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.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZJP2UWFBd
I walk over and turn the radio off.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AyQIbzzlg
"Damon, you remember Lexi," Stefan greets.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlfr63gZBX
"Lexi," I say. "Back from the dead."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevvrrK2BBp
At vamp speed, she pins me against a wall, hand tightly around my throat.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5JUTFmEjm
"You're just going to sit there while she takes her revenge out on me?" I ask my brother.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tocYtpBAB
"Whatever time I have left here, I don't plan on spending it on you. Got it?" she informs me.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUWBXsd2M7
"Okay, okay. Got it," I reply.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTnrHYrtev
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.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtjPPj4Ltw
"Something might've gone wrong with Bonnie's spell and here you are," I comment.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0KAYEd9BT
"So you're saying I should be dealing with the supernatural, instead of spending the day with my ex best friend."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPuTe9VpGS
"Are you drunk?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDScytgtdcp
Stefan takes another swig of the liquor.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIctPMDWeQd
"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.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2glNFcyAR
"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.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxDOJ2BjRr
"I want to know where Silas is."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQT39akgDk
"I don't know where he is."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtelbtXeJd
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.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaz7QWA1hW
I watch her enter, as I stand in my room, Jeremy standing at the door.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2WiZHMgjm
"Damon, we need to talk," she announces.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDRTx0UpFG
"What is there to talk about?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3d2JceJ6o
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.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBrLCvlb5d
"Here. Consider this a graduation present."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkL04KjjlX
I wince in pain.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWFn8LVFPH
"Are you okay?" she asks me.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlKeckKpd1
"I'm fine."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgLFinxuqO
"Take off your shirt."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQKEgBfQsK
"No. Not when he's here."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy07fFS8unK
"Fine."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqW2onCdqrQ
She walked up to me and pulls part of my shirt off the wound, showing that it has spread to half of my shoulder.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBH0ynh4xf
She looks at me.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7Je0f319O
"Damon, why isn't this healing?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZWvWAeSk7
"Because the bullet is laced with werewolf venom."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybza8VCkYG
"We need Klaus."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcRAhzB77c
"Klaus would rather let me die."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyf0aTEm6M0
"What about the cure?" Jeremy asks.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsXscKp6Iu
"No," I respond.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG39CqlAvFA
"He's right. If you're human, the werewolf poison won't hurt you."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSr8OJbK9rk
"No, Elena."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLMP9mfq9Y
She sets it in my hand.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AGIycLsTN
"Take it."
I look at her. I then look at Little Gilbert.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvb2ade2IYj
"Why is it that even dead, you're the bait of my existence?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzQFVKOPNT
"You should go or you'll be late to your graduation," Jeremy tells Elena.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPLP8Cu1u2
She looks at her brother.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2rASQFOyH
"Jer, no. Not if you can't be there."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1L3ct2B0TU
"It the best time of your life before you go off to college."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeyQMbOcIs
"I haven't even sent in my application yet."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcINTaKm5l
"It doesn't matter. Go. Mom and dad would be pissed if there wasn't a picture of you at your graduation."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjBOmwEZSz
"Okay," she says.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2d4pVnNpP
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.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98qz2eRTQO
I stand by him.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMIlSQR8U6
"He's up," Stefan said.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡui9hmv7hkf
"Okay. Let's do this," I say, heading for the door with the Hunter.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Sn9xrpkqx
"Where are you going?" Stefan asks me.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfbVC3SpXP
"To dig up Silas."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jsmxYi9NH
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.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8IZLFNBxP
"Where's Silas?" he asks me.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPGDMK5c89
"Well, let's see here. I dragged his body to the edge, dropped him here, and lost him somewhere in the rock."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5fD8shL1X
The Hunter sees my neck wound.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqs8P1GfMbI
"That looks nasty. It hasn't healed yet. Why?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrSn7V6DQ4
"Those bullets are laced with werewolf poison. You're as dumb as you look."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRz808LURQ
The Hunter shoots me close to my left side.
"Where did you dump the body?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoCyrlhPwo
I'm silent.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiUiUw2vDx
The Hunter shoots me in the left leg.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYJvEyJRWI
"Two more rounds and you'll be dead within minutes."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFGYRIFKRq
I don't say anything.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BWzrdLoeA
"Looks like you won't be getting this back," the Hunter adds, looking at the cure around his neck.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlK9bEVhFL
Suddenly, Alaric arrives and beats him up, before killing him and tossing him in the river.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGu9kp9ptcl
"One slight problem," I say from the ground on my knees.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZp4m7lIyP
Alaric turns around with the cure in hand.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vBCQ0W2oj
"You need this?" he asks.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05jIkcos6G
"Yeah."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgXtxMcmgz
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.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFsWtZ1K1I
"What do you want me to do, Stefan? He won't take the cure."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWp9JJQ5Y1
"Caroline is calling Klaus again. I can find a way to buy Damon more time. Just stay there."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNXohjfLrh
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.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncWekhWCik
"Is it healed up?" she asks.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xyeuvp3op
"Yeah."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiRPGrsqtS
"So it's all better?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3FTXxR44c
"Yeah."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWRGpqQIB5
She stands in front of me and slaps me once across the face.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9GztqiLdi
"Ow."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Zug8bgCGq
"That's for choosing to die over taking the cure."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTO3iglvSG
"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!"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bK9A3oI03
"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!"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeVjTXDoG8
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.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJw5PDtMhdR
I say something and she smacks me on the shoulder.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouVi4RVu87
"Ow."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6DN2EaI9U
"Ouch," Lexi comments.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBIYkt6fmh
"I taught her that swing," Ric says.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjiy8E8MSU
Elena walks up to Stefan.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5yxSFKM2A
"Can I talk to you alone?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRjwNHQ3JG
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.443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyekfvjd9O
"Then I'm not sorry for you, either. Do you need me to come along?"443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNJOVhrK2v
"No. Lexi is coming with me."443Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRu0a637x6l
I watch him drive off in the SUV with Lexi.
