If there was ever a moment for my heart to start beating again it would be now. I rush to her and lean over her sprawled out body. "Harriet" I say not knowing whether it's safe to touch her. "Harriet" I wonder if she can pick up the desperation in my voice.
I step back.
What can I do to help her? The hospital will demand to know what happened and I don't know how to explain the bite marks in her neck. I need the help of other vampires. It was simple. They were the only ones that could have been in a situation like this before. Harriet's breathing is like a ticking time bomb in my brain. I can't call anyone from my own coven- they only drink to kill. I have only been immortal 21 years and know of barley any vampires but the ones who I was raised with. The only undead I can think to call are the Salvatore brothers.
I get out my phone and dial Stefan. I pray to god his number still works. "Hello?" his voice sounded softer than when I had first heard it four years ago. "Stefan, it's Theo, I need your help" I try to sound calm and collected but I'm screaming on the inside. "Who?" "Theodor Harford, you meet me four years ago when I was traveling with Mary and Charles. Look Stefan I know you barely know me but you said if I ever needed anything…" I hoped he could pick up the urgency in my voice. "What's wrong" his tone sounded serious. I hoped I was doing the right thing. i hoped. I don't know whether to tell the story from the start or just explain the current situation. I go for current situation. "I'm in love with a human" I spit out "and she started bleeding and I couldn't stop and now she's breathing but I don't know and bite marks and the hospital and" I'm going so fast I can barley understand what I'm saying. "Is she conscious?" Stefan interrupts my hundred mile and hour word attack. I look at her lying limp on the ground. "No" I splutter. Stefan sounds like he's going to help. I take a breath. "Have you given her your blood?" Stefan mutters "What?" I am confused. "Vampire blood makes humans heal faster" Stefan says as if it is obvious. No one has ever told me this before; I glance down at my wrists. "How do I make her drink?""Hold on Theo" Stefan pauses "What kind of injury does she have? If it's to her body then give her blood but if it's around the head then it could cause damage." I groan "I sort of dropped her head to the floor when I stopped feeding, she's still out cold" I whisper. Things are not looking good. Stefan takes a long breath "How far away from Mystic falls are you?" "about half and hour" I say – really its about two hours but I have no intention on following the speed limit or driving safely."Bring her here" Stefan decides. I take another breath.