So sorry it's taken so long but this chapter gav me hell. A reminder Stefan's thoughts are marked like this (I love Stefan)

Previously

"Elena pretty, daddy."

"Yeas she is buddy." I tell him although she is so much more then pretty.

"Can we keep her daddy?"

Hearing a gasp I look up to see Elena looking at us her eyes wide and an open mouth.

Chapter 2

"Braden son, we can't keep Elena she's a person not a possession." I try telling him not sure how to make a five year old understand that you cannot keep a person against their free will.

"But why can't we keep her?"

"Because she's not ours to keep." Looking around to make sure no one has heard Braden ask to keep Elena. Looking to Elena I apologize, "I am so sorry I don't know what has gotten in him today."

Trying to keep a strong face, she tells me, "its okay when I was younger my parents took me and Kath- my sister to Disney World and I wanted to keep the person that was dressed as Minnie-Mouse."

Making sure Braden didn't notice her slip on Katherine's name; I cannot help but ask if they let her keep the person though I already knew the answer but I needed to hear her laugh.

Laughing, "No they had to eventually drag me away."

"That's too bad I bet it would have been fun to keep Minnie-Mouse." I say smirking. We are distracted when suddenly Braden yells to his uncle who just walked in.

Watching him run and hug Damon I see the tears in Elena's eyes. "I am sorry Katherine is keeping him from you." I can't help but tell her.

"It's hard knowing he's my nephew but that he doesn't know me." She says not taking her eyes off Braden and Damon.

"I don't agree with her." I tell her wanting her to know if it was up to me he would know she is his aunt.

"Thank you but I know Katherine and she will never tell him."

Watching her wipe a tear that escaped sends a shot of pain through my heart, I have no idea how to make this better. If I tell Braden, Katherine might try to take him from me and I just cannot have that so for now I will let her have it her way but eventually I am going to tell my son he has an aunt out there that loves him.

Later That Night

As I am tucking Braden in for the night, he asks me another heart-stopping question.

"Daddy why does Elena look like mommy?"

(How am I supposed to answer this without telling him the truth?) "Um well I'm not sure buddy. Do you really think they look that much alike?" (Of course, they do Stefan their twins although I can point out at least 50 things that are different about the two of them.)

"Daddy of course they look alike but why?"

"Um, you know what maybe this is a question you need to ask your mom okay."

"Okay."

"Night buddy if you need I'll be downstairs talking to Uncle Damon okay."

"Okay night daddy."

Leaning over I give him a kiss and tell him I love him.

Downstairs

Walking in to the study, I notice Damon pouring a glass of scotch, "Pour me one while you're at it."

"That bad?"

"Hmm, he wants to know why Elena and his mommy look alike." I say taking a drink of the scotch.

"Well he's a smart kid he was going to realize it sooner or later."

"Has Katherine told you why she doesn't want him to know Elena is his aunt?"

"Nope and I haven't asked."
Sighing I knew it was pointless to ask him but I had to try.

"Has she talked about her family at all?"

"Sometimes but not too much."

"You have something to ask Stefan?" Comes from the doorway.

Snapping our heads up, we see Katherine standing there with her arms crossed and glaring at me.

"Just wondering what is so bad about Braden knowing his aunt." I tell her not wanting to fight, but to honestly know why my son can't know his aunt.

"I am also wondering if anything you told me about her is the truth or not."

She stands there looking at me for a few minutes before coming in and sitting next to Damon. Looking at her, I can see she's getting nervous.

"Mine and Elena's relationship hasn't been easy for a long time. No not everything I told you about was the truth. She wasn't the wild child not really at least. I think what really caused problems were when I found out my high school boyfriend had feelings for her or at least that is what I thought. James and I were very serious and Elena did not care for him at all, she would tell me that when he was around he made her feel scared. But me being well, me I ignored her and it ended up biting me in the ass and caused me to lose my sister."

When she finishes she's in tears besides when our son was born this is the first time I have seen real emotion come from her, besides anger.

"If what happened was about a guy why did you lie so much about your sister?"

"Because when we drifted apart the anger just came so easily."

"I can understand but why can't Braden know her?" I ask, really not understanding her logic when it came to Braden not knowing Elena.

"Because I was…am scared that my son will end up loving her more than me just like everyone else has."

"Oh baby, that will never happen." Damon says wrapping her in his arms.

"I have to agree, you're his mom and he will always love you. But he needs to know his aunt and you shouldn't keep either one of them from knowing their family." I tell her not trying to be mean but she needs to hear it.

"I know I just don't want my sister to hate me the rest of our lives."

"She doesn't hate you I think more than anything she misses her sister." I tell her remembering how Elena looked when talking about Katherine.

"Okay, I tell Braden tomorrow then."

"Okay, just to let you know though he asked me if we could keep her." (Although it was not a bad idea but I am not going to tell anyone, I think that.)

"He what,"

"Yea, he asked me if we could keep her." I say starting to laugh now.

"Oh my god, well he is your son."

Sooo Katherine knows and we got a little more back story. What do you think happened with the ex-boyfriend? Katherine and Damon are nothing like they are on the show. How cute is Braden? I just want to hug him. What do you think Katherine meant by telling Stefan "Well he is your son." Review and let me know what you think.