Rachel was having a very good last day of summer vacation. She had gotten a couple of emails from Puck, giving her some news and Mercedes, asking her for advises. She was about to shut her computer off when she decided to go check out Facebook. Quinn had sent her the link for an online interview of Shelby Corcoran.

Deep down, Rachel knew that clicking on the link was a bad idea and would only bring her bad things but she was curious as to why the blond cheerleader wanted her to see this so she pressed on the link and read.

It was in interview of Shelby Corcoran by Jacob Ben Israel about the adoption of baby Beth.

"I always wanted to be a mother. It's a desire I've had in me since I was very young… I always knew I would have children some day and when I got into that accident and found out I wouldn't be able to have kids anymore, I decided that adoption was a great idea… I only regret that I couldn't have had children earlier on in life… My biggest regret is not having a child of my own, who shares my DNA!" Shelby said.

Rachel was frozen… Not only her mother didn't want her and thought she should die but she went so far that she ignored her very existence in front of people who knew the truth… Rachel was hurt…very hurt and when Damon came in the room to tell her that dinner was ready, he found her seating by the window, looking out and with silent tears running down her cheeks.

"What's wrong Princess?" he asked her.

She didn't reply but gave him a nod toward the still open computer. When he saw the article, he growled before rushing to Rachel.

"I know it hurts baby… But you have me… I'll never leave you… You also have Sage… Do you want us to do something about it with Shelby?" he asked.

"It wouldn't be right… she has a baby right now… It wouldn't be fair to take her away from a child that she loves… I'll be fine…"

"Okay… if you say so…" Damon replied before he added "You coming to eat?"

"I'm not that hungry daddy… I think I'm going to go to bed and make sure I'm fully rested for tomorrow." She replied.

"As you wish Princess… Sleep well!" He said before he kissed her forehead and left the room.

He knew his daughter was nervous. During their time here, she didn't really make a lot of friends… She was friendly with Caroline but nothing more since the blond was best friends with Elena and the Gilbert girl hated Rachel for some reasons. He knew she had spent some time with Jeremy Gilbert, Matt Donovan and Tyler Lockwood but she was not comfortable spending too much time with them since the three boys seemed to be interested in more than friendship with her… She had spent some time with April Young too and even if the girl was younger, Rachel and her got along pretty well. Too bad Pastor Young sent her daughter to study out of town…

Well, at least she wouldn't be lonely… she'd have the three boys ready to help her… Hopefully she would make more friends soon…

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The next morning, Rachel was her happy self again and she ate her usual breakfast, followed by her usual half hour on the elliptical.

"Ready to go Princess?" Damon asked her.

"Yep!" She said before she asked him "Will you be driving me?"

"Actually, you're going to drive yourself…" He said as he showed her outside "…With your brand new car!" He finished, showing her a beautiful black Volvo with a big golden bow on top of it.

Rachel jumped in her father's arms to thank him before he told her there was a GPS inside and that everything was ready for her to go.

When she sat herself in the car, she realised that a MP3 with all of her favourite songs was installed. As she looked through it, she smiled when she saw a playlist called "Daddy's list'. It's with a happy state of mind that the human Salvatore drove herself to school and entered the building.

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Next chapter see how Rachel first day at Mystic Fall's high goes.

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