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"Bonnie, you never told me that you had a brother in law. Or a niece." Bonnie gave Elena an apologetic look.

"Sorry, 'Lena." She said, finishing setting up with one of the stations.

"I saw him in the cemetery yesterday, too. I went to my parent's gravesite and I saw him but I had no idea who he was." Both Bonnie and Caroline gave Elena an almost distraught look. Elena caught on to it but decided not to press the subject because in all actuality, it was none of her business. She just met the guy yesterday and she didn't have a right to pry into his personal life, even if he is her best friend's brother in law.

"He's been through a lot." Caroline said, taking a sip of her coffee that I brought her. "We all became friends in high school. Soon enough, all three of us were inseparable and we met his brother, Damon."

Elena was trying her best to listen to Caroline but truthfully, hearing everything, hurt her. Mainly because she wasn't there for anything. She wasn't there for the parties, or the football games, or the cheering competitions, or even graduation. She wasn't able to graduate with any of her childhood friends and that hurt her. Caroline waving her hand in front of her eyes broke her out of her trance.

"Sorry, Care. Continue."

"Anyways, at first Bonnie wanted nothing to do with Damon. She really made him work for her, you know?" Caroline was telling Elena about Bonnie's story right in front of her, but apparently Bonnie didn't care because she wasn't interrupting her. "Eventually, she agreed to go out with him and they got married. As for Stefan," Bonnie elbowed Caroline in her side signaling her to stop talking because it wasn't really her story or place to tell. Besides, the door opened and they all looked over and seen Stefan and Arianna standing by the door.

"Aunt Bonnie!" Arianna ran away from her father standing by the door and right into Bonnie's open awaiting arms.

"I missed you, kiddo." Bonnie said giving her a kiss on her cheek.

"I missed you, too auntie." Bonnie released her from her embrace and Arianna made her way to Caroline, who knelt down so she was eye level with her and pulled her into a hug. After she made her way over to Elena. Elena didn't know what to do so she knelt down and gave her a little hug too. When she stood back up, the little girl looked up adoringly at Elena.

"I'm sorry she's here early." Stefan said coming over to join the group of girls. "I have to go into work a little earlier than usual." Of course he was going to make his usual stop in the morning, visiting Rebekah. He hasn't taken Arianna there yet, fearing that she wouldn't be able to handle standing over her mother's grave at such a young age. He did regret it but he figured he would take her when the time was right and she was older.

"It's no problem, Stefan. Really." Bonnie said, walking over to him. Arianna walked back over to her dad and he knelt down a little so that he was able to take off her jacket for her. When he stood back up after giving her a kiss on her forehead, he let his eyes wander over to Elena, remembering the for some reason unknown to him, he thought of this stranger before he went to sleep. He gave her a light smile, his way of acknowledging her without speaking.

Arianna tugged on his pant legs so he turned his attention back to his daughter. "Daddy, don't you want to talk to Elena?" Stefan could feel Bonnie and Caroline's eyes seep through him. Arianna's question caught him off guard because he didn't even have a reason to talk to Elena. "Don't you want to tell her what you told me yesterday?"

Elena looked at him and it took everything he had to not look back up at her. Instead, he kept his focus on the adorable little girl in front of him. "I can't right now, sweetie. I have to go to work."

"Are you visiting mommy first?" Arianna was well aware that Stefan had a routine at the beginning of his day.

"Yes angel. I am." He knelt down and gave her a kiss on her forehead again before standing back up. "I will be by a little after 5 today to get her."

"Okay." Bonnie and Caroline said in unison.

"Love you, Ari."

"Love you too, daddy." He waved and turned around to walk back out the door that he had came in.

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Elena really enjoyed volunteering but all day she couldn't help her thoughts from wandering to the conversation that was had this morning. Arianna asked Stefan if he was going to visit her mother and she had a sinking feeling in her stomach that her mother was the one that he was visiting yesterday, too.

Much like the day before, Arianna had been attached to Elena's hip. Because of this, Caroline and Bonnie let Elena have Arianna in her little group of five. It had been a very productive day and the place was in total disaster. It actually looked like a tornado had swept through. At this point, the only child left was Arianna. Caroline told Elena that she would be fine by herself in the house area so they started to clean up.

Once the place was almost cleaned, the door opened and Elena looked over to see a guy that had black hair and piercing blue eyes. Bonnie walked over to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek, having a smile on her face the entire time. Bonnie grabbed his hand and led him to where Elena was cleaning up an area.

"'Lena, this is Damon, my husband." Elena noticed the huge smile on Bonnie's face when she mention the 'husband' part. "Damon, this is Elena. My best friend for as long as I can remember." Damon stuck his hand out for Elena to shake, so she did.

"It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Elena. Bonnie's told me so much about you." Elena wished she could tell him that Bonnie has told her a lot about him but she hadn't.

"It's nice to meet you, too."

"Listen, 'Lena, Damon and I have dinner reservations. Do you mind if we step out?"

"No, the place is almost clean. I'm sure I can handle finishing." Caroline had left a little after they started cleaning due to some sort of emergency. She didn't say what.

"Are you sure?"

"Go, Bon. I can handle things here."

"Stefan should be here in about a half an hour to pick Ari up." At the mention of her name, Arianna came running out of the house area.

"Uncle Damon!" She squealed, as if she hasn't seen him in a year. She ran into his awaiting arms and he lifted her off the ground, setting her on his hip. He gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"I missed you baby girl." He said, smirking.

"I missed you too! When can we go to Disney Land?" She asked him, giving him an adorable smile, showing off her teeth.

"I'll have to check my schedule." He said teasingly. He set her back down on the ground.

"Elena's my best friend." She said changing the subject. Damon placed a hand over his heart, mocking offense.

"I thought I was your best friend." She giggled slightly.

"You were. Then I met Elena!"

"Ouch. I'm hurt."

"But I still love you!"

"You better."

"You're going to stay here with Elena until your dad comes to get you. Okay, Ari?" Bonnie said giving the little girl a light smile.

"Okay!" Arianna said excitedly. "Goodbye Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Damon. Love you!"

"We love you, too." Bonnie said. "I'll see you both tomorrow." Elena waved and watched as they walked out the door. She turned around examining the room. She only had a little left that had to get picked up.

"Why don't you finish playing in the house area while I clean up?" Elena asked looking down at Arianna.

"I can help you clean. I help daddy clean my room all the time!" Elena never seen anyone excited about cleaning, never mind a four year old.

"Okay, why don't you pick up those papers over there?" Elena said pointing to the table in the far corner of the room. Arianna took off running to the table. Elena was picking up play dough when she came back over to her, handing her the papers. After a few minutes, the only thing left was the house area that Arianna was in.

"I can help you in here, too." Arianna said trailing behind Arianna.

"You don't have to."

"I want to!" She said, overly excited again. Elena couldn't help but smile. This little girl was absolutely adorable and she loved how attached she was to her. "My daddy said you are pretty." Arianna said. Elena put the toy doll away in its rightful place and couldn't help the blush that ran up her cheeks. After it went away, she turned to look at Arianna who was putting away fake food into the cabinet drawers of the fake refrigerator.

"Why did your daddy say that?" She asked, taking a seat on the floor after she picked up the remaining toys and put them away. Arianna took a seat on Elena's lap.

"I asked him." She said looking at Elena with those big green eyes. She smiled up at her.

"Hello?" They heard from around the corner. She didn't even hear the door open. Arianna got up off her lap and ran out of the house area and into her dad's awaiting arms.

"Hi, daddy."

"Hi sweetie." Elena got up from her seat off the floor and made her way to way Stefan and Arianna were standing.

"They left you here by yourself again?" Stefan asked her, noticing that Bonnie and Caroline were nowhere to be found. If she didn't know any better she'd swear that they were doing it on purpose.

"Yeah, Caroline had some sort of emergency and Bonnie had dinner reservations with Damon." Elena ran her fingers through her hair, suddenly nervous and she had no idea why. "I don't mind though."

"It's because she gots to spend time with me, daddy." Arianna said looking up at her father.

"Is that so." He set her down on the floor and she ran to get her jacket. She brought it back over to him and he helped her into it, zipping it up after. "Did you behave today?" She nodded her head yes.

"I helped Elena clean, too! Just like I help you clean my room." He scooped her back up into his arms.

"I'm glad. Say goodbye to Elena, sweetie."

"Can I give her a hug?" Elena's heart melted. No one was ever attached to her like this little girl was and she couldn't have been happier just by her asking that question.

"Of course." He set her down and she took off running to where Elena was standing. Elena bent down and gave her a hug.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Arianna."

"Bye, Elena." Elena waved to them before they walked out the door. She checked everything, shut the lights off and grabbed her stuff out of the closet. She put her jacket on because she walked out into the crisp winter air and walked out the door and to the direction of her car.

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"Shit." Elena hit the steering wheel of her car. She turned the key in the ignition yet again, and it still wasn't starting. She looked across the parking lot, noticing that there was a car still there, not too far from hers, but not wanting to go over there because she was paranoid.

After internally debating with herself, she reluctantly got out of her car and walked over to the other one. "Excuse me." She said and the guy turned around.

"Everything alright, Elena?" She had gotten lost in those green eyes, completely forgetting why she even walked over there to begin with.

"My car won't start." She said after regaining her composure.

"I'll look at. You probably just need a jump." He hopped into his car after shutting the door to the back seat and drove so that he was near her car. She leaned against her car after popping the hood. Arianna was waving to her and smiling from the back seat so she did the same.

"She's adorable, you know." Stefan looked up from where he was looking in the trunk of his car for jumper cables.

"Thank you."

"She attached herself to my hip." After getting the cables out, he popped his hood and connected the cables.

"She likes you." He said looking at her, smiling slightly. "She doesn't attach herself to anyone like that easily. I guess you're special." She couldn't help but smile as she felt the butterflies in her stomach start acting up. "Try to turn your car on." She went around to the driver's side and turned the key. Sure enough, the car started. She hopped out quickly. He unhooked the cables and went to put them away. She closed her hood and leaned against the car.

"Thank you for your help."

"It's no problem." He said standing by his car. They were staring at each other for a few moments, not even realizing until Arianna broke them out of their trance.

"Daddy, I'm hungry!" She yelled through the window.

"We're leaving."

"Okay."

"Thanks again." She said turning away.

"No problem." They both got in their cars and drove away in opposite directions.

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