Begin Again

Chapter Three

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Begin Again- Chapter Three

Lexi's P.O.V.

"Stefan and Elena. This is your wakeup call!" I shout out towards the door. Mostly talking to myself and lightly knocking on the door, hearing as someone fumbles with the handle before it swings open and I'm met with her hazy brown eyes, hair dissolved and clearly wearing one of Stefan's shirts over her shorts. A smile brightening her features instantly, the moment she looks up at me and then it fades.

"What the hell, Lexi. Do you even know what time it is?" Elena groans, rubbing her hands against her head as I watch her lean against the door frame.

"Yeah, it's like 6:30." I say, looking down at my watch, squinting my eyes as I mentally want to slap myself..Shit, it's way earlier than that!

"Oh, shit! I'm sorry...It's more like..5:30 in the morning." I tell her, trying to apologize as Elena laughs and yawns out loud. Pushing herself away from the door and turning her back towards me. I watch as Elena turns back around, looking down at the car seat near my feet as she says "Don't forget to bring your daughter inside the house!"

"Elena, I am so sorry! I thought that you told me to come and keep you company this morning. It's my day off and I'm pretty much in mom mode. Ha, my god. I sound completely ridiculous. Wait, speaking of mom...I heard that yours was in town." I comment, following her inside the kitchen as I place Abrielle's car seat down and listen as she coos at me, giggling a bit as I cover her small body and make a silly looking face at my daughter.

"It's too early to talk about my mother. Seriously. I've even forbidden Stefan to even mention her name around the kids until I actually get the guts to go and talk to her myself. But, the last four days and bringing Aiden home from the hospital have pretty much taken up all my time." She explains, throwing up her hair and shrugging her shoulders back as I sit down at the dining table and watch her turn the coffee machine on. Elena faces me once more with a smug smile on her face as she looks down at her hands and exhales deeply.

"Elena, I'm sorry that I wasn't at the hospital when you had Aiden. I was busy working and now, everything with Abrielle. It's-" I try to explain, hearing as she laughs and walks over to me slowly, placing her hand onto mine and locking her eyes on my face when she speaks in a soft tone.

"I know what it's like. I'm kind of the poster child for being busy and overworking myself. Just ask my husband. He hates it because, he's been feeling neglected. He misses 'Stefan time'.." She says with a gleaming smile, one that seems to occur only when she finishes her sentence..Only when she said 'Husband.'

"So, speaking of your hunky husband. Where is he?" I ask, looking around the room and noticing a pair of ballet shoes near the door, a baseball near the couch and Charlie, sleeping soundly on the carpet near the front door.

"He's actually changing the baby's diaper and trying to separate himself from Aiden. Also, trying to talk with Sam and Olivia about going to see uncle Jeremy for a few hours." She says in a nonchalant tone, bending upward to get three coffee mugs for us as we both stop when we hear the doorbell ring.

"Are they still giving him the cold shoulder about all the Matt stuff?" I ask her, watching as she sighs through gritted teeth when she says "Olivia thinks that we are lying to her and that Matt isn't really gone forever. It breaks my heart, to be honest. But, we're working through it with Carol Lockwood, our therapist." She explains as we both hear the knocking increase even louder at the front door.