Chapter 4:
Madeline and Stefan just got to Towns Square and they were walking around looking for someone to light their candle. Elena finally arrived and Madeline turned to Stefan.
"You should go and talk to her. I think Damon got under her skin and I'm sure you want to make sure everything is alright between you guys." She was aware that Elena wasn't a big fan of her for reasons that involve Stefan, but she wasn't going to make sure that her and Stefan weren't friends. That's just not how she is. Stefan knew that Elena felt threatened by Madeline and he wasn't sure if he blamed her. Stefan trusted Madeline more than he had trusted anybody in a long time. But then there was Elena. It was clear how she felt about him and he thought he might feel the same way towards her once he gets to know her. Maybe Madeline will always just be that one person he trusted.
"You sure you want me to leave you alone?" Stefan asked knowing how much she hates being left by herself.
"I'll live. Now go." Madeline encouraged. Stefan listened and went to Elena. Madeline watched as Elena lit Stefan's candle. She stopped watching them and went to Caroline so she could light her candle.
"Hey Care, can you light my candle?" Madeline asked.
"Oh hey Madeline. Yeah sure." Caroline tipped her candle towards Madeline's.
"Did you come here with Stefan?" Caroline asked as she pulled her candle away.
"Uh-Yeah." Madeline told her.
"So are you guys together?" Caroline said bluntly.
"No we just met. I'm just getting to know him. Why?" Madeline was confused. Does everyone think we are together? Madeline asked her self.
"Everytime I see you you are always with Stefan, so I just thought that something was going on between you guys. I guess that's good new for Elena. She really likes him and she isn't really use to not getting what she wants." Caroline explained.
"Oh. Well, I'm gonna go watch the comet. I'll see you later." Madeline said and walked away. She walked to a place quieter and just stood there looking at the sky.
"You know, that comet...it's been traveling across space for thousands of years. All alone." Stefan says to Elena as they look at the sky.
"Yeah, Bonnie says it's a harbinger of evil." Elena told him.
"I think it's just a ball of...snow and ice, trapped on a path that it can't escape. And once every 145 years, it gets to come home. I'm sorry about yesterday. I wasn't myself." Stefan apologized.
"You seem to spend a lot of time apologizing."
"Well, I have a lot to apologize for. Yesterday, that wasn't about you, ok?"
"You didn't tell me that you had a brother." Elena pointed out. Stefan didn't understand why it was a big deal that he didn't tell anyone he had a brother since he had only been in town for a short amount of time. But at the same time it was a small town and everyone wanted to know everything about everyone.
" We're not close. It's, uh...it's complicated." Stefan scratched the back of his head.
"Always. He told me about your ex. Katherine." Stefan was surprised by that. He didn't remember Madeline mentioning that Damon said anything about Katherine.
"What did he say?"
"That she broke your heart."
"That was a long time ago."
"When you lose someone, it stays with you, always reminding you of how easy it is to get hurt."
"Elena…"
"It's OK, Stefan. I get it. You have no idea how much I get it. Complicated brother? Check. Complicated ex? Check. Too complicated to even contemplate dating, double check. It's OK. We met, and we talked, and it was epic, but...then the sun came up and reality set in. So…" Elena finished saying what she wanted to say and then blew out her candle and walked away.
Stefan stood there wondering why Madeline didn't act like this about his brother. If anything he was closer to Madeline than Elena, but he still couldn't figure it out.
Just when Madeline thought she was by herself someone walked next to her. She turned to see who it was.
"What are you doing here, Damon?" She asked. She didn't like the feeling she got when he was around. It was like she should be afraid of him of something. There was nothing Madeline hated more than feeling afraid.
"I saw you standing here by yourself and I thought you needed company." Damon said with his famous smirk plastered on his face.
"Well I don't so you can leave." Madeline told him sternly.
"I get the feeling that you don't like me." Damon observed.
"Because I don't." Madeline said.
"You don't even know me." Damon said moving his eyebrows in a flirty way.
"And I don't intend to." Madeline turned around and walked backed to the crowd of people. Damon stood their for a second. Although Madeline was harsh to him, he thought it would be fun to try and pursue her. It would entertain him and it would make Stefan mad. It was perfect.
Madeline was walking until someone tapped her on the shoulder. She thought it was Damon again so she said, "Go away-" Madeline immediately stopped talking when she saw it was just Stefan standing their with a questioning look."Oh sorry Stefan. Thought you were someone else. So how did it go with Elena?" Madeline said hoping he wouldn't question who she thought he was. She didn't think he would appreciate the fact that his brother was here.
"It could have gone better." Stefan said with a stressed expression.
"Don't look so down. Look at the comet. So many people say that it is a harbinger of evil, but how can something evil look so amazing?" Madeline said face facing the sky.
"What do you think it is?" Stefan asked.
"I think it is a ball of ice traveling in the sky that got blamed for something terrible that happened when it came home." Madeline realized that she might have missed judged Damon and that she should at least give him a chance to mess up before hating his guts.
"I got to go." Madeline said blowing out her candle.
"Where are you going?" Stefan asked.
"To find someone."
Madeline walked around Towns Square looking for Damon. Then he showed up like he knew she was looking for him.
"Looking for me." Damon said from behind her. She jumped and swiftly turned around.
"Actually yes. I have decided not to hate." Madeline told him.
"What changed your mind?" Damon asked. He stood in a way that made him look mysterious and unpredictable.
"Let's just say I compared you to a rock in the sky." Madeline flatly said. He raised his eyebrow at that.
"Lucky you. Being me friend is not something anyone would want to miss out on." Damon said sexyly.
"I never said we were friends. I said I didn't hate you." Madeline pointed out quickly.
"It's a step closer to being friends. And I didn't even have to try." Damon got cocky.
"I wouldn't get use to it if I were you. For us to be friends I would have to trust you. And I don't trust a lot of people, therefore, I don't have a lot friends. So good luck." Madeline smiled before walking away.
As Madeline was walking in the street Matt came up to her.
"Madeline, have you seen Vicki?" He said in distress.
"No, why?"
"She's missing."
"I'm sorry. I'll keep an eye out for her." Madeline ensured.
"Thanks." Matt was about to walk away but then he remembered something.
"Did you know Stefan was at the hospital yesterday?" Matt asked. Why does everyone think I know everything about him? Madeline asked herself.
"No I didn't. He was probably just visiting." Madeline suggested. Matt didn't look like he believed her, but he left it alone.
"Okay, well let me know if you see my sister." Madeline nodded and Matt walked away.
Madeline looked around for a while before heading back to Mystic Grill. She saw Matt sitting down with his sister. When he saw her he said something to Vicki and walked over to Madeline.
"You found her." Madeline said glancing at Vicki.
"Yeah, Stefan found her wandering around." Matt said.
"Really? Do you happen know where he is?" Madeline asked since they came together and she didn't know if he needed a ride.
"I think he left."
"Oh ok. Well I hope your sister is fine and that she doesn't go wandering off again. I'm gonna get going." Madeline told him.
"Alright. See you at school then." Matt said. He had a feeling that they would becoming friends very soon.
"Hi." Stefan said opening his door to Elena.
"Hey."
"Would you like to come in?" Stefan said out of politeness.
"The comet's actually this way." Elena said walked further outside with Stefan following.
"Sorry for barging in. Especially after earlier." Elena apologized.
"No, no. I'm glad you're here. The way we left things...I didn't like it."
"See, the thing is, I got home tonight planning on doing what I always do, write in my diary, like I have been since my mom gave me one when I was 10. It's where I get everything out, everything I'm feeling. It all goes in this little book that I hide on the second shelf behind this really hideous ceramic mermaid. But then I realized that I'd just be writing things that I should probably be telling you." Elena admitted.
"What would you write?" Stefan asked.
"I would write..."Dear diary, today I convinced myself it was ok to give up. Don't take risks. Stick with the status quo. No drama, now is just not the time. But my reasons aren't reasons, they're excuses. All I'm doing is hiding from the truth, and the truth is that... I'm scared, Stefan. I'm scared that if I let myself be happy for even one moment that...the world's just going to come crashing down, and I...don't know if I can survive that."
"Do you want to know what I would write? "I met a girl. We talked. It was epic. But then the sun came up and reality set in. Well, this is reality. Right here."
Stefan didn't know what he was doing, but it was too late to rethink because before he knew it his lips were connecting with Elena's.
Madeline went to the bathroom to brush her teeth after changing into a white tank top and plaid pajama pants. When she got back to her room she heard a knock on her window. She went over to her window and she saw Stefan sitting on her roof. She laughed before going and opening it.
"What are you doing here?" Madeline asked as Stefan climbed through the window.
"Something just happened and I wanted to tell someone so I came to you." Stefan told her. Madeline studied Stefan's face. She could tell that nothing bad happened, but something happened and he didn't know how he felt about it.
"What happened?" Madeline said sounding very interested.
"I kissed Elena." Stefan said. Madeline never thought anyone had the ability to completely change her mood with 3 words, but Stefan proved her wrong. She suddenly felt like she just fell into a 50 feet deep hole and she couldn't get out. Madeline knew that Elena liked Stefan, but she didn't know that Stefan felt the same way. She didn't know why she felt this way because she never thought she had feelings for Stefan but if she is feeling this way after hearing he kissed Elena what else would you call that?
"You okay there." Stefan asked because Madeline was just standing there with a blank face.
"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine." Madeline forced herself to smile. She didn't want to be one of those girls that get jealous over someone that isn't even theirs.
"So you guys are together now?" Madeline asked. Please say no. Please say no. Please.
"Yeah. I think so." Stefan said with an unreadable expression
"Well, I'm happy if you're happy." Madeline forced out.
"I think I want to try things out with her to see if things will work out." Stefan decided.
"You do you buddy. I'm going sleep so I'll see you tomorrow." Madeline said trying to keep the smile.
Stefan felt like something was wrong, but it was late and she wanted to sleep, so it would have to wait.
"Yeah. Okay. Goodnight." Stefan said. Madeline turned around and walked to light switch. She turned it off and when she went to go walk to her bed she saw that Stefan was gone. She climbed into bed and she laid there and she couldn't help but feel like complete shit.
A/N I am sorry about this chapter. It was just a filler chapter. The next chapter I post will be much better. Nevertheless, I hope you still enjoyed.
