Hey guys! Sorry it's taken me so long, had birthdays and dr. appointments and then hit writers block a bit. I think I got it tonight though, and I hope you guys like it! Make sure to review please? I see people are reading and adding to alerts and favorites. I'd love to have everyone's input and opinions! Anyway so here's chapter 9!
Damon was stroking Elena's hair and face, he couldn't stop touching her. Caroline just sat there and watched prepared to calm another break down, but he hadn't lost it he was staying strong for Elena. Caroline's heart broke when she heard Damon's please to Elena. She knew if Elena left, he would definitely be following. Caroline knew how he felt and would never try to talk him out of it. If anything she'd be there for him until the end. She looked over at Damon and seen him holding Elena's hand and was kissing her knuckles and she gave him a small smile that was gone faster then it appeared. Caroline shot up out of the bed and landed right next to Elena and looked at Damon and knew that he knew.
"Damon, do y…."She stopped when she looked at Damon's face. Tears streaming down, he was broken. She knew she should hold it together try to be strong for Damon and the others but she couldn't. As the she began to sob uncontrollably she knelt next to Elena and held her hand. Next thing she knew Damon flew up and ran over to the chair and picked it up and threw it through the window screaming Elena's name. At that point everyone had shown up at Damon's door watching Damon fall apart before they realized there was no trace of a heartbeat. Jeremy and Bonnie ran and joined Caroline on the bed all in hysterics. Leaving Alaric and Stefan stunned watching back and forth between Damon's behavior and the scene on the bed. Just when Damon was going to throw another chair Katherine slammed him into the wall and pinned him so he couldn't move. Everyone stared at them wondering what was about to go down, Damon still looking shattered, tears running down his cheek.
"Damon, I'm sorry to do this but you have to calm down. You gave her blood did you not?" Katherine said.
"I…I did, but I'm not sure if I got enough or if it's even still in her system? It's been hours since I gave her my blood and I had to force it down her throat…..What if I didn't get enough in her? What if she's really g…" Damon choked back. Katherine shook her head and Stefan came to stand by them, he gently grabbed Katherine's arm and removed it from Damon in which he fell to the ground and ran his hands through his hair. Stefan kneeled down in front of him.
"Damon, I know it's hard but you can't lose it yet. What if she did get plenty of your blood and she's changing? What If you go off the deep end and go to join her only for her to wake up and find out your gone?" Stefan whispered. Damon looked up at him, nodded and ran his hand over his face, as he looked over to the bed.
"Katherine, how long will it be before she wakes?"Stefan asked.
"A couple hours, If she does." Katherine replied with a frown.
~~~~2 hours later~~~
Everyone was sitting still and quit waiting to find out if Elena would come back. The tears had stilled, everyone was hoping that she'd come back. Damon was still sitting at the window starring at Elena's limp body on the bed. Stefan walked over and sat down on the floor next to him.
"What if she does come back, but doesn't want to be a vampire and won't complete the transition?" Damon whispered. Stefan looked from Elena to his brother, his brows furrowed as he was thinking of what to say.
"Damon, I don't think she'll regret it. I saw the way she looked at you. I heard the way she said she loved you. I think she'll be happy to be able to still be with you, and everyone she loves. It might take a while for her to adjust, but I'm sure she'll be happy." Stefan finally replied. Damon was shocked at what his brother had just said. He never expected for those words to come out of his brothers' mouth. He just starred at Stefan for a few moments before Stefan continued.
"She never looked at me that way. She really truly loves you, Damon." Stefan replied with a small smile. "I will always love her, but you're the better brother for her. I've seen how much she's changed you."
Damon returned a small smile and nodded. "Thanks Stefan." And with that he got up and went to sit in the chair next to Elena on the bed. Stefan and Katherine went to the parlor to wait, Bonnie and Jeremy were leaning up against each other on the floor sleeping, Alaric leaning up against the wall behind Damon and Caroline was sleeping next to Elena. Damon was starting to lose hope, Katherine's words repeating in his head, a few hours had passed but yet Elena wasn't waking up. Damon had told himself by dawn if she still hadn't woken up, he was going to join her, it was just a matter of if he'd wait until after her service, or if he'd do it before. He wasn't sure he would be able to make it through a funeral for the love of his life. He didn't like people seeing how vulnerable and sensitive he was towards Elena, but he couldn't help it. She was his everything, he was meant for her and she was meant for him. There would be no use of him existing without his angel, his princess, hell his life. Then he started thinking about if she were to come back as a vampire, would Stefan's words be true? Or would she really hate him, hate what he made her and then choose to die anyway. Could he deal with losing her twice? Hi would she decide to change and then become someone completely different? Would she even still love him? He had so many things running through his head he flinched when he felt someone grab his hand.
"Damon?"
