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.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnSSUg2Ebh
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.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NG30MaFgZ
Later that day, I walk into her room.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQ7w3uVLaK
"Elena."489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7qHFJOXu5
She turns around to look at me, standing by her vanity.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEGvGcZ2uO
"Damon," she says.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKgZu8nOeK
"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.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFvS9IdTgu
"What's the big plan, little brother?" I ask, as I lay on my back.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmvXrSDj3P
I roll onto my side and cough up some blood, before I look up at him.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkyfeeeh2z
"Lie still. Preserve your strength. You're not going to die. I have Bonnie looking into it."489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEYJ8Wxw5C
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.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cO4h8rc3n
"Damon, stop," she says.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqXAIO5m2G
A memory of Katherine slicing by the side of her neck surfaces.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqUqsvWb6E
"I choose you, Katherine," I say, before I bite Elena in that same place I bit Katherine so many years ago.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjxkysRY37
"Damon, it's me. Damon," she continues to say, as I bite her.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6Nri56YSs
Suddenly, the hallucination ends and I stop.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfW3iQDZZbr
"Elena?" I say.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUFVUKYTy7
I take a step back and then fall onto my back, very weak.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNWDRfeBsr
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.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LoN2TvkmH
"You should go. I could hurt you," I whisper to her.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc87MqGnj3R
"I'm not leaving. I'm here until the very end," she replies.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNj3GArqDF
She snuggles up closer to me.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqQJMyJXuk
"You would've liked me in 1864," I whisper.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7DcT9ZdTh
"I like you how you are now," she tells me.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSRYDh3YPC
She damps the wet wash cloth on my forehead.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaG7O8SRZng
I close my eyes.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQv1RGb0Jas
I feel her lips on mine once and know she just kissed me.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5C5E0Cf7e
"Thank...you," I whisper once more.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR97SV4PCAF
A familiar scent comes to me a moment before the voice says, "It's me you should be thinking. I have the cure."489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4E76BkiuIG
I open my eyes and Elena gets to her feet to get out of Katherine's way.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZUFed066g
Katherine walks up to my bedside and gives me the cure, before she lays one hand on my cheek.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkziWjVDbU6
"You came back," I say.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrgYJpCwZV
"I owed you one," she replies.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfdrW8zCpT
She walks off to the middle of the room.
I slowly sit up in bed.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5FhLugwPi
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asks.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63YYq1Y9i5
"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."489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqTll2pBwT
She goes to leave, but stops at the doorway to look at Elena.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XifmYobMp
"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.489Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWnhKAAKRR
Elena and I look at one another silently.
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