A Journey to Love

Life and Games

Chapter 23: Life and Games

Stefan quickly grabbed his car from the Salvatore boarding house garage and headed to Caroline's house. Damon wasn't home because he went to look for Katherine taking Elena with him. Stefan was just so happy that Rebekah had her memory back; he didn't really care for anything else. Everything was perfect and their family would be back together forever. He parked in front of the Sheriff's house, walked to the front door and knocked. Caroline opened the door with her one hand on her hip. She was glaring at him.

"I understand that you really want her to remember but that doesn't mean you leave the twins alone with me for the whole night," she said. Stefan walked into the house and closed the door behind him. "I mean yesterday night I had Bonnie here to help. I want to make this easy for you Stef and I want to help but it's stressful for me to get up four times during the night and feed both of them and change their diapers all alone."

"Sorry Care. Won't happen again. We need to get the twins ready, I'm taking them," Stefan said as he picked up Arianna and started putting a warmer slipper on.

"Take them where?" Caroline asked.

"To Rebekah, she remembers!" Stefan said. Caroline looked at him shocked for a second.

"She remembers? That's great! How?" Caroline asked. She went to Aden and also dressed him in warmer clothes.

"I'll explain later. She wanted to come here but she wasn't invited in so I said I'd take them to her," Stefan said.

"I'm coming too. I feel like I haven't seen her for so long even though it's only been two days," Caroline said. Stefan nodded as he put Arianna in the rocker. "Is Klaus there?"

"No, he wasn't there all night," Stefan said. He grabbed the bag with all the sketches Klaus had drawn and carvings and placed it by the door.

Caroline quickly went to her room and changed into an ocean blue summer dress she had brought yesterday. She had to look good just in case Nik came home during her time there. She walked out of the room.

"Ready to go?" Stefan asked. Caroline nodded. Stefan picked up the two rockers and walked to the car. Caroline grabbed the bag and closed the door behind her.

As they drove there, Caroline couldn't hold her excitement. Rebekah and her were best friends now and finally she had someone else who knew of her situation. Once she found out how Rebekah got her memories back, she could get Klaus's memories back too. Stefan parked in front of the apartment and took the twins out of the back seat. Caroline got out of the car and held the door open for him. They took the elevator up and knocked on the apartment door.

Rebekah had been anxiously waiting for Stefan to come with the twins. Her babies; she couldn't wait to hold them in her hands. She remembered holding onto them the night before Stefan took them promising her that she would see them again. Now that time had finally arrived. After Stefan left to go get them, she became more and more impatient. To take her mind off of it, she cleaned the apartment and took a shower. Now she sat on the couch staring at the magazine constantly turning to look at the door. Finally, there was a knock on the door. She zoomed to the door and opened it. There stood Stefan holding onto two rockers. He walked in; she looked into the two rockers. Her two babies looked exactly like they did when Stefan took her. They were beautiful. It was easy to tell between them. Aden had her hair and Arianna had Stefan's hair colour. She couldn't help it, tears fell down her cheeks. She wanted to pick them up but she wasn't human. What if she couldn't be gentle with them? She looked up at Stefan, he nodded in encouragement. She picked up the two babies and gently held them close to her. She felt her heart swell with joy that knew no bounds. She never thought that she would feel like this in her life. She felt happy and content. It was like her thousand years of emptiness had been filled. She looked up at Stefan and smiled. Stefan smiled and hugged all three of them. Their family was finally together.