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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