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.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEclGnQWhWp
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.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabR7XJh6Fs
Later that day, I walk into her room.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsssM6uzqqQ
"Elena."448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuQdufes65
She turns around to look at me, standing by her vanity.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndDS35TzVh
"Damon," she says.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Gw37eXZ8i
"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.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JN2odNsrz
"What's the big plan, little brother?" I ask, as I lay on my back.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPJ8lE9Xor
I roll onto my side and cough up some blood, before I look up at him.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnezWooRxp
"Lie still. Preserve your strength. You're not going to die. I have Bonnie looking into it."448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdAKpAaOuA
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.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSchGJGxB4O
"Damon, stop," she says.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2pg97TKjI
A memory of Katherine slicing by the side of her neck surfaces.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVE1tqlufOz
"I choose you, Katherine," I say, before I bite Elena in that same place I bit Katherine so many years ago.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTQER8zqx3
"Damon, it's me. Damon," she continues to say, as I bite her.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhcdTsv3gH
Suddenly, the hallucination ends and I stop.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE85Mkoo7O
"Elena?" I say.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3THXbMPPn
I take a step back and then fall onto my back, very weak.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOq2mpb87B5
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.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzDZGzkKbx
"You should go. I could hurt you," I whisper to her.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCPSGm5BUy
"I'm not leaving. I'm here until the very end," she replies.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Rv3HESrTf
She snuggles up closer to me.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPsskiTHcu
"You would've liked me in 1864," I whisper.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8VRi8gUdl
"I like you how you are now," she tells me.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi54gWILwgo
She damps the wet wash cloth on my forehead.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB65F14sFJm
I close my eyes.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyRj9Dgrwh
I feel her lips on mine once and know she just kissed me.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJymG0g2Iwu
"Thank...you," I whisper once more.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnmzdOuQsE
A familiar scent comes to me a moment before the voice says, "It's me you should be thinking. I have the cure."448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHp5XKqlp7
I open my eyes and Elena gets to her feet to get out of Katherine's way.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGHdOVzfvI
Katherine walks up to my bedside and gives me the cure, before she lays one hand on my cheek.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXj5UVQh5H
"You came back," I say.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHrSTgnm88
"I owed you one," she replies.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8s7TTgeHL
She walks off to the middle of the room.
I slowly sit up in bed.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhdTygcHuH
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asks.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpKBPIMh9K
"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."448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgvH6egoGa
She goes to leave, but stops at the doorway to look at Elena.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqLXMrgr6o
"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.448Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoN1NvSXOYt
Elena and I look at one another silently.
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