"I'm here Damon." I replied unemotionally.
"Thank-you Lani." "What for?" "Everything..." All of a sudden he gasped in pain and started writhering around. "Damon?" He was screaming in pain. I shook him and his eyes started to roll into the back of his head. "Damon!" I was screaming out loudly as Stefan burst through the door. He could see Damon writhering around on the floor. He went over there and picked Damon up putting him on the bed. "Blood Lani!" Stefan almost screamed at me, and in that instant I knew Damon wouldn't die as long as Stefan was here. I sprinted to the basement and gathered two blood bags. When I re-entered Damon's room he had stopped moaning and writhering, but he looked exhausted. "Here." I said handing the bag to him. He took it slowly as if it hurt him. As soon as he started drinking the colour came back little by little to his cheeks and once he had finished the second bag he smiled his usual smirk. "Thanks for that Lan." He said cheerfully. I stared at him. Ten seconds ago he had been in so much pain he could barely move and now he was being happy. Stefan had the same look on his face as what I expected mine to look like. Damon looked back and forth between me and Stefan. "Geez guys lighten up!" He laughed.
"Lighten up?" I half screamed at him. "Damon Salvatore you have no idea what you put me through and if it happens again I swear to god I will stake you myself!" And with that I stalked out of the bedroom before anyone could stop me. I heard Damon call after me but I couldn't deal with him right now. I decided to go to Elena's to take my mind off things. It was only a short drive to Elena's and I took Damons car so it took half as much time. When I pulled up I realised I was still in my Paris clothes. How was I going to explain this to her? I was about to leave again when she opened the front door. She stood there in her pyjamas waiting for whoever was hidden in the car. I opened the door and stepped out. Elena gasped and ran over to me. She hugged me and I fell into her the way Damon had last night. She never asked what had happened or why I hadn't changed my clothes, she just pulled me inside and gave me some spare pyjamas. I went into the bathroom and looked in the mirror. My eyes were red and puffy and I looked like I hadn't slept in a week. I splashed my face with some water and changed into Elena's pyjamas. When I came out she had bags of chips, lollies and a tub of icecream. I sat down on the bed next to her. "You are a life saver." I whispered openning the icecream. It probably seems weird being a vampire and having a human food feast, but it felt good to at least pretend that it was making me feel better. "You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to..." Elena started but trailed off. I wasn't sure if I wanted to but I felt like I needed to.
"Did you know that supposedly a werewolf bite kills a vampire?" I asked praying Stefan had told her that much.
"Yeah Stefan has mentioned it." "Well a certain cocky, assholish vampire was biten." I looked away but I could feel her gaze on my face.
"It wasn't Damon was it?" I was thankful that I had held it together till now, but there was no stopping the tears once I looked up into Elena's face. I broke down into sobs and Elena pulled me into a hug. She just hugged me and we sat like that until I could cry no more, during which I heard Elena have a little cry of her own. She too cared for Damon just not the way I did. We layed down on her bed and tried to talk about unimportant things but nothing held my attention for long. I was exhausted physically and emotionally and I ended up falling asleep on her bed.
I woke up to the sound of Damon and Elena fighting. "You can't see her Damon!" Thank god for Elena. I couldn't handle crying anymore.
"You can't stop me Elena!"
"Wanna watch me?" I heard Damon laugh harshly and I could picture the smirk on his face. I tried to tune out their voices, Elena wouldn't let Damon in so there was no need to listen. Spoke too soon, next thing I knew Elena's bedroom door burst open to let Damon in. He had a slightly crazed look in his eyes and he stood there breathing hard. Elena pushed past him. "Get out Damon! Lani doesn't want you here!" He looked at me with sadness prominent on his faces. "Lani I..." "If you say you're sorry I'm going to scream!" He tried to walk closer but Elena stopped him.
"But I am Lani!" I stood up and walked over and stood behind Elena. "For what Damon?" His eyes searched my face for a way into my soul but I wasn't going to give him the answers he so desperately wanted. I needed to hear his own answer.
"Lani, I'm sorry that I was biten, I'm sorry I was so careless, I'm sorry that you have to lose someone else important in your life, I'm sorry that I won't be able to protect you, I'm sorry that I am the cause of so much pain in your life and most importantly I am sorry that I fell for you!" He stared straight into my eyes and I almost collapsed. I felt everything he felt and saw it all the way he did. "Damon you do not cause me pain because you mean too. I mean sure you were careless but that does not make it your fault. And never, ever be sorry that you fell for me cause I fell for you too!" He looked at me and I smiled. Elena was still standing between us and as if she could read my mind she started to move.
"I'll give you two a minute." She said leaving the room. As soon as she was gone Damon pulled me close. "We will find a way through this Lan!" he said and he almost sounded confident.
"I know we will!" I smiled at him and he leaned down and kissed me.
A few hours later we were sitting in Damon's room. He looked exhausted and almost asleep on the bed. "Does it hurt much Damon?" It was a question that had been bugging me for a while. "Yeah, yeah it does Lan." He replied quietly. He layed back and closed his eyes. I went and layed next to him snuggling in close. It was so wrong to need to be comforted by him, afterall he must be going through hell. He never said anything though, he just hugged me and that was all either of us needed.
A little while later there was a light knock on the door. "Lani, Damon may I come in?" It was Elena. I didnt want her to see us like this so I started to pull away, but Damon grabbed me and pulled me down. "Pretend you're asleep." He murmured almost inaudably. Just as I layed down properly the door creaked open. My eyes were shut and I prayed it looked as though I was sleeping.
"Is she asleep?" asked Elena. What was going on, shouldn't Damon be pretending to be asleep too?
"Yes." He replied in a shallow voice.
"Oh, I'm sorry to have bothered you." "It's no bother Elena, what did you want to say? I'll be sure to tell Lani."
"Well it's about your bite." Elena explained.
"What about it?" "I think I know of a cure." I almost flew my eyes open, but there had to be a reason Damon wanted me asleep.
"You do?" Nothing could have masked the excitemenet in his voice.
"There is a herb known as Wolfsbane." She began, but Stefan walked in.
"Elena don't!" Stefan said. What was going on?
"Stefan I think you should explain!" Damon told him, he didnt bother to ask.
"Wolfsbane will work,"
"Then why?" "Listen!" Stefan said. "But a sacrifice has to be made." he finished and started pacing.
"What kind of sacrifice?" Damon asked, but no one answered him. "What sacrifice god damn it?" I could feel him tense around me. What was going on that I didn't understand? I decided to ask Damon mentally. "What sacrifice Damon?" No reply. "Damon what is it?" There was something I didn't know and I needed to. I pretended that I was waking up. I rolled over and stretched out. Everything went silent as if everyone had stopped moving. I rolled back over and looked at them. Elena had a look of horror on her face and Stefan and Damon both had there unemotional vampire faces on. I pretended I hadn't heard anything. "What's going on guys?" My voice had just the right amount of curiosity in it because I truly wanted to know what was going on, but no one answered me. I looked at them one by one. Stefan and Elena were looking at Damon and Damon was looking at me, pain clear in his eyes. I turned back to Stefan and Elena. "Could you give us a minute?" I asked. Neither of them had caught on that I knew. Damon sighed and nodded slightly beside me and then Stefan escorted Elena out.