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.334Please respect copyright.PENANAcGhfo3bAty
I walk over and turn the radio off.334Please respect copyright.PENANAeJV6tI2Sc4
"Damon, you remember Lexi," Stefan greets.334Please respect copyright.PENANA0dWEr5R7mt
"Lexi," I say. "Back from the dead."334Please respect copyright.PENANA6GH18Poz9G
At vamp speed, she pins me against a wall, hand tightly around my throat.334Please respect copyright.PENANAfTq5KVowe5
"You're just going to sit there while she takes her revenge out on me?" I ask my brother.334Please respect copyright.PENANAdOZmEBBsvN
"Whatever time I have left here, I don't plan on spending it on you. Got it?" she informs me.334Please respect copyright.PENANAu2XImCBQLz
"Okay, okay. Got it," I reply.334Please respect copyright.PENANA1woH0239iq
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.334Please respect copyright.PENANAPG2b8qK8vV
"Something might've gone wrong with Bonnie's spell and here you are," I comment.334Please respect copyright.PENANALn0MiGQlkH
"So you're saying I should be dealing with the supernatural, instead of spending the day with my ex best friend."334Please respect copyright.PENANAKAYfZcQC0Q
"Are you drunk?"334Please respect copyright.PENANA4dqWAOauUx
Stefan takes another swig of the liquor.334Please respect copyright.PENANA5lhDQ6Wl8T
"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.334Please respect copyright.PENANAIRhRa2y3C0
"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.334Please respect copyright.PENANAEVjxBd0s9Y
"I want to know where Silas is."334Please respect copyright.PENANAthxfq7GHv7
"I don't know where he is."334Please respect copyright.PENANAUrQdWsv3Hf
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.334Please respect copyright.PENANAhCqTQ6XNrg
I watch her enter, as I stand in my room, Jeremy standing at the door.334Please respect copyright.PENANAHLK6ePfRO9
"Damon, we need to talk," she announces.334Please respect copyright.PENANABAeGusGMJS
"What is there to talk about?"334Please respect copyright.PENANApdVda5NDTB
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.334Please respect copyright.PENANAcIfkyVLkFQ
"Here. Consider this a graduation present."334Please respect copyright.PENANA7ysdFtNspd
I wince in pain.334Please respect copyright.PENANAF6cge3qhh4
"Are you okay?" she asks me.334Please respect copyright.PENANAl9n6Wa3mL0
"I'm fine."334Please respect copyright.PENANAWYWceF0YPd
"Take off your shirt."334Please respect copyright.PENANAmiFxaVQRjR
"No. Not when he's here."334Please respect copyright.PENANA7Tyisw7v3f
"Fine."334Please respect copyright.PENANAqwdfF1c26G
She walked up to me and pulls part of my shirt off the wound, showing that it has spread to half of my shoulder.334Please respect copyright.PENANApGscYxwrZq
She looks at me.334Please respect copyright.PENANAN9WgutF101
"Damon, why isn't this healing?"334Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZkUWLOYPJ
"Because the bullet is laced with werewolf venom."334Please respect copyright.PENANAmAl3addzti
"We need Klaus."334Please respect copyright.PENANA5CKspWfceh
"Klaus would rather let me die."334Please respect copyright.PENANAd8xhpoMJsB
"What about the cure?" Jeremy asks.334Please respect copyright.PENANArw64Kk7qQP
"No," I respond.334Please respect copyright.PENANAahMD3Y5SOi
"He's right. If you're human, the werewolf poison won't hurt you."334Please respect copyright.PENANAiKcVrplvQ6
"No, Elena."334Please respect copyright.PENANATTeGx64oV9
She sets it in my hand.334Please respect copyright.PENANAY1S8Z8ZQiy
"Take it."
I look at her. I then look at Little Gilbert.334Please respect copyright.PENANA0HjbIrUfFD
"Why is it that even dead, you're the bait of my existence?"334Please respect copyright.PENANAKl9I2QIj0S
"You should go or you'll be late to your graduation," Jeremy tells Elena.334Please respect copyright.PENANAiGJ83JuLDz
She looks at her brother.334Please respect copyright.PENANAZQ3QdJbNTd
"Jer, no. Not if you can't be there."334Please respect copyright.PENANAApIQjnuqp3
"It the best time of your life before you go off to college."334Please respect copyright.PENANAc97O9wzac2
"I haven't even sent in my application yet."334Please respect copyright.PENANADhEM9sRi4N
"It doesn't matter. Go. Mom and dad would be pissed if there wasn't a picture of you at your graduation."334Please respect copyright.PENANA40XV17ivxy
"Okay," she says.334Please respect copyright.PENANAv7MrnNt7Hq
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.334Please respect copyright.PENANA8UyXzYQDpj
I stand by him.334Please respect copyright.PENANAjwdg7Ok6iY
"He's up," Stefan said.334Please respect copyright.PENANAvpXxQz1BTN
"Okay. Let's do this," I say, heading for the door with the Hunter.334Please respect copyright.PENANAaUNeix2DNU
"Where are you going?" Stefan asks me.334Please respect copyright.PENANAUxDl7rnUc2
"To dig up Silas."334Please respect copyright.PENANAsszFme1xDm
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.334Please respect copyright.PENANAM8En91HdUu
"Where's Silas?" he asks me.334Please respect copyright.PENANAAimlDeay5X
"Well, let's see here. I dragged his body to the edge, dropped him here, and lost him somewhere in the rock."334Please respect copyright.PENANAZoWC7WtrCF
The Hunter sees my neck wound.334Please respect copyright.PENANASCxnzBi95W
"That looks nasty. It hasn't healed yet. Why?"334Please respect copyright.PENANAIkpTdCvvHX
"Those bullets are laced with werewolf poison. You're as dumb as you look."334Please respect copyright.PENANAWdniKp08cJ
The Hunter shoots me close to my left side.
"Where did you dump the body?"334Please respect copyright.PENANAuJ6g9CzicS
I'm silent.334Please respect copyright.PENANAYaiC2Vpq15
The Hunter shoots me in the left leg.334Please respect copyright.PENANAi1YvvoiMMd
"Two more rounds and you'll be dead within minutes."334Please respect copyright.PENANAbfwuPxNXQN
I don't say anything.334Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4JhLFnNhM
"Looks like you won't be getting this back," the Hunter adds, looking at the cure around his neck.334Please respect copyright.PENANA13F5CzQ9XT
Suddenly, Alaric arrives and beats him up, before killing him and tossing him in the river.334Please respect copyright.PENANARvxjXrCh5y
"One slight problem," I say from the ground on my knees.334Please respect copyright.PENANAJqGjpkwk7w
Alaric turns around with the cure in hand.334Please respect copyright.PENANAVqqBk9QB08
"You need this?" he asks.334Please respect copyright.PENANA30ylq5A6lA
"Yeah."334Please respect copyright.PENANA53s38LbYzi
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.334Please respect copyright.PENANAUWDIUXXvm2
"What do you want me to do, Stefan? He won't take the cure."334Please respect copyright.PENANApaJfNUuDdB
"Caroline is calling Klaus again. I can find a way to buy Damon more time. Just stay there."334Please respect copyright.PENANAQMYD5s2Fpk
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.334Please respect copyright.PENANAxn2P5j2Vit
"Is it healed up?" she asks.334Please respect copyright.PENANAhlUVVgrJvr
"Yeah."334Please respect copyright.PENANArooHiBlpKF
"So it's all better?"334Please respect copyright.PENANAnvqWniCQW3
"Yeah."334Please respect copyright.PENANAE460ERmNMu
She stands in front of me and slaps me once across the face.334Please respect copyright.PENANAxvIPD1RYje
"Ow."334Please respect copyright.PENANAOeW6toEBQl
"That's for choosing to die over taking the cure."334Please respect copyright.PENANAz1e85KEpow
"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!"334Please respect copyright.PENANAsYPl7NZ4rv
"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!"334Please respect copyright.PENANAraC6ynZj4w
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.334Please respect copyright.PENANAEcOcX7Lk8w
I say something and she smacks me on the shoulder.334Please respect copyright.PENANA5Y29JYmmR2
"Ow."334Please respect copyright.PENANADmM6Tlh9b5
"Ouch," Lexi comments.334Please respect copyright.PENANAysnjdUOuTa
"I taught her that swing," Ric says.334Please respect copyright.PENANA8mmuRZMGDF
Elena walks up to Stefan.334Please respect copyright.PENANAd3CRZKwrL7
"Can I talk to you alone?"334Please respect copyright.PENANArPEUEgtWIb
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.334Please respect copyright.PENANAFJdM7JY8di
"Then I'm not sorry for you, either. Do you need me to come along?"334Please respect copyright.PENANA99luPY3Y0L
"No. Lexi is coming with me."334Please respect copyright.PENANANRiYWEOZVV
I watch him drive off in the SUV with Lexi.