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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PersephoneTheQueen - Hi and I'm not sure how I'm doing the whole new Orleans thing yet but no Haley and Elijah lol, I don't even want to do the whole pregnancy thing to be honest. :)
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Guest - Thanks so much for reviewing, I was happy to put Elijah and Maddie back! And Cord & Klaus, omg I'm very much considering them together right now. Hope you enjoy this chapter! :)
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Before the Sun Sets
CHAPTER 36 ~ Letters, Teasing and Gifts
I DO NOT OWN THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
From the moment that Maddie woke up she could tell that she wasn't in her room. The sheets felt different but they also felt comfortable to her. The mattress felt softer. Her sister wasn't barging into her room. And there was no Lucy. For a second, she stayed still, her eyes closed, enjoying the feeling before she opened them up. She planned to smile but frowned when she didn't see Elijah next to her. What the fuck. Sitting up she looked around before feeling the mattress, his spot wasn't too cold. She reached over to look at her phone seeing she had texts from the previous night.
Mom – Hope you had an amazing birthday!
Dad – Enjoy the rest of your day sweetie, have a good night, be safe. Love you.
Caroline – Hope you had an amazing birthday.
Damon – I know you hate me but happy birthday Maddie.
She set the phone back down before getting out of bed, she had to pee. She smiled seeing what looked to be a bathroom. Her smile got bigger when she saw the bag her sister must have bought in for her on the floor. Going through it quickly she took out toothpaste before going to pee and then brush her teeth. By the time she finished and put it back in her bag she could hear footsteps. Soon enough Elijah appeared, "Are you trying to kill me?"
She frowned and was going to ask when his head went up and down. Fuck. She had never buttoned the shirt she gave her so her boobs were on display and he could see her underwear. She button the middle three quickly, "If I told you that I was sorry I would be lying to you."
He smirked at her before walking over and kissing her forehead, "Get back in the bed." He still had coffee cups in his hands.
She smiled, gazing into his eyes, "Yes, sir." She laughed aloud hearing him growl. Ugh, she loved messing with him. Surely it would grow to be her new favorite hobby. Getting in under the covers, she adjusted the pillow behind her so that she could sit up. Looking to her right she couldn't help but smile at Elijah who was right next to her, extending a coffee cup her way.
"You know I'm not the biggest coffee fan," she stated.
"You'll like this," he insisted.
She frowned but took it, putting her nose around the rim and giving a small sniff. She smelt could smell vanilla. Taking a tiny shrug she raised the cup to her lips and tasted. Elijah was staring at her curiously, "It's not the worst thing I've ever tasted."
He chuckled, "I'll take it."
"I'm surprised you're drinking it."
"And why's that?" He asked taking a sip of his own drink.
"You seem like more of a tea person to me."
"I am," he stated and she put her mug down on the in table by her before turning her body so that she was on her side facing him, "but sometimes I prefer something a little stronger."
She raised an eyebrow, "Oh yeah?"
Elijah put down his cup, not even looking as he did so, he just kept his eye contact with her, "Yeah."
Moving in, he leaned his head down slightly to run his lips over hers. It was gentle. Maddie smiled even though he pulled away shortly after. She kept her eyes locked with his before moving up to him, her nose skimming his. It felt great to be like this. She hoped things remained this, peaceful.
"You know, if you can cook like this I might have to move in here," Maddie said after cutting into the French toast that Elijah had whipped up. It was so good that she was practically moaning as she ate it.
"I'd love nothing more."
The smile that was already on her lips widened, "Would you?"
He nodded, "I plan for us to make memories here."
"While I love the sound of that, realistically we both know that I'm not moving in here, especially while I'm still in high school. My parents don't even know that I'm seeing someone, well my dad doesn't know."
Elijah looked at her curiously, "Your mom knows about us?"
Maddie wasn't sure how to answer that, "Well she doesn't know about you, but she has been suspicious of me dating someone," she took a sip of the orange juice in front of her. "And I'm pretty sure that when I was yelling at Damon she heard me mention you, but she hasn't asked me questions yet."
"Interesting."
"What do you mean?"
"Would it be a problem if they knew?"
"Would it be a problem if my parents knew that I was dating someone over a thousand years old," Maddie mocked but she did throw him a smile, "I'm not sure what they would do to be quite honest."
"You can't hide our relationship forever."
"And I'm not hiding it, but if they don't ask then I won't tell."
"And if they ask?"
"Depending on what's going on I'll give them half of the facts." She meant what she said. So much had already happened this year that she just wanted the rest of the school year to go by peacefully.
Elijah took her answer and nodded, more so to himself. The two of them finished their breakfast without speaking but it was in peace. Maddie picked up his dish when she saw he was done and carried it over to the sink with her own. She began the water and was going to start washing them when a hand clamped over hers.
"What are you doing?'
She spoke as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, "Washing the dishes."
"There's no need for that."
"Don't be ridiculous, you cooked so it's the least I can do."
Elijah quieted down, it was apparent to him that she wasn't going to change her mind. He leaned against the counter and watched her clean his dishes. The minute she finished she dried her hands with a paper towel before looking around for the trash. When she found it, she threw it out before looking up, her eyes meeting Elijah's.
"What?"
"I enjoy having you here."
Her expression went from blank to a grin, "Oh yeah?"
He nodded, "Yeah."
"Well I like being here. You have an amazing house."
"You haven't seen all of it yet."
"So treat me like a nice house guest and show me around." Elijah reached out for her hand and she was going to take it when she heard her phone vibrating against the table. She had decided to bring it downstairs, in case her sister or parents called her. "Hold that that," she murmured to him. When she got to the table she saw that it was her sister who was calling her. "Hello?"
"I see you're awake."
Maddie rolled her eyes, "I've been up since like nine, something like that."
"It's almost eleven now and I just woke up."
"Not surprising, you aren't a morning person."
"That's a fact. What are you doing?"
"I just finished breakfast," Maddie had her back to Elijah so she hadn't seen him come over to her. She slightly jumped when his hands wrapped around her waist pulling her too his back. She gasped slightly but tried to cover it as a cough.
"Oh," Cordelia said for a second before speaking again, "did you have Elijah for breakfast?"
Elijah who had started pressing kisses against Maddie's neck chuckled, while a horrified Maddie yelled, "Cord!"
"Well did you have sex?"
"CORDELIA!"
"What? I know if it was my birthday I'd want some."
"I literally hate you right now."
"Love you too boo. What time will you want to go?"
"What time do we have to be home?"
"I'll be there between three and three-thirty."
"Sounds like a plan."
"Have a good afternoon with your boy toy, hope you're getting some good makeup loving." Maddie's mouth widened before she pulled the phone away from her ear and hung up. Elijah was still laughing.
"I have to admit your sister is quite … amusing."
"That's one way to describe her. I'm sure my mom finds her embarrassing."
"I'm sure your mother loves her."
"Of course she's her favorite."
Elijah turned her around so that they were now facing one another, "Does that upset you?"
Maddie immediately began to shake her head, "Oh no, it doesn't bother me. I'm just saying she's her favorite and I'm dad's favorite, but still love us both equally, if that makes sense. We're just closer in different ways."
He nodded in understanding, "I see."
"Have you heard anything from your mother yet?"
Elijah shook his head, "No, I have not, but she's out there. Plotting some kind of way to try and kill my siblings and myself."
"I'm sorry."
"It isn't your fault."
She knew that, "I still feel bad. What she's trying to do is awful."
"Yes, but it's understandable."
She looked at him in shock, "You agree with what she's trying to do?"
"Of course not, but I have come to understand her reasoning. For over a thousand years she has watched my siblings and I spill innocent blood. She has watched us scheme, gain power, she's seen our greed and so much more."
She wasn't really sure how to respond to that. His revelation had been one that she wasn't ready for. "How much innocent blood have you spent?"
"Far too much for the way I claim to be noble."
Now she really wasn't sure what to say. Instead of saying anything she just stared at him. After a minute passed she grabbed one of her hands in his, bonding their fingers together, "I'm sure you have your reasons for everything that you've done." He didn't respond to her, "And no matter what you've done that doesn't excuse your mother for trying to kill her own children."
"We're monsters."
She wanted to lighten the mood, "Well then I guess you're my monster."
He smirked at her, which made her feel better, "I guess so."
Seeing this as her opening to change the topic she continued, "So why don't you show me around?"
Elijah brought up her hand that was in his to his mouth and kissed it gently, "Of course." Maddie smiled, leaving her phone in her hand as she followed him. He took her through the dining room where there was a huge table, flowers were on it and place mats. "Did you decorate?"
He nodded, "Yes. Why?"
"I like it."
He turned his head so that he could see her, "I'm glad." Turning back around he led her out of the dining room and back up the stairs. He pointed to a room, "That's just a bathroom," and then he pointed to another, "that's a spare bedroom," he then pointed to the room across from those two, "that's my office."
"You have an office?"
"Yes," he then led her back into his bedroom.
"That's it?" She laughed.
"I only have a few hours left with you, I'd like to spend them productively." She wasn't going to complain about that.
"Elijah," she yelped as he lifted her into his arms. He kissed her forehead gently before placing her in his bed, getting in behind her before he cuddled her to him.
She placed her phone back on the dresser it had bene on the night before, then rested her head in the crook of his neck, enjoying the feeling of her skin against his. Instead of speaking, they both just savored the moment. She couldn't help but take in a deep breath and savor his smell. She moved her hand to rest on his chest.
"I read your letters," Elijah finally said. They had been laying in a comfortable silence for quite some time before his confession.
She moved her head, wanting to look at him, "You did?"
He nodded, "I did and we have a lot to talk about."
"Alright," she tried to sound confident even though she was scared about what they would discuss, "let's talk."
"So, you and your sister went to a Beyoncé concert."
She laughed allowed, "That's the first thing you want to talk about?"
"It seems like a good place since your summer sounded amazing. How was it?"
"It was amazing, I mean it's Beyoncé, my sister was singing all of her songs so she had a sore throat the next couple of days."
"Yes, and then your schedule was messed up, but I presume you got it fixed."
She nodded, "I did."
"And Chicago."
"Right. Well Chicago sucked for me."
"Please help me to understand why you even went."
"I figured I could get in one last hoo rah before school began," she said. After she said it she felt kind of lame. "And I figured Klaus wouldn't kill me, a part of me hoped he would have sympathy and undagger you." Elijah nodded. "I learned my lesson though. You probably already know this but we ended up going to Stefan's old apartment and Damon left Elena and I there. Stefan showed up with Klaus and then ratted me out."
"I think it's past time I paid Stefan Salvatore a visit."
Maddie sat up straight and crossed her legs. She made sure she was fully facing him as she spoke, "As much as I would love that, and believe me I would, no one knows your still in town, or close to town. I think it would be best if we kept it that way."
Elijah stayed in his position, laying down and looked at her. He brushed his hand over her face, moving a piece of her hair behind her ear, "You are probably right, but in time I will deal with Stefan."
"I doubt I'll feel bad about it."
"Right, now continuing with the letters, after that you came back and went to prank night."
She nodded, "Yeah, Caroline convinced me to go. And your brother showed up was pissed because Elena was still breathing."
"Right, he thought she was dead after the sacrifice."
Maddie nodded, "Pretty much. He ended up killing two seniors, Chad and Dana." She thought of them at times and felt bad. "Turns out Elena had your sister Rebekah's necklace."
"I'm assuming your talking about the necklace that belonged to my mother." She nodded, "How did it come to Elena?"
"Stefan found it when he used to be buddy buddy with Klaus. Klaus ended up killing Tyler and the only way he would survive was by drinking Elena's blood so that he could turn into a hybrid. On top of that Matt was seeing his dead sister, Vicki, he thought she was sending him all types of signs about something. He ended up tying a weight to his leg before jumping in the schools pool and I had to give him CPR."
"Why would he do that?"
"To see if he could connect with his sister. Which he could and before you know it ghosts were all over Mystic Falls." She looked down, "I got to see my grandma."
"And how was that?"
"It was good. I got to talk to her, it just felt so good to see her again. I miss her." She didn't want this to be an upsetting day so she quickly moved on, "And then Bonnie destroyed your mother's necklace so all of the ghosts disappeared, but not before Mason took Damon into the caves. Only Damon couldn't get in there because he's a vampire so Ric and I went inside. There were drawings everywhere so I took pictures of them and started to decipher them at home and the next morning we were back in the cave. Ric had figured out that the writings on the walls were names."
"My family," Elijah muttered causing her to nod.
"Yes. Eventually your story got put together and Elena decided to go and tell Rebekah that Klaus killed your mother."
Elijah noted the look on her face, "You don't approve?"
She gaped at him, "Do I agree with telling a vulnerable girl that her brother killed her mother just so you can try and get her on your side, no. It was wrong. And then she went and stabbed her in the back but you know all about that, don't you?" Maddie raised an eyebrow, and she liked the slight look of shock that took over Elijah's face. Yeah, she thought to herself in triumph, you aren't exempt from my smartass comments. When he didn't' say anything she continued, "And then your father showed up."
"Tell me he didn't touch you." He was able to keep his voice in check but she could feel anger radiating off of him. She couldn't help but bite her bottom lip. It was hot.
"No, he didn't. He was there for Klaus." She decided not to mention that hybrid that Damon had to push off of her, "Anyways, Stefan ruined that plan by helping Klaus kill Mikael, but then he went and stole Klaus' coffins."
"Emotionless Stefan is quite something, isn't he?"
Maddie chuckled a bit, "He's a real ass that's what he is." She wondered if Klaus wouldn't have turned him into emotionless and ripper Stefan had he known the consequences. "So, Klaus wanted his coffins back and started getting reckless and Damon undaggered you. Then you brought back your siblings and now your mother is trying to kill you all, with Elena's help of course. I think that summed up my letters to you."
"I think not."
"What else was in them?"
"Let's talk about school."
She groaned, "I don't even want to think about school right now."
"Well in one of your letters you talked about all of the schools you applied to, did you want to apply to them all?" From his tone she could tell that he already knew she didn't want to.
"No."
"Then why did you?"
"My dad has certain expectations that I'm required to meet."
"Like?"
"Like getting all A's, and everything has to be above a ninety-five, math is the only exception but it still has to be pretty high. Like applying to amazing schools that I'm not even sure I'll get into."
"I'm sure you'll get in," he told her, confidence radiating through him, "but if you don't want to go you shouldn't have to. How many did you apply to?"
She thought about it for a moment, "Seven."
"And out of those seven, which are you actually interested in going to?"
"Well I haven't visited them all so I don't know yet."
"How many of them would you have chosen for yourself without your father's input?"
"North Caroline and Maryland are amazing for lacrosse so getting into one of those would be amazing," she said honestly. "Boston and Loyola aren't out of the question for me either."
"And if your dad had his choice where would you go?"
"Considering he likes them all he probably wouldn't care, but I'm sure he wants me to get a full ride like my sister."
"You can't live your life the way that your parents want to. If you don't want to go to one of those schools you shouldn't be forced to."
"It's not that simple."
"And why not?"
"Because either way you look at it, I'm not paying to go to any of them, my parents are, so their final input matters."
"And if you got full rides to all of them?"
"Their input still matters." Elijah just stared at her, "Let's change subjects."
"You can't avoid it, college is right around the corner."
"And when I actually get into a college I'll think about it some more," she was over the conversation. She got onto her knees thinking of a way to change the subject, moving closer to Elijah she smiled, moving one of her legs so that she was straddling him, "do you really want to spend the rest of our time arguing about college?"
"You're trying to change the subject."
She plopped down so that she was directly over his jeans now. Only in her underwear and his shirt. She smirked, feeling him. He most definitely wanted her, he was just holding back. She was going to enjoy testing his barriers. Seeing how far she could push him would be interesting. "I think you want me to change the subject," she began, popping open a button on the shirt, "and I know that your friend down there," she moved slightly, pushing her hips forward then back, "most definitely wants the subject to change."
"We aren't having sex Maddison."
She feigned shock, "Who said anything about sex?" She pushed her hips again, feeling him come to life, "I'd say that we're more on the experimenting side."
Before she could push her hips again, Elijah's hands moved to her waist to hold her in place. Not caring she continued to unbutton his shirt before she threw it to the ground. She wasn't sure where her this confidence was suddenly coming from but she was enjoying it. Knowing that she was him hard only encouraged her. She smiled down at him, "Are you afraid that I'm going to make you lose control?"
He met her eyes, "Absolutely not. You do realize that if I wanted to I could have stop your little teasing earlier, flipped you over and kept both of your hands in one of mine, while my other hand ripped my shirt off of you." She felt hot all of a sudden. His eyes stared into hers, his face unmoving.
"I think you absolutely could have," she leaned down slightly, "but I think you like me taking over when we get hot and heavy."
"I might, but we still aren't having sex."
"I know that, we're experimenting," she kissed his lips before he could say anything. When he moved to kiss back she sucked on his bottom lip slightly before biting. Her eyes had been closed but opening them up she looked at him. She could see lust filling up his vision. She smirked moving back up to a sitting position, his hands had moved off of her hips so she began to move on top of him again. He was still hard, very hard. "What's the matter?" She tried not to laugh after she asked the question but she couldn't help the small chuckle that came out.
"You think this is funny?"
She nodded. Elijah moved up so that he was no longer laying down. Moving his head, he captured one of her nipples in his mouth, biting gently before sucking. He moved his hand to fondle the one he wasn't sucking on.
"Oh shit," she breathed out. She didn't think she would ever get over the feeling of having his mouth on her breasts. It just felt so good. She moaned allowed when he switched and she felt her panties getting wet when she made eye contact with him. He had his eyes locked with hers.
Finally pulling away he grinned at her, "If you really want to know what teasing is like, I have no problem showing you Maddison," with that he moved his hands to her ass, giving it a very firm squeeze before pushing her into him some more. If she thought she could feel him before she could most definitely feel him now.
"AH!" She yelled out, her ass felt like it was slightly on fire but it wasn't in a bad way, "did you just smack my butt?"
Instead of answering he smacked it again before using his vampire strength and speed to turn her around so that he was now lying above her. She moved her hands to his shirt, lifting it up. Within seconds it was gone. "You want to know what teasing is?" He asked. She nodded, smiling. "Speak." His commanding tone only made her wetter.
"Yes."
Keeping eye contact with her, he moved his face into her neck, giving her light kisses, up and down before he began to suck on her pulse. She was so caught up that she almost missed his hand movement until she felt it on her stomach. He began to move it down. Her breath caught for a second. She was not only nervous but excited, he was going to finally touch her there.
Elijah glided his hands along the top of her thong before he moved it down. Once he was in the center he rubbed his finger gently over her center. Back and forth. She began to breath heavier, anticipating his next move. Before she could whisper out a please to him he moved his hand to the side before a finger went inside of her thong. He was there. She felt his finger move around before it was touching her. Oh my god, her head was screaming at her, oh my god. Elijah moved his finger and gently ran it up and down inside of her, up and down. It was almost like he was barley touching her.
"And that's all for now," he murmured in her ear. His hand was now gone. She blinked a few times before his words actually registered. Within seconds of understanding what he meant she was glaring at him.
She huffed, "Whatever." She went to reach for the shirt on the ground when she was grabbed and pushed against Elijah.
"The first time I go down on that sweet pussy of yours there will be no time frame because when I do take it I won't be letting you out of my bed. Understand?"
She felt her heart flutter, "Understood."
"What the hell is that?"
Maddie turned her head to look at her sister, "What's what?"
"On your neck, what is that?"
Maddie frowned at her sister, who was giving her a what the fuck and amused look all in one, "Eyes on the road!" She snapped before looking in a mirror. She moved her head slightly, looking at her neck. Fuck. A hickey.
"Is that a hickey?" Cordelia asked while laughing.
"Shut up," Maddie muttered.
"Look through my pocketbook, I might have some concealer." Maddie turned and grabbed her sister's back, she didn't have any some. She took her hair out of the ponytail and moved it to one side. "That thing is huge."
"It's not that bad."
"It's like a bullseye right on your neck. You better rush to your room so we can get it covered, unless you want mom and dad to ask questions."
"I'll tell them I'm showering."
"Mhm," Cordelia noted before turning into their neighborhood, "now just for the hell of it let's go over our story again. Where were we?"
"Your friend Jen's house."
"Correct. And?"
"And it was so much fun. You got drunk last night and I had two shots."
"And?"
"And?" Maddie wondered confused.
Cordelia chuckled, "I just wanted to say and."
"Your so stupid."
"But you love me," she spoke in a sing song as she pulled into her driveway. "Now, before we walk in that house, tell me," she looked into Maddie's eyes seriously, "how was the sex?"
"I can not stand you," Maddie spoke, getting out the car. She went into the back seat, reaching for her bag before closing the door. Cordelia followed.
"Mom's not home," Cordelia noted, "and the garage is open," she walked ahead of Maddie, a slight frown on her face. They didn't really use their garage door all that often so it was weird to see it open today, when they were to see inside they could see that there dad was inside, drinking a beer and watching TV.
"There are my girls."
"Hi dad," they spoke together.
"How was your night?"
"Good," they answered again together.
"Where's mom?" Cordelia wondered.
"She had to stop by the store and then she wanted to go grocery shopping."
"I want to go shopping too."
Christian gave her a look, "I think that it's for the best that she went by herself. Don't want my bank account to suffer anymore than it already does when she goes out." That got a quick laugh out of Maddie. She waved him off before going through the door into the house. She could hear her sister behind her as she made her way up the stairs, towards her bedroom.
Maddie's door was closed which was weird to her. She usually left it open when she wasn't home. "Holy shit," Maddie breathed out, looking around. Nothing was the same.
"Do you like it?" She could hear Cordelia behind her.
Maddie walked inside and looked around. Everything was different. Her walls were now painted a shade of dark purple, but it was appeasing to the eye. She could see her desk was still in the same spot her laptop and everything else was just how she had left it. Next to her desk was an in table and then her bed. Gone were her old bedding and in was a new silver colored comforter, that matched her new furniture. She walked over, touching the fluffy pillows. They felt soft. Her To the corner of her window seat was a brand new bookshelf. She couldn't wait to fill it with new wonders. Across from her bed was a dresser that held her TV and her other new dressers. She could see to the other corner of her window with the seat was her shelf that was full of DVD's and CD's. She looked down seeing that she was standing on a new rug. It looked so soft, she couldn't wait to run her feet threw it. In front of her closet were balloons and presents from the night before.
"I absolutely love it," she breathed, turning to face her sister. Her dad was there too.
"Your mom's gonna pissed."
"Why?"
"She wanted to get you a new bulletin board for your pictures. That's why she went to the store."
Maddie ignored him and ran to hug him, "Thank you so much, I love it."
"Um," Cordelia spoke after a moment, "where's my hug? I mean this was my idea."
"Did you have a good birthday?" Janette asked Maddie as the four Bennett's sat together, eating dinner.
"I did," she said allowed. "Thanks for the amazing party."
Janette smiled at her daughter, before having a sip of wine. "So, your dad and I have been doing some talking and you girls don't have to come with Buffalo for Thanksgiving."
No one missed the grin that spread across Cordelia's face. Of course she was happy about not going, then again she had made her point clear, she wasn't going regardless of what her parents, or mom, wanted her to do.
"We will miss you guys so much," Cordelia said, attempting to put on an upset voice. "But have fun."
Janette responded instantly, "We'll try." She gave Christian a small smile before looking back to Cordelia, "There are rules though."
"Rules?"
Maddie chuckled at her sister's voice. She didn't really think her parents were going to leave them, mostly her alone in the house and not give her some rules.
"No parties," Janette said, "you can have people over but I don't want this house filled with underage people drinking."
"I'm hardly underage."
"Your nineteen, not twenty-one." Christian stated.
"Exactly," Janette took over speaking again, "and if people are going to be over I want to know about it."
"No boys," Christian said, eyeing both girls before he laughed allowed. Maddie laughed with him all the while thinking, if you only knew.
"Yeah yeah," Cordelia spoke passively, "what else?"
"Stay safe."
"Of course."
After dinner Maddie went up to her room. She had been sitting in the middle of her bed, thinking of what she should do when she spotted the gifts on the floor. Getting to her feet she went over the gifts and put them on her bed. She got in a sitting position before she started to open everything.
As she began going through gifts and looking reading the birthday cards, a smile stayed on her face. Her friends and family were so sweet. Her aunt and uncle had sent her a birthday card through the mail. Katie had made her a board with pictures of them on it. She couldn't wait to put it on her wall next to her other pictures and her awards. It was perfect. Her sister had bought her a Michael Kors bag with a matching wallet and she was in love. Her parents, always generous and re done her room and given her some cash. Klaus and Rebekah, being themselves wrote her a check that she found to be very generous.
As she got to the end of the cards she smiled seeing one of the last ones.
Dear Maddie,
Happy birthday. I'm sorry that I couldn't be there to celebrate with you but that's my own fault. I first want to start out by telling you that I am so sorry for everything that happened. Yes, I knew Stefan was going to take you in the hopes that Elijah would have Rebekah give Elena back, but I didn't know how far he would go. Not that it mattered, it was wrong of me to allow him to do that but I'm a man in love, I don't think there's anything that I wouldn't do for her. But enough about that, I know that there is no way to get our friendship back and for the rest of my existence that will be something I'll always regret. I hope that one day you will find it in your heart to forgive me. Enjoy being 18 and I wish you a very long, happy and healthy life.
Love Damon.
"Come in," Maddie yelled, hearing someone knocking on her door.
Cordelia let herself in, Lucy with her, closing the door behind her. "Let's Netflix and chill tonight." Lucy jumped on Maddie's bed and tottled around before getting comfortable. Cordelia got in next to her sister.
"What do you want to watch?" Maddie wondered. She hadn't chosen anything yet.
"Let's watch Baby Daddy, I think some laughs would do us good."
Maddie scrolled through and found the TV show. She clicked it and watched it, feeling herself dozing off. Before she could actually fall asleep though, her sister was speaking, "Did you read Damon's card?"
"Yeah."
"And?"
"And it's sad that after everything we've been through he was willing to sacrifice my life for someone who plays him against his brother," she said honestly. "And while I'll admit that I will always miss our friendship, it's done."
Cordelia nodded, contempt with her answer, "Night Mads."
"Night Cord and thank you."
"For what?"
"Bringing me back to Elijah."
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In this chapter … Maddie wakes up to Elijah and there's a surprise when she get's home.
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