Damon sat on the stool next to the man who had asked to see him.

"Hey, I'm Rachel's father… You said you wanted to speak with me Mister Salzmann…" He said.

"You can call me Alaric… Salzmann is too much of a mouthful!"

"So, you said you wanted to talk about my ancestors from the founding days?" Damon asked.

"I know they are still alive! I know about the town's council and I know you are part of it... I also know that Stefan is a vampire." Alaric said in a quiet voice so nobody else could hear him.

"How?"

"My wife…dead...ex-wife… She researched the supernatural a lot before she… Well, I know she tried to contact the vampire Damon Salvatore before she disappeared and I wanted to ask him if he talked to her, if he knew what she wanted from him… I fear I know the answer but I need it from him…" Alaric said.

"Closure and all…" Damon guessed.

"Yes…Do you know how to contact him or do I have to ask his brother Stefan?" Alaric asked.

"Stefan isn't the best person to question right now… Especially when it comes to his big brother…" Damon was about to keep on talking when he heard Rachel and Tyler.

Both he and Alaric turned around to see Tyler zipping his pants back up as Rachel ran out of the Grill, crying.

Everyone was watching the couple like it was the best show ever... probably the most interesting part of their day too.

"Why don't you come by the boarding house later tonight? I have to take care of my daughter right now!" Damon said urgently before he ran after his princess.

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He found her crying against the car. He opened the door without a word and she rushed inside.

"What's going on baby?" He asked her.

"You were right about Anna… I'm sure she compelled him or something…" Rachel said, not adding anything as her phone started ringing.

"Hello?" She answered, seeing it was Caroline.

"Hey, I just arrived at the Grill, where are you?" Caroline asked.

"I'm on my way home… Tyler… He… He was having sex with that girl… I… I just…" Rachel couldn't say more, she was crying too much and Damon was doing his best to stay in control and not go and rip the boy's heart out.

"I'm on my way! I'll be right there!" Caroline said immediately.

"Princess, what can I do to make it better?" He asked her.

"Nothing daddy… It's a part of life, right?" She said sadly.

"Do you want me to call your aunt Sage?" He asked, knowing she would be best to deal with this without killing anyone.

"No, last we talked she had a lead on the location of Finn's coffin… I don't want to interrupt… You know that she'll drop everything to come here, even if she's about to get the coffin… I'll deal with this… It's human right?" Rachel said.

"You're very mature baby…" Damon said as they arrived at the Boarding house.

Rachel had barely gotten into her bedroom when Caroline rang the doorbell. Damon opened it for her.

"That bastard, I'm going to kill him! I saw him kissing Matt's mother the other night and he assure me it was just a mistake, that she was the one who kissed him and that it wouldn't happen ever again… I'm going to kill that low life!" Caroline was muttering under her breath as Damon opened the door for her.

"She's in her room, I'm going to step out for a while, make sure she's okay please?" Damon asked the blond girl.

"Sure Mister S." Caroline replied before she walked into Rachel's bedroom and trying to cheer her up.

Also the blond cheerleader promised herself to make sure Rachel wouldn't forgive Tyler… He apparently wasn't ready to be in a steady relationship.

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Damon drove straight to the Lockwood's and rang the doorbell.

He couldn't help but be disappointed when Richard answered. He would have loved to kick Tyler's ass.

"Damon? What are you doing here? Come on in!" Richard asked as Carole joined them.

"I'm trying to keep myself from murdering your son!" Damon said furiously.

"What? What did he do?" Carole asked as Richard gave Damon a glass of Bourbon after serving himself one.

Carole left the room to call her son then. He had just gotten home in a hurry and now she understood why.

"He cheated on my daughter! The other night he kissed Kelly Donovan, Caroline saw him and less than an hour ago Rachel caught him having sex with some girl at the Grill, in the corridor!" Damon raged.

"Mister S…" Tyler said as he came into the room.

"It's Mister Salvatore to you boy! You're lucky you're still walking!" Damon said, fighting really hard to keep his vampire face hidden.

"I'm so sorry… I really like Rachel you know… She's a great girl and…" Tyler started.

"You're damn right she's a great girl! I raised her well and even though she knew you were a player she gave you a chance… You better find a way to fix this! I will not have my daughter devastated because once more she put her trust in the wrong person!" Damon raged.

"I… I'll try to fix this… I'm really sorry Mister Salvatore… I don't know how it happened…I…"

"Stop this son! Don't make us the offence to lie like this!" Richard said.

"Now if you'll excuse me I have a daughter to console…" Damon said as he walked out of the house and back to his car.

Why did he come here in the first place? His first instinct had been to go there to hurt the boy but when he hadn't been there, instead of going away, he still came in… What did he expect Tyler to do anyway? He wouldn't allow the boy to date his daughter again…

Sighting, he drove back to his house to hear Caroline list to Rachel all the reasons why she was better off on her own right now as they ate Ben and Jerry cookie dough ice cream in front of Funny girl.

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