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.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyyG9ApP4O
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.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQsTeczUfO
Later that day, I walk into her room.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XiJ49Drhj
"Elena."384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DvwZcmRAX
She turns around to look at me, standing by her vanity.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORdbtnVtvl
"Damon," she says.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucPMtVuh2u
"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.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWGkFsAqA9
"What's the big plan, little brother?" I ask, as I lay on my back.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryclXwMq6e
I roll onto my side and cough up some blood, before I look up at him.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxh5dENX5H
"Lie still. Preserve your strength. You're not going to die. I have Bonnie looking into it."384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOiEffvOOF
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.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Fta1Bonje
"Damon, stop," she says.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iiiYobVvd
A memory of Katherine slicing by the side of her neck surfaces.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSpOk3fQEV
"I choose you, Katherine," I say, before I bite Elena in that same place I bit Katherine so many years ago.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDqlSNpHqh
"Damon, it's me. Damon," she continues to say, as I bite her.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4XcgiYNMr
Suddenly, the hallucination ends and I stop.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVcfH5eBNX
"Elena?" I say.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGciadIRDZL
I take a step back and then fall onto my back, very weak.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcE4jX8B6Mk
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.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9BGNJWJUE
"You should go. I could hurt you," I whisper to her.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqb9udv1hux
"I'm not leaving. I'm here until the very end," she replies.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClBdQQgmTI
She snuggles up closer to me.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9g7N80KmP
"You would've liked me in 1864," I whisper.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTZuG7AbsH
"I like you how you are now," she tells me.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfDnrMFiWa
She damps the wet wash cloth on my forehead.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeTBGLUVpI
I close my eyes.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1bQU63HXB
I feel her lips on mine once and know she just kissed me.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvIr7ZRYVv
"Thank...you," I whisper once more.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytcGoqhGzG
A familiar scent comes to me a moment before the voice says, "It's me you should be thinking. I have the cure."384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzX4KDQwzc7
I open my eyes and Elena gets to her feet to get out of Katherine's way.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhVLpnAkBt
Katherine walks up to my bedside and gives me the cure, before she lays one hand on my cheek.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIxzu9bVI6
"You came back," I say.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8hmyMUjur
"I owed you one," she replies.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYIs7E6kll
She walks off to the middle of the room.
I slowly sit up in bed.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JB5LUrFgB
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asks.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszRtBcj3hk
"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."384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKzwoeQuM1
She goes to leave, but stops at the doorway to look at Elena.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3h2hqx3Zg
"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.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43uCnYjw3A
Elena and I look at one another silently.
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