Stefan and Lexi are seated on the couch at the Salvatore boarding house with the music blaring Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name," Stefan drinking a bottle of liquor.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy74gyx0CCe
I walk over and turn the radio off.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFG2SZA03S
"Damon, you remember Lexi," Stefan greets.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzI6el9fpTL
"Lexi," I say. "Back from the dead."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiq2HZiQ0pC
At vamp speed, she pins me against a wall, hand tightly around my throat.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzYHeGCGoC
"You're just going to sit there while she takes her revenge out on me?" I ask my brother.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0Le9zWIwX
"Whatever time I have left here, I don't plan on spending it on you. Got it?" she informs me.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaB25mJfgs
"Okay, okay. Got it," I reply.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvFiFn0554
She releases me and walks over to stand by the couch, and snags the liquor bottle from Stefan. She takes a swig before Stefan takes it back and drinks some of it.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUTUQxUBRP
"Something might've gone wrong with Bonnie's spell and here you are," I comment.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gU4hkOQFd
"So you're saying I should be dealing with the supernatural, instead of spending the day with my ex best friend."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBSGMuyoXx
"Are you drunk?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsEUVfaI8f
Stefan takes another swig of the liquor.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlUpn38D9a
"So this is how we spend the day," I comment, before taking a sip from the shot glass of liquor I had poured for myself.
Later in the day, one of The Five walks inside the boarding house, when Stefan and I are in the living room.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZt2IiYVcX
"I got this from my good friend Connor," he says, talking about the gun he has in his hand, as he faces me. He then shoots me in the side of the neck.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxyrlYx7VD
"I want to know where Silas is."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIEohCQ28e
"I don't know where he is."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9t6OS43a1
Stefan and the Hunter soon fight and it ends with Stefan ripping his heart out, killing him.
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When I'm in my room, Elena, now with her humanity back on, walks into my room.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuKkD9N90Q
I watch her enter, as I stand in my room, Jeremy standing at the door.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjpDKacqeT
"Damon, we need to talk," she announces.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRlN2AeGAa
"What is there to talk about?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLFhBz3xyn
I walk over to my end table and take out a small box. I then open it and put the cure in her hand, as I stand in front of her.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6APhQIYdwp
"Here. Consider this a graduation present."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGi3HCcmPgA
I wince in pain.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNp4mYinb00
"Are you okay?" she asks me.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKD7Myc4WEO
"I'm fine."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YxNTKCM5K
"Take off your shirt."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9uF6lNzEL
"No. Not when he's here."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDCJIEunMK
"Fine."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Qo6499cNC
She walked up to me and pulls part of my shirt off the wound, showing that it has spread to half of my shoulder.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8m3ew1gHGi
She looks at me.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvalkMW5pd
"Damon, why isn't this healing?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBu4eFXACY9
"Because the bullet is laced with werewolf venom."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJq1zKEvQEd
"We need Klaus."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbEr3A9qJv
"Klaus would rather let me die."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqWLbPMCBe
"What about the cure?" Jeremy asks.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfa3ykV1UYc
"No," I respond.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMWk6C84cp
"He's right. If you're human, the werewolf poison won't hurt you."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJq1CwYLPmP
"No, Elena."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHLXKLrGx7
She sets it in my hand.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNkHhwyydx
"Take it."
I look at her. I then look at Little Gilbert.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaqHkK1Qx5
"Why is it that even dead, you're the bait of my existence?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTaeyf5Ih6
"You should go or you'll be late to your graduation," Jeremy tells Elena.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8jP1yJRuQ
She looks at her brother.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeBrgJTrQx
"Jer, no. Not if you can't be there."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioTIQyvaFv
"It the best time of your life before you go off to college."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRwwyxXWmd
"I haven't even sent in my application yet."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyI9oTotik
"It doesn't matter. Go. Mom and dad would be pissed if there wasn't a picture of you at your graduation."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVGrJ5Izkg
"Okay," she says.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0jc9MmZno
I watch them leave.
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When one of The Five wakes up, Stefan and Lexi get to their feet and I'm in the living room with them again.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVvFsHlcnE
I stand by him.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvjWfEiPIn
"He's up," Stefan said.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eNIgYf96b
"Okay. Let's do this," I say, heading for the door with the Hunter.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3jJt1kVyY
"Where are you going?" Stefan asks me.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCYbSCKqny
"To dig up Silas."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6NAooK6SS
We then leave.
The Hunter and I are in the woods standing by a cliff. There's a river below it and a few trees around us.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwwIxiil8b
"Where's Silas?" he asks me.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDz4Qbsh4Vw
"Well, let's see here. I dragged his body to the edge, dropped him here, and lost him somewhere in the rock."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ObpenLbiq
The Hunter sees my neck wound.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1uAkkcY2M
"That looks nasty. It hasn't healed yet. Why?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSknAKYVAGF
"Those bullets are laced with werewolf poison. You're as dumb as you look."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8GEcAjgO7
The Hunter shoots me close to my left side.
"Where did you dump the body?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7E8Sv22NhJ
I'm silent.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2b6BB9NoMr
The Hunter shoots me in the left leg.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6hh4vERZL
"Two more rounds and you'll be dead within minutes."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6ucPZcbIX
I don't say anything.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDXRXN35Ck
"Looks like you won't be getting this back," the Hunter adds, looking at the cure around his neck.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAeI3qYaPW
Suddenly, Alaric arrives and beats him up, before killing him and tossing him in the river.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqkfM5flA5
"One slight problem," I say from the ground on my knees.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGY6sPdqqwF
Alaric turns around with the cure in hand.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyAsrcjIFV
"You need this?" he asks.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3smzXexd4
"Yeah."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbstX4KM5nX
Ric tries to get me to take the cure so I won't die, but I won't. That cure is for Elena. I'd rather die. So he phones up my brother.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn390H9ufog
"What do you want me to do, Stefan? He won't take the cure."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qvycr32hi
"Caroline is calling Klaus again. I can find a way to buy Damon more time. Just stay there."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAoITqWCQi
Stefan hangs up.
Later in the day, I'm in my room. I have just put my shirt on, when Elena walks in and walks up to me.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyLKRU3Wn5
"Is it healed up?" she asks.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJpFu83llc
"Yeah."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zFpnkvR9y
"So it's all better?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknoqQCe2Wv
"Yeah."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQQ9Ofdztc
She stands in front of me and slaps me once across the face.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4wMlNjEW6
"Ow."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcbeTMpErm
"That's for choosing to die over taking the cure."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgO7GcTqQLM
"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 here! I am not sorry, Elena!"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zMooH8OJE
"Then I am not sorry. I am not sorry that I meant you! I am not sorry that you have made me question everything about myself! And I am not sorry that I am in love with you!"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3COCRchGvs
I'm silent, but thrilled that she has finally admitted it. And then we kiss.
Later Elena, Stefan, Lexi, Alaric, and I are downstairs in the living room.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XEYOPfch4
I say something and she smacks me on the shoulder.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMFFxCyvx1
"Ow."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHQIfMD2Qj
"Ouch," Lexi comments.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfmb4ehlgA
"I taught her that swing," Ric says.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBb1LF0PNzM
Elena walks up to Stefan.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzTbtyKrnN
"Can I talk to you alone?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6dS9w0TiK
Stefan follows her into the next room.
Later that night, when Stefan has his car packed, I stand in the doorway. "I'm not sorry for you," Stefan tells me.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8tUpPZKbu
"Then I'm not sorry for you, either. Do you need me to come along?"411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuItzVjO4H
"No. Lexi is coming with me."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVuD7jA3DP
I watch him drive off in the SUV with Lexi.
