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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZrlWIC1cz
She looked at him, as he sat down beside her.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowXWi16kwn
"How is he?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzY1t7mrdWp
"He'll live," he answered her.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckPLxqka9i
His reply relieved her, though she didn't know what she felt about Ric being human again.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7G48dgmIEf
Suddenly images began to come to her; memories. Pain began in her head, as they surfaced.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vvmfVgLD9
She put fingers to her temple.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtgSlCAth0
"Elena?" he called, worried.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhCYcSzY0K
"I'm starting to remember."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdLCbXjt9z
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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EyG7CF6rI
"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."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAA9DbPyjF7
"Because I love you. I chose you," she replied.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S77sT3SIW
"Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTdekPi3Nl
"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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuUR5ypJ8i
"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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4huojZSM0
"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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDysx2AXdE
They were silent, as they looked at each other.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgBDgIwmvG
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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7X2L7voTs
When Damon appeared, she looked at him.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiiZyRUIZ3
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDirQgIJAQ
"Damon," she said softly.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHArWCi4zp
He gently picked her up in his arms and left with her.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwJRhi4wjm
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Later that night, she was seated on the couch, Damon in a chair by her.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHh9Qy0NYd
"Where were you, Damon?" she asked.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LQCBY4SCr
He rested his hand on her leg and looked at her with sympathy.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfn7Th7F4c
"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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkx0MlRv9O
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"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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YYaBBmi7g
"Thank...you," he whispered.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSf1K6K9w6M
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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡic6q5hmTAc
Elena went to stand a distance behind the vampire.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneRWcNMuj7
"Stop!" she yelled.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrG2tvpqJW
The male vampire looked at her.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXg72xWkhra
"Please, don't hurt him."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNDM5FLiQ4
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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfgQDXqKYS
She looked at him, as he looked her over.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhDxWIX6mj
"Hey; Elena. Focus. Look at me," he instructed, as she swayed a little.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjAj2XwIbv
"I'm fine, Damon," she assured him.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRdBqkN5vF
"Are you sure?"677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBme3dYyDq
"I look like crap."677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QbUcpnjNO
He caught her as she collapsed, a hand between her shoulderblades, arm holding her up.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEyoUTu7aS
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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.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6Godqoek4
She smiled and he smiled back.677Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrnY36Ze4v
A moment later, they were kissing.
