Author's note: I honestly love this chapter so damn much I don't even know why. So I don't have so much to talk about, I'm just going to leave you with it. And thank you so much for your awesome reviews I love you guys Even though you are just few, oh and guys,the line seperating the two is a flashback. If it was another scene and not a flashback -next chapters- I would definitely state it. I'm sorry if there was any confusion going on :D
The Weak And The Strong
"If you love someone,set them free if they come back, they are yours. "
Everything had been coming off slightly better,after Damon had woken up from collapsing on the floor. It was true that he didn't want to be seeing anyone. Not even the damn annoying doctor Kol. Damon wasn't ready to express what he saw,specially that he himself doesn't know what he'd seen. His head was running wild as he was seeing all those blurry pictures and memories of his life. After all the suffering of a severe headache to add on it. He hadn't caught any moment of the Timeline that had passed as quickly as the wind in front of him. However,he could remember some of the recognizable faces that were in most of the moments. Stefan,his brother was in a lot of them. But what shocked him that he caught the doe eyed girl in his 'Sudden-Flashback' more than his own brother. The girl he saw in the hallucinations Rebekah, was also there. He'd caught only those considering that he hadn't seen anyone except them and a bunch of doctors and some nurses. He'd also met Caroline. Also, Jenna and Jeremy when they came to check on him. Damon's hospitality to guests hadn't been better with them 'd 'mistakingly' heard that they were Elena's family. what the fuck did they have to do with me? He thought to himself.
But today was the day,it's been almost 2 weeks since Damon had his accident. And Today,after assuring to the doctor that he's all fine and good to go,he was going to be released. He was going home to just have a better drink to gulp other than water — bourbon obviously—. That was one of the few thing Damon hadn't forgot about. He reported to the doctor that he remembered those little silly details of his life,and the doctor had told him those details may be the first to come back or the only ones. And today, he wanted to know what to do with his life, whether he wanted to start his life as a worker. Or to just explore more in life and go and have some fun For himself. He wanted to know it all. And today when he'd already settled in his room he will have the decision laid on plate of gold in front of him.
Stefan,as the only member of family he had,was getting the bill and paper stuff done in the Administrator office. Caroline went home earlier this morning to clean Damon's room and cook dinner. He had recently discovered that Caroline is actually dating his brother when he'd caught them hugging and holding hands that day outside of his hospital room.
Elena was acting weird since he'd collapsed on the floor. She seemed to have stopped the crying and mourning. She didn't talk to Damon except in a few brief conversations. And everytime they're in the room with Stefan and the others,she seemed to be somewhere else. She just sits there,arms crossed and thinking deeply about something –obviously– painful. Her face was plain and exhausted. And when she would voice something out,her voice would be calm. Basically, In Damon's eyes,she looked numb.
And today,Damon's life would officially start. He would be free to do whatever he wanted. Now,He was standing in the bathroom, looking at himself in the mirror. His raven wet hair was naughty-messy from ruffling it with the towel. His scent smelled like lemon shower gel. His perfectly toned abs were naked. He took the towel and wrapped it around his waist. He literally looked fresh. He turned around to see what had they brought him to wear. There was a suit case lying on the floor next to the bathroom door. He bent down to pick it up and placed it on the counter of the sink. He found a pair of dark denim jeans and a John Vervatos casual shirt. He slipped them on,looked at himself in the mirror,nodded in approval at his beautiful reflection. Damon was all ready to start his life now. He inhaled deeply and pulled the door open.
His hospital room was already cleaned up. The tv in front of his bed was turned off and his breakfast food from before had already disappeared ,but what shocked Damon as he walked out of the bathroom,was the beautiful figure standing by the window. Her doe eyes were staring blankly at the view from his window. His room was viewing the beautiful streets of Mystic Falls, it showed how people are alive. It was a realistic view that Damon truly admired.
"Umm. Have you heard of knocking?" Damon asked sarcastically. He expected her to jump out of of her place as soon as she heard his voice. But she didn't, she kept gazing through the window. He wished he could know what made her so unpredictable. Damon wished to know what was she thinking about.
"You're ready?" She asked simply,still no emotions shaking in her voice. Her eyes kept locked through the window.
"Yeah." Damon answered,confusion in what exactly her question was about left indication on his face. Suddenly, the realization struck Damon hardly, he realized how mean was Damon to her the past two weeks. He had no reason to hate Elena, did he? She hasn't done anything to him. All she was the past two weeks, this devastated girl that always cried –well she practically didn't cry much lately– he had no reason to hate her. But Damon had tried to stay arm length away from her because he felt the need to believe every word she told him about his forgotten past and that feeling scared the fuck out of Damon. He didn't want to believe her or did he? I mean why her? He thought.
After all, Damon had been acting like a douche bag to everyone he's met so far. And this wasn't going to change in his mind anytime soon. But right now, Damon felt lonelier than ever. He practically had no friend. Blondie wasn't Damon's friend, she was Elena' Stefan is his brother not his friend. And that left him Elena. He thought that what could possibly go wrong if he could be a little nicer to her. Damon needed a friend more than ever right now. And to him, Elena Gorgeous Gilbert seemed to be a good friend. And it wasn't just that he felt lonely. The bigger part of him wanted to be friends with her because his heart tucked every time he looked at her and finds this scared little girl written all over her face. Damon realized that what she told him the first time he saw her was true. She really did love him and right now Damon wanted to make it up for her by being her friend. He wanted to do one good thing starting his new life. It was a win-win for both of them. "You know you should come home with us. "
Her head snapped at his words, completely shocked at his suggestion. She was waiting for him to tell her to go out of his room, or some sort of mannered kick out,but he didn't and she was completely awed by his sudden kindness. Nevertheless, she knew that she shouldn't go to his house with them. it would bring a lot of memories to her aching soul and it would only ache her heart even more. "Sorry. I can't"
His face fell at her words, as his gaze dropped down at the floor and nodded in not-so-approval. He knew that she was affected by his cruelty and that's the reason she was pulling away,but he wasn't and he wasn't going to give up anytime soon. "Look, Elena. I know that I've been pretty harsh on you the past two weeks, and I know that you probably think of me as a dick. But I do want to have a friend like you. "
Her eyes only grew wider –if it was even possible– and her jaw was on the floor by now. She was utterly shocked with his unexpected declaration. The most unwelcomed tears started welling up in her eyes. She promised herself not to cry at this moment, she wanted to look strong. She didn't want to be that Elena. The weak Elena that couldn't take anything and just cry. She was now different, the strong fierce Elena. And she wasn't ready to change. "Stop. Please stop." She pleaded softly.
"Stop what?" He asked innocently and confusingly.
"Stop being good. I don't deserve this." She realized she can't stay in this room anymore. She had to get straight to the point and go out of this hospital of nightmares,out of it all.
"No" he shook his head softly "I am the one who doesn't deserve it. You haven't done anything wrong. I did. I was a douche bag to you, I just realized it but I do want to be your friend. We both seem to need it right now"
She stayed silent for a few minutes, gazing down at her feet not able to look up at him. And when he was just about to break the silence by telling her another hopeful thing for their possible friendship she spoke up "I'm getting out of your life Damon."
He arched his eyebrows in confusion. "What do you mean?"
She took a few steps closer and locked her gaze with his. A pair of confused blue eyes boring into frightened doe ones. "means you won't have to see me ever again."
Damon didn't know what to respond and she didn't actually give him a chance to,when she leaned closer and brushed her soft lips against his right cheek and kissed him softly. he felt the warmth of her breath when she pulled away. His lips were parted in shock from the sudden move she just did. His gaze held her teary eyes. A burning tear slid on her flushed cheek as she turned around and made her way to the door. She looked at him one last look, tears streaming more and more this time. "GoodBye Damon. See you around" she nodded as she spoke those words,she turned on her heels,slid the door open and flew away.
Damon was paralyzed in his spot, his jaw was on the floor. His head was fuzzy from what just happened ten minutes ago and his eyes were as wide as the sun. He just wanted to be her friend, He wanted someone who he could trust,but Elena just turned his mind upside down and told him she's going out of his damn life.
Damon marched to the window and peeked through it and was surprising to see a sobbing Elena making her way to her car. She plugged the key in her car's door,and when she failed to open it she leaned her head on the car's door and sobbed shakily. He wanted to know what made her sob that much. He was confused as fuck. Damon watched her as she mustered herself together,unlocked the door –not failing this time–, and slid herself inside her car and drove off, still sobbing but not as hard as she was a minute again. Damon's eyes were wide and shocked,confusion burning into them.
Damon was sure as hell frustrated and had nothing straight in his head,but he was sure of only one thing. Elena Gilbert may have took off of his life,but she sure as hell had settled in his mind and she wasn't leaving anytime soon.
Damon was standing at the same spot he was standing most of the time last night,in front of Rebekah's ICU room. He was talking to the doctor. He was asking a few questions about Rebekah and when he could see her. According to the doctor's reports,Rebekah's figure was still in its worst, and it seemed that she wasn't responding to anything.
Damon's eyes fell in desperation after he heard the the doctor tell him how far from good her condition was. Which brought Damon to think back about his avenging plan he'd come up with last night. That's right he went to Elena and told her about Rebekah's situation and how hard it is, and she looked devastated to hear the news. It was the first thing to do on his how-to-avenge-Elena list. He proudly made a mental tick next to Make her feel guilty. He thought about how easily she was broken down too. That was something Damon was exploiting on,that when he completes his avenge list,she would be so weak and devastated. She was awfully weak in his eyes last night,how she couldn't blink back her tears. It was something that Damon was more than willing to take advantage of.
As he thought of Elena, he noticed that she was slowly emerging from her room,ready to go out of this hospital. Her face was tired and sleepy,she was wearing a black coat to warm her body from the cold outside,she matched it with a boots-cut jeans and a black converse,her outfit was so simple and it seemed to fit her. Jeremy and Jenna were already ahead of her a few minutes ago. While she was advancing to the elevators she paused her tracks and looked to the right,were Rebekah's room was. her eyeballs focused on the floor guiltily. Damon quickly assumed that she was going to come to ask about her,or him who knows. Damon's assumption was in place when he saw her approaching him.
She stared at the gray tiles floor while she walked to him, she seemed too focused on the floor that he thought that she was actually counting her steps. She reached to him and lifted her gaze to meet his. "Hey" she whispered in mortification as if she was too shy to come up to him.
"Hey" he answered her quickly,still his eyes still boring into hers.
"Anything new on Rebekah?"
"Not really" he shook his head apologetically, tore his gaze away from her and dropped it down to meet the floor, and shoved his hands in his jeans' pockets. "You?"
She blew out a dry laugh as if she's enjoying her private joke that he didn't actually understand. "yeah well,I'm good. More than good." She sighed,lightly nodding her head. "Which is wrong in every way possible" she clumsily muttered to herself,though it was loud enough for Damon's ears to catch,but he chose not to pick it up on that and just let it go.
Damon spent last night pondering about how the hell would he get back at her. But now the answer was clear and loud enough right in front of him. Damon would befriend Elena and make her care about him,trust him and then he destroys her with betraying her or doing something that will make her get hurt. There would be nothing getting in his way to get back with Rebekah after that,no guilt.
"I'm sorry Damon" Elena spoke up,breaking the uncomfortable silence that was building up fast between them. "About Rebekah and the accident. If there's anything I could do to help " she fished her hand to her bag,took out the wallet and pulled out a business card out of it. "Call me on this number. I may know some people that work in the physical institution that may help her overcome her paralyzation." She handed the card to him,gave him a small sad smile and politely nodded "GoodBye,Damon." She turned around and faded away into the halls that lead to the lifts.
He eyed her until he couldn't anymore. Took a look at the business card she just handed him. Elena Gilbert Estate planning and probate paralegal for The Lockwood's Real Estates,was printed on the white small card,and below her name was her office number and her phone number. Damon smiled a mischievous smile and stuck the card in his pocket. It was going to be easier than he thought it would ever be.
A/N : I know I know there isn't a cliffhanger I just couldn't think of a cliffhanger on how to end this. Sorry. So I think we're done with the introductions. Next chapters will have so much more stuff going on. Thank you for your reviews on the previous chapter, and don't forget to review this chapter too. I accept criticizations by the way. I really don't take them personally.
