Just as Elena and Jeremy got home, right in time for dinner, they were surprised to see their uncle John sitting face to face with a very angry looking Jenna.

"What's going on?" Jeremy asked, making both adults look at the two of them.

"John is back in town and wants to stay here." Jenna said.

"As is my right!" John said.

"No it's not. Jenna's got custody of us, not you. Jenna gets to decide who lives here or not." Elena declared.

"Actually…" John started.

"What?" Jenna barked.

"I came back here for a reason. Apparently Elena found out that she was adopted, I thought it was the perfect time to inform her that I am her father. I will be moving in as soon as I manage to get full custody of both Jeremy and her. As for you Jenna, you will be able to go back to your dorm room." John said before he turned on his heals and left the house.

Elena looked to be in shock and sat down on a chair, not moving.

"Elena, you're okay?" Jeremy asked her while Jenna called Alaric to vent.

"I've despised that man my whole life… he can't be my father…" Elena said.

"I can't believe aunt Jenna dated him…" Jeremy said.

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Alaric was still with Damon when Jenna called him.

"He's Elena's father?... Don't worry Jenna, I will help you find a solution… Damon will help too… No Jenna, you won't loose them, don't worry. I love you. Don't worry… See you tomorrow." Alaric said before he hung up.

"So John is Elena's father?" Damon asked.

He remembered John from back when he was visiting Zack and he never really liked the man.

"Apparently so…and he wants custody of both Elena and Jeremy." Alaric explained to Damon, Stefan and Rachel.

"I'll go and check on Elena now." Stefan said, leaving the house.

"What can we do to stop it?" Rachel asked.

"I think we'll figure a way to stop him It won't be too hard… John is unstable and nobody likes him anyway…" Damon said.

"Right, well', I think I should go and help Jenna calm down before I grade those papers." Alaric said, leaving the room.

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The next day, Elena felt super tired. Between her newly found father and her bitchy mother, she didn't know what to do anymore.

"What's wrong Elena, not happy to see daddy again? Between the 2 of us, we'll take good care of you. –I"

"I'm so tired of this thing… I just want a normal day." Elena sighted as she sat with her friends at lunch and showed them the new message.

"We won't let John and Isobel take you Elena, there's no way it's happening." Stefan said with conviction.

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While the others were at school, Damon met with Richard and Liz to explain the situation to them.

"John is Elena's father… I can't believe it." Liz was in awe.

"He's not fit to take care of kids… he's still immature…" Richard said.

"Elena hates him." Damon added.

"What can we do?" Richard asked.

"We just have to try our best to make him feel unwelcome and run him out of town." Damon suggested.

"He wants his rightful spot in the council back…and we can't legally refuse it to him." Liz protested.

"We'll just have to hope that he won't notice when we don't inform him of the right meeting times." Richard suggested.

"I feel like a mean girl in a high school 'let's ruin him' meeting." Liz chuckled.

"Well, he does act like he's back there." Damon shrugged.

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For the next few days, while Elena did her best to ignore the messages she was getting on her cell phone, she decided to tell the entire truth to Jenna, about vampires, Damon and who her mother was. Jenna was chocked but now that she knew the truth, they all knew things would be easier. Jenna now knew never to invite Elena in, to simply let her walk in. If she needed invitation, Jenna now had Alaric and Damon on speed dial.

John was pretty annoying and kept on harassing Alaric so he would get the ring back. Apparently, not only did it bring him back to life, but it had belonged to John first and Isobel had given it to him later… Alaric would have liked to keep it, in a town like Mystic Fall's, it could become useful but he also wanted John away. The ring was a reminder of Isobel and he needed to let it go.

Alaric ended up giving him the ring as long as he left town. John ended up agreeing, thinking he would be able to come back at some point. Before he left thought, he went to see Jeremy and gave him the ring that belonged to him.

Before John left however, Damon and Alaric decided to make sure he wouldn't be trouble. They waited until John left Jeremy's room and they grabbed him, pulling him against the wall in the hall.

They had been exchanging John's daily vervain for days now and since he was vervain free, Damon compelled him to leave town and to never again call his family. He also added in the compulsion that John couldn't ever answer to Isobel and Katherine or contact them in any way. Damon also tried to make him rat Isobel's plan out but since he had been compelled not to say anything, they couldn't do anything about it.

The compulsion worked and so John left town with no desire of ever coming back.

Damon was disappointed, he would have loved for John to put up a fight so he could drain him dry without his ring but he couldn't.

"Why didn't you take the ring back? It can come in handy in a town like this..." Damon asked his friend.

"It's his to start with...and it's a reminder of Isobel... I need to really move on." Alaric replied.

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In her foreclosure house, Isobel was mad when John stopped answering her but she didn't care, she would get what she wanted anyway. She was resourceful enough and had her minions to do her dirty work.

Who needed John Gilbert?

When she was in high school, all she wanted from him was a good time and it ended up with her getting pregnant. Then she contacted him about his vampire stories and his knowledge but when Damon Salvatore didn't reply like John said he would, he became useless. Katherine had then found her and advised her to keep John close by... A human in love with her would always become useful, she knew it.

She had been right of course but now she could do without him. He was getting soft anyway...

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Spoiler: I decided to include Santana in the story... She will arrive some time during Rachel's summer I think.

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