Summary: What if Katherine had been there to stop Rebecca? What if Elena had chosen Damon, instead of Stefan?724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoOXwZHoSx
It was a dark night, as Elena spoke to Damon on the phone, Matt driving Elena home in his old, white, Chevy truck.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4RryoKX31
"If you had to choose, who would it be? Who would get the good-bye?" Damon questioned.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcHZI6B0Ce
"I choose you, Damon. I love you both, but Stefan hurt me in a way that I don't know I can forgive."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3FcNP5akWJ
Damon was relieved.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgvmrCLyNi
"I love you, too."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgowpdjx5Ge
"I'll see you soon, Damon."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiSiLdZnh1
"Take care, Elena."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZ3wC4zj1L
Just then, Matt hit the breaks, seeing Rebecca. Before he could hit her, Elena and Matt saw Katherine push Rebekah out of the way.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffCQ9W3jo3
The truck stopped.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiao48SsHbH
Matt and Elena saw Rebekah and Katherine face off.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4NV65hBJt
Kat hissed at Rebekah.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwcgtNLttH
"What do you think you're doing?"724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlXteBTWGq
"Alaric killed my brother. He's linked with Elena. Alaric has to die," Rebekah growled and hissed back.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HHve56KhY
Kat growled.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiHNdlLWGr
"I won't let her die. I'll die before I let Elena die."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAIcBIyR29
Kat growled again as a warning.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuzJ3jynSm
"Go home or I'll dagger you, Rebekah."
The Original growled before vanishing at vamp speed.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqe4CzQdnEu
Kat relaxed and looked over at Elena who had gotten out of the truck and was heading towards the vampiress.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfDUJjBiOZ
"Katherine?"724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKO33ejgxj
"Elena, you should go home. I'll make sure Rebekah isn't following."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQj1VmzgHBe
"What happened?"724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ftAj9cLDA
"I saved you. Rebekah and the others don't know, but you have Damon's blood in your system. If Rebekah had ran you off the road, you probably would've died. If you die with vampire blood in your system, you'll wake up in transition. I don't want you to have to choose. I want you human."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11KpxJg0Ef
"Thank you. But why do you care?"724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgiyFeZxwl
"Because family is everything to me. You are my family. I will not lose my family again. That's why I want Klaus dead. He killed my family 500 years ago to get back at me. I won't let my family die again."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAbdOd40W3
Elena saw it now. The hatred she showed was to keep her dark past from being known. And her actions were to keep family together and hide the pain. But up close, she saw the pain in her eyes.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVMeKN2Awv
Elena turned from her and walked towards the car where Matt waited.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6pH1JS8bL
Kat watched Elena get in and the truck drive off.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCPtJwDsHc
Matt gave the phone back to Elena, which she had had Matt take and speak to Damon.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3ok8fckQc
"Damon, I'm here."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRKMNyzsfE
"Elena, what happened?"724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MvSF2Vn8X
"Katherine just saved us both from Rebekah trying to run us off the road to kill me."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEWqxULXA9
"I'm heading back, Elena."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1Gil6epyz
"Damon, Katherine said she would make sure Rebekah doesn't follow. Somehow, I believe her. She said something else. Something about family."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jzwLW4dy1
"What did she say?"724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6bFusWuDB
"She cares about family enough to protect me and want Klaus dead. I guess he killed her family 500 years ago to get back at her."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwdfEPU7H0
"You shouldn't believe her. Everything she says is a lie."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLLBsh5i1i
"You didn't see her, Damon. It seemed like she wanted to say more."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0oshRdD5E
"We'll figure it out when I get back."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqbqXyYdSG
"Meet me at my place, then," Elena responded.
Later, Damon and Elena were in her living room, Elena seated on the couch, Damon standing by a wall.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6XA2JOQPz
Kat walked in.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKClZUFZNM6
"Good. You're here," she told them, and then sat next to Elena.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pKJViUeHv
"What do you want?" Damon asked.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlxHeVS1RR
Kat looked at him.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrufyOVWHzF
"You could be nicer. I'm older than you. Didn't anyone ever teach you to respect your elders?"724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgNFDzKwfh
Damon looked back at her.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7T0DBbftXU
"Respect is putting it mildly considering what you've done."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNihOBkOUm
"What you think I did," Kat corrected.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jEj6isqEP
Elena watched their exchange.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6FfgXJv0E
"I'm not welcome, so I won't bother you unless you're in danger. I'm going to leave something with Elena. I know that she'll keep it safe. You're welcome to read it too, since you think I lie."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28hRUeaFzN
The Petrova vampiress took out a brown, leather book. It looked very old.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8fHTXFXWO
Kat looked at Elena.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BhTS2ox7H
"Don't let my journal end up in the wrong hands. I wish I knew if this is a good-bye or not. But I don't. Be careful. Take care of yourself and the others, Elena."724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2N8t535wE6
Elena took the journal that she handed to her. Then Elena and Damon watched her leave.724Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPN1Y236SPv
Elena looked down at the tattered, old diary and opened it. When she did, Damon went to sit beside her and they silently read it.
As Kat left, she knew she had to get somewhere where she wouldn't be found. She knew what Alaric was. She couldn't let him find her.
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