Chapter Ten

Elena wanted one more look at it, after hearing that the town was planning on restoring Wickery Bridge. It brought painful memories and also the end of her old, supernatural free life. But she knew she needed to face it before they finally restored it and changed it forever.

The bridge was an important part of her past, an event that changed the course of her life forever.

She stood at the rail, her hand gripping the bar tightly, he knuckles white as she tried to fight the memories and the tears. Sometimes the nightmares plagued her, and all she saw was the accident, and how it was her fault. All her fault.

She remembered it like it was yesterday, although she didn't have recollection of all of it.

"Oh come on, it wasn't that big of a deal." The old Elena said, rolling her eyes, feeling slightly dizzy and disoriented as alcohol tended to make her.

Miranda Gilbert, the old Elena's mother, gave her a stern look, running her hand through her hair stressfully, the same way Elena would in the future, when her life was so stressful she wanted to explode. Miranda closed her tired blue eyes and toop a deep breath, "We'll talk about this when we get home, Elena."

"Why not now?" The old Elena moaned, knowing that when she was home she was going to get the lectures that she always tried to avoid. She'd rather they just get over with it. She plopped back against the back of her seat and sighed.

Miranda glared at her adopted daughter in a disapproving way, "Because your father needs to focus on driving and you need to have some time to think about your actions."

The rain was pouring in sheets outside, and it was hard to see far in front, Grayson Gilbert noticed, as he squinted in an attempt to see further ahead. "Can you both quite down a bit, please?" He requested politely, trying to focus on the road.

"Of course." Elena grumbled, frustrated. They only ever wanted to talk to her on their time, and all they wanted to talk about was how she was never doing good enough. Well, she tried as hard as she could. She only wished they could see that. She almost wished something would happen, something to change her horrid, boring life in the small town of Mystic Falls, Virginia.

Little did she know that only a moment later there car would slide on the pavement from the summer rain, and they would run off wickery Bridge and into it's frightening depths.

Grayson Gilbet knew what was happening as soon as the car slid on the pavement, and he did everything in his power to stop from running off the bridge. But everything in his power was not enough as the car sunk into the water.

He managed to undo his seatbelt to find that his neice and adopted daughter, Elena Gilbert, was already unconscious in the backseat. He undid her seatbelt and his unconscious wife's seatbelt, but he was losing oxyen and was aware that none of them would probably make it out alive.

And then he saw the face. He'd seen it before, in old photographs, and he knew it was Stefan Salvatore, a vampire from the civil war days. Yet, as much as he hated vampires, he was relieved to see Stefan at that given moment, because he was his only hope.

Stefan easily broke the window, and reached into save Grayson Gilbert, as he was the only one still awake. However, he noticed that the man wasn't coming. Instead, he was pointing at a long haired brunette in the backseat. She was a teenager, pale and unconscious, but something about her seemed so familiar, but Stefan couldn't quite place it.

Grayson refused Stefan's offer and instead pointed at Elena. He hoped that Stefan would do one thing for him, even though he had little hope since the boy in front of him was a vampire. He pointed to her, and grabbed Elena's wrist, pulling her over to Stefan with all the strength he had left. He saw Stefan nod and tow her upward, but that was the last thing he saw before he blacked out.

Yet, he was at peace, because he knew his daughter might possibly make it. And that was enough for him, the hope that she might.

Elena closed her eyes, remembering her parents, every little detail, and finally letting a few tears fall, as she whispered to the water, "I miss you, so much." She was talking about more that just her parents, she was talking about everyone she'd every lost, including the Stefan she'd known and loved.

AN: So sorry I didn't write yesterday, but to make up for that, and to celebrate this being the tenth chapter, I made it extra long. I had a project to finish yesterday, which is why I didn't write another chapter. Anyways, tell me what you think of this chapter, I'm really enjoying the reviews, they really encourage me :D I really wanted to write this scene and I just couldn't stop. Ive always wanted them to do a flashback scene of the car accident. Im thinking a flashback to the hospital afterwards in the next chapter, but is that too many flashbacks? :/ I know some people don't enjoy flashbacks, so I don't want to tire those people out…

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