After getting writers block on some of my other stories I have decided to write this one instead after having the idea in my head for a while. It's the first Delena fanfiction ever, so I hope you like it :)
Disclaimer: I don't own The Vampire Diaries. If I did, I would be quite a rich woman, wouldn't I? ;)
*Elena's POV*
The funeral was last week. Everybody dressed in black, crying as they muttered their condolences. It was all a bit of a blur. It wasn't until after the funeral that it all became real. Jeremy hid in his room, Aunt Jenna gave comforting lies and I finally understood the weight of the word 'orphan'.
My parents are dead and it's all my fault. If I had just stayed at the party instead of phoning them and insisting on a ride home we wouldn't have crashed. I've replayed the scene a million times in my head and I know I should be dead. I remember the sound of the car crashing into the water, my parents cries of panic mixing with my own as I clawed at my seatbelt. Rising water took over until I was fully submerged, banging on the window before giving into unconsciousness.
Then I woke up safe, dry and warm in a hospital room, nurses buzzing sound me, telling me that they were sorry. I have no idea how I got out, but I did.
And here I am, blessed with a life of guilt and pitied looks. That's the downside of a small town, everybody knows everything and from now on, no matter what I do, I will always have the label orphan before anything else.
Every time I go out I hear the whispers behind my back. I can't even stand to talk to my friends any more and everyday joys, such as writing in a diary, were gone. There was nothing good left to say. Nothing good left.
Not even my brother can stand to be around me any more. Perhaps that's a good thing, as I don't think I could offer him comfort.
I can't stand it. I feel like I'm drowning all over again. This isn't life and I'm not living. I need to get away from the poison that is Mystic Falls.
I know this is selfish, but I can't find it in me to care. I would have done it sooner if I had been ready to get back in a car. But I'm ready now. Ready for a new life, to stop being the girl who got her parents killed.
I've packed up my things, collected up some money and have a car full of gas. Tonight I am actually going to do it. Tonight I am going to leave.
*Normal POV*
The clock struck twelve and Elena was now sure that everyone else in the house was now asleep and knew she had to move fast if she was really going to do this.
Bag in hand, Elena slowly opened her bedroom door before making her way downstairs, expertly avoiding the creeks in the floorboards. Resting her hand on the front door, Elena gave one last longing look upstairs to what was left of her family. They were better off without her, she decided, before quietly unlocking the front door and stepping out into the night. She locked the door before posting the key back through the letterbox. She no longer needed it.
With a sigh, she got into the car and, after reassuring herself that it was for the best, she set out into the unknown.
"I should have left a note," Elena scolded herself. "To let them know that I'm going to be fine. That's what people usually do, right?"
She shook her head. There was no turning back now.
When she finally met the 'leaving Mystic Falls' sign, Elena let out a breath she hadn't known she'd been holding and started to relax. She had been worried that someone back home might have seen her and reported it. Elena doubted that anything could be kept a secret in such a small town.
The further away she got from the town the more she relaxed. Loosing focus on the road, Elena fiddled with the radio, sick of the silence.
It only took a couple of seconds, but in those seconds Elena's car veered slightly into the other lane. It only took a couple more seconds before her car smashed into a oncoming vertical.
Elena went flying forwards, only to be jerked back by her seatbelt. Panic swept over her, destroying all rational thought as memories of the crash on Wickery bridge replayed in her head.
Sorry that Elena's a bit OOC, but she has just lost both her parents and I'm trying to go for something a bit different so...?
Let me know what you thought!
