One and Only

Chapter Thirty One

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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE- One and Only

Jeremy's P.O.V.

"Go home, Lexi. It's like 5:30 in the morning and your still doing paperwork." I comment, leaning against her desk as she shrugs her shoulders back and exhales, throwing down her pen and glaring at me.

"If I go home, Jer. I'm going home to an empty apartment. I don't want to go home. So, I'll sleep on one of those twin beds that we have. It's not that big of a deal. Now, will you excuse me as I prepare these papers that need to go to the lawyer for Klaus and Katherine's upcoming trial." She tells me, turning her back away from me as I push myself away from her desk and walk over to where she'd turned. She's clearly pissed off about something, exhausted and irritated. I can tell, just by looking at her in the way her body tenses as she speaks and the darkened circles under her eyes when she looked up at me.

"Lexi. I can finish up here and then I'm going home to crash. Just, take some time for yourself. Speaking of yourself. How would you deal with being a foster parent? Elena's best friend and her husband are fostering a little girl that needs a family. I-" My sentence gets cut off by the shaking of her head and she locks her eyes on me, pointing to herself when she says "Me?"

"I would be a single mom. I would suck at being a mother! It's sweet to think of me. But, in this line of work and having to worry about a baby. I don't even have-" Lexi starts to argue as I lean forward, placing my hand firmly on her shoulder, watching her eyes grow wide when I clear my throat.

"You would be an amazing mother. I just know it. Look, don't think about everything you don't have, Lexi. You'll meet someone, I know you will. Besides, you're a compassionate person and very loving. I bet that you would give this little girl a wonderful life." I tell her, releasing my grip from her shoulder and watching as she leans back into her chair, eyes narrowed on my face as she runs her hands through her long blonde hair and exhales.

"Why can't Elena's friends raise her or want to adopt her? Or you and Anna? Why me?" She asks all in a rapid pace, eyelashes blinking quickly when she watches as I sit down on the edge of her desk and clasp my hands into my lap, looking down at them as I explain, why Anna and I wouldn't be able to foster such a great kid like Abrielle.

"Anna and I haven't really told anymore. But, we're pregnant. And as far as I know, Tyler and Caroline don't want kids now. I mean, they're fostering the baby just for now. But, she needs a permanent home and I just thought that you would be good at it. I know that your very career driven. But, Lexi I wouldn't ask you for this if I didn't think you could do it. Just think about it. Besides, your career isn't always everything" I tell her, watching as she looks away and down at her desk, a picture of her parents sitting in a frame and then she inhale deeply before she looks up at me again and responds. "Fine. Tell Anna that I'll think about it. I'll meet with her and Caroline sometime this week to discuss it more. But, I can't guarantee anything Jeremy." Lexi says, spinning away from me as she turns back to the stacks of paperwork on her desk and starts to flip through the papers.

"Perfect. I'll tell Anna and Caroline that you'll be meeting with them this afternoon to talk more about fostering, Abrielle. Maybe even adopting her." I tell her, watching as her hands stop their movements and Lexi looks back up at me, a frown on her face as she talks.

"The babies name is French. It means God is my strength. It's short for Gabrielle. I always told myself that if I ever met the right guy or even got the opportunity to have a baby girl and raise her on my own, I would name her Gabrielle. It was my late grandmother's name and she meant a lot to me." Lexi informs me, a small smile lingering on her face as she looks back down and I smile widely at her, nodding my head. "Yeah, see. You already know a lot about her and you haven't even met her yet. I personally think that you two would hit it off." I comment, glancing over to see Lexi roll her eyes at me and throw a piece of paper in my directions, her voice low when she scolds "Get out of here, Gilbert! I'll meet with them today. But, meeting the baby won't change my mind."