One Big Happy Dysfuctional Family!

Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Diaries or take any credit for it

"Christian! Your Father is coming in five minutes so bring your suitcase downstairs!" Meredith shouted up the stairs.

"Coming in a second!" the thirteen-year-old shouted back.

Meredith had two children, Christian and Emilia Kolson. They were from her marriage to Kol which officially ended six mouths ago. The court order was two weeks with her and two weeks with Kol. Which was fair, but Meredith hated seeing her ex husband every fortnight. He was so irritating! Worst of all she had a date tonight, her first date since the divorce. Her goal was to quickly give the kids to Kol at 7pm to get picked up at 7:15pm. She was already dressed up.

The children weren't quite normal. Kol was an Original Vampire, so they too are Vampires. They have day rings and will age until they reach maturity. How can a Vampire have children? I hear you ask. Well if they've drunken the blood of a Doppelganger within 24 hours of conception then the human can get pregnant.

Emilia is eleven, she has her mother's hair and her Father's eyes. She's neutral in the divorce but Christian is not. He adores his Father and hates Meredith for leaving him. Emilia was sitting in the kitchen when Christian came down with his suitcase. He entered the kitchen where Meredith was sorting her purse for the evening.

"So your going on a date then" he stated.

"Yes" she replied.

"Who is he?" Christian asked.

"He's a history professor at a University" Meredith answered.

Christian looked like he thought she was betraying his Father. Which was ironic. The the shrill sound of the doorbell echoed through the house. Meredith went to answer the door and found Kol smirking at her. His eyes scanned her up and down.

"You didn't need to get all dressed up just for little old me" Kol jested.

"It's not for you, I have a date" she said coldly as she let him in.

"A date?" Kol said skeptically.

"Yes a date" Meredith sounded annoyed, "The kids are in the kitchen"

Kol followed her into the kitchen.

"Daddy!" Emilia shouted as she hugged him.

"Hi Dad" Christian sounded like he was relived his Father was here.

"Hi, how have you been?" his Father asked.

Before Christian could answer the doorbell sounded. Shit he's early!

"I'll answer that" she said quickly and went to answer the door.

A handsome young man with black hair and emerald green eyes stood in the doorway with some flowers.

"I know it's a corny tradition but I couldn't resist" Harry smiled.

"Thanks, I'll put these in water. Come in" Meredith welcomed him.

"Thank you"

She led him to the kitchen where Kol was sitting down with the children. He gave Harry a territorial stare. But then he got up with a huge fake grin on his face and welcomed him.

"Hello, my name is Kol. I'm Meredith's husband"

"Ex Husband" she pointed out.

"So what do you do?" Kol tried to sound friendly but was failing miserably.

"I'm a History Professor" Harry answered.

"Another History professor! I'm quite knowledgeable about history myself" he boasted.

"You study it?" Harry wondered.

"Living it was more fun"

"What are you doing here?" Harry seemed quite worried.

"Just picking up the kids" Kol said causally.

"Then you should go" Meredith said bitterly.

"Fine, we'll meet again soon I expect" with that Kol and the children left.

"I am so sorry about Kol, he's a lunatic" Meredith apologised.

"There's no need to apologise. Now we're going to forget about him and go on a lovely evening"

Meredith could do nothing but smile back.

...

"Has she dated that guy before?" Kol asked when they were driving.

Christian was in the front and Emilia in the back.

"No this is the first time" Christian said sadly.

"Does your Mother date often?"

"No this is her first date after you broke up"

Kol didn't know what to think or feel. Meredith was the best thing that ever happened to him. He ruined it by getting drunk all the time, sleeping with other women, killing and gambling. She said he refused to adapt to married life which was true. Now she was on a date.

"Have you been hunting recently?" Kol asked, changing the subject.

"Yeah, we go every other night" Christian nodded.

"Would you like to go hunting tonight?"

"Yeah!" both children yelled excitedly together.

Hunting for 'food' (aka, humans) was a family tradition he did with the kids. Meredith hated it she wanted them to be brought up on bunny blood like Stefan Salvatore! No children of his was going to feed like that.

"We'll stop off at the house first" Kol told them.

"Can you turn the radio on please?" Emilia asked.

"Sure" Kol turned on the radio.

The song Pink: Family portrait blasted through the speakers. Kol turned it to another station as it might upset the kids. It's the Fear - Within Temptation then came on.

"Thanks Daddy" Emilia smiled.

...

Meredith sat down at the restaurant table with Harry.

"May I say you look a vision" Harry smiled.

"Thanks" she said shyly.

The waiter handed them the menus. Everything looked so good, she ordered the ziti and Harry ordered a lobster. The waiter went to get their drinks, and came back with a rum and coke for Harry and a white wine for Meredith.

"So tell me about yourself" Harry said as he began his drink.

"Well, I'm one of the founding families of Mystic Falls. I'm a doctor at the local hospital. I got married 14 years ago and I'm recently divorced"

"I have to say, you and your ex look a little young to have a 13-year-old son"

Meredith was also a vampire, she asked Kol to turn her so she could be with him forever. What a stupid idea that turned out to be!

"We married young and we've just got one of those faces that never seem to age" she lied.

"Your lucky" he chuckled.

Hardly!

"So tell me about yourself" Meredith smiled.

"I'm a historian who teaches at a University. I speak four languages and was born in Washington. I moved down here because of my ex wife but she...died a couple of years ago"

"I'm sorry" Meredith sympathised.

"Thank you...so you've got the ex from hell huh?" Harry tried to lighten the mood.

"Oh yes! Kol wasn't an easy person to live with. But that's all behind me now and I'm looking forward to a better future" Meredith confessed.

"He didn't treat you right did he? I'll treat you right" Harry said seriously looking into her eyes.

"I know you will" Meredith beamed back.

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