Stefan grabbed his phone from his pocket dialling Elena which went straight to voicemail, he knew she wouldn't answer but knew he had to leave a message. It was his best chance at getting Elena to listen. "Elena I know the picture must have confused you but I can explain, I need to explain so please when you get this..call me" Stefan said hanging up the phone.
"Damon what the hell did you do?" Stefan yelled now storming back into the house looking for his brother.
"Me? Brother I was helping you out, she was going to find out one way or another" Damon said swirling his bourbon playfully around his glass.
"She's drove off, in this weather! and I have no idea where she's gone!" Stefan said now pacing back and forth with worry.
Damon pretended not to worry but really he felt guilty if something had happened to Elena he would never forgive himself. "Its your fault, you should have told her when you had the chance" Damon said now getting up from his chair.
Stefan ignored his brother picking up his phone to call Elena again. "where are you going?" Stefan asked ending the call that had just gone to voicemail again.
"Out for a quick bite" Damon said flaring his fangs, but he was lying. He was going to look for Elena something Stefan should have been doing.
"Well I'm going to look for Elena, starting with her house" Stefan said grabbing his car keys, he knew that Damon was much quicker on foot but truth was Stefan didn't have the ability to run as fast for long because of his chosen life style. Surviving off animal blood was in fact just that, surviving... it had none of the perks that came with drinking human blood, it just kept him alive.
"Good luck with that brother" Damon said knowing that the last place Elena would go to was her house especially if she was trying to get away from Stefan.
-Mean while-
Elena lay on the cold damp floor the rain pooling around her, she still felt numb not being able to feel anything except a warmth coming from her legs and the cold rain that continued to fall.
Elena had been laying there for a good half hour and there was no sign of anyone coming to rescue her and she couldn't hear any passing traffic which meant she had to have slipped into a ditch or off the road where no-one could see her or the wreckage.
Elena decided she would try and move only to realise that part of her car was pinning her to the ground and the warthm that she could feel was blood. "Oh my god" Elena said examining her bloody hands.
"Im going to die" Elena whimpered then realising that she had her phone with her. Elena frantically patted down her pockets thanking the lord when she felt a phone shaped object in her pocket.
Elena pulled out her phone only to see the screen was shattered and the phone was water logged meaning she wouldn't be calling anyone any time soon. No-one was coming to help her.
Elena gave up admitting defat, letting the panic set in. "Im sorry mum, Im sorry Dad, Jermery... no he can't loose anyone else...I've failed you...I'm going to die out here" Elena weeped, sobbing to herself. Elena felt the life draining from her body, she felt her pulse slow and her vision grew blurry from the blood loss.
"Twice in one week, didn't think I would let you get away from me that quickly did you?"
Elena fought to stay conscious trying to focus on the person hovering over her. "D-Damon?" Elena moaned thinking she must be hallucinating.
"Looks like your stuck, can you move?" Damon asked examining Elena best he could in the low light. "Actually Elena don't move sweetheart" Damon now said keeping his cool,he had noticed Elena's legs they looked badly broken and there was a lot of blood.
"D-Damon" Elena whimpered again.
"Its okay, now I want you to put your hands above your head I'm going to try and release your legs okay, Elena?" Damon said now extremely worried. Elena was horribly pale and she needed his blood now, but he needed to release her first. "Elena sweetie stay with me!"
Elena wasn't responding and this made Damon nervous so he quickly lifted the rubble from her legs and pulled Elena out and quickly as he could. He tried not to injure her more my pulling her out but she needed his blood fast.
"Elena? Elena can you hear me?" Damon said now holding a limp Elena in his arms. Elena moaned as a response to Damon's question.
"Elena your fading fast" Damon said biting his wrist and letting the blood drain into Elena's mouth, if her healing speed was anything like the other night he knew that wouldn't be enough, but it would do for now, he had to get her somewhere safe and dry.
Damon pulled out his phone dialling Stefan, he was the last person that he wanted to tell but he knew it was the right thing to do, plus he couldn't exactly take her home. The phone only rang once and Stefan answered.
"Damon! Tell me you found her!" Stefan said fretting.
"Yes, she's in bad shape I had to feed her my blood, she was on route 12 leaving Mystic Falls...How did you know I went to find her?" Damon said now making his way back home.
"Damon I'm not stupid I know she has feelings for you, its obvious" Stefan said going quite.
"You still there?" Damon asked slowing down to take a break.
"Yeah.. How is she?" Stefan asked wondering if he should bring the car to meet them.
"Fading, she keeps coming in and out, her legs look broken, she's not healing well either" Damon said not surprised.
"I'll bring the car, where are you?" Stefan said hearing Damon's breathing, he could tell he was getting tired, he obviously hadn't fed recently.
"Almost at the grill... Stefan hurry" Damon said worried at Elena's worsening condition. Stefan quickly arrived helping Damon put Elena in the back seat and they made there way back to the Salvatore boarding house.
"Here, I thought you might need this" Stefan said handing Damon a blood bag.
"Thank you brother" Damon said gladly taking the bag and devouring its contents within seconds. He noticed Stefan struggle with the scent of Elena's blood and the bag that he had just fed on.
"Sorry" Damon said apologising for the smell, he was surprised at how well Stefan was holding it together compared to the other night. Stefan nodded not wanting to talk about it, he was only focused on getting Elena to Safety.
"How is she?" Stefan said not taking his eyes off the road not wanting to crash his car, the weather was horrendous.
"Not good, hurry we need to get her home, she needs more blood asap!" Damon said looking back at Elena who didn't look well at all. Elena briefly regained consciousness lolling her head back and forth moaning in pain. If she wasn't passing out from blood loss Damon was sure the pain would be the cause.
Stefan desperately pulled up to the drive barley letting the car stop before scrambling too his feel to get Elena out.
Stefan grabbed Elena pulling her into a tight grip, and rushing her into the living room, placing her gently on the couch, scanning her body up and down looking for obvious injuries.
"Feed her your blood now Stefan!"Damon said entering the living room to see Stefan in a trace like state just staring at Elena as if he was in shock.
"Stefan!" Damon said again, this time pushing Stefan out of the way, he ripped into his wrist feeding Elena the blood that was now gushing from his artery.
"Damon this is all my fault, god look at her legs" Stefan replied running his hands through his gritty hair.
"Not now Stefan" Damon said still letting the blood pour into Elena's mouth. Elena started to move a little making Damon feel less worried.
"Elena?" Stefan said moving closer to look at her wounds, they still weren't healing.
"Elena can you hear me sweetie?" Damon said soothing her, placing his hand beside her cheek and running his fingers though her hair. Stefan noticed the gesture but said nothing.
"Damon it hurts!" Elena cried as she attempted to try and move her broken legs. Damon looked down now realising that he would have to move them back in order for them to heal.
"Elena I'm sorry but I'm going to have to put your bones back in place, otherwise your not going to heal" Damon said regretting having to do this.
Elena moaned a little glancing at Stefan only now realising that she was no longer on the road but in the Salvatore house. "Stefan" Elena mumbled before loosing consciousness again.
"Quick now while she's out" Stefan shouted wishing he had told Elena the truth and maybe none of this would have ever happened, he wished he could take all her pain and suffering away.
Damon placed his hand either side of her broken bones one upon her thigh and the other near her ankle, he pulled hard knowing if he didn't have vampire strength it would have been near impossible to set her bones with out surgical help.
He set her left leg knowing that, that one was the easier of the two and he couldn't stand the sound of Elena's bones being snapped back into place, Stefan was also struggling with the sound of Elena's injuries healing.
Being a vampire had its perks but times like this Stefan wished he was human more than anything. He could hear Elena's organs pumping to survive he could hear the sound of her muscles and skin knitting back together and it made his skin crawl.
Damon finished setting Elena's bones, stepping back to give her the once over to make sure he hadn't missed anything.
"Do you think we should take her to the hospital?" Stefan asked, once again noting the face that Elena was healing at extremely slow rate.
"Stefan were vampires, our blood is the most powerful drug there is, what are the hospital going to do? Nothing we can't " Damon said taken back at his brothers stupid question.
"Its just, what are we going to tell Jenna? She's supposed to be home in an hour" Stefan said pacing again, he just couldn't understand why she wasn't healing.
"Jenna? Is she that foxy aunt that looks after these two? Clearly she isn't doing a good job" Damon joked also referring to Jeremy.
"Its not funny Damon I should have never got involved with her" Stefan said wishing he had never returned to Mystic Falls.
"Why did you brother?" Damon asked.
"Why did I what?" Stefan replied knowing full well what Damon was referring to.
"Its because she looked like Katherine isn't it?" Damon smirked picking lifeless Elena up and walking towards the door.
"Where are you taking her?" Stefan asked ignoring Damon's question about Katherine.
"Answer my question and i'll tell you" Damon said smirking again glancing down at Elena, despite her injures and her blood stained clothes, she still look beautiful.
"Damon! Where are you going?" Stefan said now speeding in front of his brother blocking the exit.
"Answer my question?" Damon said pushing his brother aside.
"Okay fine! Yes the reason I came back is because I thought she was Katherine,but Katherine is in the tomb so it didn't make sense, so I watched her until I was sure she wasn't, and I fell in love with her Damon, she's the opposite of Katherine and thats not why I wanted to be with her, I feel nothing for Katherine and I haven't for a long time. Elena makes me feel, she makes me want to live, she gives me meaning Damon " Stefan blabbed exposing his true intentions to his brother.
Damon absorbed Stefan story not sure wether to believe him. He just decided to ignore the rest replying with " The hospital we have to cover up for her" Damon said knowing it was the right thing to do.
"Damon we can't!" Stefan protested still following his brother to the car.
"I'll compel a few doctors, it will be fine" Damon said now placing Elena gently in the back of his car.
Stefan stepped back a bit, Elena's blood was making him uneasy, he watched his brother care for Elena and handle her so gently, the way he handled the smell of her blood too, maybe he was better for her?
"Stefan you coming?" Damon said throwing his head out of the car window to shout to his brother. "Stefan?" Damon said once more this time honking the horn snapping Stefan out of his trance.
"N-No, you go, i'll stay here, Ive done enough" Stefan mumbled but it didn't matter Damon still heard him. Damon nodded in agreement pulling away from the driveway and speeding towards the hospital, he knew Elena was out of any life threatening danger but she still needed medical attention and something to help with the pain.
Damon knew it was wrong to leave Stefan behind but he cared to much for Elena, and his love for her made him greedy he didn't want to share Elena with anyone espessically not with Stefan. He wanted to be the hero, and truth was he wanted to make Stefan out to be the bad guy, he wanted to be the one that she came running to when there was a problem and Damon had plenty of Stefans flaws and weaknesses to use to his advantage.
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