Elena wakes up gasping for air as she sees Damon rushing towards her.
"Are you okay?" he asks.
Elena places her palm on her forehead trying to recall the last thing she had seen.
"I, um think. What happened?" She asks as she looks at him perplexedly.
"What's the last thing you can remember?"
Elena thinks hard franticly and suddenly bursts as images from the accident come to her in flashbacks,
"Oh my god! Is Matt okay? And where is Stefan?" Elena asks dreading to know the answer.
Damon freezes. Elena looks at him and raises her voice.
"Damon, please tell me Matt is okay?"
Damon moves closer to Elena who was almost on a verge of breakdown.
"Hey, its okay. Matt is just fine."
Elena sighs in relief. "Why do you look so worried then? And where is Stefan?"
Damon holds her hand. "Matt is perfectly fine but there is something that you should know."
Elena looks at Damon more confused than ever "What? Tell Me."
"First I need to know what's the last you can remember."
Elena gets agitated "I remember Matt driving and Rebekah took us by surprise at the Wikery Bridge and the car struck off the road. Stefan came to help us but I told him to take Matt..." She paused as she looked at Damon.
"What's the matter? Is there something more to the story?"
Damon looks away.
"Damon? You're freaking me out now. Where is Stefan?"
Damon was confused and shocked. "You don't remember anything? Nothing?"
Elena was losing her patience, as she couldn't understand what Damon is talking about.
"I told you whatever I remember, Damon. Will you stop with this and just tell me what's going on?"
Damon looks up to her as he starts to explain. "You were a Vampire, Elena. You woke up as one when Stefan let you go to save Matt."
Elena stared at Damon as she tried to register what she had just heard. "So, you're telling me that I am dead and that I am a vampire now?"
Damon nods. "No, you were one. For about 8months. You took the cure for Vampirism and now you don't..." He pauses, as he looks straight into Elena's teary eyes. "You don't remember being a vampire at all."
"Is this a joke? Where is Stefan, Damon? I need to see him. NOW!" Elena exclaims in her high-pitched and near hysterical voice.
Damon keeps quiet.
"Damon?" Elena starts to walk swiftly towards the door to lookout for Stefan downstairs.
Damon uses his vampire speed to get on her way and stops her.
As she looks into his eyes with the hope of getting answers, Damon feels chocked with emotions.
He clears his throat as he starts to explain. "In order to get you the cure, he did whatever he could and,"
"And? What Damon?" Elena hesitantly asks.
Damon looks away as he could not face Elena while breaking the news "he sacrificed himself to get you the cure."
Her blood chilled in her veins. Blackness slowly replaces her eyes.
Elena pulls back as tears roll down her cheeks. "What do you mean he...? I can't... " She breaks down as she falls over the floor.
Damon wipes his teary eyes as he bends over to comfort Elena.