Summary: What if Katherine had been there to stop Rebecca? What if Elena had chosen Damon, instead of Stefan?738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZodZwZKXT
It was a dark night, as Elena spoke to Damon on the phone, Matt driving Elena home in his old, white, Chevy truck.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0OLOMaZjz
"If you had to choose, who would it be? Who would get the good-bye?" Damon questioned.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBoGEm5riS
"I choose you, Damon. I love you both, but Stefan hurt me in a way that I don't know I can forgive."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhl5hmM8gx
Damon was relieved.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfWkK5emev
"I love you, too."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6wLiuJc7V
"I'll see you soon, Damon."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYfEGsw1oz
"Take care, Elena."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUeDWd4QyRM
Just then, Matt hit the breaks, seeing Rebecca. Before he could hit her, Elena and Matt saw Katherine push Rebekah out of the way.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiAUajIoDH
The truck stopped.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7JWdEKpsM
Matt and Elena saw Rebekah and Katherine face off.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2mcXmHbiU
Kat hissed at Rebekah.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UCJa3WNhJ
"What do you think you're doing?"738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZP8wfmstYe
"Alaric killed my brother. He's linked with Elena. Alaric has to die," Rebekah growled and hissed back.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbKrCbX2Bx
Kat growled.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0Dkaan7J0
"I won't let her die. I'll die before I let Elena die."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpbwnhPXRJ
Kat growled again as a warning.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvcCfAQ6yn
"Go home or I'll dagger you, Rebekah."
The Original growled before vanishing at vamp speed.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkFU3S4WZt
Kat relaxed and looked over at Elena who had gotten out of the truck and was heading towards the vampiress.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfshc0NvJ8h
"Katherine?"738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLXZSuGKsR
"Elena, you should go home. I'll make sure Rebekah isn't following."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfyyAkEi6H
"What happened?"738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezLAViFAvw
"I saved you. Rebekah and the others don't know, but you have Damon's blood in your system. If Rebekah had ran you off the road, you probably would've died. If you die with vampire blood in your system, you'll wake up in transition. I don't want you to have to choose. I want you human."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHlZQTlZDc
"Thank you. But why do you care?"738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6CtJq6YAm
"Because family is everything to me. You are my family. I will not lose my family again. That's why I want Klaus dead. He killed my family 500 years ago to get back at me. I won't let my family die again."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcj0rUAKbSF
Elena saw it now. The hatred she showed was to keep her dark past from being known. And her actions were to keep family together and hide the pain. But up close, she saw the pain in her eyes.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEv9n2t2nF
Elena turned from her and walked towards the car where Matt waited.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWeYMxkPfe
Kat watched Elena get in and the truck drive off.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVnq4rKNWZ
Matt gave the phone back to Elena, which she had had Matt take and speak to Damon.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6fRCOzfcz
"Damon, I'm here."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fspSdGDUN
"Elena, what happened?"738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZQud9lFBr
"Katherine just saved us both from Rebekah trying to run us off the road to kill me."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2Fnx0RsIj
"I'm heading back, Elena."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0OUnsq39u
"Damon, Katherine said she would make sure Rebekah doesn't follow. Somehow, I believe her. She said something else. Something about family."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkqL4kAzZ3
"What did she say?"738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfosC4qroaU
"She cares about family enough to protect me and want Klaus dead. I guess he killed her family 500 years ago to get back at her."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrKVWCqptc
"You shouldn't believe her. Everything she says is a lie."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RDQ3ZzgYP
"You didn't see her, Damon. It seemed like she wanted to say more."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxmLEUSIgG
"We'll figure it out when I get back."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWHJiFqU8O
"Meet me at my place, then," Elena responded.
Later, Damon and Elena were in her living room, Elena seated on the couch, Damon standing by a wall.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWbMD9K33w
Kat walked in.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAloNdSrKz
"Good. You're here," she told them, and then sat next to Elena.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rQDEj0UGM
"What do you want?" Damon asked.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACBlpylli6
Kat looked at him.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3Er9j468U
"You could be nicer. I'm older than you. Didn't anyone ever teach you to respect your elders?"738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz17IDD5rZP
Damon looked back at her.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQzLEAD9c0
"Respect is putting it mildly considering what you've done."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSC7SX11h9a
"What you think I did," Kat corrected.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tsFQicZuZ
Elena watched their exchange.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIfgxOYWir
"I'm not welcome, so I won't bother you unless you're in danger. I'm going to leave something with Elena. I know that she'll keep it safe. You're welcome to read it too, since you think I lie."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOndVSsZQc
The Petrova vampiress took out a brown, leather book. It looked very old.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSr4JHHkdJN
Kat looked at Elena.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dAQNhe0vR
"Don't let my journal end up in the wrong hands. I wish I knew if this is a good-bye or not. But I don't. Be careful. Take care of yourself and the others, Elena."738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcS7IdLjGo
Elena took the journal that she handed to her. Then Elena and Damon watched her leave.738Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyyF6Bxaez
Elena looked down at the tattered, old diary and opened it. When she did, Damon went to sit beside her and they silently read it.
As Kat left, she knew she had to get somewhere where she wouldn't be found. She knew what Alaric was. She couldn't let him find her.
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