Stefan and Elena have always wanted kids, but they aren't able to have any so they went with their second option.
They walked hand in hand through the doors of the adoption center. They were taken to Julie Andrews office.
"Hello mr and mrs Salvatore I'm Julie Andrews please take a seat" Stefan and Elena sat down in front of her desk.
" I have reviewed your file and home evaluation, and I think you are a great couple. I know you are ready to take on this responsibility. Now I have asked you here today because we have a grave situation, two little girls at the center have just lost their foster parents. They were planning on adopting them but they were killed in a car accident. It was very sad but we would like to place the girls in a new home, there is Ellie and Lennon who are 7.
"That is horrible, wait. . . So two girls?" Elena asked.
"Oh yes sorry if I wasn't clear on the phone, does this change your willingness to take them in?"
Stefan and Elena looked at each other, she nodded and Stefan spoke
"Of course not we would love to have them in our family, are we going to be able to adopt them straight away or is it a foster care thing?"
"It starts out as a foster care, but if you wish you can adopt them within this year"
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After all the paper work was filled out, mrs Andrews continued.
"You will not be able to take the girls home right away. We like the families to spend time with the children for a few days before we send a child away. I will give you a copy of the girls files to take home and look over. Would you like to meet them before you leave?"
"YES!"
Elena started smiling with happiness when they entered the large playroom of children. Julie led Elena and Stefan over to a small table where some kids were having snacks. Julie crouched down in front of a little girl with a white t-shirt, glasses and straight dark blonde hair.
"Lennon can u go get Ellie please"
The little girl ran off and came back with another girl wearing a grey jumper and had dark brown curls.
"Girls this is Stefan and Elena. They would really like to get to know you" Elena was crouched down in front of Stefan smiling at the girls.
"Hello im Elena" she spoke, Julie went to stand back up when a small hand grabbed her hand.
"Are you going to be our new mommy and daddy?" Ellie asked
"Well, they are going to be your new foster parents, in the future they would love to adopt you, I'm sure" Mrs Andrews said breaking the awkwardness.
Stefan spoke " We would love you to come home and live with us right away, but we can't today. We will be back tomorrow I promise"
"Do you want to see our drawings?" Lennon spoke up
"We would love to" Elena said standing up Lennon grabbed Elena's hand and, Ellie grabbed Stefan's to show the way to the colouring table.
"This is a very good sign" Mrs Andrews said to Stefan while walking to the table.
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Stefan and Elena spent the rest of the afternoon making a room with beds,a bookshelf, and lots of toys for the girls. They then went to the mall to buys some new clothes for them both.
Stefan and Elena were laying in bed reading the girls files together. They found there full names were Lennon Marie Isaacs and Ellie Rae Isaacs their birthday was the 2nd of May 2008.
They were taken from their mother when they were four and had been in 3 foster homes. The last of which was about to adopt them.
Their birth mother was addicted to drugs and their father was unknown. Their mother gave up her rights straight after they were taken by the police.
Stefan and Elena were heartbroken that such young children were exposed to such bad lives, they would do anything to make them feel safe.
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The next day Stefan was called into the hospital for emergency surgery, so Elena visited the girls alone. The girls were very comfortable around Elena, they had seen a lot of foster parents in their lives, they were used to meeting new people.
Elena and the girls were playing a game were they told each other facts about themselves.
Elena: " I love pancakes"
Ellie: " I'm scared of the dark."
Elena: " me too, I write books and own my own bookshop"
Lennon: "I can't read, can you teach me"
Elena: " of course!"
Ellie: " we have a little sister, we haven't seen her since our first foster home"
"What!?" Elena was shocked, why wasn't this in the files.
"She was a baby when we were taken from our mom. They put us together in the first home, but then we were separated from her" ellie said
" so you think you could take us to see her?" Lennon asked
"What's her name? I could try and find her"
"Her names Brynlie Stella Isaacs"
Elena left the girls to use the restroom. All she could think about was The girls sister. Where was she? Is she safe? Would she be able to find her?. Before returning to Ellie and Lennon, Elena walked to Mrs Anderson's office
"Hello, Mrs Salvatore, do you have to leave so soon?"
" No I wanted to talk to you about something. . . ."