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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCKNzZsmGD
She looked at him, as he sat down beside her.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvzAHjd179
"How is he?"616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ipr0hIs3Q
"He'll live," he answered her.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5sYZBIpJr
His reply relieved her, though she didn't know what she felt about Ric being human again.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIStw118PU
Suddenly images began to come to her; memories. Pain began in her head, as they surfaced.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQz60b13WT
She put fingers to her temple.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5CZJhU1du
"Elena?" he called, worried.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQ9Lwx1vjo
"I'm starting to remember."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ586UqSmadk
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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGdPMEc410
"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."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6O5mPiEZG
"Because I love you. I chose you," she replied.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6H1yow2fg
"Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bcn0ie0Xz
"So, that's it. You're just going to push me away."
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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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*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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQNl5KIdie
"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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKtA9r5bww
"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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnme5AIUfkL
They were silent, as they looked at each other.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yjwCES3yZ
A moment later, they kissed.
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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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSp1Of3fzf
When Damon appeared, she looked at him.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHttvfgQ4GV
"Damon?"616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRslmCdM8Id
At vamp speed, he grabbed her and jumped into the water with her, which saved her.
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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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nwWAn9DgS
"Damon," she said softly.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfi89ZpyldN
He gently picked her up in his arms and left with her.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpkO5cRFF4
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Later that night, she was seated on the couch, Damon in a chair by her.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlY0rzJqkT
"Where were you, Damon?" she asked.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkar1gnRbzZ
He rested his hand on her leg and looked at her with sympathy.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOcrLQVrA1
"I shouldn't have left. I promise you, I will never leave you again."
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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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdp42aPkwiI
"That doesn't mean you have to act like a..."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYFQ65vtL2
"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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*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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJ8Kz2GaaE
"Thank...you," he whispered.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKKDVzqv76
A moment later, his sire, Katherine, walked in to cure him before it was too late.
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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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*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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoW0ONknu0
Elena went to stand a distance behind the vampire.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFB78F2aZkN
"Stop!" she yelled.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYmCdE0Uci
The male vampire looked at her.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJt1QVTy6wY
"Please, don't hurt him."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNtV7fTdlZ
After looking between them, the vamp fled at vamp speed.
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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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORgqJCw4C3
She looked at him, as he looked her over.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UPdUvNnCM
"Hey; Elena. Focus. Look at me," he instructed, as she swayed a little.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSC9y3EpUm
"I'm fine, Damon," she assured him.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4ZEW4nc6i
"Are you sure?"616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFXm7FA8ft
"I look like crap."616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOd4hJx7LVO
He caught her as she collapsed, a hand between her shoulderblades, arm holding her up.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24VRDgEwkE
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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.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlO93wAYhO
She smiled and he smiled back.616Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGsAvm1JnO
A moment later, they were kissing.
