"Just one or two people. Stefan and Jaime, they're just gonna help us get him into a car and back to the medbay. From there maybe we talk to Molly, she knows about this kind of thing. They're friends John. We're all friends and I won't lie to you. Its going to be hard. It's going to hurt you to do it but you know that you have to. He wouldn't want you to hurt like this forever. You know that. He's your friend."
Past tense, such a difficult thing, especially for a vampire but Lexi had tried, tried to get to him in time, tried to get him healed, but it had been too long. He'd been left there, unknown for too long and it hurt her heart to think how it must have affected John. The ones left behind always bore the brunt didn't they? Just like Lee must have done when Damon had taken her life. John talked about preparing the body then and Lexi knew how that happened, she had a little cloth handkerchief in her pocket and handed it to the doctor so he could clean the body up as best he knew how.
"Do what you need to do. I'm not going anywhere. If you need to stop, if you need to talk. Hell if you need a hug I'm right here, and I'll be right here for as long as you need me. You know that don't you?" She didn't wait for an answer, simply stood back a little to wait until John had done what he needed to do, and for the others to get here. It was the best she could do for John, and for the fallen detective now, and she'd do it because it was the right thing, she liked to think its what anyone would have done in the same situation.