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mother!”    
       “Delia shut up!” Stefan hissed. His gaze darted to the young girl by the porch, Delia was easily within their reach, and if they wanted to hurt her they could have her in seconds. The last thing he needed was for her to draw even more attention to herself. He needed all of his senses at the moment, and Delia’s yelling was not helping.
       “Stefan!” Jess cried, at the same time that Delia started shouting angrily.
       He purposely shut them out as he tuned his senses to the air around him. Detecting the approach of others, he turned so that his body was halfway between the porch, and the shadows at the edge of the house. He knew immediately that there were four of them.
       They came running around the corner, skidding to a halt as their eyes landed upon him. He half crouched prepared to fight to the death as a soft hiss escaped him. Their eyes widened in surprise, and then narrowed dangerously. The three on the porch took a step toward him, hostility r adiated from every inch of them. Stefan’s muscles bunched in anticipation of a fight .
       Jess and Delia took a frightened step back. Delia began to scream hysterically, causing Stefan to wince at the harsh sound of her grating voice.
      “Stefan!” Surprise snapped through him as one of the newcomers called his name and took a step forward . T he animosity that had surrounded the man moments before v anish ed instantly. Stefan remained rigid as he straightened slowly, his eyes intent upon the tall, blond man that had spoken his name. For a moment he couldn’t recall who he was, then recognition sprang forth, and a small laugh escaped him.
       “David?” Stefan asked in disbelief.
       “Yeah, what the hell are you doing here?” David grinned at him as he strode forward, extending his hand. Stefan accepted it and shook it briskly.
       “What the hell is going on?” Jess demanded angrily, her hands planted on her hips as she glared at them . Her eyes swung to Stefan, a moment of fear flashing through them before she took a step closer to her sister.
       “That’s what we’d like to know,” one of the other newcomers muttered.
       David peered over his shoulder, his eyes widen ed as he finally noticed the two humans gathered behind Stefan . “Who the hell are you?” he demanded.
       “Kathleen’s kids,” the tall man at the front of the porch answered.
       David’s eyes widened as he spun toward him. “What?” he gasped.
       “Yeah, don’t ask. Who the hell is that?” he asked nodding toward Stefan.
       David blinked in surprise, shaking his head slightly as he glanced quickly between Stefan and the group gathered on the porch. “This is Stefan. I met him when I w ent to college in Pennsylvania. He’s the one that told me about what was going on with Liam and Sera.”
       Stefan’s eyes widened as his mouth dropped. “Are these their kids?” he asked in surprise.
       David nodded as he grinned at Stefan. “Some of them. That’s Ethan, A iden, and Ian,” He said, nodding to the group still gathered on the porch. “ Those are my friends Mike, Doug, and Jack. I told you about them before .”
       “Yeah, I remember,” Stefan replied dully, his gaze quickly searching the three men on the porch. He had heard of vampire children, had been told that they were normal looking, but he had never actually seen one. It was completely amazing. “Who was the girl?” he inquired .
       “The girl was our sister, Isabelle,” Ethan, or at least he thought it was Ethan, replied coldly.
       Stefan’s eye brows rose at the fierce tone in the boy’s voice, but he refrained from saying anything. “What is going on?” Delia asked shrilly.
       “Someone’s going to have to take care of them,” Stefan said, waving a hand at the humans behind him.
       “Not me,” Jack announced. “I had enough of doing that with Kathleen years ago.”
       “What did you do to my mother?” Jess