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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDrwZbmYep
She looked at him, as he sat down beside her.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugeqsTcJEC
"How is he?"715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivyQ3rWDTX
"He'll live," he answered her.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PGFottnhV
His reply relieved her, though she didn't know what she felt about Ric being human again.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiJkk0yZVh
Suddenly images began to come to her; memories. Pain began in her head, as they surfaced.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05fLXvgnzp
She put fingers to her temple.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NCAhLpzN1
"Elena?" he called, worried.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8Y0g2Otsc
"I'm starting to remember."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkY3GHZWGL
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTaz2G8U0i
"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."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSy50CXsAh
"Because I love you. I chose you," she replied.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYzpZwzTEu
"Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHsRMob6Xh
"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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfxYcHjQHm
"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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYgOteKrVI
"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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgfT2fWwK6
They were silent, as they looked at each other.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4V3fYrDGa
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ244avnenTK
When Damon appeared, she looked at him.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJYz2Dj5h8
"Damon?"715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMhjq7Jg9W
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxGmQOvzxD
"Damon," she said softly.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWdxc7z0Gp
He gently picked her up in his arms and left with her.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcmxVahKsG
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Later that night, she was seated on the couch, Damon in a chair by her.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSWjhDdu6J
"Where were you, Damon?" she asked.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8j2aseI7Y
He rested his hand on her leg and looked at her with sympathy.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRG7LkFdMoQ
"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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96YEiuYQPc
"That doesn't mean you have to act like a..."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMRpUyDdmx
"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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSik4ltKtV
"Thank...you," he whispered.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGzmdpkOVy
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgMA9sN838
Elena went to stand a distance behind the vampire.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5xVHm4vC5
"Stop!" she yelled.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1ejYK07KZ
The male vampire looked at her.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUREqju8W7C
"Please, don't hurt him."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Z4ftMWvqw
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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkL4nPl4p6
She looked at him, as he looked her over.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkLNX3wpu7
"Hey; Elena. Focus. Look at me," he instructed, as she swayed a little.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOu33Pt0Zst
"I'm fine, Damon," she assured him.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ612kR88usb
"Are you sure?"715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDVp0ECioC
"I look like crap."715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9MYErBVtF
He caught her as she collapsed, a hand between her shoulderblades, arm holding her up.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjg5BoSaGaq
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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.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81IQPOxpEp
She smiled and he smiled back.715Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbW9jA6Fbc
A moment later, they were kissing.
