Awake- Chapter Five

* Hope you enjoyed the Delena moments of the last chapter. I still have the intention to not let them get together right away. I know Delena fan probably all wish there was a different ending to last season but I will TRY to write Stefan and Elena and see what happens. So if you are starting to be impatient. All I can say is try to hold on. Again comments and critics very welcomed as this is both my first story and my second language. Enjoy.*

This was a night like any other for most of the inhabitants of Mystic Falls. They had put their children to bed. They had locked their doors and in a short time, they would awake to a seemingly normal morning. They would open their television and hear of the miracle of two young teens surviving a horrible crash over Mystic falls. They would be shocked to learn that the young man, who worked at mystic grill, was still holding on in the hospital. They would be even more surprised to learn that the young women involved, Elena Gilbert, from one of the most prominent family in the town's history, survived another plunged over the fall. They would ravel on how incredible it would be for a young girl to have been so unlucky to be the victim of two incredibly similar accident, but lucky enough to survive both incidents. But this has not happened yet. The coffee hasn't been made, the children still asleep. This night, which may have been ordinary for most folks, could not have been more meaningful for Elena. This night was slowly coming to an end as the first minimal rays of sunshine rested on the side of Elena Gilbert's window. Those rays which had long been a source of hope that a new day might bring, now they were something completely different, they were searing pain.

"Damon, what is wrong my hand? Look!" shouted Elena as she quickly removed her hand from the side of the window. She was standing there in both pain and worry showing Damon her hand marked with red burned marks.

"Did you fall on your hand? Elena… I am so sorry!" said Damon momentarily incredulous to the nature of the injury.

"No, that is not it. Its… like a burn.. Damon… what just happened." Elena started to ask as her tone of voice started to rise.

How could be have been so stupid. He was so focus on getting Stefan to tell Elena what happened and beating the clock on the transition symptoms, he had not thought of the sun. He had worn his ring for so long; he sometimes forgot not all vampires walked as freely as he does in broad day light. Of course, even in transition Elena could start feeling the effect of sunlight on her skin, but why now! Why did it have to happen so quickly?

"I am going to go get Stefan."

"No Damon don't leave me, what is happening to me! I know something is wrong. I have felt it since I woke up and it's not just the car crash is it!"

"Stefan would be better… I have to go get"

"Damon tell me, what is wrong I am really starting to freak out, what is it that you can't te…"

And then silence. Elena eyes froze as if she was just swept up by an incredible sadness. Her mouth hung open with her hands covering it as if she was trying to hold the words inside. If the words didn't come out; it couldn't be true. Elena stated to look around as if she desperately looked for another answer. At the same moment, her legs grew week and she started to fall. Damon scooped her up as she was about to hit the ground, sitting her slowly on the bed next to him.

"Elena." His eyes. His deep blue eyes could not conceal what his words tried to keep inside.

"No…no no Damon it's not possible." said Elena with almost a feverish fenzy. " No no no no no, this … this isn't happening. Damon… you have to tell me! Damon!" Elena's tone was not calm anymore. She was screaming of anger, of pain of confusion and anguish.

Her screams were clearly heard downstairs as almost instantly Stefan followed by Caroline and Tyler and soon Jeremy entered the room.

"Elena, are you alright? What is wrong? What is happening?" said a clearly still distraught Stefan.

"I… I died" said Elena with a tone of both astonishment and confusion. She could not believe those words were leaving her lips. They were cold words. They did not even seem real.

"Don't be silly Elena, you didn't die you are right here." laughingly said Caroline clearly confused by Elena's assertion. But before Elena could open her mouth again Stefan's voice resounded in the room.

"You told her. Damon, you said you wouldn't tell her. You told me you would let me tell her. What is this? Are you trying to convince her that she should stay with you? Are you that worried that she won't choose you?" Yelled Stefan grabbing Damon by the collar. "How could you!"

"Stefan get off me." Said Damon as his brother tried to choke him. Stefan who had held all his emotion about the evening's event inside of him simply boiled over. Had he taken a moment to think, had this been any other night, Stefan never would have jump in his brother like this, but on this night. On the night he almost died, on the night the woman he loved died, this was simply too much. Something had to give and this was the perfect occasion to get a little bit of his anger and frustration out.

"He didn't" said Elena quietly, standing in the corner , still unable to move or fully grasp the scene unfolding in front of her eyes. "He didn't say anything, he wanted to go get you." Repeated Elena in a voice which was for a human was barely audible but which Stefan could clearly hear.

Stefan immediately let go of his grip as he was reminded that Elena was right in front of him.. This wasn't about him and Damon, it couldn't. This had to be about Elena. As Elena simply stared at him Stefan got up and just looked at her face. It was the saddest sigh he had ever witnessed. He may have lived many sunrises but no picture had broken his heart like the sight of Elena's face tonight.

"Say it." Elena said while looking at Stefan. "Say it." Elena repeat it looking for Stefan to give her an answer.

"Elena" said Stefan clearly out of words. "I…"

"I said say it" said Elena who was clearly getting more upset. "In the water, in the car, I died. I died and I had blood in me. I died and I am turning into… into a …" Elena couldn't say the word. She had said it so many times. But in this moment, as the sun rose, he had to say it or she couldn't believe it. She would not believe it. She simply looked at him with this look desperate to hear, desperate to hear anything but what she knew she was about to hear. She was desperate to hear that she was mistaken. She was desperate to hear that she was wrong, that she hurt her hand in the crash. She just wanted Stefan to reassure her and tell her what she now knew in her heart, wasn't the truth.

"You… you told me to get Matt." said Stefan.

"What!" scream Jeremy still standing in the door way not wanting to believe the words she was hearing.

Stefan could not acknowledge Jeremy at the moment, only his sister and the words were simply running out of his mouth like the falls he had swam in only hours ago.

"You told me to get Matt. I wanted to get you but you made your choice. You made your choice and I came back. As soon as Matt was on the shore I came back to tell you and I got you out. I got you out! But the water was cold. There wasn't any air left in the truck… there"

"Say it" interrupted Elena with now an oddly passive calm which was very distinct from her prior outbust.

"And when I brought you to shore, you weren't breathing. I brought you to the hospital. Dr. Meredith tried to revive you but she said it was too late and … and…."

"Say it"

"Elena, you died" said Damon not able to listen to any more of Stefan poor attempt to explain the night's event. He just couldn't hear Elena beg him again to reveal her faith.

The silence could not have been more deafening. The moments seemed like hours. Time in the room stood still as everyone tried to absorb the words which just came out of Stefan mouth. The silence which seemed like it would go on forever was broken by Elena.

"I don't understand. I just don't understand. I didn't have any…any… anyone's blood in my system." Still unable to say the oh so familiar word which tonight seemed impossible to voice.

"When you were in the hospital the earlier tonight, after you collapsed, it wasn't a concussion. It was a brain hemorrhage, Meredith had vampire blood on hand and she had to give you some to help you recovered. Your situation was actually quite serious. She never thought. She couldn't of predicted. She had no way of knowing you were about to… to… you know"

"Well thank god she did!" screamed Caroline pushing Stefan aside and taking Elena in her hard. "Thank god she did or else you would be gone forever. Now you will be ok and we will be there for you. I know it isn't easy at first Elena but you will see, you will get used to it. It really isn't that bad. Tyler would you go get Elena a bag of blood? Elena, you still keep them in the basement freezer? Well of course you do! You see it will all turn out just fine." Said Caroline with her familiar enthusiasm giving Elena her loving smile.

"Wait, hold on Tyler." Said Damon with a concerned look. "Caroline, don't you think we should take a moment. You just can't rush Elena."

"Damon, don't be ridiculous. There is less and less time for Elena to make the transition. We better do this as soon as we can."

"Yes Caroline, I see your point but don't you think there is something you are not considering."

"No, I don't. Blood from a bag may not be perfect but it will definitely do the trick."

"Not that Caroline" said Jeremy who had just been standing in the doorway. "Damon means Elena doesn't have to become a vampire. She doesn't have to, she can do what she want. It isn't because you all are vampires that she needs to be one too."

Silence again as Jeremy stepped closer to her sister, taking her hand, and offering her the best smile he could considering the circumstances. It may not have been a strong one but its message was very strong.

Elena only started to realise the situation. She couldn't completely grasp the magnitude of the situation. She couldn't in such a short time. She only knew there was only one man who could help her sort this out.