Stefan ran far so that he couldn't smell the blood anymore, but just far enough so that he could still hear what was happening inside. Elena was dying and he couldn't do anything to help. "Please Elena wake up, for me. I promise I'll tell you everything I swear" Stefan whimpered out his eyes welling with tears at the sound of Elena's shallow breaths .
"Come on Elena please wake up!" Damon said begging, shaking her slightly, then almost is if Elena heard Damon and Stefan's pleas she started to stir.
"Elena come on open your eyes for me?" Damon said softly. Stefan heard Elena waking up and decided to slowly walk back in the house being cautious as he could still smell the blood, it had soaked into the carpet.
"Mmmm" Elena moaned trying to open her eyes but they felt incredibly heavy and her head hurt bad.
Stefan inched closer till he was at the doorway to the lounge. "Damon is she ok?" Stefan asked listing to Elena's painful breathing.
"She'll be okay I just don't think she's healing as quickly and I don't know why, we should move her to one of our spare rooms" Damon said knowing the blood was still bothering Stefan.
Stefan helped Damon move Elena to a spare room laying her comfortably in one of the beds.
"You okay brother?" Damon asked as Stefan sat slowly at the end of the bed.
"I almost lost control tonight, I could have killed her, I can't ever let that happen again" Stefan said gazing at unconscious Elena.
"You need to learn how to control human blood, you've starved yourself for so long that even the thought of it makes you loose control" Damon said now with another glass of bourbon in his hand.
"Damon you know I can't , I'm a ripper I can't control myself around human blood" Stefan said still looking at Elena.
"You need to find away otherwise you can't be with her, you will kill her Stefan. You'll loose control, if I wasn't there tonight I don't know how this would have ended" Damon said taking another sip of his drink.
Stefan didn't want to talk about it anymore, he just wanted Elena to wake up. To make sure she was okay. "Why is she taking so long to wake up?" Stefan asked wondering what was wrong with Elena.
Damon approached Elena secretly admiring her beauty. He took her hand and slowly examined the cut on her palm. He then rotated it to show Stefan.
"She's not healing? Why?" Stefan asked worried looking at Damon for answers.
"I have no idea, she is healing just extremely slowly, do you think she needs more blood?" Damon asked wanting to be the one to save Elena.
"No." Stefan said defensively.
"What are you going to tell her when she wakes up then?"Damon asked not sure if Elena was conscious to see Stefan's face when he almost lost control.
"What do you mean? Stefan asked confused.
"What if she saw your face Stefan? You don't only have to tell her about Katherine but that your a vampire!" Damon said wondering how his brother was going to get out of this one, but secretly enjoying his misery.
The truth was Damon loved his brother more than anything, but he also hated the fact that he made him a vampire, and that was something Damon could never really let go of. Yes he enjoyed watching his brother suffer, but at the same time he couldn't stop himself from intervening when Stefan needed him the most.
"Damon what am I going to do?" Stefan said looking back at Elena who was now starting to come round again.
"Figure it out brother and fast, i'll go and get rid of the blood stained rug then, she can buy us a new one too its an antique" Damon said deciding to leave Elena in Stefan's hands, hoping he could keep a lid on things and control himself.
"Elena? Can you hear me?" Stefan said clutching at Elena's limp hand, she squeezed back ever so slightly groaning at the brightness of the lights.
"Stefan? What happened?" Elena said squinting in an attempt to open her eyes again.
"You took some pills, you overdosed and hit your head" Stefan said being sympathetic but knowing he had to talk to Elena about her addiction later on.
"I need to get home, Jenna she will be worried" Elena said now feeling bit more conscious and awake.
"Elena your in no fit state to go anywhere, you hit your head extremely hard" Stefan said pushing Elena back down as she attempted to get up. "Rest I'm going to call Jenna and tell her your here" Stefan said getting Elena's phone from her bag. Elena was right there was several missed calls and messages from Jenna.
"No Stefan give me the phone" Elena said gesturing her hand for Stefan to give her the phone. Elena's head hurt bad and her vision was still a little burly. Elena unlocked her screen and opened her messages scrolling to Bonnie:
'Bon I need you to cover for me if Jenna asks I'm staying at your house tonight, will explain tomorrow. thanks xx'
Elena then went to her missed calls looking through them (6) from Jenna, (2) from Jeremy and (1) from Bonnie. "Great" Elena muttered. How long was I out for? Elena thought. Elena scrolled down to Jenna's name and pressed dial.
*Ring Ring* *Ring Ring* *Ring Ring*
"Elena where the hell are you!?"Jenna said angrily. Pacing back in forth.
"Jenna I'm sorry my phone died, I'm with Bonnie" Elena said trying to sound as convincing as possible.
"Elena I would expect this behaviour from Jeremy not you, I have rules and you know your supposed to call if your not going to be home" Jenna said sternly now sounding upset at the thought off something happening to Elena.
"I know Jenna I'm so sorry i'll be home tomorrow I promise, I've got stuff at Bonnies I can wear to school" Elena said not sure if Jenna had believed her.
"Elena this is the last time I want you home tomorrow" Jenna said clearly in a mood, hanging up the phone.
Elena threw her head back on the pillow at how exhausting it was to try and be so convincing her head pounded as she squinted at the lights once more.
"Elena you can't go to school tomorrow, your not well, look at you, I saw how much you struggled just to talk to Jenna never mind school" Stefan said worried.
"Im fine Stefan just let me sleep it off" Elena said now feeling the back of her head, she felt warm liquid oozing out. In shock Elena pulled her hand away quick.
"Im bleeding" Elena said her hand shaking with fear. She hadn't realised the servility of her injury, she just though it was a headache.
"Elena I need to talk to you" Stefan said moving closer in an attempt to calm Elena down and explain what had happened.
"Stefan I'm bleeding!" Elena said shoving her hand in his face, starting to panic.
Stefan grabbed Elena's arm gently, looking her in the eyes "Elena I need you to take a deep breath and calm down" Stefan said concentrating on every word he was saying.
Elena obeyed Stefan's commands relaxing at the sound of his calming tone. "You came back to the house, you took too many pills and you overdoses falling and hitting your head" Stefan said looking back at Elena to see if she understood.
Elena nodded not breaking eye contact with Stefan. "I overdosed and hit my head" Elena said slowly repeating what Stefan had told her.
"Now your going to get some sleep and i'll see you in the morning, I'm going to get you drink of 'water' and your going to drink all of it, okay?" Stefan said slowly still concentrating hard.
"Im going to drink some water and go to sleep" Elena said now laying back in the bed, rolling on her side in an attempt to get comfortable.
Stefan stood up, feeling little drained from using compulsion on Elena. He made sure she was resting comfortable before walking back downstairs to get some 'water'.
"You know if you were feeding off humans compulsion would be a breeze, you wouldn't have such a hard time" Damon said now sitting by the fireplace, the blood stained rug rolled up by his feet.
"Not now Damon I don't know if the compulsion was strong enough, and she's not healing well, her head is still bleeding" Stefan said pouring himself and Damon a glass of bourbon.
Stefan shot back his drink handing the other glass to Damon. Stefan bit his wrist at the artery letting the blood flow into his empty glass.
"That for Elena?" Damon asked watching the glass fill quickly then stop as Stefan's wrist healed itself.
"She needs more blood Damon I'm worried, I have no idea why she's not healing?" Stefan asked making his way back towards the staircase.
"Maybe its her weird Doppelgänger blood, I mean she looks identical to Katherine, speaking of does she remember?" Damon asked curious if Stefan used compulsion to make her forget.
"If your asking me if I used compulsion to make her forget no, I wouldn't do that, not to Elena, I can't" Stefan said bowing his head in disappointment. How could he let this happen.
"Stefan its not your fault, you couldn't have known she was taking those pills" Damon said knowing this was more guilt that his brother was going to carry with him. Damon didn't mind if it was guilt that he deserved but Stefan had a bad habit of feeling guilty for things that weren't his fault, and Damon hated it.
"I should have noticed, I've been watching her since her parents died, I should have noticed. This is my fault" Stefan said now perching himself on the bottom of the stairs.
Damon sped up to Stefan with vampire speed. He stopped in front of him, bending down to Stefan's level. "This is your not you fault and you need to realise that otherwise this relationship will kill you" Damon said looking his brother in the eye, he could see all of the guilt and hurt.
"Damon I need you to make her forget me, and everything thats happened, I'm not strong enough" Stefan said his eyes welling with tears.
"No brother your not giving up. Go up stairs, feed Elena your blood and watch over her, protect her and then in the morning if your serious about this working then you need to tell her everything" Damon said helping his brother up and guiding him upstairs.
Damon walked upstairs with his brother, waiting just outside so he could hear the conversation. As much as Damon wanted to help his brother, he also had feelings for Elena and he wanted her to himself, so as much as he seemed like he was helping he wasn't.
"Elena? Drink this for me" Stefan said sitting Elena up in bed and handing her the glass of blood.
"What is it?" Elena asked seeing the dark liquid.
"Its just 'water', drink up and then try and get some more rest" Stefan said using compulsion again.
Elena finished the glass of blood and Stefan re-checked her wounds making sure they had healed a little more before leaving her to get some rest.
END