Hey! Hope everyone had a great weekend! Ok, since the last chappie was short, and it's a Monday.. Here's the next chap! Be warned, it's short too! But I will update asap! Enjoy everyone! And Please Review!

Chapter 9: Waiting

Waiting… That's what he was doing. Waiting for Stefan to bring Elena… Waiting for the doctor to come out of surgery and to tell him what was going on with Alexis. He washed himself off but he could still smell her blood on himself, and he was surprised that he was disgusted by it. He just couldn't understand why it was doing that to him. Normally he wouldn't have minded the blood being on him, but now, it was as if it was taunting him, making him feel nauseated.

Why he was feeling this way was confusing him, he just couldn't figure it out. It wasn't like it was his blood, or Stefan's, or even Elena's. The only other time he felt this way, was when Katherine's blood was on his hands. He loved to drink it, yet when he had it on him, it disgusted him. Maybe it was because he loved her, his mind mused. He shook his head, rolling his eyes. There was no way that he loved her, he barely knew her. Although, it hadn't taken him long to fall in love with Katherine. There was proof, the proof that love always burnt him in the end. He also knew it would never work, she didn't even know what he was. He would just have to turn it off, like he had with his feelings for Katherine all those years ago. Then again, he knew that he never really turned off his feelings, not for her at least. He sighed, watching as a doctor came out of the double doors. He came over to Damon.

"Are you the young man who brought Alexis Langton in?" He asked. Damon nodded, standing up.

"How is she?" He asked.

"Is Miss Gilbert here?" The doctor asked, looking around.

"Not yet.""Then I'm sorry, I can't tell you. I can only tell family, well the Gilbert's since she's staying with them." Damon looked into the doctor's eyes, compelling him.

"Tell me what's going on with her." The doctor blinked and sighed.

"Miss Langton isn't doing very well. She was apparently stabbed in the side, with what looks like, a stick. The stick pierced her spleen and we had to remove a tiny bit of it. The wound was also infected, apparently from the dirt she was laying in. Her left shoulder was dislocated as well." He stopped, looking at Damon.

"What else?" Damon asked, knowing full well that he saved the worst for last by the way that he was looking at him.

"Miss Langton lost a lot of blood… Now we done a transfusion, but it seems as if her body is rejecting it for some reason.""What does that mean?"

"It means that if her body doesn't stop rejecting the new blood, there won't be much more that we can do. Right now, she's resting the anesthesia off. We also gave her some antibiotics, to fight off the infection." He replied, trying not to look at Damon's face.

"So, what are her chances?" The doctor sighed.

"As of right now, not very good. I'd be surprised if she survived the week. I'm sorry I don't have better news."

"Okay. Thank you, doctor…?" Damon asked, not knowing his name yet.

"Rhodes, Dr. Rhodes." Damon nodded.

"Can we go see her?" He asked, knowing that Elena would want to.

"Yes, but if for any reason we need you out, you'll have to go." Damon nodded once again. "I'll be in to check on her in a little while." Dr. Rhodes sent him a tight smile and walked off. Damon sat back down, and waited… Waited, to tell Elena the bad news.