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 45 ~ Confessions

I DO NOT OWN THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

"You ready to go back to school tomorrow?"

Maddie looked up from her computer screen at Cordelia. She was currently finishing some last minute homework. She was half cursing herself about it. She had said she wouldn't procrastinate but she did. "As soon as I get done with this homework I will be."

"How much do you have left?"

She looked around at the papers scattered around her desk. She was currently working on her PowerPoint. She had already finished her English paper and then she would just have to do her calc homework. "Not much. I'm almost done with this and then I just have to do math."

"Have fun with that."

Maddie rolled her eyes. Her sister was actually good at math. And science. While she did fine she wouldn't say she was great at it. At least not like her sister was.

"You had a good vacation though."

She nodded her head. She did have a good vacation, all in all. "I did. But it was way too short."

"Just wait until college, when you have over a month off."

"Can't wait." She really couldn't.

"Now that you're coming back to school, I want you to remember something."

"Yeah?" She turned her head away from her computer, looking at her sister.

"I'm sure you're tired of hearing this but I'm going to tell you again. These are your last couple of months. Make it worth it."

"I will." At least she would try to.

The minute Maddie's alarm went off a groan came out of her. She had already been up but was hoping she had plenty of time to try and fall back asleep. Obviously, the universe had other plans for her. She tried to ignore it, just lying there, wishing that it would turn off on it's town, but it didn't. In fact, it seemed like the longer she tried to ignore it, the louder it got. Finally, she grabbed her phone and turned it off, contempt when the sound was no longer there to bother her.

When she finally did look at her cell phone she had a text waiting to be read.

Katie – Are you going to school late?

It was sent a little before midnight. A small smile had come to her face before she even responded. Of course Katie had been up late.

Maddie – I wasn't planning on it. Why?

The response came almost ten minutes later.

Katie – They're having like an assembly for Tyler's mom in the morning.

Maddie – On that note I will be going late.

It wasn't because she didn't like Tyler that she didn't want to go. It had more to do with the fact that she didn't want to see people crying. They were just getting back from break and instead of asking each other how their breaks went they would be asking one another if they were okay and giving comforting hugs. She figured a lot of people would be spending time in guidance counselor's office or with the social worker. She wouldn't be shocked if Tyler didn't show up at all. She couldn't blame him. It was awful losing a parent. She was thankful that with everything going on in this town she still had hers.

"Late, aren't you?"

Rolling over, she could see her mom standing in the entry way of her bedroom. She had tried to relax and fall back asleep, but it just wasn't happening. She considered even going to Elijah's house but if she did that she knew she wouldn't have left.

"Yeah. They're doing something for Mrs. Lockwood and I don't want to be in a room full of emotional people. I would rather just pass." She felt a little bad after saying it. She realized how bad that sounded.

"I understand," her mom said nodding. "Are you going at all?"

"Yeah. I have to go to math."

"How is that coming along?"

"Alright."

"Well your test scores look good."

Maddie, who had half phased back into la la land was well aware now. "You've seen my test scores?"

Her mom nodded, as if it were nothing. "Yeah, your father and I were looking the other night or parent portal." She walked over to Maddie's dresser stand. "Does this smell good?" She wondered holding up a bottle of perfume. From the shape Maddie could tell that it was J'adore by Dior.

"One of my favorites," Maddie responded, giving a small smile. Her mind was still stuck on what her mom had said about checking on her grades with her dad though.

Janette sprayed the air and sniffed, "Smells good." She then sprayed herself, "I got to go. Time to get back to work."

"Have fun."

"I'll try," she said with a laugh, closing her door. A few seconds later Maddie could hear the front door closing followed by a car starting outside.

She turned onto her back so that she could look at the ceiling. Her parents were watching her grades. She wasn't really shocked. Nonetheless the confession still caught her off guard. She wondered how long they had been doing it for. A part of her felt like she was under even more pressure now to do well, because she didn't already have enough.

She wasn't sure how long she laid there for. She had been thinking about her parents and the way they stalked her school wise, and then she thought about school in general, and then she just day dreamed about a variety of things. Like Elijah. When she did look at her phone again she could see that it was almost 7:30. Getting out of bed she hurried to the bathroom and took a shower. When she got back into her room she quickly changed, slipping into a striped sweater, skinny jeans and a pair of Sperry's. After getting dressed she threw her hair into a messy bun before grabbing her things and leaving.

On her way out, she stopped into her sister's room. Cordelia was facing the door, a look of peace crossed over her face. Because of the space she had, Lucy was curled up by her chest. With a small smile, she quickly took a picture of it and posted it on her Snapchat. Doing that reminded her to send out her streaks before she lost them. She quickly left after that, figuring she was already late enough.

Because of the assembly she wasn't really late. She had went to math where her teacher informed her that with the assembly they were having for Carol class wouldn't actually be starting until third period. She decided to stay though, seeing as some people were actually in the room. It was weird, seeing as they didn't learn anything, just sat there. She was however pleased to hear he would give everyone who showed up bonus points. That was always a plus. Especially with her parents checking in on her.

She was slightly disappointed not to see Matt in Biology. She would have to stop by later and see him to make sure that he was okay. She did talk to him after new years but it wasn't a long conversation. It was one of those hi, how are you doing, convos. For most of the day there was barley anyone in class. A part of her wished that she would have just stayed home for the day. She could be lounging around in bed watching Netflix. Or messing with her sister. She would only have the pleasure of enjoying her company for a few more weeks before she was off to Stanford.

When her day did end she didn't go straight home. She headed toward the library. While she had textbooks for her classes, they were at home, and her teachers did mention that there were some books in the library that might help with units besides the ones they had given out at the beginning of the year. She had looked over their new math unit packet during the break and it looked difficult. She wanted to try and teach some of it to herself first so that she would have a better grasp of it. The same went for Biology. The new unit they started today had her brain spinning already.

Entering the library her eyes went wide a little. Sitting a table were Caroline, Stefan and Elena. She was going to just ignore them and continue on with her business but the sight of Rebekah caught her off guard.

"Hello Maddison."

"Rebekah," she didn't even try and hide her shocked tone. "Klaus undaggered you?" She was glad he had a change of heart.

"No."

She frowned, "He didn't? Not that I'm not happy to see you but then how are you here right now?"

"April Young."

"April?" She was involved in this mess now to?

"Yes. Now what are you doing here? I thought you had skipped for the day. Didn't see you this morning."

"I didn't come this morning." She didn't hear it but she saw Elena' face move. She had probably muttered something but she didn't care about that right now. "What are you doing Rebekah?"

"Class is session right now sweetheart." Rebekah said, her face lit up and excitement was evident in her tone.

"Class?" Maddie raised an eyebrow.

"Yes."

"Well you have fun with that," she noticed the discomfort on everyone's face. "I have things to do." With that she passed them all and wandered through the library.

It didn't take her long to find the textbooks she was looking for. What took a while was finding the sections that she needed. She had brought post it notes, that she found tucked away in her locker, and used them to mark the pages that she was going to photocopy and then take home. When a rush of air hit her, she looked up. Rebekah was smiling at her.

"How have you been?"

Maddie was a little startled by her question. She didn't think she and Rebekah had any "bad blood" or anything like that, however, she was curious if Rebekah would be mad at her. If she had known exactly where Klaus had hidden her she would have undaggered her herself. She did however seem fine and not angry with her.

"Alright, I guess. I'm sorry you missed Christmas."

"I spent my time with April."

"Well that's a positive." April was truly a nice girl. At least she thought she was from the couple of times that they had spoken to one another. "Have you seen Klaus?" She wondered.

"No and don't worry, I will remember to never make the mistake of trusting him again."

Maddie didn't say anything but she doubted that. If anything, Klaus and Rebekah were the closest of the Mikaelson siblings. They had their quarrels, yes, but when it came down to it, they were there for one another.

"I'm sure in six months things will blow over."

"I doubt that. What are you doing?"

"School stuff."

"Right. I can't wait to get back into the swing of classes. I'm sure I've missed a lot."

"You're coming back?"

"I sure am." Rebekah slightly turned away from her. "Come say goodbye before you leave. I compelled them but I wouldn't put it past any of them to try and trick their way out of here."

Maddie nodded, and slightly waved, going back to what she was doing. When she had everything she needed, she photocopied her pages before putting the books back. She still had them in her hands as she prepared to leave.

"Bye Rebekah." She said, before she could officially pass the table that they occupied.

"Not so fast." She turned around, "Sit." It sounded more like a demand then a question. With a slight internal groan, she did as Rebekah asked. She wasn't worried about her harming her, but she didn't necessarily want to be there for whatever trouble she was about to cause. She would rather hear about it later.

She took an empty seat between Caroline and Elena. As she did so, she could hear Rebekah slightly moving the other empty chair between Elena and Stefan as she said, "Sire bond. That's fascinating. And what do you think about that Elena?"

Elena was staring at the table. A look of guilt over her face. "I think you're sad and bored and in desperate need of a hobby."

Rebekah looked Elena in her eye, "You're hiding something. Fess up."

"I didn't sleep with Damon because of the sire bond, I slept with Damon because I'm in love with him."

At least five seconds went by of silence after her confession. Elena looked shocked. She probably hadn't thought she would actually every say that out loud, especially in the presence of all of them. Stefan's face was a mixture of hurt and betrayal. Rebekah looked satisfied and Caroline just looked shocked. Maddie, who hated Stefan, felt slightly bad for him. Slightly. But at the same token her hatred of him and what he had done to her made her not care. There was also the fact that Elena's feelings for Damon had become so obvious that no one should have been surprised that they slept together. Of course, she already known about them sleeping together since Damon had came and confessed to her. She had also already known about the sire bond.

"Why don't you look surprised Maddison?" Rebekah asked, calling her out.

"I already knew they slept together," she answered in a bored tone, pulling out her cell phone.

Cordelia – I'm bored.

Rebekah looked at Maddie, curious, "How did you know?"

"Yeah," wondered Stefan, "how did you know?"

Maddie – Lucky you. I'm stuck in a room with Stefan, Caroline and Elena.

Maddie didn't pull her eyes away from her phone, "Damon told me."

"I wasn't aware that the two of you were friends again." Stefan noted.

"Neither did," muttered Elena. Maddie looked her. She was scowling again.

Cordelia – You good?

"We aren't friends again." Maddie said honestly. "And even if we were it wouldn't be any of your business."

Maddie – Rebekah is making them confess, you can say. Elena just admitted that she is in love with Damon.

Cordelia – But honestly, who didn't see that coming.

Maddie – That's what I'm saying.

Cordelia – Let me guess, they're acting shell shocked.

Maddie – Some of them and it's irritating to see.

Cordelia – Set them straight lol. But seriously, don't get killed. You know how they like to snap necks and you won't come back to life. Besides I'm sure Elijah would murder half of the town.

She looked around the table, "Stop looking so shocked Stefan. You can't honestly tell me that you didn't see this coming from the beginning? You should have seen this coming when Damon thought he kissed Elena after the Founder's Day Parade. Or again, when they kissed while Damon was on his death bed and you were turning yourself over to Klaus."

Stefan didn't say anything as he looked at her. He knew she was right.

"You act like I wanted this." Elena said, causing Maddie to look at her. "I never meant to hurt anyone."

"You always say that, yet someone always ends up getting hurt. How long before you decide Damon is to bad for you and you want to go back to Stefan?"

There was another moment of silence. Caroline then decided to take control and ask, "What does any of this have to do with the stupid cure?"

Rebekah looked around, "You're right we got off the point." She turned to Stefan, "Stefan, how do I find the cure? Unless you'd rather talk about Damon and Elena all day."

"There's a professor who knows where the cure is."

"Thank you and where do I find this professor?"

"Hello?"

Elijah answered his phone, looking at the scenery in front of him. Maddison was right, he did have a beautiful backyard. He finally gotten around to bringing in the wine that they never used on new years when they were in the hot tub. He had been more worried about confessing his love for her and getting her clothes off than he had been about wine. They could drink at any time.

"Your sister better not get mine killed."

Cordelia. He had to admit the oldest Bennett girl did entertain him in some ways. She was blunt. Straight to the point. He liked that about her. And she clearly loved her sister. He knew that Maddie loved her as well. They had a good bond. Unlike he and his siblings. But now hearing about Maddison possibly getting killed had him on high alert.

"What's going on?"

"Your sister has Maddie in a library with Elena, Stefan and Caroline." The last he had heard Klaus had daggered Rebekah, again. "She wants to torture the three of them fine, but there is no need to have Maddie there. Especially when we all know Elena can't control herself as a vampire." She made a great point.

"I'll take care of it."

"I know." And with that the line went dead.

Putting his phone in his pocket, he sped off to Mystic Falls High School.

Rebekah had went off to make a call. When she came back she took Caroline's phone from the table.

"Hey," complained Caroline.

Rebekah gave her a look before she started clicking buttons, and then she put the phone to her ear. Someone answered and then she said, "I heard and you're keeping all that rage bottled up inside. Caroline's worried sick about you." There was a moment of silence. "Hello Tyler. I heard my brother made a real mess of your life, believe me I can relate, you have my condolences. In fact, why don't you come down to the high school so you can accept them in person." There was another short moment of silence, "Because I have your girlfriend. Maybe you have a better shot at saving her then you did your mother, bye now."

"Sister." Everyone's head snapped up at the new incomer. Kol. Maddie gave him a small smile before looking back down at the work in front of her. "Look at this, you're even worse than Klaus."

"Kol, finally. Did you bring what I asked for?"

Kol poked his head out of the room for a moment before throwing someone into the library with them. It only took a moment but Maddie recognized Shane. She didn't want to see him die, but she also had a feeling that he was up to something. After the last time they met she had a feeling. He was definitely sneaky. And knew way more than he was sharing with everyone.

"You must be Shane."

"Hello Maddison," Kol said, giving her a little nod.

"Kol."

"You look as lovely as ever. How is your sister?"

Elena's facial expression didn't go unnoticed. In fact, it was a look of disgust. Maddie chose to ignore it. "She's fine."

"I heard she's dating my brother."

Now Caroline sat up in her chair. Maddie wasn't sure why she even cared. Probably because she wouldn't be able to play Klaus anymore if he was with Cordelia.

"Who told you that?" She asked curiously. "I haven't heard anything about them getting together."

"I've sure missed a lot," commented Rebekah. "No matter we can catch up later. Kol bring him."

"Catch you later Maddison," Kol said, half dragging Shane out of the room. Rebekah followed them. Leaving Maddie, Elena and Stefan to their own thoughts.

"What are you doing?" Elena asked looking at Maddie. It came out more like a hiss than an actual question. Maddie could practically hear the accusation in her tone but she didn't care.

"What does it look like?" Maddie asked back, not looking up at her. "I'm doing my homework. You know, something that needs to be done in order to graduate. Some of us like to get by high school by actually putting the work in instead of compelling teachers to pass us."

"I haven't compelled any teacher."

Maddie looked up now, "So you're saying that as much time as you take off from school you're actually passing?" Elena's mouth which had been open shut. "Unless you've moved on from sleeping with brothers to sleeping with teachers, I doubt you're getting by the right way." She made sure to smile at the end, hoping that the hatred in her eyes was evident.

"You are such a spoiled little bitch!"

"And what are you? Oh, that's right you're the slut of Mystic Falls!" She began to mock her, "Poor me, I just want everyone to feel so bad for me and I never mean for anyone to get hurt, but then I go and hurt the man that I claim to love by sleeping with his brother!"

"Okay guys!" Caroline snapped. "This is getting us nowhere."

"There is no us," Maddie noted. "In fact, I don't want to be here. So, I am leaving." She took out her folder from her backpack, putting her papers away and then she quickly put away her calculator and pen. She made sure to check that she had everything away. She didn't want to risk having to come back here because when she left she just wanted to go home.

"She compelled us to stay."

"Right," Maddie said getting to her feet. "She compelled you," she looked around the room, "all to stay. She can't compel me." Adjusting her backpack, she grabbed her cell phone and left them all to their own thoughts.

It was quiet in the hallway. A little to quiet for her liking actually. She just wanted to get the hell out of this school. It was like it hadn't even been a school day. That's how deserted it was. Usually, even if it was afternoon time there were still people passing by. Hearing something, she stopped. It was faint but she had still heard it. It sounded like a movement. She hurried her paces walking quickly towards one of the closed door when she bumped into a body.

She would have screamed had a hand not come over her mouth. Moving frantically, she looked up. Elijah. Instantly she began to calm down, her heart however was still racing. He moved his hand from her mouth.

"What are you doing here?"

"I came to get you."

"Right," she raised an eyebrow. "Any reason?"

"Your sister might have mentioned that you were here."

"Course she did." That damn Cordelia. "Well, I'm fine. Rebekah wasn't going to hurt me and neither was Kol."

"Kol is here?"

Shit. She hadn't mentioned that part to her sister. Then again, she hadn't been texting her when he came in with Shane. "Yeah, he brought Shane."

"The professor?"

She nodded, "They think that he knows where the cure is."

"Does he?"

"I don't know, they took him to a different room to and interrogate him and maybe even kill him."

His hand was still cupping her face, "You're sure that you're alright?"

"I'm positive. Thank you for coming to save me though."

A smirk came over his face, "I will always come to save you."

"I could just kiss you right now."

He stepped a tad closer to her, "So then why don't you?"

"Because if I kiss you, it isn't just going to be a small little peck. In fact, if I kiss you I am going to want a real kiss." She leaned up on her tippy toes. It didn't really matter though. He was still much taller than her. "With tongue," she whispered that part. "And then after we kiss, my hands might start to roam and I will want you to do more than kiss me." She dropped back down to her feet, off her tippy toes. "So maybe we should save that for later."

Elijah ignored her, swiping his lips over hers quickly, "Couldn't resist."

"Well, what can I say I'm too much to resist."

"You have no idea how true those words are."

She let out a small laugh. "Well, I am kind of hungry. I might go out and get some lunch, feel like joining me?"

"I would love to but I think I need to go check on my siblings."

"Such a good big brother," she teased. She was serious though. He was a good brother to his siblings.

"When I want to be."

"Right." She stepped back slightly, "I'll see you later though?"

"If not today sometime this week."

She could accept that, "Okay." She gave him one last smile before going to walk around him. She didn't get far though as he caught her arm. Turning her head, she looked at him, her face was scrunched up into a small frown.

Elijah wasted no time pulling her back and kissing her. This time, he didn't just glide his lips over hers. At first, he just let his lips touch hers and then when she let out a small sigh, he let his tongue invade her space, giving it to her. With a small moan she wrapped her hands are his neck. His hands came down, cupping her ass in his hands. Relaxing into the kiss, she let it continue on. Even though it involved tongue it was sweet and gentle. She never wanted it to end. When he finally pulled away to give her air hips lips grazed her forehead. "Couldn't resist."

The first thing that Maddie did when she came home was go to the mailbox. When she entered the house, Lucy was there waiting for her. She bent down to pet her before moving into the kitchen. Her sister was standing by the counter, eating grapes.

"I should be irritated with you." She noted.

Cordelia shrugged, "I see you made it home in one piece."

"I did."

"Anything interesting happen."

She thought about it, "Kol is back."

"Kol entertains me."

"He is pretty funny isn't he."

"I'm hungry."

"Me to. Let's go get lunch."

"I think that sounds like a great idea, but I need to shower and change." She gestured to the pajamas that she was still lounging around in.

"Hurry up, I'm hungry."

"Bossy."

"Elijah likes my bossiness."

Cordelia looked her up and down, making a face, "I'm sure he does. I should be ready in fifteen."

She nodded but doubted it. Her sister would spend at least seven to ten minutes in the shower. And then she would spend five to ten minutes looking for an outfit. She ate her remaining grapes as she waited for her to come back downstairs. Sitting on a bar stool she sorted through her mail. It was a lot. Most of it was for her parents. Her sister had two letters. When she got to the end there was a long envelope with her name on it. With a frown she looked to see who it was from. University of Maryland.

Thank you all for the support. Because I'm writing this story and using some things from episodes this is my first time really watching season 4 (I've only really seen like 2 episodes and the rest YouTube clips). I am at the episode right now where they kill Kol, which I don't want to do. I have an idea to avoid having to kill him but I'm just not sure how it will end up working out so I am taking suggestions.

In this chapter … Maddie goes to school late and then goes to the library where Rebekah is making Elena confess her feelings. She gets a college later.

Next chapter … Maddie finds out whether or not she gets into college.