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I sit right by Elena's window in her bedroom, processing what Stefan had told me last night. I could barely believe it. Elena died last night and I didn't even get to say goodbye.

I haven't heard from anyone and I felt so useless at this point. Klaus was gone too. Not only didn't I lose my sister, I also lost my friend and it hurt.

I hear the door open and Damon is carrying Elena's body. "Damon, what the hell?" I ask, wiping the tears away from my cheeks. "What are you doing?"

"Elena, not dead. My blood in her system." he responds and I widen my eyes, my mouth wide open. "She–you're telling me she's in transition?"

He nods, setting my half-dead sister on her bed. "Pretty much." he says and more tears threaten to spill at the edge of my eyes.

Damon gives me a synthetic look before walking over to me. "Hey, hey. This is a good thing, right. Now's she's not dead, well technically."

"No, Damon. This is bad. Elena never wanted to be a vampire. I highly doubt she'll complete her transition." I concede and he rolls his eyes. "She will."

He examines my face for a moment before speaking. "You look awful."

I roll my eyes and push my way past him. "I thought my sister died. How else am I supposed to look?" I ask, throwing my hair up in a pony tail.

§

Later on, Stefan came to meet us and now we're just patiently waiting for Elena to wake up. Not even a second later, my sister gasps for air as wakes up.

Stefan is sitting with her on the end of her bed. She looks around, "Stefan?" she breaths in. He grabs her hand, "Hey. I'm right here. You've been in and out for hours."

"Wh-what happened?"

"You were in an accident." Stefan claims. "Oh my God. Matt is he...?" she gasps. "Alive?" Damon cuts in as we all look at him. "Ask Stefan, the hero," he rolls his eyes.

Elena looks back at Stefan, "He's fine." Stefan assures. "Thank you. I thought that I– how did you...?" Damon cuts her off,  "Save you? He didn't."

"When Jeremy brought you to the hospital before all this happened, your injuries were worse than anyone knew. Meredith Fell made a choice, she used Damon's blood to heal you," Stefan explains, "and when Rebekah ran Matt's truck off the road, you had vampire blood in your system, Elena."

Elena starts to panic, "Oh my God. Does– does that mean that I– am I dead?"

"Technically." I sigh. Elena snaps her head towards me, tears forming in her eyes, "No, no, no, no! That wasn't supposed to happen!"

"Maybe it doesn't have to. I talked to Bonnie, she says she's stronger than ever, there might be something that she can do to help you." Stefan responds.

"No, the only thing that's going to help is for you to feed and complete the transition." Damon cuts in.

"We have all day before she has to feed, Damon. That's a day to exhaust every possible way out of this." Stefan tells him.

"There is no way out of it. We all know the drill. You feed or you die. There is no door number three." Damon replies.

Elena starts to cry, "I was ready to die. I was supposed to die. I don't– I don't want to be– I can't be a vampire! If there's something that Bonnie can do we have to try."