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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsd7OsWfHbv
She looked at him, as he sat down beside her.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwghVMvH0v
"How is he?"716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpWT8RUK2Y
"He'll live," he answered her.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlG4J8c2Qv
His reply relieved her, though she didn't know what she felt about Ric being human again.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Vj5rLpIsm
Suddenly images began to come to her; memories. Pain began in her head, as they surfaced.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqQeWkInBI
She put fingers to her temple.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJFynyf3vO
"Elena?" he called, worried.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnEnMYbvUc
"I'm starting to remember."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdF3FfgD8N
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Y82OH8sxI
"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."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3jC6s1UQW
"Because I love you. I chose you," she replied.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHFd7Hz4vR
"Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBw0UtMhqf
"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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3oUtgmiOE
"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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiccsmSrdxv
"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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpKwl8BstL
They were silent, as they looked at each other.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmpYjnIrIQ
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Kh62n7ijp
When Damon appeared, she looked at him.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfOpfTyolF
"Damon?"716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfYGqecd7k
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqvF1fmc9J
"Damon," she said softly.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxnDPXGzaH
He gently picked her up in his arms and left with her.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTvilbAcFa
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Later that night, she was seated on the couch, Damon in a chair by her.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uHmtE9lMX
"Where were you, Damon?" she asked.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3HNBUnKGn
He rested his hand on her leg and looked at her with sympathy.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4igZiJzOO
"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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2lX6mFJEe
"That doesn't mean you have to act like a..."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mNdsaWl3k
"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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9bya4zabZ
"Thank...you," he whispered.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6RQrrGAX1
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL22viqCsyx
Elena went to stand a distance behind the vampire.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIZyxDs43C
"Stop!" she yelled.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8lfxniCgB
The male vampire looked at her.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHn417Ryikt
"Please, don't hurt him."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoFTFqjgHM
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fLt7jE38C
She looked at him, as he looked her over.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJfg8sK2i2
"Hey; Elena. Focus. Look at me," he instructed, as she swayed a little.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWw35ignW2Q
"I'm fine, Damon," she assured him.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsD0iIb6iye
"Are you sure?"716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAHRmFBxPL
"I look like crap."716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGJfTAwzZM
He caught her as she collapsed, a hand between her shoulderblades, arm holding her up.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5X2gLAHJVV
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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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYZY5Koc6f
She smiled and he smiled back.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqNTYlfyAt
A moment later, they were kissing.
