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.PENANAt2ZJtoGHI9
He walks, you say sit down, it’s just a talk610Please respect copyright.PENANAAj6apRthrV
He smiles politely back at you610Please respect copyright.PENANAAOk5rXvWK9
You stare politely right on through610Please respect copyright.PENANAhRiR4KnmHf
Some sort of window to your right610Please respect copyright.PENANAzX60s3Ib4B
As he goes left, and you stay right610Please respect copyright.PENANAy0Q4l0fETR
Between the lines of fear and blame610Please respect copyright.PENANAc7u0010m1B
You begin to wonder why you came610Please respect copyright.PENANAtfSbVuq6Ug
Where did I go wrong?610Please respect copyright.PENANALOlXtxtq0A
I lost a friend610Please respect copyright.PENANARXx2kLFjOJ
Somewhere along in bitterness610Please respect copyright.PENANAbAWS8hJH4w
And I would have stayed up with you all night610Please respect copyright.PENANANhn4WMGGbp
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.PENANAg8HN72RBbz
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.PENANAxd2rmHrjFd
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.PENANA02cOpTpf1r
“Katherine?”610Please respect copyright.PENANAq8ssuBymAt
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.PENANA4J9TIfRGGA
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head.610Please respect copyright.PENANA9yQxNgpU8Q
“Katherine, can you hear me? If you can hear me, open your eyes.”610Please respect copyright.PENANAKW8kVADei2
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.PENANAnedVGlDpO8
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.PENANAXcyL8WiIzH
“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.PENANA4PQ3QVK72l
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.PENANAgyudSVrWjG
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.PENANAbIpKUcYrwA
‘Cause after all, you do know best610Please respect copyright.PENANANWdvQtV8qa
Try to slip past his defense610Please respect copyright.PENANAZntOAROv4Q
Without granting innocence610Please respect copyright.PENANAOuRJz8zf8h
Lay down a list of what is wrong610Please respect copyright.PENANAfn1B0U15wh
The things you’ve told him all along610Please respect copyright.PENANATBQBurrSiW
And pray to God he hears you610Please respect copyright.PENANAGRlQ4fOjbb
And I pray to God he hears you610Please respect copyright.PENANA4S189DR4Kv
Where did I go wrong?610Please respect copyright.PENANAWVTdrGHB8U
I lost a friend610Please respect copyright.PENANA4mQgkhuKte
Somewhere along in bitterness610Please respect copyright.PENANAmussT7pFs8
And I would have stayed up with you all night610Please respect copyright.PENANAce03S9cnfr
Had I known how to save a life610Please respect copyright.PENANAh8ToWUNV5o
As he begins to raise his voice610Please respect copyright.PENANA9YC8zTpAWh
You lower yours and grant him one last choice610Please respect copyright.PENANAZWFF5RuXoz
Drive until you lose the road610Please respect copyright.PENANAVDN0hgIMOz
Or break with the ones you’ve followed610Please respect copyright.PENANAJQz6Fn8V80
He will do one of two things610Please respect copyright.PENANAFFu76JG15H
He will admit to everything610Please respect copyright.PENANAfID3sUNaZ0
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same610Please respect copyright.PENANAKpWj48dhIS
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.PENANA4Sf5bBl44b
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.PENANAVBOXwxnPmT
“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.PENANAsRAoPHbBHp
I lost a friend610Please respect copyright.PENANAPun4B9zkwo
Somewhere along in bitterness610Please respect copyright.PENANAsKsDgxF8gu
And I would have stayed up with you all night610Please respect copyright.PENANAh8OaJ6QU4O
Had I known how to save a life610Please respect copyright.PENANAIRcoJPMVhN
Where did I go wrong?610Please respect copyright.PENANAn1NSNlKYcR
I lost a friend610Please respect copyright.PENANA8YSOVNxJNS
Somewhere along in bitterness610Please respect copyright.PENANAI9OjaIr819
And I would have stayed up with you all night610Please respect copyright.PENANAGyVctLhTnz
Had I known how to save a life610Please respect copyright.PENANAtRnQld11Gc
How to save a life610Please respect copyright.PENANAsHnOrvc2w8
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.PENANAopXIhL9SUZ
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.PENANAoT4RAtl9bm
“How do you feel?” he questioned.610Please respect copyright.PENANAp7dJ3dMGo6
“I feel fine.”610Please respect copyright.PENANAyxnzTmUgmK
“Good,” he replied.610Please respect copyright.PENANAl2XrPW0GeU
He pulled up to the house and she couldn’t help but comment, saying, “Home sweet home.”610Please respect copyright.PENANAkB9iTrrcIP
“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.PENANAfx9qHDknym
She smiled, happy about that.
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Where did I go wrong?610Please respect copyright.PENANAUpv1dTCyrj
I lost a friend610Please respect copyright.PENANAimEJTJDowE
Somewhere along in bitterness610Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7iWNWfF3c
And I would have stayed up with you all night610Please respect copyright.PENANAgwWgVR0ojU
Had I known how to save a life610Please respect copyright.PENANAiswXeg3qrk
Where did I go wrong?610Please respect copyright.PENANA0dTboDf22w
I lost a friend610Please respect copyright.PENANAWygysp8Sal
Somewhere along in bitterness610Please respect copyright.PENANAIR8n3lHWNz
And I would have stayed up with you all night610Please respect copyright.PENANAsLHheXWmkQ
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 life610Please respect copyright.PENANAQa0E1fCuhr
How to save a life…