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 talk417Please respect copyright.PENANAfoItlCayzZ
He walks, you say sit down, it’s just a talk417Please respect copyright.PENANAJmrZDEASbO
He smiles politely back at you417Please respect copyright.PENANARDeAyouy9d
You stare politely right on through417Please respect copyright.PENANAyBTkB88m9a
Some sort of window to your right417Please respect copyright.PENANAx2C7Gz5CDG
As he goes left, and you stay right417Please respect copyright.PENANAU2Ujtt1kUS
Between the lines of fear and blame417Please respect copyright.PENANAB0jiJVYyjK
You begin to wonder why you came417Please respect copyright.PENANAXK9H2pJmil
Where did I go wrong?417Please respect copyright.PENANAVeXXYirPwN
I lost a friend417Please respect copyright.PENANAsDEM62NL88
Somewhere along in bitterness417Please respect copyright.PENANAt6AOjBQAYc
And I would have stayed up with you all night417Please respect copyright.PENANAKPpT3V5QTT
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.417Please respect copyright.PENANAfIQnCuYX64
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.417Please respect copyright.PENANAV5DFP1msn8
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.417Please respect copyright.PENANAuhzCkdvHnl
“Katherine?”417Please respect copyright.PENANAYdcJ1b7YpP
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.417Please respect copyright.PENANA1nqugRU2OF
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head.417Please respect copyright.PENANASzkF9M0sNZ
“Katherine, can you hear me? If you can hear me, open your eyes.”417Please respect copyright.PENANADuTqTKMYx8
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.417Please respect copyright.PENANArq66B5hveb
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.417Please respect copyright.PENANAatUTx9QLzq
“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.417Please respect copyright.PENANAbRGcjCYrz1
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.417Please respect copyright.PENANAKSltWhsdDH
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 best417Please respect copyright.PENANA0aaNYlQgbU
‘Cause after all, you do know best417Please respect copyright.PENANA1fZorNgrkJ
Try to slip past his defense417Please respect copyright.PENANAQj6GTXjiS4
Without granting innocence417Please respect copyright.PENANAQcpmp3W2iO
Lay down a list of what is wrong417Please respect copyright.PENANATkGT0rineA
The things you’ve told him all along417Please respect copyright.PENANAIZTSppcuy5
And pray to God he hears you417Please respect copyright.PENANA1cd6Zsn3rD
And I pray to God he hears you417Please respect copyright.PENANAAp6YELf2gA
Where did I go wrong?417Please respect copyright.PENANApyRTQIdepx
I lost a friend417Please respect copyright.PENANAsFZBrAgSI6
Somewhere along in bitterness417Please respect copyright.PENANAKA470PO6qO
And I would have stayed up with you all night417Please respect copyright.PENANAvItZVk0BKT
Had I known how to save a life417Please respect copyright.PENANAMvuM6SNCYs
As he begins to raise his voice417Please respect copyright.PENANAqJGsjifk4z
You lower yours and grant him one last choice417Please respect copyright.PENANAByMkSWWWjA
Drive until you lose the road417Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7bvht2OgI
Or break with the ones you’ve followed417Please respect copyright.PENANAvtEKAqFRQZ
He will do one of two things417Please respect copyright.PENANAYM9vIPXfTe
He will admit to everything417Please respect copyright.PENANAxoASisY9et
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same417Please respect copyright.PENANAeeBH92W3rD
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.417Please respect copyright.PENANA1NTUSHKflO
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.417Please respect copyright.PENANAfDDNEppD28
“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?417Please respect copyright.PENANADcnE5xpleQ
I lost a friend417Please respect copyright.PENANAASAwTKw5F7
Somewhere along in bitterness417Please respect copyright.PENANAw7gl7JSlTZ
And I would have stayed up with you all night417Please respect copyright.PENANA0lj5GnFVn2
Had I known how to save a life417Please respect copyright.PENANAMBzNEol6zh
Where did I go wrong?417Please respect copyright.PENANAqrbVEynLnR
I lost a friend417Please respect copyright.PENANAlXLryo2WVa
Somewhere along in bitterness417Please respect copyright.PENANAT8VSFX25E2
And I would have stayed up with you all night417Please respect copyright.PENANAVtG260i2rQ
Had I known how to save a life417Please respect copyright.PENANAtChk3I4yJ6
How to save a life417Please respect copyright.PENANADjpSI0zkNL
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.417Please respect copyright.PENANAKynBfiODDW
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.417Please respect copyright.PENANAeK3K50Eyoe
“How do you feel?” he questioned.417Please respect copyright.PENANA1CjpdG4Ykx
“I feel fine.”417Please respect copyright.PENANAuDcKP9JX94
“Good,” he replied.417Please respect copyright.PENANAMKt9feafY3
He pulled up to the house and she couldn’t help but comment, saying, “Home sweet home.”417Please respect copyright.PENANAS8O1ml3kSd
“Don’t worry. It’s just you and me now. Stefan left town and we broke up a while back,” he assured her.417Please respect copyright.PENANAXoWWHMRfEL
She smiled, happy about that.
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Where did I go wrong?417Please respect copyright.PENANAeSR4qaNKfn
I lost a friend417Please respect copyright.PENANAdQUAgEmo5d
Somewhere along in bitterness417Please respect copyright.PENANA70iZBvgXLK
And I would have stayed up with you all night417Please respect copyright.PENANAwkswJ1XvNQ
Had I known how to save a life417Please respect copyright.PENANAhsBYRNPRMM
Where did I go wrong?417Please respect copyright.PENANACmoF0ohi9A
I lost a friend417Please respect copyright.PENANA8XF257iLhn
Somewhere along in bitterness417Please respect copyright.PENANAcLrXcMv5bb
And I would have stayed up with you all night417Please respect copyright.PENANAAQzdHc7aPZ
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 life417Please respect copyright.PENANA6Vyoj97JkU
How to save a life…