Author's Note:

So it's been a few years since I've actually put a fanfiction up. My past ones were unfinished and quite bad, so I haven't felt much need to write the past couple of years. However, The Vampire Diaries have given me so much inspiration to start writing again. Hope you enjoy. :)

-Zaya xoxo

Impossible

When she awoke, the faint sound of heavy rainfall against the Salvatore boarding house was all that broke through the silence of the night. Elena found a strange kind of peace in the sound of rain, as she knew there were far worse sounds to hear in the dead of night.

The quick flicker of lightning briefly broke through the darkness of the room and the surroundings outside the window she had been looking through. She turned her body to face the opposite direction, and the silllhouette of the one she loved most was illuminated briefly by another silent bolt of lightning.

Damon.

Elena could barely make out the physical details of him in the darkness, but whatever moonlight shone through the latenight stormclouds revealed his sleeping figure. A sheet covered the hips down, while his defined upper body was exposed, leading up to his neck and chiseled jawline. The contrast of his raven black hair (left messy from yet another night of passionate lovemaking) and pale skin made every feature that much easier to admire. Elena couldn't help but stay awake gazing at the sleeping vampire.

Damon was someone she once convinced herself she could never love, and now he was her entire world. The feeling of his body next to her was the greatest feeling of protection she had ever felt, and that along with the now quieter pitter patter of rain, left her drifting back to sleep. In that moment, nothing else mattered.

When Elena awoke, daylight shone through the window in Damon's bedroom, which indicated that it was morning. She turned around to face Damon, only to find that the other half of the bed was empty. She sighed, wondering when and if the day would come where she actually woke before him.

Deciding it was time to get out of bed, she yawned and meandered to the bathroom on the far side of the bedroom. Deciding a quick shower would help wake her up, she began walking over to the towel cabinet when it hit her.

A wave of nausea left her dizzy and gripping onto the dresser to maintain her balance. When it immediately worsened, she bolted with literal vampire speed to the toilet and began hurling everything her stomach contained, which was of course mostly blood.

"Elena?" Stefan's voice loudly spoke from the doorway to the bedroom.

"Uh, yeah?" Elena shouted back, in the moment of relief she had from vomiting.

"What's going on, are you okay?" he asked sounding concerned.

"Uh, I'm fine, just go downstairs I'll be down in a sec!" she shouted and continued spurting out blood.

When she finished, she groaned at the mess she made. While cleaning it up, she couldn't help but worry something was wrong. The last time this happened, she was rejecting all blood that wasn't from a human vein because of her sire bond to Damon.

But the sire bond was broken, so that couldn't be it? Could it? No. Not possible.

When the mess was all cleaned up, Elena made her way downstairs and into the kitchen where she could hear Stefan making breakfast.

"Hey," he said looking up when he heard her. "What was that?"

"What was what?" she said playing dumb which she knew wasn't going to fly.

Stefan raised his eyebrows and just looked at her.

"Okay, I was throwing up." Elena confessed.

"Oh wow really? Because it was such a beautiful sound I could have sworn you were singing." he said sarcastically but kept his tone of concern.

Elena gave him a look and turned to grab a glass out the cupboard.

"Why?" he asked with serious suspicion.

Elena let out an exhasperated breath. "I don't know Stefan. I've been fine for months."

"Hey, I'm not accusing you. But whatever that was up there was definitely some kind of indicator."

"Where's Damon?" Elena asked.

"He left about an hour ago. Said he had some kind of case Sherrif Forbes needed help with. He should be back soon."

Like clockwork, she heard the front door open and walked into the parlor to see Damon walking in.

"Hey, you're up." Damon said noticing Elena standing there. "I was beginning to think you were dead or something." he said with his usual smirk.

"Funny." Elena said sarcastically while smiling, happy to see him.

"What's the matter?" he asked noticing something was wrong. Elena was never good at hiding her emotions with a polker face.

She thought about lying, but knew better than to believe that would work on Damon. He was very good at sensing when something was wrong.

"I threw up this morning." she confessed.

"What?" Damon said taken aback.

"I don't know why. It came out of nowhere, and I'm fine now." Elena said, obviously sounding confused and frustrated. She was tired of things always having to go wrong.

"Are you sure you're alright?" he asked, walking over and touching her arms. His piercing blue stare showed concern.

"I'm okay now, I promise. Nothing like before." she replied, referring to when the sire bond wreaked havoc on her diet.

"I'm sure there's nothing to worry about." Stefan said in his mild sarcastic tone standing in the entryway to the kitchen.

"Don't give me that look." Damon retorted, looking over towards his brother. "I broke the sire bond months ago, so whatever this is, it's not my fault."

"Hey." Elena said touching Damon's face, redirecting his eyes to hers. "I'm fine now. I'm sure it's nothing, Damon." She gave him a reassuring smile, and could feel his body relax.

"I made breakfast if you two want to join me!" Stefan shouted from the kitchen.

"It better be good brother! If not, the girls' cross country team is currently running through the park!" Damon shouted back in his signature sarcastic tone.

Stefan was cooking, Damon was being Damon, and Jeremy was still asleep upstairs, most likely until noon. All was well.

Or so Elena hoped.

Author's Note:

Hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of this story. The hardest part of writing in my opinion, is figuring out where to start. Needless to say, I would VERY MUCH appreciate your feedback through reviews. It keeps the creative juices flowing. ;)

Much love,

-Zaya xoxo