Summary: What if Katherine had been there to stop Rebecca? What if Elena had chosen Damon, instead of Stefan?642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1ZGbeph35
It was a dark night, as Elena spoke to Damon on the phone, Matt driving Elena home in his old, white, Chevy truck.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUv7jhZadMN
"If you had to choose, who would it be? Who would get the good-bye?" Damon questioned.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq816CAhQJX
"I choose you, Damon. I love you both, but Stefan hurt me in a way that I don't know I can forgive."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIuJWESrll
Damon was relieved.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfLJ2pv5cN
"I love you, too."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQx3IZ4OAu
"I'll see you soon, Damon."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO9pZvOFYt
"Take care, Elena."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8cRf6pN2X
Just then, Matt hit the breaks, seeing Rebecca. Before he could hit her, Elena and Matt saw Katherine push Rebekah out of the way.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwK7cQWNEZ
The truck stopped.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0JSd5kjYw
Matt and Elena saw Rebekah and Katherine face off.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTlSxeNWKr
Kat hissed at Rebekah.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhifDLqKz3g
"What do you think you're doing?"642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsY03rchH5r
"Alaric killed my brother. He's linked with Elena. Alaric has to die," Rebekah growled and hissed back.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3Wy2Ec94l
Kat growled.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzm0qPO8IaU
"I won't let her die. I'll die before I let Elena die."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡompLRgiH1L
Kat growled again as a warning.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3jtna4fyh
"Go home or I'll dagger you, Rebekah."
The Original growled before vanishing at vamp speed.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CD0eFmOpJ
Kat relaxed and looked over at Elena who had gotten out of the truck and was heading towards the vampiress.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSHqtLOgB8
"Katherine?"642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuogXu16B0
"Elena, you should go home. I'll make sure Rebekah isn't following."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyJAhdxTuW
"What happened?"642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50aspOqhaM
"I saved you. Rebekah and the others don't know, but you have Damon's blood in your system. If Rebekah had ran you off the road, you probably would've died. If you die with vampire blood in your system, you'll wake up in transition. I don't want you to have to choose. I want you human."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbnqnNTNQZ
"Thank you. But why do you care?"642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoxl1huDZb
"Because family is everything to me. You are my family. I will not lose my family again. That's why I want Klaus dead. He killed my family 500 years ago to get back at me. I won't let my family die again."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvlVaEqKGk
Elena saw it now. The hatred she showed was to keep her dark past from being known. And her actions were to keep family together and hide the pain. But up close, she saw the pain in her eyes.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6F6juukOQb
Elena turned from her and walked towards the car where Matt waited.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5kVvl3Myj
Kat watched Elena get in and the truck drive off.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZl8smBAYd
Matt gave the phone back to Elena, which she had had Matt take and speak to Damon.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2lxquUa13
"Damon, I'm here."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4d3uvoG4aI
"Elena, what happened?"642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUMOGMuRZM
"Katherine just saved us both from Rebekah trying to run us off the road to kill me."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGxgMthyVo
"I'm heading back, Elena."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1xqCoWg6o
"Damon, Katherine said she would make sure Rebekah doesn't follow. Somehow, I believe her. She said something else. Something about family."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OUiWII6iG
"What did she say?"642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OLnNPGSwb
"She cares about family enough to protect me and want Klaus dead. I guess he killed her family 500 years ago to get back at her."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxixsbaTlS
"You shouldn't believe her. Everything she says is a lie."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGG47DomFQ
"You didn't see her, Damon. It seemed like she wanted to say more."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAa16Y70OFz
"We'll figure it out when I get back."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvU3C5LFii
"Meet me at my place, then," Elena responded.
Later, Damon and Elena were in her living room, Elena seated on the couch, Damon standing by a wall.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFwjCD3hnp
Kat walked in.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFZK2YJN2y
"Good. You're here," she told them, and then sat next to Elena.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡch4ROijYAc
"What do you want?" Damon asked.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BT1Y1DzBR
Kat looked at him.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHOEcU9yKE
"You could be nicer. I'm older than you. Didn't anyone ever teach you to respect your elders?"642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDB0Ovb67YJ
Damon looked back at her.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwvGCbzmWi
"Respect is putting it mildly considering what you've done."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuk6O6STE82
"What you think I did," Kat corrected.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBg9ixOKF0
Elena watched their exchange.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgLaW70gvb
"I'm not welcome, so I won't bother you unless you're in danger. I'm going to leave something with Elena. I know that she'll keep it safe. You're welcome to read it too, since you think I lie."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ewk8RtbOb
The Petrova vampiress took out a brown, leather book. It looked very old.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfugAYpDbO
Kat looked at Elena.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrI0puBninP
"Don't let my journal end up in the wrong hands. I wish I knew if this is a good-bye or not. But I don't. Be careful. Take care of yourself and the others, Elena."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9w4ljNEJb
Elena took the journal that she handed to her. Then Elena and Damon watched her leave.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5YJrBotgu
Elena looked down at the tattered, old diary and opened it. When she did, Damon went to sit beside her and they silently read it.
As Kat left, she knew she had to get somewhere where she wouldn't be found. She knew what Alaric was. She couldn't let him find her.
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