"Can I see her?" I asked, "Yeah of course." She replied walking away.
"Meredith, is the baby going to be okay?" I asked, "The baby is fine Stefan, the baby is being fed through a tube down Elena's throat but if Elena doesn't awaken, I'm afraid it's not good news" she replied.
I walked into her room. A heart rate monitors beeping. Elena with tubes down her throat and nose. A heart rate monitor wrapped around her stomach, monitoring our child's heart rate. Needles in her arms, and a blood bag. I hated seeing her like this.
I sat next to her and held her hand; I looked at her ring on her finger. This time last night everything was perfect. "Elena, I'm so sorry, please wake up, I love you so much" I said to her, expecting her to reply. Nothing. I couldn't bare to see her like this. I couldn't be in this room any longer without someone with me. "I love you both so much, please be okay" I said kissing her forehead and rubbing her side.
I had to inform the other's of what was going on. They all saw my tear streaked face.
"Stefan, what's happening?" Ric asked as Caroline and Bonnie hugged me, their tears soaking through my shirt.
I couldn't speak the tears just kept on coming. Damon put his arm around my shoulder.
"Okay, so, Elena has had a placental abruption between the 1st and 2nd degree, it's where the placenta starts to bleed and the mother gets extreme abdominal pain. She lost a lot of blood, so they're giving her a transfusion but because of the blood loss she's went into a coma and they don't know when and if she'll wake up. The baby is fine for now but if Elena doesn't wake up, I'm afraid it's all over" I informed them holding back my tears.
"No" Bonnie and Caroline cried. Everyone surrounded me and we all hugged. "You can see her if you like but she looks terrible. It's hard to be in that room."
Everyone took turns visiting Elena.
"Brother, their Salvatore's, well almost. I promise you they'll be okay." Damon reassured me.
I couldn't speak.
Three days had passed and still nothing. Still tubes and needles everywhere. Heart rate monitors. Blood bags.
I sat there and cried for three days and watched my fiancée and child slip away with every minute. I wanted to be positive but with no signs of recognition in three days I began to give up hope. So did everyone else.
Bonnie tried to find a spell and came out empty handed.
I knew I was going to lose both of them but I couldn't wrap my mind around it.
I tried to think of our happy memories together. Being reunited after Klaus had taken control of me. After being freed from the tomb. Elena surviving Klaus and the accident that nearly made her a vampire. Finding out Elena was pregnant. Our first ultrasound. Elena agreeing to marry me. I tried to fill my head with the good times before I had to let them both go.
Meredith couldn't do anything It was up to Elena.
Elena had to fight for herself once again, no one could do anything to save her.
Another three days passed... six days and no progress, the reality of losing Elena was coming to terms, so was everyone else. Bonnie and Caroline just cried all the time, so did I. Ric, Jeremy and Damon just sat emotionless at Elena's bedside.
Meredith did an ultrasound everyday to check on the baby, he/she was perfectly healthy.
A week had passed since the incident; I sat by Elena's bed, held her hand and cried. "Elena, I love you and miss you so much. Please come back to me." I laid my head down on the bed, the tears still flowing. She was gone. They were both gone. It was offical.
"Stefan?" a voice croaked.
"Elena? I thought I'd lost the both of you. You have no idea how much I love you." I said getting up and kissing her forehead "I'm going to get Meredith to take this tube out of your throat okay?"
I ran out into the corridor. "Meredith" I yelled "Elena's awake".
Meredith came rushing in and removed the tube. "How are you feeling?" She asked Elena after removing the tube from her throat.
"I feel great" She smiled. How I had missed that smile.
"That's good. You'll have to stay here for a couple more days for observation. I'll leave you both to it then." She chimed.
"Is the baby..." she asked her voice breaking.
"Yes, the baby is fine. 100% healthy. I thought I had lost the both of you. So did everyone else" I replied.
"I love you so much; I don't want to ever spend another day without you." She smiled leaning over to kiss me.
When we kissed it felt as if we hadn't kissed ever.
I got up on the side of the bed and lay with her. We talked all night. Elena cried her eyes out apologising and worrying over how we could have lost the baby. I told her that it wasn't her fault, just a freak accident.
"I don't want to have to wait to marry you. Let's get married next month." I suggested.