Years passed happily for Damon and his daughter.
Eventually they moved away from Mystic Fall's and went in Philadelphia for a while but they kept in touch with Zack and they would see each others several times a year.
When she was 3, Rachel competed in her first singing competition. She sang beautifully her favourite Disney song and got the first place. Of course Zack came to see her and afterward, they went to celebrate in a Mac Donald, to please the little girl. When they got home, Damon made sure to place his daughter's first trophy in the living room, where everyone would be able to see it. He was proud of his daughter and wanted everyone to know it.
Damon also signed his princess up for a few Little Miss competitions and so by the time she celebrated her 5th birthday, Rachel was a crowned Mini Miss. She had her crowns and prices on display in her bedroom and her father kept an album with a lot of pictures of her performing.
Damon had a photo album for each year Rachel had lived along with video records of every important moment of their lives together. He wanted to make sure he had as many memories of his daughter as possible in case something happened and he couldn't see her ever again.
On her 5th birthday, Rachel wore a pretty pink princess dress and had her uncle Zack coming over along with several of her friends from school. Her hair was still brown and shiny, they were so long that they reached her lower back. They were a bit wavy and she just loved it when he father brushed them softly for her.
"You're very pretty princess!" Damon said as he put a little tiara on his daughter's head.
"I love you daddy!" She replied as she jumped in his arms.
"I love you too baby… More than anything in this world…" He said before he kissed her on the forehead and let her go down stairs to greet her friends.
After the party, Damon made Rachel her favourite meal and they spent the evening alone, as a family. Zack had to leave to attend an important meeting for work and so they were all alone once more.
"Daddy, why don't I have a mommy?" Rachel asked out of the blue as he had her on his knees, ready to watch her favourite Disney movie: "Beauty and the beast".
She had realized that if her friends all had mommies and daddies, most of the times, it was their mommies who would drop them of at school and pick them up later… Why did she only have a dad? Why didn't she have a mommy? She had been wondering this for the past few days and finally gathered the nerve to ask her father. She didn't want to hurt his feelings by making him think that he wasn't enough for her because he was totally enough… She just wanted to know why she was so different… Having a vampire dad was special enough… Did she have to be that different from the others?
"Well baby, you do have a mother of course… But… she didn't want to be a mother… So I decided to raise you on my own…" He said.
Damon decided right there that he would not lie to his daughter. He would tell her the truth as long as it didn't hurt her feelings… If needed he wouldn't hesitate to use the famous 'I'll tell you when you're older' line on her…
"Didn't she love me like you do?" Rachel asked, her big brown eyes showing her sadness.
She had always been bright for her age and Damon sighted when he realised she had managed to see though him. He knew that Rachel was sad at the idea that someone who was directly linked to her by blood would hate her so much… He tried to explain as best as he could:
"Rachel, do you remember how I told you that you were special and that when you grow older you'll turn into such a special woman?" He asked her and when she nodded he kept going:
"Well, it scared your mother… Your mother, she wasn't ready to be a mother …and knowing how special, beautiful, smart and talented you were going to be scared her so she decided not to have you… But I didn't let her because I already loved you so much that I couldn't bear the thought of loosing you… So I gave her a lot of money and everything she wanted so I could keep you with me… And I don't regret my choice baby because you're the best daughter I could have ever asked for!" He said looking her in the eyes to show her he was being sincere.
"I love you too daddy! I don't need a mommy as long as I have you!" Rachel declared before she snuggled into his arms and turned to the TV.
Damon was moved by what she had just told him and smiled softly. His daughter was an angel… He couldn't have wished for a better daughter if he had known he wanted to be a father in the first place…
Who would have thought that Damon Salvatore, Lady killer, would be such a good father?
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