The Beginning Of Our Forever [1]

26. Goodbye Everyone

Not long after Elena had regained consciousness, a nurse came in to take some tests just to make sure everything was looking OK. Once she left, Damon snuck into bed with Elena and soothed her back to sleep, falling asleep next to her in the process. Caroline was the first to wake up that morning, quickly nudging Stefan awake so that he too could see Elena and Damon lead together, huddled in each-others arms.

Caroline smiled. No matter what Damon had done in the past or what she thought of him, she knew that right next to Damon was exactly where Elena was meant to be.

Stefan smiled too. Even though he knew that a part of his heart would always belong to Elena, it was obvious that every inch of her heart belonged to Damon. Damon's heart in return, was filled to burst with love for Elena. Stefan often thought that his and Elena's love would never have an equal. But he was wrong.

Elena woke up next, smiling as she wriggled within the confinements of Damon's arms. She noticed Stefan and Caroline were still sat together in a chair at the end of the bed and smiled as her eyes met theirs.

"Morning," Elena croaked, as she tried to sit upright without waking Damon. She managed to move his arms away and sat up, his head now resting in her lap. She placed her hand on the side of his head, curling her fingers around strands of his thick black hair. Damon stirred as she played with his hair, making Elena laugh.

"Sorry, I didn't think you'd wake up that easily," Elena smirked. Damon groaned and sat up in the bed too, his hair resembling a crazed birds nest. His eyelids were still heavy but he seemed to be running on automatic- wrapping his arm around Elena's waist and pulling her in close, her head falling onto his shoulder. He kissed the top of her head, brushing her hair away from her neck with his other hand.

"You're the one that needs all the attention, not me baby. I'm not the one that's been hospitalised," Damon smiled, closing his eyes as Elena did the same.

"Well I feel much better now, so you don't need to fuss anymore," Elena's voice sounded like she was about to protest, but she didn't make any move to try and pull away. Secretly, she loved the way that Damon held her close. Damon and Elena were untouchable when they were together.

"Well I bloody hope that you feel better by now! I've barely slept over the past 3 days! One minute you were awake, and the next minute you were out of it again!" Damon huffed sarcastically.

"3 days!" Elena gasped, as she lifted her head up from Damon's shoulder and looked down the bed to Caroline and Stefan. She pulled herself out of Damon's arms and scanned the room, noticing that Josie was still sleeping on another chair at the end of the bed. Her mind started to race.

"What happened? Where are the Mikaelsons? What did they do to Rebekah? Where's Lizzie?" Elena whispered, dreading the answers she was going to get. At once, she felt her stomach churning.

Damon stretched and shook himself awake, before pulling Elena back into his arms.

"You don't need to worry about anything. Klaus and Elijah took Rebekah after Lizzie knocked her out. Elijah has given us his word that they will leave right away and won't let Rebekah near you again. We've all been staying at the hospital ever since I brought you here, but the Mikaelsons promised that they'd be out of the house by the time we get back," Damon smiled, hoping that he was reassuring Elena that Rebekah wasn't a threat to her anymore. Elena took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, relief washing over her body now that she knew Rebekah couldn't hurt her anymore.

"Wow. I can't believe she even tried to hurt me. Actually, scrap that, I can believe that she would do that. She was desperate to become a human again, and desperate people take drastic measures for the things that they love. I sympathise with that at least," Elena smiled weakly, remembering all the crazy things that she had done to protect the people she loved. Damon looked across at Elena, his eyebrows raised in shock.