The next morning, when Damon was finally able to take his baby out and in her new home, he learned that Shelby had left a couple of hours earlier, as soon as she had been able to.

Understanding her decision and being fine with it, he took his baby and put her in the pink car seat he had bought a few weeks ago. He had bought her a lot of things and everything had been sent at the Boarding house in Mystic Falls. He only kept what he would need during the road trip.

When he made his first break, he had to change Rachel's diaper and even if it wasn't his favourite thing to do he had taken classes to be ready and he did it without finding any trouble. As he sat in the restaurant waiting for his burger and giving her a bottle of milk a woman approached him:

"She is so cute! Are you alone?"

"Yes, I'm a single father…" He replied.

"You're so brave! Do you need help?" She asked him as her husband walked over.

"I'm fine, thank you." Damon replied politely.

"Very well then, goodbye!" The woman replied in a frustrated tone.

Damon had heard about the couples who ran the country, stealing children and selling them to other couples some place else… Damon would never put his daughter in a situation like this one: he loved her too much already and would kill whoever tried to hut her!

The road to Mystic Falls was long and Damon took his time, stopping in a few motels to make sure his baby was comfortable… He was grateful that she was this young and did very little besides sleeping and eating.

When they finally arrived, it was midday and Rachel was just waking up, in need for her father to change her diaper for her.

"Damon… Is that a… what going on Uncle Damon?" Zack asked when he opened the door.

"I'll explain later, right now I need to change her, did you install everything in my room like I asked?" Damon asked as he entered the house with Rachel and the diaper bag.

"Yes, but there wasn't much…" Zack said as he followed his young Uncle up the stairs.

"I know, I'll go shopping tomorrow… I didn't know how much space I would use so I just got the necessities…" Damon replied.

"Who is she?"

"I know it's weird but she's biologically my daughter… It's a long story and I will tell you everything later… Her name is Rachel Elizabeth Salvatore…" Damon said.

"You're a vampire, how can you have a biological child?" Zack asked in a quiet voice, busy dealing with what he had just been told.

"Magic… her mother is a witch…"

"Why isn't she around?" Zack asked.

"Because she didn't want to have anything to do with my princess… She kept calling her a 'thing' and wanted to abort… I paid her a lot of money so she'd keep it and I could raise it." Damon resumed quickly as he goofed at his daughter.

"I'll go get the rest of your bags…" Zack said, not used to seeing his Uncle so tender and nice… Maybe this child was a good thing after all…

After bringing his bags to Damon, Zack helped him set the room the way he wanted while the vampire told him the entire story.

"Raising a kid is a lot of work Uncle Damon, are you sure you can do it?" Zack asked.

"Of course I can… Besides, that's why I came here… We'll be staying for the next few months… maybe longer… I will feel better with you here!" Damon replied truthfully.

"I don't know anything about children Damon, I don't have any!" Zack panicked.

"Don't worry, I took classes and everything… I just want a human around just in case…"

"Okay then…" Zack said, taking a sip of his beer.

"Do you think it's too early to put vervain in her milk?" Damon asked suddenly as they both watched Rachel sleep.

"I don't know… Maybe she should just wear it for now… Like put some in a stuff toy or something…" Zack suggested.

"You're right… I bought her a stuffed Gold star with her name on it in pink… I'll just find some vervain and put it inside…"

"We've been growing some downstairs… I'll go get a bit for you…" He said while Damon delicately opened the little toy.

"Here you go…" Zack added when he came back with a few little flowers that he dropped inside the star.

"Do you have yellow sewing thread?" Damon asked, an eyebrow raised.

Now things will start to get better I hope you'll like it!

Will Damon be a good father? Will Stefan be in his niece's life?

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