Elena was on the ground clutching Damon in her arms, she looked around her eyes locked in with Stefan's
" Damon?" she whispered barely audible, she couldn't believe that it was her who staked him. After Damon did everything he could to bring her back,. Stefan rushed towards her and his brother.
" Did I…? Is he?" Elena cried out in desperation. Stefan leaned in closer to examine point of impact, he let out sigh of relief. Elena missed by few centimeters, if she would've directed her attack a little more to the left, Damon would be dead right now. But to his relief he was just out, Elena moved back a little on the ground letting Stefan get closer to Damon.
" You didn't kill him, he'll be all right" Stefan said to Elena quickly, concentrating on the branch that was sticking out his brother's chest, he knew he had to be extra careful removing it, not to actually let it anywhere close to his heart. Stefan couldn't believe what had transpired before his very eyes moments before, it was like a dream, watching Elena attacking Damon…
But probably the most shocking for Stefan was seeing Damon willing to risk it all for tiny chance of Elena coming back. Stefan knew that his brother never played it safe, but he never actually understood how much he was willing to give up for Elena. He was willing to die for her, literary. It was in that moment that Stefan could see how she changed his older brother, brother that burst into this town killing people, not caring who he hurts in the process, willing to make his life miserable… what a big change... Stefan didn't see this side of Damon, he saw him a wrong choice for Elena, but he didn't voice his concerns, willing for her feelings towards Damon run its course, he never actually believed that she should end up with him… That was probably what stopped him from feeling anything towards Robin. Stefan understood now that he had to let her go completely, without holding back. He has to let her live her life and he has to move on, he had to let go.
Elena was on her knees next to Damon, she could see Stefan's hands shaking. She could see he was nervous about pulling out the branch, it was still at close proximity to Damon's heart.
" Please be careful" She pleaded in her head, not daring to say anything out loud.
Stefan grabbed the end of a stick and after taking deep breath in one quick motion pulled it out. Damon jerked up with a grunt of pain and plumped back on the ground. He looked around taking in the surroundings, he could still feel leftover chips of wood in his chest. Stefan reached out his hand, pulling Damon up, who was cursing at the amount of pain it caused him.
Elena couldn't bring herself up to look at Damon, she still couldn't believe she was able to stake him, almost killing him. She was terrified, she turned into complete psychopath and didn't stop until it was too late. She was trying to fight herself, but ultimately she lost. It horrified her, knowing to what extent she was able to go. She loved Damon with all her heart but it didn't stop her, no matter how hard she tried to resist
… She let her rage take over. She got up to her feet still shaky, avoiding direct eye contact.
" Damon, I'm sooo sorry" Elena choked out, still concentrating her stare on the ground.
" Itsokay" Damon managed his speech slurring, he tightened his grip on his brother for support. He was unable to discuss anything now, but somewhere deep inside he was relieved to see Elena back to normal. However pain overpowered any thoughts he had at the moment.
" We need to get you home, to get you blood" Stefan had to hold Damon up by force, he could feel him swaying on his feet. " Elena, help me!" Stefan commanded, shaking her out of her trance. First priority was getting Damon home, his injury was serious the more time they stood here, more strength he lost. They could deal with the rest after, they didn't have luxury of standing in the middle of the woods discussing feelings. Elena walked over to the other side, helping Stefan to keep Damon upright.
He was stumbling on his feet most of the way. By the time they reached boarding house they had to nearly carry him inside.
" Oh my God!"; " What happened?"; " Is he going to be okay?" wave of questions from everyone fell on them as they got inside, letting Damon sit down.
It suddenly became very quiet and all stares were directed towards Elena, everyone looked at her with question and fear in their eyes. Considering how she behaved earlier no one knew what to expect from her now.
" She is fine now… we'll deal with that later! Can someone get some blood for Damon?" Stefan broke silence answering unspoken question.
Robin was the one to disappear to the basement.
Elena looked around at everyone, they seemed to keep their distance from her.
' I'm sorry I attacked you" she tried to apologize to Bonnie. Bonnie wanted to reply something but shut her mouth closed. Seeing Elena at her worst she didn't know how to react to her now. She was still her friend, but having Elena attacking her made Bonnie question everything. She couldn't be there, not now… Bonnie turned around and left boarding house without uttering one word.
" She needs time" Caroline smiled sympathetically towards Elena, she didn't judge her. She herself killed human, when she turned. Elena needed to deal with it.
" Jer…" Elena started but he didn't let her finish.
" It okay… I had my ring…but to be honest you really need to deal with your shit" He was angry at Elena, but he knew he will forgive her with time. " I'll go check up on Bonnie. We will talk later, now you have to deal with Damon" Jeremy brought attention to Damon, who was half-passed out on the couch, with his head rested on the back of it.
" Right on it!" Robin appeared with blood and tossed bag to Stefan, before catching up with him and standing next to him.
Stefan ripped the bag open and placed it on Damon's hands. He shook him by the shoulder urging to drink.
Drinking blood did help, but Damon could still feel pain radiating through his body. " There are wood chunks stuck inside of me…." He mastered after consuming second bag " Can someone please get them out now, preferably before I pass out?" he spoke through his teeth.
Elena wanted to run up to him and help, but she couldn't move. She couldn't look at Damon from the guilt she felt, she didn't know how he will react to her… after she hurt him so much…
Caroline noticed Elena confusion, she didn't like idea of helping Damon one bit… but there were no other volunteers.
" FINE! I'll do it" she sighted, rolling her eyes. Task of digging wood out of Damon Salvatore was not something she was looking for
" You owe me big time, Elena" she thought to herself.
" Let's get him upstairs" she offered, heading to get needed supplies. Stefan helped Damon get to his room, leaving Robin and Elena downstairs.
" You lie down" Caroline ordered to Damon, it was unnatural. She did feel superior in a way, ordering Damon around and him actually having no choice but listen. She scoffed picking up pair of tweezers.
" I am doing it not because I like you! But because of what you did for Elena" she warned'
" It's not like I like this situation, blondie! "
" If I have to dig around looking for wood in you, which is already gross. You are not allowed to call me blondie at least for a week!"
" JUST GET IT OUT, IT HURTS!" Damon shouted impatiently. It was not his ideal position. Letting Vampire-barbie dominate him and have power over him when he was feeling weak. She just stood there waiting for him to answer .
" Seriously? " he raised his eyebrows in frustration. He was lying there in agony and she was bargaining? He really should give her more credit. " FINE! One week, Can you get it out now? Or I you will force me do a dance dare to seal the deal?"
Caroline smirked at her little victory, she needed some kind of leverage if she had to deal with Damon's flesh.
Damon was concentrating really hard on not to throw Caroline off of him every time she pulled out another wood chip. It was excruciatingly painful, every muscle in his body was tense, teeth shut.
" Are you done yet?" he growled.
" Do you want to do it yourself?" she challenged, concentrating on finding remaining splinters, which was not an easy task. Her hands were already covered in Damon's blood to her elbow. Every time she would locate another chip Damon would twist in agony.
" Can you keep still? It takes longer when you move" she demanded annoyed.
"Caroline pulled the last little chunk of wood and dropped it in the bowl alongside with tweezers.
" There, all done! I will need therapy after what just happened! " she jumped off wiping her hands from blood.
" There are not enough alcohol in the world to drown mortification from this!" Damon spat back.
" You are welcome!" Caroline rolled her eyes, taking wet towel and wiping all of the blood from Damon. No matter how much she despised him, she could see he was beat. Considering how much time it took to get every last splinter out, she was surprised he was still talking. She could see that he was beyond tired and decided to let it go.
" Now, you sleep and I'll go bleach my brain from the memories" She threw blanket at him, heading out taking bloody bowl with her.
" Elena… how is she?' Damon asked his voice low.
" She is back… worried…she is back to her old self"
"Good" Damon breathed out with relief.
"I'll tell her to come up" Caroline turned around waiting for Damon's reply, but she noticed he already had his eyes closed drifting to sleep. She turned back around.
" Thank you…Caroline" she could hear Damon say as she was already at the door. It was a first, he held his promise.
" You are welcome" she smiled turning off the light and closing the door behind her.
Thank you all for your feedback! I hoped you liked this chapter=) I found it fun writing it, knowing what you all think!
We should do it again sometime! I'll keep that in mind!
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So for people rooting for option 2 don't you worry! I have some emotional drama and little twist coming in future chapters. No matter how much I love writing Happy Delena, I find that they shine brighter at the darkest moments. Yeah I'm twisted that way.
Now to the real stuff: I did post this in a review before but decided to share it once again. As it is such wonderful news for Delena shippers!
Executive Producer of "The Vampire Diaries" Julie Plec revealed a load of scoop on Damon and Elena's relationship, saying that there is more hope for them now than ever.
Julie took some time to answer questions about Thursday's episode and told Zap2It on Friday that hope remains for Elena (Nina Dobrev) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) yet. When it was revealed that Elena may be sired to Damon, it seemed as if the only reason she had strong feelings for him was because of the sire bond.
But, Julie assured that it is not as simple as it looks, and that the feelings and hope for love between them still very much exist.
"Without taking sides one way or the other, just looking at it objectively from our point of view as storytellers, there is more hope than ever for them," Julie said, "It's just combined with a lot of very deep questions. Damon is a character who, his whole life - as a vampire and as a human - was looking for love and acceptance, and for someone to finally say, 'Hey, you're good enough,' he finally gets that from Elena."
Of course, there's that whole doubt now on whether these feelings from her are for real, or because of the sire bond. But, Julie did confirm that the two feel very deeply for each other and this is just "an obstacle in their path. They have to figure out how to get around it."
Meanwhile, Julie added that Stefan and Damon "will take the high road" next episode that try to "do what's right by each other, and do right by Elena," and this "actually launches the whole next chapter of the show."
So, Stefan still believes that Elena needs to "be fixed" and he's desperate to find the cure to make her human again; put her back the way he loved her. But, feelings may change if it is revealed that Elena loves Damon after all, despite the sire bond.
*** I got this from examiner