Summary: Set in S6 after Jo saved Ric when he landed on the Mystic Falls border. What if, out of the blue, her memories resurfaced?
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Damon walked into the boarding house to see Elena seated on the couch, clearly having heard what happened with Ric.563Please respect copyright.PENANAPBDsoBzlkd
She looked at him, as he sat down beside her.563Please respect copyright.PENANAFOnmG0CDhg
"How is he?"563Please respect copyright.PENANAb7miCDSjm8
"He'll live," he answered her.563Please respect copyright.PENANAL6b7HRjPtu
His reply relieved her, though she didn't know what she felt about Ric being human again.563Please respect copyright.PENANAB1cFauLW46
Suddenly images began to come to her; memories. Pain began in her head, as they surfaced.563Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2LZBNpaIt
She put fingers to her temple.563Please respect copyright.PENANAjjbn9xF3I8
"Elena?" he called, worried.563Please respect copyright.PENANAe5yFxLz5YC
"I'm starting to remember."563Please respect copyright.PENANAQIjkgP5ZGZ
Her reply relieved him. He wouldn't have to explain a memory to her that he remembered, but she didn't.
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*Flashback #1*
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Damon and Elena stood in the living room of the boarding house, having a fight.563Please respect copyright.PENANAudAdEhFCKl
"There's nothing in this world that consecrates all the reasons that I am wrong for you. I am bad. I am bad for you, Elena. I don't know why you wouldn't run away from me as humanly possible."563Please respect copyright.PENANATaVzgWsYqt
"Because I love you. I chose you," she replied.563Please respect copyright.PENANAqQhaMggPZ1
"Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go."563Please respect copyright.PENANAMWUI64flxU
"So, that's it. You're just going to push me away."
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*end*
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*Flashback #2*
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It was a beautiful day in the boarding house. Summer was over, so she was going off to college to Whitmore. He didn't understand why since he had never liked school; even as a human. She was happy though, which made him happy for her. They were so happy that they began to make out. At one point, they ended up on the couch, as they did so.
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*end*
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*Flashback #3*
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It was a dark night, as Damon and Elena stood in the living room at the boarding house in front of the fireplace.563Please respect copyright.PENANAqYhzm4lEYK
"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 you! I am not sorry, Elena!" he yelled.563Please respect copyright.PENANAwEMGqiFLy2
"Then I'm not sorry. I'm not sorry that I met you. I'm not sorry that knowing you has made me question everything! And I am not sorry that I am in love with you! I love you, Damon," she replied.563Please respect copyright.PENANA0cytSujjgk
They were silent, as they looked at each other.563Please respect copyright.PENANA07EqP1vSEX
A moment later, they kissed.
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*end*
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*Flashback #4*
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It was a beautiful day, as she stood on the Whickery bridge, her skin being burned by the sun, her Daylight ring off, hallucinations gone.563Please respect copyright.PENANAsE7tKcOI06
When Damon appeared, she looked at him.563Please respect copyright.PENANArlNG8fchDo
"Damon?"563Please respect copyright.PENANAlj2DB1v6VS
At vamp speed, he grabbed her and jumped into the water with her, which saved her.
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*end*
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*Flashback #5*
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Elena was in the hospital, barely awake from Klaus compelling a nurse to take her blood for him, when she saw Damon there.563Please respect copyright.PENANAbhDcne8NZM
"Damon," she said softly.563Please respect copyright.PENANAucJ7Ame4Ms
He gently picked her up in his arms and left with her.563Please respect copyright.PENANAkwCoic8ZMc
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Later that night, she was seated on the couch, Damon in a chair by her.563Please respect copyright.PENANAIQA3fkMUzP
"Where were you, Damon?" she asked.563Please respect copyright.PENANATtXgjkdrCj
He rested his hand on her leg and looked at her with sympathy.563Please respect copyright.PENANAdFHiCkTM2g
"I shouldn't have left. I promise you, I will never leave you again."
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*end*
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*Flashback #6*
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Damon and Elena were having a fight in a house. He was irritated that she thought he could be the good guy, but he wasn't. She was wrong.563Please respect copyright.PENANAwYW6sdC5WN
"That doesn't mean you have to act like a..."563Please respect copyright.PENANAo8asmtaXU7
"What? A vampire? Well, guess what, Elena? I am a vampire! I'm not Stefan, so why don't you stop trying to turn me into him!" he yelled at her.
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*end*
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*Flashback #7*
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Damon lay in bed, barely awake, dying, Elena beside him, keeping him company and listening to everything he had to say. Knowing he was close to death and that he loved her, she kissed him once on the lips and then pulled away.563Please respect copyright.PENANA9uHOI3dRvX
"Thank...you," he whispered.563Please respect copyright.PENANAsji2wmNpkC
A moment later, his sire, Katherine, walked in to cure him before it was too late.
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*end*
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*Flashback #8*
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It was a dark night as Elena tried to get the door open. The car was on fire and the door wasn't budging for her. She coughed, as smoke filled her lungs. And just as she thought she wouldn't make it, Damon was outside the door and forced it open, saving her life, yet again.
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*end*
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*Flashback #9*
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Damon was on his knees in pain as the male vampire stood over him, who had drenched Damon in gasoline and stood with a lit match, ready to end Damon by setting him on fire.563Please respect copyright.PENANA80A5hG0wua
Elena went to stand a distance behind the vampire.563Please respect copyright.PENANAGIRSPEefku
"Stop!" she yelled.563Please respect copyright.PENANA08vRhn8j9z
The male vampire looked at her.563Please respect copyright.PENANAIfmCsRenku
"Please, don't hurt him."563Please respect copyright.PENANAY9Jn7Nj9pk
After looking between them, the vamp fled at vamp speed.
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*end*
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*Flashback #10*
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Damon stood in front of Elena, making sure she was okay, checking her over. She had just been in a car crash, which he assumed was due to a vampire.563Please respect copyright.PENANAAMjhqftJAi
She looked at him, as he looked her over.563Please respect copyright.PENANAbcLd6hhFf1
"Hey; Elena. Focus. Look at me," he instructed, as she swayed a little.563Please respect copyright.PENANANVNtPHP35h
"I'm fine, Damon," she assured him.563Please respect copyright.PENANAAiH9rBPyE9
"Are you sure?"563Please respect copyright.PENANAWOL966Qsjs
"I look like crap."563Please respect copyright.PENANAAvQfyBORyg
He caught her as she collapsed, a hand between her shoulderblades, arm holding her up.563Please respect copyright.PENANAkDjXOLyrwT
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When she woke up, she was in a car with Damon who told her they were in Georgia.
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When every memory that had been compelled away was back, she came back to the present and looked at him.563Please respect copyright.PENANAoIBobin3lA
She smiled and he smiled back.563Please respect copyright.PENANA92yvErLsS4
A moment later, they were kissing.