Summary: What if Katherine had been there to stop Rebecca? What if Elena had chosen Damon, instead of Stefan?763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1kMBpGCbo
It was a dark night, as Elena spoke to Damon on the phone, Matt driving Elena home in his old, white, Chevy truck.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszkg8fYgcN
"If you had to choose, who would it be? Who would get the good-bye?" Damon questioned.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGZhIfy4Ql
"I choose you, Damon. I love you both, but Stefan hurt me in a way that I don't know I can forgive."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcaF30wrkS
Damon was relieved.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTNYM8GcGB
"I love you, too."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2h2YMxsFbt
"I'll see you soon, Damon."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU24MIcYF4n
"Take care, Elena."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KeimZHNuS
Just then, Matt hit the breaks, seeing Rebecca. Before he could hit her, Elena and Matt saw Katherine push Rebekah out of the way.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1eCaFSmps
The truck stopped.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlz93LlyO90
Matt and Elena saw Rebekah and Katherine face off.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38wAI6y8Zp
Kat hissed at Rebekah.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEW5RvJk5AP
"What do you think you're doing?"763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Pm9EfbVyO
"Alaric killed my brother. He's linked with Elena. Alaric has to die," Rebekah growled and hissed back.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn4bCb0rku
Kat growled.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWe7A5N9FI
"I won't let her die. I'll die before I let Elena die."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTde3xLQSLK
Kat growled again as a warning.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9msBgABsN
"Go home or I'll dagger you, Rebekah."
The Original growled before vanishing at vamp speed.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPj9qBT2bD
Kat relaxed and looked over at Elena who had gotten out of the truck and was heading towards the vampiress.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIPNIQ1ln6
"Katherine?"763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5TyO7czOg
"Elena, you should go home. I'll make sure Rebekah isn't following."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7bmPqX6aX
"What happened?"763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaZp4k6K37
"I saved you. Rebekah and the others don't know, but you have Damon's blood in your system. If Rebekah had ran you off the road, you probably would've died. If you die with vampire blood in your system, you'll wake up in transition. I don't want you to have to choose. I want you human."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7s3l9rBSCp
"Thank you. But why do you care?"763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vCGBLVH1X
"Because family is everything to me. You are my family. I will not lose my family again. That's why I want Klaus dead. He killed my family 500 years ago to get back at me. I won't let my family die again."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFbysPfGs2
Elena saw it now. The hatred she showed was to keep her dark past from being known. And her actions were to keep family together and hide the pain. But up close, she saw the pain in her eyes.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASbTt0RuGj
Elena turned from her and walked towards the car where Matt waited.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoA1pfM5sL
Kat watched Elena get in and the truck drive off.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQAoJKE3yn
Matt gave the phone back to Elena, which she had had Matt take and speak to Damon.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXDe9eupdr
"Damon, I'm here."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATqQZZjK27
"Elena, what happened?"763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyfsgwA6FN
"Katherine just saved us both from Rebekah trying to run us off the road to kill me."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNerQxb38P
"I'm heading back, Elena."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheaI9MGCaY
"Damon, Katherine said she would make sure Rebekah doesn't follow. Somehow, I believe her. She said something else. Something about family."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgc5MVNdn2k
"What did she say?"763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GnW553mze
"She cares about family enough to protect me and want Klaus dead. I guess he killed her family 500 years ago to get back at her."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahnTPhnpeD
"You shouldn't believe her. Everything she says is a lie."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKyBhwEbbB
"You didn't see her, Damon. It seemed like she wanted to say more."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNHOTRAHkk
"We'll figure it out when I get back."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCDRH468md
"Meet me at my place, then," Elena responded.
Later, Damon and Elena were in her living room, Elena seated on the couch, Damon standing by a wall.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRn5F3vEG24
Kat walked in.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVf5lsDk2Tt
"Good. You're here," she told them, and then sat next to Elena.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPshHlMTXJF
"What do you want?" Damon asked.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtAgoWoGYQ
Kat looked at him.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxrmmfBomu
"You could be nicer. I'm older than you. Didn't anyone ever teach you to respect your elders?"763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYxrMqjG8n
Damon looked back at her.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6jyEcGEFL
"Respect is putting it mildly considering what you've done."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3DiWTjMol
"What you think I did," Kat corrected.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuM4yFYLbl
Elena watched their exchange.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqwL6Dyya2
"I'm not welcome, so I won't bother you unless you're in danger. I'm going to leave something with Elena. I know that she'll keep it safe. You're welcome to read it too, since you think I lie."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsqzSbz8F8
The Petrova vampiress took out a brown, leather book. It looked very old.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSHDWiidvW
Kat looked at Elena.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4GQhMHNLA
"Don't let my journal end up in the wrong hands. I wish I knew if this is a good-bye or not. But I don't. Be careful. Take care of yourself and the others, Elena."763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBCj8JaSxe
Elena took the journal that she handed to her. Then Elena and Damon watched her leave.763Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWzThC7zqS
Elena looked down at the tattered, old diary and opened it. When she did, Damon went to sit beside her and they silently read it.
As Kat left, she knew she had to get somewhere where she wouldn't be found. She knew what Alaric was. She couldn't let him find her.
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