Summary: Set in S6 after Jo saved Ric when he landed on the Mystic Falls border. What if, out of the blue, her memories resurfaced?
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Damon walked into the boarding house to see Elena seated on the couch, clearly having heard what happened with Ric.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYOHWlAZ2U
She looked at him, as he sat down beside her.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4PuXOxpHX
"How is he?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBizBkKClKD
"He'll live," he answered her.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1oR9V5EEP
His reply relieved her, though she didn't know what she felt about Ric being human again.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCxy7f1Zkz
Suddenly images began to come to her; memories. Pain began in her head, as they surfaced.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymejZrVJT1
She put fingers to her temple.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqJeOvftsk
"Elena?" he called, worried.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrk7Xti1Df
"I'm starting to remember."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2CxXMExic
Her reply relieved him. He wouldn't have to explain a memory to her that he remembered, but she didn't.
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*Flashback #1*
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Damon and Elena stood in the living room of the boarding house, having a fight.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBsvfAgCzY
"There's nothing in this world that consecrates all the reasons that I am wrong for you. I am bad. I am bad for you, Elena. I don't know why you wouldn't run away from me as humanly possible."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIL4Hl7IxO
"Because I love you. I chose you," she replied.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWY1O9ZLHh
"Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyixwssNpJ5
"So, that's it. You're just going to push me away."
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*Flashback #2*
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It was a beautiful day in the boarding house. Summer was over, so she was going off to college to Whitmore. He didn't understand why since he had never liked school; even as a human. She was happy though, which made him happy for her. They were so happy that they began to make out. At one point, they ended up on the couch, as they did so.
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*Flashback #3*
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It was a dark night, as Damon and Elena stood in the living room at the boarding house in front of the fireplace.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJw9MTlR94x
"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 you! I am not sorry, Elena!" he yelled.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ApWkF4MGh
"Then I'm not sorry. I'm not sorry that I met you. I'm not sorry that knowing you has made me question everything! And I am not sorry that I am in love with you! I love you, Damon," she replied.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkgB576Rn8
They were silent, as they looked at each other.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVLk1QJFCQ
A moment later, they kissed.
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*Flashback #4*
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It was a beautiful day, as she stood on the Whickery bridge, her skin being burned by the sun, her Daylight ring off, hallucinations gone.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0QlVcP0io
When Damon appeared, she looked at him.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoY3dxV97J
"Damon?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmX1iwoIiFw
At vamp speed, he grabbed her and jumped into the water with her, which saved her.
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*Flashback #5*
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Elena was in the hospital, barely awake from Klaus compelling a nurse to take her blood for him, when she saw Damon there.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Gmsxk6q1M
"Damon," she said softly.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jN6Dhsijs
He gently picked her up in his arms and left with her.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhMlXRtC4r
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Later that night, she was seated on the couch, Damon in a chair by her.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8TxR5GGZ9
"Where were you, Damon?" she asked.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpMmh54s9f
He rested his hand on her leg and looked at her with sympathy.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfG4Civ2MU
"I shouldn't have left. I promise you, I will never leave you again."
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*Flashback #6*
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Damon and Elena were having a fight in a house. He was irritated that she thought he could be the good guy, but he wasn't. She was wrong.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wBQIl4EMU
"That doesn't mean you have to act like a..."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8mtkok73M
"What? A vampire? Well, guess what, Elena? I am a vampire! I'm not Stefan, so why don't you stop trying to turn me into him!" he yelled at her.
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*Flashback #7*
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Damon lay in bed, barely awake, dying, Elena beside him, keeping him company and listening to everything he had to say. Knowing he was close to death and that he loved her, she kissed him once on the lips and then pulled away.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogYWMPmDRj
"Thank...you," he whispered.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1Rjcw8Fjt
A moment later, his sire, Katherine, walked in to cure him before it was too late.
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*Flashback #8*
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It was a dark night as Elena tried to get the door open. The car was on fire and the door wasn't budging for her. She coughed, as smoke filled her lungs. And just as she thought she wouldn't make it, Damon was outside the door and forced it open, saving her life, yet again.
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*Flashback #9*
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Damon was on his knees in pain as the male vampire stood over him, who had drenched Damon in gasoline and stood with a lit match, ready to end Damon by setting him on fire.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwFnW1Tm54
Elena went to stand a distance behind the vampire.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpNeapx3in
"Stop!" she yelled.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfCf4cuEXK
The male vampire looked at her.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qCXFuYRV2
"Please, don't hurt him."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKp1NzInKKn
After looking between them, the vamp fled at vamp speed.
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*Flashback #10*
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Damon stood in front of Elena, making sure she was okay, checking her over. She had just been in a car crash, which he assumed was due to a vampire.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GOFRDnONb
She looked at him, as he looked her over.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn53iQMWK0J
"Hey; Elena. Focus. Look at me," he instructed, as she swayed a little.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaHV82C58K
"I'm fine, Damon," she assured him.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFRAxejq2X
"Are you sure?"745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWivm82x8AY
"I look like crap."745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNHR1zN8V3
He caught her as she collapsed, a hand between her shoulderblades, arm holding her up.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfynR9lclT
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When she woke up, she was in a car with Damon who told her they were in Georgia.
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When every memory that had been compelled away was back, she came back to the present and looked at him.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5LDVq8aSd
She smiled and he smiled back.745Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡda9zIHSEff
A moment later, they were kissing.
