It's a beautiful day, as we stand by Jenna Sommer's grave. Klaus killed her during the ritual. Jenna was Jeremy and Elena's aunt. Now they're on their own. All they have are their friends, me, Stefan, and Ric now. I take a rose and lay it down on her grave, and so do the others at the funeral.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡze2hXiTxPm
After the funeral, I tell Stefan that Tyler Lockwood bit me and I show it to him. I then tell him not to tell Elena and I walk away from him to go home. I don't want her to have to deal with me dying. Her aunt just died. She needs time to heal.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5jAvIPwXI
Later that day, I walk into her room.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5wW21YkVz
"Elena."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4ks1yBmHG
She turns around to look at me, standing by her vanity.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2fqMsoHsX
"Damon," she says.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvYxlegV7x
"Elena, I know I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I need it," I say with a pleading face. I need her forgiveness for force feeding her my blood to make sure she came back to life after the ritual. I'm inwardly begging her to forgive me. She doesn't heed though, because she doesn't know I'm dying from a werewolf bite. So she practically kicks me out of the door and I leave.
Later that afternoon, I take my ring off and stand in front of the window to die. As I start to burn, Stefan comes in at vamp speed and gets me out of the sun. He then locks me in the cellar in the basement.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCyc91FV6F
"What's the big plan, little brother?" I ask, as I lay on my back.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3Ki5uLBlx
I roll onto my side and cough up some blood, before I look up at him.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthKvFWhMQy
"Lie still. Preserve your strength. You're not going to die. I have Bonnie looking into it."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKq1p4VVd8b
He walks away, leaving me alone.
I'm let out of there later on and I wander the streets in the middle of the 60's celebration. Everything starts blending in together and I'm weak and sweaty and hot. But then Elena finds me and starts to get me out of there before we stop by a pole. I start to hallucinate that Elena is Katherine and get her up against a pole and bend down towards her neck.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdL39rn1xJC
"Damon, stop," she says.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ16ZYmHOCr
A memory of Katherine slicing by the side of her neck surfaces.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlahU0sGcW2
"I choose you, Katherine," I say, before I bite Elena in that same place I bit Katherine so many years ago.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2GHruP1xg
"Damon, it's me. Damon," she continues to say, as I bite her.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjeCdTHFMg
Suddenly, the hallucination ends and I stop.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnxFZtexjo
"Elena?" I say.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMACfaO5Sqt
I take a step back and then fall onto my back, very weak.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbS6gBslpR
Elena kneels beside me with one hand on her wound.
Later that night, I lay in my bed with Elena seated at my bedside with a wet wash cloth.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo26MdmygDI
"You should go. I could hurt you," I whisper to her.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rvVNST5E7
"I'm not leaving. I'm here until the very end," she replies.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrHGLuGVOG
She snuggles up closer to me.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpo1pmBIg10
"You would've liked me in 1864," I whisper.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWXLGUbyvf
"I like you how you are now," she tells me.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3fCYD3HU5
She damps the wet wash cloth on my forehead.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwx2dBVaBC
I close my eyes.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5h5iRkG7Ni
I feel her lips on mine once and know she just kissed me.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7m2pi4nka
"Thank...you," I whisper once more.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59qvSsPsPT
A familiar scent comes to me a moment before the voice says, "It's me you should be thinking. I have the cure."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19vDuS0GDx
I open my eyes and Elena gets to her feet to get out of Katherine's way.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9yDGXOcsC
Katherine walks up to my bedside and gives me the cure, before she lays one hand on my cheek.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyctf1coa9
"You came back," I say.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsv85vu6lv
"I owed you one," she replies.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VnA5LlmOJ
She walks off to the middle of the room.
I slowly sit up in bed.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4P4xjv1blf
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asks.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4Vpenutkv
"He just gave himself up to Klaus. He gave everything up, including you, to save his brother. I wouldn't expect him back anytime soon."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOadC8Qj9po
She goes to leave, but stops at the doorway to look at Elena.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpq6bE7IQY2
"Don't be afraid to love them both. I did," she says, before she walks out of the room and disappears out of our sight.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NoKPOEgVP
Elena and I look at one another silently.
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