AN: Hello everyone. I know it hasn't been a week yet but I decided to update my story early so hope you enjoy it! I also know that we have already seen who takes the cure on the show, but this was done before then; plus I am not following the show. I hope you still enjoy it.

Also, just to give a head's up, Elena's hallucination is done in 3rd point of view so keep that in mind :)

Thanks to everyone who viewed and reviewed the last chapter and special thanks to Buffy-Angel9 for looking this over quickly for me :)

I do not own the Vampire Diaries, only the plot.

Dealing with the Consequences

Elena's POV

When someone is going through a difficult time; whether it's losing someone you love or feeling lost and alone, they can usually go through the five stages of grief. They are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

I was probably in the denial stage since I spent the last ten minutes trying to convince myself that I wasn't in a fight with a werewolf,that I wouldn't probably be dead within the next twenty-four hours without a cure and mostly my humanity would not turn back on. I thought that none of this will happen to me, especially my humanity since werewolf bites are known to bring out a person's vulnerable side; it did happen to Rose and Damon when they were bitten by werewolves. Last week, my last family member Jeremy who also happened to be my younger brother Jeremy who was killed by Silas and the pain of losing him was the worst I have ever felt in my life. It was pretty bad when I was human but got even worse as a vampire which is why I can't feel that pain ever again; why I wish all of this never happened and that I was just living a bad nightmare.

However, it doesn't take me long to realize that this all actually happening now since my head hurts; I'm feel woozy with every step I take and I feel like I need to throw up badly which I end up doing after spotting a trashcan on a sidewalk. After wards, I decide to lie down and take a nap since it's dark out and I don't feel like doing anything else. I succeed in doing so which puts me in a deep sleep...

(Elena's hallucination)

May 10th, 2009

"Elena! It's time to wake up; don't want to miss the game"

"I'll be there soon, just need to get ready", Elena replied to her mother Miranda Gilbert. Sophomore year was almost over, and the big Timber Wolves football game was occurring at Mystic Falls High School. Elena along with her childhood best friends; Caroline Forbes and Bonnie Bennett were a part of the cheer leading squad and Elena's boyfriend Matt Donovan was the quarterback of the team. Today was the biggest game of the year which meant that everyone, including the parents were coming to watch the game.

When Elena descended down the stairs, Miranda and Grayson Gilbert were there waiting for her.

"Have a great day at school today sweetheart" Me and your dad will be sure to stop by". "Thanks mom, I can't wait to see you guys there", Elena replied. She then gave both her parents hugs, tell her final goodbye and headed outside where Bonnie was waiting in her car.

"It's about time you show up; Caroline is going to kill us if we show up late", Bonnie scolded which made the girls shudder since you don't want to mess with Caroline when she was in a bad mood, especially if she's the captain of the cheer leading squad.

"I know Bonnie, I was just excited about the game today..." "Are you excited about the game or excited about seeing Matt?" Bonnie interrupted in a teasing voice.

The brunette just shrugged, "Guess we just need to wait and find out", she replied in the same teasing voice.

The two best friends laugh out loud at the comment, and then Bonnie starts the car and they drive away..

Present

Elena's POV

I snap my eyes open and look around, only to realize that it was just a hallucination of Sophomore year. I remember Caroline giving a fit at me and Bonnie for being late, but lucky for us, she forgot about it later when the Timber Wolves won the game. It was also later on during dinner that my parents were talking about on how they were so proud of me and surprised me and Jeremy by mentioning about how Aunt Jenna was coming to visit in a few weeks for family night. Best part of the night was that Matt came to see me after dinner and we celebrated the rest of the night with our friends.

I wipe away the tears that are now in my eyes since those times are over since my whole family is dead and I'm a vampire with no emotions who will mostly likely die within the next twenty-four hours from a deadly werewolf bite. If you think about it, it's not fair that my potential death not only affects me, but everyone else that I know; Bonnie, Matt, Caroline, Stefan and even Damon. In the end, someone always ends up getting hurt because of me; but this time it doesn't really matter anymore. After the way I have treated everyone for the past few days, they probably think I am better off dead since I have been nothing but a burden for them...

So I guess the only thing I can do now is going to the Grill, have a drink and then die very slowly and painfully. My stomach is craving fresh human blood, but the human side of me doesn't want to feed on innocent people so going to the Grill like a "human" is the only option. So, I stand up from where I'm sitting, hold on to a nearby door, and limp all the way to the Grill.

30 minutes later..

When I arrive at the entrance, the front doors are locked and the entire restaurant is black apart from small light that is coming from the kitchen. This doesn't stop me from going inside since me and Caroline always used to sneak through the back door all the time. After I open the door; which activates the doorbell, I look around and then head over to sit at the bar. As I do, I see a shadow in the background and it doesn't take me long to realize that it's my ex boyfriend Matt Donovan.

Matt's POV

I am cleaning the dishes at the Grill. It's the third time this week that my boss has given me the late shift and everyone else is too busy to come in so it's just me. Some people might think of this as a bad thing, but I don't mind at all since it's nice and quiet and I get a bigger paycheck at the end of the day. I'm also the only one of my friends who gets to live a "normal life since they are all stuck in the supernatural world with vampires, witches, werewolves and hybrids; the truth is I don't want to be apart of it since I already struggle with paying the bills every month. Although, the only bad thing about it is that it can be pretty lonely and I do wonder what everyone else is up too...

DING DONG!

The doorbell snaps me out of my thoughts and makes me wonder who would visit the Grill at 10:PM. As I head to the bar to greet the customer, I am stunned to see that the person is none other than my ex girlfriend Elena Gilbert. What surprises me the most is not only did she show up at this time, but her appearance is a total mess and full of mud. Plus, she also has un unread expression on her face which looks like a scowl. The last time I saw Elena was when she was breaking down over her brother Jeremy's death last week. Caroline told me that the pain eventually got so bad that Damon had to force Elena to turn off her humanity which didn't really turn out so well.

I head over to her and ask, "Hey. Can I help you?"

"I want scotch on the rocks with some vodka added as well", she responds in a stern voice.

"Elena, I have known you for a long time and the last time I checked, you hate scotch..."

Before I can finish my sentence, Elena interrupts me, "Cut the crap Matt! I know very well that I don't drink scotch on a regular basis, but I am having a bad night so please just drop it and let me drink in peace", she answers with a serious look on her face. I just nod and head to the back room.

While I am making Elena's drink, I ask myself, "What the hell happened to Elena that put her in a sour mood? First, she shows up with mud all over herself and then she orders one of the strongest drinks. I get that she turned off her humanity and all, but I never thought it was this bad. Well the only thing left to do is go along with it and she if she will coöperate".

After snapping out of my thoughts, I head back out to the bar where Elena snatches her drink out of my hands. It doesn't take long for the room to be filled with tension so thick you could cut it with a knife; so I take this opportunity to start asking questions.

"So Elena, I don't mean to sound pushy or anything, but why did you decide to come to the Grill at this hour? I mean, it's not like I'm not happy to see you or anything like that, but you usually hang out with Caroline, Bonnie or the Salvatore's around this time. I haven't seen you here this late in a long time, and the last time I did you weren't ordering scotch either since you hated it! So I get that you are having a bad day but why are you doing all of this?"

Elena just stares at me with a blank expression on her face like she is either thinking over the question or is wondering why I am acting like an idiot. Eventually she answers; "Matt, I forgot that you weren't there when Damon used the sire bond to make me turn off my emotions so let me make this very clear to you; I DON'T CARE ANYMORE! People seem to forget that when a vampire turns off their emotions they can't really feel anything anymore and when they decide to come out of denial, they decide to fix it. Everyone is always like "poor Elena, she can't be a vampire because she can't deal with killing someone and won't turn her emotions back on and blah blah blah"! You know what you all need to accept that I am not the only one around here who has problems and that the old Elena you know died a long time ago and isn't coming back anytime soon. So if you start asking me to take the cure too, then just go back to work and leave me alone!".

She then takes a deep breath after her big rant and I honestly don't know how to respond. One part of me gets where she is coming from; being upset because no one will accept her for the way she is. The other part of me however still has hope that the Elena that I and everyone else knows is still in their somewhere; we just need to find a way to bring her back out even if she doesn't like it.

"Listen Elena, I get the fact that you are upset on everyone not accepting you the way you are, but another part of me agrees with them. You can't blame all of us for having hope that you will turn your humanity back on and will take the cure since you deserve it more than any of us. What I'm trying to say is that the Elena we all know isn't completely gone and everyone knows that; me, Caroline, Bonnie, Stefan and even Damon..."

"Matt, did you not just hear what I just said!? I don't want to go back to that Elena anymore who cried everytime something went wrong in her life. When I am like this, I feel more free, like I can do whatever I want and look after myself without having Stefan or Damon looking out for me. Believe me, not taking this cure will be the best thing for me."

After finishing her rant, Elena stands up ready to leave, but I grab her right arm before she can do so which I notice made her wince.

"Why did you just wince when I grabbed your arm just now?" I notice that her facial expression changes and she now has a somewhat worried look on her face.

"It's nothing don't worry about it". She then tries to walk away again but I manage to lift her sleeve up and I'm shocked to find a werewolf bite on her shoulder. I remember Caroline once telling me that werewolf and hybrid bites are deadly to vampires and can cause lots of symptoms, including their death.

"How on earth did you get this?! Tell me the truth Elena and don't leave out anything."

"I threw a party at the Boardinghouse and then later took a walk in the woods. It was then that I met a werewolf which I didn't know then. His name was Jake and he just wanted to chat; but I didn't want to so I ignored him. That turned out to be a big mistake since the next thing I know he is standing right in front of me and attacks. I tried to fight him off and thought he was some creepy guy, but it wasn't until after the fight I realized that I had a werewolf bite."

"Do you have any idea why the werewolf bit you in the first place? It can't be because you ignored him", I asked very curious on why it happened in the first place. Deep down, I was also wondering how we were able to find the cure.

"I honestly have no clue why he bit me in the first place; it's not like I did anything to piss him off". Elena pauses to take a deep breath. "It doesn't really bother me anymore since this is probably nature's way of punishing me for turning off my emotions and being mean to everyone."

She then turns around to face me, "I know you are probably wanting to tell everyone so they can go on a search party for Klaus to give me the cure, but the truth is I don't care anymore. My humanity is slowly coming back, I will probably be dead within the next few hours and no one really cares if I live or die anyway. Plus even if I wanted the cure, Klaus wouldn't give it to me since I am responsible for killing his brother Kol so there is no point in living anymore."

After Elena finished with her speech, I was shocked at what just occurred. First, the girl I have known my entire life is about to die from a werewolf bite. Second, she believes that no one cares about her anymore, no matter how many times we try to convince her. Finally, she doesn't really want the cure and doesn't really believe that Klaus will give it to her.

I lift her chin up and look into her eyes; "Elena, how many times do I have to tell you how much everyone cares about you? The reason you killed Kol is so that you could save..Jeremy's life. Also, everyone deserves to know because if Stefan and Damon knew, they would do everything to get the cure because they love you! So why don't we just head back to the Boardinghouse where you can relax and we will talk about this ok?"

Elena looks at me for a few seconds and then says "Ok I will go with you on the condition that you don't tell anyone else, especially Stefan and Damon. No one should waste their time looking after someone who is going to die anyway".

I am shocked and surprised at Elena's answer, but do what's right and reluctantly shake my head. I then go to the back kitchen to put the cloth away, put on my coat and then grab Elena by the left arm to guide her back to the Boardinghouse.

By the time we arrived at the Boardinghouse, it was black outside and I couldn't see a thing. It's kind of easy to see why everyone has called this place "the haunted house" over the past few years since it kind of looks like one at night-time.

Once I open the door, the first thing I notice is a bunch of pop bottles lying everywhere and bottles of bourbon are opened; plus Stefan and Damon aren't home yet. Judging from the state of the room, it must have been some party that Elena had earlier.

I then go ahead upstairs towards one of the guest rooms where I lay Elena down on one of the beds. I then look around the room for a spare blanket and put it on top of her after finding one. It doesn't take Elena long to fall asleep so I sneak out the room, pull out my cellphone and call Stefan's number. Despite the fact I kind of promised Elena I wouldn't tell anyone, I couldn't just let her die and if there is anyone who can track down Klaus, it's the Salvatore brothers.

"Stefan's phone, how may I help you?", answered a sarcastic voice who I quickly recognize as Damon.

"Damon, this is Matt Donovan. Is Stefan around by any chance?"

"Well, if it isn't busboy. My baby brother is now out at the moment eating the wildlife as we speak so if you want to call back later..."

"Damon, it's about Elena", I interrupt knowing that will get his attention.

The phone stays silent for a couple of minutes and then when Damon answers, he talks in a more serious voice, "What happened? Is she ok? Did she kill anybody?"

"She didn't kill anybody but she isn't ok either", I then take a deep breath before continuing, "After the party, Elena took a walk in the woods and then ran into a werewolf that she didn't know about then and he ended up biting her. She then came to the Grill and ordered scotch and wasn't in the greatest shape either".

"Where is she now? Don't tell me that you lost her because if you do I will..."

"I didn't lose her ok?", I interrupt before he can threaten me. "I brought her back to the Boardinghouse and she is lying down now. She also doesn't know anything about me calling her since I am the only other one who knows about her..condition." I hesitate on the word condition since I don't want to say the word death.

"Look, I will tell Stefan what you just told me, and the two of us will go track down Klaus and convince him to give us the cure. You will stay put and make sure that Elena doesn't put herself in any danger. You got it Mutt?"

"Ya, I got it. Also, my name is Matt."

"Ya ya whatever, just look after her. We'll keep you updated." Damon then hangs up the phone and I put mine back in my pocket. I then head back to Elena's room, hoping that the plan will work out in the end.

AN: Well what did everyone think so far? Feel free to give me some feedback :)

Until next time!