Ch.11: How To Save A Life
Summary: Set in S7, but kind of a future fic. Elena is back to going to college with Caroline now that she has awakened after Bonnie’s death. Bonnie died from the pills, since they couldn’t find a way to save her. What happens when Damon sees Kat on the side of the road? Will he save her, or leave her to die?
Step one, you say we need to talk610Please respect copyright.PENANAsDOSmP3Icq
He walks, you say sit down, it’s just a talk610Please respect copyright.PENANAmKMXvrcy1i
He smiles politely back at you610Please respect copyright.PENANA5x9DWlOLRW
You stare politely right on through610Please respect copyright.PENANAF5nStgHMUT
Some sort of window to your right610Please respect copyright.PENANAw6JScStl1V
As he goes left, and you stay right610Please respect copyright.PENANALdZLff5qUs
Between the lines of fear and blame610Please respect copyright.PENANALsUNOyVj1S
You begin to wonder why you came610Please respect copyright.PENANAvI41mcVXaU
Where did I go wrong?610Please respect copyright.PENANA5pvGMYKIgr
I lost a friend610Please respect copyright.PENANAPbCbLX7NpT
Somewhere along in bitterness610Please respect copyright.PENANAHNE1pGScCk
And I would have stayed up with you all night610Please respect copyright.PENANAt4khx55bTL
Had I known how to save a life
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It was a dismal night in Mystic Falls, as Damon drove back to the boarding house after a few drinks. He’d gone to see Elena at Whitmore College, since she’d ignored his calls for a few days. He had to make sure she was safe. And she was. Now he was heading back home.610Please respect copyright.PENANAklS5ZJlb9G
Suddenly, on the desolate road, he saw someone lying down on the shoulder of the road. Usually he’d just pass by, but he had a gut feeling that he should stop, so he stopped the car by the person, close to the shoulder of the road.610Please respect copyright.PENANA7yR4CzETXt
As soon as he went around his car and knelt by her, he saw her familiar face, but he didn’t want to believe that it was really her.610Please respect copyright.PENANAoFKiJrfcuY
“Katherine?”610Please respect copyright.PENANAqKFtVgPcaB
He gently got her on her back. That’s when it was confirmed that Katherine was indeed alive, human, and injured. She was pale with blood on either side of her head. There was also blood pretty much everywhere. He could barely see where her wounds started and where the blood started. That’s how much blood there was. He could tell that she’d lost a lot of blood. He listened for a heartbeat and breathing and if his heart could beat, it would’ve sunk. He didn’t care what had happened to her for her to be like this. He only knew that he couldn’t leave her to die. She was slipping towards it, though. Her breathing was shallow and her heart was slowing.610Please respect copyright.PENANAGqZKml9Uay
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head.610Please respect copyright.PENANAf8CDfIz12R
“Katherine, can you hear me? If you can hear me, open your eyes.”610Please respect copyright.PENANAkkb4GeZofT
After a moment of no movement from her, he took the chance and bit his wrist, putting it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat to heal her if all possible.610Please respect copyright.PENANAbKS5QMqYIF
When her wounds had healed and she wasn’t dying anymore, he took his wrist away which obviously healed, and sighed in relief. Sure, he hated her, but whatever had happened to her, he wouldn’t wish on anyone.610Please respect copyright.PENANA4KzWrdG8RT
“Let’s get you out of here,” he said, and as he gently picked her up in his arms he added, “Upsie daisy.” Then he walked over to his car and gently set her in the passenger’s seat. He then closed the door and got in the driver’s seat and started driving again.610Please respect copyright.PENANAwnB5jmygBC
As he drove, he looked over at her, hoping for a sign that she was going to be waking up soon. He knew she was alive and healed, so he didn’t understand why she hadn’t woken up yet. He figured she had been through a lot though and just needed to rest for a while. He knew that after going through a lot, it made people exhausted. He’d gone through a lot himself. If he wasn’t a vampire, he would’ve been tired of all of this a long time ago. Even as a vampire, he wished sometimes that he could just go and take a long overdue nap and not have to deal with anything or anyone.610Please respect copyright.PENANASxpwwOVbcO
He rested a gentle hand on top of her left one and looked at the road again. Maybe if she knew that she wasn’t alone and that she was safe with him, she’d wake up.
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Let him know that you know best610Please respect copyright.PENANAWpRVgWMz3j
‘Cause after all, you do know best610Please respect copyright.PENANAhFpuFtQSBv
Try to slip past his defense610Please respect copyright.PENANASA5y8WO031
Without granting innocence610Please respect copyright.PENANABc42zMOzWh
Lay down a list of what is wrong610Please respect copyright.PENANAiBMHjdMMeM
The things you’ve told him all along610Please respect copyright.PENANAvxurGTx1iP
And pray to God he hears you610Please respect copyright.PENANAxervlMgLIE
And I pray to God he hears you610Please respect copyright.PENANA4I45D8zZkg
Where did I go wrong?610Please respect copyright.PENANAkPzlULTxSU
I lost a friend610Please respect copyright.PENANAm1IgefSkC7
Somewhere along in bitterness610Please respect copyright.PENANAQHCeNBDLOB
And I would have stayed up with you all night610Please respect copyright.PENANA4OloRBH6xr
Had I known how to save a life610Please respect copyright.PENANA1V5NyABM4I
As he begins to raise his voice610Please respect copyright.PENANAUO1rd4cpFA
You lower yours and grant him one last choice610Please respect copyright.PENANA4XySPwJtrw
Drive until you lose the road610Please respect copyright.PENANAC1VBr8ACkF
Or break with the ones you’ve followed610Please respect copyright.PENANA3YC0V0JMF6
He will do one of two things610Please respect copyright.PENANAflUmt9dX9D
He will admit to everything610Please respect copyright.PENANA7QkcboMVTm
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same610Please respect copyright.PENANAxfn3iJNNWk
And you’ll begin to wonder why you came
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“Katherine, I don’t know if you can hear me or not, but I’m right here. I’m not going to hurt you. Whatever happened, I’m here for you. I promise you, you’re safe now. I won’t let anything happen to you. It’s okay now. You can open your eyes,” he said, as he continued looking at the road, hoping it would work. He didn’t want to have to go inside her head, considering he’d been cruel to her the last time he’d done that to her.610Please respect copyright.PENANAWHfFDXVVGt
As the minutes clicked by and she still didn’t stir, he wondered if he would have to go inside her head or take her to the hospital, after all.610Please respect copyright.PENANAsri8eqygiq
“Look, Katherine, I need you to wake up so that I know that you’ll live. I know now that I was wrong. I shouldn’t have been so cruel to you. You were dying and reliving your grief over your mother. You didn’t deserve what you got from neither Klaus nor me. I’m sorry for what I did to you. If I could do it over, I’d give you peace, instead. Please forgive me,” he confessed, meaning every word. Without her in his life or alive, he didn’t feel whole. The moment he’d watched Stefan kill her to get her out of Elena’s body, it felt like a small piece of him died along with her.
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Where did I go wrong?610Please respect copyright.PENANAt82EWbmC4a
I lost a friend610Please respect copyright.PENANAftha0Eb3f1
Somewhere along in bitterness610Please respect copyright.PENANAE7ag7ILRCo
And I would have stayed up with you all night610Please respect copyright.PENANAaWCW7IOesF
Had I known how to save a life610Please respect copyright.PENANAllXRR6MC56
Where did I go wrong?610Please respect copyright.PENANA8LxAVyALOy
I lost a friend610Please respect copyright.PENANAuSsDECW1fo
Somewhere along in bitterness610Please respect copyright.PENANAOWNyoUupEu
And I would have stayed up with you all night610Please respect copyright.PENANAUeup6fgr32
Had I known how to save a life610Please respect copyright.PENANAWDOnQ03NPB
How to save a life610Please respect copyright.PENANAwAeDkz5pNr
How to save a life
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After his confession and everything he’d said, which she heard through the darkness, she began to awaken half an hour later.610Please respect copyright.PENANA8MBmMdrNzj
When she woke up, she was still weak but otherwise felt fine. The second thing she noticed was Damon driving with a hand on top of hers and a worried look. Seeing her awaken though, she saw him give her a smile, which she returned.610Please respect copyright.PENANA2iebw2SLiT
“How do you feel?” he questioned.610Please respect copyright.PENANApbd2fPEich
“I feel fine.”610Please respect copyright.PENANARrqOBzSkoD
“Good,” he replied.610Please respect copyright.PENANASGgwDXjwEw
He pulled up to the house and she couldn’t help but comment, saying, “Home sweet home.”610Please respect copyright.PENANAuiU0CjUpua
“Don’t worry. It’s just you and me now. Stefan left town and we broke up a while back,” he assured her.610Please respect copyright.PENANARTUALJPKCc
She smiled, happy about that.
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Where did I go wrong?610Please respect copyright.PENANA5BgKbWcQKo
I lost a friend610Please respect copyright.PENANA0RXaLa1fyc
Somewhere along in bitterness610Please respect copyright.PENANA5EOq18Qj3f
And I would have stayed up with you all night610Please respect copyright.PENANAhhasGgl7O1
Had I known how to save a life610Please respect copyright.PENANA5occiLrGKw
Where did I go wrong?610Please respect copyright.PENANAd6V57GM78t
I lost a friend610Please respect copyright.PENANA4ldgVdlLaG
Somewhere along in bitterness610Please respect copyright.PENANA5Q5eJutNYf
And I would have stayed up with you all night610Please respect copyright.PENANAgfPrrOHhkH
Had I known how to save a life
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After a year of living together in the boarding house, they finally fell back into love. And so their love story continued on. And the plus side was that she could digest vampire blood and was no longer dying. She just looked like she used to be before turning the first time. And so, after finding that out, she had Damon turn her back and he was glad to do so.
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How to save a life…