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?
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He walks, you say sit down, it’s just a talk609Please respect copyright.PENANAnM1sN1RosI
He smiles politely back at you609Please respect copyright.PENANAIfZ4Xx4YYd
You stare politely right on through609Please respect copyright.PENANA8RulXraIyK
Some sort of window to your right609Please respect copyright.PENANAtOQaIpQZCN
As he goes left, and you stay right609Please respect copyright.PENANAWAcDT7zNFJ
Between the lines of fear and blame609Please respect copyright.PENANAgjT0LJfn6d
You begin to wonder why you came609Please respect copyright.PENANArhzROiCoc8
Where did I go wrong?609Please respect copyright.PENANAseQsxG0fgr
I lost a friend609Please respect copyright.PENANAYEy3Ix7eN2
Somewhere along in bitterness609Please respect copyright.PENANAJYz5zHI3Qg
And I would have stayed up with you all night609Please respect copyright.PENANAHRAyzUVv5w
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.609Please respect copyright.PENANA6r2qGqBvJT
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.609Please respect copyright.PENANAmdKonimZ8F
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.609Please respect copyright.PENANAB8wD1zXPCH
“Katherine?”609Please respect copyright.PENANAizYzbUjeWj
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.609Please respect copyright.PENANAoY5DBqMqgL
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head.609Please respect copyright.PENANAXnS8P4KtIc
“Katherine, can you hear me? If you can hear me, open your eyes.”609Please respect copyright.PENANALNOXJkZjOE
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.609Please respect copyright.PENANAWbwpXvPzIr
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.609Please respect copyright.PENANAIXRvf1vB0L
“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.609Please respect copyright.PENANAmwDKJk22If
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.609Please respect copyright.PENANAxDZ3mm8wmS
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 best609Please respect copyright.PENANAG1UUwaQNVF
‘Cause after all, you do know best609Please respect copyright.PENANAjshFrbVGSl
Try to slip past his defense609Please respect copyright.PENANAdkVzVALUej
Without granting innocence609Please respect copyright.PENANA4UosSdAT0H
Lay down a list of what is wrong609Please respect copyright.PENANABMrt6YAjVP
The things you’ve told him all along609Please respect copyright.PENANAx5Xp0UG7yo
And pray to God he hears you609Please respect copyright.PENANAsMFP7KlZvQ
And I pray to God he hears you609Please respect copyright.PENANACKFEtSIpfi
Where did I go wrong?609Please respect copyright.PENANANImbnzKz0Z
I lost a friend609Please respect copyright.PENANAT4eIc2G22X
Somewhere along in bitterness609Please respect copyright.PENANAp5Nf42iTrw
And I would have stayed up with you all night609Please respect copyright.PENANAbQbVELLP0v
Had I known how to save a life609Please respect copyright.PENANAm8trlWWzYS
As he begins to raise his voice609Please respect copyright.PENANAUBNrXzU1JG
You lower yours and grant him one last choice609Please respect copyright.PENANAerbUdWHOjd
Drive until you lose the road609Please respect copyright.PENANAH5DPOPHnbR
Or break with the ones you’ve followed609Please respect copyright.PENANANBp8YUU7CO
He will do one of two things609Please respect copyright.PENANAyPLtJ2veMp
He will admit to everything609Please respect copyright.PENANA8dxhDctnhL
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same609Please respect copyright.PENANA5HROqF4Bx8
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.609Please respect copyright.PENANAS0Bd8b87kt
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.609Please respect copyright.PENANAp9bDZLG2gL
“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?609Please respect copyright.PENANAePBxa4IMge
I lost a friend609Please respect copyright.PENANAkIzd7N4UD9
Somewhere along in bitterness609Please respect copyright.PENANAfMyw14sMUY
And I would have stayed up with you all night609Please respect copyright.PENANAukc7f7G1eT
Had I known how to save a life609Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7l0q2Nv0f
Where did I go wrong?609Please respect copyright.PENANAIdgV0Wc0H8
I lost a friend609Please respect copyright.PENANAAIokHitHI2
Somewhere along in bitterness609Please respect copyright.PENANATYtC8LfXE7
And I would have stayed up with you all night609Please respect copyright.PENANAKxZYkFCodp
Had I known how to save a life609Please respect copyright.PENANApzHbVeQ6DP
How to save a life609Please respect copyright.PENANAuGvj47u3YK
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.609Please respect copyright.PENANAOtRM3fiosb
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.609Please respect copyright.PENANACip1P7OFon
“How do you feel?” he questioned.609Please respect copyright.PENANAPQ2JSClznN
“I feel fine.”609Please respect copyright.PENANAj7TCRqQHE6
“Good,” he replied.609Please respect copyright.PENANArJFN9rCjFQ
He pulled up to the house and she couldn’t help but comment, saying, “Home sweet home.”609Please respect copyright.PENANArOStKNzJwQ
“Don’t worry. It’s just you and me now. Stefan left town and we broke up a while back,” he assured her.609Please respect copyright.PENANASCgRdQiUJ4
She smiled, happy about that.
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Where did I go wrong?609Please respect copyright.PENANAx3RZdJeX5f
I lost a friend609Please respect copyright.PENANAl9Q5ALTPEt
Somewhere along in bitterness609Please respect copyright.PENANAaSaB4sSPod
And I would have stayed up with you all night609Please respect copyright.PENANAWafYcQ7lJV
Had I known how to save a life609Please respect copyright.PENANAIX8bTk33Y3
Where did I go wrong?609Please respect copyright.PENANAGetJz1M8QG
I lost a friend609Please respect copyright.PENANAGxYWtzM5gw
Somewhere along in bitterness609Please respect copyright.PENANAOIgjsIOLyV
And I would have stayed up with you all night609Please respect copyright.PENANAVIWV5K6ZYS
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…