Chapter 2/?

The young girl sat at the table infront of his at the Brady Pub, and she had been staring at him for the last ten minutes watching every move he made. She was about seven with auburn hair that had been placed into a ponytail on each side of her head,and emeraled green eyes.
There was a picture of a horse on her shirt, and sparkles all over her jeans, while a pair of hot pink tennis shoes were on her feet.

"Hey Mister...im Samantha what's your name?" she asked moving onto her knees in the chair, pushing some hair out of her eyes.

"My name is Stefan, and it's a pleasure to meet you" he replied taking a long drink of his pineapple juice.

Samantha was about to reply when a young woman came up to the table placing a plate of chocolate chip pancakes infront of her.

There you go princess now eat up so we can get to the park okay?" the woman asked, and Stefan sat back in the chair his attention captured suddenly ,and he wasn't complaining one bit.

She was in her early thirties, with long auburn hair that was pulled up into a ponytail. Sapphire blue eyes were framed by long thick lashes, and she had a cute pert little nose that was followed by a mouth that just begged to be kissed. A sudden image of her in his arms, his hands reaching up to gently pull her hair free tangaling in its soft depths entered his for his glass he drained the rest of the juice in one long drink, and it was right then when he decided that she was what he wanted. Her resistance however was going to be futile to say the least, because he was a Dimera after all and whatever he wanted he got no questions asked.

"Mommy, this is Stefan, isn't he cute?" Samantha asked turning to smile at Stefan and he couldn't help but chuckle.

"First of all young lady, what did I tell you about talking to strangers?"

"Your mommy is right Samantha...not all strangers will be as nice as I am": Stefan replied standing up and moving over to their table.

Standing at about five ten he had short brown hair, and brown eyes that reminded her of melted was wearing a dark blue shirt and black dress pants immediately she smelled the cologne he had put on that morning and it smelled sat there finishing up her breakfast, kicking her feet under the table as she tried to hurry because after all they were going to the park, and suddenly she had a great idea well atleast to her it was a great idea.

"Mommy...can Stefan go to the park with us?" she asked innocently and both of them trned to look at her, looks of shock on their faces.

"I don't think Mr. Dimera..." she began only to have him hold up his hand stopping her for a moment interuppting her.

"First of all it's Stefan please and I do have alot of work to do today, however if your mommy would let me get to know you both alot better then maybe I could go to the next one?"

"It's Jaycee Mr...Stefan" she began when he gave her a look that reminded her of his previous request.

"A beautiful name for a beautiful woman..." he replied and she blushed moving to push some hair behind her ear.

"Mommy, can Mr. Stefan get to know us better...please?" Samantha asked moving to take her last drink of orange juice.

Kneeling down next to Samantha he gave her a wink before they both turned to face Jaycee their most pitiful expressions on their faces.

"Please" they both said and she couldn't help but smile before replying.

"How do you suggest we do that?" she asked, and he stood up coming up and taking her hand bringing it to his lips for a soft kiss.

"Would you please do me the honor of having dinner with me tonight?" he asked, and the moment he touched her she felt like butterflies were going crazy inside of her stomach.

"Stefan I..." she began only to have Samantha grab her jacket and stand up looking between the both of them before she spoke.

"Mom listen...you haven't been out since dad left..you deserve to go out and have some fun" she said quietly.

The mention of her ex brought a bad taste to her mouth, and she tried to forget about him as soon as the memory came up. She had told Nicholas he was on his last chance and he had taken it for granted, this time however she had been as serious as a heart attack. The next time came, and the moment she found out she had packed his stuff and it had been waiting for him when he had finally got home later that night.

"I promise I will have you home by ten o clock" he said and she felt her defenses begin to crumble.

"Maybe just for dinner would be okay" she said finally and Samantha simply smiled at her as if giving her silent approval, as she wrote out her information handing it to him.

"Tonight at seven thirty?" he inquired and she simply nodded pulling on her jacket, and he moved to help her with it.

"Thank you and yes seven thirty is fine we shall see you then" she replied grabbing her purse from off the table.

"You know...I will be counting down the hours" he said , and she gave him a quick smile as they started to head for the door.

"Bye Stefan see you tonight" Samantha replied turning to wave, as they reached the door of the pub.

"Bye Samantha" he replied glancing at his watch already trying to figure out how long it would be until he could see them again.

* Later That Day - Jaycee & Samantha's Apartment*