My Promise

8

New year had been and gone and life was getting back to normal. No parties or family events, the odd birthday here and there but nothing major. Bella, Bon, Eli and I have settled into the house now. Again. Hopefully this time there will be no more damage to the house. 

It's amazing how fast children grow. Eli is getting so big, she's started to pull herself up and stand on her own. She's not quite walking like her older cousins but she'll get there. The craziest thing that has happened since New year is Bex and Marcel got engaged. So more wedding planning. And the venue is my house... our house. Bex insisted on having at the Manor because of the large garden. Bella was hesitant but Bex is hard to say no to. 

I feel like I've only just got over Care and Stefan's wedding antics I didn't want another one any time soon but of course nothings perfect. I'd take the wedding over fighting psycho witches, vampire hunters, the devil, Katherine, Angry vampires, werewolves or Hybrids. Everything was quiet in mystic falls witch was strange but we've all been taking full advantage of it and started living a normal life. Like actual humans. Going to the park with the children. Caroline got a job as a news anchor. Elena started interning at a hospital, Stefan is a stay at home dad. He was really good with the twins and I was a proud brother... Od course I wouldn't tell him that. 

Bella and Bonnie have been busy with Freya doing God knows what. Meaning I joined Stef at the park most days... it wasn't how I saw my life going but it's how it turned out. And I wouldn't change it Eli is the best thing that had happened to me, next to her mother returning to my life. Eli made me want to be a good person because I didn't want her to turn out screwed like me. I wanted her to be like her mother, kind until she has to be a bad ass bitch. I wasn't my child to be kind and respectful not like me and be a complete prick to protect myself. 

Bella is always home in the mornings to get her ready for the day and around 4 to play with her and get her feed and ready for bed. It's basically like she has a day job. Though she's not getting paid and I have no clue what she is actually doing... I should be more concerned. Eh she'll be fine. 

"How was my sweet girl today?" She asked dumping her bag on the couch and picking Eli up off her play mat. "She's been good, we fought off evil witches in the park." "Funny..." "She's been good... she gave me an eletric shock earlier, it bloody hurt." I tell her and she chuckled to herself. "Did you zap daddy princess?" She asked the 9 month old. "What?" "Her magic's coming in, the twins came in a few weeks back... Stefan was locked in the kitchen whilst the girls were screaming... he didn't tell you?" She asked sitting on the floor to play with Eli for a while. 

"So what do we do? Do we get her special gloves." "No." She laughed. "We just let her do her thing... she'll get used to it..." "What if?" "She gets the scream thing? She will Carringtn trait... We just stay on top of it calm her as quick as possible and maybe don't let her go out with anyone that can't comfort her." "So Kol." "Yeah." 

She sung nursery rhymes with Eli and Eli clapped along getting excited and mumbling gibberish at her, I guess joining it. I didn't realise her magic would come this quickly. I thought she would have a few years at least. How was I meant to look after her, I didn't understand all the witchy woo stuff. I didn't enjoy understanding the witchy woo stuff it creeped me out how they could do such a thing. I knew she would have magic I just thought I'd have more time to prepare for her magic to set it.

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I should have prepared for her magic. The temper followed the zaps... who knew a 1 year old could get so angry? Not me. She gets pissy. Lucky Elle had finished her mini mission with Bon and Freya and was home literally all the time. I now go out on my own to get away from Eli. It sounds horrible but it was a lot to handle sometimes. And it's not like she wanted me around her. She would 'zap' me as Elle calls it whenever I try and pick her up to comfort her. She only wants her mum which is fine but I miss having one on one time with her. I miss having her with me. I miss being the one that makes her giggles and stops her from crying.