I'm hell bent on keeping me promises so here it is the past chapter of the short fanfiction. Thanks again for your reviews! I didn't want to you make you cry though :( I hope you will feel better after this chapter!

Chapter 3: I Need You

When Stefan came back downstairs Elena seemed to have calmed down. She wasn't sobbing anymore, just crying silently.

Ric was leaning against the doorframe of the parlor and when Stefan entered he put his hand soothingly on his shoulder.

"He's gone," Stefan said tonelessly. "I can't believe he's gone."

At the sound Elena raised her head to meet his gaze. A spark was immediately transmitted from her to him but it wasn't a comfortable spark.

Suddenly she jumped to her feet and headed for the foyer.

"Elena – " Bonnie began but Stefan cut her off.

"Let her go."

Elena passed him without giving him a single glance and went straight upstairs. When she arrived in Damon's room and saw his dead body, new tears filled her eyes instantaneously. She closed the door, walked over to him and climbed onto the bed to snuggle up to him. She needed to be close to him.

"You're such an idiot," she spoke softly, stroking loose strands of his hair out of his face. "Why do you always have to play the hero? Why didn't you just stand back and wait?" At that point she started to sob again. "It's not fair! I told you- you – you wouldn't lose me. But that didn't mean… that I could lose you! I can't! How could you – do this to me, Damon? How could you… leave me?" She could barely form sentences because there was a huge lump in her throat that was almost choking her. "I'm missing you already. I miss our banters. I miss your stupid jokes and remarks, can you believe it? I even miss that eye-thing that you do! Please, Damon, come back to me!"

She didn't receive a reply. Of course she didn't. But a part of her hadn't given up yet and was still hoping. She couldn't give him up. There had to be a way. She couldn't accept his death.

It was so ironic. All this time she had played such an important role because she was the doppelganger.

You're the key to breaking the curse. The blood of the doppelganger will break the curse.

Her stupid blood was so precious when it came to break such a strong curse but in other terms it was just useless.

Or wasn't it?

The doppelganger is a supernatural occurrence, Elijah had said.

A supernatural occurrence – that was why her blood was so essential to breaking the curse. It was special. Might even have special powers…?

Abruptly, Elena stopped crying. An absurd idea had formed in her mind and she was determined to test it.

Suddenly excited, her gaze searched the room for something sharp and when she didn't find anything at once she checked her pockets and eventually found her key. Without hesitation she used the sharp key to tear the flesh over the artery in her arm open. She gasped at the pain but bore it. Then she opened Damon's mouth and pressed her bleeding arm against it. Her blood trickled into his mouth and as he was lying flat on his back, it ran straight down his throat. After a moment Elena got used to the pain and tried to get as much of her blood into Damon as possible.

"Come on, Damon. Don't leave me hanging," she said. "This is right, I can feel it. Come on, Damon, wake up."

A few more minutes passed and nothing happened. Elena was already about losing her new found hope until –

Suddenly Damon awoke with a start and his eyes snapped open. They were crimson red in bloodlust. His hands took a firm hold of her arm and positioned it and then he bit down. His fangs pierced her flash and Elena had to bit back a cry of pain.

"That's it, Damon," she encouraged him happily. "Drink."

Damon's hunger was immense. He sucked greedily and didn't want to stop. Eventually, Elena felt herself weaken and dizzy so she forcefully pulled her arm back from him, grabbed one of the blood bags he had ignored earlier, ripped it open with the key and then handed it to Damon. It took four more bags until his hunger subsided.

He tossed the last empty bag aside and met Elena's glowing gaze.

"How is this possible?" he asked amazed.

"The blood of the doppelganger is special, Damon," she explained smiling. "It has healing powers. At first I thought it was just a stupid idea but my instincts told me to try it and so I did."

"I'll never mistrust you instincts again. I can't believe it, I'm alive," he replied.

All tension fell from Elena's shoulders and she started laughing and he quickly joined it. The laughing was liberating.

After a while Damon stopped laughing and straightened up into a sitting position.

He cupped her face with both of his hands and reflected her glowing gaze.

"Did I take too much?" he asked worried.

"No, I'm fine," she answered smiling.

"Thank you," he whispered gratefully and then he kissed her.

The kiss was soft and held so much love in it that Elena thought she was going to burst. She didn't hesitate to kiss him back, just happy that he was alive.

After some minutes they broke apart to catch their breaths. Damon rested his forehead against hers and they smiled at one another.

But then they froze when both of them got a very bad feeling. Simultaneously they turned their heads to find Stefan standing in the door.

The End

Mean cliffhanger isn't it? xD Well the rest is up to your imagination. Will Elena stay with Damon or will she apologize to Stefan and say kissing Damon was mistake? I hope for the first but... you know Elena.

So, I hoped you enjoyed reading this short fanficton just like I enjoyed writing it :) Enjoy the coming episodes even if they make you scream or cry or laugh or everything alltogether XD

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