Dear Diary,
So Nana and grandpa have been here for almost a week now and although I'm not completely sure of their reason for being here I know they are being really hard on Jenna. I believe that they still see Jenna as the little girl at my parents wedding even though that was over seventeen years ago. When my parents died they were so sure that they would have custody and even had Jeremy and I preparing for the move to Florida. The death of my father; their son was hard on them and I remember hearing my grandmother crying almost every night.
We all handle grief differently but my grandparents were a wreck after the loss of my father and couldn't get through a conversation without crying. When Jeremy and I laughed about happy memories we had of them it just seem to make my nana cry and then we would feel so guilty. Of course we missed our parents and were devastated to lose them but we found a way to get through the day by a happy memory. Jenna seemed to get that and I think she understood us a little better because my mom and Jenna's mother died of cancer when they were young.
I believe that was one of the reasons Jenna was granted custody of us in my parents Will. I believe that my parent saw Jenna as someone who we could find comfort in because she went through something similar. She was able to get our minds off the funeral or the fact I would never hear my parents voices again. As much as nana and grandpa wanted to be there for us, losing their son was so hard that they didn't know how to talk to us. I even think them leaving us to go back to Florida was more to help them heal because when they saw Jeremy and I it reminded them of our parents.
I know they think they are acting in our best interest by coming here and fighting with Jenna but the truth is Jeremy and I have lost enough people in our lives we don't need anymore. With Jenna we have settled into our new home and although we have had our share of struggles we are doing our best to make it through everyday.
Elena
"So I see you've escaped diaper duty again" Alaric chuckled to Damon from across the table as he dealt out the cards for him and the group of guys. This was Damon second time joining Alaric and the guys on poker night. Since Elena's grandparents were running their house as boot camp he had to lay low for the time being.
"Just lying low" Damon said as he picked up his cards and tapped them on the table. "Elena's grandparents are still in town and I'm not exactly a popular topic with them."
"Hey I'm not a popular topic with my wife's parents either!" one of the guys named Bob laughed as he started the game and tossing money into the pot. They guys laughed and then started the betting and raising the pot value. "And I didn't even knock my wife up until we got married."
"Thanks for that!" Damon scoffed.
"The in-laws are a great bunch!"
"This coming from the guy who has been divorced twice before turning thirty huh Gerry?" Alaric teased.
"And that's why I speak the truth!" Gerry laughed, "Alright I fold."
"You fold, are you really gonna let Damon take us all to the bank again?" Bob asked as he too folded.
"Hey, he had beginners luck last time," Alaric said as he stayed in. "He ain't taking my money tonight!" he added as he stared Damon down hoping he would fold.
"Hey I need the money, I just spent a good chunk bailing the Gilbert kid out of jail" Damon said as he shook his head. "Jeremy got into a fight after school with some kids at a rival school and next thing you know the kids is facing assault charges!"
"Apparently boot camp isn't fool proof huh" Gerry joked.
"Not according to my trust fund money" Damon told them as he went all in again and made Alaric grumble in frustration.
"Kids got anger issues and his grandparents and Jenna fighting over him and Elena probably isn't helping" Alaric said. "Alright kid what you got?"
"Four of a kind!" Damon chirped as he proudly lay out his cards for the guys to see that he had four 10s.
"You son of a bitch!" Alaric growled as he slapped his cards down in a huff. Damon laughed as he reached out for the pile as he checked out Alaric's straight hand of 5-4-3-2-A.
"Better luck next time!" Damon said with a smile as he shuffled the cards to deal them back out.
"Oh after tonight I'm gonna make sure Elena has you on diaper duty every poker night!" Alaric said, as he didn't like losing.
"Oh she already beat you to it," Damon assured him. "Once the commander Gilberts leave town I'm on baby detail for a week so she can see her friends again" Damon told him.
"I knew I liked Elena!" Alaric said with a smile as Damon dealt out the cards again.
"Don't listen to him kid! We like that it's someone new taking our money!" Bob teased back as the guys got ready for another round.
"Where's Claire? Where's mommy's baby girl?" Elena said in a happy voice as she sat in the middle of her room with a pink baby blanket draped over Claire's head as she sat in front of her. As she slowly pulled off the blanket, Claire squealed in delight as she saw her mommy's face again. "There you are!" Elena said happily and then reached out and picked Claire up and gave her a smooch on the cheek. "Mommy's baby is getting so big!" Elena said as she kissed Claire again after hearing the irresistible giggle from her baby girl.
"Mommy just loves your giggles" Elena said as she hugged Claire close to her chest. There was a knock on the door and then a troubled Jeremy stepped inside. When Elena saw her brother she wondered what he could possibly be up to now. "Look Claire, it's uncle Jeremy but with handcuffs yet" Elena said as she sat her back on the floor and handed Claire her stuffed Ladybug.
"Haha how funny" Jeremy said as he knelt down on the floor beside Claire and tickled her little tummy. "Mommy thinks she's funny."
"Actually I was being serious, usually by now you're out and we're waiting for a phone call from the police station" Elena said in a firm voice and her arms crossed to let him know she was no longer playing around.
Jeremy let out a sigh and then sat back and met his sister's very annoyed eyes. "Look something is going on with Nana and Jenna" Jeremy told his sister.
"I'm sure your latest arrest and growing record might have something to do with it" Elena snapped back at him.
"Yeah because you being a teen mom wouldn't have any affect" Jeremy snapped back not liking how he was getting the blame.
"What do you want Jer?" Elena asked not really in the mood to deal with her brother at the moment.
"Nana wants Jenna to give up custody," Jeremy blurted out.
Elena stared at her brother for a moment and then reached out and picked Claire up to place her on her lap as the little girl babbled off to herself while holding her ladybug. "What are you talking about Jenna would never agree to that" Elena told him.
"I'm just saying I heard them talking about it!"
"And you thought the best way to deal with that was to get yourself arrested again?"
"It was an accident, the guy was pissing me off!" Jeremy said in defense.
"Yea it seems everyone pisses you off now," Elena snapped back.
"You know what, the guy called you a slut and I punched him!" Jeremy told her.
"Jeremy I get called a slut, baby maker, and whore all the time at school you don't see me beating every person up" Elena told him as she bounced Claire on her lap. "Look a appreciate you wanting to stand up for me, but Jeremy you need to be smart, they aren't worth you getting charged or possibly going to juvie for."
"Whatever" Jeremy said as he got to his feet and headed out of Elena's room. As Elena sat on the floor watching her brother leave she was really worried that if Jeremy didn't get himself together soon he may be in more trouble then he could possible get out of.
Claire continued to babble away to herself in her mother's arms as they sat on the bedroom floor after Jeremy had stormed out. With a sigh Elena kissed Claire's tiny forehead and got a good whiff of her baby scent. "What are we gonna do about Jeremy huh?" Elena asked her daughter as she got to her feet and left her bedroom. As she talked sweetly to her little girl Elena descended down the stairs to the main floor but came to a halt when she saw someone standing at the front door. "What are you doing here?" Elena asked in a very unhappy tone.
Standing at the door in skin-tight jeans and a black tank top, her dark brown hair flowed with ringlets down her shoulders as she leaned against the front door starring up at Elena who looked very surprised by the new guest. She had her signature devious smile across her face and her strikingly brown eyes stared Elena down. "Well hello Elena"
"Katherine what are you doing in my house?" Elena snapped as she took the last few steps down the stairs so that she was standing right in front of Katherine while holding Claire against her chest.
"Didn't you hear?" Katherine said with a smirk as she stepped closer to Elena and sized her up, "It's family night" she added and then brushed past Elena and headed down the hall acting all cheery as she embraced Elena's grandmother and thanked her for inviting her.
Elena's eyes went wide as she realized her grandmother had invited Katherine to dinner think that the two were actually close. "You have go to be kidding me," Elena mumbled to herself as she followed behind and saw the apologetic look on Jenna's face as she entered the kitchen.
"It's so good to see you again Elisa!" Katherine said in a cheerful voice as she hugged her grandmother's sister. "It has been way too long and I am just so thrilled that you have reintroduced me to my dear cousin!"
"Oh I'm so glad you two will be able to catch up!" Elisa said with a huge smile.
"Nana what is she doing here?" Elena asked breaking up the friendly greetings.
"She is here for dinner silly, I think it will be wonderful that you two can become great friends again!" Elisa said as she stepped closer to Elena and then ran her fingers through Claire's dark hair. "Family is the most important!"
"And yet you won't let Claire's father come over?" Elena snapped back and then saw the disapproving look on her grandmother's face.
"I tried to warn her about him," Katherine chimed in with a sad face expression.., "But I was just too late."
"Shut up Katherine!" Elena snapped in anger.
"ELENA!" Elisa yelled not at all happy at how Elena was acting.
"Elisa I don't think this is such a good idea" Jenna interrupted seeing the tension between Elena and Katherine. Unlike Elisa, Jenna knew all too well what kind of a manipulator Katherine could be considering she also knew her mother growing up.
"Is there something I should know?" Elisa snapped at Jenna, as she didn't like when people tried to come between her and her plans.
Jenna took Elisa off to the side while Elena and Katherine stood in the kitchen still holding each other's stares. Katherine stood in the kitchen looking fairly confident as she stared down at Elena knowing she had Elena's own grandmother gushing over her as someone Elena should look up to. Elena on the other hand was anything but please and hoped this horrible night would end quickly.
"Katherine and Damon use to date" Jenna whispered quietly to Elisa as she wanted her to rethink this whole dinner party reunion.
"Well it seems that Salvatore really gets around!" Mr. Gilbert voice said as he entered the room
"Boy is nothing but trouble!" Elisa said out loud as she lead the girls into the kitchen where she had a family dinner all set up for them.
Elena made her way over to Claire's highchair and strapped her in while the others took a seat. Jenna sat on the one side of Claire's highchair so that Katherine and Elisa had so sit on the other side of the table. Jeremy came sauntering into the room not long after everyone started to take their seats and was very shocked by the guest sitting across from him.
"What the hell is she doing here?" Jeremy asked as he sat beside his sister.
"Jeremy mind your manners" Elisa told him as she narrowed her eyes at her grandson. "Katherine is family."
Katherine gave a smirk and neither Jeremy nor Elena smiled back at her. Dinner was quiet silent for a while except for the humming sound coming from Claire as Elena fed her. Elena, Jeremy and Jenna continued to be very uncomfortable over the dinner while Elisa was none the wiser and seemed to think this dinner was going quite well.
"So Katherine dear, tell me how is college?" Elisa asked as she took a bite of her chicken.
Katherine gave one of her totally fake smiles that Elena had seen many times. Flicking her hair back she answered, "it's great, lots of work and can be very tiring."
"Somehow I doubt that has anything to do with studying" Jeremy said under his breath and just loud enough so Elena could hear and tried to hold back her laughter.
"What was that Jer?" Elisa asked.
"Nothing Nana, good chicken" he saved and then made a side glance at Elena whom was still trying to hold back her laughter as she fed Claire her baby food.
"A college education is very important" Mr. Gilbert said with a nod as he cut up his chicken.
Katherine smiled and then eyed Elena closely, "I believe that is so true" she said. "It's a shame Damon doesn't think so" Katherine added and saw the look of anger grow across Elena's face.
"That boy is good for nothing but causing trouble," Elisa said as she shook her head.
"Actually Damon is planning on going to school next year" Jenna chimed in.
"You really sticking up for the bastard who ruined Elena's life?" Elisa asked in a tone to make Jenna feel very bad and guilty.
"Of course not-"
"Because this was not the life our son wanted for his daughter" Elisa told her as she cut Jenna off.
"I know that, it's just-"
"He forced our little girl to grow up so fast and give up on all her dreams. Damon Salvatore is a low life bastard who hurt our baby girl!" Elisa cut her off again and this time had tears running down her face that Jenna thought sure were fake.
"Nana stop!" Elena snapped.
"You know I tried so hard to warn her about how bad Damon was and how she should stay away from him. I didn't want to see her get hurt the way he has hurt so many girls. I for one have no idea how many other girls he has put in the same situation as Elena" Katherine said acting all caring and showing off that fake smile of hers.
"Oh Shut Up Katherine!" Elena yelled back having heard enough from Katherine and her grandparents.
"ELENA!" he grandfather called back to her.
"NO YOU LISTEN!" Elena yelled back. "Damon isn't in school this year because he is staying home with our daughter. If he wasn't then I wouldn't be in school and would of had to drop out."
"You would never have to been in this position if it wasn't for him in the first place!" Elisa yelled across the table in anger. "He is a low life bastard and I've heard enough about him. You, Jeremy and Claire will be coming back to Florida with us and you are not to see that boy ever again!" Elisa yelled back at her granddaughter.
"You can't do this" Elena said as tears started to stream down her face.
"You are sixteen Elena, of course I can!" Elisa told in a firm and determined voice.
This whole time Katherine sat back in her seat watching the fight between Elena and her grandmother and how it looked like she would finally be getting her wish of Elena leaving Mystic Falls and leaving Damon behind. A small smile spread across her face as she saw the tears in Elena's eyes.
"So I think there might be something wrong with it" Stefan said as he stood in the garage leaning against the back. "It always makes weird noises when I put my foot on the break pedal."
"Did you run over anything?" Damon asked as he came over with a toolbox and got ready to check out his brother's car. "Or maybe meet anymore crazy chicks with it?"
"Don't start, you agree to never bring up Amelia again!" Stefan reminded him.
Damon shrugged his shoulders and then removed his shirt and tossed it at Stefan who caught the shirt while giving his brother a look of confusions. "Are you planning on some girl coming over to watch that you need to do this shirtless?"
"That's John Varvatos" Damon told him and then ducked down to get under the car as Stefan walked around trying to busy himself because he knew nothing about car repairs.
Sure he could probably name off every car he saw but when it came to fixing them, Damon was the better man for the job. Kneeling down by the hood and where Damon was laying under the car, Stefan peaked his head down to see what Damon was doing as he heard the sound of metal clinking together and a rattling sound. "You sure you know what your doing?"
"Better then you would" Damon replied as he stayed underneath the car.
"So how was poker?" Stefan asked.
"Bob and I took all Rick's money, though I didn't walk away with as much as last time," Damon told him. "Man I was so close to having Alaric betting his hair and having to shave it off."
"A bald Mr. Saltzman, I can't really picture that" came a very familiar voice that got both Damon and Stefan to look over at the front of the garage opening and seeing Katherine standing there with her arms crossed.
"Oh you have got to be kidding me," Damon said with a groan as he came up from under the car.
Katherine smile grew as she got a good look at Damon shirtless, as it had been quite a while since she had the pleasure to see Damon's six-pack and this time with a little grease. Biting her bottom lip she drank in his appearance as she slowly closed the gap between them. "You still got it Damon," she told him.
"What do you want?" Damon asked her point blank as he wasn't interested in games. He reached out for a towel and wiped the grease off his hands.
Stefan got to his feet and then his eyes glanced back and forth between Katherine and Damon and then felt his presence wasn't needed. "I'm just gonna go inside…" he told them but neither Damon nor Katherine acknowledged that Stefan was there or that he had said anything. So quickly he backed away and left the two alone, Katherine ogled him while Damon just continued to glare.
"You look really good," Katherine said as she reached out and ran a finger down Damon's arm.
"What do you want?" Damon demanded to know as he swatted her hand away pretty much as quickly as she touched him.
"Oh I just got back from having dinner at the Gilberts" Katherine said with a sigh as she move over to take a seat on the hood of Stefan's car and smiled back at Damon.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Damon said very confused, it made no sense to him why Katherine would even be in Elena's house never mind being there for dinner.
"You haven't talk to Elena lately have you?" Katherine asked as she leaned forward still wearing that obnoxious smirk that Damon couldn't stand. "It turns out that her old bat of a grandmother is actually my grandmother's sister. That makes Elena and I cousins apparently. Its odd that she never mentioned that to you."
Damon stood there completely shocked thinking maybe he had heard her wrong. How could Elena and Katherine be related? Or how could he be that unlucky to have them related just to add to more problems they had with Katherine.
"It makes more sense now" Katherine said as she hopped off the car and slowly circled around Damon as he remained standing in one spot. "Why you became so interested in Elena and all, I mean she reminded you of me" she told him as whispered that last bit in his ear.
"Yeah that's why I showed interest in Elena" Damon said with a scoff as he shook his head. "What ever makes your selfish heart feel better."
"Think what you want Damon but I'm looking at the facts, brown hair, brown eyes, Bulgarian descent…" Katherine told him as she leaned her back against the car and stared at Damon.
"You are so full of yourself, it's sad," Damon told her as he started to walk away from her.
"You now that no matter how good of a father you think you are her family will never except you!" Katherine snapped at him in anger that he was walking away from her. "To them you will always be the bastard who ruined their precious Elena's life. Even aunt Jenna will never see you as part of the family no matter what you do!"
"Last time it checked I didn't really care what they thought of me" Damon called back to her as he got back in her face in anger. He hated people throwing the "you ruined Elena's life" line in his face all the time because of course he knows what he did and it kills him to think of the life choice he had her make at such a young age. As much as he loved Claire, the guilt of forcing Elena to give up on her dreams or having a normal high school experience was something he would never forgive himself for.
"Well maybe you should of took more interest in warming up to the family or you wouldn't be having to say goodbye to your precious Claire" Katherine told him and watched as the horror fell on Damon's face.
"What are you talking about?"
"Well it seems Elena's grandparents are dead set on taking Elena and Jeremy back to Florida with them and well if Elena goes, so does little Claire" Katherine told him as she ran her fingers down Damon's bare arms.
Damon didn't even seem to care or maybe he didn't really notice as he was more focused on what Katherine had just thrown at him about Elena's grandparents wanting to take Elena and his ladybug away. "They… They can't do that!" Damon said shaking his head as the pain grew in his eyes.
"Elena's sixteen, so her guardian's still get to call the shots, and by the sound of it Jenna is leaning towards giving up custody" Katherine told him and while Katherine was very thrilled that Elena will soon be out of the picture Damon looked anything but please. He didn't say anything else to her; he just pushed past her and left the garage in a hurry. "DAMON!" she called out to him but he didn't answer.
After dinner the atmosphere in house was very tense, Katherine had left and Elena was nothing but happy to have her out of the house. The whole time she was here she would do what ever she could to bring Damon's name up to get her grandparents all worked up. Since dinner Jenna had become very silent and that scared Elena because maybe Jenna really was considering giving up custody.
Sitting on the couch she was cuddling with Claire and her chin resting lightly on Claire's head while the little girl could barely keep her eyes open. Jeremy was also slummed on the couch beside them flipping through the channels on the t.v while they could hear their grandparents talking in the kitchen mostly likely about them.
It was so quiet that everyone pretty much jumped when they heard the front door slam shut and echo through the house. Elena turned and saw Damon standing there and the look on his face was anything but please. "Damon" Elena said as she got up while holding Claire and walked over to him.
When he saw her holding his little ladybug he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tight and kissed both her and Claire happy to see them. His hands ran through Elena's hair and then leaned in to kiss her forehead.
"What the HELL are you doing HERE!" came Mr. Gilbert's voice as he saw Damon standing at the front door with his hand running through Elena's hair.
Damon turned to look at him just as Jenna, Jeremy and Elisa also came to stand in the hallway. Elisa let out a sigh and shook her head in disbelief "Do you not know when your not welcomed? You have some nerve!"
"NANA!" Elena snapped.
"NO YOU HAVE SOME NERVE!" Damon called back ignoring Elena's attempt to smooth things over. "There is no way in HELL I will stand back and let you take MY daughter away from ME!" Damon yelled back at Elisa and Mr. Gilbert as he stepped closer to them.
"We are looking out for what's best for our granddaughter and grandson" Elisa told him. "Don't you raise your voice as me you selfish prick!"
"I'm being selfish?" Damon shot back. "Do you really think Elena will thank you for ripping her away from her friends after everything she went through last year and a half?"
"Well you are responsible for what happen to her last year" Elisa told him.
"I'm talking about losing her parents and having to leave New York the only home she knew and Jeremy, I think it is a huge mistake if you move him now especially since he is still struggling. He may be getting into trouble here in Mystic Falls but this is a small town, god knows what he will find himself mixed up in in Florida."
"They are minors and we get to make these decisions not them! They may not agree with them now but it time they will learn that we are doing this for them!" Elisa yelled.
"Yeah well incase you forgot I'm eighteen and there is now way I'm going to stand back and watch you take my daughter away! I WILL FIGHT YOU! I WILL FIGHT FOR CUSTODY" Damon yelled back. Elena was standing behind Damon holding Claire close to her chest making hush sound to settle Claire because of the loud voices.
"You're a bastard just like the rest of the Salvatore's!" Mr. Gilbert growled.
"You know what maybe I am but there is a difference between me and my family; I'm not about to stand back give up or run from you. As you said so yourself I'm a Salvatore and I will come at you with everything I have!"
"Salvatore!" Mr. Gilbert spat, "think money will get you everything!"
"Would you really put Elena through that of having her daughter taken from her?" Elisa asked hoping to guilt Damon into giving up.
"As you like to point out, Elena is only sixteen and isn't allowed to make her own decisions about this so the way I see it, it's not Elena I'm fighting against it's you two! My Uncle has money and trust me when I say I will have some of the best lawyers working for me and in the end it will be you who Elena will never forgive because you put her in a situation between choosing to honouring you or do what's best your OUR daughter!"
"YOU'RE A BASTARD SALVATORE!" Mr. Gilbert yelled.
"And let me get one thing clear, if you so much as try to leave town with Claire, I will have you arrested for kidnapping!" Damon warned them.
"Claire would be with her mother, where she belongs!" Elisa yelled not liking that he was threatening them.
"Well you may get Custody of Elena but that DOES NOT give you custody of MY DAUGHTER!" Damon yelled at them. "And if you try to take her out of town I will show you just how much of a bastard I can be!" With that Damon turned on his heels and walked back to where Elena was standing with Claire. As Claire reached up for her Daddy, Elena handed her to Damon then quickly grabbed her coat.
"I'm going over to Damon's" Elena said as she looked at her aunt Jenna.
"NO YOUR NOT!" Elisa called out as she moved towards the three.
"As of right now Jenna is still my guardian" Elena called back and her grandparents were shocked at the tone in Elena's voice.
"Go ahead, I'll call you later" Jenna told her and moved to stand between Elena and her grandparents so that the three could leave the house.
"What the hell are you doing? This is exactly why you do not deserve to have custody!" Elisa snarled at Jenna.
"Let me be clear! If by some miracle you get custody of Elena and Jeremy, and Damon fights for custody then I'm on his side!"
"You have got to be kidding me!" Mr. Gilbert snapped at her.
"You complain that Damon is a low life, who ruined Elena's life and act like he is a deadbeat father when he isn't. If you take her away from him then you are the ones forcing Elena to do this on her own." Jenna told them and then headed up stairs to her room and shut the door finally letting the emotions of this whole visit finally took over as she collapsed and cried.
Flipping through the channels on the t.v while he sat on the floor with Claire, Damon decided on a basketball game and placed the remote beside him. Looking up as he had one leg bent and up to his chest as he watched Claire sitting on the floor in front of him playing with her toys.
Staring at her as she made little humming noises as she had two wooden blocks in her hands and would clap them together so that they would make clicking sounds. Damon had a smile on his face as he just watched his ladybug amusing herself and figuring out little things on her own. He loved watching her and he could just sit here and watch her all day, especially when she would look over at him every once and a while with a big smile on her face. She would giggle and squeal happily and hold her hands up while she still held onto the toy blocks. He couldn't imagine not being able to see her everyday and see her discover something new everyday.
He was brought out of his thoughts when Elena came over and sat beside him and handed him a cup of coffee. Looking over at her as she cuddle up with her legs brought up to her chest as she rested her head on Damon's shoulder. "I'm sorry about my grandparents" Elena told him, as she felt very embarrassed at how they treated him.
"Don't worry about it, parents and grandparents tend to hate me no matter what" Damon told her as he kiss her forehead that rested on his shoulder.
She smiled at how Damon was able to just brush off how they treated him and just move on. Her smile soon faded as she remembered what had happen earlier that night and how Damon came in pretty pissed off. "How did you find out about what my grandparents wanted to do?"
"Katherine stopped by, or more like came to rub it in" Damon told her as the two just sat their on the floor in the main room of the Salvatore house.
"Figures" Elena mumbled under her breath as she took a sip of her coffee while Damon wrapped an arm around her. "So I'm assuming she told you about the other big bombshell?"
"That your cousins? Yes she was very happy to break that to me" Damon told her. He then recalled Katherine's earlier statement about how the reason he was interested in Elena in the first place was because she resembled Katherine. Of course Damon knew this wasn't true but who knows what damage Katherine had tried to cause while she was at the Gilberts for dinner. "Listen I want you to know that the night we met I didn't sleep with you because he reminded me of Katherine," he told her a little afraid that Katherine had indeed got under her skin.
"I know," Elena assured him with a sigh. She then raise her head from his shoulder and looked Damon in the eye for what she was about to say next. "But we would both be lying to ourselves or trying to rewrite history if we had any intention of that one night meaning anything special" Elena told him honestly.
"I know" Damon admitted although on some level he had wished it would have been.
"It was what it was," Elena told him as her free hand that wasn't holding her cup of coffee slipped in to intertwine with Damon's hand as they sat together and their eyes connected. "Good came later" she added with a smile.
"Yeah it definitely did" he agreed and leaned down for a kiss. As his forehead rested against hers their eyes connected, "We'll figure it out," he assured her "I won't lose either of you."
"I hope your right" Elena said as a tear fell down her face. She wanted to desperately believe Damon that her grandparents couldn't just take them away but she was too afraid that they may get their way and her and Claire would be ripped away from Damon. Capturing his lips Elena set her coffee mug down and then wrapped her arms around him as she pulled herself closer to him as they kissed. Damon's coffee cup was also put aside as one of his one hand got tangled in her hair while his other hand slipped around her waist and rubbing his thumb against her soft skin under her shirt. As she let out a moan she cupped his face and allowed him to pull her closer. Caught up in the passionate kiss they seemed to have forgotten their surroundings until suddenly the voice of the t.v announcer got louder and louder.
With the t.v volume blaring Damon and Elena broke from the kiss and turned in confusion. "What the."
As they both looked behind Damon they saw Claire sitting on the floor with the remote in her hands. She immediately dropped it by the suddenly loud scary volume after pressing the button. "How did you?" Damon started to say as he picked up the remote to turn down the volume.
"OH MY GOD DAMON SHE'S CRAWLING!" Elena squealed in excitement as she realized Claire had moved from one side of the room to the other.
"OH MY GOD!" Damon said with a huge smile on his face.
"GET THE CAMERA!" she told him and without another second Damon was up and hopping over the couch to get the camera. Getting on all fours Elena was a few feet away from Claire and called for her to come to her. "Come on Claire, come to mommy!" she said with a huge smile as she clapped her hands.
Claire giggled at her mommy as she sat there looking at her mom calling her name. Damon was just running back into the room and turning on the camera when Claire moved from a sitting position to being on her hands and knees and slowly moving towards Elena. Both Parents were over the moon as they watch Claire crawl and Claire seemed to love the cheers coming from her parents.
"She's doing it Damon!" Elena cried. As Claire finally reach her mommy, Elena wrapped her arms around her baby girl and hugged her close with a huge smile on her face. "Good job baby girl, you can crawl!" Elena said as she kissed her little temple. "Did you get it?" Elena asked as she looked over at Damon.
Damon had a huge smile on his face as he held the video camera catching the sweet moment between mother and daughter. As he rewound the video a bit he was able to see Claire on her hands and knees as she crawled towards her mommy with a big smile on her face and sparkle in her blue eyes. "Yea I got it" Damon said with a smile as the video zoomed in to see Claire's face after she had successfully reached her mom. She had grown so much in the last nine months and as Damon watched the video he knew that he didn't want to miss any of Clair's milestones. This was his little girl and nobody was going to come in and take her away from him.