Summary: Set in S5E1 “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” After Damon realizes something’s wrong, he looks for her and finds her injured. His car is totaled and she’s fighting for her life. This makes him realize that he still cares and he takes her to the hospital. Will she live?
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'Cause you don’t never really say what’s on your mind
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It was a nebulous night at the Salvatore boarding house, as human Katherine set the empty shot glass down on Damon’s drinking table.440Please respect copyright.PENANALvE7oR9i8N
“You’re miserable,” Damon stated.440Please respect copyright.PENANAv1HTsTM2Jk
“Please. I’m Katherine Pierce. I’m a survivor.”440Please respect copyright.PENANARAo06BXL1e
“You’re a liar. Your hair’s messed up, your nails are chipped. You’re a sad, miserable human being and you want me to turn you. So, here.” He bit his wrist and offered it to her.440Please respect copyright.PENANAEYw2bhwLLr
She gripped his arm, but hesitated.440Please respect copyright.PENANAL0BvkbStNm
“Go ahead, drink up. I’ll kill you, you’ll bit the mailman, you’ll be a vampire again. Go ahead, come on,” he encouraged.440Please respect copyright.PENANAKFTkWhNHHK
She let go and looked at him.440Please respect copyright.PENANAntUaBKsSvZ
“I can’t, okay? No one’s ever taken the cure before. If I die, there’s a good chance I may never wake up.”440Please respect copyright.PENANAOTGREfMTlo
“And that would be tragic,” he commented, not caring.440Please respect copyright.PENANAcG5pCGroT2
“And deep down, in that mushy-gushy Elena-loving heart, there’s a part of you that doesn’t want me to die,” she said, standing in front of him, a hand on his chest. Then she stepped back. “I have enemies everywhere. What happens when word gets out that I’m a human? I can’t protect myself. I’m weak and I’m slow. Do you have any idea what it’s like to run in heels? I have blisters, Damon. Please, just…help me,” she pleaded with him.440Please respect copyright.PENANAXn8fg2A5dT
He looked at her in silence, debating on what to do. She was right, because they would always have a connection. He hated that and her, but he couldn’t deny it.440Please respect copyright.PENANA3OqCG4YkYH
“Fine. I’ll protect you,” he stated, not sure if it was a promise or not.
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Do the talking
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She silently watched, as he walked out of the living room. She knew why, too. She’d broken his heart so many times that he hated her. He hated what she’d done when she’d been a vampire. Now that she had humanity, she found herself wanting to apologize and to tell the truth to him, instead of lying to him. She knew that he wouldn’t believe her, though.
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Your empty eyes just make me feel so cold inside440Please respect copyright.PENANA1eh2lu4BBs
When I’m with you440Please respect copyright.PENANAcfujBYeBbP
It’s like rolling dice440Please respect copyright.PENANAPlQUR42QZj
Don’t know where or how you’re gonna make me cry
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It was a dismal night, as Katherine sat in the car after having tried to run when Damon had tried handing her over to Silas. She tried to stay awake despite her injuries, but knew if she wasn’t found soon, her injuries would kill her.
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So say you love me440Please respect copyright.PENANA9VgrYScJXW
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Don’t let the silence440Please respect copyright.PENANA3zJFTm8oc8
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Wooooo440Please respect copyright.PENANAi4fMhvuPMo
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It’s like440Please respect copyright.PENANAfNRar1Xtif
I’m (I’m) walking on (walking on) broken glass440Please respect copyright.PENANAtsIOTC7Jse
I wanna know but I don’t wanna ask440Please respect copyright.PENANAzr5HYo2skO
‘Cause once you say it440Please respect copyright.PENANAHWB9SX6QD3
You can’t take it back440Please respect copyright.PENANAs1Fylz1ztR
And this is the end and please just fake it fast
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About forty minutes later, he finally found his wrecked car with Katherine still inside. He could smell blood, even from a distance. He blurred to her side of the car, and saw that she was quite injured. There was a shard of glass in her thigh and side. Her wrist was cut from a few small pieces of glass by her on the seat. There was blood on either side of her head, too.440Please respect copyright.PENANANzaDPAWUS4
He rested gentle hands on either side of her face.440Please respect copyright.PENANAg60nnwfCGL
“I’m so sorry, Katherine,” he apologized, though he didn’t know if she could hear him. “Katherine, can you hear me? Open your eyes if you can hear me.”440Please respect copyright.PENANArCbu8mCwQP
He waited for a few minutes, but didn’t get anything from her.
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So say you love me440Please respect copyright.PENANAD2DISSfNK8
Or say you don’t need me440Please respect copyright.PENANAxYvsDW3U8O
Don’t let the silence (ooohhhh)440Please respect copyright.PENANAjSfRVuaSVE
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Just say you want me (say you want me)440Please respect copyright.PENANA07JfsNKkqY
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You lift me up440Please respect copyright.PENANAXtA1iIy2KQ
And knock me down440Please respect copyright.PENANASbmX5aSpLJ
I’m never sure just what to feel when you’re around
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He took his hands away and pulled out both shards of glass, and tossed them to the ground. He then gently picked her up in his arms and blurred towards the hospital. As he did, he could tell that she had and was still losing a lot of blood, not to mention the artery in her thigh had been opened by the shard of glass he’d pulled out, and she was very pale.440Please respect copyright.PENANAAylqX6FaJd
This is my fault. Just hang on. Don’t die on me, he thought, knowing if he didn’t get her to the hospital soon, she was going to die.440Please respect copyright.PENANA4KwH2c6gjv
“Stay with me, Katherine,” he said. “Please.”440Please respect copyright.PENANAEUIC2NaQk2
He blurred to the hospital, hoping she’d live.440Please respect copyright.PENANA1qlXgzb5DQ
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Half an hour later, he walked into the hospital with her in his arms, which Meredith saw. Damon saw an unused bed in the hallway and gently layed her down on it.440Please respect copyright.PENANAjwTTqgphn9
Meredith came over.440Please respect copyright.PENANAg24eN3yntS
“What happened?”440Please respect copyright.PENANAKajVM3lM1J
“She wrecked my car and got herself injured in the process. I’ll explain later, but this is my fault,” he summarized.440Please respect copyright.PENANAWFwgqzjn2D
Meredith knew he wasn’t telling her everything, but didn’t question him. Right now, all that mattered was saving Katherine’s life.440Please respect copyright.PENANARkEOxQi1fB
She put a breathing mask on her.440Please respect copyright.PENANA5YtmM72d4V
“I’ll let you know how it goes,” she told him.440Please respect copyright.PENANAfRHAh8Med6
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Half an hour later, he was in the waiting room, while Katherine was in surgery. He hoped that she’d be okay, but he didn’t know what extent her injuries were. He wasn’t a doctor. All he knew was how to tend to wounds.440Please respect copyright.PENANAIhPE0rrDps
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A few hours later, Meredith informed him that she’d be okay and he went to her room.440Please respect copyright.PENANAqVJi29LvgS
He sat on her bedside with a gentle hand on the side of her face, looking down at her, glad that she was alive, and waited for her to wake up.440Please respect copyright.PENANAtxGeKjCRVG
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An hour later, she woke up and they settled things between each other, and he took her home. And so their love story continued.