There was this undeniable attraction. It was something that Elena could not ignore. Damon had gotten under her skin and it was going to take a lot more than body cream to get him out. Stefan was supposed to be her epic love? How could she love Stefan if she had fallen in love with Damon? Elena couldn't believe she was questioning this. She should be with Damon but she had met Stefan first. This all played while she was dying. She was dying where her parents died. Goodbye world, goodbye Jeremy, goodbye old friends, goodbye Stefan, and worst of all, goodbye Damon. All of the sudden Elena had to gasp for air. Where was she? How had she gotten here? Was this the afterlife that was planned for her? Stefan was sitting right next to her and all she could smell was blood. All she wanted was blood. Was she what she most feared? Was she a vampire? All of the sudden she heard Damon, "Where is she?" She couldn't quite make out what Dr. Meredith Fell was saying; it was along the lines of "I helped her." What did that mean?
Stefan: "Elena, can you hear me?"
His voice was piecing her ear drums; all she could hear was him and every little noise around her. Like the sink someone left dripping two doors down in the woman's bathroom.
Elena: "Stefan, what's happening?"
Damon ran into the room with Meredith behind him. His face was white. He couldn't believe it was true. It was her blood that turned her. In a way, they shared a bond that no one else could understand. Stefan was the reason she turned into the one thing she never wanted to be. Would this bring her and his brother closer or was the window of opportunity he needed?
Damon: "She needs to feed to complete the transition."
Elena: "What makes you think I want to live this way?"
Damon: "You either feed or you die. There is no door number three."
Elena: "I never wanted to be what you are."
Damon: "Maybe you should talk to Stefan about that one. He is the one who let you die."
Stefan: "She made me save Matt first, I had no idea she had vampire blood in her system. I bet she didn't even know she had it."
Meredith: "She had a brain hemorrhage. What else was I supposed to do? Let her die?"
No one knew what to say to that. Elena didn't want to die but she certainly did not want to become a vampire. All of the sudden she remembered something. It was the night of a bonfire. She was waiting for her parents to pick her up. She was on the phone with Bonnie talking about Matt. She saw a man in the middle of the road. It wasn't a stranger. It was Damon. She was taken out of her trance when she heard a lot of yelling.
Damon: "Now she is going to die because you didn't save her. You did this, brother."
Stefan: "Listen brother, she either died or Matt."
Damon: "Since when did I give a shit about Matt Donovan?"
Elena: "It was you that night. Damon. It was you, the one in the middle of the road. We met first, didn't we?"
Damon was shocked she remembered this so quickly, "Yes, it was."
Elena: "Why didn't you tell me?" She was starting to get back her memory of that night. He thought she was Katherine. Elena corrected him and then they talked about love. He said she wanted a love that consumed her. The night she died, she said Damon consumed her. Could Damon be the one she had wanted this whole time?
Damon: "I wasn't ready for everyone to know I was here. Like I said, when people see good, they expect good. I'm not good."
Stefan: "What's going on?"
Elena: "I met Damon first, and then he compelled me to forget. I didn't meet you first Stefan."
Damon: "Do you remember anything else?" He was of course referring to the time he told Elena her loved her and he couldn't be selfish with her.
Elena: "I sort of-"
She was cut off by Meredith coming in, she had a few blood bags with her. Elena didn't want to feed but she wasn't ready to die. She loved Stefan, and now she was starting to see the other side of Damon. The side that he is when he is with her. She started to see that he couldn't be selfish with her.
Elena: "I want to see Matt."
Stefan: "No that will only make you want his blood. It will make the craving much worse."
Elena felt as if he was trying to hold her back from seeing her best friend, "Bring me to him, now." She didn't care what Stefan said, she wanted to see him, even if she did need his blood.
They walked down the hallway to his room. Elena was still a little wet of course. Matt was asleep and she didn't want to wake him up. She went over to his bedside and took his hand in hers. She was saying she was sorry silently. If she had never met Stefan he wouldn't be like this. All of the sudden his hand rose higher and higher towards her mouth. She could hear his heart pounding and the blood pumping to other parts of his body. She saw the veins in his wrists and wondered if she did live how much fun she could have. She could have so much fun with Damon. The room got really quiet.
Stefan: "Elena! No!"
