Stefan and Lexi are seated on the couch at the Salvatore boarding house with the music blaring Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name," Stefan drinking a bottle of liquor.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1m9x0ubGd
I walk over and turn the radio off.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmnvG3LM7p
"Damon, you remember Lexi," Stefan greets.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjBU1vdoDB
"Lexi," I say. "Back from the dead."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡss1aWIiE6Z
At vamp speed, she pins me against a wall, hand tightly around my throat.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTWrdiNwgG
"You're just going to sit there while she takes her revenge out on me?" I ask my brother.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iIAKdaEM2
"Whatever time I have left here, I don't plan on spending it on you. Got it?" she informs me.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLN6PhkneI
"Okay, okay. Got it," I reply.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8WuicNsBU
She releases me and walks over to stand by the couch, and snags the liquor bottle from Stefan. She takes a swig before Stefan takes it back and drinks some of it.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnwbrop91v
"Something might've gone wrong with Bonnie's spell and here you are," I comment.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJF1OsOqAu
"So you're saying I should be dealing with the supernatural, instead of spending the day with my ex best friend."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnhAP4Qq59
"Are you drunk?"467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYMtRqgqKl
Stefan takes another swig of the liquor.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFB4eIfHt8x
"So this is how we spend the day," I comment, before taking a sip from the shot glass of liquor I had poured for myself.
Later in the day, one of The Five walks inside the boarding house, when Stefan and I are in the living room.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRaQG0Cmqm
"I got this from my good friend Connor," he says, talking about the gun he has in his hand, as he faces me. He then shoots me in the side of the neck.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQzKw85Z9y
"I want to know where Silas is."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMb8TZLJSM
"I don't know where he is."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJAHaZRTDV
Stefan and the Hunter soon fight and it ends with Stefan ripping his heart out, killing him.
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When I'm in my room, Elena, now with her humanity back on, walks into my room.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ737lMbmH8q
I watch her enter, as I stand in my room, Jeremy standing at the door.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0gHZmUSV5
"Damon, we need to talk," she announces.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8dc1jSPZZ
"What is there to talk about?"467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerg86VTlXC
I walk over to my end table and take out a small box. I then open it and put the cure in her hand, as I stand in front of her.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZlWlCbqmK
"Here. Consider this a graduation present."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF44NbynNl9
I wince in pain.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkltyw5q7X0
"Are you okay?" she asks me.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdXKaf5TIB
"I'm fine."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfmYBtXEsx
"Take off your shirt."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexfmwcOiCG
"No. Not when he's here."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCU9HTzkxO
"Fine."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZrEhJrhGg
She walked up to me and pulls part of my shirt off the wound, showing that it has spread to half of my shoulder.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9dk32q2GZ
She looks at me.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAdzrMfFCW
"Damon, why isn't this healing?"467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcytBr6LQeE
"Because the bullet is laced with werewolf venom."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsDtrvDqh8
"We need Klaus."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcK7icsGRkK
"Klaus would rather let me die."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjlZSr1bGF
"What about the cure?" Jeremy asks.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyig5AHuzBq
"No," I respond.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4SdoyIu1E
"He's right. If you're human, the werewolf poison won't hurt you."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsvF2vwdNG
"No, Elena."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yts4JVqXG
She sets it in my hand.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQ98cc2Mut
"Take it."
I look at her. I then look at Little Gilbert.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLSldH8xB0
"Why is it that even dead, you're the bait of my existence?"467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwQFCnXsSL
"You should go or you'll be late to your graduation," Jeremy tells Elena.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnZdNH9gqX
She looks at her brother.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCDG44jWXV
"Jer, no. Not if you can't be there."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETv9MokyNJ
"It the best time of your life before you go off to college."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8x6kEHqCRR
"I haven't even sent in my application yet."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvijQniG32
"It doesn't matter. Go. Mom and dad would be pissed if there wasn't a picture of you at your graduation."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3kOxhqIt4
"Okay," she says.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3YW5RUmWB
I watch them leave.
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When one of The Five wakes up, Stefan and Lexi get to their feet and I'm in the living room with them again.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hrr9mthvP
I stand by him.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTWweAMpl7
"He's up," Stefan said.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ616O8vDXnq
"Okay. Let's do this," I say, heading for the door with the Hunter.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rAIrt0GkN
"Where are you going?" Stefan asks me.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTIEPdksn6
"To dig up Silas."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7zGyYyiJN
We then leave.
The Hunter and I are in the woods standing by a cliff. There's a river below it and a few trees around us.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroNwYmFj3O
"Where's Silas?" he asks me.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKd04yq6EE
"Well, let's see here. I dragged his body to the edge, dropped him here, and lost him somewhere in the rock."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQThBz5psb
The Hunter sees my neck wound.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDyuMI7N0F
"That looks nasty. It hasn't healed yet. Why?"467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0sxil1wbs
"Those bullets are laced with werewolf poison. You're as dumb as you look."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV32IuQtpLe
The Hunter shoots me close to my left side.
"Where did you dump the body?"467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWcv7irqLY
I'm silent.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2AYiGzmpz
The Hunter shoots me in the left leg.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ywKTMjtPI
"Two more rounds and you'll be dead within minutes."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyANtHN01ph
I don't say anything.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCnq2Kr4rM
"Looks like you won't be getting this back," the Hunter adds, looking at the cure around his neck.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7BKu3KoA5
Suddenly, Alaric arrives and beats him up, before killing him and tossing him in the river.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemCBIOkDiQ
"One slight problem," I say from the ground on my knees.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYMS5Zul6J
Alaric turns around with the cure in hand.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHxA7E75gn
"You need this?" he asks.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CENrzOsom
"Yeah."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMgsFPGzdz
Ric tries to get me to take the cure so I won't die, but I won't. That cure is for Elena. I'd rather die. So he phones up my brother.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxT2NM6GS7
"What do you want me to do, Stefan? He won't take the cure."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1A9dyyC1L
"Caroline is calling Klaus again. I can find a way to buy Damon more time. Just stay there."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhFfCjt7dE
Stefan hangs up.
Later in the day, I'm in my room. I have just put my shirt on, when Elena walks in and walks up to me.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmq0HLJorwH
"Is it healed up?" she asks.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoU95QTzXMH
"Yeah."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4tjVKbBrD
"So it's all better?"467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TEP6T5CFR
"Yeah."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbU2N6ERZh
She stands in front of me and slaps me once across the face.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOSTRS6N6l
"Ow."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn56Kr1iX2p
"That's for choosing to die over taking the cure."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMa8QWaqxhM
"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 here! I am not sorry, Elena!"467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDU02imJbEz
"Then I am not sorry. I am not sorry that I meant you! I am not sorry that you have made me question everything about myself! And I am not sorry that I am in love with you!"467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtioM66LMq
I'm silent, but thrilled that she has finally admitted it. And then we kiss.
Later Elena, Stefan, Lexi, Alaric, and I are downstairs in the living room.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiabA4O14FL
I say something and she smacks me on the shoulder.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKnCEktRYT
"Ow."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvZEUrhGYp
"Ouch," Lexi comments.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PaOL3wFXZ
"I taught her that swing," Ric says.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vzx06A3Lc
Elena walks up to Stefan.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBeQX2ixu3
"Can I talk to you alone?"467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC38qe6pySI
Stefan follows her into the next room.
Later that night, when Stefan has his car packed, I stand in the doorway. "I'm not sorry for you," Stefan tells me.467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHgPMYxYhk
"Then I'm not sorry for you, either. Do you need me to come along?"467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNeCdImJvT
"No. Lexi is coming with me."467Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAt6QwIEYbA
I watch him drive off in the SUV with Lexi.
