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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuHwa8cvQB
She looked at him, as he sat down beside her.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIKB2ghWLR
"How is he?"747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQm82FkXXvf
"He'll live," he answered her.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOUs1H8xaU
His reply relieved her, though she didn't know what she felt about Ric being human again.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAczYjf6GEk
Suddenly images began to come to her; memories. Pain began in her head, as they surfaced.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCs4LtIhCn
She put fingers to her temple.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZFdDGqZzE
"Elena?" he called, worried.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmIKCF67vt
"I'm starting to remember."747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gbvSnz1De
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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNwOtrHKtZ
"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."747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBcrpcfYj7
"Because I love you. I chose you," she replied.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAsBA0CD8p
"Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go."747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQdjwk0Q9a
"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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50xUOZy4DI
"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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaIB9GzMh6
"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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2SCVfL6ha
They were silent, as they looked at each other.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhV4aSYG3Nd
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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCuwCD2UI2
When Damon appeared, she looked at him.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMI0Vv3f0rq
"Damon?"747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkk1c2tPMO
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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7YkPWovqq
"Damon," she said softly.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZAvlhW0vj
He gently picked her up in his arms and left with her.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wxKkV5eY0
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Later that night, she was seated on the couch, Damon in a chair by her.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomQ6C5NuWq
"Where were you, Damon?" she asked.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoj0gDffaoq
He rested his hand on her leg and looked at her with sympathy.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunoyaY1Ger
"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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeSBFiwVFN
"That doesn't mean you have to act like a..."747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXp1OWlm1B
"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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSwyp1DbJL
"Thank...you," he whispered.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhn0ocUpDPP
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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*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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtigKOidvUA
Elena went to stand a distance behind the vampire.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEY7TfotJ9c
"Stop!" she yelled.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqen9sIghuK
The male vampire looked at her.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPPz0b9tbU
"Please, don't hurt him."747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKz3KXtTSa
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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1Bjz9vlQ1
She looked at him, as he looked her over.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDqIDHR7d2
"Hey; Elena. Focus. Look at me," he instructed, as she swayed a little.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyYbFs72ue
"I'm fine, Damon," she assured him.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsDqSXV8Vo
"Are you sure?"747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBTteHsxos
"I look like crap."747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDogWGpusjA
He caught her as she collapsed, a hand between her shoulderblades, arm holding her up.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGx4TSI0eK
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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.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmlqLocp2b
She smiled and he smiled back.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuWpbulPhG
A moment later, they were kissing.
