Arabella Gilbert ♡ TVD

Growing Pains

Arabella's eyes started fluttering and her hand was twitching. Suddenly, she let out a deep gasp and she flew up in hers and Damon's bed. Damon was holding her hand and he had sat and watched her for the entire night, patiently waiting for her to wake up.

"Damon?" She questioned with furrowed brows as she pushed herself up in the bed. "Wh-what happened?"

"I'm here, baby." He told her as he shuffled closer, pulling her hand upto his chest, placing a gentle kiss on her knuckles "You were in an accident."

Arabella frowned before she started to recall everything that happened before "Matt. Oh my god. Is he...?"

"Alive?" Damon said before he looked over at his brother who was sat on the chair near the window. "Ask Stefan. The hero."

Arabella looked past Damon and made eye contact with the younger Salvatore "He's fine." He admitted with a solemn tone which confused the older twin.

"Thank you. I thought that I - how did you..?"

"Save you." Damon interrupted as he squeezed her hand a little tighter. Knowing she wasn't going to take very well to the next bit of news. "He didn't."

Arabella looked between the two brothers. She didn't understand what was happening. Her head was pounding and she just wanted to curl up in her bed and fall asleep.

"When Elena and Jeremy brought you to the hospital before all this happened, your injuries were worse than anyone knew." Stefan told her as he stood up from the seat, making his way towards the bed. "Meredith made a choice, she used Damon's blood to heal you."

"And when, Rebekab and Kol ran Matt's truck off the road, you had our blood in your system, Elle." He said.

Arabella thought about it for a moment before realisation started to sink in. "Oh my god. Does - does that mean that I- am I dead?"

Damon squeezed her hand before he glared at his younger brother, neither one of them wanted to tell her that she was currently in transition.

"No, no, no! This wasn't supposed to happen yet!" She said as she her lungs started to feel like they had been constricted "I can't breathe."

"Calm down, baby." Damon soothed as he climbed into the spot next to her, he wrapped his arms around her shoulder and pulled her into his side.

"Maybe it doesn't have to." Stefan said as he sat himself down at the other side of the bed "I talked to Bonnie, she said she's stronger than ever, and there might be something she can do to help you."

"No." Damon said shaking his head looking directly at his brother "The only thing that's going to help is for her to feed and complete the transition."

"Yeah, but we have all day before she has to actually feed, Damon. That's a day to exhaust every possible way out of this. For her."

"There is no way out of it, Stefan." Damon retorted glaring at the younger Salvatore. Arabella's head was bouncing between them both and it was driving her crazy. "We all know the drill. She feeds or she dies. There is no door number three."

Arabella shoved Damon out of the way and stumbled out of the bed. "Will you two please stop talking like I'm not fucking here." She stressed raking her hands through her head of messy curls. Just then realising she really need to take a shower and re-style her hair. She looked over at Stefan. "Look, if there is something Bonnie can do, then I'm more than willing to try it, but.." she turned to Damon. "If it doesn't work before the time runs out, I'll feed. I don't want to die."

Damon stepped forward and wrapped his arms around her waist, pressing a soft kiss to her forehead. "I'm here for you, my love." He whispered.

"I'm gonna take a shower. I'll meet you downstairs." Arabella said before she reached up and kissed him softly on the lips.