It's a beautiful day, as we stand by Jenna Sommer's grave. Klaus killed her during the ritual. Jenna was Jeremy and Elena's aunt. Now they're on their own. All they have are their friends, me, Stefan, and Ric now. I take a rose and lay it down on her grave, and so do the others at the funeral.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHD8W8gA0W
After the funeral, I tell Stefan that Tyler Lockwood bit me and I show it to him. I then tell him not to tell Elena and I walk away from him to go home. I don't want her to have to deal with me dying. Her aunt just died. She needs time to heal.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKayrgpgzwj
Later that day, I walk into her room.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVZMc50CYm
"Elena."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8usgKX6IBp
She turns around to look at me, standing by her vanity.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3f75CZjgX
"Damon," she says.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKCWdE3PUS
"Elena, I know I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I need it," I say with a pleading face. I need her forgiveness for force feeding her my blood to make sure she came back to life after the ritual. I'm inwardly begging her to forgive me. She doesn't heed though, because she doesn't know I'm dying from a werewolf bite. So she practically kicks me out of the door and I leave.
Later that afternoon, I take my ring off and stand in front of the window to die. As I start to burn, Stefan comes in at vamp speed and gets me out of the sun. He then locks me in the cellar in the basement.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjGsYRS1ms
"What's the big plan, little brother?" I ask, as I lay on my back.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkF0XYGxdo
I roll onto my side and cough up some blood, before I look up at him.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSqQAxC03X
"Lie still. Preserve your strength. You're not going to die. I have Bonnie looking into it."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESznqFOZhU
He walks away, leaving me alone.
I'm let out of there later on and I wander the streets in the middle of the 60's celebration. Everything starts blending in together and I'm weak and sweaty and hot. But then Elena finds me and starts to get me out of there before we stop by a pole. I start to hallucinate that Elena is Katherine and get her up against a pole and bend down towards her neck.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBB6wrERyP
"Damon, stop," she says.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQNmdXiNNU
A memory of Katherine slicing by the side of her neck surfaces.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLF4D5rzNj
"I choose you, Katherine," I say, before I bite Elena in that same place I bit Katherine so many years ago.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jJpy38o2j
"Damon, it's me. Damon," she continues to say, as I bite her.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMWU5BDcpD
Suddenly, the hallucination ends and I stop.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UqMPxQQ63
"Elena?" I say.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPL6mxzEdjy
I take a step back and then fall onto my back, very weak.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JuUaCbAUT
Elena kneels beside me with one hand on her wound.
Later that night, I lay in my bed with Elena seated at my bedside with a wet wash cloth.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡty5RZtJbUT
"You should go. I could hurt you," I whisper to her.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujp5FWbXd6
"I'm not leaving. I'm here until the very end," she replies.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipTx6HgK6o
She snuggles up closer to me.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFzs0cxQy5
"You would've liked me in 1864," I whisper.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2EP2BFAkk
"I like you how you are now," she tells me.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAls3ger7Q
She damps the wet wash cloth on my forehead.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFijpCWMfM
I close my eyes.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbbyz8foqj
I feel her lips on mine once and know she just kissed me.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ryLrpWmE5
"Thank...you," I whisper once more.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqqbAqzob6
A familiar scent comes to me a moment before the voice says, "It's me you should be thinking. I have the cure."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkh9vb6vdw8
I open my eyes and Elena gets to her feet to get out of Katherine's way.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3e7982eyo
Katherine walks up to my bedside and gives me the cure, before she lays one hand on my cheek.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqZDjNBnBc
"You came back," I say.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvzGtwy6ST
"I owed you one," she replies.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41FDSi3VgF
She walks off to the middle of the room.
I slowly sit up in bed.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRV3cOfB6AN
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asks.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZe5wF8qsK9
"He just gave himself up to Klaus. He gave everything up, including you, to save his brother. I wouldn't expect him back anytime soon."485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMucuUeh0gG
She goes to leave, but stops at the doorway to look at Elena.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlakztJf92J
"Don't be afraid to love them both. I did," she says, before she walks out of the room and disappears out of our sight.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncIqjcM7ea
Elena and I look at one another silently.
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