Summary: Set in S6 after Jo saved Ric when he landed on the Mystic Falls border. What if, out of the blue, her memories resurfaced?
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Damon walked into the boarding house to see Elena seated on the couch, clearly having heard what happened with Ric.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjx6kGdTBQq
She looked at him, as he sat down beside her.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHy3Pll3gfS
"How is he?"690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9qzJUfwVh
"He'll live," he answered her.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZlMXj7keB
His reply relieved her, though she didn't know what she felt about Ric being human again.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsu0qLbCYD
Suddenly images began to come to her; memories. Pain began in her head, as they surfaced.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZIiEu7gZ1
She put fingers to her temple.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSlcribKvC
"Elena?" he called, worried.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2p0iN8ggfL
"I'm starting to remember."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxAj0KbwLs
Her reply relieved him. He wouldn't have to explain a memory to her that he remembered, but she didn't.
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*Flashback #1*
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Damon and Elena stood in the living room of the boarding house, having a fight.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqANXaFckNr
"There's nothing in this world that consecrates all the reasons that I am wrong for you. I am bad. I am bad for you, Elena. I don't know why you wouldn't run away from me as humanly possible."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fDsNGq6Yw
"Because I love you. I chose you," she replied.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN03RBkbMIm
"Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddI8oEysE2
"So, that's it. You're just going to push me away."
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*Flashback #2*
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It was a beautiful day in the boarding house. Summer was over, so she was going off to college to Whitmore. He didn't understand why since he had never liked school; even as a human. She was happy though, which made him happy for her. They were so happy that they began to make out. At one point, they ended up on the couch, as they did so.
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*Flashback #3*
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It was a dark night, as Damon and Elena stood in the living room at the boarding house in front of the fireplace.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaDlreuSwn
"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 you! I am not sorry, Elena!" he yelled.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ydk04csHh
"Then I'm not sorry. I'm not sorry that I met you. I'm not sorry that knowing you has made me question everything! And I am not sorry that I am in love with you! I love you, Damon," she replied.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDrFVQD57U
They were silent, as they looked at each other.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mgVlxytd9
A moment later, they kissed.
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*Flashback #4*
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It was a beautiful day, as she stood on the Whickery bridge, her skin being burned by the sun, her Daylight ring off, hallucinations gone.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhY8nN5FNUu
When Damon appeared, she looked at him.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HpAzPESYl
"Damon?"690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAnjhccyJR
At vamp speed, he grabbed her and jumped into the water with her, which saved her.
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*Flashback #5*
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Elena was in the hospital, barely awake from Klaus compelling a nurse to take her blood for him, when she saw Damon there.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwuxOz4Mb4
"Damon," she said softly.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSH2xcJyf7Y
He gently picked her up in his arms and left with her.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmoWug4p7M
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Later that night, she was seated on the couch, Damon in a chair by her.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNImKe8uPd
"Where were you, Damon?" she asked.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwYxRrp87W
He rested his hand on her leg and looked at her with sympathy.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjQfFlyTmC
"I shouldn't have left. I promise you, I will never leave you again."
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*Flashback #6*
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Damon and Elena were having a fight in a house. He was irritated that she thought he could be the good guy, but he wasn't. She was wrong.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkk9wxcvnNf
"That doesn't mean you have to act like a..."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTOpMGpZXJ
"What? A vampire? Well, guess what, Elena? I am a vampire! I'm not Stefan, so why don't you stop trying to turn me into him!" he yelled at her.
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*Flashback #7*
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Damon lay in bed, barely awake, dying, Elena beside him, keeping him company and listening to everything he had to say. Knowing he was close to death and that he loved her, she kissed him once on the lips and then pulled away.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZzW9iUscm
"Thank...you," he whispered.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaATLtI85GX
A moment later, his sire, Katherine, walked in to cure him before it was too late.
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*Flashback #8*
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It was a dark night as Elena tried to get the door open. The car was on fire and the door wasn't budging for her. She coughed, as smoke filled her lungs. And just as she thought she wouldn't make it, Damon was outside the door and forced it open, saving her life, yet again.
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*Flashback #9*
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Damon was on his knees in pain as the male vampire stood over him, who had drenched Damon in gasoline and stood with a lit match, ready to end Damon by setting him on fire.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCcyzxpWKN
Elena went to stand a distance behind the vampire.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoqNVOqqnu
"Stop!" she yelled.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgpOxfK6dT
The male vampire looked at her.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNAZuW0Ue7
"Please, don't hurt him."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7htjvSoT9L
After looking between them, the vamp fled at vamp speed.
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*Flashback #10*
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Damon stood in front of Elena, making sure she was okay, checking her over. She had just been in a car crash, which he assumed was due to a vampire.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3vd38gMGi
She looked at him, as he looked her over.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rhzpgyFXj
"Hey; Elena. Focus. Look at me," he instructed, as she swayed a little.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTOuWW3yBJ
"I'm fine, Damon," she assured him.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJbkN9YJ9o
"Are you sure?"690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJ49Ww3USt
"I look like crap."690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmgvS0io29
He caught her as she collapsed, a hand between her shoulderblades, arm holding her up.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJxcAzVF5a
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When she woke up, she was in a car with Damon who told her they were in Georgia.
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When every memory that had been compelled away was back, she came back to the present and looked at him.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsHnXRjQpZ
She smiled and he smiled back.690Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZUrHmStR0
A moment later, they were kissing.
