So I'm working on a couple of longer stories, like three chapters or more. And planning those took up some time. Since I know how they are going now, I decided that I'm going to get some of these one shots out and asked around for some ideas. This is for Lighting's Halo who wanted to see the first time Elena realizes Gabe would make a great father.

Hope you all enjoy and please drop reviews and ideas!

Elena turned over as she felt her blankets being pulled away from her body. Her body felt cold as she tightened her grip on her pillow. It was too early she thought as she turned to her side. She peeked up to see Isabel standing there taunting her to get out of bed. She turned and looked at her bedside table clock that Isabel made. Then she realized that it read nine.

"Thanks for waking me Isa," said Elena as she got up out of the bed and threw on her dress. The sisters ran down the hall and into the dining room where the rest of her family was waiting. They must have been sitting there for about an hour before they could eat. "Sorry!"

"Finally," said Esteban as the cooks brought out the food. He just looked hungry more than annoyed with Elena for being late.

Elena grinned at her abuela who winked at her. At least they could all get food and not have to worry about eating for another couple of hours. The group continued to eat around as they shared plans for the day. Isabel was working on her clock inventions. Francisco and Luisa were spending the day together. Esteban was going to meet up with Dona to talk about some trade agreement. Elena was going to go with them as well, before deciding that she wanted to take a day of. That way she could spend some girl time with Naomi.

Outside in the hall they heard some shouting, however, just as they were finishing up.

Curious, Elena went out of the dining room to take a look around. What she saw made her giggle a little to see Mateo with four kids around him. One was gripping on his leg, another in his arms, one tugging on his wizard's robe, and the final one jumping around him. Mateo himself looked natural with them but still very much a mess.

Mateo caught her eye as he waved to her. Elena shared a look with Isabel as she saw the young girl come over to her. Elena recognized the children as his neighbors, Florita and Abel's, kids as she saw the familiar hair and green eyes. They were cute and they seemed to remember her as they all waved hi. Then promptly continued to ask Mateo for stuff.

"I need your help," said Mateo as one of them tugged at his clothes. "Normally I can watch Carolina and Rafael but when I have Normando and Belen it gets hectic."

The girl with long brown hair tugged at his robe. Then the voices started to blend together a little bit as Elena was getting confused at the voices from different directions.

"I wanna learn magic!"

"I wanna see the boats!"

"I need to go to the bathroom."

"Poo."

Then in his arms did the baby start to cry having presumably wetting itself. Hearing this Elena promptly took the child from his arms as she started to sing a small lullaby to keep him in check. She was going to have to change the diaper soon enough. The kids looked over at her and curtsied to her as they just quieted down.

From her spot Elena saw Naomi come into the castle for them to hang out today. Since it was her off day Naomi didn't exactly have plans. Maybe they could all just help Mateo out with the kids he was babysitting. Then coming from the other way, she could see Gabe. Perfect. All four of them could babysit together today, that would be fun.

"All four of us could take one," said Elena perkily. Next to her Isabel slinked away not wanting to help with that right away. Elena shook her head knowing her sister wanted to work on that personal clock that she had on her mind. "You, me, Naomi, and Gabe could just help you babysit before their parents could pick them up."

Naomi looked surprised before taking it in stride. Gabe did too as Elena flashed them all a look to just go with it. It wasn't like they had many plans today. They would all hang out for the afternoon.

Mateo de Alva surveyed over the kids and decided that this was too much for one person to handle. Five kids counting Olivia as he just decided to go with it. She was going to start to learn how to mix potions and instead he was babysitting. His neighbors dropped off their kids and then he still had Olivia today. This was just going to be one hectic afternoon, he thought with a sigh. It would be an experience alright.

"Alright," said Mateo. "I'll watch Carolina since she wants to learn magic and Olivia is coming and she'd be able to show off some of her stuff. Rafael and Belen can't come with me though, they're too young for magic."

Not to mention super dangerous to have any kid under the age of five in his lab. He didn't want them to get into anything and mix things that he might not be able to fix. Who knew what would happen that. Mateo shook his head as he knew that he didn't have to take care of five kids.

"I don't want the youngest give me the next oldest," said Naomi. She had a preference for the older kids anyway, they were less of a hassle she supposed.

"Okay that means you can take Normando," said Mateo as he tried to pass the four-year-old off to her. He clutched on Mateo's legs before he reluctantly went over with Naomi. Normando actually knew Naomi from before he was just shy about leaving Mateo.

"I can take the baby," said Gabe as Elena was wanting to take care of Rafael but she wordlessly passed him off to Gabe. She wanted to take care of him but the little girl was a too adorable to resist. Belen was really cute with her hair in braided pigtails and a sweet baby face.

"That leaves Belen with Elena," said Mateo as the two-year-old dropped the end of the wizard's robe she was holding. "If we're going to separate, bring them all back here by three. That's when my neighbors will be back."

The kids split apart going with the respective watcher.

"I want to see the boats," said Normando looking at Naomi.

Naomi only grinned knowing that she could do more than just show him the boats. She grinned wider as she took his hand. "I'll be at home if you need me," said Naomi laughing a little. She took the hand of the dark-haired boy as she went down to the boats. "I'll be back by three."

She promised that and then went off with Normando. She would also try to swing it for him to help drive a boat with her dad. A babysitting job and a day with her dad sounded very sweet. Then Mateo looked apologetically at Gabe and Elena.

"I have to go tutor Olivia and take Carolina. Would you two be okay with just Rafael and Belen? I'm sorry that I can't stay with you guys but…" said Mateo letting his voice trail off.

"We get it Mateo," said Gabe holding Rafael close to him.

"Toy?" asked Belen as Mateo got on his knees to remind her to be good. He handed her the plush bunny toy that she had trusted him to carry. Together, Carolina and Mateo went down to the wizard's lab.

With Naomi and Mateo off doing their own thing, that left Elena and Gabe standing there with a baby and a two-year-old. Both shared a look before laughing a little. Elena wasn't entirely sure what do next, except that she was with Gabe and they were babysitting Mateo's neighbor's kids.

"Now what?" asked Elena outright.

Gabe smelt his next duty first as he could tell that the diaper was full. The baby just content since Elena had comforted him and waited to change until everything was sorted out. "First, I'm going to change this diaper," he said with a laugh. "Then we could probably catch Naomi."

"Sounds good to me," said Elena as they walked down to a place where Gabe could change Rafael. They found a random empty room to use. Mateo had handed them a canvas bag Elena only watched as it looked like he knew how to change a cloth diaper. "How did you?"

"Cousins I'm the oldest of 15 and I am a godparent," he said proudly.

She would have never guessed that since she only knew so much about him. She knew about the cousins but not about the godparent part. Elena watched on as she stepped back to see Gabe play with the baby to ease him into the diaper. She smiled as he wiped away the mess with a smile and Rafael giggling instead of crying. Gabe was making funny faces that seemed to occupy him to keep from crying.

He would be a good dad, thought Elena, as she could see it. Gabe with a couple of kids around him teaching fencing or how to bake. Probably very active with them if he didn't have such a demanding job. For some reason Elena couldn't picture what his wife would be like though. The idea of Gabe with some faceless girl annoyed her however. Gabe was a close friend that she wanted to stay around for a long time.

Still watching he wrapped the cloth diaper around the infant. It was sweet as Gabe knew exactly what he was doing. In a way, this was very enduring as Elena watched on. He was very good with babies, she realized as Belen played with her skirt as she twirled around her. Rafael was smiling and giggling up at Gabe as he finished off.

"You'd be a great dad," she said as Gabe looked over at her. He turned red as Elena put her hand on his shoulder. "I mean that, you would be and I never knew it until today."

"Gracias," he said mustering up a word. He wasn't sure if just changing a diaper would show that. She must have saw something in him that he didn't, yet he appreciated the compliment. He kept a steady hand on Rafael to keep him from rolling off. He thought about how Elena would be married one day with a kid of her own. He could see Elena being a great one, just like her own. "You'd be a good mom."

Elena turned pink a little as it was silent except for the hum of the little girl. Belen was humming some random tune as she danced around the room. Both of them were rather close as Elena felt the warmth between them. She tried to brush that feeling off but it was a great feeling. They meet eyes about to say something else, but that was broken by a new voice however.

"Ride!" said Belen pointing up at Gabe. He shrugged and handed Rafael to Elena as the baby dribbled a little. She gladly accepted him as Gabe swung Belen up and over his shoulders. "Yay!"

"Now let's go find Naomi and the others," said Elena as she found a way to wrap Rafael on her. "Mateo can't play with magic all day and we just need to get them away. It shouldn't be too hard..."

"Me," said Belen as Elena just knew if anyone could do it, it would be the kids as they laughed and headed on down to the lab. This was going to be an experience.