STEFAN'S POV:
Caroline and I had been back in Mystic Falls a week; and as I arrived to pick Leo up from school, he hurried over to me and wrapped his arms around me…
"Hey, bud." I greeted him "Everything okay?"
"Mommy's here." he informed me "She wanted me to go with her."
I swallowed a lump in my throat and bent down to his level… "Why don't you head to Daddy's car? It's just over there, can you see it? Watch where you're going as you go across the car park, okay?"
Nodding his head, I watched as he took my keys from me and made his way across the car park, reaching the safety of my car, climbing in and shutting the door behind him…
"Nice of you to show…" Elena scoffed "At least I actually bothered to be here on time."
"I was in a meeting and it ran a few minutes late, unlike you who was here on time because she has nothing to do with her day." I replied "What are you doing here, by the way?"
"I came to see my son." she informed me
"After all this time?" I questioned "I'm surprised he hasn't forgotten about you, given that Caroline and I are moving forward with our plans for her to adopt him."
"Her what?" she asked
"You heard." I informed her "Caroline's planning to adopt Leo, and myself and my Mom and Dad are backing her all the way. There's nothing you can do to stop it."
CAROLINE'S POV:
I stood in the kitchen, waiting for Stefan to answer the phone when he answered, Leo speaking…
"Hi, Mommy…" he greeted me
"Hi, mate," I mirrored "is Daddy driving?"
"No, he's talking to Mommy, well my real Mommy." he replied
"Where are you?" I questioned
"At school," he informed me "I'm sat in his car while he and real Mommy talk."
I swallowed a lump in my throat… "Okay, mate. Well could you get Daddy to call me when he comes to the car please?"
"Okay, Mommy," he replied "see you soon. Love you."
"Love you too." I mirrored
STEFAN'S POV:
I smirked as Elena stared at me shell-shocked and turned on my heel to walk away, her hand grabbing my arm as I did so…
"What?" I asked
"You can't do this, Stefan." she replied
"We can and we are." I informed her "If you want to see your son and have a relationship with him, sort your life out, for goodness sake."
Turning again, I walked across the car park, Leo climbing into the back as I did so…
"Right, bud, is your belt on?" I questioned as I climbed into the car
He nodded his head… "Mommy called."
"What did she want?" I asked
"I don't know," he replied "she wants you to ring her."
CAROLINE'S POV:
I'd just finished scrubbing the kitchen sink when my phone started to ring. Seeing it was Stefan's caller ID, I answered it and sighed… "Hey."
"Hey." he mirrored "Leo passed on your message. What's up?"
"Can you pop to the grocery store on your way home?" I asked "I forgot we'd used all the milk this morning; and we need bleach too."
"Are you stress cleaning?" he questioned
"No…" I replied
"Caroline?" he inquired
"Okay, fine, I am." I sighed "Leo said you were talking to Elena."
"I was. And we were only talking, I promise." I informed her "I told her about our plans."
"Right." I replied "And what did she make to that?"
"She's not happy," he admitted "but we'll talk more in private later, okay?"
"Okay." I mirrored "See you soon. Love you."
"Love you too." he replied
STEFAN'S POV:
"What do we need, can you remember?" I asked Leo as we walked around the grocery store
"Milk, bleach, and ice cream and flowers for Mommy." he informed me
"Good lad." I replied "High five!"
Smiling warmly as he smacked his hand against mine, I grabbed a basket and we began to make our way around the store…
CAROLINE'S POV:
"Mommy, we're home," Leo shouted into the apartment "and we've got presents for you. Close your eyes!"
Doing as he said, I informed him that my eyes were closed and heard his and Stefan's footsteps make their way through, two things being placed in my outstretched hands…
"You can open your eyes." Leo informed me
I smiled widely as I saw that there was a tub of ice cream sat in one hand, and a bouquet of flowers sat in the other. Setting them down on the side, I hugged Leo tightly and moved over to Stefan as we pulled apart, pressing my lips against his…
"Hi." I greeted him
"Hi." he mirrored
"Yuck!" Leo proclaimed
"Go and get out of your school clothes please, Mr," I replied "and put them in your wash basket with your PE clothes too."
Watching him as he walked out of the room, I wound my arms around Stefan's neck, his coming to rest on my waist… "Are you okay?"
He nodded his head and rested his forehead against mine… "I can't believe she had the audacity to show up at the school though. Leo was freaked."
"I'm not surprised," I replied "maybe it's time we took the next logical step and took her off the emergency contacts list?"
"Is that what you want?" he questioned
I nodded my head… "But it's your decision. Leo's your son."
"And soon enough he'll be yours," he replied "we make these decisions together."
Smiling at him warmly, I pressed my lips against his, pulling away from him quickly as I felt him begin to walk us backwards…
"Later." I whispered against his lips, touching mine to his once more "I promise."
Elena showed up at Leo's school – good job Stefan arrived in the nick of time. How do you think Caroline's application to adopt Leo will go?