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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiWWkXnaXc
She looked at him, as he sat down beside her.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcn56O5Ycq
"How is he?"669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb17WSuCVbd
"He'll live," he answered her.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSgwuwTLnR
His reply relieved her, though she didn't know what she felt about Ric being human again.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO06PPnRKvY
Suddenly images began to come to her; memories. Pain began in her head, as they surfaced.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtgZvL3Kux
She put fingers to her temple.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6gCiDrIaT
"Elena?" he called, worried.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyEb5NFqF9
"I'm starting to remember."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWnUxU1Irj
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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIe6mLaAIi
"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."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnKWq7b6Qz
"Because I love you. I chose you," she replied.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc63vMdExTS
"Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2TouSqH46
"So, that's it. You're just going to push me away."
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*end*
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40nx0H9EE1
"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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Bi3ODsjxb
"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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNImyKYYe5Z
They were silent, as they looked at each other.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UiRCSkHpz
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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNs02nUffuv
When Damon appeared, she looked at him.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VzNiDqJZp
"Damon?"669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IpUJRGjPc
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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlLxER7WQn
"Damon," she said softly.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIBt0R6xLd
He gently picked her up in his arms and left with her.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXf8JwUFHfL
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Later that night, she was seated on the couch, Damon in a chair by her.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWY6QbjwXN4
"Where were you, Damon?" she asked.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4ON7hcd7n
He rested his hand on her leg and looked at her with sympathy.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlucMYeBmLZ
"I shouldn't have left. I promise you, I will never leave you again."
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*end*
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvUXY9bnth
"That doesn't mean you have to act like a..."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqa63XhoxfB
"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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGWYkxmlqR
"Thank...you," he whispered.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjt9vCDrMQC
A moment later, his sire, Katherine, walked in to cure him before it was too late.
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*end*
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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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*end*
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GzYzmk2N8
Elena went to stand a distance behind the vampire.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqmzmVbtbX
"Stop!" she yelled.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ETRM89Nit
The male vampire looked at her.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnvCNJgnQ9
"Please, don't hurt him."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgPzsmLM5Z
After looking between them, the vamp fled at vamp speed.
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*end*
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAI0D7SpMDV
She looked at him, as he looked her over.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kBDjfhSpZ
"Hey; Elena. Focus. Look at me," he instructed, as she swayed a little.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0gSQoKlVV
"I'm fine, Damon," she assured him.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3C7yfh3h2f
"Are you sure?"669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvw27o7cWb
"I look like crap."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzFxDoyJr5
He caught her as she collapsed, a hand between her shoulderblades, arm holding her up.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmDWjcyMrf
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTQrac6q3e
She smiled and he smiled back.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOJ2ahwrQL
A moment later, they were kissing.
