Stay With Me (Matt Donovan FanFic) Part 4

Chapter 1

My name is Aurora and my home is in Mystic Falls. It was taken over by travelers. We got rid of the travelers but at a great cost... we lost two special people in our family. Damon and Bonnie are gone and we're all coping in our own ways. Matt tried his best to stay with me, but I could tell living in two worlds was taking a toll on him. Now is a time when we really need each other the most, and I was willing to fight for it all.

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Chapter 1

Aurora's POV!

Flashback //

The sun was rising on one of the worst days I had ever encountered; the day I lost my best friend. Damon was gone along with Bonnie and the other side, which meant they were gone forever... he was gone forever.

I was a mess.

I stood in the middle of the cemetery just waiting for something that was never going to happen. I was waiting for him to walk up beside me and wake me up from this bad dream. I choked back tears as I waited there for what felt like eons.

"Aurora?" Matt called out to me gently. "Everyone is heading home, to rest and... " He faded.

"Forget?" I filled in the blank and turned around "Is that what they want to do?" I ask now facing him. "Go back and pretend it never happened?" I asked not being able to bare it.

"To mourn, and be there for one another" He said but I shook my head in response.

"No thanks, I'm uh... good hear" I told him. I was being distant, I knew it. I wasn't ready to face it or deal with it. It made the most sense that if I didn't act like it was happening, it wasn't.

"This isn't good for you. You need to be with everyone, they know exactly what you're going through" He said.

"They don't!" I said quietly. "I just need time... alone" I say before turning back to the woods. I heard Matt's footsteps as he took off and I sunk my head. I didn't want to push him away but I didn't want to believe this was happening and that's what they all were trying to force on me; to grieve and move forward.

"Aurora..." Elena's voice called out and I could tell her voice was scratchy from crying. She lost the love of her life, but yet I didn't feel sorry for her. In fact, just seeing her face made me think of how she never tried hard enough to bring him back. I let her take my place and now he was gone. "I know you're hurting, I know you lost him too... " She said and I snapped.

"I didn't lose him, you lost him" I tell her, now facing her. "He was taken from me, my best friend... was taken and now he's gone, into oblivion and it's your fault" I say with no regret. Elena looks at me and she's completely frozen. "I blame you. You didn't try hard enough, you took my place in that car and then you didn't even wait for him!" I yell and she starts to cry more. Without realizing it I feel the tears in my eyes fall and I wipe them away. "I blame you, Elena." I say before I take off and walk to my car. I walk past everyone, knowing that they heard me. I can feel they're prying, sympathetic stares but I just look forward. I get into my car and I speed off, not really having a destination, I just drive. I catch a glimpse of something in my passenger's seat... it's Damon's jacket. It set's me off... the tears overflow and I know I won't be able to stay here.

Present //

Aurora's POV!

It had been about 4 months since Damon was sucked into oblivion. Four months since him and Bonnie went away with the other side. Four months since I had a complete breakdown and blamed Elena for Damon getting stuck. Four months since I had been home, and by home I meant the border outside of Mystic Falls. The traveler's spell was still taken over on Mystic Falls so that meant it was a no vampire zone.