Summary: What if Katherine had been there to stop Rebecca? What if Elena had chosen Damon, instead of Stefan?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KoFN0waGW
It was a dark night, as Elena spoke to Damon on the phone, Matt driving Elena home in his old, white, Chevy truck.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKJREwcBwN
"If you had to choose, who would it be? Who would get the good-bye?" Damon questioned.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGAzqhKipD
"I choose you, Damon. I love you both, but Stefan hurt me in a way that I don't know I can forgive."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKuCWbt92v
Damon was relieved.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurPE5Sk0V3
"I love you, too."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLWYeAezR4
"I'll see you soon, Damon."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKXdZ80e5N
"Take care, Elena."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs73BwSMRUs
Just then, Matt hit the breaks, seeing Rebecca. Before he could hit her, Elena and Matt saw Katherine push Rebekah out of the way.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcvHCCzqcr
The truck stopped.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5fqPPfHZC
Matt and Elena saw Rebekah and Katherine face off.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BD7R1cS2U
Kat hissed at Rebekah.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMHdLsypGQ
"What do you think you're doing?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7mokxE7gh
"Alaric killed my brother. He's linked with Elena. Alaric has to die," Rebekah growled and hissed back.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZToCL33EYa
Kat growled.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXLCgSWhl7
"I won't let her die. I'll die before I let Elena die."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQYLZg03u7
Kat growled again as a warning.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZvRyOemum
"Go home or I'll dagger you, Rebekah."
The Original growled before vanishing at vamp speed.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURnCeNUbC4
Kat relaxed and looked over at Elena who had gotten out of the truck and was heading towards the vampiress.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50nXgWXjJp
"Katherine?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3ffr9jBnq
"Elena, you should go home. I'll make sure Rebekah isn't following."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVeiudrxQC
"What happened?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3axrnPNe3
"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."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9C4848aqq
"Thank you. But why do you care?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAWe4JjUu4
"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."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpHcR8rkrp
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.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zdRUBiLGj
Elena turned from her and walked towards the car where Matt waited.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZjeXB4lWk
Kat watched Elena get in and the truck drive off.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe9QQ3MuP4
Matt gave the phone back to Elena, which she had had Matt take and speak to Damon.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3QlgQKIE1
"Damon, I'm here."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4eYwHIApK5
"Elena, what happened?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIH4dcF31aK
"Katherine just saved us both from Rebekah trying to run us off the road to kill me."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPxqX04M5c
"I'm heading back, Elena."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWxJwMFEjK
"Damon, Katherine said she would make sure Rebekah doesn't follow. Somehow, I believe her. She said something else. Something about family."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQrlanT9Dw
"What did she say?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcA5Lmla0j
"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."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEeRUHtfdL
"You shouldn't believe her. Everything she says is a lie."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMx34U1TDNl
"You didn't see her, Damon. It seemed like she wanted to say more."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpiZFZq0aE
"We'll figure it out when I get back."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CMmYNkQX4
"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.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrRThybFDt
Kat walked in.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuAqFclsoM
"Good. You're here," she told them, and then sat next to Elena.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLjy98IP43
"What do you want?" Damon asked.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJwyFyknIi
Kat looked at him.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6i1rphrXM2
"You could be nicer. I'm older than you. Didn't anyone ever teach you to respect your elders?"748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocFVUUHdjr
Damon looked back at her.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViSXUEyKaa
"Respect is putting it mildly considering what you've done."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XvPBDLyIl
"What you think I did," Kat corrected.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSN9AJHisI
Elena watched their exchange.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxOofy4Cqi
"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."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfZdPBxequ
The Petrova vampiress took out a brown, leather book. It looked very old.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXTop9y8u5
Kat looked at Elena.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0IW6IT482
"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."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz85v46K4Ta
Elena took the journal that she handed to her. Then Elena and Damon watched her leave.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaNc27ITcV
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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