The end of the school year went by very quickly and soon, it was time for Damon and Rachel to move to MysticFalls. Damon had bought a house in town and had put it under Rachel's name so nobody that wasn't invited could come in.

On the day they arrived, the teenage girl invited both her father and her aunt Sage in and they all looked around the house before they started to unpack. Sage stayed with them long enough to help Rachel with her room before she left again in her search for her love's coffin.

As soon as they moved in, Zack came by to tell them that Stefan was in town and that he was planning on staying for a while. He had arrived last may and decided to stay only recently... he was planing on staying a few years.

"Well, he won't recognise me as long as I have my bracelet on… I might take it off later to taunt him a bit but until then we're pretty safe. He still thinks I'm your brother?" Damon replied as they were all in the living room.

"Yes, he still does… I wrote down here the details of what I told him and everyone your life was…" Zack said as he handed Damon a piece of paper.

"Good." Damon said as he read the paper.

"So we're good for now right? I just hope that Stefan won't get too suspicious once in school…" Rachel replied.

"Don't worry baby… We'll find some vervain weapons for you to defend yourself… Plus, we have the council on our side!" Damon said, trying to reassure her.

"About that…when I told them that you were moving back here for good they asked me to invite you to the next founder's council… they're quite exited about it!" Zack informed him.

"Great… What's the gossip?" Damon asked as Rachel chuckled.

"Liz and Bill Forbes separated a while back… Bill was cheating on her…with another man!" Zack revealed.

"How is Caroline taking it?" Rachel asked.

"She's making her mother's life hell while enjoying the attention her father is showering her with!" Zack replied.

"There's more…" Zack added.

"What is it?" Damon asked, sensing that Zack was turning serious.

"A few months ago, Grayson and Miranda Gilbert had a car accident and died…. Their daughter Elena was with them but Stefan saved her." Zack informed then.

"Poor Elena…" Rachel said, even though she had never seen much of Elena, loosing both of your parents had to be hard.

"Damon… Stefan told me that… The reason he is staying is because he is falling in love with Elena Gilbert…" Zack added.

"Well, falling for a human isn't the best idea he ever had, especially with his poor control but it's his choice…" Damon replied, not seeing his point.

"He's falling for her…but… I think it's because she looks exactly like Katherine."

Everyone remained quiet for a few minutes.

"When you say she looks like her you mean like she had some resemblance with her?" Rachel asked, knowing her father needed time to process it. Even if he didn't love her anymore, speaking about her still reminded him how he had been used.

"I never saw Katherine but Uncle Stefan told me that Elena was like a living double of Katherine… it turns out that Elena got adopted when she was a kid…" Zack informed them.

"Rachel, I want you to be careful around this Elena Gilbert… I don't care if she acts nice right now, if she's related to the bitch, you need to be careful!" Damon told his daughter who nodded her head.

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The rest of the summer vacation went on nicely. Damon made sure he was seen in town with his bracelet on and with Rachel. He met with the founders on several occasions and made sure to take Rachel with him every time.

Rachel was keeping in touch with Puck. He wasn't one to write big emails but his answered, even if they were short, were always complete and straight to the point. He gave her news of the other New Directions but Rachel didn't care much about the other: they had done nothing to be nice to her and had ignored her for several years, she wasn't about to go out of her way for them. She would see them at nationals, if they made it.

Damon was officially welcomed in the Founder's council mid-July during a Barbecue at the Lockwood's. Rachel managed to meet several of the other founder's kids and got along pretty well with Tyler, even if he mainly tried to flirt with her. She also got friendly with Caroline Forbes and a few others.

"Making friends Rachel?" Zack asked her while making sure Stefan didn't come near her.

"Not really… I mean they're all nice but I don't think any of them has the potential to be a real friend…" Rachel replied.

"How about boyfriends?" Zack asked with a chuckle when he saw Damon turning his head toward them.

"I don't think so…" She replied, chuckling as well.

"I see Tyler Lockwood has taken an interest in you…" he said.

"He's too much of a player for me I think… But I feel we could end up being friends…" Rachel said.

"You think?" He asked her as Damon's eyes narrowed on the youngest Lockwood boy.

"He can be charming when he wants to... I could fall for him I think!" She replied.

"okay, as long as your careful… I missed having you around Rachel!" Zack added as he hugged her to his side.

"I missed you too Uncle Zack!" Rachel replied.

They could see Stefan listening on their conversation from his place further away, he wasn't really being discreet about it either. Zack had told them earlier that he asked Stefan to stay away from them because he didn't want to put them at risk… Stefan had argued that if they were Salvatore he deserved to know them as his family but Zack insisted and Stefan ended up agreeing…for the time being.

Apparently, from what Zack could tell, Elena didn't know what stefan was yet but they sure had gotten closer... If they weren't dating yet they would be soon.

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