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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AoNgK7Srx
She looked at him, as he sat down beside her.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8cIqlLaBw
"How is he?"697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSAckPjgvR
"He'll live," he answered her.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBMAG1otgJ
His reply relieved her, though she didn't know what she felt about Ric being human again.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRw6Nk80qxl
Suddenly images began to come to her; memories. Pain began in her head, as they surfaced.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZhfrE7ois
She put fingers to her temple.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokrkKF33XU
"Elena?" he called, worried.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUTrXeWErl
"I'm starting to remember."697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nmk4aXu0s
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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qW8uFtpXi
"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."697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbaNFGgQQQ
"Because I love you. I chose you," she replied.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZruJy3feZa
"Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go."697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayY6R9JGgj
"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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0gy5m9a4y
"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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡro2UINcfN8
"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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJrfjobddp
They were silent, as they looked at each other.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxpelrx2c0
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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgUf1xG087
When Damon appeared, she looked at him.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZknSMeqt1k
"Damon?"697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp79W9ALodN
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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFOm2W5Bel
"Damon," she said softly.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKKZ7u7cEs
He gently picked her up in his arms and left with her.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiu9CmdT3tu
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Later that night, she was seated on the couch, Damon in a chair by her.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxZEukjiQu
"Where were you, Damon?" she asked.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWbxGPscB2
He rested his hand on her leg and looked at her with sympathy.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4E13K1qGL
"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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeu0YmXBwS
"That doesn't mean you have to act like a..."697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYps88AqSL
"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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENHrWHPjnO
"Thank...you," he whispered.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrId4r2m8Zg
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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDCYZbZzXf
Elena went to stand a distance behind the vampire.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ516g3AUqYf
"Stop!" she yelled.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiSxsV7AUw
The male vampire looked at her.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKMdGuHMW1
"Please, don't hurt him."697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VTD7Iv4k4
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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbajENNHQT
She looked at him, as he looked her over.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkndoYsrB8B
"Hey; Elena. Focus. Look at me," he instructed, as she swayed a little.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLw98aaxJA
"I'm fine, Damon," she assured him.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxHXPy0blb
"Are you sure?"697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIryp1XC5W
"I look like crap."697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSRGjzAf1h
He caught her as she collapsed, a hand between her shoulderblades, arm holding her up.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJzSLbrWjA
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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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3daaDNfdx7
She smiled and he smiled back.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJooeN9vrh
A moment later, they were kissing.
