The Prince of Mystic Falls

70. A New Dad

Pairings: Elijah/Finn (M/m) paddle-mild

Klaus/Marcel (M/M) hand-mild

"Jeremy, can you go tell Finn that it is time for dinner please?" Elijah asked opening the pizza boxes on the counter.

"Henrik, here's a plain slice" Elijah said giving him a piece of pizza to try.

Elijah hadn't ordered pizza before. Matt had arranged it, all Elijah had done was paid. The boys were always wanting pizza and he just didn't feel like cooking tonight.

"Yeah, sure," Jeremy said going to the foot of the stairs and shouting "Finn! DINNER!"

"Jeremy, I meant go get him. I could have done that," Elijah said with a small smile.

"Yeah, tell him he better take advantage of us not having like totally healthy food tonight," Matt laughed.

"Yeah, man, before you lived here, Matt, you lived on pizza!" Tyler replied.

"Sorry, I didn't have a housekeeper or a mom who didn't have to work," Matt retorted.

"Whoa, man, calm down. I was just joking. What's gotten into you today?" Tyler said a little quieter.

Matt shook his head, "I'm flunking English. We got that test back today and I bombed it. Miss Monroe offered to help me study and I blew her off. Man, I have like a low F. I also...,"

Tyler looked around, "What? Robbed a bank? What did Matt Donovan do that was so bad?"

"I got caught cheating in Alaric's class. It was on that civics quiz," Matt said softly.

"You dumb ass! What happened?" Tyler hissed hotly.

"I made a cheat sheet to study from and then I realized I couldn't remember shit. Alaric caught me red handed, it was right at the end of class today. He said he was going to call if I didn't tell Uncle Elijah what I did. Dude, you know I'm getting it on my bare ass tonight! What should I do?" Matt pleaded.

"Confess, cry, I don't know, fucking study for once. Matt, buddy, you know I love you but you kinda brought this on yourself. How many times how I said come to me for help?" Tyler scolded him.

"I know. I'm just going to see if I can ask to talk to Uncle Elijah in his study," Matt said blushing.

"And Alaric whupped my butt with some historic yardstick that one time at school. My dad gave him permission, but the man did not hold back. It hurt and I've been watching myself around him ever since. If Uncle Elijah gives him permission, boy, you going be siting on freaking pillows this weekend," Tyler warned.

"Great," Matt groaned.

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"Uncle Elijah, Finn said he's not hungry and he's not coming down," Jeremy reported.

"It's okay, Jeremy. I'll go up. Pizza is on the counter. Can you help with the drinks? Nothing with caffeine. Vanessa is on a phone call downstairs. Thanks," Elijah said before jogging upstairs.

"Finn, what's wrong? It's time for dinner," Elijah said to Finn. Finn was on his side with his back to Elijah. He looked so small.

"Not hungry," Finn said.

Elijah sat down next to him, "Come on buddy, are you still upset because of earlier? Do you know why I smacked you?"

Elijah rubbed his back a little and Finn pulled away.

Finn nodded, "Yes! But we were just going to watch tv for a couple of minutes."

"Young man, that is still disobeying. You were acting up with the tutoring all morning, then misbehaving in the afternoon. Then, during your rest time, you were not resting," Elijah explained softly.