Damon lay there listing to the soothing sound of Elena's heart beating, it meant she a was still alive, he had been there every night since the accident.
Jenna entered Elena's hospital room acknowledging Damon's presence they had become quite good friends.
"How is she?" Jenna asked looking flustered, Damon could tell she had rushed from work to be here.
"Still unconscious, but she's dosed up on meds so they don't expect her to wake till they lower the dosage" Damon said with a smile, he knew he could feed her some more blood and she'd be up walking around within a few hours, but he also knew that in order to keep Elena safe he had to make sure the vampire blood was out of her system and to keep his secret safe he had to stick to the annoying rules. No Vampire perks.
"They said she was lucky, her leg is pretty badly broken and some minor internal bleeding, but her car was totalled, she was so lucky that she got away with what she did" Jenna said still in disbelief adjusting her skirt belt to make herself a little more comfortable.
"Yeah" Damon nodded he knew there was no way that elena would have survived if it wasn't for his blood, but despite the fact she was out of the woods Damon couldn't help but watch over her until she woke.
"I don't understand why her car was on route 12 though? Did you know why she was leaving Mystic Falls?" Jenna asked looking for some answers she had already talked to Bonnie and Caroline and knew that Elena never went to see them that night.
"Look Jen" Damon said being a little too confident. Jenna raised her eyebrow at Damon's abbreviation of her name.
"Im going to be honest with you, Elena was seeing my brother Stefan, but the thing is, he's not mentally stable, its to do with an Ex girlfriend of his, Elena had a argument with him and drove off, thats why she was leaving town, Elena found a picture of his Ex and she got really upset about it " Damon said dropping Stefan in the brunt of it.
"Wow I had no idea, so every time she kept on lying to me it was to see him?" Jenna asked wishing she never chose to believe Elena.
"Yep, I mean I tried to tell her that he had issues and it wasn't a good idea to be around him, but she didn't listen" Damon said trying to hide his growing smirk.
"And you said that you brought her to the hospital?" Jenna asked. "Sorry for all the questions I'm just trying to piece together what happened" Jenna added shaking her head in distrust.
"Its okay, yeah the weather was awful and I told Stefan to go after her that she shouldn't be driving in this weather, it was far too dangerous" Damon said putting on his concerned voice.
Jenna nodded her head letting Damon continue.
"So I followed Elena and I lost her at the traffic lights and when I eventually got to her car it was already crashed I acted quick putting her in my car and I drove straight to the hospital, it would have been quicker than waiting for and ambulance and I had no idea how badly she was hurt" Damon said glancing over at Elena, memories of her mangled body ran through his mind making him cringe at the thought of loosing her.
"Damon? You okay?" Jenna asked noticing the frightful look on Damon's face, he looked like a he was about to be sick.
"Yeah fine, just glad I got there when did" Damon said shaking his head to try and relive the memory that was playing on a loop.
"Same, I have to go pick Jeremy up, do you mind keeping an eye on her till I get back" Jenna asked gathering her things, as she knew Damon would agree he had watched over her for three days now, and in those three days not once had Stefan come to see if she was okay.
"Of course Jen" Damon said with a smile, Jenna shook her head and laughed a little before leaving.
Damon got up from his chair and walked towards Elena, she looked so peaceful and somewhat happy. "Hey beautiful, I'm here and i'll be here when you wake up" Damon said stroking her hair from her face, he admired her flawless skin and grimaced when he came across small slashes on her face slightly healed probably from the windscreen breaking in impact he thought.
Elena's hand twitched making Damon jump, he wasn't expecting her to wake up just yet, looked like the vampire blood had some effect still. "Elena?" He asked gripping her hand ever so gently.
Elena moaned moving her head slightly but her eyes remained closed. "Elena sweetie? can you open your eyes for me?" Damon soothed stroking her hair from her eyes once more.
Elena squinted attempting to open her eyes, she recognised the voice. "Damon?" Elena croaked her voice sore and hoarse from all of the shouting.
"Yeah I'm here, do you remember what happened?" Damon asked taking her hand in his and gently rubbing it with his thumb.
"Stefan, we were arguing, and he was.. Katherine, Katherine..she, she looks like me, and my car..it was raining , I was bleeding, then you got me out, you saved me" Elena mumbled slurring her words still trying to piece together the events that took place, everything was foggy.
"Your okay now, don't worry about anything, but you should know Jenna knows that you weren't with Bonnie" Damon said offering a small smile.
Elena tried to smile back although it appeared more as a crooked smirk. Elena attempted to sit up in bed but her body protested screaming out in pain. "Ow Ow" Elena winced moving her broken leg and sore tummy, she ran her hand along her stomach feeling the stitches underneath the dressing.
"Oh no you don't" Damon said pushing her back down gently. "You had internal bleeding, and your leg is badly broken, you need to rest" Damon scolded re adjusting her blanket.
Elena had more flashes of what happened. "I was at your house?" Elena questioned, remembering Damon took her there before the hospital. "How long have I been here?" Elena asked again.
"3 days and yes I thought you would have wanted to avoid the hospital" Damon replied not admitting to the fact that the hospital was Stefan's idea.
"3 days" Elena repeated feeling more awake now, she winced again moving her sore leg.
Elena winced again holding her head this time making Damon worried. "Elena? Talk to me?" Damon said laying a hand on her back, his eyes darting back and forth trying to figure out what was wrong.
"Im okay, just a headache" Elena lied remembering more of what happened. "You fed me your blood?" Elena asked but it was more of a statement.
"You would have died without it" Damon said defensively.
"No, I didn't mean it like that.. thank you, you saved my life" Elena smiled resting her head back onto the pillow she was exhausted.
"You should go get some rest, I'm going to call Jenna she just left to go pick up Jeremy" Damon said walking towards the door, smiling to himself, he didn't want Elena to see.
"Damon?" Elena asked just as he was about to close her door.
"Why hasn't Stefan come to see me?" Elena asked knowing instantly by Damon's reaction that he hadn't.
"How did you-"
"I didn't, but I do now, thank you" Elena said once more.
"Elena he's not the monster you think he is, he has secrets, but don't we all" Damon said hating himself for sticking up for his brother, but he couldn't help himself. He partly blamed himself for Elena getting hurt, if he had never left that picture out...
"Some of us choose to share our secrets, its what brings us closer" Elena said. Damon turned back to face her now. "Stefan lied to me I gave him chance after chance to tell me about Katherine and he didn't" Elena said biting her lip through the wave of pain that came over her broken body.
"Elena" Damon said instantly by her side, "You okay?" Damon asked watching helpless Elena still trying to breathe through the pain. It killed Damon to see her like this and he wanted to feed her his blood, just to help with the pain.
"Im Okay" Elena managed to whimpered out, the pain finally subsided.
"Are you sure?" Damon asked again hesitant to leave her alone.
Elena nodded too exhausted to answer verbally.
Damon walked towards the door, pulling out a mobile and placing it on the side. "Ill leave you this, it has my number in it" Damon said shooting Elena a sympathetic look.
"My phone" Elena mumbled fighting to stay awake.
"I Know it was shattered in the wreck, I saw, thats why I'm leaving you this, text me if you need anything, and I mean anything" Damon replied but Elena had already fallen back asleep. Damon smiled again to himself, closing her door softly he didn't want to wake her.
Damon wondered into the hall pulling out his phone, he dialled Jenna who answered almost immediately.
"Damon tell me she's okay" Jenna darted worried down the phone.
"She's okay, she woke up briefly, but she's exhausted she's sleeping now, I told her you were on your way back" Damon replied eyeing up a tasty looking nurse, he felt hungry.
"Ive just picked up Jeremy, were on our way now, will be about 20 minutes" Jenna replied. Damon could hear the indicator through the phone she had him on loud speaker.
"Ill wait here until you get back then" Damon stated glancing back into Elena's room , he listened carefully to make sure she was still alive, her heart beating steady and the rise and fall of her chest in sync.
"Thank you Damon really, you have been such a help, this past week" Jenna said extremely thankful for Damon's help.
"Anytime" Damon smiled hanging up the phone, he would do anything to protect Elena.
Damon glanced back at Elena's room, he was about to enter when he felt the presence of another vampire. "Nice of you to grace us with your presence, did you bring flowers" Damon laughed turning to face his brother.
"Damon, you have no idea how bad I feel, I couldn't see her like this" Stefan replied ignoring his brothers sarcasm.
"Oh give it a rest Stefan, I don't want to hear your excuses, you say you love her, and that you want to be with her, well where the hell were you, when she was on that table fighting for her life?" Damon roared pushing Stefan up against the wall.
"I wanted to be here" Stefan whimpered defenceless.
"Then why weren't you!" Damon yelled getting the attention of a few nurses. "I sat there every night listening to her heart beat, hoping it wouldn't give out, she almost died Stefan, and your the only one to blame!" Damon yelled again slamming Stefan against the wall again. Stefan didn't fight back, he didn't want to, he know he deserved this.
"Hey! You two need to leave... now!" a blond haired nurse said rushing over to the boys.
"No he does!" Damon spat at his brother being pulled back by a junior doctor.
"Boys this is an ICU, the patients here are very ill, take whatever this is outside" The doctor said leading both to the exit. Damon shrugged the mans hand off his shoulder turing to face him.
"You saw nothing, now leave" Damon spoke calmly. Damon turned to the female nurse repeating the same to her. "You saw nothing, now go back to your patients" Damon compelled watching both walk back to there assigned patients.
Damon was about to scold Stefan again when he noticed an angry looking Jenna storming down the hallway. Little Gilbert following.
"You need to leave" Damon said quickly looking Stefan in the eye.
"Damon,please I need to see her" Stefan whimpered begging to stay.
Jenna wasn't dumb and figured the dirty blonde who was arguing with Damon was Stefan. "You have no right to be here" Jenna said angrily Jeremy followed close behind, wanting to hurt the person responsible for Elena lying there.
"Jenna I'm so sorry, I didn't mean for any of this to happen" Stefan apologised gesturing how sorry he was with his hands pointing to Elena.
Jenna didn't want to hear another word from Stefan and he let her angry fuel her, slapping Stefan as hard as she could round his face. Stefan welcomed the pain, knowing he deserved it. Jenna felt bad as soon as her hand left his cheek but knew she had to carry on, she didn't want him anywhere near Elena.
Damon cringed at the sound feeling bad for his brother,he wanted to intervene but he cared for elena too much and this was Stefan's fault.
"Please let me see her" Stefan said clutching at his sore face.
"Leave now before I call the cops" Jeremy threatened standing by Elena's door in defence.
Stefan looked back at Elena handing a letter to Damon on the way out, "Just give her this please" Stefan spoke soft, Damon could hear the hurt in his voice, he nodded and took the letter from Stefan's hand.
END
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