Chapter two – Stefan:
The hours that passed seemed to go on for ages for Stefan, and he had been alive for 163 years. The guilt was eating away at him. Why did he have to take Matt? It was his entire fault. He blamed himself for everything. The one girl who accepted him for what he is was now going to become what he is. It's the last thing he wanted for her. For him to know that she won't get to live all the normal human experiences that she should do – Having children, growing old and just having a normal human life.
While Stefan sat and waited for Elena to awake, he let his mind drift back to the moment when they first officially met.
As Stefan was heading towards the bathrooms he was very aware of everyone staring at him. He didn't think much of it because that was the reaction he had gotten all his life. Where ever he went everyone always stared, however it's only been ever since he had been turned. Even though he was on edge expecting anything out of the ordinary to happen, he did not expect to walk straight into Elena Gilbert coming straight out of the mens. Remembering this moment brought back a lot of emotions especially when he thought about how beautiful she looked that day. Her long, sleek brunette hair hung over her shoulders and her perfect complexion shone in the natural light of the hallway. Sparkling bright were her chestnut eyes. She looked so shocked yet intrigued as she stared like everyone else had. Stefan was confused about why she was coming out of the mens bathrooms and when he questioned her on it she stuttered and never actually said why it was. Her voice was soft and gentle. He knew it was not the first time he had saw her and it was not a coincidence that he was around to bump into her. He had it all planned. She looked like Katherine and he had to know why. Katherine was a mean piece of work, but Elena couldn't have been like her could she? He had to find out, so he enrolled in the same school as her and returned back to Mystic Falls. This would not be the first time they would meet and Stefan would make sure of it.
As he smiled at the thought of this particular memory he realised that from that moment Elena's life changed completely. At that point she had no idea of what adventures, losses and pain she would go through. And now after all of that, she was lying in front of him about to turn into a vampire. Stefan shivered at the thought, but knew that this was the way it was to be and there was no way out of this. They couldn't fight their way out of this problem.
Stefan's thoughts soon trailed off to his brother Damon. What would he do now? He felt slightly proud and extremely happy that Elena had chosen him, but he couldn't forget about Damon. He was still his brother and he was going to have to watch him suffer. He knew that Damon definitely wouldn't stay in Mystic Falls just to see him and Elena together every day. But then again Damon usually came out and surprised everyone when they weren't expecting it. And with that thought, Damon rushed through the door only to stop and stare at Elena frozen, about to make the change to a vampire. Stefan knew his brother too well and could see that inside he was dying seeing her like this. Just like he was when he walked through the door of the ward. The only difference was that Stefan didn't try to hide his emotions. He just let it all out and had a good cry to himself. He felt guilty and angry with himself. Why didn't he take Elena first? Why couldn't Matt be the one who was about to turn into a vampire? He couldn't help but think all of these horrible thoughts, which made him even angrier with himself.
"Damon?" Stefan was careful around Damon when he was bottling up his feelings because he knew that he could burst any minute and it would not be the best idea to be around him then. "Damon, are you ok?"
Damon was still frozen to the spot. Not one muscle in his body moved. He continued to stare at Elena and then as if someone had turned on a switch in his body, he suddenly woke up to the reality that was in front of him.
"What? Did you say something Stefan?"
"Yes, I asked if you were alright."
"Am I alright? Well let's see… I just walked into a ward in a hospital to see… THE GIRL I LOVE, FROZEN SOLID ABOUT TO TURN INTO A VAMPIRE ANY MINUTE NOW. DO YOU THINK IM OK?!"
Stefan could see the tears coming to the surface of Damon's eyes and he knew that this was the moment that he was going to explode. He was treading on eggshells now and he had to be as delicate as he possibly could.
"Damon… Brother. I know what this is like for you. She's the girl I love too. As much as we hate this, we have to deal with it because whether we like it or not… this is happening. This is the reality we have to live with now. How do you think I feel? I took Matt out of the car before I took Elena. I LEFT ELENA IN THE CAR, THINKING I COULD STILL SAVE HER." He realised he was shouting at the top of his voice now, but he felt that Damon was the only person in the hospital that he could let all of his anger out to. "THIS IS TEARING ME APART FROM INSIDE OUT. AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT? IF YOU WANT TO HATE ME THEN THAT IS FINE, BUT ITS NOT GOING TO SOLVE ANYTHING. WHATS DONE IS DONE AND THERES NOTHING… ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT."
Stefan let out everything that was left in him. He didn't intend to, but he couldn't help it. All of his emotions that he had kept inside for the past 24 hours all came out a once and it certainly shocked Damon. There were a few moments of silence after that. Finally Stefan spoke up to put an end to the lifeless atmosphere that was lingering in the small cramped space around them.
"I'm sorry I shouted. I just had to let everything out and I shouldn't have done it here. You have every right to hate me and I completely understand if you do." Stefan wasn't expecting anything but more shouting from Damon, so he prepared for the worst.
"I don't hate you. You only did what she asked you to do. I'm sorry I went off on one too, but like you said – I had to let everything out."
Stefan's mouth fell open. He couldn't have been more shocked at what had happened at that very moment. This wasn't like Damon at all and he needed to know why.
"Damon, I don't understand? Normally you would be trying to rip off my head right now. You do remember that Elena picked me over you, don't you?"
"Yes, I do remember and by the way, thanks for putting that back into my head."
"Oops, sorry about that."
"It's fine. Look, I want to start a fresh and I'm trying to contain my temper. Clearly if Elena chose you then she wasn't the one for me. Everything happens for a reason and that must mean that my chance with someone is out there somewhere. I just have to find her."
For a moment Stefan let the silence continue just so he could take a minute to think about this new person stood in front of him that is his brother. He was changing and Stefan liked it. All of a sudden Damon shot out of the room and confused as to why, Stefan turned around, only to see Elena's eyes open as she coughed and spluttered. Immediately he rushed over to sit back down next to her. She seemed confused and unaware of the situation she was in.
Stefan decided to let her come to before he would remind her of everything that had happened that night. It took a while and Elena seemed to not be quite there for at least ten minutes or more. It felt like hours she was led there thinking or just not knowing what was going on. Stefan heard footsteps behind him and expected to see Damon appear beside him, however to his surprise it was Meredith. When he turned back to Elena she was looking straight at him with her still amazingly beautiful red eyes.
"Elena? Are you okay?" Stefan asked quietly but loud enough for her to hear. She stared back at him blankly and then responded quickly and confused.
"Yes, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?" Stefan could see that she had not yet registered that she wasn't completely human anymore.
"What's that smell? It's really strong and wont' go away." He knew what that smell was as soon as she said it. She could smell blood. And then the expression in her face changed dramatically. She knew now… She was a vampire.
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