It's a beautiful day, as we stand by Jenna Sommer's grave. Klaus killed her during the ritual. Jenna was Jeremy and Elena's aunt. Now they're on their own. All they have are their friends, me, Stefan, and Ric now. I take a rose and lay it down on her grave, and so do the others at the funeral.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBhk2lWnTI
After the funeral, I tell Stefan that Tyler Lockwood bit me and I show it to him. I then tell him not to tell Elena and I walk away from him to go home. I don't want her to have to deal with me dying. Her aunt just died. She needs time to heal.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnvmV0LpLt
Later that day, I walk into her room.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQpUE7ix2K
"Elena."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZErKhevXmd
She turns around to look at me, standing by her vanity.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvq3Yr0QeZM
"Damon," she says.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisMhNRhUvu
"Elena, I know I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I need it," I say with a pleading face. I need her forgiveness for force feeding her my blood to make sure she came back to life after the ritual. I'm inwardly begging her to forgive me. She doesn't heed though, because she doesn't know I'm dying from a werewolf bite. So she practically kicks me out of the door and I leave.
Later that afternoon, I take my ring off and stand in front of the window to die. As I start to burn, Stefan comes in at vamp speed and gets me out of the sun. He then locks me in the cellar in the basement.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiqLKk4ELO
"What's the big plan, little brother?" I ask, as I lay on my back.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcnLItVQ7w
I roll onto my side and cough up some blood, before I look up at him.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnbqSTTj1r
"Lie still. Preserve your strength. You're not going to die. I have Bonnie looking into it."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyKbMKxMRA
He walks away, leaving me alone.
I'm let out of there later on and I wander the streets in the middle of the 60's celebration. Everything starts blending in together and I'm weak and sweaty and hot. But then Elena finds me and starts to get me out of there before we stop by a pole. I start to hallucinate that Elena is Katherine and get her up against a pole and bend down towards her neck.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpR7QyNPYZ
"Damon, stop," she says.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEP7GpYFRjP
A memory of Katherine slicing by the side of her neck surfaces.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKpLFkGZcK
"I choose you, Katherine," I say, before I bite Elena in that same place I bit Katherine so many years ago.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5fP8CkNIF
"Damon, it's me. Damon," she continues to say, as I bite her.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzRCERiDPS
Suddenly, the hallucination ends and I stop.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFm2dRkmvRV
"Elena?" I say.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdIDjoHByF
I take a step back and then fall onto my back, very weak.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3uz7VTVX2
Elena kneels beside me with one hand on her wound.
Later that night, I lay in my bed with Elena seated at my bedside with a wet wash cloth.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHSW1nA2Fo
"You should go. I could hurt you," I whisper to her.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpK3tUCOhKr
"I'm not leaving. I'm here until the very end," she replies.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVkn6ikvqC
She snuggles up closer to me.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYfxlqkMXr
"You would've liked me in 1864," I whisper.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyCVizsNbc
"I like you how you are now," she tells me.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fxTj7EDCn
She damps the wet wash cloth on my forehead.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQBcHaKUQ4
I close my eyes.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCopJMR5iQ
I feel her lips on mine once and know she just kissed me.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jirWj89Ej
"Thank...you," I whisper once more.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeugiRDWzYN
A familiar scent comes to me a moment before the voice says, "It's me you should be thinking. I have the cure."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgWUSbMtCO
I open my eyes and Elena gets to her feet to get out of Katherine's way.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYW9ht3S1k
Katherine walks up to my bedside and gives me the cure, before she lays one hand on my cheek.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuVG6LhACf
"You came back," I say.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCMHItQPQ7
"I owed you one," she replies.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ovNFsLVri
She walks off to the middle of the room.
I slowly sit up in bed.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqYEWWEd1G
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asks.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIY2sWH5ZH
"He just gave himself up to Klaus. He gave everything up, including you, to save his brother. I wouldn't expect him back anytime soon."444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKENj5jJvB
She goes to leave, but stops at the doorway to look at Elena.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1mmiKLAmQ
"Don't be afraid to love them both. I did," she says, before she walks out of the room and disappears out of our sight.444Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡni6oVfbA6A
Elena and I look at one another silently.
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