Summary: After Damon and Stefan rescue Elena from Elijah, they forget to also rescue Maddison Bennett, also known as Maddie. Elijah ends up finding her and as time passes they grown an instant connection with one another. Maddie knows that it's wrong and she ultimately shouldn't be with Elijah, but she doesn't care. This is her story.
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Before the Sun Sets
CHAPTER 33 ~ The Ultimate Betrayal
I DO NOT OWN THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
"Maddie!"
Groaning, Maddie slightly raised her head. She rubbed her eyes and could see the outline of Caroline. After blinking a few times she could see her clearly now. She was standing against her bedroom door, looking amused.
"Were you sleeping?"
"Trying to."
"I got breakfast." Maddie just pushed herself deeper into the mattress, holding the covers closer. She didn't want to get out of bed.
"I don't care."
"So you're telling me that you aren't hungry?" She could practically feel Caroline's smirk.
Poking her head up a little she looked at Caroline, "What did you bring?"
"Bagels." She put her head back down. She was a little hungry. "I want cream cheese on mine."
Caroline said nothing, she only stood there and pulled the covers off of Maddie. "Get up!"
"I hate you."
"You love me."
Maddie trudged out of bed and following behind Caroline to the kitchen. She could smell the aroma of bagels and her mouth watered a little. She had been hungry before but hadn't even noticed how much considering all she wanted to do was sleep. She sat down on a bar stool by the counter and picked out a bagel, adding cream cheese, Caroline did the same.
"This is so good," Maddie said, biting into her bagel. It had been forever since she had an egg bagel and cream cheese.
"I can see you really like it," Caroline smirked.
Maddie only smiled back, "Where do you go this morning?"
It was so fast but Maddie, who had been looking at Caroline straight forward noticed it. Regret. As quick as it was there it was gone. "Ugh, had to go to Bonnie's."
Maddie didn't want Caroline to know she saw her face before, "Any reason?"
"She just needed me to drop something off." Lie. She could feel it. Something was obviously going on that she wasn't supposed to know about. She was willing to bet Elena was in the middle of whatever it was, as usual.
"I see," she murmured, taking another bite. All the while contemplating how to leave early and go home.
"Sorry, were you sleeping?"
Matt rubbed his eyes with his injured hand, smiling. "C'mon in."
She smiled walking past him, "I didn't mean to bother you I just wanted to check on you and see how you were doing."
"I'm good. How are you?"
You look like shit, she thought. He also reeked of alcohol. She could see a bottle on the couch and tried to conceal her frown. "I'm good. How's your hand?"
"It's alright." Matt rubbed his head, before taking a seat. Maddie sat in a chair and looked over him.
"Do you want me to make you some coffee?" Matt opened his mouth but she jumped to her feet, "I'm making you coffee."
Heading into the kitchen she went to a cabinet opening it up. The fridge was practically bare. She didn't know what to say. She moved her head to see if he was watching and he thankfully wasn't. She went to the fridge and grimaced seeing no food in their either. Finally she found something to make him coffee with, but she ended up using it all. Quickly she brought it to him but he was laying on the couch, passed out.
"Matt," she whispered his name softly. He didn't even stir. "Matt?" She tried again. Nothing. She gave a small smile taking a blanket that was on the couch arm and placing it over him. She left the coffee on his in table, knowing that it most likely would be cold by the time he woke up again. Looking around his house she finally found an extra house key in a drawer in the kitchen. She had seen it before but didn't pay much attention, now she needed it. She would be back.
"So how was your sleepover?"
Maddie had gotten home a little while ago. She said hi to her mom, her dad was at the hospital, before heading to her room and taking a shower before changing into fresh clothes. Lucy was curled up on her bed sleeping peacefully. Her phone had died on the drive home so she had put it on the charger. She turned it on in case anyone tried to call her and it was a good thing to since Mrs. Gleason, or Sharon as she preferred to be called, asked if she could watch Hallie for a few hours while she ran some errands. Maddie excepted, since she loved watching Hallie and she would need some more money for the upcoming holiday season. She didn't have to be there until three and it was only twelve so she had some time to kill.
"It was good," she said, sitting on a bar stool by the counter. "How was your night with dad?"
"It was good." Janette spoke as she ate some fruit assortment that she put together. "You want some?" She held it out to Maddie. Maddie looked at it before taking a grape out and eating it.
"Thanks."
It was silent for a moment before her mother spoke, "Your report card came today."
Maddie paused, knowing it could go either way. To be honest, while she had been going to class and doing her work, she hadn't really been trying like she could have. She was being average. So she wasn't sure if she was going to have a straight A report card or a mixture of A's and high B's, "And how did I do?"
Janette stared at her before grinning, "Brilliant." She slid a thick piece of paper towards her. Maddie looked over it.
Bennett, Maddison Lynn
A.P. American History – 100
A.P. Calculus – 95
A.P. Literature – 98
A.P. Biology – 97
Band – 100
Gym – 100
Maddie slid the card back, unaffected. "Okay."
"Okay?! You are doing amazing. Have you heard back from colleges yet?"
She nodded, "They email me all of the time."
"Did you get an acceptance letter yet?"
Maddie shook her head no, "It's still kind of early."
"Did you send out your new test scores?
To make her dad happy she had retaken her ACT and received a thirty two. He was pleased which she was grateful for. She hoped she wouldn't have to ear anymore about it. Nodding towards her mom she couldn't help wonder what was with the questions. I mean she realized it was her senior year and all but her mom never really questioned her like this. "I did it as soon as I got them in."
"Good, did you decide what you wanted to do for your birthday?"
She laughed allowed. Now she understood what all of the questions were for. What her mom really wanted to know was did she decide what party she should plan. "Nope." She made sure to pop the P.
"Maddison."
"I'll figure it out the day of."
"But we need to plan!"
"Plan for what?"
"Do you want to go out to dinner?" Janette asked as if it were obvious, "because then I can make a reservation. Do you want to do something here with some friends? It's on a Friday so do you want to go to school that day or stay home?"
Maddie looked at her mom, a serious expression on her face, "I never want to go to school."
"Be serious."
"I am. You see that I leave here late almost every single day."
"Which is terrible. I don't understand how you got a one hundred in history."
Because Ric knows I'm the smartest person in his classroom, she felt like saying. "Course work is easy."
"Right, back to your birthday, what do you want to do?"
Maddie thought about it, all the while looking at her mother, "I guess I could have something here."
Janette nodded, holding up her finger quickly. She went and got a notepad and pen, "Alright so we'll do something at the house, what time?"
Maddie shrugged, "Six I guess."
Janette frowned, deep in thought. "I suppose I can take the day off."
"Mom!" She didn't mean to yell but she did. "You don't have to take the day off. You can go to work and come home your usual time. I will just invite some friends over for dinner or whatever."
Janette ignored her continuing, "I'll just leave early and make a big meal for everyone."
She knew there was no point in arguing, "Alright fine."
"What should we have?"
"We should just order pizza's but you insist on making a meal."
Janette gave her a look, "We will figure out a menu later, cake and cupcakes good for dessert?"
"Sure." Maddie couldn't help but think about cake. "If you go to the bakery I want the chocolate mousse filling."
Janette grinned, "I'll keep that in mind. How many do you think you'll have?"
She shrugged thinking it over, "Well I'll invite the team, and probably Damon and Caroline, some other friends and Matt." Oh Matt. "Actually, I need your help."
"What's wrong?"
"Poor boy," Janette spoke, looking around. Matt had picked up and moved to his bedroom since Maddie had left earlier. She made sure to check on him when she and her mom went back to his house.
"I know." She said sadly.
Both Bennett women had grocery bags in each hand. The plan was to be quick. In and out. Maddie had told her mom she wanted to get some stuff for Matt and she agreed. The two went out to the store together, getting him groceries and anything else they saw that they thought he might need. As soon as they got to his house they got to work putting everything away. They had bought everything from water, soda, snacks, fruit, cold cuts to microwavable meals. They even made sure he had paper towels, toothpaste and anything else they saw and considered he might not have.
"How does he keep it together?" Janette murmured as she put food into his pantry.
"I have no idea."
"His mom is an idiot," she said. "He's a good boy. You never hear about him in any trouble, football star, works and she can't even be around because she is too busy sleeping around with men." Maddie let her mom rant. She was right.
Once the women finished they quickly left. Janette had left a container of leftovers from two days ago with him as well. Maddie had to drop her off so that she could go and babysit Hallie.
"You're a good person you know." Janette said before getting out of the car.
Maddie felt her cheeks rise, "Thank you."
"I'll see you later, be safe."
"I will."
"Hey Hal!" Maddie exclaimed as she the three, almost four year old ran to her.
"MAWDIE!"
Sharon smiled watching the exchange, "I'm going to get going. I should be back by seven."
Maddie nodded, allowing Hallie to drag her off towards the living room, "Take your time."
"Bye Hal," Sharon yelled. Hallie let go of Maddie's hand, running to her mother and giving her a big hug before letting go and running back to Maddie, dragging her off into the living room. Maddie had brought her backpack along with her, planning to get some homework done while Hallie watched TV or took a nap. She also wanted to start looking into Christmas presents since the holiday was right around the corner. Much to her delight, Hallie was easy. She colored the princesses in one of the many coloring books she had, while Maddie had Cinderella on in the background. She herself was watching it. She could admit. It was one of her favorites.
When she wasn't sneaking glances out of the corner of her eye she was looking up different things on different sites for gifts. Her parents were difficult but her sister was easy. She debated whether or not she should wait until after thanksgiving, considering Cordelia couldn't stay out of her room or closet so she would find stuff but she really just wanted to get everything out of the way, the sooner the better. Before she knew it she found herself getting out her debit card ordering a mixture of things. She eventually stopped after she was nearing the four hundred mark for the day. Her start was good enough. The buzz of her phone pulled her attention away from her computer screen.
Cordelia – YO!
Maddie – Wassup?
Cordelia – So mom tells me that you agreed to this birthday celebration, finally!
Maddie – You and mom need to find better things to talk about.
Cordelia – Why? You're a fascinating subject.
Maddie -
Cordelia – So, tell me what foods you want so that she can leave me alone!
Maddie – If she's annoying you stop answering her.
Cordelia – I can't.
Maddie – Why?"
Cordelia – Because Nathan is sick and I'm hella bored and she is my texting buddie for life.
Maddie – I'm shocked you aren't getting drunk.
Cordelia – It's a Sunday.
Maddie – Meaning?
Cordelia – I don't get lit when I have an 8 a.m. lab in the morning.
Maddie – Mhm.
Cordelia – I might have had a small drink this morning …
Maddie – Small?
Cordelia – Judging isn't nice.
Not bothering to respond, Maddie just chuckled. It was now nearing five so she decided to start some of her homework. Hallie had taken a nap in the middle of her shopping and texting. She was now snuggled up on the couch knocked out sleeping. Maddie smiled, standing and going to the closet in the hallway, grabbing a blanket. She pushed it over her before taking back her seat. She had a paper due tomorrow for Ric's class and she didn't want to be up late in the morning so she decided to do it now. Thinking about the paper made her think of Ric. She wasn't really sure what was going on with him, she had heard he was in the hospital and even jail at one point but she never got the full story from Damon. She was curious as to whether or not he would show his face tomorrow.
She had opened up the messages on her phone to ask Damon how was he doing, especially after last night, and it appeared he wanted to speak with her as well considering a text came up from him before she could send hers.
Damon – Where are you?
Maddie – Babysitting, why?
Damon – I need to speak to you immediately. When are you leaving?
Maddie – An hour or two, what's wrong?
She waited but received no response. She even called him but got no response. Something wasn't right. She wasn't sure what it was but something was definitely going on. A part of her wanted to go home, another part of her wanted to find out what was happening. She could only assume if Damon was involved it had something to do with Elena, it always did and she was willing to bet money that Klaus and the other originals were somehow connected as well.
She found herself staring at her the computer screen, a blank look on her face. So many thoughts were circling through her head that she couldn't even worry about homework right now.
When she heard the door open, she jumped in her seat. Getting to her feet she immediately walked to see who had come into the house. It was only John, Hallie's dad.
"Hi Maddie," he spoke, flicking the light switch.
She tried to get her breathing together, "Hey John. How are you?"
"I'm good. Sharon still out?"
She nodded, "Yeah, Hal is asleep."
"Great, how was she?"
"She's the best." Maddie said.
John took of his jacket walking into the kitchen, "You're free to go, I'm sure you have better things to do tonight."
Maddie, wanting to be polite smirked, "I wasn't busy."
John only nodded, "Just give me a minute and then your free to go."
She nodded, "Take your time." Meanwhile she was wishing he would hurry it up. She packed up her stuff quickly and took out the DVD that had been in, switching the TV back.
John quickly let her go after that, she thanked it, taking her cash and telling him she would see him later. As she was pulling out of the driveway, Sharon was pulling in. She waved to her quickly before heading off. She figured she would stop at Matt's house first, to check on him before going home. That plan however quickly went south when she felt her car stop. A frown immediately settled on her face, lights were flickering, her wheel wasn't staying straight and her tires felt weird. Pulling over she slipped her phone into her back pocket, getting out and getting out. She took one look at her car before going over to her hood. Opening it she looked inside, even though she wasn't sure what the hell she was looking for.
"Dammit," she muttered. She pulled out her cell phone, ready to call her dad when a gust of wind hit her. She blinked once, almost screaming before it register, "Stefan?"
"Having issues?"
She looked at him and then the car, "I don't know what's wrong with my-," she stopped quickly. Stefan was just staring at her, saying and doing nothing. She took a step back and he took a step forward.
"Don't run."
"Stefan, whatever you are planning on-," crunch. Running over to Maddie, Stefan quickly knocked her out, catching her before she fell, looking around to make sure there were no witnesses before speeding off.
Green eyes snapped open.
Cold.
Very cold.
Maddie looked around, her head was frantic, moving from left to right. She was in a cell of some sort. The door was closed. She wasn't sure how long she stayed there, on the floor, back to the wall. When she felt herself falling asleep she popped her eyes back open. Stefan had hit her head hard and she was sure she probably had a concussion. Staying awake was one of the most important thing for her. Staying awake and focused. Making her hands into fists she moved them to her sides. Her eyes began closing but she kept thinking about getting out of here and going home. Moving her hands over her legs she frowned. No phone.
"You looking for this?"
Her eyes snapped forward. Stefan stood there, on the other side of the cell, her cell phone clutched in his hands. He shook it back and forth.
Her senses were now fully coming together. Her eyes looked around. She was in the boarding house. She recognized this place. She had been down here plenty of times with Damon. Damon! She wondered where he was and was wishing he could get there and get her as far away from Stefan as possible. "So, you tamper with my car, give me a concussion and kidnap me, and then bring me to your cellar? Why?"
Stefan smirked slightly, "Ah so you know where you are. Let me just tell you that there is no point in you trying to escape."
"Why are you doing this?" She stared at him from her seat on the floor.
"You really have no idea what's going on do you?"
"Obviously not."
"Esther used the ball as a way to link her kids together."
"Why?"
"So she could kill them." He made it seem like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Her heart slightly dropped. She had a feeling Esther hadn't rised up from the dead to make peace but she never thought that this would be her reason.
"That still doesn't explain to me why I'm in this cell."
"Your boyfriend, with the help of his psychotic sister kidnap Elena."
Bingo. "Of course, she's always in the middle of everything isn't she?"
"She didn't ask for this."
"No? So she wasn't aware what was going on?" He stayed silent. "That's what I thought."
"As long as you stay put I won't have to kill you."
"Like Damon would ever let you kill me."
"He let me kidnap you."
He's lying. "You're lying."
A small smile formed on his lips, "How do you think I knew where you were?"
Her heart stopped. Damon. Her friend. Probably one of her best friends. "I don't believe you."
"Think what you want. I have no reason to lie to you." Stefan stared at her for a long time before walking away, leaving her to think about her friendship which was now officially over.
Seconds.
Minutes.
Hours.
Time was just passing by. She wasn't sure how long she stayed in their, locked in that cell. She had been fading in and out. Her head hurt but there was nothing that she could really do about that. She could hear the sound of something opening in the distance but she ignored it.
"Wake up." A small shake. "Wake up Maddie."
Her eyes opened slightly. Blonde hair moved around her face. "Rebekah?"
"I'm going to get you out of here," Rebekah said seriously. "Just hang in there."
She could feel herself being lifted up and could hear Rebekah talking to her but she was tired and just wanted to fall back asleep.
She wasn't sure what it was but during the car ride home she was able to stay awake. Rebekah even helped her up the steps. She stopped and sat in the rocking chair, making no move to enter her house. Leaning back, eyes closed she took in a breath before opening her eyes back up. Rebekah looked at her worried.
"Do you need me to take you to the hospital?"
She shook her head, "No, thank you."
"Your head is injured. I can smell the dried blood."
"Stefan kind of knocked me out."
"My brother will kill him."
She smiled lightly, "I'm sure." A moment of silence passed between the two. "So, tell me, what happened?"
"My mother was stopped."
"How?"
"I haven't gotten all of the details but apparently something with the Salvatore's and the Bennett witches?" She wasn't sure what she meant by witches. She only knew of one Bennett witch and that was Bonnie.
"Interesting."
"I'm going to head home. If you need anything, don't hesitate to call."
"I would but my phone has been stolen."
Rebekah walked to her, reaching into her back pocket she pulled out Maddie's cell phone. "I found it when I broke in."
"Thank you." Maddie said taking the phone from her.
"Anytime."
With a big swoosh of air Rebekah disappeared. Maddie was contemplating whether or not she was ready to go in the house when Kol appeared in front of her. "You just missed your sister."
"You look terrible."
"Lovely to see you to."
"I'm not staying long. I had heard of your kidnapping and came to say goodbye."
"Goodbye?" Her eyebrows raised.
"My mother just tried to kill me. And while she might have been stopped this time I don't doubt that there will be a next."
"So you're running?"
"Can you blame me?"
She thought about it. She tried to put herself in his position, thinking about what she would do if she was ever faced with her mother trying to kill her and her sister. The first thing she would probably do is leave Mystic Falls. "No."
"This isn't the end Maddison." She couldn't even bring herself to frown at the name. Instead she just laughed. "I will be seeing you again."
"I hope so." While he was crazy, she did enjoy his antics. Kol went to turn but she spoke up, "Wait." He faced her again. "You said that if I was going to be a part of your family there was a lot that I would have to learn." Kol nodded. "Do you ever plan on telling me what you meant?"
Kol laughed, "You'll come to see over time. But let's first start with the basics, your best friend Rebekah, she will be the first to stab you in the back."
"I find that hard to believe."
"Don't fall for her whiny persona. The minute you cease to be of use she and Nik will turn on you together. They might bicker but that pair is probably more dangerous than all of us combined."
"Noted." Maddie thought about his words. Of course he did have a point but that wasn't what she really wanted to know. "Are you going to tell me more."
"Maybe in due time." He stepped to her, and kissed her cheek quickly. "Good bye Maddison." In a blink he was gone.
She sat there a little while longer, contemplating. She thought about the past, the present and the future and before she knew it, she was ready to go in the house, get in the shower, turn on the hot water and cry under it and then continue to cry in bed. This had been a wake up call for her today. Getting to her feet she stood tall, reaching for the door of her house. She had slightly opened it and had one foot inside when she heard it.
"Maddie."
Damon. The last person she wanted to see. She started to walk forward and ignore him but in a flash he had her hand grasped in his.
"Don't touch me Damon!" She snapped, she had been able to twist the knob and push a tiny bit, but the door wasn't completely open.
"Let me explain."
"There is nothing to explain. There is only one question to be answered." She looked at him, green eyes staring into blue. She swallowed, hoping it would keep the tears that were pooling up in her eyes at bay. "Did you tell Stefan where I was today?"
He didn't blink but he swallowed and that gave her his answer. "Right. And I'm sure you were well aware of what would happen when you told him considering you aren't an idiot."
"I didn't know he was going to lock you in the basement."
"But you knew that he would kidnap me?" She let out a cold laugh. "I hate you." She said strongly.
"You don't mean that."
She nodded, not caring that tears were welled up in her eyes, "I do. I really do." She was crying now. He reached for her face but she smacked at his hand. "You know Damon, when I first met you I thought you were a wild card. And then when I found out about Katherine and how your father treated you I felt bad. Somewhere along the lines of everything you became my friend. You were there for me if I needed it. We went out together. Hell, my mom probably likes you better than my other friends. And you've had your fair share of shitty moments, yes. But I never thought that it would get to this point. No matter what you did I never thought that you would allow your brother to tamper with my car, knock me out, kidnap me, and leave me in a cellar where I had to wonder whether or not I was going to live to see tomorrow."
"I'm so-," she didn't want to hear it.
"SAVE IT!" She didn't care that she was letting him see her break down. Not now. "You can save it all because it's done. Whatever friendship we had is over! Whatever love I had for you as my friend is over! We are over! There is no more Maddie and Damon! There is only what was!"
"You don't mean that."
"Oh yes I do."
"Elena was in danger Maddie, I didn't know what to do." Damon was actually rambling. She wanted to believe that if he was trying to explain himself then he was actually sorry but she wasn't taking that excuse. Not from him.
"I WAS IN DANGER! WHEN ROSE KIDNPAPED ME I WAS IN DANGER AND INSTEAD OF SAVING ME YOU LEFT ME!" She screamed. "YOU LEFT ME THERE! I FORGAVE YOU FOR IT, I DID. AND THEN AFTER YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT ELIJAH AND ME AND YOU TOLD ME I BETRAYED YOU."
"Maddie I-," she wasn't having it.
"I believe the correct term was that the minute a guy bats an eyelash at me I would drop my panties, right?" Hurt was displayed all over his face. "And then I barley spoke to you but eventually we got better. And that summer we had an amazing time, but it doesn't matter because with you it is always about Elena and always will be," she was still staring at him with a serious look, "today proved that. Well, it doesn't matter anymore because I hate you."
"You don't."
"I do," she cried, "so much. Your brother was going to kill me today if anything happened to Elena and sure you might not have known the plan but I know you aren't dumb enough to think I would have been left alive."
"I'm sorry."
"I DON'T WANT YOUR SORRY'S DAMON!" She took a breath, "What I want is for you to get the hell off my porch and stay the hell out of my life."
Maddie's house door swung open. She turned, face a mess seeing Janette standing there, a mixture of shock and anger on her face. She looked between the two, having heard everything. "Get away from my daughter." She reached for Maddie, who went to her mother.
"Janette, let me explain."
"I don't need you to explain anything. The only thing that you need to do is understand that if you come around her again I will stake you myself." She ushered Maddie in the house then, closing the door and locking it, leaving Damon on the porch.
Maddie stood tall, crying up a storm. Janette looked at her daughter, her baby. Her eyes went to her head where the dried-up blood was. "Maddie," she breathed out.
"Mommy," Maddie circled her arms around her mother, dropping to the floor with her, crying.
After Maddie calmed down, Janette rushed her to the hospital. Maddie did in fact have a concussion. They had to come up with an excuse of her falling. Janette, who had a separate conversation with Christian about things was informed that Aby have been turned into a vampire by Damon Salvatore. Christian had been informed by Caroline Forbes who had called. The two went home with Maddie that nigh. She was their greatest concern.
Maddie didn't say very much to either of her parents that night. She knew she and her mom would eventually have a talk about everything that she had overheard.
It was no question that she wouldn't be attending school the next day. After she took a shower she quickly changed into pajamas. As she threw the pillows off of her bed she felt a swoosh of air, quickly turning around unsure of who it was this time. She ran to Elijah seeing him. He hugged her back, placing a small kiss on the side of her head.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
"I'll live. Just a concussion."
"This shouldn't have happened."
"You're right, but it did."
She moved away from him, assessing him. He was in his usual attire, a suite, but she felt like something was different. "Are you going somewhere?"
"I'm leaving town."
"Excuse me?" Her head went to the side a bit.
"I kidnapped a teenage girl today. I allowed my sister to watch over her, knowing she would torture her."
"Elena isn't innocent."
"I'm not better than Stefan."
"You can't be serious right now." She looked him in the eye. "So, you are just going to disappear and never return?"
"Me staying away from you would be for the best."
Looking at him she said nothing. From the events of the whole day she had just had enough, of everyone! Walking over to her desk she opened up a drawer, pulling out a box.
"This is for the best," he spoke, watching her. "I refuse to ruin your life before it even begins."
Holding the box with each hand she let herself smile, before she scrunched her eyes, tears forming again. "Today I was kidnapped. Locked in the Salvatore cellar and thought I might die. I have a concussion thanks to Stefan and I'm not even sure where my car is." She turned, facing him again and walking to him until she stood toe to toe with him. "You say that you refuse to ruin my life, yet I want you in my life." She made sure she held his eye contact, "Let me refraise, wanted." She held out the box to him and with a confused look on his face he took it. "These are letters that I wrote to you this summer. There is practically one for every day." Tears continued to escape, "I waited for you. I did. I never gave up. Even after you were undaggered and we had our issues I still kept faith but if you could just turn and leave when things get rough I don't need you."
He whispered her name softly, "Maddie."
"You can go now." She finished, wiping her face. "And make sure you don't come back."
Thank you all so much for reading.
If I have invoked some kind of emotion for you with this chapter then I have done my job.
I'm curious to know who do you guys think made the ultimate betrayal in this chapter? Caroline? Stefan? Damon? Elijah? Who? LET ME KNOW!
Being completely honest, I always had it planned up to the Mikaelson ball. I know a lot happens after because the siblings are linked and to be honest I didn't watch the show a lot after. I got tired of Elena and the Salvatore brothers and they kept playing with Klaroline too much for me. I wanted them to be end game and it wasn't happening so I got pissed. I've seen a few episodes and know some things so I'm like ugh. Being honest I like Alaric and I know he get's killed off and then returns but I'm not sure how I'm going to do that. I want him to stay. I don't know I'll figure it out. I am up for ANY SUGGESTIONS.
I am pretty sure my next update won't be until January, so I hope that everyone has an amazing holiday! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
p.s. my Christmas present can be reviews? Maybe lol.
In this chapter … Maddie and her mom set out to help Matt. Damon and Maddie's friendship is over.
Next Chapter … Happy 18th Birthday.