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.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyngAyIDc2Z
I walk over and turn the radio off.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSk5PEqI3l5
"Damon, you remember Lexi," Stefan greets.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUKQZjLHEO
"Lexi," I say. "Back from the dead."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWYpcU7iRv
At vamp speed, she pins me against a wall, hand tightly around my throat.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGK9x7t8jk
"You're just going to sit there while she takes her revenge out on me?" I ask my brother.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pwxOfFHQc
"Whatever time I have left here, I don't plan on spending it on you. Got it?" she informs me.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCd0JmSHES
"Okay, okay. Got it," I reply.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrKdF4Uusc
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.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfA5dMNhuPV
"Something might've gone wrong with Bonnie's spell and here you are," I comment.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqV3clHmOJB
"So you're saying I should be dealing with the supernatural, instead of spending the day with my ex best friend."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBArF6FBE32
"Are you drunk?"458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5u7W0mjqAe
Stefan takes another swig of the liquor.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKH3Xq0Lofx
"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.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhPXZGZjwt
"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.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzX8pkQy18
"I want to know where Silas is."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8djchsyLj
"I don't know where he is."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNk2UfnXT1
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.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiMGVPwncC
I watch her enter, as I stand in my room, Jeremy standing at the door.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQYU4GgJep
"Damon, we need to talk," she announces.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafCboH1ZAE
"What is there to talk about?"458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdWKhsJw6j
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.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFxwNiC1vQ
"Here. Consider this a graduation present."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMC2ZyFMYP
I wince in pain.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYOljJ0TEP
"Are you okay?" she asks me.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjk5MmkV58I
"I'm fine."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFNNyIEOja
"Take off your shirt."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYR1FBOYkg
"No. Not when he's here."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajsdRbmKZa
"Fine."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qNbtVxE5B
She walked up to me and pulls part of my shirt off the wound, showing that it has spread to half of my shoulder.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk19IYCRsTC
She looks at me.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91VeKCPQjw
"Damon, why isn't this healing?"458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CxvDhGZJE
"Because the bullet is laced with werewolf venom."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6apGRLjwZY
"We need Klaus."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKAGF3UzoU
"Klaus would rather let me die."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2DRZjJ3km
"What about the cure?" Jeremy asks.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgECFnwzCZX
"No," I respond.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nLg6Zx33h
"He's right. If you're human, the werewolf poison won't hurt you."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8XefVWQTC
"No, Elena."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHhS4IL1LH
She sets it in my hand.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYsnw5NFhc
"Take it."
I look at her. I then look at Little Gilbert.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0dKck0xf1
"Why is it that even dead, you're the bait of my existence?"458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaGn2AT4RM
"You should go or you'll be late to your graduation," Jeremy tells Elena.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBwHd6bn6u
She looks at her brother.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKjXVgd5mh
"Jer, no. Not if you can't be there."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0aBizSJns
"It the best time of your life before you go off to college."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9g7VrjlKMt
"I haven't even sent in my application yet."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJ8iB3YIUt
"It doesn't matter. Go. Mom and dad would be pissed if there wasn't a picture of you at your graduation."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKK363FlrI6
"Okay," she says.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWRZ9XZww7
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.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2y1Aczp2Og
I stand by him.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKAgQH0gzi
"He's up," Stefan said.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCMPOpBoVn
"Okay. Let's do this," I say, heading for the door with the Hunter.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlO4g0xTlD
"Where are you going?" Stefan asks me.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkgiTD9sbM
"To dig up Silas."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbtDiQlFmv
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.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFi4Vpg14fy
"Where's Silas?" he asks me.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYiTUj4gFc
"Well, let's see here. I dragged his body to the edge, dropped him here, and lost him somewhere in the rock."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnH5aor0wVk
The Hunter sees my neck wound.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMjQ4gJZP7
"That looks nasty. It hasn't healed yet. Why?"458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsQsvprq1V
"Those bullets are laced with werewolf poison. You're as dumb as you look."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2L5qKW6sX
The Hunter shoots me close to my left side.
"Where did you dump the body?"458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxmHzwAUjq
I'm silent.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQD2AkBLWi
The Hunter shoots me in the left leg.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5lByUMO1X
"Two more rounds and you'll be dead within minutes."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZ5b8HUno0
I don't say anything.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePbcslD0Ly
"Looks like you won't be getting this back," the Hunter adds, looking at the cure around his neck.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFoxnRARF3
Suddenly, Alaric arrives and beats him up, before killing him and tossing him in the river.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0H87jys3hY
"One slight problem," I say from the ground on my knees.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9XeGETrYv
Alaric turns around with the cure in hand.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzLYjAIzPL
"You need this?" he asks.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbXkXpafU0
"Yeah."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtj5pUQ7a7
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.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCcoJlAPCR
"What do you want me to do, Stefan? He won't take the cure."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnb4DSt3OTl
"Caroline is calling Klaus again. I can find a way to buy Damon more time. Just stay there."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYe43X4HAux
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.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIyv9s9kGi
"Is it healed up?" she asks.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22mfLwCjQL
"Yeah."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLYyZL6aOt
"So it's all better?"458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2Um2t9Xry
"Yeah."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1029WjgEeQ
She stands in front of me and slaps me once across the face.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqSgbd2quj
"Ow."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhP9JgAaK8
"That's for choosing to die over taking the cure."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JUW4MY8jC
"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!"458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMy4klNOFH
"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!"458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuOzujZVia
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.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7minPlBnz
I say something and she smacks me on the shoulder.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrljlZslsa5
"Ow."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vLn89nzvg
"Ouch," Lexi comments.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRy3pKvzkq
"I taught her that swing," Ric says.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AHRGYP5y4
Elena walks up to Stefan.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZF8yG3529
"Can I talk to you alone?"458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22qoT0NW1k
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.458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCa3HydSlC4
"Then I'm not sorry for you, either. Do you need me to come along?"458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yFH9X6lzF
"No. Lexi is coming with me."458Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZw1wnWR7KW
I watch him drive off in the SUV with Lexi.
