Authors Note: I've been dying to write a Ric/Daughter fic for a while and I hope you guy's like it. The girl's sixteen, and it's a Jeremy/OC fic R&R and let me know what you think of it and I'll continue. The lyrics beneath are from Sarah Mclaughlin, Full of Grace (The title of the story) and they will appear in every chapter. It won't follow the story line really but I'll try to make it similar in everyway possible.

Disclamier: I do not own any of the character's unfortunetly but I do however own my own Character Grace, Kallie and Chris Anderson.

Lyrics for the story: The winter here's cold and bitter
It's chilled us to the bone
We haven't seen the sun for weeks
To long too far from home
I feel just like I'm sinking
And I claw for solid ground

I'm pulled down by the undertow
I never thought I could feel so low
Oh darkness I feel like letting go

If all of the strength and all of the courage
Come and lift me from this place
I know I could love you much better than this
Full of grace
Full of grace
My love

So it's better this way, I said
Having seen this place before
Where everything we said and did
Hurts us all the more

Its just that we stayed, too long
In the same old sickly skin
I'm pulled down by the undertow
I never thought I could feel so low
Oh darkness I feel like letting go

If all of the strength
And all of the courage
Come and lift me from this place
I know I could love you much better than this
Full of grace
Full of grace
My love

-PROLOGUE-

He was moving around his apartment, picking things up and moving them around trying to, hurridly get ready to go meet his on and off friend. His phone began ringing and he picking it up quickly thinking it was Damon. He rolled his eyes and answered it.

"Damon, I told you I'd be there in an hour"

"This isn't Damon" A female voice said.

"Then who is it?" He asked stopping and biting his lip.

"You remember me Alaric, Kallie Anderson, high school" She said.

"Ahh, Kallie" He said with a small smile "Course I remember you, how did you get my number?"

"You haven't changed a bit have you?" She asked "Still as rude"

He laughed "Just the way I work" He said "Now...how did you get it again?"

"It doesn't matter, but I have something to tell you" She said.

"What's that?" He asked.

"I don't really know how to say it" She said.

Alaric made a face, even though she couldn't see it "You can tell me"

She sighed "It's just that I'm kind of springing it on you"

"Kallie?" He asked "What is it?"

"You have a daughter" She sputtered out.

Alaric froze, wide eyed "I...I have a what?"

"You have a daughter but you moved away before I got the chance to tell you about it"

Alaric said nothing in response, which made the woman panic.

"I don't want anything from you" She said quickly "That's not why I called"

"Then why did you call?!" He demanded finally able to get hs voice asked.

"I just thought you should know" She said in a hushed whisper.

"I have a daughter?"

"Yes" She answered "I just thought you'd like to know before-" But she cut herself off.

"Before what?" He asked raising his eyebrows.

"Doesn't matter" She replied "Her name's Grace Ric" She said.

Grace? His daughter's name was Grace? Wait! He had a daughter?! Alaric's heart thumped in his chest his brow sweating. How did he even respond to that.

"That's why you called?" He asked.

"I just thought I'd tell yoU"

"Tell me? You couldn't have gotten my number before this?" He spat.

Alaric wasn't usually a nasty person, but he was panicking, confused, nervous and uncertain.

"I couldn't get ahold of you!" She said back "I swear I'm not asking for anything! I've lasted this long without any help but it was just in case"

"In case what?" Ric asked.

"That's not improtant" She said "Goodbye Ric"

"Goodbye? That's all you have to say?!" He demanded but the phone line had went dead.

Alaric slammed the phone down on the counter and sighed, his hands instantly going to his face and he let out a groan. Now what?

"Someone's grouchy" A voice said.

Alaric looked up to see Damon, Stefan, Elena and Jeremy standing in the doorway.

"Not a good time " Alaric said harshly.

"What's wrong with you?" Elena asked, next to Damon, Jeremy and Stefan.

"I just found out...some not so good information" Alaric said rubbing the sweat from his brow.

"What would that be?" Damon asked raising an eyebrow.

"I have a sixteen year old daughter" He said not looking at them.

Nobody said anything and they all just stared at him.

"I take it that's not ok with you" Damon said, earning a slap from Elena. "What?"

"No it's not ok" Alaric said "I have a daughter...and if I have a daughter that mean's she's probably in danger"

"I'm sure she's not" Elena said.

"Why is this you just finding out about it?" Jeremy asked confsed.

"I don't know" He said "She said she didn't want anything...but how am I supposed to explain this to Jenna?"

"You just straight out tell her" Elena said.

"Always the truth teller" Damon mocked.

"Damon" Stefan warned. "She's got a point Ric"

"How about you go see her" Elena said with a smile but it quickly dropped when she saw his expression "or not"

"I don't think a hormonal sixteen year old girl is going to want me to just turn up after sixteen years and say "Oh hey Grace I'm you're father nice to meet you after sixteen years of not knowing you exsisted"

Elena nodded and Damon smirked, folding his arms. "We could always find her...bring her here"

"No, no...and no" Alaric said "I think I'm just going to stick to being Alaric Saltzman history teacher"

"But you're her father" Stefan said "Doesn't she have a right to know you?"

"Not really, I mean come on...a vampire hunter...leading vampire's straight to her? Nah, I think not"

They all shrugged "Fair enough"

"Let's just get this over with" Alaric said impaitently his mood was deteriating by the minute and becomming worse and worse. He hoped he'd get over it eventually.

- 1MONTH LATER-

A month had passed since he'd found out he had a daughter, and yet he still couldn't bring himself to believe it or go anywhere near Boston ever again. He walked into the kitchen, where Jenna was sipping coffee and watching the world didn't understand why she watched that crap, there was nothing ever interesting on it, She turned to him with a grin and he smiled back.

She had been shocked when he'd told her, but he explained that he didn't even know himself. She'd asked if he was goona go meet her but Alaric declined saying she was better off with her mother.

Then, something on the news interuppted his thoughts and he gawked at the screen.

"Thirty seven year old Kallie Anderson, was found mauled by what seems to be an animal attack" The news reporter said.

"What is it with all these Animal attacks, they're everywhere!" Jenna said in an almost huffed tone.

Alaric couldn't believe what he was seeing, Animal attack? In Boston? He couldn't tare his gaze away from the screen, even when Jenna said his name. He knew that Jeremy had entered the kitchen, Elena after him.

"What's wrong with him?" Elena asked confused.

"I don't know"

"Ric?" Jeremy said waving a hand in front of his face.

"Sorry...what?" He asked coming back to his senses.

"What's wrong with you"

"That's Kallie Anderson" He said pointing at the screen.

"So?" Jeremy asked.

"Kallie Anderson as in being the woman who called a month ago telling me I have a daughter"

They all stared at the screen, feeling bad for him. He stared and listened in to whatever was being said about the death and the name "Grace" was mentioned and he tuned it out.

"I need to go to work..." Jenna said "Try and make sure...he um is ok"

"We will" Elena nodded as Jenna patted Alaric's shoulder and left the house. Elena moved over to the tv and shut it off and turned to Alaric. "I think you should go to Boston"

"And say what Elena?" He asked.

"Tell her who you are, we'll come too if it makes it easier" She said.

"Elena's right" Jeremy nodded.

"I think this is what she telling me about" Alaric said.

"Who?"

"When she called, Kallie said something about before something happened to her"

"You think it's a real animal attack?" Jeremy asked.

"No"

"All the more reason to go" Elena said "If her mom was killed by a vampire or vampire's then she might need to be saved Ric, it's only fair the girl won't be able to handle it alone"

"Handle it? She's gonna think I'm insane!" Alaric bit.

"Not if Stefan and Damon are there" Jeremy said "Then she has no option to believe you"

"I can't believe I'm agreeing with you" Alaric said shaking his head.

"It's what has to happen, we'll all come" Elena said "I'll call Stefan"

Alaric nodded and looked to Jeremy who patted his shoulder "It'll be fine"

"What if we don't get there in time?"

"We will" Jeremy said nodding "We will"

Alaric nodded trying to settle his heartbeat, that was going about 100mph. He sighed and took a sip of his coffee...not particularly sure if he wanted to do this...he didn't want to bring an innocent young girl into something she might not be able to handle.

(A/N: Hope this is ok, and I'll continue it if you like it, if not oh well :) Anyways Let me know your thoughts on this and I'll see what I can do! - Sam)