Summary: Set in S6 after Jo saved Ric when he landed on the Mystic Falls border. What if, out of the blue, her memories resurfaced?
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Damon walked into the boarding house to see Elena seated on the couch, clearly having heard what happened with Ric.506Please respect copyright.PENANAMMdrQVs51M
She looked at him, as he sat down beside her.506Please respect copyright.PENANAEVFjdX1Szs
"How is he?"506Please respect copyright.PENANAUIxpVscITX
"He'll live," he answered her.506Please respect copyright.PENANAb7ThdNSGqm
His reply relieved her, though she didn't know what she felt about Ric being human again.506Please respect copyright.PENANAMVGisziKET
Suddenly images began to come to her; memories. Pain began in her head, as they surfaced.506Please respect copyright.PENANAXkvqnWXdso
She put fingers to her temple.506Please respect copyright.PENANAgK6R9FNGJz
"Elena?" he called, worried.506Please respect copyright.PENANA0ALwsPQTL9
"I'm starting to remember."506Please respect copyright.PENANAbjFl3k40Qj
Her reply relieved him. He wouldn't have to explain a memory to her that he remembered, but she didn't.
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*Flashback #1*
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Damon and Elena stood in the living room of the boarding house, having a fight.506Please respect copyright.PENANAX39EXwI7IZ
"There's nothing in this world that consecrates all the reasons that I am wrong for you. I am bad. I am bad for you, Elena. I don't know why you wouldn't run away from me as humanly possible."506Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5GqNUZAdA
"Because I love you. I chose you," she replied.506Please respect copyright.PENANAQKgbtDIETA
"Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go."506Please respect copyright.PENANArW1FdG97bo
"So, that's it. You're just going to push me away."
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*end*
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*Flashback #2*
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It was a beautiful day in the boarding house. Summer was over, so she was going off to college to Whitmore. He didn't understand why since he had never liked school; even as a human. She was happy though, which made him happy for her. They were so happy that they began to make out. At one point, they ended up on the couch, as they did so.
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*end*
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*Flashback #3*
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It was a dark night, as Damon and Elena stood in the living room at the boarding house in front of the fireplace.506Please respect copyright.PENANAWXXvxypFx2
"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 you! I am not sorry, Elena!" he yelled.506Please respect copyright.PENANAjeSfrPYl7O
"Then I'm not sorry. I'm not sorry that I met you. I'm not sorry that knowing you has made me question everything! And I am not sorry that I am in love with you! I love you, Damon," she replied.506Please respect copyright.PENANASXjPj3VPpg
They were silent, as they looked at each other.506Please respect copyright.PENANAickUJzd0WJ
A moment later, they kissed.
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*end*
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*Flashback #4*
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It was a beautiful day, as she stood on the Whickery bridge, her skin being burned by the sun, her Daylight ring off, hallucinations gone.506Please respect copyright.PENANATboG1ZXnua
When Damon appeared, she looked at him.506Please respect copyright.PENANAX6Ceu8R2lj
"Damon?"506Please respect copyright.PENANAfVzb5MZpbz
At vamp speed, he grabbed her and jumped into the water with her, which saved her.
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*end*
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*Flashback #5*
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Elena was in the hospital, barely awake from Klaus compelling a nurse to take her blood for him, when she saw Damon there.506Please respect copyright.PENANAzJkGDef2sz
"Damon," she said softly.506Please respect copyright.PENANArZWpEwvwaT
He gently picked her up in his arms and left with her.506Please respect copyright.PENANAAD3rwBU2Yy
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Later that night, she was seated on the couch, Damon in a chair by her.506Please respect copyright.PENANAsnhgOhuXjf
"Where were you, Damon?" she asked.506Please respect copyright.PENANAmKAxpZsEqm
He rested his hand on her leg and looked at her with sympathy.506Please respect copyright.PENANAbsrmXrPIVh
"I shouldn't have left. I promise you, I will never leave you again."
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*end*
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*Flashback #6*
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Damon and Elena were having a fight in a house. He was irritated that she thought he could be the good guy, but he wasn't. She was wrong.506Please respect copyright.PENANA5mJFAGYRk9
"That doesn't mean you have to act like a..."506Please respect copyright.PENANA8pnqSOTP85
"What? A vampire? Well, guess what, Elena? I am a vampire! I'm not Stefan, so why don't you stop trying to turn me into him!" he yelled at her.
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*end*
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*Flashback #7*
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Damon lay in bed, barely awake, dying, Elena beside him, keeping him company and listening to everything he had to say. Knowing he was close to death and that he loved her, she kissed him once on the lips and then pulled away.506Please respect copyright.PENANArLAAN7K53m
"Thank...you," he whispered.506Please respect copyright.PENANAf6hTfAFlS6
A moment later, his sire, Katherine, walked in to cure him before it was too late.
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*end*
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*Flashback #8*
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It was a dark night as Elena tried to get the door open. The car was on fire and the door wasn't budging for her. She coughed, as smoke filled her lungs. And just as she thought she wouldn't make it, Damon was outside the door and forced it open, saving her life, yet again.
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*end*
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*Flashback #9*
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Damon was on his knees in pain as the male vampire stood over him, who had drenched Damon in gasoline and stood with a lit match, ready to end Damon by setting him on fire.506Please respect copyright.PENANA7jDqon8Ztf
Elena went to stand a distance behind the vampire.506Please respect copyright.PENANAdUlX9zgdWp
"Stop!" she yelled.506Please respect copyright.PENANAs4C1TUuTku
The male vampire looked at her.506Please respect copyright.PENANAKrJa4MwXzZ
"Please, don't hurt him."506Please respect copyright.PENANAHoJHHzDp9C
After looking between them, the vamp fled at vamp speed.
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*end*
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*Flashback #10*
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Damon stood in front of Elena, making sure she was okay, checking her over. She had just been in a car crash, which he assumed was due to a vampire.506Please respect copyright.PENANA4K10J8VXAk
She looked at him, as he looked her over.506Please respect copyright.PENANAeydEKSObBv
"Hey; Elena. Focus. Look at me," he instructed, as she swayed a little.506Please respect copyright.PENANArgl0SW8M1M
"I'm fine, Damon," she assured him.506Please respect copyright.PENANAW35xGnvZrK
"Are you sure?"506Please respect copyright.PENANAWLPsJhC7yF
"I look like crap."506Please respect copyright.PENANA4UGqCCoKCq
He caught her as she collapsed, a hand between her shoulderblades, arm holding her up.506Please respect copyright.PENANAPN9UD1XDAd
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When she woke up, she was in a car with Damon who told her they were in Georgia.
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When every memory that had been compelled away was back, she came back to the present and looked at him.506Please respect copyright.PENANAGjNRvxdwQh
She smiled and he smiled back.506Please respect copyright.PENANAI1eGW3kp8p
A moment later, they were kissing.