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.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHr4KalHivs
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.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8jCxcVp0S
Later that day, I walk into her room.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePv57EehqE
"Elena."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79xXCxtmAy
She turns around to look at me, standing by her vanity.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKYRvCR375
"Damon," she says.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3v9QwvghK
"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.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRY8FMuW0Nm
"What's the big plan, little brother?" I ask, as I lay on my back.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0F9IZMuoe
I roll onto my side and cough up some blood, before I look up at him.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGw5NcA8fY
"Lie still. Preserve your strength. You're not going to die. I have Bonnie looking into it."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IVe7FchNg
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.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvsBgEAnLN
"Damon, stop," she says.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYFp0iZxsb
A memory of Katherine slicing by the side of her neck surfaces.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEfWW48vcF
"I choose you, Katherine," I say, before I bite Elena in that same place I bit Katherine so many years ago.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡft4SMBBN8Y
"Damon, it's me. Damon," she continues to say, as I bite her.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCJKBcuFb3
Suddenly, the hallucination ends and I stop.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZ2QjFEVWl
"Elena?" I say.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5vgcLrJ4K
I take a step back and then fall onto my back, very weak.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wpPnUQ02V
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.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXyqf4nP9H
"You should go. I could hurt you," I whisper to her.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oQovUrijf
"I'm not leaving. I'm here until the very end," she replies.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3BEUJN8Ej
She snuggles up closer to me.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vZFP9LgTL
"You would've liked me in 1864," I whisper.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROjE2rF6A5
"I like you how you are now," she tells me.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtbQtIKhig
She damps the wet wash cloth on my forehead.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHw7Ibuvze
I close my eyes.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkt3nseXHPB
I feel her lips on mine once and know she just kissed me.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HuziIzdqr
"Thank...you," I whisper once more.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVjPKxeBhR
A familiar scent comes to me a moment before the voice says, "It's me you should be thinking. I have the cure."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUrqryi033
I open my eyes and Elena gets to her feet to get out of Katherine's way.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKNxAUtxNQ
Katherine walks up to my bedside and gives me the cure, before she lays one hand on my cheek.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymB73YRC1t
"You came back," I say.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxHPyPFhMU
"I owed you one," she replies.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeA3GUz52V
She walks off to the middle of the room.
I slowly sit up in bed.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqjyTmWV17
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asks.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iqazVYall
"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."411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MmWgn2qPh
She goes to leave, but stops at the doorway to look at Elena.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTB513heHj
"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.411Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ700Kn4WNb9
Elena and I look at one another silently.
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