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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksO6kBdM6N
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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuacteo2icp
Later that day, I walk into her room.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswI6j04Q9J
"Elena."441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnT62UhnDA
She turns around to look at me, standing by her vanity.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKCEuRRFsA
"Damon," she says.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZnixcdS2t
"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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fmLjrPXYL
"What's the big plan, little brother?" I ask, as I lay on my back.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMaZBGzYpV
I roll onto my side and cough up some blood, before I look up at him.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcW6jtlwjEV
"Lie still. Preserve your strength. You're not going to die. I have Bonnie looking into it."441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEm63tuVojh
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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7iD7h57HK
"Damon, stop," she says.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50IG9QicBh
A memory of Katherine slicing by the side of her neck surfaces.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvS2Y5kB07D
"I choose you, Katherine," I say, before I bite Elena in that same place I bit Katherine so many years ago.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnBzYY0kTj
"Damon, it's me. Damon," she continues to say, as I bite her.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWj8DpDgm5
Suddenly, the hallucination ends and I stop.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2K7Hgo3kDn
"Elena?" I say.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppOWYsnQio
I take a step back and then fall onto my back, very weak.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6hvNDnrC3
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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVskAyUhQl
"You should go. I could hurt you," I whisper to her.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9DlrnbCXI
"I'm not leaving. I'm here until the very end," she replies.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvpasuGjVE
She snuggles up closer to me.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFAZmFGuer
"You would've liked me in 1864," I whisper.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBEY6r53ob
"I like you how you are now," she tells me.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwnm27X1gm
She damps the wet wash cloth on my forehead.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWM0kEzqKX
I close my eyes.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdOWgI8kcL
I feel her lips on mine once and know she just kissed me.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzEZsiXBeT
"Thank...you," I whisper once more.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sQGjFt2gS
A familiar scent comes to me a moment before the voice says, "It's me you should be thinking. I have the cure."441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ39drLBqCC
I open my eyes and Elena gets to her feet to get out of Katherine's way.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmXdfq0iZM
Katherine walks up to my bedside and gives me the cure, before she lays one hand on my cheek.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGABawQwdnB
"You came back," I say.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rt5tkssZp
"I owed you one," she replies.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbB2vmpjduo
She walks off to the middle of the room.
I slowly sit up in bed.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1AVN5dDSRg
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asks.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcSIt1oLAn
"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."441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3TFrfCXxX
She goes to leave, but stops at the doorway to look at Elena.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0qNL3KQyg
"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.441Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7BrGqtb46
Elena and I look at one another silently.
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