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.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlez3Pdp8M
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.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6qo1NeFI5
Later that day, I walk into her room.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFtmAFVKfG
"Elena."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfY2lpOatl
She turns around to look at me, standing by her vanity.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQyLYF9DYo
"Damon," she says.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOiWJTyiS1
"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.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4WiHiqWkM
"What's the big plan, little brother?" I ask, as I lay on my back.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguaDO2Slf1
I roll onto my side and cough up some blood, before I look up at him.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZzFQZneR7
"Lie still. Preserve your strength. You're not going to die. I have Bonnie looking into it."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjuSJsM1c9
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.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YVgpqE5u7
"Damon, stop," she says.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡply2rTj2nL
A memory of Katherine slicing by the side of her neck surfaces.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlteNrDHOBY
"I choose you, Katherine," I say, before I bite Elena in that same place I bit Katherine so many years ago.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUvoWI7IkK
"Damon, it's me. Damon," she continues to say, as I bite her.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MMKMLXXgs
Suddenly, the hallucination ends and I stop.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRKCin3ElK
"Elena?" I say.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCBVHHIvpI
I take a step back and then fall onto my back, very weak.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QT0bpxy4N
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.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4Bg3Apv8Z
"You should go. I could hurt you," I whisper to her.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJoHRcAEMj
"I'm not leaving. I'm here until the very end," she replies.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTw7cKDMLMG
She snuggles up closer to me.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hjqe5neiK
"You would've liked me in 1864," I whisper.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhzsJ8sxwQ
"I like you how you are now," she tells me.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKodhmzbzcb
She damps the wet wash cloth on my forehead.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Iisn9rXgN
I close my eyes.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHVwK2e1bI
I feel her lips on mine once and know she just kissed me.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPGYPTx2UA
"Thank...you," I whisper once more.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYZzttEtd1
A familiar scent comes to me a moment before the voice says, "It's me you should be thinking. I have the cure."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoiVCPeMII
I open my eyes and Elena gets to her feet to get out of Katherine's way.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfunLVIcMjt
Katherine walks up to my bedside and gives me the cure, before she lays one hand on my cheek.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeoUNGEFfP
"You came back," I say.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHFQQ4cWSa
"I owed you one," she replies.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLGQPTclhv
She walks off to the middle of the room.
I slowly sit up in bed.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9A6ot1qAlw
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asks.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVv5ZFEc13
"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."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QnqABXjmq
She goes to leave, but stops at the doorway to look at Elena.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpN8D2mSPR
"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.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqK1et8b8mF
Elena and I look at one another silently.
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