It's a beautiful day, as we stand by Jenna Sommer's grave. Klaus killed her during the ritual. Jenna was Jeremy and Elena's aunt. Now they're on their own. All they have are their friends, me, Stefan, and Ric now. I take a rose and lay it down on her grave, and so do the others at the funeral.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVNg9wht7c
After the funeral, I tell Stefan that Tyler Lockwood bit me and I show it to him. I then tell him not to tell Elena and I walk away from him to go home. I don't want her to have to deal with me dying. Her aunt just died. She needs time to heal.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5NeFi5Wqs
Later that day, I walk into her room.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP32LGum1lV
"Elena."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkVK8u2XKx
She turns around to look at me, standing by her vanity.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVscu71Yaa
"Damon," she says.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbL9PAkSbv4
"Elena, I know I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I need it," I say with a pleading face. I need her forgiveness for force feeding her my blood to make sure she came back to life after the ritual. I'm inwardly begging her to forgive me. She doesn't heed though, because she doesn't know I'm dying from a werewolf bite. So she practically kicks me out of the door and I leave.
Later that afternoon, I take my ring off and stand in front of the window to die. As I start to burn, Stefan comes in at vamp speed and gets me out of the sun. He then locks me in the cellar in the basement.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTHVYxNbBs
"What's the big plan, little brother?" I ask, as I lay on my back.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vr8HIaqTf
I roll onto my side and cough up some blood, before I look up at him.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXsLgjI4GN
"Lie still. Preserve your strength. You're not going to die. I have Bonnie looking into it."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGAHI8v0Li
He walks away, leaving me alone.
I'm let out of there later on and I wander the streets in the middle of the 60's celebration. Everything starts blending in together and I'm weak and sweaty and hot. But then Elena finds me and starts to get me out of there before we stop by a pole. I start to hallucinate that Elena is Katherine and get her up against a pole and bend down towards her neck.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJm5NXLmzMC
"Damon, stop," she says.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5qwDU1d6X
A memory of Katherine slicing by the side of her neck surfaces.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopgokdBivk
"I choose you, Katherine," I say, before I bite Elena in that same place I bit Katherine so many years ago.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuk1hSxHOQl
"Damon, it's me. Damon," she continues to say, as I bite her.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6235BGaK3K
Suddenly, the hallucination ends and I stop.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNBmZVlJZM
"Elena?" I say.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuVE7rvMcB
I take a step back and then fall onto my back, very weak.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQysH1dGp2
Elena kneels beside me with one hand on her wound.
Later that night, I lay in my bed with Elena seated at my bedside with a wet wash cloth.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKjGx6apqL
"You should go. I could hurt you," I whisper to her.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOhdyYi9yC
"I'm not leaving. I'm here until the very end," she replies.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUw8NALNd4
She snuggles up closer to me.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRPmYhjs66
"You would've liked me in 1864," I whisper.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhX0F4tQAh
"I like you how you are now," she tells me.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExhsu0AEAv
She damps the wet wash cloth on my forehead.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9f9Fz8OIq
I close my eyes.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf96q808GQl
I feel her lips on mine once and know she just kissed me.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchhRLSP7d1
"Thank...you," I whisper once more.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelLNaJQ0GU
A familiar scent comes to me a moment before the voice says, "It's me you should be thinking. I have the cure."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eGsXWYXXg
I open my eyes and Elena gets to her feet to get out of Katherine's way.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LbvBgJuMo
Katherine walks up to my bedside and gives me the cure, before she lays one hand on my cheek.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FgKwnu2B3
"You came back," I say.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVUvkpjlxZ
"I owed you one," she replies.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwMVZrhset
She walks off to the middle of the room.
I slowly sit up in bed.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lhCZFGZQJ
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asks.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYFqAY9ZQb
"He just gave himself up to Klaus. He gave everything up, including you, to save his brother. I wouldn't expect him back anytime soon."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaW5t3rY62Z
She goes to leave, but stops at the doorway to look at Elena.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxYQiL5Sla
"Don't be afraid to love them both. I did," she says, before she walks out of the room and disappears out of our sight.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmST6T6j7dW
Elena and I look at one another silently.
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