Somebody to you
Category: TV Shows » Vampire Diaries
Author: JustLola
Language: English, Rating: Rated: M
Genre: Romance/Humour
Chapter 30: Chapter 30
Disclaim: I do not own Vampire Dairies. Or any songs, movies or artists or phones or phone applications I refer to in this fanfiction.
Chapter 30
I was beyond anxious as I sat on the bleachers next to my father and Jeremy watching the game. My emotions are all over the place jumping up and down tumbling around. To tell you the truth I was still not over the fact of what happened last night or this morning, one moment my father hates Damon and he thinks he's the scum of the earth and the next he wants to get dinner with him, I got whiplash from his mood swings. I look out onto the field as I watch Damon with his team mates, he hasn't been talkative much after this morning's phone call and I can guess why.
I really could not believe my father called my mother nor me a whore, it was uncalled for and it hurt deeply, and his current situation with my mother did not justify the act to lash out at me or Jeremy. I sigh and run my hand through my hair, I don't have a good feeling about this whole going to dinner thing with Damon and my father, I know how my father feels about him and I doubt he had a change of heart since last night and I just can't face that discussion right now. I could already imagine the words that would be exchanged if something does go wrong.
I look to Jeremy and his eyes are trained on the cheerleaders of to the side, damn little pervert, but my father doesn't even notices and I would be highly disturbed if he was checking them out as well. I roll my eyes and look back to the field. "They are putting up a good fight tonight." My father says in a low tone as he straightens up next to me, I sigh again, I wasn't in the mood to talk sports, I didn't understand any of it at all and the fact that Jeremy didn't do sports didn't help one bit. But it was Damon's sport and I would support him in this regard, that's what a girlfriend does.
"Yeah, I heard there are scouts here tonight watching the game." I say as a matter of fact, as I look over to where Caroline and Bonnie are cheering, they move in sync and union and I smile, but my thoughts are interrupted as I hear a pained yell from the field and I frown, I look to my father and he has a shocked expression on his face, clearly I had missed what had just happened, but I am not sure from where the sound came, I look to the field and see the masses of players moving toward the side, there is was another pain filled yell and then I frown as I watch the coach run over to them. "What happened?" I ask as I look to my father and he has a grave look on his face.
"That was uncalled for!" My dad yells into the air and there are quite a few people yelling into the air in disapproval of what had just happened, and I was and I just wanted to know what the hell happened. I look to Jeremy clearly he should have seen what happened and he could tell me if he wasn't undressing the cheerleaders with his eyes.
"Jeremy did you see what happened?" I ask and my brother looks at me with wide eyes clearly shocked about what had just occurred, his eyes almost look like saucers. Something seriously bad must have happened. And all this time I knew this was a dangerous sport, something could always go wrong. I think that's the main reason Jeremy wasn't playing football, they would crush.
"They tackled the shit out of one of our player." Jeremy says in disbelieve and I frown, okay I totally missed that, that's right look away for one second and something serious happens, this always happened to me. But which one of our players were tackled? I hope it wasn't Damon because I know I saw him off to the side fixing something with his gear.
"Which player?" I ask and at this Jeremy frowns as he tries to recall who had been the lucky winner of the tackle to the ground.
"Player 23?" He asks and I rise to my feet, gasping loudly, I look from side to side for a way that would be the fastest to get to the field, player number 23 was Damon, I knew this because that was his lucky number along with several other great sport legends that names I cannot recall I just know Lebron James was one of them. My father frowns at me as I try to determine which way would be the best to get of the bleachers and get onto the field because if Damon got hurt I needed to be there, I needed to help him in any possible way I could.
"Elena?" my father asks placing a hand on my wrist but I instantly shake it off as I hear another pained yell being screamed into the air on the field and I just know it's Damon, it sounds like him and it only makes me worry more. Was he okay? Was he badly hurt?
"It's Damon." I say a bit out of breath as I start to move passing people who groan and protests, but I didn't care at the moment, I just needed to get there, I needed to see if he was okay, I pass most of the people successfully and finally reach the stairs but I fail to grab onto the railing when my first step doesn't treat me well and I almost stumble down the stairs. That was pretty close. I look to the place where I had left Jeremy and my father but they are on my tail following me closely, I guess they must be just as worried as I was. I take a deep breath as I start my way down the stairs taking one step at a time, making sure that I didn't misplace my step because I would be defeating the purpose if I got hurt as well while attempting to be Damon's night and shining armour.
I hope Damon is okay, I hope he's not hurt too much, I hear another scream in protests and I freeze as I reach the last step, that did not sound to good, I needed to get to him, I watch as the paramedics rush towards the group of boys standing around aimlessly on the field and I follow them onto the field even as I hear other people protest against my actions. I know Jeremy and my father is right behind me because I can hear them yelling at the people to make way. As we near the group I see Ric and his fists connects with a guy from the other teams jaw sending him flying back and to the ground, I look in shock as the guys start their own brawl, this was so unexpected. I only need to get to Damon, that was it.
I duck and dive and miss everything that comes my way but I can hear the coach yelling for the guys to stop, my father soon follows as they try to separate the two teams from each other but it seems that it only fuelled our school team more every time Damon yelled in pain. I just follow the paramedics as we reach the assistant coach, he's kneeling down next to Damon, and Damon looks like he's in excruciating pain a little cut that is bleeding visible on him lip, his helmet off to the side with his football gear as he grabs onto his shoulder, I swear I saw tears prickling down his cheeks. I rush over even as the one paramedic tries to push me away. I needed to get to Damon pronto.
I kneel down next to Damon my eyes wide as I look at him, I search his eyes for any signs of panic, I glance over his whole frame as I try to assess what was wrong with him. His eyes meet mine and he's trying his best to keep still and calm but I can see that he is clearly in pain. "What happened?" I ask lightly touching him in the softest way imaginable but my hand is slapped away from him by the paramedic.
"Ma'am we need to check him. Please just give us some space." I frown as the one paramedic tells me in a stern voice but I only nod my head numbly moving back a bit, they knew what they were doing and it was best that the check what was wrong with Damon. I watch the two medics check on Damon, checking if he had a concussion with the little flash light asking him to look at the light and then they start on his body, touching him everywhere asking whether he was in pain but there is more attention given on his shoulder as he cringes in pain, yelling loudly again as the one medic tries to move his arm away from his side. He yells in pain and he turns to his side to get away from their hands but this only makes them probe him more to figure out what is wrong.
"I think he might have dislocated his shoulder." One medic tells the other as he moves to his bag, looking for a neck brace surely to stabilise Damon and stop him from moving around so they can conclude their assessment. The assistant coach frowns as he looks from the one medic to the other and then back to Damon. He looked beyond worried and he had every reason to if Damon was seriously injured it meant bad news for their team… It meant bad news for Damon's football career.
"We should take him to the hospital and take x-rays just to be sure." The second medic says. My hands are shaking as I stare at the scene in front of me in horror, what had happened? "He might have a concussion as well." The medic continues and I shake my head, this could not be, I mean there was a scout here tonight to watch him play and now this happens. How could this day turn into shit like this? I mean seriously what the fuck was wrong with the world? When I said that things couldn't get any worse it wasn't a challenge that that world had to take on head first.
"Get the stretcher." I listen to the medic yells as I watch them try their best to help Damon, but he's struggling against them but I know it was hard for him to stay still if he was in a lot of pain. "Where is his parents?" the medic asks and I look up, I could call them, I didn't see them at the game tonight which is strange all together because they are always here, it made me wonder where they could be. What could be more important than this?
"I have their number, I could call them?" I ask and the assistant coach looks to me with a relieved look on his face, I doubt he wanted to call Mr Salvatore and give him the grave news that his son was injured while playing football. I mean I know my dad would go crazy if he heard that either me or Jeremy got hurt. One time in primary school I fell from the swings and my dad just blew up at the principle and the staff because this wasn't a safe environment for children.
"Would you ask them to meet us over at the hospital?" The second medic asks and I nod my head franticly as I start to reach for my phone in my pocket, stumbling over my own finger trying to unlock my phone, I move to my contacts and I look for Mrs Salvatore or rather Lily, I know I have her number somewhere on my phone, as soon as I find it I press the dial button and press my phone to my ear. It takes a few rings before she finally answers the phone.
"Mrs Salvatore hallo?" she answers, I sigh in happiness of hearing her voice on the other side of the phone. I have never been this glad to have someone answer the phone. I never thought that I would be phoning her in the first place but now I am glad that Damon made me take her number.
"Mrs Salvatore, this is Elena speaking." I say placing my other hand on my ear, trying to drown the sounds of Damon and yells of pain. My heart breaks as I listen to him moan and squirm from side to side, I turn to the side because I couldn't talk to her and watch him at the same time.
"Elena, how are you?" she asks happily and she sounds far too happy at the current moment, this only makes my mood sour and sombre, I wasn't even sure how I was going to tell her this but I guess the faster I tell her the quicker we could get Damon to the hospital.
"Not to good," I say and I take a deep breath I need to explain this to her and mentally prepare myself for what might follow. "We are here at the school watching the game and well, it seems that Damon has been injured. The medics want to take him to the hospital to take x-rays, he might have a dislocated shoulder and a concussion." I say in a rushed tone and Mrs Salvatore goes silent on the other side of the phone as she takes in everything that I am saying at the moment, and I think it's hard to listen because it's never good to receive bad news.
"Is he okay?" Mrs Salvatore asks and I can't take it anymore I choke up as I turn to look into his direction, a sob is stuck in my throat because I can clearly see he is in pain as they strap him into the stretcher. A few stray tears run down my cheeks as I look at the assistant coach helping them.
"I don't know." I whisper not sure if he would be okay, I wouldn't be if that was me and I can hear some fumbling on the other side of the phone as she moves and then I can hear her telling Mr Salvatore that there is an emergency and that they needed to leave before she turns back to the phone and speak to me again.
"We'll see you at the hospital okay sweetheart? Everything is going to be okay." Mrs Salvatore says and I take a deep breath. I hated a damn hospital. I nod my head before realising that Mrs Salvatore would not be able to see me, I needed to answer and confirm that we would be seeing them at the hospital.
"Okay." I choke out before the other end dies down and I move my phone from my ear to look at the screen, 'Call ended' displaying on the phone. I look around and it seems that the coach and the some of the parents have gotten the crowd and the teams under control. Thank goodness because there was some player that looked pretty beaten up, not to mention how bloodied Ric was looking. I notice my father and Jeremy on their way towards me and I drastically try to wipe at my tears.
"Elena!" My father yells and I just nod at my head at him, acknowledging his presence as he nears me, he places a hand on my back slightly rubbing my back in a soothing way as he looks to Damon that is now strapped in and secure. They are just waiting for the ambulance to come and then they would be taking him away. "Is he okay?" My father asks and he seems really worried about Damon which just makes no sense but I am to shaken up to think anything of it at the moment.
"Dislocated shoulder and concussion." I mumble softly towards him, it's hard to find my voice at the present time. Was this really what it meant to love someone? Feeling the other person's pain, sharing it? Worrying that someone would be okay. Fuck I must really love Damon then, because it feels like my heart is being ripped out and stomped on. I turn into my father's embrace as he holds me patting my back.
"What happened?" That sounded like Stefan but I wasn't sure if it was him. I take a deep breath this night was still going to be pretty long. This was not how I planned my Friday evening at all.
I hate waiting, waiting was never a good sign when it was in a hospital, I lightly tap my foot against the floor, I am not sure what else I could do and I am sure this might just wake Jeremy up because he is fast asleep next to me resting his head on my shoulder. It's close to 23:00 PM or that was what the clock said and we are still waiting to hear from the doctors. Damon has been here since just after 17:00PM and we are still waiting to hear what the hell was going on. After the coach tried to explain to Stefan what happened, Stefan drove with Damon in the ambulance to the hospital and my father drove myself, Jeremy and Ric, Ric was ejected from the match and given a red card. We met up with Mr and Mrs Salvatore at the hospital and we have been in the waiting room ever since. The room was filled with silence because we didn't really know what the hell to say to one another, and what could we really say? I mean Stefan did explain the whole this to the best of his ability to his mother and father what happened, there was no two ways about it. The silence was awkward and irritated and it was getting on my nerves.
"What's taking so long?" Ric asks from next to Mrs Salvatore, the irritation level in this room is currently really high for all of us. I couldn't understand why we were waiting this long as well, I mean did a concussion and a dislocated shoulder really take this long or was there something else wrong with Damon that we didn't know? I see Mrs Salvatore sigh as she folds her arms over her chest before she rises to her feet, she has been pacing most of the time and only sat down a few minutes ago. Even thou Damon was not her biological child she did worry about him. It was actually beautiful how worried she was about him and how she cared for him, I mean I had my biological mother and father and they couldn't even show me half of what Mrs Salvatore was showing to Damon. I really admired her for that.
"I'll go talk to the nurse and see if I can speak to the doctors, if we can get some information." Mrs Salvatore says giving Mr Salvatore a pointed look but you can't miss the worry lacing the look in her eyes. Mr Salvatore has been awfully silent since we arrived at the hospital and I can't phantom why. Stefan had explained everything to them before we arrived and ever since we arrived he has been quiet, not saying one word, Mrs Salvatore did most of the speaking. He only greeted us, shaking the hand of my father, Jeremy and Ric and me he embraced like I was one of his own and then he sat in his chair, arms crossed over his chest, he almost seemed like a statue. Mrs Salvatore disappears out of the waiting room door and it shut with a thud, I look over to Ric, he seemed just a worried as the rest of us. He really cared about Damon.
"What exactly happened?" I hear Mr Salvatore asks and I think he doubts what Stefan might have told him, but then again Stefan didn't know the whole story, I was curious as well to what had happened that lead up to Damon being in the hospital. I had missed the whole part.
"We were about to kick off, Damon had removed his helmet and was busy re-adjust his gear after the last play because he was tackled very hard, so he removed his gear to check it and then these two guys just came out of nowhere and tackled him to the ground for no reason, I mean we did call a time out." Ric finally says and my eyes go wide, I didn't know, nor did I see that. Hell that was unfair sportsmanship right there and the other team should have been issued with a red card for that, those players did it intentionally if there was a time out. I wonder if they even continued with the game after we left for the hospital, I highly doubt it. I mean both Damon and Ric was pulled from the team and they were our schools best players by fall, even Tyler and Matt couldn't pull the team together even if they tried.
"I hope they do something to those boys who did it, I mean it was completely uncalled for and they intentionally injured Damon." My father says and I still find it strange that he is standing up for my boyfriend who he seriously disliked. And that was just because of Damon's promiscuous past which wasn't even a notable factor at the moment because Damon changed his ways to be with me and we both started on a clean slate as we entered this relationship but I doubt my father would see it our way.
"I'll make sure of it. The principle will be receiving a call from me." We hear Mr Salvatore says and he has this stern look on his face. Good those boys needed to pay. They should be pulled from the team, and they must not be given the opportunity to play for this whole season because I am sure they ruined Damon's season.
"And what happened to you?" Stefan asks I find his tone a bit sarcastic, the question now pointed to Ric who was sitting next to him, Ric was sporting a shiner on his left eye, it was so swollen that he could not even open his left eye and a small cut to his lip, and when he smiled I noticed the missing tooth, that brawl was pretty bad by the looks of it. I raise a brow as he just smiles sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. The gap in his teeth making me want to giggle and I need to restrain myself from doing just that.
"No one fucks with Damon and gets away with it." Ric replies and I notices the glares Ric receives from both my father and Mr Salvatore for swearing in front of them but that was just how Ric was, I was used to him like this and I loved him for it. "I mean you should have seen the other guys, I think they might have been brought to the hospital as well." Ric continues and that earns them a small giggle from me. Both Stefan and my father glances towards me with a surprised look. Well I looked like shit as well, with my red puffy eyes. I was crying the whole ride to the hospital, the fear of something happening to Damon clutching at my heart.
"Saltzman you know that legally they can open a case of assault against you for doing something like that." Mr Salvatore says with an irritated glance towards the sandy blonde and Ric just tilts his head to the side.
"I doubt it, no one saw nothing…" Ric says with a smile but I just to slap him now because that was beyond ridiculous, and I mean the whole town saw him throwing that first punch. "Or we could go for self-defence, I saw those guys aiming to tackle me as well." Ric replies and both my father and Mr Salvatore rolls their eyes at the younger man that doesn't seem to have a problem with starting a brawl and the threat of legal charges against his name.
"Seriously Ric?" Stefan asks folding his arms over his chest much like his mother.
"Where were you?" Ric asks on a more serious note as he looks towards Stefan and it was the question of the hour because Stefan only arrived on the field when we were waiting for the ambulance, after everything had happened so he couldn't really talk, I didn't see him before the game and I didn't see him on the bleachers watching the game. I watch a slight blush on his cheeks as he turns to look at his father and then back to Ric, giving him a death glare for asking him about his whereabouts.
"I was with Rebekah if you really wanted to know," was his answer and I know we didn't need to ask any other questions other than that because I think both myself and Ric know what they would be doing if they were together. Everyone knew by this time, so it was no big secret anymore. Ric just nods his head in triumph slowly and gives me this secret look that I know all too well.
"Are you dating this Rebekah girl now?" my father asks completely changing the subject. The question sounds foreign as my father asks this, but I know he wasn't up to date with the love lives of the people I surround me with, the last thing he knew was that I was with Stefan or well that we had broken up and that I was in a relationship with Damon but other than that he was clueless. I watch Mr Salvatore give Stefan a pensive look as well, waiting for his younger son to answer the question. Didn't Mr Salvatore know that we broke up and I was now dating his elder son while his younger son enjoyed the companionship of Rebekah?
"I guess." Stefan says a bit shy to label his relationship with the blonde girl in question and he gives me a pointed look, I have no idea what this has to do with me because I haven't said anything since I arrived here, so no one could blame me for anything that might have been said or why he was even looking at me while saying that. "Only a few days now." Stefan says as a matter of fact and at this I wanted to laugh, I didn't understand them one bit and I think that I would never fully understand them even if I tried.
"Oh." My father replies with a strange look on his face and I didn't like it one bit before he turns his attention to me, his eyes meeting mine. "So you and my daughter weren't dating when she started seeing or well dating Damon?" I go silent momentarily in my head as I process the question that was just posed by my father. Why would he ask such a question unless he did think that I was with Damon before breaking up with Stefan which was true but technically we started dating after I broke up with Stefan. Did he think that I cheated on Stefan with Damon, again technically I did but I would not admit it out loud, Stefan's indiscretion was bad enough for the both of us.
"No dad, we started dating after I broke up with Stefan." I find myself saying my voice not missing a beat, I sound so sure of myself and now Stefan has his eyes glued on me, my father only nods his head understanding what I was trying to say, I know there was still some tender subjects between myself and Stefan but we did agree to look past this and we were okay with not being with each other. But I guess it seems that he still held a grudge over everything that has happened, maybe he was just sour? I know I was sour when I found out about him and Rebekah. "Mr Salvatore did I interrupt something when I phoned Mrs Salvatore earlier?" I ask seriously trying to change the subject again because I didn't want to talk about either my or Stefan's love life any further. I am still wondering where Mr and Mrs Salvatore was when this all happened at the school.
"We were just attended a work dinner, our company is busy with a real big project at the moment but thank you for calling Elena us Elena and letting us know about the incident." Mr Salvatore says with a soft smile on his face, but he looks worried, the wrinkles on his face makes him seem more serious than he really is. I give him a small smile nodding my head.
"Sure. Anytime." I say as I adjust in my seat and this interrupts Jeremy from his peaceful slumber as his head falls from my shoulder and he sits up straight looking at the room, a bit too surprised then he intended, he seems a bit confused about his current surroundings but soon he registers where we are.
"What? Did I miss anything?" Jeremy asks as he starts to stretch, moving from side to side.
"We haven't heard anything yet." My father tells him in a mono tone, Jeremy nods his head as he lets out a yawn, I follow suit with my own yawn, I haven't really noticed how tired I really was until now. I hope that we would be hearing something soon about Damon because I'm sure my father wasn't going to sit here longer than necessary because this wasn;t his child and he was just doing this because I was his daughter. I sigh and stretch out my arms as I rise to my feet, I have pins and needles in my feet and I wiggle them from side to side to get the life back into them. I look around the white room and it's almost sicking white. Like I said before I hate hospitals and I have a valid reason why though.
I move towards the door of the waiting room and open it slightly, taking a quick peak outside, looking from left to right, Mrs Salvatore was on her way back. Thankfully, I was starting to wonder where she disappeared off to. She sees me and her face falls somewhat but she quickly recovers and she looks down as she takes each and every step towards the waiting room, her eyes remaining on the floor as she went.
As soon as she reaches me I open the door fully and allow her into the waiting room, all the eyes in the room is now on her, and she lightly clears her throat and she gives Mr Salvatore a sad glance, what was wrong? Why was she sad, did something happen to Damon? Should we be more worried than we already are? Was it that bad? I was jumping from assumption to assumption and every second that I waited for Mrs Salvatore to talk my thought got worse of what might be going on with Damon.
"I spoke to the doctor, they just finished surgery." She says and my face falls, he had to get surgery? Was it really that bad? My heart falls and I look to my father giving him a worried look. Surgery was never a good sign.
"And?" Mr Salvatore asks a bit impatient, that was the question of the hour that was on everyone minds at the moment. We needed more information, we needed to know if Damon would be okay.
"He broke his arm, and it splintered, so they needed to do surgery to remove all the splinters and place the bone back where it should be. And he has a slight concussion. But the doctor says that he's doing fine now and he will be able to come home on either Sunday or Monday." Mrs Salvatore explains and I sigh out of relief. So it's wasn't just a dislocated shoulder? Poor Damon, he must have been in excruciating pain. "So they are just keeping him for observation, but we will be allowed to visit him tomorrow. He's going to be okay." I take in a deep breath. Damon would be okay, he was going to be okay. That was the best news that I had received today.
Strange how this whole week played out in the end, I mean yeah everything changed in a blink of an eye, everything that could go wrong went wrong, from my life at home to my life at school, and now it was Damon, and he was injured. I frown as I look at Mrs and Ms Salvatore who gives each other a smile.
"So he broke his arm? That means he won't be able to play football this whole season?" Ric asks with a frown on his face, his question a bit out of place but it did pose a lot of other questions that were popping up in my mind, I know that the season would be coming to an end soon, and I am sure that Damon would be out of commission for the next 6 weeks to 3 months, I mean he needs to heal and that takes about 4 to 6 weeks and then he will surely need to go to some session at the physiotherapist which might take longer than 3 months.
"Yeah…" I whisper and I am not sure if I was agreeing to his question or if realisation just set in. This meant if Damon couldn't play football, no scout will see him play and he can kiss his scholarship for football to any Ivy League University goodbye… As much as it was good news to me because he wouldn't be moving far away next year, it was devastating to know that his dreams would be crushed.
I am so sorry for the delay in updating of my story. Busy few weeks and not in a good way, but I am in no mood to vent. I know the previous chapter was a bit harsh but that actually happened to me, my mom walked out on us and my dad got really… well let's just say he was giving me hell about everything and everyone. But I hope you enjoy this chapter and remember to leave me a review! Quick question, who of my lovely readers read Somebody to you before I did the re-write? I want to know if it's better and what you expect in the future, must I continue in an aimless direction with no fixed plot or should I slow it down and get to the end? Up to you.
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NinasGirlxo – I guess you are disappointed. I am so sorry! But I hope you enjoyed the chapter.
Mina – I think Mr Gilbert is acting out because of his wife, my dad did it, but yeah, hope you are not too disappointed with this chapter. And where I am from we have all girl schools and all boy schools, but it's just Mr Gilbert going crazy.
She Made Him Good – I know Elena's dad is being a douche. But I think it is out of respect why she kept quiet. But I hope that you enjoy this chapter thank you for the review.
DelenaSteroline – I don't think that Grayson understands himself. I think it has something to do with the fact that his wife cheated on him.
Guest – I doubt you should be worried, but after this we need to be worried about Damon.
Margie – There must be a bit trouble, but they are a perfect couple then they will overcome everything I throw at them.
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jairem – I know how they felt. But their parents should not be doing this, they should support there children now. Grayson won't be too bad.
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