Sophi and Amber were pleasantly surprised when they entered the kitchen in their school uniforms. The table was set with fresh yellow flowers in a vase in the middle of the table. Bailey was just putting the jar of juice on the table when the two came in.
"Good morning!" The table looks beautiful." Sophi said with a cheery smile.
"And it smells nice in here! Go dad and Bailey." Amber said.
"Well I" Stephen started to say but Bailey quickly interrupted him.
"Helped me with everything even baked the bacon crispy." Bailey said with a smile.
Stephen laughed softly and played along. "That I did. I think I'm a natural." He said and wink at Bailey.
"Well I can't wait to taste dad's bacon." Sophi said and walked over to the breakfast table.
"Good morning people." Josh greeted as he entered the kitchen. "What's on the menu I'm starving?"
"Lamb chops roasted to perfection. French fries with a fresh Greek salad. You can take a seat my good sir we were just about to dish up." Stephen said.
Josh looked dumbstruck. "Really? We having that for breakfast?"
The look on Josh's face was so comical that everyone burst out laughing.
Josh shook his head and said. "I should have known it sounded too good to be true."
Amber laughed and said. "Hey don't worry we can make that for tonight."
"Or order take outs like aunt Bonnie and uncle Damon does." Sophi said.
"Your aunt and uncle have money. We don't." Stephen said over his shoulder with a smirk.
"We don't? Why are you telling it now after I told all my friends we're billionaires." Josh said with wide eyes. Sophi, Amber and Bailey laughed at him.
"What billionaire's son drive around in that old truck your driving in?" Amber joked with him.
"Now she's being mean to my Suzy. No more free rides for you on rainy days Missy." Josh said.
"I can use a lift if you don't mind." Bailey said with a soft smile.
"Anytime sis." Josh said with a smirk.
"Okay I'm sorry I love Suzy." Amber said and hit him playfully on the arm.
"All I want to know is when are you going to give Suzy to me? You said I can have her." Sophi said to Josh.
"Don't forget the part where I also said you can have Suzy when pigs starts to fly." Josh said before he stuffed his mouth with egg omelette. He gave Sophi a bright smile and winked at her.
Stephen almost choked on his coffee. He coughed behind his hand and laughed softly. Amber were laughing out loud. Bailey smiled and shook her head.
"Where's Neil?" Stephen asked.
"Still taking his beauty sleep. He needs it more than I do." Josh said.
"Says the one who has the same face as Neil." Sophi said with a sweet smile.
"The babysitter will be here soon Josh I want you to show her around where Anna and Francois stuff is." Stephen said to him.
"Is she hot?" Josh asked with a smirk.
"That's if you think your mother is hot too. Their the same age so behave." Stephen said.
Sophi and Amber burst out laughing. Bailey too.
"Eeuw dad how could you even think that of me." Josh said faking hurt.
Stephen looked at his wrist watch. "I'm going to love and leave you kids." He kissed his daughters on the head all three of them and when he walked pass Josh he kissed him on the head too. Stephen smiled when the three girls burst out laughing.
"Girls don't make fun of you brother. He needs love too." Stephen said with a smirk.
"Uh thank you for the kiss dad my head feels all warm and fussy now. I'm even blushing." Josh said. Stephen laughed out loud as he walks out of the kitchen.
"Bee you ready to bounce?" Josh asked Bailey.
Yup I'm ready." Bailey said and quickly took a last sip of her coffee.
"Hey what about us big brother?" Amber asked.
Josh smirked and said. "There's plenty of space on the back just keep your arms tightly wrapped around your heads okay."
"Why?" Sophi asked curiously.
"I don't want the wind to mess up your hair and blow it in all kinds of directions." He said and laughed softly.
The girls laughed with him.
"Just joking! Okay get your stuff I'm going to get my truck started." Josh said to them.
The Salvatore Home
"Zoe? Dylan? Come on guys were going to be late for school!" Kenzie called out at the bottom of the stairs.
"Coming." Zoe said as she came rushing down the stairs. "Does my hair look okay? I can't find my brush anywhere."
"Just brush it with you fingers."
"So easy for you to say Kenzie." Zoe said and pulled a lock of her curls in frustration.
"Relax your hair looks perfect and besides your only going to be in school for two hours. I wish I was you." Kenzie said with a smile.
Dylan joined them and together the three walked out to where Cayllum were waiting for them in the family's SUV.
...
Bonnie knocked softly on Alex's bedroom door. "Alex are you awake? Can I come in?" She waited for a few seconds for him to reply but nothing came. Bonnie slowly turned the doorknob and went inside.
"Hey do you mind If I sit with you for a while." Bonnie asked as she made her way to his bed. He was still in bed staring up at the ceiling deep in thought. Bonnie walked to his bed and took a seat next to him. She took his hand in hers and kissed it softly.
"I really don't feel like talking mom." Alex said. He was thinking about Sam and the things she said to him and he was still angry. At her. At his dad. At the world and he hated feeling like this. He hated them for making him feel like this.
"Remember when you turned four your dad and I bought you your first bike. This adorable bright little yellow bike." Bonnie said and laughed softly. "We took you out and boy were you scared to ride it. Your first try you ended up flat on your back. Second try didn't go so good either you fell on your knees but through it all you never gave up and you didn't shed one tear. I knew then and there that this boy of mine is a fighter with every fall you got up with a smile and you got right back on until you called out and said look mommy I'm doing it. Look at me mommy." Bonnie said and closed her eyes at the sweet painful memory.
"I loved that bike. I went to so many places with it." Alex said after a while.
"I know, you took me and your dad to the chocolate factory." Bonnie said with a soft laughed.
"Not just any chocolate factory. Willy Wonka's chocolate factory." Alex said and smiled fondly at the memory.
"Yes, that's the name Willy Wonka. You were free Alex. A lively boy with a beautiful mind. A mind that can create a world far beyond any of us and you are still free and as you got older your mind just got more beautiful and strong so don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I know you stand for something you won't fall for anything." Bonnie said and lay her hand on his cheek.
"Sam lied to me. Dad the man I looked up to my whole live he lied to me." Alex said in a raw voice.
"And it won't stop with them. You know you will meet people in your live that will lie to you. People that are really close to you will lie and hurt you and that's something that some of us can't escape. Its already laid out for us. That's the hard reality of life. Damon is not perfect. He never was and he never will be and that's something I chose to live with because I love him. I love your father with all his faults and short comings but I ... I ... have my fears Alex. I fear that day when everything comes crashing down and not even my love for him will be enough to save us all."
Alex took his mother's hand and said. "I hope that day never comes. I can't imagine the two of you not together."
Bonnie kissed him softly on his head. "Use this beautiful mind to choose the right path. I love you Alex. I will always love you." Bonnie got up from the bed and walk to the door.
"Mom?" Alex said sounding like her lost little boy.
Bonnie turned back to him with tears in her eyes.
"I love you to the moon." He said with sad eyes and a sad smile.
"And back." Bonnie said as her tears rolled down her cheeks.
Mayor Salvatore's Office
Kate knocked softly on Damon's door.
"Come in."
Kate went in and said to Damon that his brother is here to see him. Damon nodded his head for her to let Stephen in.
"Thank you Kate." Stephen said before walking in and closing the door behind him.
He walked to Damon's desk and took a seat. "Good morning brother you called and now I'm here." Stephen said with a smile but his smile soon faded away when he saw Damon's face. He looked sad, tired with dark circles under his eyes. "Damon?"
"One more to kill and than I'm retiring from taking scum out of this world" Damon said and rubbed a hand over his face.
"Damon what are talking about? Brother are you okay?" Stephen asked with a worried look on his face.
"I should have killed the bitch when I had the chance Stephen. Cayllum warned me but I didn't took him serious." Damon said to himself.
"Damon what the hell are you talking about? I'm freaking out here."
Damon looked at Stephen with crazy wild eyes. He had a mad look in his eyes.
"Damon are you still taking your pills?" Stephen asked calmly. He knew that look in Damon's eyes all to well. Damon was back and embracing his dark side like an old lost friend.
Damon suddenly smirked and said. "I'm fine brother or I will be fine when I see Sam's lifeless eyes in front of me."
"I take it Sam is the girl Alex is dating. Why do you want her dead Damon?" Stephen asked still sounding calm and in control. He can't afford to freak out it will only edge Damon on. He needed Damon to get whatever it is he needs to get out without adding more panic.
Damon smirked and leaned back in his chair. His eyes dark with rage and a intense lust for blood. His hands trembled lightly with excitement at the thought of them around Sam's neck. "Get comfortable brother because you wouldn't believe what I'm about to tell you."
ML High School
Cayllum was on his way to his next class when he saw a girl standing there with a piece of paper in her hand. A lost look on her face. She looked around her helplessly. What strike him about the girl was that she was dressed in black from head to toe. No school uniform on. She must be new and not familiar with the strict rules of the school. He thought and made his way to her pushing and shoving lightly through the learners who are eager to get in time to their next class.
"Hey are you lost?"
The girl looked at him with a frown and said. "No I'm not."
"I see everyone heading in directions and than I see you standing out like a sore thumb. You must be new right" Cayllum asked with a smirk.
Stacy who is one of the school prefects and taking her prefect duties very seriously approached them with a look of disgust on her face. "Excuse me are you at the right school because here we don't dress up like a goth priestess. We have school uniforms as you can see so will you kindly remove yourself from our school premises." She said at the girl.
"She's new here Stacy give her a break." Cayllum said to Stacy.
"Cayllum shouldn't you be in class? Or by Zoe's side instead of concerning you with my school duties that does not concern you." Stacy said with a sweet fake smile.
Cayllum smirked. "I believe you need the marks more than I do Stacy."
"I can write you up for that Cayllum." Stacy said her cheeks red from embarrassment.
"Your Principal knows about me. I will wear my school uniform tomorrow but right now I don't have one or do you want me to strip naked just because black is not your favourite colour?" The girl asked Stacy.
"Just make sure you have your school uniform on tomorrow." Stacy said with a displeased look on her face.
"Thank you I will now if you will excuse me I should get to class before I turn something into a frog." The girl said with her eyes on Stacy.
Stacy wasted no time in getting quickly away from the girl.
Cayllum laughed softly. "Well you just made your first enemy."
"Like I care. I'm used to it by now." The girl said and looked down at the name written on the piece of paper in her hand.
"Mr Slinder his our science teacher follow me." Cayllum said to her.
"We're in the same class?" the girl asked with a frown.
"Sadly it looks that way. I do hope we don't get all out subjects together so you can stop frowning before your face stays like that." Cayllum said with a smirk.
The girl sigh before following him to Mr Slinder's class.
The Salvatore Home
Bonnie was downstairs playing with the twins when her phone beeped. It was a message from an unknown number.
Halloo Bon can you meet me at the Plaza Hotel room number 204 I need to talk with you very urgently oh and sorry I'm sending you this message from a different number I think I accidentally blocked my sim. I will be waiting for you. Stella
This must be about the letter Jack wrote Stella but why meet in a hotel room but than again Stella was always unpredictable and I'm really curious to find out what's in Jack's letter. Bonnie thought to herself.
She looked at the twins and kissed them each on the cheek. "Mommy's got to go can I leave you with Alex?"
The two cuties smiled and nodded their heads yes.
"Will you stay this sweet and not set your brother on fire?" Bonnie asked.
The two nodded their heads yes and laughed. Bonnie laughed with them and picked them up. "When Zoe gets back you guys can play with Aslan okay?"
"Yes! Yes!" the two cheered and peppered their mom with kisses.
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