Hold On, I Still Need You

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Hey Guys, thank you much for reading this story and I hope that y'all have enjoyed it. I know this chapter has taken longer for me to update, unlike the others but I am back at college now. It has been a true struggle to write this chapter, not only was it a big part of where the story is going but doing it in general was hard. I had to do quite a bit of research and make time to write it along with all my homework.

I seriously wrote this chapter on the move, bit by bit. I also had homework to do and friends to hang out with so I hope it all turns out good. It is harder than you would think to write a fanfiction at college. Can't for this semester to be over so I can update quickly again! I really hope you guys enjoy! :)

-Taylor

Damon looked at Bonnie sitting in the passenger seat, as he spud to town square. She had decided to come with him, while Caroline did the armory and surrounding areas. They sit in silence and honestly Damon felt awful... He loved Bonnie so much and hated that things had been so strained, since Enzo died. He reached over and touched her arm, comforting "Hey Bon, I am really sorry about everything..."

"Damon, we don't need to do this right now, let's just do what we came for." She said, moving her arm from underneath her arm, looking out the window.

He sighed "You know I love you Bonnie Bennett and I thank you so much for being here with me."

"I love you too Damon, you know that... It is just really hard to deal with right now..." Bonnie swiftly wiped the tears before they could fall. "It's hard to be out here, looking for the person who killed the man I loved...I'm sitting here, trying to persuade myself that I am doing the right thing." She hated to talk like this with him but it was true, she was really struggling. But on the other hand Damon and Caroline were her best friends, they were struggling also.

"Bonnie... I know. Stefan has done a lot of bad stuff but he is my brother, I have to try. I haven't always been the brother I should have but I know I don't want to live without him. I need Stefan."

"I know Damon, you and Caroline both do... that's why I am here." She stopped there and tried to compose herself, before saying something she would ultimately regret. "We can talk about personal matters later, when we get back. Right now let's get to business and try to find something..."

Caroline ran through the tunnels there at the armory end. Damon had checked them innumerous times before, but it seemed like a good place to start. She had never wanted something so much in her life. She had came to terms with her mom being gone, no it would never okay but she couldn't lose both of them. It was not something she could handle. I need this to work! She felt a overwhelming emotion built up inside her chest and she just stopped in her tracks for a second. She tried to hold it back but a quick sob was eventually released from her lips. This has to work! We had our whole lives ahead of us, the girls loved him. If this doesn't, I have no idea how I am supposed to tell them.

She regained herself enough to move on, wiping the tears from her eyes. She soon got outside and begun to search the length from the Armory back to town. As she ran, she smelt something, it stopped her right where she stood. it smelt intoxicating and she knew exactly what it was. Blood.

With each step Caroline takes, the smell gets stronger until she found the source. She saw a bloody handprint on a tree near the road and drops all over the ground, she wiped her finger through it. As the smell got closer to her face it all came flooding back, she had smelt this before.

They were in the woods right as it got dark, it was the day Stefan became human. I knelt there beside him as he bled all on her hand, as she tried to hold it in. I lifted my arm up to his mouth "Drink Stefan!" But immediately, I remembered the cure and he coughed up the blood. She couldn't heal him. "Oh No, the cure is in you. My blood won't work, I can't save you. I can't save you!" I held my hand on his wound in a panic. I felt so much pain at that moment just knowing I could lose him easily. He was coming in and out of consciousness and you came to breathing heavy, asking where the lady was. "The Ambulance is on their way, just hang with me."