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.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONksuD9Al3
She looked at him, as he sat down beside her.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2yP8gTZUYp
"How is he?"713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvfYqz8igV
"He'll live," he answered her.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAfOCojz45
His reply relieved her, though she didn't know what she felt about Ric being human again.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFQMWQ5AJS
Suddenly images began to come to her; memories. Pain began in her head, as they surfaced.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88L7EjrZKE
She put fingers to her temple.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ969jdp7Qno
"Elena?" he called, worried.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQl9dt9UBL
"I'm starting to remember."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYmZ4OuCeo
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.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2J25R4MJS
"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."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nyBktNUkO
"Because I love you. I chose you," she replied.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡml0kihKelK
"Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ISYVlG53b
"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.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3YTBTgpy8
"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.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Q6zXUYA7U
"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.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSdvlctkal
They were silent, as they looked at each other.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYz3GvCdfIK
A moment later, they kissed.
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*end*
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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.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4ylEGQMqj
When Damon appeared, she looked at him.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIaDo1L491
"Damon?"713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhluzY5WfI
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.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0IipEJqAD
"Damon," she said softly.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTZAS9OJZ8
He gently picked her up in his arms and left with her.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKWCqDGtjm
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Later that night, she was seated on the couch, Damon in a chair by her.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUhrqUD8v7
"Where were you, Damon?" she asked.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLQaeYSNWE
He rested his hand on her leg and looked at her with sympathy.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVU3nOPVQMi
"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.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIsdHrMZTL
"That doesn't mean you have to act like a..."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fKD9LWBvz
"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.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJlN0RKUBy
"Thank...you," he whispered.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbEg09cbih
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.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cJPpa2N2W
Elena went to stand a distance behind the vampire.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fb5BPSUYH
"Stop!" she yelled.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndUeVcLoqu
The male vampire looked at her.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHz1DAXm392
"Please, don't hurt him."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsduh9KtoyF
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.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2QexFVkvB
She looked at him, as he looked her over.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMWJj5tj2h
"Hey; Elena. Focus. Look at me," he instructed, as she swayed a little.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP48ZzJLisk
"I'm fine, Damon," she assured him.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlGX1KOIkM
"Are you sure?"713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXX8gYud1qD
"I look like crap."713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2D3zI00YF
He caught her as she collapsed, a hand between her shoulderblades, arm holding her up.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbfodf3jJr
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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.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGPIugNICg
She smiled and he smiled back.713Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbp1VqH61l
A moment later, they were kissing.
