The next day, they packed quickly and were on the road before noon with a few sandwiches and bottles of water.

Damon drove really fast and they arrived at the Boarding House just in time for dinner. He smiled as Rachel ran in the arms of his nephew and a bright smile appeared on the man's face.

Dinner time was very joyful and Damon used that opportunity to show how the bracelet worked and he put it on she it would show him to be older.

"Do I still look good?" Damon asked with a smirk as they all turned to the mirror. Indeed, since they knew about the bracelet, they saw him just like he always was.

"You're always good looking daddy!" Rachel said.

"Thanks Princess." Damon said.

"I've got to say you do look different… It's weird how 5 years of aging can change a man…" Zack replied.

"Do you think Stefan would recognize me if we ever crossed path?" Damon asked.

"I don't think so… You look familiar and he'd probably think you're a distant relative or something but I don't think he'd recognise you…" Zack replied.

"Good then…" Damon replied before he put Rachel to bed, promising her they would go to the park the next day.

Later, after Rachel fell asleep, Damon and Zack were drinking Bourbon and talking.

"I've got to say… It's good to see you!" Zack said.

"Still no woman in your future?" Damon asked, teasing.

"No, I don't think so… For the same reasons you don't want Rachel to meet Stefan, I don't want to put anyone in his path… I don't want him to snap at the wrong moment…" Zack explained.

"I'm sorry…" Damon replied.

"It's okay… At least I gained a brother and a niece right?" The human Salvatore said.

"Yes, you did!" Damon clapped his back before he finished his drink and told him about Sage and how fast Rachel had won over the old vampire.

The next day, as promised, Damon (he is still wearing the bracelet) took Rachel in town. They were having lunch at the Grill when Zack texted Damon to tell him that Stefan was in town for the day because he wanted to pick up some things from his room. Damon then decided to stay away from the boarding house, after warning his daughter to be careful.

They went in the park and ran into Bill Forbes and his daughter, along with Carol Lockwood and her son. They, of course, remembered Rachel and Damon and while Rachel played with the two other kids, Damon caught up with their parents.

"So, how long are you in town for?" Carole asked him in a flirty tone.

"About a week… Rachel's school is on break so we decided to visit… She missed Zack!" Damon replied.

"You really do love your daughter…" Carole said softly.

"She's my world…" Damon replied before they stirred the conversation toward more mundane subjects.

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Later, after promising he would be back the next day around the same time with Rachel, Damon and his daughter calmly walked back toward the Grill where he had left his car. On the way, he saw his little brother ahead of them and held Rachel's head tighter.

"What is it Daddy?" She whispered, seeing him so tensed.

"This is Stefan!" Damon replied quietly as he nodded toward the young man walking toward them.

Rachel looked up to the young man with dark hair and green eyes who walked in their direction with a pensive look on his face.

Stefan walked pass them and didn't recognise his own brother. He saw them, he had looked up right when he crossed them, but he didn't recognise his brother… He was only 5 years older and yet his little brother didn't recognise him… Not even the scent…

"Bambi blood really has him weak…" Damon muttered as Rachel squeezed his hand and smiled brightly at him. He smiled back and they went in the car, driving home.

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"Did you cross Stefan?" Zack asked as soon as they parked the car.

"Yes, but he didn't recognize daddy at all!" Rachel replied.

"When he came here, he asked if I had visitors… Rachel's fairy tale book was out… I told him my brother was here for a visit with his daughter. He argued that I didn't have a brother… I told him that because he didn't know about it, it didn't mean I didn't have one…"

"How did you explain it to him?" Damon asked as they walked inside.

"I told him that my parents didn't want you to be in danger with two vampire uncles so they hid you away every time one of you would come by... I don't know if he really bought it but he didn't argue. He went in his room, grabbed a few things and left again…" Zack explained.

"He looked pensive when we saw him in front of the Grill…" Rachel said.

"Yeah, I think I hurt his feelings when I mentioned that my brother was named Damon, after the one uncle of his who could control himself and who knew him… Uncle Damon, you're you own Godfather!" Zack joked, making them all laugh.

They stayed the week, as planed, and Rachel spent her afternoons playing with Caroline, Tyler and sometimes other kids from founding families. She met Elena Gilbert once but didn't like the girl at all… She thought that Elena Gilbert was self-centred and mean…

Damon liked this almost normal life he was having and after they got home, he promised himself they would come back to Mystic Fall's later.

When Rachel turned 7, they decided to move and Damon let his daughter choose.

She chose Ohio.

He found them a good house in Lima and they moved in time for the beginning of a new school year.

Okay, so this was just a small chapter until they moved...

Next chapter we reach season 1 of Glee... I'm not sure yet how I'll write this one... I'll probably go over it quickly since I have so much planed for later...

IMPORTANT QUESTION: What songs should Damon and Rachel sing together? Please tell me what you think (song and singer if possible, in case I don't know it!) I already have a couple planed but we never know, maybe your ideas will inspire me to put more in it...

Review please?

Thanks for the reviews and everything else, I love you guys!

Lorelei Candice Black