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.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gHvmLlbkI
I walk over and turn the radio off.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYLG2SzxG8
"Damon, you remember Lexi," Stefan greets.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6gf50jnLT
"Lexi," I say. "Back from the dead."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqCY1wx3oi
At vamp speed, she pins me against a wall, hand tightly around my throat.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrGzsyK35m
"You're just going to sit there while she takes her revenge out on me?" I ask my brother.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmJShCR2tz
"Whatever time I have left here, I don't plan on spending it on you. Got it?" she informs me.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYL2hflv5C1
"Okay, okay. Got it," I reply.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGFcmuTzut
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.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlhiywGR33
"Something might've gone wrong with Bonnie's spell and here you are," I comment.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IK4SEBERJ
"So you're saying I should be dealing with the supernatural, instead of spending the day with my ex best friend."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNvzuAH1E2
"Are you drunk?"418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGi8QQPLrEq
Stefan takes another swig of the liquor.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuUQP3jlKz
"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.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkyW2Hs8hf
"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.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfD7qDP6g0S
"I want to know where Silas is."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtX0vnSNHhS
"I don't know where he is."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrG7b7HJlC
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.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhJFm9Mhcc
I watch her enter, as I stand in my room, Jeremy standing at the door.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCgzwl7z1I
"Damon, we need to talk," she announces.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ln4zmn5WG
"What is there to talk about?"418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaP5LnPBTIM
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.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TvRTCjR7H
"Here. Consider this a graduation present."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqC7dznfSey
I wince in pain.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TRQfukTen
"Are you okay?" she asks me.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4i6OceO9LE
"I'm fine."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YNA7yQpnW
"Take off your shirt."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpNOjiUCJ0
"No. Not when he's here."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCCEzZQdNn
"Fine."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnPDXEocDS
She walked up to me and pulls part of my shirt off the wound, showing that it has spread to half of my shoulder.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1eAVXXhVd
She looks at me.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZz2wBjCHNs
"Damon, why isn't this healing?"418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqfuBgudSW
"Because the bullet is laced with werewolf venom."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8cVB0f3lx
"We need Klaus."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOp9RH2toc
"Klaus would rather let me die."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxiLU8Hkra
"What about the cure?" Jeremy asks.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfLE4tycz8
"No," I respond.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnd5NTVu7g
"He's right. If you're human, the werewolf poison won't hurt you."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNggWf2DLg
"No, Elena."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhk8xVotYo2
She sets it in my hand.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oSzOMGaPN
"Take it."
I look at her. I then look at Little Gilbert.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Tk5N7t9X6
"Why is it that even dead, you're the bait of my existence?"418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5Cd2gsyX1
"You should go or you'll be late to your graduation," Jeremy tells Elena.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovdk5d57O6
She looks at her brother.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBX9phmrzFp
"Jer, no. Not if you can't be there."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNVDvtgEhn
"It the best time of your life before you go off to college."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHNzqXTgWS
"I haven't even sent in my application yet."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRWN2Hr0La
"It doesn't matter. Go. Mom and dad would be pissed if there wasn't a picture of you at your graduation."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0OptM5vGF
"Okay," she says.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuuCTVWPlb
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.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VptcsZBVA
I stand by him.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnODCEPeLr
"He's up," Stefan said.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqBJ8gbdsx
"Okay. Let's do this," I say, heading for the door with the Hunter.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelTl0Pf1zC
"Where are you going?" Stefan asks me.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBymZysYEFo
"To dig up Silas."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZeYhIPzJT
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.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43NM5a3dxD
"Where's Silas?" he asks me.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsbxzGTxdC
"Well, let's see here. I dragged his body to the edge, dropped him here, and lost him somewhere in the rock."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZop7Q8fr5
The Hunter sees my neck wound.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VGnV2Zl6u
"That looks nasty. It hasn't healed yet. Why?"418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRV2tPBXQeM
"Those bullets are laced with werewolf poison. You're as dumb as you look."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYydBpOzzR
The Hunter shoots me close to my left side.
"Where did you dump the body?"418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIzjJVgU8Z
I'm silent.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqo6YxU4bj
The Hunter shoots me in the left leg.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9JkItGzlJ
"Two more rounds and you'll be dead within minutes."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoqTbPFQBT
I don't say anything.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNZzPQwKOs
"Looks like you won't be getting this back," the Hunter adds, looking at the cure around his neck.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkLp4b3Os7
Suddenly, Alaric arrives and beats him up, before killing him and tossing him in the river.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOp5NZz85sn
"One slight problem," I say from the ground on my knees.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEK1I6BiJEy
Alaric turns around with the cure in hand.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsINfK2EbU
"You need this?" he asks.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhWfQ9ffl5
"Yeah."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBGtG7TMLk
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.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoChZlO6rjE
"What do you want me to do, Stefan? He won't take the cure."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbCF4GOdzX
"Caroline is calling Klaus again. I can find a way to buy Damon more time. Just stay there."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqV0scHqg0
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.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1WJ9rHBTe
"Is it healed up?" she asks.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUgNaPkbeZ
"Yeah."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjvDeoiH33
"So it's all better?"418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7wU68m65K
"Yeah."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIhxJcIvsU
She stands in front of me and slaps me once across the face.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXFfnBMsC7
"Ow."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjciOSjItpc
"That's for choosing to die over taking the cure."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjShjmul6Um
"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!"418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTluBkIvQJv
"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!"418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNDg97CbDw
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.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBRJjK7w6h
I say something and she smacks me on the shoulder.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jhbUVaGdb
"Ow."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmzF4Hsnbk
"Ouch," Lexi comments.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1okKQwnxGV
"I taught her that swing," Ric says.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaL8ACrprwp
Elena walks up to Stefan.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9q3X49LyDR
"Can I talk to you alone?"418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEAZKWiRKb
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.418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEbPk9jrCy
"Then I'm not sorry for you, either. Do you need me to come along?"418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vZ70vFyC2
"No. Lexi is coming with me."418Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MHKRyCdgD
I watch him drive off in the SUV with Lexi.
