Summary: What if Katherine had been there to stop Rebecca? What if Elena had chosen Damon, instead of Stefan?730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhfNvY1JuD
It was a dark night, as Elena spoke to Damon on the phone, Matt driving Elena home in his old, white, Chevy truck.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zmrV2v3Wd
"If you had to choose, who would it be? Who would get the good-bye?" Damon questioned.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXVsS24Mf2
"I choose you, Damon. I love you both, but Stefan hurt me in a way that I don't know I can forgive."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4P1BlTWqc
Damon was relieved.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5h9A3AOw63
"I love you, too."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBtIPflYn1
"I'll see you soon, Damon."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKB4LvWsP5E
"Take care, Elena."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXM1rtpqYf
Just then, Matt hit the breaks, seeing Rebecca. Before he could hit her, Elena and Matt saw Katherine push Rebekah out of the way.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWheAFD5Lx
The truck stopped.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiihFt1WPc
Matt and Elena saw Rebekah and Katherine face off.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMezpirI0io
Kat hissed at Rebekah.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzgY2gJYyo
"What do you think you're doing?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMKcoTM5bO
"Alaric killed my brother. He's linked with Elena. Alaric has to die," Rebekah growled and hissed back.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPtYCyi4Ir
Kat growled.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2bYd4fBg4
"I won't let her die. I'll die before I let Elena die."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbAVzcx9H3
Kat growled again as a warning.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvbdWH4pp5
"Go home or I'll dagger you, Rebekah."
The Original growled before vanishing at vamp speed.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitK5iPxarl
Kat relaxed and looked over at Elena who had gotten out of the truck and was heading towards the vampiress.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoY8HzEp6I
"Katherine?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQjdkSGpXo
"Elena, you should go home. I'll make sure Rebekah isn't following."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbki6y9OO6Q
"What happened?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEE41vneKdq
"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."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygWVhucINb
"Thank you. But why do you care?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuhmWnyr1H
"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."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DIgBZAFif
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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIe7HVcGZ3
Elena turned from her and walked towards the car where Matt waited.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbj6dU9K3P
Kat watched Elena get in and the truck drive off.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQRrh6OWYC
Matt gave the phone back to Elena, which she had had Matt take and speak to Damon.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhyV57dJ1m
"Damon, I'm here."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwrw0KeyXF
"Elena, what happened?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkawNj5vAg3
"Katherine just saved us both from Rebekah trying to run us off the road to kill me."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1VqrpCG9t
"I'm heading back, Elena."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJ1YFwtdE6
"Damon, Katherine said she would make sure Rebekah doesn't follow. Somehow, I believe her. She said something else. Something about family."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pLJU506NR
"What did she say?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxH1eJqbWnX
"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."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNNBgpCIIQ
"You shouldn't believe her. Everything she says is a lie."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmisdIxLfC
"You didn't see her, Damon. It seemed like she wanted to say more."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBrWQJ7dGG
"We'll figure it out when I get back."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlY4BwSTlX1
"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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf970PyN6pq
Kat walked in.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPutmv8w7fp
"Good. You're here," she told them, and then sat next to Elena.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvJo99b62a
"What do you want?" Damon asked.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBlqGTJzFP
Kat looked at him.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBgei9DsA7
"You could be nicer. I'm older than you. Didn't anyone ever teach you to respect your elders?"730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxv2p2nM9J3
Damon looked back at her.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY53deJJrQD
"Respect is putting it mildly considering what you've done."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIf7NrngQJS
"What you think I did," Kat corrected.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiLq72w8Mi
Elena watched their exchange.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYI1kngkQv2
"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."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RycL1A4T3
The Petrova vampiress took out a brown, leather book. It looked very old.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLoeNcSEU3
Kat looked at Elena.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnggId0t8t
"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."730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwquVzxa6J
Elena took the journal that she handed to her. Then Elena and Damon watched her leave.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8Sf3ELK5f
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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