Author's Note:

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On with the story (Did I mention I love angst?)

Chapter 2: The Ugly Truth

I was waiting for so long
For a miracle to come
Everyone told me to be strong
Hold on and don't shed a tear

Through the darkness and good times
I knew I'd make it through
And the world thought I'd had it all
But I was waiting for you

Hush now I see a light in the sky
Oh it's almost blinding me
I can't believe I've been touched by an angel with love

Let the rain come down and wash away my tears
Let it fill my soul and drown my fears
Let it shatter the walls for a new sun
A new day has come

Next time I woke up, everything was black, I saw nothing, I smelled some kind of….what is it? medicine? I remembered the accident, I must be in the

hospital then! Damn I've always hated hospitals, it reminded me with the day I woke realizing that I lost my parents, oh there's something else, something

on my eyes prevents me from seeing anything, I raised my hand to touch whatever was on my eyes to realize it was some kind of bandage…what the hell…?

Why is this thing covering my eyes? Then I remembered the bump I got on my head, I remembered the pain I felt…the blood I touched with my hands, but

right now I felt nothing, maybe they gave me some kind of painkillers?..it has to be cause it hurt like hell last time!

There was knock on the door and someone entered the room.

"Miss Gilbert you finally woke up, I am Dr. Stefan Salvatore how do u feel right now?"

I heard the doctor's steps getting him closed to my bed, and I tried to set, it was hard, but I did it "I am fine, how long have I been here?"

"You've been here for two weeks"

I froze in my place and repeated in a voice I barely heard myself "Two weeks? I've been unconscious for two weeks?"

"I am sorry to say that, but you were, Do you remember what happened?"

My memory flashbacked to that night…I talked like I was telling a story about someone who wasn't me "We were driving home from that party…My fiancée

Matt was a little drunk, he was driving fast, he thought there was nothing on the road, but he couldn't avoid that big sign….the car was crashed and I was

injured…" Yeah I remember that night clearly now, but….Matt! I suddenly remembered him…in a scared tone I asked the doctor "Matt…Matt what happened

to him?" I tried to get out from the bed, but caught my arms and sat me down again, "You need you relax ok? There's more coming".

There was silence now…I asked him again "Doctor what are u not telling me? Is he dead? Please just tell me"

His voice was hardened now and he replied "Matt is ok Miss Gilbert, don't worry about him right now…we need to talk about what happened to you first"

"What happened to me?" I repeated, my heart is shaking now…."What happened to me? wait.. why is this on my eyes?"

Before her tried to answer, the door was opened again, and the nurse was saying "Miss, you can't enter the room like this! Doctor please!" her voice was

helpless, the 'Miss' said "You can't do this! She's my friend! I deserve to know what happened to her! U didn't allow me to see her for two weeks and she

finally woke up!" Elena recognized Caroline's voice, Caroline Forbes was her best friend since childhood, A beautiful blonde optimistic girl, who stood by her in

everything was happening in her life…thank God she's here, she actually needed someone like her here.

Caroline rushed to Elena and hugged tightly, crying she said "OMG Elena are you ok? I was so worried!" "It's ok Caroline, I am fine right now" I tried to

assure her everything was fine when -obviously- everything wasn't, as it seems to me that the doctor is hiding something.

''Miss Gilbert I really am sorry for interrupting you, but very important for you two to hear what am I about to say".

I followed the sound of his voice to face him, and he began talking "What am I about to say is these kind of condition you are in is not common, it's very rare

actually and it happens to people who are lucky enough and you are…"

"Just get to the point please!" Caroline interrupted him, and Elena felt the panic rising in her tone.

The doctor let out a sigh and continued ""Elena, the bump u got on your head was hard, and it actually caused some kind of damage to your optical

nerves….we had to do a surgery, and we managed to save some, but not all of them", Caroline gasped in horror and covered her mouth with her hand and

looked at Elena sadly.

Elena swallowed hard, and tried not to lose it "Ok, so u are basically telling me that I can't see anymore? Is that it?" and despite her efforts, she felt her tears

gathering in her not-seeing eyes.

"Medicine is always developing Elena, u may not be able to see right now, but there's also hopes in surgeries and what they can offer you, u just need to

gather yourself and never lose hope ok? Because some surgeries actually depends on your psychology…the way you feel about, but now, we can't do

anything to fix it, it's going to need some time before we can try anything, there's so many risks and…."

"Ok I got it, can you just leave me alone for a second? I need a moment with myself…..i just..please I just need to be alone right now" Elena said as her

voice was breaking down and the tears she has been holding this entire time was finally falling down.

The doctor's voice was helpless "I am so sorry Elena, I wish I can help you , you can call me if you need anything ok?", Elena simply nodded, and when she

heard the door shut, she said in a broken tone "Caroline….", Caroline hugged her and cried "I am so sorry Elena…why did this happen to you?".

"Just please don't leave me alone" Elena hugged her back and her whole body was shaking.

"I won't leave you, I promise" Caroline assured her and grabbed Elena's hand in hers, never letting her go.

After awhile, but it seemed like eternity for Elena, she asked Caroline "Caroline what happened to Matt? Why didn't come to visit me?"

"Elena I don't it's the right time…."

"Just please don't lie to me, where is he Caroline?"

"I was bound to tell you this later, but now there's no other choice" Caroline sighed.

Caroline hesitated but then started talking "You had that surgery Elena and the doctors told Matt about what happened to you…he..he didn't…"

"Just don't stop and go on!" The anger started to rise in Elena's voice as a horrible thought crossed her mind, no he can't do this to her, he wouldn't…or

would he? Omg.

"Matt found out that you won't be able to see anymore, and he left..leaving you this".

She opened Elena's hands and put something solid in it, Elena felt it, touched it, to realize it was Matt's engagement ring.

"I am sorry Elena, I tried to convince him to not leave but he did, I am so sorry", Caroline started to cry again, and hugging Elena, but this time it was more

painful than the thought of her losing her eyes….how could he do this to her?

She could feel Caroline's hands around her, she could feel the tears on her own eyes, but there was something else..she felt nothing, her heart was smashed

into million pieces, something was broken inside of her, she doesn't want to feel anymore, she doesn't want to know what love means, all of these emotions

are things she doesn't want to feel anymore she promised herself that she will never allow her heart to feel anything for anyone…and she won't break that

promise.

DelenaKat's Note:

How was the angst? and we finally got to meet Steffy!

Read & review as always *smiles*