Waking Up In Darkness

Magnifying Hope

I frown slightly. ''Well.. Rebekah was probably pissed that I got saved last time.. She said she wasn't done with me yet.'' She brings my arm to her face, seeing the wounds get worse. ''But they didn't have to.. Do this to you! It's because you came for me.. Isn't it?'' I bite my lip and nod slowly. Of course it was because I came for her. ''You should have left.. You should have left and find another way!'' She pushes her face closer into my neck. ''What? No! Elena, you was terrified of me when I found you.. Who knows how I would have found you if I would've left..'' She looks quickly up at me. ''But look what happened!'' She shouts, grabbing my arm and holding it up in front of my face. ''Look what they've done to you!'' I sigh desperately. ''Elena, he was making you think that I was the one who was hurting you..'' I say as I flinch at the memory of how she looked at me, the fear I saw in her eyes. '' You looked terrible! Think about Alexis. I honestly think she wouldn't have survived it much longer Elena..'' ''But yet again.. You nearly died because.. Because..'' She chokes on her tears. ''Because of me!'' I sigh. ''But it was my choice to let it happen Elena.'' ''I'm tired of this Damon.. Everything bad that happens is because of me.'' She turns away, tears streaming down her face again. ''Elena you are good for me.. You've changed me in so many different ways..'' I wrap my arms around her waist, trying to ignore the burning pain in my arm. ''Oh Damon..'' She leans her head on my chest. ''You have changed me too. But I feel like I'm hurting you all the time..'' I smile softly. ''You're not Elena..'' She turns her face to look up at me.. ''We need to fix this but..'' She pauses in her sentence, a yawn escaping her lips. ''How?'' I sigh. ''I don't know yet.'' I rub her back a little as she yawns. ''Are you tired?'' ''I can't..'' She yawns again. ''I Can't sleep while you're..'' Her eyes close slowly. ''I can't sleep while you're like this, Damon..'' I sigh softly and take her in my arms. I force a smile on my face and vs home with her. ''No.. No Damon! I can't..'' She says, shaking her head. ''Don't make me sleep.'' She says, her eyes still falling. I walk upstairs with her in my arms and sit down on the bed, placing her on my lap. ''Sleep, Elena.'' I smile softly. ''Don't make me sleep.. Anything could happen to you.. Let me hel--'' She yawns. ''--p you!'' I caress her cheek. ''We can't do anything right now..'' ''Please Da--'' She yawns again. ''--mon. Please don't do this.. Remember what happened last time..'' She says, her eyes filling with tears again. ''Last time when what?'' I frown. ''When Tyler bit you.. I almost lost you that day.. That kiss.. It was..'' A yawn escapes her lips again and she starts to drift off slightly. ''It was?'' I say, holding her close to me. I wait for her response but she doesn't answer me and I smile, letting her sleep. I shift a little on the bed, placing a soft kiss on her head, whispering. ''Goodnight, Elena.'' As I fall asleep myself.