Ch.11: How To Save A Life
Summary: Set in S7, but kind of a future fic. Elena is back to going to college with Caroline now that she has awakened after Bonnie’s death. Bonnie died from the pills, since they couldn’t find a way to save her. What happens when Damon sees Kat on the side of the road? Will he save her, or leave her to die?
Step one, you say we need to talk414Please respect copyright.PENANAkok9A1WQlY
He walks, you say sit down, it’s just a talk414Please respect copyright.PENANAp1Yd3C4xMt
He smiles politely back at you414Please respect copyright.PENANAMJZv6n23ti
You stare politely right on through414Please respect copyright.PENANArpZ78gbRGe
Some sort of window to your right414Please respect copyright.PENANAHogUJZzn0Z
As he goes left, and you stay right414Please respect copyright.PENANATSogkcuI01
Between the lines of fear and blame414Please respect copyright.PENANAbwq1k226go
You begin to wonder why you came414Please respect copyright.PENANA7hvIrJiUDz
Where did I go wrong?414Please respect copyright.PENANAk5ikvT92Ql
I lost a friend414Please respect copyright.PENANAtDKjxlOuZ1
Somewhere along in bitterness414Please respect copyright.PENANAC940pcGOok
And I would have stayed up with you all night414Please respect copyright.PENANAbK8vXEdywL
Had I known how to save a life
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It was a dismal night in Mystic Falls, as Damon drove back to the boarding house after a few drinks. He’d gone to see Elena at Whitmore College, since she’d ignored his calls for a few days. He had to make sure she was safe. And she was. Now he was heading back home.414Please respect copyright.PENANARMu9AoQA4J
Suddenly, on the desolate road, he saw someone lying down on the shoulder of the road. Usually he’d just pass by, but he had a gut feeling that he should stop, so he stopped the car by the person, close to the shoulder of the road.414Please respect copyright.PENANAuUEdKpqdp0
As soon as he went around his car and knelt by her, he saw her familiar face, but he didn’t want to believe that it was really her.414Please respect copyright.PENANAhwP38rfWWV
“Katherine?”414Please respect copyright.PENANAG3W2kLuo7d
He gently got her on her back. That’s when it was confirmed that Katherine was indeed alive, human, and injured. She was pale with blood on either side of her head. There was also blood pretty much everywhere. He could barely see where her wounds started and where the blood started. That’s how much blood there was. He could tell that she’d lost a lot of blood. He listened for a heartbeat and breathing and if his heart could beat, it would’ve sunk. He didn’t care what had happened to her for her to be like this. He only knew that he couldn’t leave her to die. She was slipping towards it, though. Her breathing was shallow and her heart was slowing.414Please respect copyright.PENANADKqiBH3bLK
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head.414Please respect copyright.PENANA1TUxCPAJah
“Katherine, can you hear me? If you can hear me, open your eyes.”414Please respect copyright.PENANAvsd9DDsTAZ
After a moment of no movement from her, he took the chance and bit his wrist, putting it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat to heal her if all possible.414Please respect copyright.PENANAI8Mc3ns5Wu
When her wounds had healed and she wasn’t dying anymore, he took his wrist away which obviously healed, and sighed in relief. Sure, he hated her, but whatever had happened to her, he wouldn’t wish on anyone.414Please respect copyright.PENANAg2HKfjez15
“Let’s get you out of here,” he said, and as he gently picked her up in his arms he added, “Upsie daisy.” Then he walked over to his car and gently set her in the passenger’s seat. He then closed the door and got in the driver’s seat and started driving again.414Please respect copyright.PENANAs3gcFMkMBH
As he drove, he looked over at her, hoping for a sign that she was going to be waking up soon. He knew she was alive and healed, so he didn’t understand why she hadn’t woken up yet. He figured she had been through a lot though and just needed to rest for a while. He knew that after going through a lot, it made people exhausted. He’d gone through a lot himself. If he wasn’t a vampire, he would’ve been tired of all of this a long time ago. Even as a vampire, he wished sometimes that he could just go and take a long overdue nap and not have to deal with anything or anyone.414Please respect copyright.PENANALjBTDhoHXC
He rested a gentle hand on top of her left one and looked at the road again. Maybe if she knew that she wasn’t alone and that she was safe with him, she’d wake up.
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Let him know that you know best414Please respect copyright.PENANAgoOViZIbeh
‘Cause after all, you do know best414Please respect copyright.PENANAT9Vw0VxSxw
Try to slip past his defense414Please respect copyright.PENANAJEtAvXnrsL
Without granting innocence414Please respect copyright.PENANAk68DakhXlE
Lay down a list of what is wrong414Please respect copyright.PENANAB6MWICFQ2d
The things you’ve told him all along414Please respect copyright.PENANAngOjpIYovi
And pray to God he hears you414Please respect copyright.PENANAXZSUSRw0Oz
And I pray to God he hears you414Please respect copyright.PENANAWZ6SW5mLkO
Where did I go wrong?414Please respect copyright.PENANAh0ZpoE4Hx6
I lost a friend414Please respect copyright.PENANALg4fXpNhuN
Somewhere along in bitterness414Please respect copyright.PENANA3zJ2bEglCb
And I would have stayed up with you all night414Please respect copyright.PENANAgGnFuHtkTD
Had I known how to save a life414Please respect copyright.PENANABMlsjJs1Q8
As he begins to raise his voice414Please respect copyright.PENANAVNkg6iVxNz
You lower yours and grant him one last choice414Please respect copyright.PENANA5J3unyw53q
Drive until you lose the road414Please respect copyright.PENANAAjCADbGDHu
Or break with the ones you’ve followed414Please respect copyright.PENANAQ33F66nbah
He will do one of two things414Please respect copyright.PENANADCK4TtPOsB
He will admit to everything414Please respect copyright.PENANAPP2SjOnm8E
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same414Please respect copyright.PENANAvgLef1d1iV
And you’ll begin to wonder why you came
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“Katherine, I don’t know if you can hear me or not, but I’m right here. I’m not going to hurt you. Whatever happened, I’m here for you. I promise you, you’re safe now. I won’t let anything happen to you. It’s okay now. You can open your eyes,” he said, as he continued looking at the road, hoping it would work. He didn’t want to have to go inside her head, considering he’d been cruel to her the last time he’d done that to her.414Please respect copyright.PENANA9jZxQIBETW
As the minutes clicked by and she still didn’t stir, he wondered if he would have to go inside her head or take her to the hospital, after all.414Please respect copyright.PENANAvmY1afQDRl
“Look, Katherine, I need you to wake up so that I know that you’ll live. I know now that I was wrong. I shouldn’t have been so cruel to you. You were dying and reliving your grief over your mother. You didn’t deserve what you got from neither Klaus nor me. I’m sorry for what I did to you. If I could do it over, I’d give you peace, instead. Please forgive me,” he confessed, meaning every word. Without her in his life or alive, he didn’t feel whole. The moment he’d watched Stefan kill her to get her out of Elena’s body, it felt like a small piece of him died along with her.
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Where did I go wrong?414Please respect copyright.PENANAOGqvdXeZcd
I lost a friend414Please respect copyright.PENANABlVY7BkyCS
Somewhere along in bitterness414Please respect copyright.PENANA02V5Vew3f1
And I would have stayed up with you all night414Please respect copyright.PENANAaSUlFFRwHh
Had I known how to save a life414Please respect copyright.PENANAWkCfF55cfT
Where did I go wrong?414Please respect copyright.PENANAwwSU2CDIev
I lost a friend414Please respect copyright.PENANAotFzone3Pm
Somewhere along in bitterness414Please respect copyright.PENANATxuoKa5Sqs
And I would have stayed up with you all night414Please respect copyright.PENANAA5ThdSKMfX
Had I known how to save a life414Please respect copyright.PENANAox088xui1K
How to save a life414Please respect copyright.PENANAAC1RBAnQSL
How to save a life
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After his confession and everything he’d said, which she heard through the darkness, she began to awaken half an hour later.414Please respect copyright.PENANAeJtlnU94rY
When she woke up, she was still weak but otherwise felt fine. The second thing she noticed was Damon driving with a hand on top of hers and a worried look. Seeing her awaken though, she saw him give her a smile, which she returned.414Please respect copyright.PENANAZcH0DtDtpC
“How do you feel?” he questioned.414Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ki7lKi0CV
“I feel fine.”414Please respect copyright.PENANAD89kjXZgGs
“Good,” he replied.414Please respect copyright.PENANAAsMBuG6XFe
He pulled up to the house and she couldn’t help but comment, saying, “Home sweet home.”414Please respect copyright.PENANAyFsWuJ7VtY
“Don’t worry. It’s just you and me now. Stefan left town and we broke up a while back,” he assured her.414Please respect copyright.PENANAeamPzPVtxB
She smiled, happy about that.
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Where did I go wrong?414Please respect copyright.PENANAt4KUHWodUy
I lost a friend414Please respect copyright.PENANAqixadZ9yMp
Somewhere along in bitterness414Please respect copyright.PENANAmAKtdj71ki
And I would have stayed up with you all night414Please respect copyright.PENANA8hKEBN7lYm
Had I known how to save a life414Please respect copyright.PENANAQGcuZAOX82
Where did I go wrong?414Please respect copyright.PENANABFHVcr7Xev
I lost a friend414Please respect copyright.PENANAxMSDGOuEpf
Somewhere along in bitterness414Please respect copyright.PENANANds1CKrR92
And I would have stayed up with you all night414Please respect copyright.PENANAZV6VleR2XR
Had I known how to save a life
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After a year of living together in the boarding house, they finally fell back into love. And so their love story continued on. And the plus side was that she could digest vampire blood and was no longer dying. She just looked like she used to be before turning the first time. And so, after finding that out, she had Damon turn her back and he was glad to do so.
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How to save a life414Please respect copyright.PENANAWpdFhagfr8
How to save a life…