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Chapter 3: Break You or Fix You

Elena opened her eyes, immediately remembering everything that had happened to her the night before. She let out a small groan, touching her hand to her forehead, noticing that the cut that had seemed huge the night before had gone down to only a scratch. Elena moaned, knowing that she owed her life to that girl. That girl had saved her life, and Elena knew that without a doubt she would be dead without her.

Elena stretched her arms out, finding herself able to move, but when she tried to open up the door let out a cry of pain as she realized that broken glass was all over. She grabbed her finger where the cut had formed and instinctively stuck it into her math to try to stop the bleeding. The uncomfortable, warm taste of blood filled her mouth and Elena blinked back the tears that formed in the small of her eyes, reminding her of when she was little and fell off her bike and used to cry. She shouldn't be crying. She wasn't a little girl anymore.

Elena yanked open the dashboard with her free hand and then picked a rag out of the dashboard, then tentatively taking her hand and pushing open the car door. Immediately, a gust of wind blew over Elena and she shivered against it, but forced herself to move her feet so that they were dangling above the ground. She then dropped the rag onto the floor of the car and pressed her hand up to the side of the car and cautiously stepped onto the grassy ground below. She felt her feet sway unsteadily, and she grabbed unsteadily onto the side of the car.

She looked around her, and could just make out how far off the road she'd run in the moonlight. She also couldn't tell what time it was, but at this point, Elena was fighting the wind. She wondered if Bonnie could sense that something was wrong with her.

Bonnie had used her magic to link her, Elena, and Caroline together so that she could detect if any of them were in trouble, or so that she could know if anything was wrong with any of them. Bonnie had also added that it wasn't just her who could detect if anything was wrong, but Elena and Caroline would be able to tell too. Elena wondered if Bonnie or Caroline sensed if anything was wrong with her. Whatever it was, Elena began to wonder if they had sent the unknown girl to her.

All of a sudden, Elena felt an unusually strong wind blow over her and she felt herself falling backwards. She tried to brace herself and steady her feet, and she let out a shrill scream. She couldn't stop herself, and she knew she was going to hit her head, but the next moment she felt herself landing in something soft.

Breathless, Elena tried to turn to see who it was, but her head felt dizzy.

"Hey, steady."

Elena immediately recognized the voice, and she took her hands, one of which was bloody, and pressed them up to her head as she felt herself gently laid down on the ground.

"Damon," she whimpered, breathing in a sigh of relief. She couldn't believe that someone had found her. "How did you find me?" Elena felt blood pulsing through her finger and she tried to move it.

"Shhh," Damon said quietly in his voice which was comforting as always. "Let me see," he said noting Elena's hand, and Elena unsteadily brought it up to his eyes so that he could exam it.

He squeezed down on it and Elena let out a small cry of pain.

"It's okay," Damon said gently, looking up at Elena's head where the scratch was marred across it. "Did—have you seen anyone since this happened?"

Elena tried to nod her head, but felt herself barely able to move it. "Someone… a girl."

Damon gave a small nod and took his coat and wrapped it around Elena's finger. "I don't want to give you any more blood," he said. "I think you'll be okay, although you may need some stitches."

"No, Damon, no," Elena said, tightly shutting her eyes and covering her hands with them. "I don't want stitches. I'd rather have your blood."

"Elena, we need to act human," Damon said tersely.

Elena didn't bother arguing; she knew it was pointless. In the past couple of weeks, there had been speculation of new vampires in town, and Elena knew the stares that Damon got when people saw him as though they knew his secret. Ever since, Damon had been more cautious than Elena had seen him, and he had attempted to act as normal as possible as well, which Elena found irksome, especially at a time like this.

"Let me help you up," Damon said, bending down so that he was brushing Elena's hair out of her face. "We can have Dr. Fell look at you."

Elena nodded, but before she could contain herself, she burst into tears.

"Elena…" Damon said.

"I'm sorry," Elena sobbed. "It's just…"

The entire night was getting to her. She was scared, tired, lost, and confused. She opened her teary eyes so that she could see Damon, who was a blur beyond her tears.

"Tell me what happened. Especially about this mysterious girl."

Trembling, Elena retold what happened, sniffling in between so that she could wipe her eyes or try to stop another bout of tears from overflowing. When she got to the part about the girl, Elena hesitated. She didn't really know what had happened then and how the girl had found her. She doubted that the mysterious girl had been the person following her, but in a way, Elena couldn't be certain of that either.

"I'm just so confused," Elena wailed, pressing her fingers up against the scratch on her forehead.

"Do you feel sick?" Damon asked. "Dizzy?"

"A little dizzy," Elena mumbled.

Damon touched Elena lightly on the chin so that he could raise her head up so that she was facing him. "You know who I am right?"

Elena nodded. "Of course, Damon."

"Do you feel faint?" he asked.

"No," Elena said, shaking her head. "Only when I stand up." She pondered what she'd just said for a moment, knowing she should add more. "I just want to go home."

"Just to be safe, let's have Dr. Fell look at you, okay?" Damon said gently, trying to keep his voice calm so that Elena would consent. "We need to make this seem… normal and human."

Elena looked up at Damon, giving him a shady look. She knew that he was just being overprotective as always, but instead of arguing she just gave a small nod.

"Okay."

"Thank you," Damon said, sounding oddly surprised that Elena even agreed. "Come on. I have my car on the other side of the road."

Elena nodded, and Damon helped her to her feet. Elena felt weak in the knees as though she would collapse, and she grabbed onto Damon for support.

"Steady…" he said.

Stumbling, the two of them made their way over to Damon's car. Elena knew her movements were awkward and uncertain like a newborn puppy, but she couldn't get herself to stabilize.

The two of them barely made it back to the car without Elena hurting herself, and she breathed a sigh of relief that they had made it there in one piece.

Damon took Elena's arms and placed them against the side of the car. "Can you stand for a few moments?" he asked.

Elena gave a small nod, and he held out one hand so that he could catch her if she fell while he opened the door to the passenger seat with the other.

Gently, Damon guided Elena into the passenger seat and she fell into the seat with a sigh of relief. She knew her legs would have given way beneath her if she had tried to stand any longer. She didn't object when Damon buckled her seatbelt for her. He shut the door without saying anything, and she pressed her head up against the car window to use it as a pillow.

She turned to watch as Damon sat down in the driver's seat. He shut his door and stuck the car keys in the ignition.

"We'll be there soon," Damon muttered.

"Thanks…" Elena said, before drifting off to sleep.

The next time she woke up, the car had stopped moving. Elena looked up and saw that Damon was tapping her awake and they were sitting in the parking lot of Mystic Falls Hospital.

"Damon?" Elena croaked groggily.

"We're here," Damon said. "Can you walk inside? I parked as close as I could to the hospital."

Elena could feel her legs again. It was as though being inside of Damon's car had given her some life.

"I think I can walk," she said.

Damon nodded, and he carefully helped her out of the car and began walking. Damon took Elena's hand with one hand, and with the other, steadied her from behind.

When they walked inside, the receptionist gave a small nod as she looked up from her computer, acknowledging Damon and clearly recognizing him.

"Dr. Fell will be with you shortly. She heard you were coming in. It's a bit late, and she's on call right now. Why don't you two take a seat?"

Elena let herself be led to the seats in the waiting room where Damon gave Elena an uncertain look.

"How do you feel?" Damon asked gently.

Elena just gave a small nod, touching her knees. "A bit better."

She looked down at her hand which Damon had taken his coat off of and had wrapped in a small bandage. She didn't remember when this was, but she wasn't going to bother asking him either.

"I'm sure Dr. Fell is just going to check to make sure you don't have a concussion," Damon said. "And check out your finger."

Elena gave Damon a grateful smile. Despite how much she complained, she was glad that he was there for her. And she was glad that he had found her however had had. Maybe Bonnie had used her magic for that, even if she didn't know it.

Elena gave a small sigh, leaning her head against Damon's shoulder so that she could take in the scent of his hair. She smelled the typical shampoo that he used, and she tried to conceal her smile as smelled it, its lavender and macaroon flavor wafting up her nose. Anything about Damon always put a smile on her face, especially at times like these, and she slowly felt the smile spreading across her face.

"Elena Gilbert?"

Elena looked up to see a nurse calling her name, and she slowly rose to her feet, feeling dizzy for a moment. Damon grabbed onto her, steadying her so that she wouldn't fall.

"Careful," he warned.

"You don't need to be so protective." Elena smiled as she and Damon slowly followed the nurse into one of the examination rooms, Elena touching her forehead lightly to make sure she still felt stable. When the nurse opened up one of the doors for them to enter, Elena gently blinked her away in, feeling blinded by the strong lights and white walls.

"Dr. Fell will be with you in a moment." The nurse turned to Elena. "Sit here."

Elena nodded, and she gently lifted herself up onto the examination table. She felt Damon steady her so that she was balanced, and Elena gave him a raised eyebrows look, motioning for him to go away and take his own seat.

"I don't want anything to happen to you," Damon said, an embarrassed look crossing his face.

"I know," Elena said smiling.

Damon turned away and took his own seat as Elena gently pumped her feet back and forth like she was on a swing. She looked up and made eye contact with Damon. "See? I'm fine," she said.

"I just care about you is all," Damon said, giving a quirky smirk.

After a moment, Elena turned to see the door to the doctor's office open, and she saw Dr. Fell enter. She looked exhausted, as though she hadn't slept in days, and Elena looked up to see what time it was. 11:50 PM. It wasn't as late as Elena had expected, but Dr. Fell looked like she needed a nap right then and there.

"Hi, Elena," she said, smiling. "Damon."

"Meredith," Damon replied.

"Dr. Fell," she replied.

"Okay, Dr. Fell," Damon said ignorantly.

Dr. Fell ignored him turning to Elena. "Hi, Elena," she said. "How are you?"

"Okay," Elena said, choosing her words carefully.

"What happened?" Dr. Fell asked.

Elena gulped. "I—I was driving, and I ran off the road. I think someone was following me." As Elena spoke about it, she felt a shiver run through her, and once again, the terrorizing moment of it came back to her more vivid than ever, and she felt herself beginning to shake. "I don't remember what happened next, but—but… some girl saved me, and I don't know." Elena felt small tears begin to run down her face. "I'm sorry."

Dr. Fell touched Elena's hand lightly. "It's okay. How about I check out your head?"

Elena gave a small nod, and Dr. Fell took her hand and touched it up to the scratch on her forehead. "That looks like it's a few days old."

"The girl gave me blood," Elena said bluntly. "It happened tonight."

Elena turned to Damon, who gave Elena a look that told her to relax. Elena let her shoulders slouch, and she looked back at Dr. Fell.

"It was one of them," Dr. Fell murmured.

"What?" Elena asked.

Dr. Fell looked up as though only just realizing that she had spoken out loud. "N—nothing," she said. "Nothing."

"No, what did you just say?" Elena demanded.

"I'm not supposed to talk about it," Dr. Fell said, taking her hand off of Elena's bleeding finger and writing something down on her clipboard. "I'm going to need to run a CT Scan to see if you have a concussion, which I think you do. It looks as though it was really serious, but… whoever gave you blood made it less uh, serious. And I'm going to need to give you stitches for your finger and remove a small piece of glass that seems to have gotten itself wedged under your skin."

"Dr. Fell," Damon said, standing up, saying Dr. Fell's name as coldly as he could. "What aren't you supposed to talk about?"

Elena felt a small throb in her finger and she gently scrunched it up, hoping it ease the pain. At the same time, she couldn't help but scoff at the fact that Damon didn't care about her condition, but only cared about whatever Dr. Fell was talking about.

Dr. Fell gave Damon a shady look. "Listen, I'm only going to tell you two because I know I won't hear the last of it if I don't."

She paused for a moment, and Elena turned to see Damon's expression, which was simply glowering and interrogating.

"There's a new vampire in town. And she's apparently one of the darkest new vampires out there. She'll either break you or fix you. And," Meredith turned to Elena, "she clearly cared enough to fix you. And I know there's a real reason why. I just don't know what."

Okay, so I didn't know when there would be an appropriate time to end it because I felt it was getting too long, and it's also been almost a week since I've uploaded :o. So I'm trying to hurry this up for the sake of the account KlarolineXDelena who hasn't left me alone about this, so thank you.

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