Dear Diary,

It hasn't exactly been easy for me over the last few weeks as I have to fall back into the routine of going to school five days a week. While in the summer I was able to be with my baby girl everyday I am now having to be apart from her for six hours a day. Me being worry has nothing to do with Claire's safety because I know she is with Damon but I hate to miss out on some of her firsts.

Since school started up again Damon has been sleeping at his place more during the week and coming over in the morning to pick her up. In the summer Jenna was a little more open to having Damon sleep over but now with school she's become a little stricter with the rules for us. Although the weeknights do allow me to have my one on one time with Claire there is the odd night she can be pretty fussy. On the weekend we spend most of the time at Damon's place and I sleep over but as Jenna requested we have separate rooms. I know Damon can find her many rules a little annoying and the fact she still isn't a big Damon fan but I know Jenna is just trying to keep us from getting ourselves into another difficult situation.

Even with all the rules we have to jump around Damon and I have become very close and have found that as Claire gets bigger we are able to find some time just for the two of us and our relationship and bond besides Claire.

Elena

As Elena finished up folding some laundry, Caroline was on the couch entertaining baby Claire. With a big smile on her face, Caroline talked in a softy happy voice while bouncing Claire on her lap. This was Claire's favorite thing to do; she loved bouncing and would do it for hours. Lifting her up Caroline blew on Claire's tiny belly and was rewarded with giggles from the little girl.

"I can't believe how big you have gotten!" Caroline said as she held Claire in a hug. "I remember when she was so tiny I was afraid to hold her," she told Elena who was on the opposite side of the room folding laundry.

"Yep and she's going through clothes like crazy" Elena told her.

"Oh speaking of clothes!" Caroline squealed as she got up while holing Claire so she could fetch her purse behind the couch. "I know I know you tell me to stop spoiling her but couldn't help it, just happened to be in a store I was shopping in!"

Elena shook her head she watched Caroline bring out another gift for Claire. She was always spoiling Claire whenever she could. Elena just loved the looks on Caroline's face whens she would give Claire a new toy or dress. "And where did you just happen to be shopping?" Elena asked with a knowing look.

"That baby boutique of Main Street" Caroline said with a guilty grin. "Anyway look it's called a Sleep Sack!" she told Elena holding up the blue puppy print Sleep Sack. "It will keep her warm and covered all night and your won't need to worry about having all these loose blankets around."

"Its really cute!" Elena said as she made her way over to see Claire's new present. "Thank you Caroline" Elena told her sincerely and then looked over at Claire whom was resting her head on Caroline's shoulder. "And are you saying thank you too!" Elena asked her baby girl as she tickles her cheek. Claire just gave them one of her adorable giggles and then reached out for Elena needing some mommy hugs.

"So are you coming tonight? Homecoming?" Caroline asked excitedly.

"Um no I'm not sorry…" Elena said sadly as she hugged Claire and kissed her little temple.

"What?" Caroline said with a gasp as her eyes went wide in disbelief.

"Well we couldn't find a babysitter for the night, I think Damon and I are just going to have a quiet night," Elena explained.

"What about your aunt Jenna?"

"She said she is going out" Elena told her as she took a seat on the sofa so that she could nurse Claire.

"Can't her and Mr. Saltzman have date night another night?" Caroline asked as she fell back on the sofa beside Elena in a huff and a pout.

"How do you know she is going out with Mr. Saltzman?"

"Duh the whole town knows" Caroline said as she rolled her eyes. "Didn't you know?"

"Well yeah" Elena said with a shrug as she nursed a hungry Claire. "But she doesn't know that we know. We are humoring her when she tells us she is going out to meet a "friend" or that Mr. Saltzman is helping her buy a new car. She's been looking for a "new car" for like a year now."

Caroline couldn't help but laugh and shook her head, "Alright fine, but if you change your mind about homecoming…"

"You'll be the first time know" Elena told her and with that Caroline hopped up and headed for the door.

While lying on his bed Damon was holding Claire up in the air and making rocket ship noises. As he moved her around in the air she giggled as she looked down at her daddy. "Oh and here comes the rocket in for the landing!" Damon said as she started to lower her down. With her belly just above his face he leaned up and blew on Claire's tummy and making her shriek with laughter.

Elena came into the room and smiled at the interaction between the two on the bed. After setting down Claire's p.j's on the corner of the bed she jumped on the bed as well and lay beside Damon and Claire.

"Her laugh is so addicting" Damon said with a smile as he kissed Claire's cheek.

Elena smiled as she reached up and brushed her finger across Claire's cheek while her other hand propped up her head. As the three lay on the bed together Elena's phone started buzzing again. With a sigh she pulled it out of her jean pocket and looked at the caller ID. "It's Caroline… trying to get me to go to homecoming again."

"She is not easy to say no to" Damon said as he sat up and held Claire on his lap. "She convinced me to help set up the gym and I don't even go to that school anymore" Damon said as he shook his head.

"Caroline has many talents and persuading people is one of them," Elena said with a laugh.

"She'd make one hell of a lawyer," Damon stated. He held Claire up she that her little feet were standing on his lap while he held her. With a smile he kissed her cheek and was rewarded with a giggle from Claire. "Alright it's somebody's bedtime!" Damon said with excitement in his voice and then got up from the bed.

Elena laughed as she followed Damon out of his room so that they could put Claire down for the night and then enjoy some alone time since they had the whole house to themselves for hours.

The gym was all lit up and decorated for the night's homecoming that Caroline had proudly put together. She had spent hours working hard to make sure everything ran smoothly.

As she arrived at the gym along with Tyler her date she sparkled in a royal blue strapless sweetheart neckline gown that draped to the floor. Her curly hair was in an up do, with rhinestones placed within her curls.

"You clean up quite nice" Caroline said with a smile as Tyler stood there in his tux and had a blue tie to match Caroline's dress.

"My girlfriend planned this night, the least I could do is dress up," he told her as he held out his hand to help her step out of the car.

With a nervous smile Caroline looked up at the school as it was all lit up for the event and after taking a deep breath she linked her arm with Tyler and they both headed into the school. As they walked in she saw the smiles on all the students faces as they got pictures taken under the lit up arch.

"Caroline!" she heard Bonnie call out as she came running over in her rust red knee length dress with spaghetti straps. "This place looks so beautiful," she told her friend as she leaned in to give her a hug.

"I just hope everything goes as planned" Caroline said as she crossed her fingers and clenched her jaw.

"Everything will be fine" Tyler told her and then he placed his hand on the small of her back to lead her into the gym where the band was playing and kids were dancing. "Now lets try and have some fun," he whispered in her ear and then as Caroline giggled Tyler pulled her onto the dance floor.

With a smile Bonnie watched them leave and start to dance to the music. With a sigh Bonnie moved over to the snack table to where they had the punch bowl.

"Came solo tonight?" came Stefan's voice as he joined her at the table.

"Yeah," Bonnie said with a sigh as she watched Caroline and Tyler dancing. "You?"

"Yep, I think I need a break from girlfriends for a while" Stefan stated with a smirk.

Bonnie smiled and then looked at Stefan with an apologetic look on her face. "I heard about what Amelia did to your car. I'm sorry."

"As Damon says we all have to experience a crazy chick" Stefan said with a nod.

Bonnie bit her bottom lip and then poured herself a glass of punch. As they stood there a woman came up behind her and was staring out into the crowd of teenagers. Bonnie turned to look at the woman she didn't really know who she was and she didn't look familiar. The woman seemed to notice that Bonnie had spotted her and gave her a polite smile. "Hi I'm looking for Elizabeth Forbes…" she said a little unsure of herself. "I was told she was here."

"Um I think she's here just give me a minute," Bonnie said as she observed the woman and wondered what she could want with Caroline's mom. Leaving the woman standing by the punch bowl with Stefan, Bonnie went to get Caroline.

As Caroline's favorite song started to play she let out a shriek and clapped her hands. Tyler smiled at his girl as he pulled her into his arms and spun her around while whispering sweet nothings in her ear.

As they were dancing Tyler was the first to notice Bonnie coming over and slowly slowed down their dancing. "Everything okay?" Tyler asked Bonnie who had a weird look on her face.

Caroline turned to look at Bonnie as she came closer to them. "Hey what's up?"

Bonnie bit her lip and pointed to the woman standing by the punch bowl behind her. "That lady over there is looking for your mom. Someone said she was going to be here I guess."

"Oh…" Caroline said as she turned to look at the woman. She wasn't really dressed for the occasion and her bleach blond hair was tired back in a ponytail. The woman seemed to be in her mid-thirties and was definitely someone Caroline hadn't met before. "She said she had to check on a few thing before coming over. Who is she?"

"I don't know… I've never met her before," Bonnie said as she shrugged her shoulders.

"I'll go talk to her" Caroline said with a nod. So with a skip in her step Caroline walked across the dance floor to talked to the woman whom was looking for her mother. As she got closer to the woman she smiled at her and held out her hand to greet the newcomer. "Hi I'm Caroline, Sheriff Forbes isn't available right now, can I give her a message for you?" Caroline asked.

The woman bit her bottom lip thinking about whether she should just come back but then decided it was worth a shot. "Can you just tell her Maria Forbes was hoping to speak to her," she said.

Caroline's eyes went wide when she heard that she had the same last name as her. "Forbes?"

"Yeah," the woman said nervously. "I'm her ex husband's wife." She said and with that handed Caroline a card with her number and then left the gym all before Caroline knew what was going on. As she held the piece of paper with the woman's number her whole body froze as a million questions started to run through her brain.

"Caroline?" came Stefan's voice as he saw the terrified look on Caroline's face. "Everything okay?"

Her body started to shake at the thought of her father could be in town and tears started to boil in her eyes. Bonnie and Tyler saw how quickly Caroline's mood had changed after the woman left and both headed over to see if she was okay.

"Caroline!" Tyler said as he came over and put an arm around her.

"I…. I need to get out of here," she said quickly as she felt herself ready to break down.

"Caroline," Bonnie said full of worry for her friend.

"It's okay, I got her" Tyler assured both Bonnie and Stefan and then with his arm wrapped around her lead her out of the gym and headed home.

As they left Bonnie was so worried for her friend and still had no idea who this woman was that had upset Caroline so much that she would want to leave her homecoming when she had put together. "Something is definitely wrong" Bonnie said, as she herself was no longer in the mood for the dance.

"I can give you a ride home," Stefan offered as the two exited the school and headed across the parking lot. Bonnie nodded her head and wrapped her arms around herself as she followed Stefan towards the car. Seeing that Bonnie was cold Stefan removed his tux jacket and place it over Bonnie's shoulder.

"Thanks" Bonnie said with a smile as they continued to walk. When they past a number of cars they could hear some kids voices and laughter in the darkness. As the voices got louder Stefan held Bonnie back as they notices a few dark figures stumbling out behind a car.

As the kids stumbled and laughed without a care in the world Bonnie recognized one of the voices. "Jeremy?"

They both watched as one of kids came into view and they saw that it was indeed Jeremy. He stared at the two standing in the parking lot and then without much face expression lit up a cigarette and then chugged back a beer.

"Jeremy what are you doing?" Stefan said as he stepped towards the troubled teenager.

"None of your buzz business…" Jeremy slurred as he stumbled forward and knocked right into Stefan.

"Come on Jeremy I'll drive you home" Stefan told him as he grabbed Jeremy's forearm and started to lead him away from his "wonderful" drunk friends.

"Let me goooo!" Jeremy whined as he tried to pull his arm out of Stefan's grasp.

"JEREMY!" came a girls voice from behind the cars and when she came into view Bonnie turned and glared.

"Vicky?"

"Let him go!" Vicky yelled as she too stumbled forward.

"God you're all drunk" Bonnie said in disgust.

"Let me goo!" Jeremy yelled once again as he broke free from Stefan.

"Come on Jeremy don't be stupid" Bonnie yelled as Jeremy started to walk away and rejoin his friends and slung his arm around Vicky.

"Jeremy!" Stefan called out one last time.

"Back off!" Jeremy called back as he and his friends picked up their beer and started to leave the school property and a very worried Stefan and Bonnie wondering what they should do.

With Claire down for the night, Damon and Elena decided to make themselves some dinner and hopefully this time they would be able to eat it hot instead of getting the call from Claire telling them she was up and didn't want to sleep.

The two worked side by side in the kitchen as they prepared spaghetti. Damon took the leadership roll and Elena couldn't help but laugh at how Damon had to do things a certain way and when she tried to do her own thing he would quickly jump in wanting to do it the "right way"

"Come on didn't anyone show you how to stir?" Damon said with a laugh as he tried to take the tomato sauce spoon from Elena.

"Has anyone told you that you can be a bit of a control freak?" Elena snapped back as she kept the spoon away from Damon.

"Come on hand it over" Damon said as he wrapped one arm around Elena's waist while trying to reach over her for the spoon.

"Hey!" Elena laughed. "I can cook, see taste!" Elena said with an evil grin and flicked the spoon so that the tomato sauce splattered on Damon's face.

He was in complete shock as his jaw dropped and eyes went wide with what Elena had just done. Elena too froze for a moment as she took in what she had just done and waited wondering what Damon was going to do since his face didn't seem to give much away. Without taking his eyes off her Damon licked the tomato sauce off his lips and at the same time reach for the salad dressing bottle behind him and brought it out to squirt it at Elena.

She let out a screech and brought her hand up to cover her face as the ranch dressing came squirting out towards her face. Dropping the spoon Elena took of running around the island counter while Damon was hot on her heels. Grabbing the cut up carrots she threw them at him and watched as Damon dodged most of them.

"Carrots really?" Damon laughed as he grabbed a handful of the spaghetti noodles and threw them at her and saw as they got in her hair.

With a gasp Elena put on her war face and then grabbed some spaghetti of her own and chucked it at him. As the noodles seemed to go down his shirt Elena had a pleased look on her face as she kept on running. Damon wasn't far behind her and as he got closer Elena would let out a squeal especially when he was able to get his arms around her.

Every so often while chasing her through the main floor of the house Damon would pick up his speed and wrap his arms around her. He would lift her off the ground from behind and spin her around before setting her back on the ground and letting her run off again.

Heading back for the kitchen Elena tossed the salad at him and ducked behind the counted when Damon threw it back at her. Coming back around to where the stove was Elena threw some more of the pasta noodles at him with a giggle while Damon squirted more of the dressing at her. She started to beg him to stop but when Damon didn't seem to feel like it Elena reached around trying to find something to throw at him. Her hand came to the handle on the tomato saucepot and without thinking too much of is spun it around and dumped it onto of Damon's head.

After realizing what she did Elena's laughing stopped, as did Damon. It was silent in the house as the bottle of dressing Damon had fell to the floor as he was drenched in tomato sauce. He was coved, his hair was now red and his once black shirt was dripping with tomato sauce down the shoulders. Bringing his hand up he wiped the sauce out of his eyes so that he could see Elena again. He watched her face expression as she seemed conflicted as to laugh or apologized.

"Damon I'm so sorry" Elena said quickly

Without saying a word Damon let out a growl and moved quickly to pick Elena up and throw he over his shoulder. Elena squealed as she was carried fireman style out of the kitchen. "Damon I'm sorry I swear!" Elena cried, as she was unsure of what he had planned for payback. She had a smile on her face as she saw him carrying her up the stairs but still had no idea what he was doing. She tried to struggle out of his grasp but he wouldn't let her go. She now had tomato sauce all over her from being thrown over Damon's shoulder.

Moving quickly Damon got to the second floor and quickly power walked to his room and into the bathroom.

"What are you do-" Elena started to say as Damon finally set her back on her feet once she was inside his shower. "DAMON!" Elena cried as she watched him turn on the tap and as he held the shower sprayer he aimed it at her and allowed the freezing cold water to spray Elena while he laughed.

Elena screamed when the cold water hit her and tried to cover her face and begged him to stop in-between laughing. With a chuckle Damon stepped into shower and made sure to get Elena good. The water was cold and Elena tried to get her hands on the sprayer but Damon held it above her head.

"What's wrong can't reach?" Damon teased as the water continued to wash away all the food in Elena's hair.

As her lip started to quiver she was even more determine to get the sprayer from him. With one arm wrapped around Damon's neck Elena jumped up and wrapped her legs around him while her free hand reach up for the sprayer. Damon couldn't help but laugh at the methods Elena was using and the determined look she had on her face. Falling back Damon leaned against the wall of the shower for support as Elena finally got her hand on the sprayer. He watched as her face became very devilish as she turned the sprayer on him and watched as the watered sprayed his face and got the tomato sauce out of his hair.

"NOT SO FUN IS IT?" Elena said with a smile as Damon got a taste of his own torture methods.

Neither was completely sure who made the first move but at some point in their fight for the sprayer their cold lips came together and the sprayer was forgotten and just hung from the wall near the ground. Damon's arms went under Elena's legs as she had them wrapped around his waist to give them more support. Elena's hand cupped Damon's face and desperately kissed him. Their breathing was heavy and hearts were beating faster then either thought possible.

As Elena started panting Damon's lips moved to her neck to kiss and suck on her wet skin. Elena let out a moan as she rolled her eyes back in pleasure while he continued to kiss her neck and collarbone. "Damon…" she sighed as her fingers ran through his wet black hair that still smelled of tomato sauce.

"Elena" Damon moaned as his hot breath trailed over Elena's skin. Lifting his chin up he captured her lips once again while he spun them around so that Elena's back was against the shower wall. Their kisses were hard ones that showed just how long they had both thought about this moment. Elena's hand moved to Damon's shirt and started to pull it up his wet skin. Taking a quick lip separation Damon helped Elena remove his shirt and it was thrown to the floor of the shower where the shower sprayer as still going. As Damon leaned back into kiss her, one of his hands move to turn the water off while Elena's started to roam over Damon's upper body.

Damon kissed her with so much passion as his tongue played with hers between their mouths. He knew at he was getting to the point where if Elena didn't want to keep going he wasn't sure he would be able to stop and pulled away needing to make sure their motives had the same ending. "Elena…" he said with a heavy breath as he pulled away from the hot kiss.

"I want this," She said as she pulled his face back to hers. "I'm ready" she told him and that was enough proof that Damon needed. With his arms moved back to grasp hold of her legs he pushed their bodies off the wall and backed out of the shower. The continued to kiss and moan while Damon walked them out of the bathroom and back into his bedroom. As they made their way to Damon's bed their lips never broke, he sat Elena down on the bed and she unwrapped her legs from him. As they kissed Damon's fingers got to work on unbuttoning Elena's dark green blouse to reveal a black bra underneath. Finally breaking for a much-needed breath Elena pulled the shirt off her arms and tossed it to the floor.

Her eyes bore into Damon's as she slowly backed her body up the bed while Damon crawled on the bed and the whole time hovering overtop of her. As her head came to lie down on the pillows she started to fully realize what was about to happen and although she should be a little nervous she found herself feeling safe and excited. She pulled his face down to kiss him again while Damon's one hand slowly trailed up her jeans and then moved across her bared skin on her stomach.

Since giving birth to Claire Elena was slowly starting to get her body back and at this point was working out regularly and was pretty much back to her original weight and flat tummy. Her breathing was heavy and her chest would rise up high with every breath that she took.

They removed their wet jeans and threw them to the floor to join Elena's shirt as the two started to explore each other's bodies. While Damon trailed kisses over her body Elena gripped the sheets as she felt her body responding to every touch. "Damon" she moaned as she closed her eyes to enjoy the moment. Suddenly she felt his weight shift and then his touches and kisses disappeared.

She quickly looked up wondering why he had stopped and was about to protest him leaving when he was quick to return to the bed after grabbing a little square packet from his bedside table. "As adorable as Claire is I don't think she needs a sibling right now!" Damon said with a smirk. Elena couldn't help but laugh and then reached out to bring Damon back to her because she was in no way done with him yet.

Lying in bed afterwards Damon lay on his back staring at Elena while she lay on her stomach and her arm propping her head up. Damon had his one arm draped over his torso and his fingers brushed up and down Elena's smooth olive skin back.

The intimate moment they had just shared as still fresh in their minds and both had huge smiles on their faces. Leaning down Elena captured Damon's lips with hers and Damon brought his hand up to cup her face and run his fingers through her damp hair.

As they lay under the warm covers, Elena's left foot would slowly ran up and down Damon's leg. When they broke Elena rested her chin on Damon's chest and let her finger tips graze up and down Damon's chest. "Can I tell you something?" Elena said with a huge smile on her face.

"Hmmm?" Damon mumbled, as he never took his eyes off the gorgeous face in front of him.

"I'm so glad I didn't got to homecoming," she told him and with a chuckle Damon flipped them over so that Elena was settled beneath him and capture her lips in a tender kiss. Elena's hand ran up and down Damon's back, while his one arm supported his weight and the other ran up and down her side.

As their hearts started racing again, Elena wrapped her legs around Damon to bring him closer to her. As the heat started to pick up between them again they were interrupted by the sound of Damon's cell phone going off.

"Ignore it" Elena pleaded as she sucked on his neck and kissed his shoulder. Damon nodded because he had no desire to leave her side for even or second. The phone rang in the background but neither acknowledges it. It got silent for a few minutes and then the phone stated to ring again.

Damon groaned in frustration and decided he better get it. "Sorry" he told her as he kissed her forehead and rolled off of her. Reaching for his phone that was on the nightstand he tried to catch his breath. Elena too sat up and brushed her hair away from her face and watched as Damon stared at the caller ID. "What? Who is it?" she asked him.

"It's the police department," Damon said as he sat up straight and answered the call wondering what the hell was going on. "Hello," Damon answered with an anxious tone as he sat in the bed unsure as to what was going on.

Beside him, Elena wrapped the blanket around herself and started to bite on her nails as she watched Damon's face expression for any signs as to what he was going on.

"WHAT!" Damon said loudly as his eyes went eyed and sat up straight. "Son of a- Yeah I'll be right there" he said with a sigh and then ended the call.

"What's going on?" Elena asked as she too sat up and watched as Damon quickly pulled on a fresh pair of boxers and jeans. Seeing as he was moving pretty quickly around the room pulling on clothes she really started to worry. "Damon-" she started to say when the sudden sounds of Claire's cries filled the baby monitor on the nightstand.

"It's your brother" Damon said as he stuffed his phone in his pocket. "He was picked up by a cop. One of his friends thought it would be cool to drive drunk so now he's being held at the police department. Your aunt isn't answering so Jeremy called me."

"Is he okay?" Elena asked as she got up and threw on a button up shirt of Damon's.

"Physically yes," Damon told her. "But he's acting like a complete idiot!" Damon told her.

Elena bit her bottom lip as she hoped her brother wasn't going to be in too much trouble. "I'll be back" Damon whispered and then pressed a kiss to her forehead. "You take care of Claire I'll handle Jeremy" he told her and then headed out of the room and down the stairs.

With a shaky breath Elena's bare feet padded down the hallway to Claire's room and walked over to the crib to settle Claire and try to get her to go back to sleep. While softly humming for her baby girl her mind was off worried about the trouble her brother was getting into lately.