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 43 ~ Merry Christmas
I DO NOT OWN THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
"Do you think that the girls are awake yet?" Janette Bennett asked her husband. She and Christian had been up for a while now. They were currently lying in bed. Both had coffee cups in their hands.
"We would know if they were up." Christian noted. "Cordelia doesn't let anyone sleep in on Christmas."
"She has gotten a little better over the years."
"If by better you mean getting us up at 9 instead of 7, you're right."
Janette chuckled, "We raised good girls."
Christian joked, "That's questionable." She lightly smacked his arm. A moment of silence passed before he said, "I'm proud of them."
"I am to." She relaxed. Enjoying the feeling of her sheets against her back. "What do you think Maddie is going to do about college?"
"She really likes North Carolina."
"I think she'll get in."
"I do to."
"But?"
"But I want her to look at all of her options before deciding. I don't want her to make a quick decision."
"Like Cordelia?"
"Cordelia wanted to go to Stanford for a while. And when they told her that they wanted her for their lacrosse team it was icing on the cake. And then when she got a full ride it was a save for our pockets."
Janette let out a loud laughing. She knew her husband was right though. Their tuition was a lot. "She loves it there, not to mention she is doing really well with all of her classes."
"I'm sure she does love it. Her liver will regret it later though." They had both seen the pictures of her on Facebook. While nothing was to bad, they knew she was drinking. A lot.
"I talked to her about it."
"And?"
"And she said she understands what I was saying."
"But?"
She smirked at him, "But, if I know Cord, like I do, she is going to do what she wants to do."
"Yes, she will." He turned on his side and faced her fully. "Now, let's enjoy our last moments before she comes down here." He leaned over kissing his wife. Janette chuckled kissing him back.
Christmas music.
That was Maddie's first thought. She could hear what sounded like the Grinch on her TV. It didn't exactly sound like the move since no one was talking. She figured that it must have been the main menu. She kept her eyes closed. Moving her legs, she could feel Lucy. She was still curled up by her feet. Slightly, she moved her hand. She felt Cordelia's arm. Squeezing her eyes tighter she willed herself to go back to sleep. Just a few more minutes. She knew that wasn't going to happen though. Now that she was up she was up. She might get in a nap later but she wouldn't be sleeping until later tonight.
It was crazy to her how Christmas was here already. It felt like just yesterday she was getting ready for her first day of senior year. Now when she went back she would only have about six months left until her graduation. She quickly pushed those thoughts to the side. She would just get through this first.
"You awake?"
She opened her eyes. She didn't turn to look at her sister though. "Yeah."
"Good," she felt Cordelia move slightly. "Your phone has been going off nonstop."
"Who was it?" If she knew her sister, she had looked at her phone.
"Your team group chat, Katie texted you individually to. Kyle, Chris and Damon texted you as well."
"Okay." She held out her hand. Cordelia placed it in her hands.
"Not to forget your boyfriend."
"Of course." She bit the inside of her cheeks, trying to contain her smile. She had no doubt he would text or call but actually seeing his message made her heart flutter.
Elijah – Merry Christmas beautiful. I will see you later.
She typed him a response. She noticed Cordelia hadn't actually opened any of the messages since numbers were next to the name. She just saw who texted. She quickly responded a Merry Christmas to everyone. She hovered over Damon's for a while. She didn't want him to get the wrong idea. While they did have a nice conversation, things weren't back to normal. Staring at the message she wrote she finally sent it. Just a simple, Merry Christmas Damon.
"Ready to go downstairs?" Cordelia wondered.
She turned her head to face her sister, "Someone is excited."
"I'm always excited for this day."
Pushing off her covers, Maddie responded, "I know."
Cordelia only laughed, getting out of her sister's bed. Their movement woke Lucy, who opened her eyes. Maddie gave petted her before getting to her feet herself. Her feet felt good against her carpet. Stretching, she heard some of her bones crack. She ran a hand through her hair before looking at her sister, who was watching her.
"You ready?"
She nodded, "Yeah, let's go." Together, they left Maddie's room and headed downstairs. Lucy stayed where she was, curled up on her comforter.
Cordelia headed straight for the living room, while Maddie went into the kitchen. She could have really gone for a cup of Starbucks right now, but she would survive without it. Knowing her mom would most likely want coffee, she started the water for it. While she wasn't the biggest coffee fan she didn't hate it. She figured a small cup would really wake her up.
As soon as the water began to boil, she turned it off. Grabbing four cups. She was sure they would all need a cup this morning. Although, it seemed like Cordelia had enough energy for them all already.
"Good morning sweetie." She turned her head. In came her mom, two coffee cups already in her hand. She walked up to Maddie and kissed her forehead.
"Hi mom." She glanced at the cups, "Coffee or no?"
"I'll take another cup. I'm sure your father will want one to. You can just use these cups," Janette set down the cups she had in her hands down on the counter. Maddie put two back from the four she had taken out.
"How many sugars do you and dad like? And do you like milk?" As she asked, she could hear little feet hitting the ground. Soon enough Lucy appeared. Janette walked over to the back door, letting her outside to do her business.
"I'll take milk and sugar."
"I want mine black," her father announced coming in.
"I WANT MILK!" All three of them heard Cordelia from the living room. "AND A LOT OF SUGAR!"
Shaking her head and chuckling, Maddie made the coffee. By the time she had everyone's done, her mom let Lucy back in, who disappeared. She figured that she either went to Cordelia or went back upstairs.
Taking hers and her sister's, she headed into the living room. Her parents were right behind her. Cordelia, was flipping through the channels. She stopped when she found a Christmas movie playing.
"The polar express," her mom commented. "I'm surprised you aren't watching the Grinch."
"That comes on when this is over," Cordelia noted.
"Of course it does. Well, the sooner we open gifts the sooner I can start breakfast. Unless you want to do breakfast first."
Maddie shrugged, "Doesn't matter to me." She raised her small coffee cups to her lips. The cup was hot, so she tried not to hold it. Opting to use the handle instead. Placing her lips on the cup, she tilted it up a tad, taking in a small sip. Hot, hot, hot. She quickly placed the cup down. Her tongue slightly burned which made it hard for her to enjoy the taste.
Her dad chuckled next to her, "Either way, let's get this show on the road. I'm going to need to get in a nap before work."
"You had all night to sleep." Cordelia said.
"I had all night to wrap your gifts."
A grin came over her face, "Well, you know, last minute wrapping for the win." Maddie shook her head. Her sister's antics never failed to put a smile on her face.
Taking initiative, she got to her feet and looked at her mom, "Gifts first and then we can make breakfast." Walking over to the tree she sat down in front of it. The lights were still on from the night before. She didn't know where to start.
Fortunately, she didn't have to decide. Cordelia came over and immediately grabbed something. Looking at the label on it, she handed it to Maddie saying, "This is for you."
Maddie took the gift, looking at it. It was wrapped tight. She was pretty sure it was from her parents. While she and Cordelia were good at wrapping they weren't this good. "Santa wrapped this so nice for me," she joked. Both of her parents laughed aloud from their spots and her sister shot her a small smile.
Majority of the living room floor was a mess. It was covered in wrapping paper. Everything was opened and now they were all just relaxing. Maddie and Cordelia on the floor, looking through stuff they had gotten, Christian and Janette were on the couch looking at the framed photos of their girls.
"I love this one," Janette said to her husband.
Maddie, who was laying on the floor glanced at them. She couldn't see their faces because the picture frame was blocking it, but a smile came to her face. It was a good call from her sister to get those done.
"I suppose you want to hang them up immediately," commented Christian.
"We should put it over the fire place."
Both girls looked at the wall space above the fire place. It wasn't exactly empty. There were two large portraits hanging up next to each other. Both the girls school senior pictures. They were both in their cap and gowns, smiling. Looking at them, Maddie noticed how alike they looked in their pictures. They definitely had similar smiles.
Christian glanced up at his daughter's senior pictures, "Yeah, I can do it before I go to work."
Cordelia nudged Maddie with her foot, "I told you this was a good idea."
"Yeah, it was."
Janette then stood to her feet, handing the portrait over to Christian, "I'm going to make breakfast." Maddie looked at her mom, her empty coffee cup in her hands. "What do you all want?"
Cordelia shrugged from her position on the floor, "Anything is fine."
"So she will take the dog food," Christian laughed.
"Ha ha dad, so funny."
"I'll help," Maddie announced. Getting to her feet, she followed behind her mom into the kitchen.
Jannette first walked over to the sink, rising out her cup. She then left it before going over to the fridge. "Waffles?"
"Of course," Maddie noted. "My favorite kind of breakfast."
"Oh, I know." She began to get out the ingredients for them. "What are your plans for today?"
"I'll be home," she commented. "And then I'm going to swing by Matt's later. I don't know what time though." And after Matt I will be heading to Elijah's, she thought to herself. She couldn't wait to see him and spend time with him. An image of them together, watching Christmas movies popped into her head. She then thought about the two of them, upstairs in his room and in his bed, doing things. The thoughts that escalated in her head quickly made her smile.
"What are you smiling about?"
Her thoughts of Elijah quickly disappeared, "Nothing. Just excited to give Matt some stuff. He deserves it." She meant it.
"Yes, he does," Janette noted. "I wish our basement was finished. I would just move him in downstairs."
"I would love that. I'm sure he would protest though."
"With your sister on our side, I'm sure we could get him to agree."
"Who can say no to her?"
There was a slight moment of silence before, "NO ONE!" Was yelled from the living room.
Later, when it was already past three o' clock, Maddie decided she would shower and get ready. After having breakfast, and watching the Grinch with her family, she had taken her gifts upstairs. After putting majority of it all away, she lounged on her bed. Now, she was ready to go out. She considered slipping back into her pajamas and then going to Elijah's but decided against it. She picked into a long sleeve black shirt that had a straight grey line going across, ripped skinny jeans and a pair of slip on shoes. Combing her hair, she made sure that it was put together before grabbing her things and leaving. She yelled a goodbye to her sister before running downstairs.
"I'll be back!" There was no answer. Walking around the living room and kitchen she didn't see or hear her mom. She went to their bedroom then. She was gone. And so was her dad.
"Where did they go?" Cordelia wondered, coming down the stairs. Her car keys in her hands.
"They aren't here. I know dad had to go to work but I'm not sure what time."
"Maybe she went to keep him company," she shrugged. "I guess none of us will be home."
"Where are you going?"
"Out," Cordelia answered. She was trying to hide her smile.
"Right," Maddie said walking towards the door. "Tell Klaus that I said Merry Christmas and that I'm still upset about Rebekah."
"I will."
When Maddie arrived at Matt's house, his car was in the driveway. She was glad he got to be home. She hadn't been sure if the grill would be closed or not. As she came through the door, she could see his sleeping form on the couch. She tried to be as quiet as possible, not wanting to disturb him from the only sleep he might get.
Looking around, she tried to find a spot to put the things she had and her family had gotten for him. Seeing an empty place by the TV she headed over there. She had a duffel bag full of his and Elijah's things. She was able to tell the difference due to the wrapping paper. She tried to set up everything nicely for him. When she felt okay with it she wandered away and into his kitchen. Looking through his fridge, she felt good seeing things in there. It wasn't a lot, but it was something. She was going to have to remind herself to re-stock it later. Heading back into his living room she grabbed her bag and gave him one last look before heading to the door to leave.
"Maddie." Shit. She thought he had been asleep. Now she was definitely busted. Even though he would have most likely known that everything was from her anyways. Slightly turning her body, she looked at him. "Thank you."
"You're welcome. Merry Christmas Matt."
"Merry Christmas," he responded, yawning.
A small smile graced her lips. She watched him for a moment leaving, closing the door as quietly as possible behind her.
"Merry Christmas."
She raised herself up onto her tippy toes, eyes locked with Elijah's, "Merry Christmas." He held her gaze. Slowly leaning his head down, he captured her lips with a quick kiss. Even though it was nothing crazy he kept his mouth locked with hers, just resting there. She felt herself relax, loving the feeling.
Slightly moving his head, he pulled away, resting his nose against hers. Moving her hands, she rested them against his back. "That was nice."
"Indeed."
A smirk came over her face. "And what have you been doing all day?"
"Waiting for you."
Now she really smirked, "Oh yeah?" Her head moved to the side slightly, "Well I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
He pulled her closer, "It's quite alright." Leaning down, he planted another kiss on her lips before pulling away, "Come." She let her hand gravitate towards his. She began to move before she stopped causing him to turn and look at her.
"What's wrong?"
She used her free to hand to grab the bag that she had dropped when she first came in, "Don't want to forget this."
"And what's in there?"
She wriggled her eyebrows at him, "Wouldn't you like to know." Pulling her gently, and causing her to laugh, he continued to lead her into the living room. The first thing she noticed was the lights on the tree all lit up.
"Did you ever turn off those lights?" She wondered.
"No."
"And why not?"
"I like it with the lights on."
She shrugged, "Nothing's wrong with that."
As they sat on the couch she dropped the bag to the floor. She was unsure what do next. That was one of the things she hated the most about her relationship. Those awkward moments where she didn't know what do or say.
"I missed you," she spluttered out. "I mean, I know we just saw each other but I missed you." A shy smile came over her face, causing her to put her head down. "Is it weird? That we spend time together and yet it always feels like it isn't enough?"
Running his hand over the side of her head, Elijah ran it down her face, cupping her chin. He raised up her chin so that she was now forced to look and it him instead of her lap. "No, it isn't weird. In fact, I don't think we see each other enough."
"Couldn't agree more."
"Let's change that."
"How? It's not exactly like we have the best schedules. I mean school is still going on and it's going fast but not that fast. It's only going to get harder within the next couple of weeks since my workouts are starting."
"Workouts?"
"For lacrosse."
"Right. How could I forget that?" She enjoyed the sly smirk that came over his face. It just made her want to kiss him.
"I don't know," she slightly leaned into him. "How could you forget? I mean shouldn't one of the oldest people in the world remember everything."
"Forgive me. Some things might slip." It was obvious to her that he was joking around. She liked this side of him. She quickly decided that she would keep it going.
"Well," she moved so that her nose was touching his, "we'll have to do something about that. Won't we?" Moving in she gave him another peck. She loved kissing him. If she had it her way she would be kissing him a majority of the time. Well, kissing him and doing other things with him that would make her mom want to send her to church. Moving away she had a grin on her face, "Present time."
She was actually excited. More excited than she had been with her parents. "Can you open the stuff from me first?"
He looked at her with amusement stretched along his face, "If that's what you want. Although, do you mind if I ask why?"
"Because," she tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. Looking down. "I just want you to open first. And it's not all of them. I also want you to open one last, like after we are done." Bringing her gaze back up she saw staring at her with a smirk on his face.
"Basically, you want to open your gifts in the middle."
"Yes." That was a good way to put it.
"Alright."
Getting to her feet, she grabbed the bag she brought and hauled it over to the tree. "Don't mind the bag. It's not your gift." When she closer to the tree, she sat, and pulled out everything she had gotten him from inside. The minute she spotted the lace outfit she had brought, that she would display to him later she quickly closed it.
She was sitting crisscrossed. By looking at the tree, she could see the gifts that she presumed were all hers wrapped nicely.
"Did you wrap these yourself?" She wondered.
"Yes, I did."
"You wrap like my mom."
"And is that a good thing?"
She nodded, "It's great. I might have to hire you to wrap my things next year."
Elijah picked up one of the gifts that she had just put out. It was wrapped in a red and black wrapping paper. "I assure you, your wrapping skills are fine."
She grinned, "Compliments on Christmas. Wow."
"I only ever have compliments for you."
Jokingly she responded, "Remember you said that. Open it," before his fingers could actually remove the paper she stopped him. "WAIT!" She went to grab it, placing it behind her. "That actually needs to be opened last. Sorry." She reached for another gift that she had brought along from him. "You can open this one."
He shook his head, laughing slightly, "What am I going to do with you?"
"I can think of a few things I'd love to do with you when this is over."
"Is that right?" She nodded. "I'll be sure to ask what those things are when we finish. Hopefully I can deliver them to you."
"You most definitely can."
"Good. Now open!" A rush of excitement was coming through her. She didn't exactly remember what was in that one. She only knew what was in the one she took away from him because she had put tape all around it.
She watched, anxiously, as he opened up the gift. One he tore of the paper she knew what it was. She had found him an assortment of different ties. Grouping them all together, she had placed them into one box. She figured it would save time if he didn't have to open over ten different tie boxes. She watched as he looked at each one. Studying it, before he moved onto the next one.
"I love them," he finally said.
"Really? I didn't know which ones to get you. I mean you always wear dress shirt and ties so-," a hand came over her mouth. She smiled against it. She had been babbling. Again. It was just to easy for her to do that with him.
"I love them," he said again.
"Okay," she murmured against his hand. Reaching over she pushed the other things that she had bought him over. Each gift that he opened he said he loved. While a majority of it was ties and dress shirts, with some other things, she was more excited to give him the gift she had taken from him earlier.
"Now it's you turn," he told her. She noticed an octave in his voice changed. So hot, she thought to herself.
"Yeah, now it's my turn." She tried to keep her mind out of the gutter. There would be plenty of time for dirty thoughts later. Not to mention dirty actions.
Elijah extended his hand to her, giving her a gift. She smiled looking at the perfect wrapping. In a way she felt bad knowing she was going to rip the paper off. For a split second she considered having him wrap something for her just so that she could hang it up in her bedroom and look at it. Although that might arise questions. She chuckled.
"Something funny?"
She shook her head, "No. Well I was just thinking about how perfect your wrapping is. And then I considered having you wrap stuff so I could just have it in my room to look at. I'm sure my mom would question it though."
Opening up the gift he gave her she let out a small chuckle. He had gotten her an assortment of gift cards. "These Starbucks gift cards will especially come in handy," she told him. "I go almost every morning."
"So I've been told."
With that he proceeded to hand her things. He had gone all out. She especially loved the Michael Kors bag that he had gotten her. She had leaned over and kissed him for that one. And then she kissed him again when she saw the wallet. She had to force herself to pull away from him. Clothes would have definitely come off if they continued. And while that was on her agenda she wanted to save it for later. She then opened up the other things he brought her. By the time she was finished, paper was everywhere.
"One more," he said. He handed her what looked to be a shape in the middle of square and rectangle. It was wrapped but she was positive that there was a box inside.
"More?!" She asked. Her voice raised a slight octave. "But you've already gotten me so much."
He smiled at her. Returning it, she looked down at the gift in her hands. She slowly took off the wrapping paper. Her smile widened when she had the grey box in her hands. It was a jewelry box. Zales logo on the front. Staring at the box, she opened it up slowly. A short gasp came from her as she looked at the magnificent piece in front of her. Inside was a beautiful necklace. It was round, a diamond in the center and then double diamond frames around it. It was sparkling. And it was huge. With her mouth opened she looked at Elijah.
"This is too much."
A frown came over his face, "Do you not like it?"
She shook her head. That definitely wasn't the problem. She looked back down at the necklace, "No, I love it. But it's just way too much. I mean, come on. There are so many diamonds on here. This had to be really expensive."
"Not enough diamonds in my opinion."
She thought her head might spin. While she didn't know much about diamonds, from the looks of it, this necklace was most definitely a lot.
"And to think I was going to get you Cartier, or Harry Winston. I even considered Bvlgari." She looked at him as if he were crazy. "Your sister talked me out of it."
"You talked to my sister?"
"Of course. Your sister wanted to make sure you I was getting you good stuff, as she put it."
"Right." She would have to thank her sister later. She knew that those brands were really expensive. She didn't want him spending that kind of money on her. "It really is beautiful."
"Are you going to complain more about the price or would you like me to put it on you?"
She looked up, meeting his eyes. She felt bad. She hadn't meant to complain and seem ungrateful. Handing over the box he took it from her. She moved so that she was sitting with her back to him. She moved her hair over to one side. She could hear the sound of the necklace coming out of the box. Within moments the metal touched her skin. She felt a slight jolt. Looking down she could see the diamonds sparkling. She knew he had clipped the back together when she felt his hands on her side. His lips then touched her neck. She dropped her head back, pushing herself back a tad so that her back was against him. Elijah moved his hands so that they wrapped around her stomach. She enjoyed this. She was ready to take a nap against her when she noticed something wrapped by where she had been sitting.
Shit. She quickly moved from her comfortable position. "Wait!" Elijah looked at her curiously. "You have one more thing to open." She handed over what she had previously taken away from him.
He wasted no time in opening it when she handed it over. The sight made her chuckle. He probably thought she would take it away again. She watched as he pulled out the cards, an eyebrow raised as he read the first one. Moving so that she was on her hands and knees she crawled over to him. Wanting to be closer. She stayed in that position, directly in front of them. She peered down looking at the card. She tried to read it backwards. A part of her relaxed, nothing bad yet. It just said, Elijah's Coupon Book.
He looked at her with a raised eyebrow, "Keep looking." She watched, still in the same position, as he looked through the book she had put together for him. While looking through the whole book his face was hard to read. She did notice how he stopped to look at some of the cards longer than others. She had gotten the idea to make him a sexy cupoun book online. The cards she made for him ranged from you win one fight, to date night, to breakfast in bed, before they got naughty. For all of the sexual ones she wrote NAUGHTY at the top. Those ones had things such as walking around naked, strip tease, blow job, no panties, wild car and so much more. His face gave nothing away as he looked through the cards.
He placed them down by his side. His face was hard to read. She felt anxious again. She didn't know what he was thinking. "I'm going to clean up this trash."
She frowned. That was it? After looking through that would coupon book that was all that he had to say to her. "Did you not like it?"
Because of her position, when he leaned in his face, their noses were almost touching. "Don't worry, I liked it very much." He pecked her lips quickly. "In fact, I plan on using them all. Especially the naughty ones you've written me. Now I'm going to clean up this mess and then I'm going to have my wicked way with you."
A flash of heat came over her, "I like the sound of that."
Knock knock.
Cordelia knocked twice on the door in front of her. She had already rung the door bell and nothing happened. Now she knocked. Frowning, she wrapped her hand around the door knob, twisting it open. She was immediately embraced with silence. In fact, it was to quiet. She considered leaving, pondering over whether or not Klaus was even home. Deciding to check, just in case, she closed the door and walked around his home.
It was huge. And she always thought she had a really nice house. Walking into what she considered his living room, pictures caught her eye. Although, they weren't really pictures. They were paintings. She walked over to one. It wasn't done. However, the only color on the white canvas was black and it looked like it had been splattered onto the page, instead of put there with a purpose. It was interested. Looking up, she noticed some paintings hanging on the wall. But they were all done.
She felt odd being here. Not really because she was in Klaus' house, but more so because he wasn't around. A part of her screamed to leave while another part said to stay. Taking one last look around she left the door she was standing in. Heading back to the main entry way she headed upstairs. As she took each step up, she had to admit the place was amazing. She loved the way that the interior design was done. She wasn't shocked in the least though. This all screamed Klaus to her. She could see an abundance of doors. Most of them were shut. Some open.
Her eyes kept going to the double doored room. The doors were closed but she had a feeling that it was Klaus' bedroom. It felt like her feet just began walking there before her brain even processed it. She wasn't sure how long she stood there looking at the cream-colored doors. Finally getting the courage to open one, she put her hand around the gold knob, pushing it open. It was pitch dark inside. And she could hear anything besides her own breathing. She was ready to turn back now and go back. Something about being here was just, off.
"Didn't your mother ever tell you that it's rude to come into someone's home uninvited."
She felt herself jump. Within seconds, a light turned on. The dark room now filled with light. Her eyes immediately sought him out. Klaus. The first thing she noticed, was the blood all over him. At least she was pretty sure that's what it was. She would have liked to think that it might have been paint, however, she knew better. It was someone's blood. She swallowed, trying to find her voice.
"My mom taught me a lot of things. I just kind of do what I want."
"That can be dangerous."
"Depending on who I'm around."
A sinister smirk came over his face. However, he didn't say anything. Only looked at her. She stared back, holding his gaze. She didn't want to drop it. It was like she was afraid that if she blinked, or looked away, she would miss something. Her throat felt dry all of a sudden. She licked her lips nervously.
"I didn't know you paint." She tried to veer off. Changing the subject might be good. Or getting on subject, considering they didn't really have a conversation going on. "I mean, I'm guessing you paint. I saw your work downstairs."
"And how did it make you feel?"
"What?"
"The painting."
She wasn't sure what to say, "I don't know. I mean, the painting with the black everywhere felt angry, I guess. Do paintings even have feelings?"
"Yes, they do." The way he responded touched her. He said it in a cold manner. But besides that, there was something else. Hurt. She immediately felt empathetic towards him.
"What happened tonight?"
"I killed."
She had figured that. "Why?"
"Because I was betrayed." She noticed how broken he sounded when he spoken. "All I wanted was loyalty. And they betrayed me." As he spoke she took a few steps closer to him. She figured he wouldn't hurt her but she didn't want it to come back and bite her in the ass. "My hybrids were supposed to be loyal to me. But instead they found a way to break the sire bond. Had me fooled. Not for long though. You can never fool me for long. I'm an original." He brought a glass to his lips and drank. This was the first time she had noticed the alcohol in his hand. She moved her eyes away from the glass back to his face. He was looking at her but it didn't feel like he was seeing her. More like he was looking past her.
"You killed them all?" She took another step towards him. "The hybrids?"
"All but one."
"You spared one's life."
A dark laugh came out of Klaus, "Tyler will pay."
She came even closer. She was now standing right in front of him. "Okay, so you killed all of your hybrids, besides Tyler, and then you came home?"
"No."
"What happened?"
"I went to find Tyler."
"And he wasn't there?"
"Correct." He took another sip of his drink.
"Then what happened?"
"I found his mother instead."
She didn't feel the need to ask anymore questions. She already knew the answer. Mrs. Lockwood was dead. Leaning her body down slightly, she took the glass from him. It appeared to be empty. He watched her like a hawk. She could feel his gaze burning her skin. Setting down his cup on the nearby in-table she then looked at him. Her jeans were touching his pant legs. She sighed big, looking into his eyes. "Let's get you cleaned up."
"I think that's it." Maddie looked around the floor. She had the lasts of wrapping paper scraps in her hands. She couldn't see anymore lying around. Walking out of the living room, she threw away the scraps in the kitchen garbage.
"I think you're right." Elijah said, right behind her. She jumped a tad, feeling his body directly behind hers. A smile came to her face when she felt his erection against her back. Oh yeah, he definitely enjoyed the coupons that she had put together for him.
She turned around so that she was now facing him. Looking into his eyes she said, "I really do love every single gift you got me. And I appreciate them."
"You're very welcome." His planted a kiss to her forehead. "I love everything you got me as well."
She grinned, "You know, you're hard to shop for. It's difficult to shop for someone who has everything."
"Well you did well."
"Now I'll have to come up with something new for the next holidays."
"I'm sure you'll figure something out." He leaned down, ready to kiss her but she slightly backed up.
"Think you could spare me a few minutes?"
"For?"
She felt herself getting wet from the hungry look that filled his eyes. "You'll see."
A small growl came from him, "What are you up to?"
"You'll see."
"You have five minutes."
She thought about what she would have to change into, "I might need more time then that."
Elijah moved his lips to her ear, "Maddison, you have been messing with me since you got here. You have five minutes to rush upstairs and do what you need to do. If you aren't back down here in those five minutes, I will be going up there and I will be ripping off any piece of clothing that you have on."
She nodded, ready to move. Her panties were just about drenched from his words. Before she could, he leaned down, cupping her face in his hands. He made sure to give her a good rough kiss before letting her go. As she walked away he let his hand smack her ass. She let out a surprised, but happy little yelp.
"I hope you'll be doing more of that soon."
"Maddison," he growled.
Picking up her bag, she laughed, running out of there and upstairs into his room. She dropped the bag in the corner of his room, quickly taking her clothes off. She had gotten a special ensemble, just for him. Quickly she pulled out the outfit she bought to wear for him. When he told her that she only had five minutes she didn't doubt it. He had that hungry look in his eyes. And she loved it.
After doing someone online and in store shopping, she had found the perfect outfit for him. It was a two-piece lace set. She had been able to get it in red. She found that fitting since it was Christmas. The set was a lace bustier that had a plunged neckline. It came with a thong and had attached garter belts. She had even bought stockings to go with it and she had heels she planned on slipping into. She had was glad that she had decided to wear the thong earlier. So that was one less thing she had to change into. When she was finally in the piece she slipped into her heels, black stilettoes. Her black nail polish on her feet was sparkling. Quickly, she made her way back down the stairs to him. She considered just staying in the bedroom and making him find her, but she wanted to go to him. She would make him chase her another time.
As she approached the living room, she could see him waiting. A small smile came to her face as she looked at him. He looked impatient. The minute she hit his view he looked up at her. watching her like a hawk. Gone was the impatience and here was the hunger. She didn't stop walking until she stood right in front of him.
"Do you like it?" She spun around. When she went she made sure to shake her ass a little for him. Her ass cheeks on full display for him to see. Hopefully he would be grabbing and smacking it later. She loved when he did that. "I bought it just for you."
"Is that right?"
"Mhm," she said nodding her head. "In fact, I couldn't wait to put this on for you. I've been thinking about all of the things you'd be doing to me today." She knew he was hard for her. The bulge in his pants was a dead giveaway. There was only a little room left in between them. She used it to her advantage, walking closer. She placed her hand on his chest when she was right in front of him. "I would love to take care of that for you." She ran her hand down his chest and to the bulge.
"Oh yeah?"
She nodded, kissing the side of his chin while grabbing his bulge. He was still taller than her. Even with the heels. Poking out her tongue, she ran it along his jaw. Looking down, she quickly undid the buttons to his shirt, moving it off of him. Once the buttons were done she pushed it off of his shoulders. He did the rest taking it off. She then moved to his best buckle. As she did this she held his eyes. She could tell by his expression she wasn't sure what she would do. How far she would go. Well, she planned to go pretty far today. Once his belt was undone, she looked down to unzip his pants.
"Take them off," she murmured.
"Are you commanding me?"
She looked up at him, cocking her head to the side, "Yes, please."
He took her face in his hands. His thumb circled her cheek, "Sweet Maddison." She didn't even care that he was using her full name. "I make the rules."
"I've thought about this for a long time," she dropped her voice to a whisper. "Please, let me do this. And then you can have your wicked way with me for the rest of the night. Just let me try it."
They both knew what she meant. She wanted to suck his cock. It was silent for a moment, "Very well."
She watched, excited and anxious as Elijah pulled his pants down and then his boxers. He stood there in all his naked glory.
"Your body should be sculpted," she murmured. He chuckled lightly. "But it's probably better that it isn't. I don't think I'd like people ogling my man. That's just my job." As she spoke she ran her hand down his stomach and towards his erect cock. "Tell me what to do."
"Wrap your hand around it."
She did as he asked. Wrapping her hand around it. Figuring that he would want her to move it she did, up and down, up and down. "Just like that." She kept going, his hand still around hers. When the pressure on his hand tightened a little bit, she tightened hers and tried to move a bit faster. Looking away from their hands around his cock she looked up at his face. He was staring at her. It seemed like he was trying to keep his facial expressions under control. While he was doing okay, his jaw would tick a little bit. With a smile she looked back down. Seeing a little dibble of liquid come out of the top she stopped, getting to her knees.
Wasting no time, she kissed the head of his cock. She then licked the little slit. This caused him to moan. His hand immediately going into her hair. Slowly she took in a bit more. It was a bit to much. She felt herself trying to gag so she moved her house.
"You can stop," Elijah told her.
"I don't want to stop," she said, licking the side of his cock. "In fact, I want to keep going." She placed her mouth back around the head. Instead of trying to take to much this time, she only took a little.
"Relax your jaw."
She did as she was told, bobbing her head up and down. As she got used to the feeling of him in her mouth she sped up. She didn't take to much of him in but she did take in a little more. His hand in her tightened as she kept going. She took that as a positive sign.
"Move."
She kept going. Ignoring his words. "Maddison, if you don't want me to come down your throat I suggest you move." That only made her want to speed up. So, she went a tad faster. With a groan Elijah came, releasing his load. Maddie felt a substance hit the back of her throat. She slightly coughed. He had warned her. But as he kept shooting his load she took it, not letting go until he was done. She swallowed everything that he gave her. Taking her mouth off of his cock she gave the tip one last sick and then a kiss before she let her mouth relax.
Wiping her mouth, she said, "Doesn't taste awful." She then licked her lips. It was definitely salty. But it wasn't awful. She had thought it would taste way worse than that.
Elijah, who was watching her like a hawk, raised her body up, crashing his lips to hers. She was leaning into him. He thrust his tongue into her mouth, which caused her to moan, accepting his passionate kiss. Raising her hands, she put them in his hair. He continued to kiss her mouth ferociously. She tried to keep up but she was failing. She could feel his member against her stomach. Her lingerie had a slit in the middle so from her neck to panties it was just skin. Nothing covering. When Elijah was done kissing her he moved away, staring at her face.
"You are so beautiful."
She felt her face light up. "You spoil me with your compliments."
He leaned in, their noses touching, "I plan on spoiling you for the rest of my life."
She leaned up, ready to kiss him again, "I like the sound of that."
"Good."
"And now, sweet Maddison, I plan on having my wicked way with you."
"Please do."
Releasing her face, he grabbed her hand, walking with her over to the couch. She knew she had him worked up now. She expected him to toss her onto the couch and fuck her. When face landed in the seat of the couch and stomach was over the arm of the couch, she let out a shocked noise. She hadn't been expecting that. Turning her head over her shoulder, she could see Elijah behind her. He wasn't looking at her however, he was looking at her ass, which was on full display for him.
"You like teasing me?" He looked up when he asked, meeting her gaze.
She nodded her head. Smack! "UGH!"
"Talk."
"Yes." She responded, "I like teasing you."
"You liked teasing my cock earlier? Hm?"
"Yes."
He smacked her ass again before he palmed it. She found herself getting lost in the feeling. "You like making me crave you?"
She didn't respond at first. Smack. "Yes!"
"You like this don't you?" He wondered, palming her ass. Smack. "Me spanking you." Smack.
She couldn't lie, "I do."
"I'll have to do it more often." Smack.
She opened her mouth to speak, but instead a loud moan came out of her. While one of Elijah's hands palmed her ass, another has slipped into her thong. The sensation of a finger inside of her had caused her reaction.
"Faster."
"You don't get to decide." He continued moving his finger in and out of her, going painfully slow. She figured that was payback for her remarks and the outfit. But she didn't regret any of it. Especially not the outfit. She knew that he loved it.
She turned her head, looking at him. When they locked eyes, he pulled out his finger. Bringing it to his lips he sucked her pussy juice off of it. "So sweet. Turn around."
Because of her position it took her a moment. When she was situated she looked up at him. Her back was on the couch and her legs dangled over the arm of it. He walked up to her. Her eyes ran over his chest. He was so muscular. She would have looked at his cock but from her position she couldn't see it.
"I'm going to fuck you while you wear this outfit."
"You don't want to take it off of me?"
"Oh, I do. But first, I'm going to fuck you while you have it on." There was something about Elijah cursing. It did things to her. Just when she had thought she couldn't get any wetter. "I can smell how much you want me."
"Badly," she responded.
"Touch yourself."
"What?" This had caught her off guard.
"Bring your hand to your underwear, move it to the side, and touch yourself."
She looked at him like he was crazy. Elijah, taking it upon himself, moved her. Now, instead of at an awkward angle she had her back against the couch and her legs were spread open. Elijah was sitting on the table in front of the couch, looking at her. "Touch yourself."
"Why don't you touch me instead?"
He smirked, "I will. But right now I want you to do it."
Her face flushed. Holding his gaze, she moved her hand. She ran it along the lace that covered her pussy. She was so wet. Relaxing even more into the couch, she slouched slightly. This gaze her breasts, which were still covered a fuller look. Moving the cloth to the side, she ran her finger along her pussy.
"Put it in," Elijah said, watching.
Very slowly, she inserted her finger. It didn't feel as good as Elijah's but it didn't feel terrible. She moved it in and out, closing her eyes. She could feel his gaze on her. She added another one. Still keeping her eyes closed.
When her fingers were moved away, her eyes snapped open. Elijah had taken out her fingers and was now spreading her legs open. He quickly planted his face there. "AH!" Her back arched against the couch. He licked her pussy from the hood of her clit down. When he dragged his tongue back up he played with her clit. Gently biting it before rotating licking and sucking. As he did that he inserted a finger inside of her. This felt much better than what she had been doing to herself moments ago.
Her body continued to thrash against the couch as he ate her pussy out. She was going to come soon, she could feel it. Just as she felt it coming over her, he moved away.
"What are you doing?" Her hair was sprawled out behind her and she was out of breath.
Not answering her, Elijah took his fingers and sucked them. She watched with hooded eyes. When he was done he grabbed his cock. A jolt of excitement flashed within her. Moving her body with the little bit of strength that she had left she took the head into her mouth. She gave it one quick suck before letting it go with a pop sound. Moving back, she locked eyes with him. Elijah took his cock and ran it along her wet, warm inviting pussy. He stuck his head in, which caused her to let out a sigh of contempt. He took it out, rubbing it along her pussy.
"Stop teasing."
"Why?"
"I want you. So bad."
He slammed his cock into her. She let out a yell. The sensation that came over her was indescribable. Moving, he fucked her, letting his cock slam into her over and over again.
"YES!" She yelled out. "Oh yes! Just like that!"
He fucked her into the couch. Pounding into her. And she loved every moment of it. He moved part of her top to the side, taking one of her nipples into his mouth. He didn't stop fucking her though. If anything, it seemed like he was only going faster. She moved her fingers into his hair, holding him to her nipple. Her legs wrapped around his waist, interlocking just above his butt. He moved his head, giving her other nipple the same amount of attention. She watched with her eyes still half shut. Her mouth was wide open though. So, when he moved again and his tongue dominated hers, she went with it. Trying to meet his tongue thrusts, at the same time trying to keep up as he thrusted into her waiting pussy.
She pulled away from his kiss, "I'm going to come."
"Not yet." He sped up his thrusts.
"I can't," she scrunched her eyes closed. She was so close.
"Wait a second longer."
"Elijah!" She meant for it to come out as if she were scolding him, but instead it just came out as another moan.
"Wait." He said. As if it were any more possible, his thrusts sped up. "NOW!"
"AHH!" She let out the moan as she came. Elijah came as well, spilling his seed into her. She could automically feel his semen inside of her. She didn't care. It wasn't like he was going to end up getting her pregnant. She felt him beginning to move out of her. She looked down. She could see a wet spot on the couch. And she knew their juices were mixed together. She found a little bit of strength to lay down. Elijah tried to completely move herself from him but she shook her head.
"Lay on top of me." He looked at her with a questioning gaze. "Please. I like the way your weight feels on top of me."
He came over to her. Placing his hands on either side of her face he rested over her. He relaxed, but still didn't let her feel all of him on her. She let her eyes close. She was contempt. "That was amazing."
Her hair was wild, all over the place. He kissed the crown of her head. Small droplets of sweat formed on her forehead. "We'll have to do it again."
She nodded, opening her eyes, "Most definitely. I love when you get all possessive over me."
"I can tell."
With a laugh, she raised her head to kiss him quickly. Of course, the minute she felt his lips against hers she wanted more. Going back, she kissed him again and ran her tongue along his bottom lip. He opened for her, letting her take control of this kiss. She moved her hands from her sides and ran them along his back and up to his hair. Twisting her tongue with his she began to move slightly beneath him. Ready to go again. Slightly, she thrust her hips up. His cock, which was against her stomach stirred.
Pulling away, he picked her up bridal style. When he was standing with her in his arms he gazed into her eyes. He still had the hunger look, like before, but it wasn't just that. It was love, admiration.
"Now where are we going?"
"Upstairs. Where I'm going to make love to you for the rest of our time together."
"I'd like that."
He didn't waste any time. Hurrying upstairs and then getting her into his bed.
Cordelia took Klaus' hand in her own. She had just gotten him to take a shower and now he was dressed. Well, kind of dressed. He had on pajama pants that she had left in his bathroom for him. She was pretty sure he didn't need her to direct him to his bed but she did it anyways. Walking him over.
"You should sleep." Instead of physically getting into bed, he sat on the side. Looking at her. She was looking down at him since she was standing. "What?"
"Why did you come here?" Klaus asked.
"Because I wanted to see you." She tried to keep her eyes off of his chest. Damn, she thought to herself, he is built. Not that I had any doubts about that.
"Why?"
"Do I need a reason?"
His gaze was hard. Cold and detached. "I wanted to wish you a merry Christmas."
"And that's it?"
"And maybe I planned on spending time with you." It was the truth. "No one deserves to be alone on Christmas." His face softened a tad. "But, since you're being a dick to me, I'm going back home."
A small smile came over his face. She smiled back. They held one another's gaze. In that moment Cordelia wondered what it would feel like to have his lips pressed against hers. She had thought about it before. At the Miss Mystic Falls pageant, but nothing happened. She had planned to kiss him today, but she doubted that would happen either. He needed to be alone for a little bit. She was just glad that she come though. At least now he was in fresh clothes.
She moved a piece of hair behind her ear. Her phone, which had been in her back pocket buzzed. She turned her body slightly, as she looked over her shoulder. It kept vibrating so she knew it was a phone call. Pulling it out of her pocket she looked at the name. Lindsey. Turning, so her back was to Klaus she answered it. Although when she did she slightly scolded herself. He was going to hear her conversation anyways.
"Hello?"
"Merry Christmas boo!"
She chuckled, "Merry Christmas Linds."
"Are you busy tonight?"
"I don't think so."
"Come to my house! Some of us are going to chill tonight." She knew chill meant drinking and some people smoking.
"What time?"
"Like nine. My parents are gone until after New Year's."
"You spent today alone?"
"No. They left like an hour ago to go get my grandmother. And then they're catching a flight and spending Christmas in Disney."
"You aren't going?"
"No." She didn't sound disappointed. "I'd rather spend New Year's here with my friends than that side of the family. My sister snuck off to her boyfriends and now I'm bored."
"Alright, I'll be there."
"Okay, see you then! Bye Cord."
"Bye Lindsey." She hung up the phone and stuffed it back into her pocket before turning around.
"Plans tonight." Klaus stated.
"Yeah, I guess so. Funny how that works." She walked closer. Her pants were touching against the knee of his pajama pants.
"Indeed." There was a short moment of silence before he spoke again, "Mind telling me what's in your back pocket?"
"My cell phone," she said as if it were obvious.
"Your other pocket love."
Her face scrunched up. However, before she could ask he leaned forward, his hand circling around her waist and reaching into her back pocket. A shock of electricity went through her body as she felt his hand against the palm of her ass. His hand appeared in a moment. She looked at what it was before she bit her cheek, trying to hide her smile. The mistletoe. She had brought in the hopes that she would be getting a kiss, but she knew that wasn't happening. At least not today.
"It's a mistletoe."
"And why do you have it?" She could tell from his tone that he was interested.
"Well it was going to be my gift to you, but not anymore."
"And why's that?" He twirled it around in his hands.
"Maybe if you had been a little nicer to me you might have had the pleasure of receiving that as your gift. I give great gifts by the way." She said, "But I think you were on the naughty list this year."
Klaus raised his eyebrows, "Is that right?"
"Mhm." She nodded. "I should probably go now." Before she ended up kissing him anyways.
"You probably should."
Slouching her body slightly, she moved her face close to his before bringing her lips to his ear, "Don't forget to burn your clothes."
He chuckled, "I'll try and remember that."
Her lips moved closer, touching the shell of his ear, "Merry Christmas Klaus."
"Merry Christmas Cordelia."
Moving her head to the side, she found his eyes. Like he was waiting for her to finally look at him again or something. Moving in, she kissed his cheek softly. She let her lips reside there for a few seconds before she pulled away. "I'll see you around." Before she could move out of his space, his hands clasped around her wrists. She stopped, her eyes meeting his again. "What's wrong?"
"Spend New Year's Eve with me."
OKAY! Her head immediately was screaming. She got her thoughts under control before responding. "I'm supposed to go to a party."
"So go. And then leave and come here to spend time with me." Her heart was beating fast. "I promise we'll have a great time." There was something about his smirk that made her want to just push him down onto his bed and then jump on top of him. Looks was not an area where he ever needed to doubt himself.
"I didn't say yes yet."
"You want to. I can hear your heart beating."
"Why should I?"
"So, I can make up today to you." He leaned in, their noses almost touching. "And show you that I'm not that naughty."
She laughed at his joke, "Right. Okay, I'll come. But it better be worth my while." She knew it would be.
"It will be."
Thank you all so much for your support!
In this chapter … Merry Christmas! Maddie drops off gifts at Matt's house and then she heads to Elijah's. Cordelia drops by to see Klaus.
Next chapter … Happy New Year!