Elena sighed with disappointment, taking a seat in Damon's lap. She'd come in to check on Damon who'd been talking to Stefan, who'd finally regained consciousness. However that was short lived because Stefan soon passed out again.
"I think Madeline hexed him, so that he healed more slowly" Damon said blandly. He had been pretty upset when Stefan passed out again. Although he hid it this time, not like he had outside. Elena just nodded, pressing her cheek against Damon's hard chest.
"This day has been so weird" she mumbled "First Caroline knocking Bonnie out and now this." Damon placed a kiss on her head but didn't say a thing.
"Speaking of Bonnie, how is she doing?" Damon asked. Elena smiled and looked up at him.
"She woke up just before, Caroline has planned this whole speech" Elena said. Damon cocked an eyebrow at her.
"Are you sure she accidentally hit her?"
Elena laughed at that. Damon smirked, glad to have made her happy.
"Does Jeremy know she's leaving?" Damon asked. Elena frowned. She'd found out Jeremy was alive weeks ago and had spent the first week of Silas's defeat spending time with him. He was staying at the Lockwood house with Matt, seeing as Elena had burned down their family home.
"I think so, I asked Bonnie and she said that he knew" Elena answered. Damon nodded.
"Caroline said Tyler might be coming back to town" Elena added, just wanting Damon to keep talking. She enjoyed the sound of his voice.
"Klaus gave him the clear i assume?" Damon said. Elena could feel his smile in her hair.
"I think so, when i asked for details she got all vague" Elena said with a smirk. She knew Caroline had feelings for Klaus, no matter how much her best friend tried to deny it, it was obvious. But Caroline loved Tyler and that was enough. Just like Stefan had been. But Elena had a feeling in the end Caroline would choose Klaus. Just like how you chose Damon. Elena smiled, snuggling up to Damon more.
"Klaus probably said something ridiculously romantic" Damon said dryly. Elena could tell he'd rolled his eyes.
"Yeah well, Caroline called Tyler straight away, and there hasn't been a word from him" Elena gossiped. She knew Damon couldn't care less about Caroline's love life. But Caroline was Elena's best friend and Elena knew Damon didn't mind listening to her.
"How scandalous" Damon said sarcastically, tracing his finger tips up her arms "Maybe he is with that wolf girl, Haley." Elena entertained the thought.
"Can't be, she's with Klaus."
"Hmm, that's right. Wolf girl is having Klaus's baby" Damon said lazily. He gently kissed the lobe of her ear and Elena giggled.
"I can't help but notice how she's getting herself mixed up with both of Caroline's love interests" Elena said bitterly. Damon laughed.
"Someone doesn't particularly like wolf girl" Damon said, the smirk evident in his voice.
"I don't like people who hurt my friends for no reason" Elena said defensively.
"Calm down, don't worry i'm on your side. I'm always on you side" Damon whispered, placing kisses down Elena's neck. Elena moved into him, relishing in the feeling of his lips on her skin. Damon wrapped his hands around her from behind, encasing her in the arc of his long lean body. Elena winded her fingers through his.
A thought suddenly crossed Elena's mind. Although she hated that she was thinking about Madeline and what she'd done to Stefan while she was with Damon, she couldn't help but wonder. From what Elena had seen, Stefan had been given a far greater beating than Damon. Personally Elena would rather have an un-healing burn then every bone in her body shattered and hexed so that they would heal more slowly.
This led Elena to wonder if maybe Stefan and Madeline had been involved. It would make sense if she was a vengeful psychotic ex girlfriend. Maybe she'd hurt Damon to get back at Stefan and got back at Stefan by shattering his bones.
Elena turned her body a little, so that she was sitting side ways across Damon's lap. "Damon, about Madeline..." she said. Damon cringed a little and said "Yes?"
"Is there a possibility her and Stefan were, you know..." Elena trailed off. Damon hadn't seemed to catch her drift.
"Were what?" he asked suspiciously. Elena blushed a deep crimson.
"Is there a possibility they were, you know, involved?" Damon's eye widened in alarm and he sat up straight.
"No, no" he said shaking his head. Elena tried to understand the meaning of his reaction. Damon laughed nervously and then his expression collapsed into disgust. "God no, Elena if you were to ever trust me, it would be right now. There is absolutely no possibility that Stefan and Madeline were involved." Damon said the last words with disgust, as if it tasted bad on his lips.
"But i just thought because she'd given him a worse punishment-" Damon cut her off shaking his head.
"No, Elena, just no" Damon said. Damon's reaction confused Elena but she decided to drop it, seeing as it made Damon apparently really uncomfortable.
"Well why did she then? Punish Stefan so cruelly" Elena asked. Damon's expression saddened and he looked at her apologetically.
"You'll see" he said. Elena nodded and stood up.
"I'm gonna check on Bonnie okay?" she said, giving Damon a supportive smile. But underneath she was a little frustrated. What was so bad about Madeline, what had Damon and Stefan done that they couldn't tell her about? Gave her a worried look but she ignored and walked out of the room, closing the door firmly behind her.
Be patient Elena, he said he would tell you soon. We just have to wait for Bonnie to feel better. Elena sighed. Sometimes her life really could be confusing.
Madeline parked her car a couple of K's away from the boarding house. She walked up to the house and walked around the back. In the back yard there was a beautiful garden, now over grown with weeds. Madeline sighed, her brothers had really let this place go. Madeline picked her way around to the back door, which had en kept ivy spread across it. For a human it would have been very difficult to remove the ivy in order to get through. For Madeline the ivy dropped away with a thought.
Madeline stepped up to the old door and swung it open. She was at the back of the boarding house, clearly the less used part of the home. Dust seemed to cover every surface. Madeline walked through the house. Even after years of being away she knew this place like the back of her hand. She soon found her self at the base of the main stair case that lead up stairs.
She leaned against it casually, listening to Elena and her friends talk.
"I'm so so sorry though Bonnie, really" that was Caroline,the annoying blonde vampire girl.
"Yeah i figured, seeing as you've already said that at least a million times" Bonnie, the witch girl, said sarcastically. Madeline smirked then frowned. Something was wrong with this witch girl. Something wasn't right. Madeline shrugged, she would find out soon enough. Madeline quickly did a spell to make it silent as she walked then ascended the stairs.
She found Stefan's room immediately. If she was correct, they had probably put Silas in there, seeing as they thought he was Stefan. Madeline pushed the door open just a crack. Silas lay unconscious in Stefan's bed. Madeline rolled her eyes impatiently when she saw Damon sitting next to the bed, head in his hands.
Madeline peered through the door. She could faintly hear Damon muttering something. Madeline frowned and quickly made herself invisible. Just another perk of being me. She slipped through the gap in the door and silently moved over to Damon. He didn't even look up. Madeline crouched down in front of him.
"I'm so sorry" Damon whispered. Madeline's eyes widened with shock when for a moment she thought he was talking to her. But when he continued to ignore her presence she calmed down. She was invisible to him.
"I wish i hadn't been so selfish" Damon muttered. "I wish i didn't screw everything up. Or hurt everyone who comes near me."
Madeline rolled her eyes, but some part of her wanted to hug her big brother in his moment of sadness and tell him he didn't screw everything up and that he didn't hurt everyone. But he had hurt her, and that was enough to shut her up.
"It's my fault" Damon whispered. "I didn't stop you Stefan. You were under compulsion, you had an excuse." Madeline scowled. Compulsion was not an excuse. Stefan had fought his compulsion to kill Elena. He didn't fight for you, his own sister. Madeline stood up, officially pissed off. She'd have to come back later. If she started working on Silas's mind now she would most certainly call attention to herself. She took a few steps towards the door and Damon said something else.
"It's my fault she is broken." Madeline froze. She slowly turned back to Damon, who had his head in his hands. It's my fault she is broken. Damon's words seemed to echo through her, hitting her hard. They hurt more than she liked to admit. I'm not broken Madeline tried to convince herself.
Madeline sank back down to the ground, wrapping her arms around her knees. She wanted to cry, god she wanted to cry. But Madeline Salvatore didn't cry. Even when it's the only thing in the world she wants to do. Madeline bit her lip, holding tears at bay. Madeline leaned against the side of Stefan's bed, letting her eyes droop shut. She could've stayed there, unnoticed forever.
And after an hour of trying not to cry, and drifting in and out of sleep, Madeline was jolted awake. She felt someone's gentle touch on her shoulder and she flinched. Her eyes flew open and she looked straight into an equally blue glittering pair. Damon looked at her, his face was sad and eyes blood shot. Madeline didn't know what to do. Why wasn't she invisible? It's your fault he looks so sad, you're doing this to him. And just as he was beginning to feel happy. Just as he was beginning to stop feeling like crap and hating himself.
"Maddy..." Damon said, his eyes searching hers. Madeline knew Damon thought she was a monster, she had known since the night she was murdered. Madeline swallowed hard, her throat suddenly dry. She wanted to collapse into her big brothers arms, letting him comfort her and keep her safe like her used to. But she didn't. Instead she tore her eyes from his and stood up, leaving him crouched on the ground.
"I'd keep an eye on Stefan if i were you. He isn't who he seems to be" Madeline said, her voice flat and deprived of any emotion. Damon frowned but never took his eyes off her. They were begging her to stay, to let him help. To let him be her brother. Madeline turned away from Damon and strolled out of the room, fake confidence in her step.
She could feel her brothers eyes boring into her until she was finally out of sight.
So, what do you guys think? I hope you enjoyed. The two seemingly emotionless Salvatore's having a sibling moment, Madeline and Damon have a lot more in common than just there eyes and love for dark clothing :D Anyways, i hope you enjoyed the small delena moment. I know people rarely like it when Damon and Elena are already in a relationship. People usually like it when they learn to love each other and what not. But i want this story to be originally and be more than some cheesy love story or porno so :)
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