Heartbreak Girl Chapter 7

**Holding A Heart**

"She seems nice." Elena says as Rose and Stefan walk away to go see their mother.

"Yeah." Caroline smiles. "I kinda like her."

"That's only because you don't really know her yet." Damon snaps.

"Oh stop being such a downer." Caroline says annoyed.

"I am so not p-" He's about to continue when he breaks into a coughing fit.

Elena quickly rushes to his side. "Oh my god, Damon. Are you okay?"

"Is it the cancer?" Caroline says, helping him sit down once his calm.

"How did you know?" He says.

"Your mom told Stefan and I the night you and Elena left -and never came back- for groceries." She smiles. "She told us you didn't want us to know."

"But you do." Elena says sarcastically.

"Yeah. Mom was never good at keeping secrets." Damon smirked.

"Are you okay?" Caroline asks sweetly.

Before he has a chance to say anything they're cut off by the sound of Rose's voice. She's screaming. "Somebody Help!"

They all rush around the corner but freeze when they see what's going on. Lydia is being rushed out of her room, nurses are yelling, there's a doctor telling everyone to steer clear.

"What happened?" Damon yells.

"She's crashing." Julie says, appearing from behind him.

They rush her away. Elena thinks she heard something about an OR but since she's not sure she doesn't tell Anyone.

Once Lydia's out of sight, Damon starts walking away. "I need some air." He says going outside.

Elena follows him.

"Hey. You okay?" She asks once they're outside.

"No." He says it as though it's the most obvious thing. "How can I be?"

"Talk to me." She says, giving him a quick kiss. She still can't believe she gets to do that... To kiss him whenever she wants to.

"I'm dying, Elena." He sighs. "My moms dying. Rose is here. I have a niece and she's so beautiful. But I'm dying."

"I'm sorry." She cries.

"You did nothing wrong." He reassures her. "You're the only thing that's right."

He smiles at her. "And I love you for that."

She's taken aback by his words. She'd always known it. He's said it context at least 100 times. He'd basically confessed it to her just 2 nights ago. But he'd never said it to her. Not like this.

"I love you too." She whispers. "You wanna go back inside?"

"Not yet." He smiles. "I want to be alone with my girl for a few minutes."

"Your girl?" She jokes before kissing him again. "I kinda like the sound of that."

"Me too." He smiles. "So tell me about this book you're writing,whats it about?"

"You." She says automatically. As though somebody had programmed her to answer that question with a single word that held so much meaning.

"Me?" He jokes. "Let me guess... It's about how I got my eyes to be this mesmerizing right?"

"Something like that." She giggles.

He slowly stands up. "Come on, let's go back inside before little bro has a panic attack."

She laughs as they walk arm in arm back into the hospital.

"Where were you guys?" Caroline asks once they're inside.

"We just needed a break." Elena reassures her. "Do you know what happened?"

"Internal bleeding." Rose says, standing up from beside Caroline. "She suffered a major head injury. Her brain is hemorrhaging. They're doing the best thy can but I work at a clinic and in cases like this most of the time they don-"

"Don't you dare finish that sentence!" Damon snaps. "I promised her that she would be okay...and she will."

"Damon, you need to hear this." Rose snaps. "If she does survive, There's a very high possibility that she could have a stroke... Or be disabled for her entire life. There's no easy way out of this."

"But there is a way." He sighs. "It may not be easy, but it exists."

"Damon-" Stefan starts.

"She's a fighter." He cuts off. "She is the strongest person I know. She'll make it out."

"Let's just get some rest, while she's in surgery." Caroline suggests. "We can all just take a breath."

They all sit down in unison and soon all of them are cosy. One by one, they slowly fall asleep until it's just Damon and Elena.

"Hey, get some sleep." She whispers when she sees him looking worriedly at the door.

"Im going to find out if any things changed." He says starting to get up.

"Julie said she'll let us know if anything happens." Elena whispers. "It's not healthy for you to be up this long."

"I'm fine, Elena." He says, standing up. "I can't sleep without knowing that she's okay."

"Then let me sit with you." She says.

"I'm okay." He whispers, kissing her forehead. "Get some rest."

Xxxx

The first thing that comes to mind when she wakes up, just like it has for the past 2 years, is Damon.

"Damon?" She calls.

"Hey." He says appearing from behind her.

"Hey." She says,sleepily sitting up. "Where is everyone?"

"They went to grab some breakfast." He smiles,wrapping an arm around her.

"Is your mom?" She asks, slowly.

"She's fine." He smiles. "She woke up but she was feeling tired so she went to sleep."

"That's good." Elena smiles, giving him a kiss.

"What do you want to do today?" He says mysteriously.

"I don't know." She says sarcastically.

He laughs. "We could go home."

"We could watch a movie." She says seductively. "Or get something to eat... We could read a book. Or I could you show you mine."

"Oh I wanna see something that's yours." He says, crashing his lips against hers.

"Is that right?" She whispers. "Well, I'm sure I can schedule you in."

"I'd hope so." He smiles before capturing her lips again.

"Uhmm...Mr Salvatore?" They're interrupted by someone's voice.

"Dr Hannigan." Damon sighs when he sees the doctor. He turns to elena. "Dr Hannigan is the one who diagnosed me."

"Oh." Her smile fades.

"What's up Doc?" Damon smiles.

"I heard about your mother." He sighs. "I'm so sorry Mr Salvatore."

"She's okay,Doc." Damon smirks.

"Listen,Damon. She might be okay now but it won't last long." He says.

"What the fuck are you saying?" Damon snaps.

"Your mother suffered a hemorrhage in her brain. I've reviewed her case and unfortunately chances are... She won't make it to the end of the week." He sighs.

"Shut up!" Damon yells. "You don't know anything about her. Shut the fuck up and walk away."

"Damon...her heart. It's healthy as can be." He says.

"What does that me-" Elena starts.

"You want me to take her heart?" Damon yells: "Are you out of your mind?"

"She'll die." Elena whispers, unsure.

"Well Duh." Damon says rudely before turning to the doctor. "But he knows that."

"Damon, I hate to break it to you, but either way your mom isn't going to make it." He says.

"I'm not letting her die for me." Damon yells.

"Just consider it." Dr Hannigan says. "It'll keep you alive."