Chapter 1:
"Cancer" That word rang in Elena's head over and over and over again. The doctor had just told her and since that dreaded word had come out of his mouth Elena's world had fallen apart. She didn't even notice that she was driving home; all she could think about was the vile disease that was inside of her. It made her laugh though, she could have been killed by numerous of supernatural incidents such as a vampire draining her of all her blood or a snapped neck but no a six letter word could take away her life as fast as they could. She entered her house to see Jeremy sat playing his Xbox, well it better than seeing him sharpening a stake she thought to herself. "How was the doctors" Jeremy said as he heard Elena open the door "oh it was fine, I've just got a bad case of the flu" she lied, she couldn't tell Jeremy she had cancer I mean how could she, she still hadn't got her head around the seriousness of the illness; how would Jeremy take the news that she could die if she couldn't either.
"I'm going to my room I need a lie down "she said "Okay oh just to let you know Damon rang" "Oh I'll ring him back later" "Okay" Jeremy said and went back to killing bad guys on the Xbox. Elena's head was spinning all she wanted to do was wake up from this bad dream. Elena walked to her bedroom and flung herself on her bed and then let all of the emotions that had built up from that morning come out in floods of tears.
Elena awoke the next morning with mascara stains over her pillowcase. It took her seconds to figure out why she had been crying but when she did realise, the thought was too much to handle and she let the tears flood out again. After she pulled herself together and stopped crying she walked to the bathroom to have a shower and think about how she was going to handle this or if she could handle this on her own. She got out of her clothes that stank of the hospital that previous day and
let the warm water rush over her body. I can't tell him but I can't handle this on my own it's too much; do I or don't I?
After Elena had got dressed and changed her bedding she made up her mind that she had to tell someone, she couldn't tell Damon just yet – as much as she wanted him to hold her and tell her everything was going to be alright he had only just got her finally and started their relationship as Stefan had left for good 2 years ago with Katherine and to tell him that maybe he could lose her for good was too much to handle, but she couldn't fight this battle on her own she needed to tell someone so she decided to tell Bonnie – maybe she knew something or could do something to help cure it , those weren't just the only reasons she had decided to tell bonnie though she wanted to tell her because she needed her best friend.
Elena dialled Bonnie's number; she was praying that she wasn't busy
"Hey Bonnie" "Oh hey Elena" Elena was trying to sound cerry but Bonnie caught something in Elena's voice "Elena's what's wrong" as soon as Bonnie said those words Elena broke down "Bonnie I need to talk to you, meet me at my house as soon as you can I need my best friend" "On my way" Bonnie said as she hung up the phone. 5 minutes later there was a knock at the door. Bonnie wasn't going to wait for an answer though she knew her best friend needed her and so she barged in and ran straight to Elena's bedroom. "Elena?" she called as she entered the peach coloured painted walled room , Elena was sat on her bed just staring blankly out of the window "Elena are you alright , has Damon hurt you" Elena laughed at this, Bonnie always thought that Damon had done something wrong every time she cried or got upset. "No Bon, I just ... Elena sighed "I need to talk to you about something" "Oh okay" Bonnie said as she sat next to Elena on the bed. "Bonnie I went to the doctors the other day about my health and... "You're not pregnant are you; I mean I know vampires can't procreate but..." "Ha no Bon" Elena chuckled "I wish I was though but no I'm not" "Then what" Elena's lip started to quiver again then "Oh Hun what wrong's" Bonnie wrapped her arms around Elena and Elena buried her head into Bonnie "I've got cancer"!
"Oh Elena" "I know it's not what you were expecting but I don't know what to do, I'm scared Bonnie" "Don't be, have you told Damon yet?" "No, I was wondering if you could use magic or something to cure me" "I'm sorry Elena my magic can only cure or help supernatural things and I know you're a doppelganger but it's a natural disease not supernatural ,I'm sorry Elena. "That's okay but what about vampire blood could that cure it?" "Vampire blood only cures certain things such as bleeding inside the body or things like cuts and crazes not diseases such as ca..." "Don't say it. I hate that word" "Oh sorry but no it won't cure it and besides you need to put your trust in the doctors nowadays their really good" "Yeah I guess and Bonnie please can you not tell anyone, not even Damon not just yet anyway" "Of course" Bonnie said.
After 20 minutes of continuous chatting Elena and Bonnie made their way downstairs to see a empty sitting room "Oh Jeremy must be out" Elena said as she made her way to the kitchen "Yeah he must be" "Bonnie?" Elena asked as she got a big tub of Ben and Jerry's out of the freezer "Yeah" "Can you come with me to my next appointment with my doctor, I really don't want to go on my own" "Sure I will but first pass me a spoon" Bonnie replied as she and Elena tucked into the ice cream.
Just as they had finished there last mouthful Elena's phone rang "who is it" Bonnie asked "Damon" Elena replied "Well answer it then" "No you" "Fine" "Hello" "Elena?" "No its Bonnie" "Oh hello witch, where's Elena is she okay why isn't she answering any of my calls?" "She here and she's fine well kind of and she needed a girly day and considering you're not a girl you weren't invited" "Oh well can I talk to her now then" "Fine" "Elena he wants to talk to you" Bonnie mouthed , Elena reluctantly grabbed the phone "Hello" "Elena?" Just hearing Damon's voice made Elena melt and she wanted to tell him everything but no not just yet "Damon" "Elena are you okay, why are you ignoring me?" "I'm not, you need to know that I want to tell you something and I need you to know that I would do anything right know just to kiss you but I can't" "what why, I'm coming over" "No Damon don't" Before Elena could finish that sentence Damon was gone and on his way over.
"Oh great" Elena said as she slid her phone back into her jean pocket "What did he say" Bonnie asked "He's coming over" "Oh great" "My words exactly" Elena joked. As soon as Elena said that there was a knock at the door "Well he must have ran" Elena said as she went to answer the door "RIGHT SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON NOW PLEASE!" Damon shouted as he made his way inside "Damon calm down" "No Elena I will not calm down until I'm sure that you're alright" "I'm alright" "No you're not Elena" Bonnie interrupted "I'm sorry Elena but he needs to know" "I need to know what?" Damon replied "Elena's got cancer Damon" "WHAT!" "Damon calm down I only found out yesterday" "Elena you could die" "I know but I've survived so many supernatural things I'm sure I can survive this, and besides I don't even know how serious is it yet" "I can't lose you Elena" "You won't" "Well that's my queue, I'm going to go know oh and Elena I think it will be better if Damon goes with you to the doctors" "Oh okay , well thank you bonnie" "Anytime" said bonnie as she left.
2 weeks later
"I can smell blood Elena" "Well try to ignore it until we get home" "Kind of hard , err I hate hospitals" "So do I" Elena and Damon were at the hospital after 2 weeks of Damon constantly worrying about her , he even tried to compel the disease out of her . "Elena Gilbert" "Oh over here" Elena said as she stood up to follow the doctor into a room "Does your husband want to come in with you for support" "Oh he's not my husband, he's my boyfriend" "Oh right" said the doctor looking a little embarrassed "But yeah he does" Damon stood up and walked into the room with Elena. "I'm doctor Owl and I will be with you through your battle with cancer Miss Gilbert "Okay" Elena said as she grabbed Damon's hand "Do you know what type of cancer she has" Damon said "Err yes Elena has a brain tumour but it's nothing to worry about just yet" "What do you mean "Just Yet?" "Well we haven't fully investigation the seriousness of the tumour yet so we will take Elena for a cat scan and in order to see the full extent of the tumour" "I will give you two a few moments while I go at set up the scan" Dr Owl said as he left the room "Damon I'm scared" Elena said trying to hold back the tears "Don't be, I'm going to be with you every step of the way" "I love you" Damon was taken aback by what Elena had said she had never said that to him before and it felt good to be loved by the most perfect girl in the world he thought "I love you to ,more than you can ever imagine" Damon said as he leant in to kiss her "Damon am I going to be alright, I mean I'm going to survive this "Of course you are , if you don't I will take of my daylight ring and spend eternity with you in heaven" "Thanks .. I think" Elena laughed.
2 hours later Elena was in a hospital bed with Damon playing I spy while waiting for the results from the CAT scan. "I spy with my little eye something beginning with B" Damon said "Blood" "Yeah" "Damon you have to stop saying blood" Elena chuckled "Fine , I spy with my little eye something beginning with o "hmmm orange?" "No" "Organ?" "No" "I give up" "Owl" "What?" As soon as Elena said that, Dr Owl was walking towards their bed "That's not fair you could hear him before I could see him" said Elena smacking Damon on his arm "So" Damon laughed. "Elena I've got the results back from the scan and I'm afraid it's not good news" Dr Owl said as he reached the bed "The tumour was further along than we thought ,its spread and is now covering half your brain" "What" Elena said suddenly feeling like Nauseous. "How long" Elena said "Elena don't" Damon said sternly "We can't..." "HOW LONG" Elena screamed "About 4 to 6 months max, we can give you chemo to help you live a bit longer though" replied Dr Owl. Elena couldn't handle this she threw the covers off her and ran straight to the bathroom. Damon followed behind; he could hear the sound of vomit being thrown up in the toilet. He quickly rushed in and grabbed Elena's hair, he hated seeing her like this it made his no beating heart break and thinking that in a few months time she could be gone forever made his body crumble. "Damon" Elena said crying "Yes" Elena didn't reply she just buried her head in Damon's chest and wept. After 20 minutes of crying Elena looked up at Damon "I'm going to have chemo Damon I want to stay with you as long as I possibly can" "It's your choice darling" .After they had gotten off the cubicle's floor they made their way to Dr owl to sort out the chemo and to be clear on cancer. "Damon I need to tell Jeremy" Elena said as they made their way back home "Okay, what about Bonnie and Caroline?" "I'll tell them soon but right now I need to tell Jeremy" "Okay do you want me to come in with you" "Umm can you wait outside?" "Of course" Damon pulled up at Elena's house and gave her a good luck kiss before Elena headed inside. "Jeremy are you home?" Elena called.