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.484Please respect copyright.PENANAb9ghN7Kf0h
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.484Please respect copyright.PENANAtQqypMl0NW
Later that day, I walk into her room.484Please respect copyright.PENANA4uPuOMP7KQ
"Elena."484Please respect copyright.PENANAmy3dpsRvYz
She turns around to look at me, standing by her vanity.484Please respect copyright.PENANAWEWJ6Geiuo
"Damon," she says.484Please respect copyright.PENANACSjBpkn3Cd
"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.484Please respect copyright.PENANAHpqJ3gMXkT
"What's the big plan, little brother?" I ask, as I lay on my back.484Please respect copyright.PENANAfldCR0Q1ka
I roll onto my side and cough up some blood, before I look up at him.484Please respect copyright.PENANA4sU6PPhIM7
"Lie still. Preserve your strength. You're not going to die. I have Bonnie looking into it."484Please respect copyright.PENANANLkFPWhqQC
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.484Please respect copyright.PENANAVQF438FTXZ
"Damon, stop," she says.484Please respect copyright.PENANAto0zvxuNyl
A memory of Katherine slicing by the side of her neck surfaces.484Please respect copyright.PENANAD3BAj8TrK0
"I choose you, Katherine," I say, before I bite Elena in that same place I bit Katherine so many years ago.484Please respect copyright.PENANAf8fplWf4UM
"Damon, it's me. Damon," she continues to say, as I bite her.484Please respect copyright.PENANAxSehHHGXdV
Suddenly, the hallucination ends and I stop.484Please respect copyright.PENANABxEXqBnop6
"Elena?" I say.484Please respect copyright.PENANAFxSAzPp0kh
I take a step back and then fall onto my back, very weak.484Please respect copyright.PENANA9HqLDyBrpS
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.484Please respect copyright.PENANAFdWndH6oEQ
"You should go. I could hurt you," I whisper to her.484Please respect copyright.PENANAg8IlDzvFqB
"I'm not leaving. I'm here until the very end," she replies.484Please respect copyright.PENANAT79Ro6yNQL
She snuggles up closer to me.484Please respect copyright.PENANApsynOmKzIf
"You would've liked me in 1864," I whisper.484Please respect copyright.PENANAy7wh0DUhEz
"I like you how you are now," she tells me.484Please respect copyright.PENANAaF75IsqZFn
She damps the wet wash cloth on my forehead.484Please respect copyright.PENANA1hB8t1SBF0
I close my eyes.484Please respect copyright.PENANAeRlmeyXCpw
I feel her lips on mine once and know she just kissed me.484Please respect copyright.PENANA8rUSVrd0Ov
"Thank...you," I whisper once more.484Please respect copyright.PENANAI0IZrJ65CI
A familiar scent comes to me a moment before the voice says, "It's me you should be thinking. I have the cure."484Please respect copyright.PENANAc1Ajj6HqCP
I open my eyes and Elena gets to her feet to get out of Katherine's way.484Please respect copyright.PENANAFScU3h0bFY
Katherine walks up to my bedside and gives me the cure, before she lays one hand on my cheek.484Please respect copyright.PENANACHimEb2Thv
"You came back," I say.484Please respect copyright.PENANAAHev67vk3R
"I owed you one," she replies.484Please respect copyright.PENANAPV8gzJwJXo
She walks off to the middle of the room.
I slowly sit up in bed.484Please respect copyright.PENANAQKl5G7iODG
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asks.484Please respect copyright.PENANAdDMShymb9j
"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."484Please respect copyright.PENANAOxvYLqkYTC
She goes to leave, but stops at the doorway to look at Elena.484Please respect copyright.PENANAyLNJ9qUXQS
"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.484Please respect copyright.PENANAO4YM4kMxRB
Elena and I look at one another silently.
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