After the church ceremony and the burial, they had a nice reception at the Boarding house. It looked like the whole town was there and after Damon confirmed to the Founder's Council that he would still be one of their member and that he would in fact take Zack's very active place, he was able to spend some time with everyone and receive their kind words of comfort.
It lasted a while but once everyone had gone, it was just Stefan, Rachel and Damon (with Bracelet) in the big house.
"Rachel honey, do you want us to keep our house or to move here?" Damon asked her, ignoring Stefan's presence.
Whatever she decided, Stefan wouldn't be able to come back inside but he wanted her to decide where she wanted to live.
"I'd like to move back here… I miss this place… I know we just moved into our house but this feels more like home." She replied.
"It's okay baby. I'll just leave the other house as a safe house in case of problems!" Damon replied before he called a moving company to move their belongings from one house to the other.
Stefan wasn't happy.
He didn't want to leave the Boarding house but they weren't giving him a choice… he didn't want to have to threaten them but the fact that he wasn't welcome into his home was hurting him.
Where could he stay now?
He sighted as he packed his bags, put them all in his car and rented a bedroom at Misses Flowers' Boarding house. He would either prove that they aren't Salvatore and have them removed from the house or win their trust… Which ever came first.
But were they really impostors? The man looked a lot like his bog brother and the girl definitely had Salvatore traits on her face…
After the papers where signed and everything was in Rachel's name, she invited her father in the house and they proceeded in sorting their rooms. It turned out that Zack had prepared, without telling them, a bedroom for Rachel and that they didn't have much to do in it. When she found out, Rachel was in tears again.
He had wanted her here… She would have spent more time with him if it hadn't been for Stefan…
"What is it Princess?" Damon asked her when she came down from her bedroom.
"Zack had the bedroom prepared for me… The wall paper, the bed, she furniture… Everything is designed for me… He even stocked the bathroom with my favourites… He never told me…" She told her father as she walked in his arms.
"He loved you Baby… He wanted us to live together…" Damon said softly, stroking her hair.
"It's all Stefan's fault… I hate him daddy…" She said.
"I know Princess… So do I… I'll do my best to get him to leave town… I promise he will not hurt you!" Damon said as he walked her to a table where a lot of weapons sat.
"What is all this?" Bella asked.
"Those are weapons that Zack and I designed so you could protect yourself… I want you to always have some on you. Here is a pepper spray with vervain in it, you've got vervain darts, vervain perfume…. You can keep that one on you and spray him with it if he comes too close for your comfort… I know the bathroom supplies are the one we discussed… He ordered them from France, they are made with Vervain…" Damon said as he showed her every item.
"Thank you daddy!" she said as she grabbed one of each to take to her room and Damon put the rest away in a cabinet.
"Make sure to keep some in your locker. The principal is on the Council and he knows that you know… You won't get in trouble for having it." Damon added as she nodded and took it all to her bedroom.
Over the next few days, who were also the last days of summer, Sage came to visit them quickly. She of course made sure that nobody could see her since they didn't want Stefan to get suspicious and he knew her. Damon was sure that Sage's presence had helped Rachel deal with the loss of Zack. She was a good friend to him and a good Godmother to Rachel. The day he had run into her at the mall was a blessed one.
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