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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiGpaehJ27
I walk over and turn the radio off.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqIDhjA5Hc
"Damon, you remember Lexi," Stefan greets.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dSNyxxPlQ
"Lexi," I say. "Back from the dead."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgyYQ4jXJI
At vamp speed, she pins me against a wall, hand tightly around my throat.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknhQht4Gk3
"You're just going to sit there while she takes her revenge out on me?" I ask my brother.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxnVONh1WN
"Whatever time I have left here, I don't plan on spending it on you. Got it?" she informs me.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6gv7N1TQ5
"Okay, okay. Got it," I reply.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHFbzEKbFL
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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SMTWZtdD5
"Something might've gone wrong with Bonnie's spell and here you are," I comment.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwFmxFuo4r
"So you're saying I should be dealing with the supernatural, instead of spending the day with my ex best friend."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYPNDAItXJ
"Are you drunk?"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOA1Rg8oW6g
Stefan takes another swig of the liquor.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVe26pLCou
"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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4wWcDrYRt
"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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDI2ffLzaH
"I want to know where Silas is."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7L0nk5Zdz2
"I don't know where he is."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVG43BMSv81
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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwcxgirDYl
I watch her enter, as I stand in my room, Jeremy standing at the door.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbzljlAMH3
"Damon, we need to talk," she announces.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjxe6XjqwH
"What is there to talk about?"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYPSa1WmtL
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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoPbJQfmzT
"Here. Consider this a graduation present."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMWnIb3fVm
I wince in pain.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjnj8d8ZIb
"Are you okay?" she asks me.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7O74tudkc
"I'm fine."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8K0zo6qzi
"Take off your shirt."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVTZ7rjPbF
"No. Not when he's here."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCEoHsdtSd
"Fine."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iEs38BIzQ
She walked up to me and pulls part of my shirt off the wound, showing that it has spread to half of my shoulder.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdAVT4jqv8
She looks at me.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaI0Mb7tDU
"Damon, why isn't this healing?"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINjfHAKwV4
"Because the bullet is laced with werewolf venom."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6609J9vScC
"We need Klaus."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchn3yScP9v
"Klaus would rather let me die."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRR0ZetknU
"What about the cure?" Jeremy asks.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkocefanycc
"No," I respond.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkCl2dxr5X
"He's right. If you're human, the werewolf poison won't hurt you."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJ1dvODoDR
"No, Elena."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QRJKqCcCB
She sets it in my hand.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFLPpvTJTE
"Take it."
I look at her. I then look at Little Gilbert.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEiQbs5tSx
"Why is it that even dead, you're the bait of my existence?"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQwLp4528c
"You should go or you'll be late to your graduation," Jeremy tells Elena.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSaw36Lc0H
She looks at her brother.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgF5lHpEIjN
"Jer, no. Not if you can't be there."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxJb3Nt9jb
"It the best time of your life before you go off to college."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDReevKzQKb
"I haven't even sent in my application yet."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQIgMH4jyU
"It doesn't matter. Go. Mom and dad would be pissed if there wasn't a picture of you at your graduation."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYxANa62l7
"Okay," she says.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq32miZYU73
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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDS3hZRNdt
I stand by him.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHsDC6uShG
"He's up," Stefan said.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bKk0d3m7M
"Okay. Let's do this," I say, heading for the door with the Hunter.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYNWAluYX3
"Where are you going?" Stefan asks me.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18cZC2Fh5D
"To dig up Silas."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdvT2hCmQs
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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bm6t9BeP8
"Where's Silas?" he asks me.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYEG6hRDHK
"Well, let's see here. I dragged his body to the edge, dropped him here, and lost him somewhere in the rock."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEGrW7s1Z1
The Hunter sees my neck wound.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZw2sZM3PwM
"That looks nasty. It hasn't healed yet. Why?"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qG1Szcwth
"Those bullets are laced with werewolf poison. You're as dumb as you look."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡph8ladE8gy
The Hunter shoots me close to my left side.
"Where did you dump the body?"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy71Dh5xEJc
I'm silent.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Wru9kkxfv
The Hunter shoots me in the left leg.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ueYBGllMT
"Two more rounds and you'll be dead within minutes."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGRD5fUYXV
I don't say anything.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qZhnba6d9
"Looks like you won't be getting this back," the Hunter adds, looking at the cure around his neck.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gPansB2fH
Suddenly, Alaric arrives and beats him up, before killing him and tossing him in the river.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyj3QEhfI9Z
"One slight problem," I say from the ground on my knees.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhU0AdlZHNF
Alaric turns around with the cure in hand.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtq4mwQjwzc
"You need this?" he asks.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bbteVtup1
"Yeah."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhHacFjJ58
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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDhM42wncF
"What do you want me to do, Stefan? He won't take the cure."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iHcEX9xrj
"Caroline is calling Klaus again. I can find a way to buy Damon more time. Just stay there."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4h3hAssc4E
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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqYWCVbGpx
"Is it healed up?" she asks.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnwxhf2KtP
"Yeah."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcm7pENOvD
"So it's all better?"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDf5FkzLC1e
"Yeah."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAG0aKzQXEC
She stands in front of me and slaps me once across the face.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0h3PMy2Bg
"Ow."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwm7hH8DbLL
"That's for choosing to die over taking the cure."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZni9rl1kTE
"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!"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwr2ut2iLV
"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!"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIHd69WhxX
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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTj9CGNwxU
I say something and she smacks me on the shoulder.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9OU0CZYS6
"Ow."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsBXVXv7eS
"Ouch," Lexi comments.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwY06yRt8p
"I taught her that swing," Ric says.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkMXL57X6L
Elena walks up to Stefan.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafRbj7HLeo
"Can I talk to you alone?"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQRShXrKm6
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.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMO0GkrtTOL
"Then I'm not sorry for you, either. Do you need me to come along?"433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDq2FFufsyv
"No. Lexi is coming with me."433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGT5xrSTHnt
I watch him drive off in the SUV with Lexi.
