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The mansion was full from top to bottom with teenagers and a selected handful of adults. Morgan’s sixteenth birthday party was a huge success. It lasted for hours. The guest room was overloaded with gifts and the party ended with only one small fight breaking out that was quickly diverted by Elijah. Everyone left with smiles on their faces. The crowd grew smaller and smaller until there were only ten, Klaus, Maddox, Elijah, Morgan, Tyler, Stefan, Elena, Jeremy, Bonnie and Nathan. They were each chatting, laughing, getting to know Nathan even better and vise versa. There was a knock on the door.
“Someone probably forgot a jacket or something,” said Morgan, “I’ll get it.”
She answered the door and there stood her mother.
“Mom?”
Klaus heard Morgan and was quickly by her side for support and to have a few questions answered himself.
“Amy, to what do we owe this delightful surprise?” Said Klaus sarcastically.
“She’s my daughter too Nick!”
“Oh really!!? I wouldn’t be so sure about that! A true mother doesn’t just get up and abandon her baby girl!”
“Daddy, I…it’s okay.”
Klaus glared at his ex-wife then sighed as he looked down at his beautiful daughter. He kissed her forehead.
“Okay, if you need me, just speak louder than a whisper and I’ll be by right by your side.”
“I know daddy,” Morgan smiled.
He gave her a small reassuring smile and a nod before he returned to his previous spot between Maddox and Elijah. Morgan went outside to speak with her mother in private.
“So, Mom, umm….”
“I had to do it baby, I had to leave.”
“But why? Did I do something wrong?”
“Noo, not at all. I did it for two reasons. One was to protect you and the other, was to free your father from me.”
“That’s called getting a divorce mom and NOT leaving your kid behind.”
“That’s where the protection part comes in sweetheart,” Amy sighed, “I knew my horrible, evil, good-for-nothing brother wanted you in the pack. I knew if I were anywhere near you he would be able to pick up on your scent so much sooner.”
“But you left and he STILL found me. What good did it do?”
“I honestly believed it would work and I am so sorry that it didn’t. I am also so very proud of you. You stood strong and you helped your cousin escape as well. You are truly an amazing child.”
“How…how do you know about all of that?”
“I heard it all through the grapevine and I am so relieved to see you made it through and still have a smile on your face.”
Morgan was dubious about her reasoning but found herself curious about the second.
“So, why did you need to set daddy free?”
“It was because I knew he truly loved another. Don’t get me wrong, your father treated me like a queen and I know he did love me; but, his TRUE love was always for Maddox. He pushed his feelings deep down inside and he tried to act like he was happiest with me; but, I knew better.”
“How could you possibly know that?”
“Because every time Maddox simply walked in the room, your father’s heart would literally skip a beat.”
“That’s actually pretty sweet. So, okay, what are you doing back now after all this time?”
“I came back once I knew you were truly safe. I came back to ask if you would do me the honor of allowing me to be your mother again. I can’t make up for the past; but, if you let me, I’ll do everything in my power to try.”
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The days continued and the love around Morgan continued to grow. She and Tyler grew stronger as a couple every day. Her mother returned in her life and kept her word about always making an effort to be the best mother she could be. Her fathers’, Klaus and Maddox did officially adopt Nathan and a month before his eighteenth birthday; he joined them as a vampire.
Elena and Stefan continued to date and grow more deeply in love with each passing day. They moved in with one another and visit with their families often.
Jeremy and Bonnie went off and traveled a bit of the world together. They too fell deeper and deeper in love and got married in Rome, Italy. A year after being married, Bonnie gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl. She was a quarter vampire, quarter witch and half human. They named her Ella Jane. It was the closest feminine name they could think of to honor Jeremy’s father, Elijah.
Elijah once again found love. Her name, Seraphina. She was human until the day she gave birth to their son, Gabriel. Elijah was by her side the entire time to make sure she would make it. Morgan babysits for them often.
The family grew and the single vampire fathers’ that once were Elijah and Klaus; were now happily married vampire fathers; and a loving family, no matter how unconventional it may be, is always worth fighting for.