Summary: Set in S6 after Jo saved Ric when he landed on the Mystic Falls border. What if, out of the blue, her memories resurfaced?
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Damon walked into the boarding house to see Elena seated on the couch, clearly having heard what happened with Ric.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmuNi8qeqQ
She looked at him, as he sat down beside her.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTfOldGm0a
"How is he?"621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoS8zdX5YZ
"He'll live," he answered her.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPieMaFHL6
His reply relieved her, though she didn't know what she felt about Ric being human again.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoYH4NQTng
Suddenly images began to come to her; memories. Pain began in her head, as they surfaced.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOuaigRUxV
She put fingers to her temple.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4B9P0qyu4
"Elena?" he called, worried.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANA6tnhMoP
"I'm starting to remember."621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedTUxN2N3v
Her reply relieved him. He wouldn't have to explain a memory to her that he remembered, but she didn't.
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*Flashback #1*
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Damon and Elena stood in the living room of the boarding house, having a fight.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5WnXlJ5JH
"There's nothing in this world that consecrates all the reasons that I am wrong for you. I am bad. I am bad for you, Elena. I don't know why you wouldn't run away from me as humanly possible."621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ydh61wY4u
"Because I love you. I chose you," she replied.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAyGSd1Z9t
"Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go."621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShowzChmwU
"So, that's it. You're just going to push me away."
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*Flashback #2*
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It was a beautiful day in the boarding house. Summer was over, so she was going off to college to Whitmore. He didn't understand why since he had never liked school; even as a human. She was happy though, which made him happy for her. They were so happy that they began to make out. At one point, they ended up on the couch, as they did so.
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*Flashback #3*
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It was a dark night, as Damon and Elena stood in the living room at the boarding house in front of the fireplace.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBhEWAfwQU
"I'm not apologizing, because I am not sorry! I am not sorry that I would rather die than be human! I am not sorry that I would rather die right now than to spend the rest of my life with you, until I'm old and wrinkly and you're still you! I am not sorry, Elena!" he yelled.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aeOBYFL57
"Then I'm not sorry. I'm not sorry that I met you. I'm not sorry that knowing you has made me question everything! And I am not sorry that I am in love with you! I love you, Damon," she replied.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEE5NXRsxZ
They were silent, as they looked at each other.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiawZep17on
A moment later, they kissed.
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*end*
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*Flashback #4*
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It was a beautiful day, as she stood on the Whickery bridge, her skin being burned by the sun, her Daylight ring off, hallucinations gone.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDenkKB421T
When Damon appeared, she looked at him.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4yL4YbtaT
"Damon?"621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SAwVIs87I
At vamp speed, he grabbed her and jumped into the water with her, which saved her.
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*end*
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*Flashback #5*
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Elena was in the hospital, barely awake from Klaus compelling a nurse to take her blood for him, when she saw Damon there.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wkOGb9xVI
"Damon," she said softly.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNKHvi4Asw2
He gently picked her up in his arms and left with her.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5wgGqfU75
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Later that night, she was seated on the couch, Damon in a chair by her.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsmlShoX2F
"Where were you, Damon?" she asked.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdWvmWkNxZ
He rested his hand on her leg and looked at her with sympathy.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqq2WOKNdk
"I shouldn't have left. I promise you, I will never leave you again."
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*end*
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*Flashback #6*
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Damon and Elena were having a fight in a house. He was irritated that she thought he could be the good guy, but he wasn't. She was wrong.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY07lknZlji
"That doesn't mean you have to act like a..."621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NMdramXcl
"What? A vampire? Well, guess what, Elena? I am a vampire! I'm not Stefan, so why don't you stop trying to turn me into him!" he yelled at her.
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*end*
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*Flashback #7*
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Damon lay in bed, barely awake, dying, Elena beside him, keeping him company and listening to everything he had to say. Knowing he was close to death and that he loved her, she kissed him once on the lips and then pulled away.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjqEGoxGls
"Thank...you," he whispered.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNv0eexdLiE
A moment later, his sire, Katherine, walked in to cure him before it was too late.
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*end*
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*Flashback #8*
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It was a dark night as Elena tried to get the door open. The car was on fire and the door wasn't budging for her. She coughed, as smoke filled her lungs. And just as she thought she wouldn't make it, Damon was outside the door and forced it open, saving her life, yet again.
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*Flashback #9*
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Damon was on his knees in pain as the male vampire stood over him, who had drenched Damon in gasoline and stood with a lit match, ready to end Damon by setting him on fire.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR84g7FEsl3
Elena went to stand a distance behind the vampire.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJuvGB57FU
"Stop!" she yelled.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHvwbIoMSb
The male vampire looked at her.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYdznDTPEL
"Please, don't hurt him."621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJapYqK33K
After looking between them, the vamp fled at vamp speed.
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*end*
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*Flashback #10*
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Damon stood in front of Elena, making sure she was okay, checking her over. She had just been in a car crash, which he assumed was due to a vampire.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbobXEzsGc
She looked at him, as he looked her over.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYo7seEZifZ
"Hey; Elena. Focus. Look at me," he instructed, as she swayed a little.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMf8u5LUbq
"I'm fine, Damon," she assured him.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhG36l0TwJ
"Are you sure?"621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlA8ZSRsBzP
"I look like crap."621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmuLf7PzJz
He caught her as she collapsed, a hand between her shoulderblades, arm holding her up.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2mwD6vDp3
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When she woke up, she was in a car with Damon who told her they were in Georgia.
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When every memory that had been compelled away was back, she came back to the present and looked at him.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMgsfdMfE8
She smiled and he smiled back.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX66hOlS7HZ
A moment later, they were kissing.
