Stefan and Lexi are seated on the couch at the Salvatore boarding house with the music blaring Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name," Stefan drinking a bottle of liquor.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdS4J1lfUiJ
I walk over and turn the radio off.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsk4qdb7wC
"Damon, you remember Lexi," Stefan greets.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1biFJCmk1
"Lexi," I say. "Back from the dead."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66l33GEbaT
At vamp speed, she pins me against a wall, hand tightly around my throat.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5obz5Yea7Z
"You're just going to sit there while she takes her revenge out on me?" I ask my brother.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrj0AmZAxTd
"Whatever time I have left here, I don't plan on spending it on you. Got it?" she informs me.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxsYuyPn3O
"Okay, okay. Got it," I reply.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHH2b3MC5m
She releases me and walks over to stand by the couch, and snags the liquor bottle from Stefan. She takes a swig before Stefan takes it back and drinks some of it.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEot1KxUJ9N
"Something might've gone wrong with Bonnie's spell and here you are," I comment.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJrS0XjZlV
"So you're saying I should be dealing with the supernatural, instead of spending the day with my ex best friend."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeB0Mm0fKW
"Are you drunk?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroptBwCJ1Q
Stefan takes another swig of the liquor.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiBbCKpIgI
"So this is how we spend the day," I comment, before taking a sip from the shot glass of liquor I had poured for myself.
Later in the day, one of The Five walks inside the boarding house, when Stefan and I are in the living room.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDVayBQyNX
"I got this from my good friend Connor," he says, talking about the gun he has in his hand, as he faces me. He then shoots me in the side of the neck.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzpOPAWZpL
"I want to know where Silas is."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3l9EHSLCkt
"I don't know where he is."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDFVI0xITl
Stefan and the Hunter soon fight and it ends with Stefan ripping his heart out, killing him.
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When I'm in my room, Elena, now with her humanity back on, walks into my room.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1mecVWK9b
I watch her enter, as I stand in my room, Jeremy standing at the door.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSLG4z54DJ
"Damon, we need to talk," she announces.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSVPKp0V5n
"What is there to talk about?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9iIshhCMv
I walk over to my end table and take out a small box. I then open it and put the cure in her hand, as I stand in front of her.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqFl5bwcqP
"Here. Consider this a graduation present."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfd9sKUu2EV
I wince in pain.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdigfa1TtRt
"Are you okay?" she asks me.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrg7VuKrvX
"I'm fine."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡig7amEMx3M
"Take off your shirt."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhv7H0cwKh
"No. Not when he's here."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIwK2408Z2
"Fine."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmHvPNVxKx
She walked up to me and pulls part of my shirt off the wound, showing that it has spread to half of my shoulder.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8wYOqf4OU
She looks at me.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxJPbZGd3I
"Damon, why isn't this healing?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DTSmAfQtU
"Because the bullet is laced with werewolf venom."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYLroA2PD5
"We need Klaus."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnk0Yz16pI
"Klaus would rather let me die."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdvQ3pQgTN
"What about the cure?" Jeremy asks.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39M2x4r13C
"No," I respond.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriJe6H5ydl
"He's right. If you're human, the werewolf poison won't hurt you."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIRHtnHDJ1
"No, Elena."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpInj0NDbEm
She sets it in my hand.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMv0VLskt5o
"Take it."
I look at her. I then look at Little Gilbert.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEQjGzYTLK
"Why is it that even dead, you're the bait of my existence?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxak0sPdJff
"You should go or you'll be late to your graduation," Jeremy tells Elena.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGe32Nw1aK
She looks at her brother.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6aljbdGd8
"Jer, no. Not if you can't be there."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRmbZiUGcM
"It the best time of your life before you go off to college."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wZJyXDPSt
"I haven't even sent in my application yet."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡag6GuCUv1x
"It doesn't matter. Go. Mom and dad would be pissed if there wasn't a picture of you at your graduation."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQbnS6MpZm
"Okay," she says.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZjLPGopbs
I watch them leave.
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When one of The Five wakes up, Stefan and Lexi get to their feet and I'm in the living room with them again.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGudNeNeID
I stand by him.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveTPMF62Ty
"He's up," Stefan said.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9UKvCRj37
"Okay. Let's do this," I say, heading for the door with the Hunter.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8szFE1wnu
"Where are you going?" Stefan asks me.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCdVr3uRxp
"To dig up Silas."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiccQOLDjmy
We then leave.
The Hunter and I are in the woods standing by a cliff. There's a river below it and a few trees around us.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0wFyl84dL
"Where's Silas?" he asks me.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyp4aSokpA5
"Well, let's see here. I dragged his body to the edge, dropped him here, and lost him somewhere in the rock."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYIOyJBbnS
The Hunter sees my neck wound.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiN1sEATxtA
"That looks nasty. It hasn't healed yet. Why?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsvahk30Q8
"Those bullets are laced with werewolf poison. You're as dumb as you look."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSwQOiAltm
The Hunter shoots me close to my left side.
"Where did you dump the body?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4xE3Oje1B
I'm silent.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1PKwhLa0B
The Hunter shoots me in the left leg.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvoF6pvIgc
"Two more rounds and you'll be dead within minutes."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUrHprnRbR
I don't say anything.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHalY7diX8d
"Looks like you won't be getting this back," the Hunter adds, looking at the cure around his neck.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv50t4sNu9w
Suddenly, Alaric arrives and beats him up, before killing him and tossing him in the river.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfeFDT3XmT
"One slight problem," I say from the ground on my knees.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOW65d1wLU
Alaric turns around with the cure in hand.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jkyaibOli
"You need this?" he asks.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LQGahvM6r
"Yeah."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaqomYDKg0
Ric tries to get me to take the cure so I won't die, but I won't. That cure is for Elena. I'd rather die. So he phones up my brother.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgXzWy8tmj
"What do you want me to do, Stefan? He won't take the cure."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfX5JhGuV3h
"Caroline is calling Klaus again. I can find a way to buy Damon more time. Just stay there."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINItU2VIau
Stefan hangs up.
Later in the day, I'm in my room. I have just put my shirt on, when Elena walks in and walks up to me.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPvnkKTY13
"Is it healed up?" she asks.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCItioUewn
"Yeah."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVXXmy4xkw
"So it's all better?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5FgseCnk7
"Yeah."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG64KuMzbo0
She stands in front of me and slaps me once across the face.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFhFVUXTgM
"Ow."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HannJ7hJU
"That's for choosing to die over taking the cure."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CuuT5WdyA
"I'm not apologizing, because I am not sorry. I am not sorry that I would rather die than be human! I am not sorry that I would rather die right now, than to spend the rest of my life with you, until I'm old and wrinkly and you're still here! I am not sorry, Elena!"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtYCW18z5g
"Then I am not sorry. I am not sorry that I meant you! I am not sorry that you have made me question everything about myself! And I am not sorry that I am in love with you!"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JjywwDz6f
I'm silent, but thrilled that she has finally admitted it. And then we kiss.
Later Elena, Stefan, Lexi, Alaric, and I are downstairs in the living room.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaJmRmwkvP
I say something and she smacks me on the shoulder.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OnmmwBE3G
"Ow."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6b8gBdOKII
"Ouch," Lexi comments.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvpUvbY55G
"I taught her that swing," Ric says.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtgwW3q1Ja
Elena walks up to Stefan.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRizioCyYQ
"Can I talk to you alone?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9vh9kEKMd
Stefan follows her into the next room.
Later that night, when Stefan has his car packed, I stand in the doorway. "I'm not sorry for you," Stefan tells me.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPs4bU0VdDT
"Then I'm not sorry for you, either. Do you need me to come along?"431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINepK5wZx4
"No. Lexi is coming with me."431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPoaqGtGF8
I watch him drive off in the SUV with Lexi.
