Stefan and Lexi are seated on the couch at the Salvatore boarding house with the music blaring Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name," Stefan drinking a bottle of liquor.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUN7EMvHhTZ
I walk over and turn the radio off.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSanoF459H
"Damon, you remember Lexi," Stefan greets.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6kDBNRhCy
"Lexi," I say. "Back from the dead."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWsFm4V4FD
At vamp speed, she pins me against a wall, hand tightly around my throat.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2DELLfKAQ
"You're just going to sit there while she takes her revenge out on me?" I ask my brother.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTpO7ppWzm
"Whatever time I have left here, I don't plan on spending it on you. Got it?" she informs me.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRhkTdkDyn
"Okay, okay. Got it," I reply.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5vy2JG92T
She releases me and walks over to stand by the couch, and snags the liquor bottle from Stefan. She takes a swig before Stefan takes it back and drinks some of it.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLkwbnZgh2
"Something might've gone wrong with Bonnie's spell and here you are," I comment.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAbpBL6yNX
"So you're saying I should be dealing with the supernatural, instead of spending the day with my ex best friend."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5Zwz46TNm
"Are you drunk?"492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTSKg7z8Vn
Stefan takes another swig of the liquor.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4Jz4m35Z3
"So this is how we spend the day," I comment, before taking a sip from the shot glass of liquor I had poured for myself.
Later in the day, one of The Five walks inside the boarding house, when Stefan and I are in the living room.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjW7kI5RFa
"I got this from my good friend Connor," he says, talking about the gun he has in his hand, as he faces me. He then shoots me in the side of the neck.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYd9L3cAhrF
"I want to know where Silas is."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSVDfqaueI
"I don't know where he is."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlA2HQxaGe
Stefan and the Hunter soon fight and it ends with Stefan ripping his heart out, killing him.
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When I'm in my room, Elena, now with her humanity back on, walks into my room.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDbR7hkxCJ
I watch her enter, as I stand in my room, Jeremy standing at the door.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9HzMxjpGs
"Damon, we need to talk," she announces.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvm5OOhCWXG
"What is there to talk about?"492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wJItDN0mZ
I walk over to my end table and take out a small box. I then open it and put the cure in her hand, as I stand in front of her.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMipKrb5AF
"Here. Consider this a graduation present."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYIeqGk7bu
I wince in pain.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hDLMdYijs
"Are you okay?" she asks me.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLvqeOIVLv
"I'm fine."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwOL8Sotl7
"Take off your shirt."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1805jySBM
"No. Not when he's here."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡai06FjMLYN
"Fine."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpGnV2Fay1
She walked up to me and pulls part of my shirt off the wound, showing that it has spread to half of my shoulder.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmlKmpEKjm
She looks at me.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3GVJm12gF
"Damon, why isn't this healing?"492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBp0gp4byx
"Because the bullet is laced with werewolf venom."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuGr16tRfk
"We need Klaus."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwYFlMkxpW
"Klaus would rather let me die."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4AdK5pXCW
"What about the cure?" Jeremy asks.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoksPZFHqdM
"No," I respond.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjX4DJL52hl
"He's right. If you're human, the werewolf poison won't hurt you."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBfTMEPluZ
"No, Elena."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZ5AMB3fDv
She sets it in my hand.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpW1b8i9luP
"Take it."
I look at her. I then look at Little Gilbert.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVr0GYj5HG1
"Why is it that even dead, you're the bait of my existence?"492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnjzSMQe2s
"You should go or you'll be late to your graduation," Jeremy tells Elena.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmJK5bmEij
She looks at her brother.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbB8Df1ei4p
"Jer, no. Not if you can't be there."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQQwlEFEdD
"It the best time of your life before you go off to college."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvRcQFSrPN
"I haven't even sent in my application yet."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uQn4txIBJ
"It doesn't matter. Go. Mom and dad would be pissed if there wasn't a picture of you at your graduation."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Xas2rOZkG
"Okay," she says.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8VvROGWrB
I watch them leave.
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When one of The Five wakes up, Stefan and Lexi get to their feet and I'm in the living room with them again.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPlKQh2gad
I stand by him.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpclcDU4mOT
"He's up," Stefan said.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVb4zgh5I6
"Okay. Let's do this," I say, heading for the door with the Hunter.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7US4PdTqO
"Where are you going?" Stefan asks me.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yQeyZydgg
"To dig up Silas."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnML93qDDPw
We then leave.
The Hunter and I are in the woods standing by a cliff. There's a river below it and a few trees around us.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtcCd7c0yk
"Where's Silas?" he asks me.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHfCUyRcVn
"Well, let's see here. I dragged his body to the edge, dropped him here, and lost him somewhere in the rock."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9c6A1S8QDK
The Hunter sees my neck wound.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44KOd6GAeX
"That looks nasty. It hasn't healed yet. Why?"492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKaVlBMVuo
"Those bullets are laced with werewolf poison. You're as dumb as you look."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZw7dKYQgum
The Hunter shoots me close to my left side.
"Where did you dump the body?"492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheh6EvIn5N
I'm silent.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vicnIrOxT
The Hunter shoots me in the left leg.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2EJDKRBEI
"Two more rounds and you'll be dead within minutes."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXlQDWjgwl
I don't say anything.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGqfqZ9ScS
"Looks like you won't be getting this back," the Hunter adds, looking at the cure around his neck.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QHIkivsPR
Suddenly, Alaric arrives and beats him up, before killing him and tossing him in the river.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJFCzdET5i
"One slight problem," I say from the ground on my knees.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7goX1I4WYZ
Alaric turns around with the cure in hand.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMZn7AzD9Q
"You need this?" he asks.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnrhBPE9lL
"Yeah."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9FgbdWjvo
Ric tries to get me to take the cure so I won't die, but I won't. That cure is for Elena. I'd rather die. So he phones up my brother.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrEkUUjiKh
"What do you want me to do, Stefan? He won't take the cure."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ501tJ0Of0T
"Caroline is calling Klaus again. I can find a way to buy Damon more time. Just stay there."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBr2RB8yWqa
Stefan hangs up.
Later in the day, I'm in my room. I have just put my shirt on, when Elena walks in and walks up to me.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Rn5AqnzHN
"Is it healed up?" she asks.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEHgyKwl43
"Yeah."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GmbqMwGnb
"So it's all better?"492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigWfCG3c2e
"Yeah."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrkhvlfF9D
She stands in front of me and slaps me once across the face.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwO6fxjH3F6
"Ow."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6f31Fngzw
"That's for choosing to die over taking the cure."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOG8obO36Uo
"I'm not apologizing, because I am not sorry. I am not sorry that I would rather die than be human! I am not sorry that I would rather die right now, than to spend the rest of my life with you, until I'm old and wrinkly and you're still here! I am not sorry, Elena!"492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZjL5Li1Ab
"Then I am not sorry. I am not sorry that I meant you! I am not sorry that you have made me question everything about myself! And I am not sorry that I am in love with you!"492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZud3FoZ59u
I'm silent, but thrilled that she has finally admitted it. And then we kiss.
Later Elena, Stefan, Lexi, Alaric, and I are downstairs in the living room.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQaXc2syv6
I say something and she smacks me on the shoulder.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OAgFoTQqW
"Ow."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEptJYLCYAb
"Ouch," Lexi comments.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4wMSKF68o
"I taught her that swing," Ric says.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIpRECqutj
Elena walks up to Stefan.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSg9fcX8dmC
"Can I talk to you alone?"492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXoZA149qR
Stefan follows her into the next room.
Later that night, when Stefan has his car packed, I stand in the doorway. "I'm not sorry for you," Stefan tells me.492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeY0pqlm3e
"Then I'm not sorry for you, either. Do you need me to come along?"492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqMyKW5RhI
"No. Lexi is coming with me."492Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9A6uEdZNqi
I watch him drive off in the SUV with Lexi.
