Hi Everyone! *Waves* Okay, so here's the next chap! Sorry if in the last one I got medical terminology wrong, I don't know much. Okay, I'll admit, I don't know any lol! So here's the next chap! Enjoy!

Chapter 10: Flashback

Elena walked into the hospital, followed by Stefan. She walked up to the ER's receptionist, and was about to ask her where Alexis' doctor was, when she saw Damon sitting in the waiting room, and quickly walked over to him.

"Elena-" Damon began, standing up.

"How is she?" Elena asked, cutting him off. She could see the hesitancy on his face. He sighed, looking at Stefan, who nodded.

"Not good. They had to remove a little bit of her spleen… Her stab wound is infected, and her body isn't accepting the transfused blood. The doctor doesn't think that she'll survive the week." He replied, watching as Elena's eyes filled with tears and she turned into Stefan's chest, crying. "I'm so sorry." Elena turned to him, tears streaming down her face. She forced herself to look at his face, trying not to look down at Alexis' blood on his shirt.

"Ca-can you save her?" She asked, her voice cracking a little. Damon looked at Stefan, who had closed his eyes. "Well?"

"The only way for us to do that, would be for us to feed her our blood." Stefan replied. Elena pulled away from him and looked at him.

"Exactly, and it won't turn her into a vampire, unless-"

"Unless she dies with our blood in her system, like Caroline did." Damon finished. He wanted to remind her of what happened last time, so she knew what could possibly happen. After a second, Elena nodded.

"Do it. Please." She looked at Damon. "I can't lose my best friend, Damon, I can't… Please." She pleaded. She knew the risks, especially after what happened to Caroline, but she just couldn't lose her. Damon took a deep breath and looked at Stefan, who once again, nodded.

"All right, I'll do it."

"We won't let the same thing happen to her that happened to Caroline. One of us will always be with her. She should be safe though, Katherine doesn't even know about her." Stefan added, causing Elena to nod.

"Can we go see her?" Elena asked Damon, who nodded. "Okay, let's go." They headed off towards Alexis' room, Damon leading.

When they got to Alexis' door, Damon stopped, turning to look at Elena.

"Are you sure you want to go in here? To see me do this?" He asked. She took a deep breath and nodded. "Okay." He said, and opened the door.

The first thing they heard was the beeping of the heart monitor. They walked in, seeing Alexis laying on the bed. Although her body was covered, they could still see the iv and other wires running under the blankets.

Elena stopped, looking at Alexis lying there. Her brunette hair, gently laying on her pale face, reminding Elena of when she was here, all those years ago. She began shaking, reliving the memories of Alexis' parents death, and then her parents death. She didn't even feel it when Stefan grabbed a hold of her, and cradled her in his arms. She didn't see as Damon walked over to Alexis and bit into his wrist. All she knew was that her best friend was laying in a hospital bed dying… again.

Elena walked in, just getting home from school and went into the kitchen, setting her backpack on the table. She heard some sniffling in the living room and decided to check it out. She walked in, seeing her dad rubbing her mom's back, while her mom was crying.

"What's wrong?" She asked walking over to them.

"Oh, Elena sweetie, you're home." Her mom replied, wiping her tears from her cheeks.

"Why are you crying mommy?" She asked, sitting next to her.

"Well, honey, I have some bad news." Her mom said, looking at her dad. "Lexi and her parents got into a car accident today." Elena looked at her, her little eyes wide.

"Are they ok? Is Lexi okay?" She asked, panicking a little. Elena's mom turned to look at her dad, tears falling down her cheeks once more.

"No baby, they aren't." Her dad said, not wanting to look at his daughter. "Alexis' parents are dead." Elena's jaw dropped and she began crying.

"Wha-what about Lexi?" She cried. It wasn't that she didn't love Lexi's parents it's just.. She HAD to know if her best friend was okay.

"She's in the hospital baby."

"I-is she gonna be okay?" Elena asked, tears flowing down her cheeks.

"I don't know baby, I don't know."

Damon walked over to Alexis' bedside. He watched as Elena began shaking, and he figured she was flashing back to when Alexis was here before. He snapped his fingers at Stefan, who was just standing there, looking at Alexis. He knew that Stefan was feeling guilty about not being able to help her. Stefan looked at him and he nodded towards Elena. Stefan understood and cradled her in his arms.

He looked down at Alexis, seeing how still she was, and how tiny she looked in the hospital bed. He looked at her face, not having noticed how delicate her features were beforehand. He pulled his sleeve up, and bit his wrist, ripping it open. He reached his arm forward and placed his wrist over her mouth, shoving it between her lips.

"Come on." He whispered, and began feeling his blood dripping down her throat. After about a minute he pulled his wrist from her mouth, pulling his sleeve back down and looking down at her. He watched as her eyelids began to move and she opened her eyes a little. He was about to call out to Elena, when Alexis seemed to focus on him, and he found that he couldn't speak. She looked at him, pain and confusion in her eyes.

"D-Damon?" She whispered, and her eyes rolled back into her head and she passed out.