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.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7iMQ5Scg7
I walk over and turn the radio off.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacSLORjMV0
"Damon, you remember Lexi," Stefan greets.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhuw1kTJ6D
"Lexi," I say. "Back from the dead."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxDxBPl4UB
At vamp speed, she pins me against a wall, hand tightly around my throat.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzwHHJo9Z7
"You're just going to sit there while she takes her revenge out on me?" I ask my brother.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ486hVRuOed
"Whatever time I have left here, I don't plan on spending it on you. Got it?" she informs me.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQhUnxYv0s
"Okay, okay. Got it," I reply.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNedWG84zk
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.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wvkqmRWkd
"Something might've gone wrong with Bonnie's spell and here you are," I comment.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYz0b3ICvo
"So you're saying I should be dealing with the supernatural, instead of spending the day with my ex best friend."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmMfE80OR4
"Are you drunk?"469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcV2hMbEg7G
Stefan takes another swig of the liquor.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOxtcwNCPt
"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.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqg7c0vJ9jy
"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.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6Zx7FiK3N
"I want to know where Silas is."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeeQZjJQ9W
"I don't know where he is."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6t0UMuhOI
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.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xypitB1yX
I watch her enter, as I stand in my room, Jeremy standing at the door.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRpM1uI7hW
"Damon, we need to talk," she announces.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBD5eEAYY7j
"What is there to talk about?"469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1ypTTZud9
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.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFEPkdzXmB
"Here. Consider this a graduation present."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgQKjh9W23
I wince in pain.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDp5SNfLGB
"Are you okay?" she asks me.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymU4h0XJe9
"I'm fine."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqEBgL0nQH
"Take off your shirt."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzkVKufrrE
"No. Not when he's here."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16rqMBmaxY
"Fine."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51DV9Ves1c
She walked up to me and pulls part of my shirt off the wound, showing that it has spread to half of my shoulder.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ozZ7vuPim
She looks at me.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6vmgnNMUA
"Damon, why isn't this healing?"469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7PCPYANcp
"Because the bullet is laced with werewolf venom."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPvEvDOEAY
"We need Klaus."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcZ84oATMj
"Klaus would rather let me die."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sFUCjdk1L
"What about the cure?" Jeremy asks.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxRzdHUm1u
"No," I respond.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagPPK8Yh4p
"He's right. If you're human, the werewolf poison won't hurt you."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzfVqIPq4l
"No, Elena."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8lluikIGC
She sets it in my hand.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmJvS8qLGa
"Take it."
I look at her. I then look at Little Gilbert.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdClOaCzSD
"Why is it that even dead, you're the bait of my existence?"469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7EAizpV9N
"You should go or you'll be late to your graduation," Jeremy tells Elena.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsY0MLMadSP
She looks at her brother.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSbB12JYgc
"Jer, no. Not if you can't be there."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAoH4neepC
"It the best time of your life before you go off to college."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAmrfWtgjX
"I haven't even sent in my application yet."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XFftkos2Y
"It doesn't matter. Go. Mom and dad would be pissed if there wasn't a picture of you at your graduation."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfb6W4WBlat
"Okay," she says.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UjEEeDltv
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.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzSzNIV03U
I stand by him.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTn2gBuNKA
"He's up," Stefan said.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9fefQI7TK
"Okay. Let's do this," I say, heading for the door with the Hunter.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0gyPpaP2n
"Where are you going?" Stefan asks me.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXGQI26kiy
"To dig up Silas."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LAFVQAyD1
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.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQzjKBzyHT
"Where's Silas?" he asks me.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmoIkpwe0w
"Well, let's see here. I dragged his body to the edge, dropped him here, and lost him somewhere in the rock."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RbfRJSE0k
The Hunter sees my neck wound.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BnpkG9gBG
"That looks nasty. It hasn't healed yet. Why?"469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvLYhOCkx3
"Those bullets are laced with werewolf poison. You're as dumb as you look."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrHXHw737o
The Hunter shoots me close to my left side.
"Where did you dump the body?"469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sUg87MMBE
I'm silent.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64k6fT6d9j
The Hunter shoots me in the left leg.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRHMCTPaHC
"Two more rounds and you'll be dead within minutes."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBSzu3PEic
I don't say anything.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4d3YoCtNN
"Looks like you won't be getting this back," the Hunter adds, looking at the cure around his neck.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczJL0j75vL
Suddenly, Alaric arrives and beats him up, before killing him and tossing him in the river.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAD7MqI6al3
"One slight problem," I say from the ground on my knees.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjec3WHbMT4
Alaric turns around with the cure in hand.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfUKBiNatx
"You need this?" he asks.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnodIBbdLBo
"Yeah."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeo9mi4YTxt
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.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrQe96vLhj
"What do you want me to do, Stefan? He won't take the cure."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyi4Q5zkCg
"Caroline is calling Klaus again. I can find a way to buy Damon more time. Just stay there."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTP1Dr2trF
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.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqYzTrsqS1
"Is it healed up?" she asks.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0waacW2wT
"Yeah."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZtOg5fWab
"So it's all better?"469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGPOnDqcSr
"Yeah."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKft7qinVd
She stands in front of me and slaps me once across the face.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxsbwUDiTb
"Ow."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeCtwyxGAQ
"That's for choosing to die over taking the cure."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVRy2k9Egv
"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!"469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bkm3y2AGd
"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!"469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkrAeAXD7Y
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.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yoXJkXV2y
I say something and she smacks me on the shoulder.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEr97Ck0ePX
"Ow."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlY6i3HG5qZ
"Ouch," Lexi comments.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aKW7r2RC7
"I taught her that swing," Ric says.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTafCilQt4t
Elena walks up to Stefan.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0qCwmuy4Q
"Can I talk to you alone?"469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcIHi7vmUB
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.469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25Zrgyg6sK
"Then I'm not sorry for you, either. Do you need me to come along?"469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwPKZvbff3
"No. Lexi is coming with me."469Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dkLe9s0FW
I watch him drive off in the SUV with Lexi.
