When Monday came around I was so happy to be getting out of the house and going to class. The past weekend had been long and Sophia was driving me crazy. It didn't help that she was doing nothing but picking fights with Klaus. To say Klaus was annoyed that we had allowed Sophia to move in was an understatement. He openly told her that he didn't want her here and now she was doing everything in her power to irritate her. When Sophia first wanted to move in she promised she would help out around the house and that hasn't happened. She's been complaining about feeling sick. I've been there and it sucks but I still had to go to school and do other stuff. She was driving us crazy but I didn't want to kick her out. Not for her, but for her baby. That was the only thing keeping her in my house.
"Do you want me to keep Mady today? I'm just going to the park to study." Klaus asked me. He may be annoyed at Damon and me, but he was still more than willing to hang out with Mady. I was more thankful for him than almost anyone else in my life at the moment.
"Would you?" I asked him hopefully.
"I may be irritated with you and Damon right now but that doesn't mean I'm willing to sacrifice my time with my buddy here." He told me and I smiled.
"I appreciate that. So what are the two of you doing?" I asked and he blushed.
"If you must know Cami is going to be studying at the park as well. I'm hoping to get her to notice me." He confessed and I laughed.
"And you're using my daughter to get noticed?" I asked.
"If it works, why not?" He shrugged and I nodded.
"Very true. Thanks for this Klaus. I've got to go." I said rushing out of the house. I had time to get a coffee now that I didn't need to take Mady to daycare.
While I enjoyed my coffee I made a couple important phone calls and smiled when I got the answers and reactions that I had hoped for, except for the most important one. For that one I left a message asking the person to return the call as soon as possible.
"Need a coffee before class? Me too." Professor Willis said coming by and sitting down at my table. I enjoyed Professor Willis and was totally fine with her sitting with me.
"You have no idea. My new roommate is driving me bonkers." I told her rolling my eyes.
"Roommates do that. How many roommates do you have?" She asked me kindly.
"My fiancé, our daughter obviously, Mady's godfather Klaus, and my old enemy." I told her.
"Why on Earth are you living with your enemy?" She asked completely shocked.
"She's pregnant and alone. It was the right thing to do." I shrugged already regretting my decision.
"That's too bad. Doesn't she have anywhere else she can go? Do you even have the room for this girl?" She asked me and I shook my head.
"Kind of but not really. She's sleeping in the bed in Mady's room. Which would be fine but after the first night when Mady woke up a couple times she told me that she couldn't sleep with Mady in there anymore. So we've had Mady in our bed for the past few nights." I admitted.
"It's your house. Is she paying any bills at all?" Professor Willis asked and I shook my head again.
"I want any money she has coming in to go directly to getting her own place. But of course she's not working at all either therefore she has no personal income. It's starting to drive me nuts." I admitted with a sigh.
"I can see how that would be annoying. Does she help out at all?" She asked me.
"Nope. She's Sophia freaking Reynolds, she doesn't have to cook dinner or do dishes even though that's exactly what she promised to do for us. I come home from classes and have to cook dinner and then I have to clean up. Damon helps me but it's supposed to be Sophia's job." I ranted.
"Did you have any indication that this was going to happen?" She asked me. I liked talking to her, she didn't talk to me like I was some stupid kid. I was just another person to her right now, not one of her students.
"There was always the chance because I knew who she was. But she seemed so different and she is in many ways. But she's still lazy and entitled." I muttered.
"What was she like in high school?" She asked curiously.
"Jealous mainly. Damon was with her on a casual basis before we got together. She tried to steal him from me over and over again. She thought he was hers even when he made it clear that he belonged to me. She's not like that anymore. Her main thing right now is irritating our roommate Klaus. She hasn't made a single move towards Damon." I admitted. If she had made a move towards my man I would have killed her. Just saying.
"Well that's good, at least she's a little better now." Professor Willis acknowledged.
"Yeah, but that's why I'm here. This is my only time to myself. I have to give so much of myself away that if I find a few minutes to be by myself then I take it. I'm a mother and a fiancé, I have to be with those people. I'm a friend and a student. I find it's hard to just be Elena anymore." I confess and her eyes soften.
"Do you want a bit of advice Elena? I was in your situation when I was younger as well. The exact same situation almost." She told me and I nodded enthusiastically. Advice would be great. "Always take time for yourself. If that means for one day your man doesn't get sex or your daughter only gets an hour to spend with just you before bed, or even if it means your studies get pushed back for one evening. Always take time for yourself. None of those other things mean anything if you lose yourself in the meantime." She told me.
"But I don't want to give up my time with Damon or my time with Madalyn. Those are my favourite parts of the day. As for sex it doesn't happen all that often as it is." I told her and she laughed.
"Want some advice about that too?" She asked laughing and I started laughing with her.
"Sure." I answered.
"When that kid is asleep is when the magic is supposed to happen. She's probably at that age where she doesn't wake up much anymore?" She asked and I nodded. "But do not schedule it, keep the spontaneity and the romance alive. If you can send your daughter elsewhere for a day or so sometimes so you can remember what it's like to be young and in love."
"We do that. She goes to Damon's parents and my parents pretty much every other weekend. Damon's parents take her once a month and mine try for the same." I told her.
"I had my first child my freshman year of college. I was lucky because my husband stopped going to school so he could take care of him." She told me and I listened carefully.
"I'm so lucky. Klaus takes her whenever I need him to and Damon absolutely loves his daughter. I love watching the two of them together." I told her smiling. Watching Damon play Kristoff with Mady was the best part of my day.
"It's beautiful to see for sure. That bond is one of the best things ever." She agreed and I nodded. I was glad she understood what I was talking about. Damon's friends still didn't see what the draw was to Frozen and Mady and that didn't matter. Watching them play last night made me laugh because Mady made Klaus play too and he had to play Sven.
"So what's going on between you and Cody Matthews?" She asked curiously. Even she had noticed the tension between the two of us. I wasn't sure how I felt about that.
"Can I switch seats with someone? I can't be around him anymore." I asked her.
"Did something happen between the two of you?" She asked me slowly.
"Nothing that meant anything. He kissed me and didn't seem to understand the level of commitment I have to my fiancé. I love Damon and I love Mady. He doesn't understand that. He just assumed that since he had feelings for me that I would have feelings for him as well." I told her and she nodded.
"I assumed it was something like that. If you want to switch seats you can, but I think you should stick it out. If you run away from him he's going to know it and he'll think you're too afraid to face him." She told me and what she said made sense. The last thing I needed was for him to think I was hiding my feelings for him. I didn't have any feelings for him.
"It was really nice talking to you Professor Willis, but I should get going. I would hate to be late for class." I said with a smile.
"Yes, have a good day Elena. I'll see you in class." She said and I got up to walk out.
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When I got home after school Damon and Klaus were playing Frozen on the floor with Mady.
"Hey baby." He greeted me getting up to kiss me quickly before going back to rejoin the game before Mady screamed.
"Where's Sophia?" I asked noticing that she wasn't around.
"No clue, she was gone when I got home. Her stuff is still here so she didn't find some idiot to adopt her and her baby." Damon muttered.
"Too bad." I said before going into the kitchen.
"So we're going to have an extra person for dinner tonight." Klaus shot in and I turned to face him.
"And who might that be?" I asked raising my eyebrows.
"Cami. She liked Mady so she's coming over." Klaus said smugly and I laughed.
"You pimped out my daughter to a chick you like?" Damon asked staring at Klaus.
"Sort of. Mady was exceptionally enticing to her. The only reason the girl even talked to me is because I was with the cutest baby ever. She told me as much." He spoke happily.
"Well I'm happy for you. Now if only the person I called earlier would return my call." I sighed making sure the volume on my cell phone was high enough to hear it from wherever I was.
"Who?" Damon asked.
"I don't want to jinx it." I told him shaking my head. I would tell him all about it if this proved to work. But if it didn't then I didn't want to talk about my failure. A little while later there was a knock on the door so I went to answer it. On the other side of the door was a pretty blonde with green eyes.
"Cami?" I asked.
"Yes, you must be Elena. I'm Cami." She greeted holding out her hand.
"Nice to meet you. Come on in." I said letting her past. She had a smile on her face and I liked her. She seemed low key. I already knew she was an art major and I thought her and Klaus would be an amazing couple.
"You're not a vegetarian or anything are you? I'm making a chicken stir fry for dinner?" I asked her.
"Oh no, I like meat far too much for that crap." She assured me and I laughed. I felt that I could be good friends with this girl.
"Well the guys and Mady are in the living room playing Frozen. If you're really lucky Mady will let you be Anna." I told her.
"Is Mady Elsa?" She asked and I nodded.
"No one is ever Elsa except for Mady. It's Mady's favourite doll and she doesn't go anywhere without it." I explained.
"Who is Klaus?" She asked looking into the living room and seeing the three of them playing. Klaus smiled and waved but didn't dare to stop playing. No one wanted to risk upsetting Mady when she was so happy.
"Klaus is Sven. You might be blessed with Olaf as well since I'm always Anna." I told her.
"Maybe I'll just stay in here and talk to you. The three of them are having fun without me." She said with a smile on her face.
"Sounds good to me. I can tell you all sorts of embarrassing things about Klaus." I told her and she started laughing.
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While I was finishing dinner my phone rang. It was a Mystic Falls number so I quickly answered it.
"Hello." I greeted.
"Elena Gilbert?" She asked.
"Yes this is. Mrs. Reynolds it's good to hear from you." I said.