Two weeks earlier they had spoken in Hope's kindergarten class about jobs. Each child had their own ideas for their dream jobs everything from princesses to police men. When Hope came home that day she had in her mind exactly what se was going to do. She walked in and set down her purple backpack before telling everyone. "I want ta be an astronaut!"
Since her announcement the girl had been obsessed with space. All of her barbies rode on the toy spaceship that Elijah had gotten her. Every one of her drawings that hung on the fridge was stars, space, or her personal favorite a rocket ship. Each night at bed time Klaus would make up stories for her about going to space and touching the stars.
All of the love for space inspired Freya so she asked Hayley, Jackson, and Klaus to get Hope out of the house for the weekend. They took her out to the bayou to spend the weekend with the wolves. It was enough time that with Elijah's help Freya took everything out of Hope's room. Once the room was empty Freya brought in supplies and paints.
"So what exactly is your master plan, Freya?" Elijah asked, standing in the doorway and watching her get set up.
"Hope needs a rocket ship." Freya told him as she opened the first can of paint, a blue that was bright like the night sky.
As she put on the first coat of paint Elijah stayed in the doorway. He was dressed far too formally to be doing any painting. Even if he was not Freya would not want help it was her project. After a half hour he stopped watching, going about his daily routine. Every once and a while he would go back to the room to check in the progress. Soon enough the pale pink of Hope's room was gone replaced with a blue that matched the beauty of the night sky.
The next time he came in with something for her to eat their were stars shining in beautiful silvers and whites, some even glowing in the dark. He smiled and set down the blood for her on the ground near the ladder. "This is beautiful." He told her with a smile.
Freya looked over at her brother, face and hands stained with paint. The sight caused Elijah to laugh, she was a mess. Freya got down from the ladder and gave Elijah a kiss no doubt getting paint all over him. "Thank you, darling."
Once she had eaten something Elijah left her alone to work again. Next came the planets that were spaced out over the walls. The finishing touch was the rocket ship. It closely resembled the one that Elijah had given Hope. Once it was done Elijah came back to the room. He stood looking around at everything before smiling. "Hope is going to love this."
Once everything had dried they moved the furniture back in to the room. At the end of the weekend they brought Hope back into the room. The girl had a grinned that stretched over her entire face. Once she had seen it she ran to Elijah and Freya, hugging them both
"Thank you!" Hope said as she held onto both of them.
They could not help but be happy that their little astronaut had loved her rocket ship.
