Stefan Salvatore & Maya Gilbert ~ The Vampire Diaries

It's Only Temporary

~Stefan~
"She's waking up!" "What?" ~ I went to get the nurse once we were sure Maya was actually waking up. When she did, Elena and I had to leave the room. Once we did, we called Caroline, Bonnie, Damon, Jeremy and her Aunt Jenna. When Elena called Jenna she started bawling before she even got anything out. Then she was in relief that she wasn't dead like she thought.

"Stef?" "Yeah" I answer with a sigh. "Do you think she's gonna be ok?" "Yes, I do, Elena" "What if she doesn't remember us?" "Well, then I guess we'll work on that when she gets outta here" "But she's strong, you know that, she'll get through this" "Yeah, I know" She said.

"You like her, don't her?" She asked, serious. "Elena, look, I don't think this-" Just then the nurse came out of her room, closing her door. "Ok, so Maya has a temporary memory loss, which means it's spotty, and she doesn't remember it now, but it's gonna come back to her-" "Over how long?" "The weekend probably, I would keep an eye on her, she's pretty tore up and she doesn't even remember the worst part"

"What does she remember?" "That her and her friend were talking and then her ex came up to her" "That's it?" "Yep, she's in for a long and tough road, she's gonna need a strong support system" "Thank you, nurse"

"I'll be back to check on her again in a few hours, let me know if there's anything I can do, ok?" "K" Elena said, sadly. The nurse touched her shoulder and smiled sympathetically and walked away; Elena sighed and sat down on one of the seats in the hallways.

"I got here as fast as I could, what'd they say?" Damon asked when he arrived with Caroline and Bonnie. "She's got temporary memory loss"

Then, she went on to explain everything the nurse said. But, I just couldn't listen to it anymore. I zoned out as I stared into the room at Maya.

"Stefan? You ok?" Caroline asked. "Yeah" "She's gonna be ok, you know that, right?" "Is she? Everything is gonna come back in pieces over the weekend, she's gonna be a wreck" We were silent. "Elena asked me if I liked Maya earlier" "What'd you tell her?" "I started to tell her that it wasn't the right time to talk about that, but the nurse came out and interrupted it anyway" I shrugged.

"You should tell her, Stefan" I sigh, look down and nod. "I know" "You should tell Maya, too" "When all this is over, maybe" "Stefan, it may never be over this is just the beginning" "She's right, Stefan" Elena said from behind us. "Elena I was gonna-" "I know, its fine, just go tell her, we'll go grab something to eat" "Um, two of you are vampires" "Stefan" "Ok, ok" She shakes her head and chuckles.

~Maya~
As I'm looking out the window, someone knocks on the door and opens it.

"Hey, Stefan" "Hey, how ya doing?" "Um, I've had better days, but I've also had worse ones" I chuckle but wince and grab my stomach.

"So, what's up? Is everything ok?" "Yeah, of course why?" "You looked at me all weird and then grabbed your phone" "No, I just remembered I needed something and was gonna text Damon to get it" "Oh, ok" "Yeah everything's cool" I nod, so not believing him.