"Elena please" Damon begged.

Elena shook her head and continued towards the house, "I need a minute, please just leave me alone" she told him and then opened up the back door and entered the house.

Well I think that puts an end to the night" Tyler said softly to Caroline and Bonnie. Quietly Caroline and Bonnie followed Tyler away from the bonfire where Katherine, Logan and some others were sitting. The girls decided to check on Elena before they left.

Damon scratched his head as he watch the three leave and then turned back to where Katherine and Logan were. At this point Logan had pretty much shut up knowing that Damon wasn't in the mood anymore. Gritting his teeth Damon turned on his heels and headed over to Katherine and grabbed her by the arm and pulled her along. Damon had had enough of her crap and wanted to put an end to it.

After Katherine's little stunt it put a damper on the party and Damon sent everyone home. With Elena not talking to him he decided to think about what he could say to her while taking a swim. Taking a dive into the pool he sore through the water with his arms pointed in front. While he was underwater Elena came over and checked the baby monitor to ensure Claire was still sleeping. When she heard nothing but silence she set the monitor back and waited for Damon to come up out of the water.

As Damon came towards the shallow end he popped his head up out of the water and shook the water out of his hair. He was about to go under again but stopped when he saw Elena standing there. Coming up to stand he looked at her with a slight smile, "Hey."

Elena smiled back as she took a seat at the end of one of the lounge chairs in front of him . "Hey," she replied softly.

"Listen Elena I…" Damon started to say as he went into apologizing mode but Elena brought her hands up to stop him.

"No, I'm sorry" she told him. "I got all work up about something that I shouldn't."

"Katherine never should of said anything, hell she shouldn't on been here" Damon told her.

"Look when we first got together I know I was just another girl to you and that's the truth. Neither of us had any plans to make that the start of a relationship so why pretend now just because of Claire" Elena told him. "Think that part that freak me out a bit was the fact that that place is the reason we have that beautiful girl up stairs and I guess apart of me desperately wanted it to be something special."

"I know" Damon said as he came to the edge of the pool and looked up at her.

"If I make this a bigger deal than it really is then I'm letting Katherine win and I will not give her that satisfaction of coming between us" Elena told him.

Damon smiled and leaned up to give her a kiss. Elena happily obliged and kissed him back. "I love you," she told him.

With a devilish smile growing on his face Damon reached out and wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into the pool. Elena let out a shriek as her body was pulled into the water but as Damon held onto her she couldn't help but giggle. "I love you too" Damon replied.

"Oh you're a dead man!" Elena told him and then with all her strength dunked him under the water. When he resurfaced he splashed her and spun her around in the water. As Damon held her with one of his arms under her leg, Elena had her arms wrapped around his neck as their lips joined in a passionate kiss. The kiss was very tender and full of so much love and one so different from that one night at camp.

When Elena pulled away she rested her forehead against his and Damon slowly moved them through the water. "So I had a weird conversation today," Elena told him and Damon's eyes showed much interest. "Apparently people find it weird that we sleep in the same bed without doing anything."

"Did you mention that there is a screaming baby on the other side?" Damon asked her with a chuckle. "Well funny enough I've been told we're like an old married couple.

As her face turned serious Elena backed her head away and stared into his eyes. "Listen I want you to know that I do want us to get to that stage in our relationship and I'm not trying to lead you on or anything" she told him. "Its just that since having Claire I been…"

"Hey," Damon said as he leaned in for a kiss. "It'll happen when it's right" he told her.

Elena smiled at him and glad that he understood her hesitation for the time being. Wrapping her arms tightly around his neck she moved in for another kiss. As the kiss deepened and became more passionate they were suddenly interrupted by the sound of Claire's cries coming from the baby monitor.

With a smile Damon lowered Elena to her feet and the two hopped out of the pool, "Guess that sound puts the end to break time "Damon said as he grabbed towels for them both.

"And since you pulled me in you get to change her" Elena said with a smile.

"Oh I didn't think this through" Damon said regretting pulling her in just a little bit. As Elena giggled he wrapped his arm around her and the two headed inside to take care for their baby girl.

"Happy Birthday" Elena said as they entered the house and gave her man on last kiss.

So I hope you are all having a great holiday! Unfortunately for you guys I am going to Hawaii for two weeks. Best Christmas present ever! anyway so this will be the last update for a couple weeks I'm afraid. I'll be back in the new year, enjoy the rest of your holiday! Don't forget to review!

Kate