It's a beautiful day, as we stand by Jenna Sommer's grave. Klaus killed her during the ritual. Jenna was Jeremy and Elena's aunt. Now they're on their own. All they have are their friends, me, Stefan, and Ric now. I take a rose and lay it down on her grave, and so do the others at the funeral.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusca0OTpwO
After the funeral, I tell Stefan that Tyler Lockwood bit me and I show it to him. I then tell him not to tell Elena and I walk away from him to go home. I don't want her to have to deal with me dying. Her aunt just died. She needs time to heal.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOpkVNiU1K
Later that day, I walk into her room.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNlLDR9ecq
"Elena."410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmxmaYsoOo
She turns around to look at me, standing by her vanity.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuF0KMoKJ0b
"Damon," she says.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzrbEkJFcb
"Elena, I know I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I need it," I say with a pleading face. I need her forgiveness for force feeding her my blood to make sure she came back to life after the ritual. I'm inwardly begging her to forgive me. She doesn't heed though, because she doesn't know I'm dying from a werewolf bite. So she practically kicks me out of the door and I leave.
Later that afternoon, I take my ring off and stand in front of the window to die. As I start to burn, Stefan comes in at vamp speed and gets me out of the sun. He then locks me in the cellar in the basement.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkmQQR2aI6
"What's the big plan, little brother?" I ask, as I lay on my back.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMtM1HlMiy
I roll onto my side and cough up some blood, before I look up at him.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYGxWl3C4e
"Lie still. Preserve your strength. You're not going to die. I have Bonnie looking into it."410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFUMcvz3l1
He walks away, leaving me alone.
I'm let out of there later on and I wander the streets in the middle of the 60's celebration. Everything starts blending in together and I'm weak and sweaty and hot. But then Elena finds me and starts to get me out of there before we stop by a pole. I start to hallucinate that Elena is Katherine and get her up against a pole and bend down towards her neck.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOkY0987bg
"Damon, stop," she says.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4lKSK0EjW
A memory of Katherine slicing by the side of her neck surfaces.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkQr1Dkap2
"I choose you, Katherine," I say, before I bite Elena in that same place I bit Katherine so many years ago.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwUQOSpQ28
"Damon, it's me. Damon," she continues to say, as I bite her.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7Da7H2iyG
Suddenly, the hallucination ends and I stop.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4hHQMF2no
"Elena?" I say.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZokkaJfAe
I take a step back and then fall onto my back, very weak.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnsdjnKQsv
Elena kneels beside me with one hand on her wound.
Later that night, I lay in my bed with Elena seated at my bedside with a wet wash cloth.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PUhA7Keki
"You should go. I could hurt you," I whisper to her.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1fWXSYNEw
"I'm not leaving. I'm here until the very end," she replies.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9ecCdulKc
She snuggles up closer to me.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkV6ElAXfZ
"You would've liked me in 1864," I whisper.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eINTlVV5V
"I like you how you are now," she tells me.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnM8aIZQXt
She damps the wet wash cloth on my forehead.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqq6Cq3NlPY
I close my eyes.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlnKaBkPJm
I feel her lips on mine once and know she just kissed me.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHg8YC8O8F
"Thank...you," I whisper once more.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuX0efOE9u
A familiar scent comes to me a moment before the voice says, "It's me you should be thinking. I have the cure."410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bQr8dz4Fv
I open my eyes and Elena gets to her feet to get out of Katherine's way.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11GGOjMP4G
Katherine walks up to my bedside and gives me the cure, before she lays one hand on my cheek.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0VeIC6Obn
"You came back," I say.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITo5GZOQ7G
"I owed you one," she replies.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuX3TNUQTgg
She walks off to the middle of the room.
I slowly sit up in bed.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndNxtcO423
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asks.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAJoqOqdjS
"He just gave himself up to Klaus. He gave everything up, including you, to save his brother. I wouldn't expect him back anytime soon."410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSp0dpeD3c
She goes to leave, but stops at the doorway to look at Elena.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CZCCFnrmB
"Don't be afraid to love them both. I did," she says, before she walks out of the room and disappears out of our sight.410Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNwmik5Oum
Elena and I look at one another silently.
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