A/N: So, I decided to write missing chapters of Until This Lie Do Us Part because I miss the story and I miss Lily. I will do these randomly, and if you have ideas, please send them my way!

This first chapter takes place after Stefan and Elena are married, but she is still very cautious with him and still a little mad at him for getting her to agree to marry him.

Let me know what you think!

Stefan sat at the kitchen table with a very frustrated 6-year old. They had been working on math problems for the past hour and not one math problem had made sense to Lily. "I don't get it Uncle Stefan" she whined, throwing her pencil down and slouching in her chair, crossing her arms.

Stefan was pretty frustrated too. He had never failed with Lily, yet all he could think about was how he was failing with her now in trying to help her with her homework. "Let's try again" he told her, grabbing her pencil and handing it to her.

Lily ripped the pencil out of his hand and threw it across the room. "No, I can't do it!" she shouted before bursting in tears. Her little curly brown ponytail was a mess from all of the wiggling around she had been doing in her seat.

Stefan sighed. This wasn't working. He ran his hand over his face, forcing himself to relax. "Okay, let's take a break" he said, standing and plucking Lily out of her seat. She continued to cry as he carried her towards the front door. He stopped briefly to put her jacket and her boots on.

"Where are we … go…go…going Uncle Stefan?" she sniffled, rubbing her tearful eyes.

"To have fun" he told her, picking her back up and carrying her outside. It was a little chilly out, but he wasn't planning on keeping Lily out that long. Once they were in the front yard, he put her down on her feet, then proceeded to tap her shoulder. "Tag, you're it!" he said, taking off running.

He looked back to see Lily glaring at him, but her lips soon turned up into a smile and the excitement of the game filled her eyes. "You cheated Uncle Stefan!" she yelled, running full speed after him. She was laughing though, and that had been Stefan's goal. He stopped running and waited for her to catch up, spinning to try and avoid her as she approached, but letting her tag him. "Gotta get me Uncle Stefan!" she squealed, taking off running. She ended up hiding behind a tree, peeking out from behind it and covering her mouth as she giggled.

"Hmm, where did Lily go?" Stefan called out, pretending to search high and low for her. He could hear her giggle and wasn't surprised. She was the worst at hide-and-go-seek because of her giggling. He walked towards the tree and could see her boots. "Found you!" he yelled, jumping out from around the tree and surprising her.

Lily screamed before taking off running back across the yard. Stefan was trailing behind her, chasing her to try and tag her. "No tag backs! Not tag backs!" she yelled, running as fast as she could.

"Then who am I supposed to tag?" he asked. It was just like Lily to make up her own rules during the middle of a game.

"Not me not me not me!" Lily shouted, slowing down as she became tired. "Time out Uncle Stefan" she said, breathing hard from running so much in the cold. Stefan slowed down too and followed her lead, sitting on the grass and laying back to rest. "I'm good at this game, huh Uncle Stefan?" she asked.

"The best" Stefan smiled, turning his head to look at her. He looked up when he saw something move by the window inside the house.

Elena had been watching them from the window the past few minutes, not being able to stop watching them. They were amazing together. They both had spirit and were strong-willed. But they loved each other so much. And although she didn't have many nice things to say about Stefan since he had gotten her to marry him, she couldn't help the fact that he could be so natural with a small child.

Elena stepped outside, zipping up her jacket. Stefan and Lily stood up when they saw her. Lily's eyes lit up when she saw that Elena was coming to see them. "Un-times!" she yelled, taking off running again.

Stefan laughed at her as he went running after her, catching her easily and picking her up, tipping her upside down. "You're it" he told her, setting her back down.

Lily shook her head and crossed her arms defiantly. "I said no tag backs" she protested.

"You tagged me back" he said, ready to argue with her if he had to. He crossed his arms too, mocking her.

"Yeah but you didn't say no tag backs" she countered. "Rules are rules Uncle Stefan" she reminded.

Stefan shrugged. "Then I guess that only leaves one person for me to tag" Stefan said, turning around and eyeing Elena.

Elena shook her head though. "I'm not playing" she said, speaking for the first time since she got out there. "I just came out to see what you two were up to" she added. Honestly, she had been bored. She had studied all day and needed a break.

Stefan and Lily looked at each other, smirking as they did. They both walked towards Elena and stopped in front of her. "You have to play tag with us" Lily told Elena. "That's the rules" she added.

Elena raised her eyebrow at the small child before her. "Who says?" Elena asked.

"I says" Lily answered.

When it came to Lily, that was a pretty solid argument. "Is there a base?" Elena asked.

Lily stopped and thought about this for a moment. "The tree" she said, pointing to the large tree she had been hiding behind. "And Uncle Stefan's it" Lily added. Stefan smiled at Elena, ready to tag her. Lily watched to see if he would be successful or not. "You had better run Elena" Lily warned. "Cause Uncle Stefan is really fast. Almost as fast as me" she explained.

"Is that so?" Elena asked. Lily nodded. Elena eyed Stefan some more, trying to figure out her best plan of action. "Stefan, your phone fell out of your pocket" Elena told him, pointing to the ground behind him. Stefan stopped and turned around to look for it, only to realize that Elena had taken off running and his phone was actually in his jacket pocket.

Lily was laughing all the way to the tree as she ran. "She tricked you Uncle Stefan!" she shouted, finding that to be the greatest thing ever.

"I see that" Stefan said quietly, though he loved a good chase, especially when they played dirty.

"Hurry Elena hurry!" Lily yelled, holding her hand out to help Elena reach the tree faster. When Elena did, she took a moment to catch her breath. Lily high-fived her. "You can't get her now Uncle Stefan. She's on base" Lily pointed out.

Stefan grinned before grabbing onto Elena's waist and pulling her away from the tree. "Hey!" she complained, failing to get her hands on a branch in time. "That's cheating!" Elena accused.

"Is not" Stefan retorted, carrying Elena a good twenty feet from the tree before letting her go and tagging her. She did not look amused.

"You're it Elena!" Lily shouted, leaving her tree and running away.

Elena just shook her head, still in disbelief. "Do I get to tag you back?" she asked.

Stefan shrugged. "If you can catch me" he grinned, taking off running again. He wasn't expecting her to run as fast as she was after him. He really wasn't expecting to feel her on his back either as she tackled him down. He attempted to stay upright, but lost his footing and went down with her coming on top of him. He rolled her over, straddling her body and pinning her arms down with his hands. They both had satisfied looks on their faces. "Well played" Stefan told her, clearly impressed with her strategy. "You're fast for such a little thing" he added.

"Wasn't even trying" Elena told him. "And you're it by the way" she told him. "No tag backs" she added with a sly grin.

"Too bad you're so against us kissing" he said, looking down at her. "Because I could kiss you pretty senseless right now if you let me" he added.

"Not a chance" she told him. Stefan wasn't discouraged though. Every day, she was softening towards him little by little. They heard Lily running back towards them and Stefan climbed off of Elena and stood.

"We gotta help her up Uncle Stefan" Lily told him as she grabbed onto Elena's pant leg and began to pull.

Stefan laughed at his niece and grabbed Elena's hand, helping her to stand. "Thank you" Elena told them, brushing herself off.

"Uncle Stefan I'm cold" Lily said, tugging on his jacket and reaching her arms up.

Stefan picked her up and held her close. "We should go back inside and I'll start dinner" he told them. "What do you want?" Stefan asked Lily.

"Marshmallows!" she said excitedly. "With hot chocolate and whipped cream!" she added.

Stefan and Elena both laughed. "Nice try" he told her. "I meant real food" he clarified.

"That is real food" Lily argued. Then she turned to Elena. "Elena, do you want marshmallows and hot chocolate for dinner?" she asked. "And think very carefully about your answer" she added, pointing her finger at Elena.

Elena simply smiled. "I think maybe the hot chocolate and marshmallows should be for dessert" she said.

Lily glared at Elena. "Wrong. Answer" she said in an irritated tone.

"I agree with Elena" Stefan said, switching Lily to his other arm. "I will make you any food you want for dinner and we can do marshmallows and hot chocolate for dessert. Deal?" he asked.

Lily crossed her arms and sighed. "Fine" she stated. Then she frowned. "But I don't know what I want" she whined.

"How about pancakes?" he asked. Lily was trying hard not to agree. Only because she was mad about the hot chocolate and marshmallows. "Dinosaur pancakes" he enticed.

Her mouth dropped opened in absolute excitement. "I want to help!" she said excitedly.

"Of course. You're my helper" he told her, kissing the side of her face. "But I have to get the flour I just bought out of my car, so why don't you go inside with Elena" he said, passing Lily off to her.

Stefan could hear Lily telling Elena all about how the dinosaur pancakes were made. And Elena was listening to every word. But it wasn't like she had much choice either.

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Stefan let Lily pour the flour into the bowl and Elena watched from her seat at the counter as Lily dumped half the bag into the bowl and half the bag onto the floor. Elena also watched Stefan be so patient with Lily, never once complaining about how messy she was being. "Okay, time to stir" he told her, handing her the large wooden spoon. Again, Lily had half of the ingredients from the bowl all over her and the ground, but Stefan didn't say a word.

"Okay, all done" Lily said a few minutes later. "Make me the long neck dinosaur" Lily instructed.

Stefan smiled as he picked up the bowl of pancake batter and went to work, pouring a little bit at a time as he created a dinosaur on the griddle for Lily. Lily stood on the stool next to him and clapped excitedly as she watched her dinosaur form. "What kind of Dinosaur would Elena like?" Stefan asked, turning to look at her with amusement.

Elena couldn't help the smile that formed. It was nice to be included in the family dinner, but at the same time, she still preferred to sit on the sidelines and watch. "I'm not really hungry" she said, figuring she would grab a bowl of cereal later.

Lily placed her little hands on her hips, ready to scold Elena. "You have to eat Uncle Stefan's dinosaur pancakes cause they are really yummy" Lily told her. "You can have a spiky tailed one or a tyrannosaurus rex" she added.

Elena sighed. She could continue arguing with a six year old and ultimately lose, or she could eat a damn dinosaur pancake. "I'll have a spiky tailed one" she said. Stefan made Elena's spiky tailed pancake

Lily smiled happily. "He's REALLY good at those" Lily told her. Stefan laughed at his niece who practically idolized him. Lily watched carefully as he began to flip her pancake. And the then the unthinkable happened. The dinosaur's neck and head broke off from the rest of the body. "No Uncle Stefan!" Lily shrieked. "You killed it!" she accused.

"I'm gonna have to do surgery" he told her, adding a dab of batter to act as glue. He let it cook a little longer before trying to flip it again. Lily watched intently, holding on to Stefan's arm to keep herself balanced. "All better" Stefan told her.

Stefan looked back at Elena and rolled his eyes, letting her know that his niece was a drama queen. But Elena already knew that. "Okay, flip Elena's" Lily told him. "And don't forget to make your pancake" she added. Stefan made one large blob for his pancake and it puzzled Lily. "What is that?" she asked.

Stefan grinned. "Dinosaur poop" he told her.

Lily burst into a fit of laughter. "That's gross Uncle Stefan" Lily told him, still laughing.

Stefan gave her a big kiss on the side of her face, causing her to giggle. "Go and wash up" he told her, grabbing her with one arm and helping her down. Lily took off running out of the kitchen. "Wash the flour off of your face!" he called out after her.

"You don't seem phased by the mess she's made" Elena mentioned.

Stefan smiled. "She's a kid. Kids make messes" he said, shrugging it off as if it were no big deal. But Elena knew that Stefan made a lot of exceptions with Lily. "Can you get the fruit out of the fridge?" he asked, placing the pancakes on plates and grabbing a broom to sweep up the mess.

Elena got up from her seat and went to the fridge to grab the fruit. "Do you ever tell her no?" Elena questioned, throwing the question over her shoulder.

Stefan threw away the extra flower and came to stand next to Elena to help her with the fruit. "Lily doesn't like raspberries" he said, taking the ones Elena had set on Lily's plate and putting them on his. "And yes, I do tell her no sometimes" he answered. "But I'd rather say yes and make her happy" he added with a smile.

Lily came running back into the kitchen then with a spot of flour still on her cheek. She pushed in-between Stefan and Elena and looked up at them expectantly. "Can we eat yet?" she asked.

Stefan reached down and grabbed her, setting her on the counter. "You missed a spot" he said, taking a kitchen rag and wiping off her cheek. She made a face as he did. "Now we're ready" he told her, setting her back down and grabbing their plates.

Stefan and Elena sat down and Lily crawled up in Stefan's lap, scooting her plate over. Stefan helped her cut up her fruit and her pancake. "This is a tasty dinosaur" Lily said with a full mouth of pancake.

Stefan smiled, shooting a glance at Elena who was eating her pancake as well. "Maybe I should open up my own restaurant and serve dinosaur pancakes" he said.

Elena smiled. His charm was infectious. "Yeah!" Lily agreed. "I will be the stirrer" she announced.

"Sounds good" Stefan said. He caught Elena looking at him again, but she quickly looked back down at her plate. Slowly, he was getting to her.

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"So the poor little cinder-maid married the Prince, and in time they came to be King and Queen, and lived happily ever after" Stefan read, closing the book. He looked down and saw Lily sleeping. Stefan smiled, kissed her forehead and carefully slipped off of the bed. He tucked her in and looked at her one last time before turning the light off and leaving her room.

He sighed, walking down the hall towards his room. He loved Lily more than anything. But she wore him out by the end of the night. He was looking forward to crawling into bed and sleeping until Lily woke up the next morning.

When he passed by Elena's room, he saw that her light was still on. He tapped on her door lightly to say goodnight. "Come in" she said.

Stefan pushed the door open to find Elena laying on her back and staring up at the ceiling. "I was just going to say goodnight" Stefan told her.

"Night" she said, as if she really wasn't paying attention to him standing there, but was being polite nonetheless.

Stefan thought about retreating back out of her room and leaving her alone. But he was kind of interested in what his new wife was so preoccupied with. "Something wrong?" he asked.

Elena sighed. "Just have a really big exam to study for" Elena mentioned, continuing to look up at the ceiling. "And I don't want to" she added.

Stefan chuckled lightly. "You sound like Lily" he said, approaching her bed. He sat down and picked up a stack of index cards that she had written notes on. "Biology" he guessed, looking at her definitions she had written.

Elena groaned. She hated biology. "Stupidest class ever" she mumbled.

"Biology isn't so bad" Stefan said, flipping through her cards. He had aced every test of course without even trying. "Maybe I can help" he said.

Elena turned her head to look at him. "No" she told him. "I mean thanks, but no thanks" she clarified.

"Come on" he said, laying down on his back next to her. Elena tensed for a moment, not quite comfortable in having him that close to her. "Allele" he said, flipping the card over.

Elena sighed again, closing her eyes to try and remember what an allele was. "I don't know" she said finally.

"Yes you do" Stefan encouraged. "Take a deep breath, clear your head, and just say what comes to mind" he told her.

Elena did as he said, taking a moment. "An allele is an alternative form of a gene that arises by mutation" she said in one breath.

"Correct" he said, flipping to the next card. "Mitosis" he said.

Elena groaned. "I always get these two mixed up" she told him. "But I think it has to do with cell reproduction" she said.

"Yep" Stefan told her. Elena continued to answer the next ten correctly. "You know these definitions, Elena" he said, tossing the cards aside. "You just have to relax."

Elena smiled. "Sorry Stefan. But I don't think a game of tag and dinosaur pancakes are going to get me to relax enough about this exam on Wednesday" she told him.

"You'd be surprised" he said, staring at her with a smile of his own. She looked back up at the ceiling again, avoiding his gaze. They were quiet for a minute or two. "I haven't seen you laugh or smile like you did today with Lily and me since you moved in" he mentioned softly.

Elena still avoided looking at him as she let his words sink in. It was true. She had been hell bent on being miserable since the moment she had agreed to marry him. But what was the point? "Lily has a way of doing that to you" she replied. But honestly, Stefan did too.

Stefan smiled. "Yeah, she does" he agreed. But he wondered if maybe he hadn't played a role too in Elena starting to become happier with living with him. "I'm just glad you seem more at ease" he said. "Lily even told me that she kind of likes you" he added, grinning.

Elena laughed. "Kind of?" she asked, turning to look at Stefan and thankful for the change in the subject.

Stefan sat up and shrugged. "Buy her something with sugar and you will make the top of her list in no time" he told her. Again, Elena smiled. "I should let you get to bed. Hell, I need to get to bed. Lily will be up by six in the morning and bouncing off the walls by 6:15" he told her.

"Good luck" Elena said, glad that she wouldn't have to be up that early on a Saturday.

Stefan raised his eyebrow at her. "What do you mean, good luck?" he asked. "I'm sending her to your room after she gets breakfast so I can go back to bed" he said, getting up off the bed and beginning to walk towards the door.

Elena sat up instantly. "Don't you dare" she warned. She rarely got to sleep in anymore, and tomorrow she was planning on sleeping until noon.

"Good luck!" Stefan called, repeating her words as he disappeared out of her room.

Elena fell back on her bed and closed her eyes. She was so thankful that Lily was a kid you could hang out with and then give back. Because between her attitude and her energy, she was a handful. A beautiful, amazing handful.