Stefan
Caroline and I were walking inside the boarding house looking for Damon and Elena. We were all at Elena's house when we told her about Damon's bite, she said for us to wait an hour so she could talk to him alone. None of use were okay with that but we agreed.
Caroline and I decided we would go first to check on them and call the others if we needed to. So far Damon and Elena weren't giving us a reason not to call the others.
"Stefan lets just split up. Maybe Damon pissed Elena off and she went in one of the other rooms or something." Caroline said.
I nodded. "Alright if you find one of them call me."
She nodded and went to the other side of the house. I went upstairs to check the library, neither of them were in there. I headed over to my room to see if Elena fell asleep in there.
"Elena?" I called when I went to check my bathroom. She wasn't in here. I walked outside of my room but stopped when I heard sobbing.
I turned around and saw Damon's door opened a little bit. I noticed thats where the sobbing was coming from. I cautiously walked over to the door afraid of what I was going to find.
I opened the door a little more and saw there was no light turned on. "Elena?" I called out again, I turned on the light and was shocked at the scene before me.
Elena was holding onto Damon's body crying and I could see the reason for her tears, Damon was dead. I ran over to the bed and saw the pale and dullness of Damon's skin and his face was so lifeless.
I tried holding back my tears and looked at Elena. She had her head turned toward me and tears were falling freely down her face.
"Hes gone Stefan." Elena whispered to me and then she started to sob again.
My lip started to tremble and put my face in my hands. I had to get out of here, I couldn't see my brother like this. I started to run out of the room but I ran into Caroline.
"Stefan I could-" Caroline started but stopped when she saw my face.
"What happened, whats wrong?" She asked.
I looked down. "Stefan what is it?" She asked moving towards Damon door, she stopped short when she saw Damon.
"Oh my god." Caroline whispered putting her hand over her mouth. I saw the realization come across her face and then her tears formed.
I grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the room. "Oh my gosh Stefan what are we going to do?" Caroline asked crying.
"Call Jeremy and Alaric. I'm going to talk to Elena."
"No Stefan I'll do it, you don't need to see your brother like that."
"Caroline-"
"No Stefan, you call Jeremy and Ric. I'll get Elena." Caroline said going towards the door.
I didn't feel like arguing with her so I let her go talk to Elena while I called the others.
Caroline
I walked into Damon's bedroom trying to put on the brave act a best I could.
"Elena?" I called moving more into the room. Elena hadn't move from that spot since we got here. She was still holding on to Damon and crying her eyes out. These weren't tears of losing a friend these were tears of losing a lover, her other half.
I moved onto the bed and sat next to her. "Elena sweetie you have to let go of Damon. You need some rest."
Elena shook her head violently. "No Im not leaving him Caroline."
"Elena you've been sitting here a long time lets just go get you something to drink and maybe a shower so you can relax." I said trying to be soothing.
"NO Caroline I'm not leaving him!" Elena yelled.
"Elena please?" I said grabbing onto her arm so I could force her up. It didn't work because she started thrashing her arms around.
"Leave me alone! Im not going to leave him!" Elena screamed.
Stefan came into the room. "Whats going on?"
"She won't leave or let go of Damon." Caroline said.
"Just please go away." Elena begged.
Stefan walked over to her "Elena you have to-"
"Go away Stefan!" Elena yelled again. She grabbed onto Damon tighter and sobbed some more.
Stefan got up and walked out of the room and I followed him. I closed the door behind us.
"Stefan we have to get her out of there."
"I know Caroline but were going to need Jeremy and Ric's help. There the closest she has to family so she might listen to them, if not were going to have to force her."
I nodded and sat down on one of the chairs in the hallway waiting for everyone else while Stefan leaned against the wall.
His face was turned away from me and I knew he was trying to hide the tears that were falling down his face but I saw them.
I moved up from the chair and went over and gave him a hug. He cried into my shoulder and I just held onto him as tight as I could. Stefan was officially alone in the world. No family at all.
Stefan
After crying into Caroline's shoulder I felt numb. I didn't feel anything except empty, I lost my brother. My big brother, the one who protected me as kids, fought all my battles, risked his life in the war so I wouldn't have to. My saviour and hero was gone.
My back was against Caroline's shoulder and my head was under hers leaning against her. I was staring at a spot on the floor and Caroline had one of her hands on mine in her lap and her other hand was going through my hair.
I don't know how we ended up in this position but it made me feel alot better. We both stood up though when we heard the door open and footsteps coming up the stairs.
"Stefan is it true is Damon.." Jeremy started but couldn't finish.
"Yea Jer, its true." I said my voice low.
Bonnie put and hand to her face and started crying, Ric ran his hands through his hair, and Jeremy leaned against the door frame with his head tilted up trying to keep himself from crying.
"Wheres Elena?" Ric asked.
"Shes in there with Damon. She won't let go of him." Caroline said.
"So shes in there holding onto Damon's body?" Bonnie asked.
"Yea and we need Jeremy or Ric to talk to her to get her to let go of him if not, were going to have to use physical force." Stefan said.
"I'll go in and talk to her." Jeremy said.
"Call us if you need us." Stefan said.
Jeremy nodded as he walked past Stefan.
Elena
I knew they were all here. Trying to get me to let go of Damon but I couldn't, I wasn't.
I heard Jeremy come in to the room and heard the intake of breath when he saw Damon's lifeless body.
"Elena?"
"Don't Jeremy. Don't tell me to let go or to move, I can't."
"Elena you have to."
"No!"
"This isn't healthy Elena! I know you cared about him but you can't sit here forever and just hold onto him, he wouldn't want that for you! He would want you to move on and be happy in your life but your going to make yourself sick." Jeremy said getting annoyed.
"Jeremy I love him. It took me all this to finally realize I love him and now I can't leave him."
Jeremy moved closer to me. "Elena you have to. His body will soon start to desacate and you'll be holding onto skull. Let Stefan give his brother a proper burial in his family's plot. You'll always have a part of Damon right here." He said pointing to my heart.
"No Jeremy. Just leave me alone and I'll leave him when I want to."
"Its not healthy Elena!" Jeremy yelled.
"I don't care Jeremy!" I yelled back.
"You leave me no other choice. Ric! Stefan!" Jeremy yelled.
"Jeremy no please!" I yelled.
I knew why he was calling them. So the could force me to let go of Damon but I wasn't going down without a fight. I grabbed tighter onto Damon.
Stefan and Alaric came in with Caroline and Bonnie following. Ric and Stefan were on either side of me grabbing onto my arms but I didn't budge.
"Get off of me!" I yelled.
Nobody listend and I kept trying to fight them off but they were stronger.
"No! Please!" I begged once they got my arms off Damon. Ric and Stefan lifted me up but Ric held me back when Stefan let go of me to pick Damon up.
"Let me hold him one more time please!" I wailed. I tried to fight against Alaric but he was to strong for me. I gave into Ric and we fell to the floor. I pulled onto him and started crying in his shoulder.
"Shh Elena its okay, you'll be okay." Ric said in a fatherly manner rubbing my back.
"I love him Ric." I whimpered into his shoulder.
"I know Elena." He whispered.
I grabbed tighter and cried some more.
Stefan
I had Damon thrown over my shoulder and walked down the stairs with Caroline following. We moved quick in case Elena ran after us.
When we got to the front door Caroline opened it and we went to my car. I put Damon in the back seat and Caroline and I sat up front. Caroline drove though because I couldn't even remember how to put my keys in.
It was a silent drive to the cemetary. I did want to give Damon a proper burial but we had to get his body out of there as quick as possible. Maybe when everyone calmed down we had could give him one.
Caroline pulled into the cemetary and drove as far as we could get to my family's burial plot. I picked Damon out of the back seat and Caroline got two shovels from my trunk and we walked.
When we got to the spot I laid Damon down. I kneeled beside him and tears fell down my face. "Goodbye brother, I love you."
A/N: I'm making this into a three-shot so the next chapter will be the last.