He was glad that she was home. Finally home. He hadn't spent a lot of time with her lately because of his sister, but now he had her all alone; wrapped up in his arms.

"You've been spending too much time with my sister."

"I thought you would want us to bond?"

"I do but she sees more of you than I do."

"That's not true."

"Yes, it is," Stefan said turning her to face him, "but that's okay as long as I have you now."

Bonnie smiled and closed her eyes when their lips met.

"And you too baby. Tell mommy to start hanging out with daddy." He pressed a kiss to her belly and ran his hand across it.

Their eyes went wide and stared at each other. "I felt a kick," Stefan said shocked.

"Me too," Bonnie said in just as much shock as Stefan.

Bonnie moved his hand to where she felt pressure and he smiled when he felt his child's hand against his palm.

"Daddy loves you so much." Stefan stated then kissed where he felt the kick.

Bonnie smiled and intertwined their fingers. Stefan leaned up and connected their lips.

"You know what I just realized?"

"What?"

"That there's an actual person inside me."

Stefan smiled and kissed her again. "Yep, our little baby is growing up in there."

"I love you, Stefan."

"I love you too, baby."

Their lips met again and even though he wanted to talk more with her and just stare into her beautiful eyes, he could tell that she was tired so he kissed her and told her to close her eyes.

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Stefan rolled his eyes, he was starting to get more annoyed with his sister as the day passed. He understood why Bonnie called her because of the baby kicking, but when she stayed over longer, it was taking away his Bonnie time.

He started to wonder when they got so close at such a short time, They were basically tied at the hip and throw Elena in that mix, he was going to get a migraine.

"Well, girls it's been fun, but bye-bye."

"Stefan..."

He ignored her tone and placed his hands on the backs of his sister and Elena and led them to the door. He waved them off then closed and locked the door. Bonnie smiled and shook her head as Stefan sighed walking over to her.

"Finally," Stefan said and kissed her lips.

"Why are you so mean to your sister?"

"Because she's my sister and she was a pain in the ass I was always looking out for her when she would get herself in deep shit."

"But she's changed right?"

"Ehh," he shrugged.

She smiled. "You know what I think? I think you two should go out for dinner. Just the two of you."

"Why?"

"She says she misses you and-"

"When did you guys have this conversation? You just met like two days ago."

"Us girls work fast. No, but seriously, you should call her."

When she saw the look on his face knowing that he was going to deny her request, she kissed him before he could get a word out.

"Please," she begged against his lips, "for me?" She started kissing him again moving his hands down to her ass, and by the groan she earned from him, she knew she got her way.

"Fine," he kissed her, "only for you."

Stefan leaned in to kiss her again, but she pulled back, "Yay, you're the best." She kissed his lips then escaped his arms.

"I feel like I've just been tricked into something!" Stefan shouted after her.


Stefan sighed as he looked at himself in the mirror. Bonnie had picked him out an outfit to wear for his dinner with his sister and he didn't understand why he had to wear the suit jacket but he'll probably just take it off in the car.

"Well don't you look handsome." Bonnie smiled standing behind him.

"Tell me again why I have to wear a suit."

"Because," Bonnie said turning him around, "the place you're going is pretty fancy and you just can't waltz up there in jeans."

"Why are you so…concerned about my relationship with Sash?"

Bonnie smiled because she loved it when he called her that. "I never had a sibling or much of a family growing up. After the accident, my grandma took care of me, but then she passed and I was on my own basically. You're different, you have a sister who loves you dearly, and I want to make sure you make the best of it."

Stefan frowned and promised himself that he would not only try but actually get along with Sasha. He leaned in and kissed her nose. Bonnie giggled some causing him to smile.

Stefan moved his hands to her face running his thumb across her cheek, "I love you."

"I love you too."

Their kiss was cut short by the ringing of the doorbell.

"Who's that?"

"Elena. I called her over to keep me company."

"I'll let her in, I should get going." Stefan kissed her a few more times before heading down the steps.


He checked his watch again then sighed at the time. His sister was late and it was taking everything in him to not up and leave. He looked like some guy who got stood up on a date and was and was about to say fuck it, but he saw his sister walk through the door. His anger quickly turned to concern when he saw the look on her face, he could tell she was trying to hide whatever it was and he hated to call it twin instinct, but he knew something was up.

"What's wrong, Sash?" Stefan asked once she sat down.

"Nothing."

"Sis, I know you better than anyone. What's up? Is it Michael?" Stefan knew he was right because when he brought up her fiancé's name he saw her flinch.

"What did he do? Do I need to beat his ass?"

Sasha smiled. "No, I'm fine we just got in a little fight, that's all."

Stefan relaxed a little. "About what?"

"It was stupid," she said shaking her head, "I thought we were joking around but he took it seriously and we had a stupid fight."

"I'm sure everything will be fine, sis, everyone fights, right?" Stefan offered a smile.

"Yeah." She smiled slightly back.

The waiter came over and they ordered their food and drinks. They decided on a glass of wine each then would switch to water.

"So, how's Bonnie and the baby?" She smiled when she saw him smile.

"They're good. I uh, I gave Bonnie grandma's ring."

Sasha opened her mouth in surprise, "Did you-"

"No, I didn't propose, I just, you know, I really like her- I love her."

"I'm happy for you, Stefan. I really am. You know I honestly never pictured you starting a family ever since you know who."

"Neither did I," Stefan admitted, "it definitely wasn't planned, but I'm glad that it happened."

The rest of the dinner they spent talking about different things that were going on in their lives. Sasha was having trouble planning the wedding, she felt alone in the whole thing and without really thinking about it, Stefan offered to help. He was just going to recommend Bonnie, but he didn't want her to do much work and go under possible stress with the baby. He could tell his sister was surprised by his offer but gladly accepted and seeing her smile such a genuine smile, Stefan felt like he did the right thing.

"Just don't ask me for fashion advice, we'll get Bonnie for that stuff."

Sasha chuckled then cut into her chicken. "You got it."

They then switched to baby names. Stefan didn't really have anything in mind figuring it was best until "the sucker pops out" and Sasha shook her head at his words but agreed with him.

When they finished their meal and Stefan paid for the bill, they decided to go for a little walk around the block. Their arms were linked just enjoying the silence of the night and the stars twinkled and every now and then they would see Christmas lights wrapped around various trees.

"Get home safe, sis." Stefan said then closed her door.

She waved him goodbye before pulling off and he watched her safely turn the corner before he walked to his car.

By the time he got home, it was pretty late and he expected Bonnie to be fast asleep so he was surprised to see her up. He kissed her lips then frowned at the tiredness in her eyes.

"What are you doing up?"

"I can't sleep, the baby has been kicking me almost nonstop for the past hour."

Stefan rolled her shirt up her stomach and glided his hand across her growing belly and stopped when he felt a kick. His lips moved to the spot on the side of her stomach and placed a kiss there.

"Hey, baby, it's daddy." Bonnie smiled. "It's sleepy time for mommy so try to cool it in there, alright?"

"Cool it in there?" Bonnie chuckled.

He shrugged. "It's going to work. Watch, once I get out the shower, I bet you'll be fast asleep."

"What if I'm not?"

He smirked. "Then we could figure out another way to put you to sleep."

Stefan kissed her and got off the bed heading to the bathroom.

"Don't listen to daddy," Bonnie said once she heard the water start.


Bonnie sighed waking up in Stefan's arms. Although the baby listened to Stefan's words, she got a good night's rest. Feeling a little bored since Stefan was asleep, she ran the tips of her fingers along the length of his forearm feeling his blonde hairs tickle her fingers.

"You really turn me on when you do that," Stefan said after some time.

Bonnie smiled and continued the movement and her smile grew wider when she heard him groan.

"You're such a tease."

"Who says I'm teasing you?"

Stefan raised a brow and pushed down on her shoulder so he could look at her. "You want to?"

"…Yeah."

Stefan peeked up. "You don't have to tell me twice."

Bonnie giggled as Stefan's lips attacked her neck.

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At first, it was nice, people congratulating them as they took their stroll around town, but now it was annoying. Bonnie told him that he was just being a snob so he shut up about it and just smiled at the people who walked by them giving them their congrats. They made it to the ice cream shop that Bonnie loves and he ordered her a strawberry cone as she found them a place to sit.

"Thank you." Bonnie smiled as he gave her the cone.

"You're welcome, love."

"Tell me about Tracy."

Stefan was just admiring how good that ring looked on her finger when she asked the question that he never wanted to hear. He was tired of explaining and the last thing that he wanted to talk about was his ex with his current.

"I really don't want to."

"How about I tell you something about my Tracy and you tell me something about yours."

"Baby-"

"My Tracy's name was Alex. Now it's your turn."

He sighed. "My Tracy's name was Tracy."

She smiled. "Alex and I dated for six years. He was the person that I leaned on when my parents died, I thought I was going to marry him."

"What happened?"

"You tell me something first."

"Right, uh, Trace and I dated for eight years, we were high school sweethearts, I guess and I was going to propose."

"Alex," she let out a sigh, "ended up cheating on me. It was when I was dealing with the accident stuff and, you know, we were physical and all but I just wasn't in the mood, I distanced myself, I was pushing him further and further away-"

"Why are you blaming yourself?"

"I mean it's kind of is my fault."

"It's your fault that he cheated? Baby, I love you, but that's stupid. You were going through something and instead of him being a little bitch and cheating on you, he should've been there for you. Not in another woman's bed."

She smiled slightly, "Thanks."

He moved his hand to the side of her face, "I've never loved anyone the way I love you, Bonnie. Not even Tracy and that's saying a lot. Now I feel like kicking this Alex's ass for hurting you." She smiled. "My relationship with Tracy was toxic. She had me wrapped around her finger, I sang her praises day and night. Anything she wanted I'd give it just to please her in some way. If she wanted to flirt with other guys, then I'd let her. I'm sure she's cheated on me multiple times but I didn't care, she had my heart. Everyone saw it and told me, but I didn't listen nor did I see it at the time.

"One day- one day she asked me to stop talking to my mom she said that she was feeding me lies about her when all that she was really doing was telling me the truth. I've cut friends off for her in the past but that's my mom, you know, I wasn't going to do that. She got so angry at me, she was really pissed and started yelling questioning my love for her. She told me how I used to do anything for her and basically telling me what everyone was saying previously. How I was wiped, how I was tightly wrapped around her finger and it hit me that I didn't want to be with someone like that but before I ended it, she did. I didn't get to have that satisfaction to let myself free. I slept with random women then leave them when it's over so I could never be in that situation where I couldn't let myself free. Then came you. I woke up and I was in bed alone, a twenty missing from my wallet." They both smiled. "I should've known that you were different."

She was tempted to kiss him but she felt moisture on her hand and grabbed napkins to clean up the melted ice cream. Stefan helped as well them shortly, they left the shop.