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.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeg0A9270IW
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.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAt7kTgNGC
Later that day, I walk into her room.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0pTtKLGto
"Elena."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZQRZr3Y7W
She turns around to look at me, standing by her vanity.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnS4HU7Ispx
"Damon," she says.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MI6YfsiaM
"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.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8l78SoK6i3
"What's the big plan, little brother?" I ask, as I lay on my back.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILHEq9rv54
I roll onto my side and cough up some blood, before I look up at him.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaudBwm3mm
"Lie still. Preserve your strength. You're not going to die. I have Bonnie looking into it."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2n5g7ZZfU7
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.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEnE7wztHo
"Damon, stop," she says.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXueL8g3DY
A memory of Katherine slicing by the side of her neck surfaces.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JnwZjqrOV
"I choose you, Katherine," I say, before I bite Elena in that same place I bit Katherine so many years ago.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OvytCkNMT
"Damon, it's me. Damon," she continues to say, as I bite her.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7Lr6rNBHV
Suddenly, the hallucination ends and I stop.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdfFEuglQN
"Elena?" I say.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTpZcAcIsp
I take a step back and then fall onto my back, very weak.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqI8tEtfqC7
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.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmkeggfYYm
"You should go. I could hurt you," I whisper to her.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuR8xNj2yGX
"I'm not leaving. I'm here until the very end," she replies.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgbKwDOyDX
She snuggles up closer to me.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW26uJGzA2S
"You would've liked me in 1864," I whisper.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYGVUPeTnQ
"I like you how you are now," she tells me.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoektUufzq
She damps the wet wash cloth on my forehead.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8izvjtvNTd
I close my eyes.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6V1dYiLVK
I feel her lips on mine once and know she just kissed me.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4mnGRu4tb
"Thank...you," I whisper once more.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdK4E312YnT
A familiar scent comes to me a moment before the voice says, "It's me you should be thinking. I have the cure."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxEnzqDsgp
I open my eyes and Elena gets to her feet to get out of Katherine's way.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSgP6AEQwI
Katherine walks up to my bedside and gives me the cure, before she lays one hand on my cheek.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCobWc0QKd
"You came back," I say.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwU0Yetj23
"I owed you one," she replies.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELBTkf78kw
She walks off to the middle of the room.
I slowly sit up in bed.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACGR0Jku09
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asks.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0h8bEdkW5
"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."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2p893LF0j
She goes to leave, but stops at the doorway to look at Elena.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkgbhI7ULf
"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.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsWrmF5HYN
Elena and I look at one another silently.
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