Chapter 24

"Hello, All around Smiles Nursery, Trudy speaking" Stefan and Elena had talked about day-care and that it wasn't fair to stop Ric from having a life, so they needed someone to look after Archer

"Yes, I was wondering if I could stop by for an interview?" they had found out that it was a selective day-care centre so they needed an interview to get in.

"That fine, we have a free space this afternoon, if you and your husband would like to come in then." Elena looked at Stefan who was obviously listening to the conversation and he gave her a smile and a nod,

"That will be fine, we will come in then, what time is it?"

"5 o'clock, and I shall see you then" They both hung up the phone and Elena fell onto the bed, Stefan came over from the chair in the corner and lied next to her, she snuggled up to him and laid her head on his chest.

"We need to talk about school and things Elena. What if he is more Vampire than we can tell at the moment and we only find out when he kills the kindergarten bully." Elena took a deep breath,

"Stefan we won't know till he is older, at the moment he needs to get to know other children his age and people who don't know our secret. It will be good for him, Ric and us."

"I agree but I worry Elena, I really worry" Elena sat up and looked at him, it was a Saturday so neither of them were working and Jeremy had taken, Archer, Miranda and Grayson to the park for the day to leave Bonnie alone with Mitchel, their new son.

"look I need to go shopping, you seem to be eating everything in the house so why don't you come with me and we can spend some time together, that will not involve being naked." He gave her a quick laugh and then set up on the bed,

"I would love that." He kissed her and then went to go and get his car keys.

They had a fun time shopping, they hadn't been out with each other without Archer in months. They brought some stuff for each other and then some stuff for the house but they mainly brought food, were Stefan was persistent to get everything he wanted. They headed home and dropped off all the shopping and then went to the nursery.

"Hi we are her for an interview, where do we go?" they had managed to find a man just inside the door, he smiled,

"Oh, you're here to meet Trudy, I'm Nate, I look after the children under the age of 2." He held out his hand to both of them, he was tall about Stefan's height, he had short spikey black hair, and Elena liked him.

"I'm Stefan and this is my wife Elena. Do you know where we could find her?" Stefan shoved his hands into his pockets, which Elena knew meant he was losing his patience.

"Yes, second door on the left. Nice to meet you." He nodded at them, a little nod letting them know they could leave.

"Thank you." They walked off to the office hand in hand. Just before they got to the door,

"Excuse me, do you think you could do my shoe lace? I want to go outside but Shane says I have to do my shoe lace up and I can't do it." She was talking to Stefan and he could see the tears building up in her eyes.

"Sure, why don't you sit down on that seat and I will help you." The little girl sat down on the seat and wiped her eyes, "what's your name sweetheart?" she moved her hand to sit on them,

"Anya, thank you for doing my shoe lace." She jumped off the chair and ran outside to play with the other kids.

"You don't know how much I love you right now." She kissed him and then they headed into the room.

"Nice to meet you Mr and Mrs Salvatore, please have a seat." She gestured to the sofa next to her chair.

"Please call me Stefan and this is Elena, Mr Salvatore reminds me too much of my father."

She had a notebook open on her lap and a pen in her hand.

"If you don't mind me, I would like to take some notes, it's just to get an idea of you and your child, so I know whether he will fit in around here." Stefan looked at Elena with a smile on his face, while out shopping he had eventually agreed that sending Archer to nursery was a good idea.

"Ok first of all, what is your child's name and how old is he?"

"Our son is called Archer and he is 10 months old." Elena answered the question and was quick to get in there, Stefan could tell she was nervous.

"That is an interesting name if you don't mind me asking, how did you come about it?" Stefan smiled and thought it would be good for him to answer this one,

"Well one of our best friends' was helping us look for names, and she came across it and we both thought it was special and different." She gave a small nod and then took some notes down.

"What are you jobs? I assume you know this is a private centre so there is a fee."

"I am chief of surgery at Mystic Fall General and Elena is a writer for a magazine, we both have a considerate income." She gave another small nod and then took some more notes.

Trudy continued to ask questions for another half an hour and they both thought that it went great, she said she would let them know by Wednesday.

Authors Notes:
Sorry, I haven't updated as much as I did at the start of this story, I have had writer block recently. It must be due to the lack of Vampire Diaries on my TV at the moment!

I am going to try and update by writing 5 chapters per week and uploading them on a Friday. That way you AMAZING readers have several chapters to read and not just one, however, if I manage to write more and I think they should be up before Friday, they will be up.

Keep reviewing and I am open to any comments good or bad.

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-Who do you think Elena should be within the show? -

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