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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gVkklAxsS
I walk over and turn the radio off.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNJsKmujUo
"Damon, you remember Lexi," Stefan greets.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWTqJWhNfb
"Lexi," I say. "Back from the dead."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKwD45uRC9
At vamp speed, she pins me against a wall, hand tightly around my throat.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HQsP2WCir
"You're just going to sit there while she takes her revenge out on me?" I ask my brother.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFdZdlW4Ix
"Whatever time I have left here, I don't plan on spending it on you. Got it?" she informs me.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmhuUou80O
"Okay, okay. Got it," I reply.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpye1y3Q0B
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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQaF4ZH261
"Something might've gone wrong with Bonnie's spell and here you are," I comment.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NxCaOqrSr
"So you're saying I should be dealing with the supernatural, instead of spending the day with my ex best friend."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wxQGsOj6f
"Are you drunk?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxLbmRtHcp
Stefan takes another swig of the liquor.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfPya3IEgc
"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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0d41RxXsuI
"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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO52PfmbGDT
"I want to know where Silas is."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsxN6gZxLb
"I don't know where he is."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xT8TNz3Aa
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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotzBUmSwmf
I watch her enter, as I stand in my room, Jeremy standing at the door.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIQT2k8FiY
"Damon, we need to talk," she announces.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrw75qK5snK
"What is there to talk about?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVaBKTJemE
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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8ojfmTDgb
"Here. Consider this a graduation present."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkd8Se3w4U
I wince in pain.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGX4NcVq6pP
"Are you okay?" she asks me.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuxkeivy51
"I'm fine."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOimnsWeWx
"Take off your shirt."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQMjFozB59
"No. Not when he's here."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPOiLIHvGA
"Fine."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqmlITU7R9
She walked up to me and pulls part of my shirt off the wound, showing that it has spread to half of my shoulder.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRfXwfhAPj
She looks at me.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJVaHOeGfO
"Damon, why isn't this healing?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVHQ1JC4v2
"Because the bullet is laced with werewolf venom."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53wHhLaaWL
"We need Klaus."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFj23CJuwb
"Klaus would rather let me die."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDZWCgCOtl
"What about the cure?" Jeremy asks.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6uxud8k20
"No," I respond.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5Sz1QQ4tq
"He's right. If you're human, the werewolf poison won't hurt you."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24pTd4GtAJ
"No, Elena."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQNvX3mvRV
She sets it in my hand.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpLQkVOkID
"Take it."
I look at her. I then look at Little Gilbert.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYCFQ1R12r
"Why is it that even dead, you're the bait of my existence?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfxZ7IDKGZ
"You should go or you'll be late to your graduation," Jeremy tells Elena.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1c3fJoOGK
She looks at her brother.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEls6TlqMu6
"Jer, no. Not if you can't be there."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5aJ0ATnKI
"It the best time of your life before you go off to college."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJww4QHTyg
"I haven't even sent in my application yet."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dUg90Q0K9
"It doesn't matter. Go. Mom and dad would be pissed if there wasn't a picture of you at your graduation."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitCRktrHaM
"Okay," she says.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALrG27UDu4
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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hwaOxwUi8
I stand by him.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVvXReIPtM
"He's up," Stefan said.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqAQJTXLby
"Okay. Let's do this," I say, heading for the door with the Hunter.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNvwTryINM
"Where are you going?" Stefan asks me.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlnn1H3ibr
"To dig up Silas."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWfpfeRX8t
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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNlmYEz8na
"Where's Silas?" he asks me.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylPxqi9CVA
"Well, let's see here. I dragged his body to the edge, dropped him here, and lost him somewhere in the rock."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgKAjjSL6x
The Hunter sees my neck wound.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBS40Qj1IWx
"That looks nasty. It hasn't healed yet. Why?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdlqIfKrdJ
"Those bullets are laced with werewolf poison. You're as dumb as you look."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pfKymfEms
The Hunter shoots me close to my left side.
"Where did you dump the body?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoGCgH5fo9
I'm silent.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6VlnQqPqa
The Hunter shoots me in the left leg.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2uS5MS2H6
"Two more rounds and you'll be dead within minutes."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAHrtZghrV
I don't say anything.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGe9gesQCSb
"Looks like you won't be getting this back," the Hunter adds, looking at the cure around his neck.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNsNFwGUyv
Suddenly, Alaric arrives and beats him up, before killing him and tossing him in the river.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFA90VQ0NIr
"One slight problem," I say from the ground on my knees.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnp19ZCguz
Alaric turns around with the cure in hand.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywHetVnPBo
"You need this?" he asks.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mW3WcN1bv
"Yeah."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFv9eYhl8U
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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3NZOgctt2
"What do you want me to do, Stefan? He won't take the cure."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj758JM3mx3
"Caroline is calling Klaus again. I can find a way to buy Damon more time. Just stay there."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpCVmqSwM8
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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGnhhCUG9w
"Is it healed up?" she asks.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJfzwWb5sw
"Yeah."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLS6eCfnmT
"So it's all better?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0DbnCkxue
"Yeah."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkS7gOiWosc
She stands in front of me and slaps me once across the face.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0r18Bj3Zw
"Ow."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0w6ERvnhly
"That's for choosing to die over taking the cure."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvC0UGoubVB
"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!"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyl0KLzvUrk
"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!"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz898lCHr9s
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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhg1MnSeA3
I say something and she smacks me on the shoulder.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmkoXDIzJa
"Ow."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlnvXH4yVr
"Ouch," Lexi comments.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVo7e0Gc5s
"I taught her that swing," Ric says.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvCfsBQEgx
Elena walks up to Stefan.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtd876zflr
"Can I talk to you alone?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6frBRKWs9D
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.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz579eZd8JV
"Then I'm not sorry for you, either. Do you need me to come along?"437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjtycmcx6b
"No. Lexi is coming with me."437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QTyRByU8L
I watch him drive off in the SUV with Lexi.
