Chapter 10:
Madeline had first handedly felt the ability of compulsion as Damon ordered her so follow him into the woods.
"What are we doing here?" Madeline asked as Damon stopped next to a tree that wasn't far from a nearby car parked by the cemetery.
"Well, I haven't fed in 4 days so as expected I'm hungry. And I'm guessing you aren't willing to offer." The thought of somebody drinking her blood made Madeline's stomach churn. I mean what kind of sane person would let somebody do that. Then her mind went straight to Caroline and it clicked. Damon compelled her.
"Again I ask why are we here?" Then all of a sudden Vicki came out of nowhere and headed to the car. Madeline automatically saw where this was going. "Nevermind then."
"Stay here and be quiet." Damon compelled before Madeline tried to stop him. He walked away from the trees and stumbled towards Vicki catching her attention. Madeline saw them exchange a few words before Damon extended his fangs and bit into Vicki. Then Madeline's mind went straight to Matt. Vicki was the only family he really had and Madeline was watching as Damon drained the life out of her. Madeline tried to move towards them, but thanks to Damon's compulsion her legs refused to move.
Then all of sudden Damon disappeared further into the woods; dragging Vicki's now limp body with him. Madeline stood there trying to listen as hard as she could to see if she could hear anything and then all of a sudden she could hear everything. From the screaming to the sound of people's feet running on the ground to the pleas for mercy...everything.
Madeline listened until everything got quiet. Madeline looked around without actually moving her head and the blue eyed devil himself appeared in front of her.
"Follow me and you can speak now if you want." Damon compelled. He turned around and Madeline was forced to continue behind him. However, she hasn't spoken yet, figuring that the best thing to say at the moment was nothing.
They walked until Madeline saw several dead teenage bodies scattered around the cemetery.
"What did you do Damon?" Madeline looked around in disbelief. Everything in her body was trying to get away but she was stuck.
"You can thank your buddy Stefan. If he hadn't locked me up i wouldn't have been so hungry and these kids would still be getting wasted in a cemetery." Damon pointed out. He picked up a bottle of alcohol and started splashing it all over the dead bodies.
Madeline could see how he was planning on getting rid of the bodies so she just looked down at her feet. From the corner of her eye she could see the flames forming on the ground. When she looked up she saw that Damon was calling somebody.
"Hello?" Stefan said on the other line.
"I want my ring back." Madeline heard Damon say.
"Where are you?"
"I'm at the sizzler. I had the buffet. Where's my ring?"
"I don't have it. Where are you? What have you done?"
"No, what have you done? You're the one that locked me in the basement and starved me, so whatever I've done, whoever I've sucked dry is on you, buddy."
"You're being careless. How many more animal attacks is this town gonna believe, huh?"
"I know how to cover my tracks, Stefan. Where's my ring?"
"I gave it to Zach to hide. Probably shouldn't have killed him."
"...Ah, you almost got me. Where is it? Oh yeah I forgot to mention that I decided to bring company with me…" Damon walked up Madeline and put the phone up to her mouth. "It's your dearest friend Stefan. Say 'hi'." He compelled.
Madeline looked down at the phone, "Hi Stefan."
" Why do you have Madeline?! Leave her out of this, Damon. I'll get it back, but I need time."
"What, did you FedEx it to Rome?! Where is it? I want my ring, Stefan, or Madeline is my next victim."
"I already want you dead. Don't give me another reason to make it happen." Stefan threatened.
"Don't give me another reason to rip you apart." Damon said equally as aggressive.
"Yeah? Is that gonna be before or after you get your ring back?"
"Just get it." Damon said before hanging up.
Madeline looked at Damon with fear in her eyes at the fact that he said she was his next victim.
"I wouldn't worry if I were you. I wasn't actually serious I just needed to say something to make sure he gets my ring back."
"If you weren't serious can I go home?" Madeline asked hopefully. Damon took a look at the mess he made and that he now had to clean up.
"Yeah I'll just come back and finish cleaning this up." He walked closer to Madeline and looked into her eyes ready to compel. "You can walk freely now." Damon was about to turn around, but then got an idea. So he used his unnatural sped to pick Madeline up and speed to her house.
By the time they got there Madeline was beyond dizzy. Damon put her on her feet, but held onto her arms incase she was still to dizzy.
"A heads up would've been nice." Madeline said trying to see straight.
"I could of, but this way was so much more fun." Damon smirked.
"Alright I think I'm good now." Madeline said as Damon let go of her arms.
"I'm going to go inside and try to forget everything that happened tonight, so wish me luck." Madeline said sarcastically. She was about to turn around but that said,"And don't ever use your compulsion or supernatural speed on me again." She said sternly.
"I can only promise one of those things." Damon said. Madeline rolled her eyes before opening her door and closing it behind her.
Madeline stepped out of the shower and wrapped herself in her robe. Today was everything she hadn't expected. Damon and Stefan were vampires. Does that even make sense? Did today even make sense? No, it didn't. But just because something doesn't make sense doesn't mean it's not real. And that was the reality. Today was real. And it would still be real tomorrow.
Madeline grabbed her phone and saw all the missed calls she got from Stefan. There were at least 10, and 8 messages that asked if she was okay and asking where she was. She decided to call him back. After 2 rings he picked up.
"Madeline? Are you okay? Are you home?" Stefan automatically started springing a bunch of questions at her.
"Easy on the questions. I'm safe at home." Madeline assured.
"I'm so sorry Damon got you involved." Stefan apologized.
"Damon didn't get me involved. You did. The moment you came up to me and we became friends you knew what you were and you still decided to get closer to me. You must have know that I would have eventually found out, but you didn't care. So now I'm stuck in this position where I have to decide whether or not I want to be apart of this. And it's a damn hard decision. If I stop talking to you and Damon I lose two of my closest friends and if I don't...I don't know what happens after that. All I know is I want you here as my friend to help me deal with this." Madeline finishes. She was relieved to finally express herself and say what she felt.
So Stefan's next words brung her happiness. "I'm on my way."
Madeline put down her phone and got dressed in her comfortable clothes; which happened to be a baggy grey sweater and black leggings. Just as she finished pulling her sweater over her head there was a knock on her window. She turned around and saw Stefan standing outside of it. She opened the window and waited for him to step inside. He using his speed to get through the window and stand directly in front of Madeline. Madeline looked up at him for a second before wrapping her arms around his torso. He immediately flung his arms around her and inhaled her scent.
They stayed like this for a while before Stefan finally pulled away and said, " I'm sorry. You were right. I did pull you into this, but it's only because once I met you I couldn't stop myself from wanting to know you even more. I know that makes me selfish and it definitely isn't an excuse, but it's the truth." Madeline stopped him from saying anything else by capturing his lips with hers for a kiss. It was soft and full of emotion. Something both of them were secretly craving.
Madeline pulled back and was stunned at what she just did. "I'm sorry. I know you're with Elena. I shouldn't have…" Stefan grabbed her face and smashed his lips onto hers. It didn't take long for her to respond and before they knew it they were having a full on make-out session. They forgot about everything around them and all the problems that await for them tomorrow. All that mattered was both of them in that moment.
This time Stefan was the one to break the kiss. "I've been wanting to do that for a long time." Stefan admitted.
"Then why didn't you?" Madeline asked. Life would have been so much easier if this had happened a while ago.
"I didn't want to ruin our friendship." Stefan said. He always was aware of his feelings for Madeline, but he never had expected her to return them. Now that he knows she feels the same way he was the excited to say the least.
"That's exactly why I think we should put this on hold. You know, wait until I figure out this whole vampire thing so it doesn't complicate things and be the reason our friendship is over." Madeline told Stefan. Stefan wasn't happy about this, but he understood why it was best if they did that.
"Okay, I can handle that." Stefan agreed.
"Good. I'm tired so I'm going to lay down." Madeline stated as she walked to her bed. She saw that Stefan was about to walk towards the window so she said, "Stay."
He looked over at her and nodded with soft smile. He walked over to the bed and they both got under the covers. Madeline laid her head on his chest while he played with her hair.
They stayed silent the rest of the night and just took this time to enjoy each other's company.
A/N: I'm sorry about how short this chapter is ): I just wanted to get an update out there for you guys since I haven't updated lately. I still hoped you enjoyed. And those of you that are a DamonMadeline fan; don't you worry there will be plenty of them coming later on in this story. I still don't know who endgame is yet, and I'm keeping my options open. (;