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.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGqRF2jMlZ
I walk over and turn the radio off.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnA3z2uNSt
"Damon, you remember Lexi," Stefan greets.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXsmTrFxFI
"Lexi," I say. "Back from the dead."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2CSOCXOgt
At vamp speed, she pins me against a wall, hand tightly around my throat.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK72UdsfMds
"You're just going to sit there while she takes her revenge out on me?" I ask my brother.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJZJv8EznE
"Whatever time I have left here, I don't plan on spending it on you. Got it?" she informs me.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jl59PgIL9
"Okay, okay. Got it," I reply.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCId3izFD6
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.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZGSZymAv1
"Something might've gone wrong with Bonnie's spell and here you are," I comment.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxvyVCuhVN
"So you're saying I should be dealing with the supernatural, instead of spending the day with my ex best friend."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCp6H4ht1iO
"Are you drunk?"419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tXJDCX2oP
Stefan takes another swig of the liquor.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrT1BU8aV4K
"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.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugk5C0WkwT
"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.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeh6SjEOYug
"I want to know where Silas is."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwU9NDa3K1
"I don't know where he is."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL28sJKV6Cc
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.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0TP7Cb3Dl
I watch her enter, as I stand in my room, Jeremy standing at the door.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPh4NEWLCI7
"Damon, we need to talk," she announces.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BhIqdun1V
"What is there to talk about?"419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCjnuvbwzm
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.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeL0uzgFImr
"Here. Consider this a graduation present."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6yAr2C7LZ
I wince in pain.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTD3RXJOIvU
"Are you okay?" she asks me.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKEUXBT5a3
"I'm fine."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVFcMmQ0IN
"Take off your shirt."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPMYr2r9jH
"No. Not when he's here."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkAJ8LHZZh
"Fine."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHWfYF6s5D
She walked up to me and pulls part of my shirt off the wound, showing that it has spread to half of my shoulder.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmuGjDAyjC
She looks at me.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgEk7vPNiv
"Damon, why isn't this healing?"419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NEp7cX0aE
"Because the bullet is laced with werewolf venom."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTpkPQKHth
"We need Klaus."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRcJvTTA6t
"Klaus would rather let me die."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZnNTrVTKZ
"What about the cure?" Jeremy asks.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTUD1S93qd
"No," I respond.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyhRRtk6Qo
"He's right. If you're human, the werewolf poison won't hurt you."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5ID4JrEoF
"No, Elena."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJHIhhuTFj
She sets it in my hand.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nC6sdUphl
"Take it."
I look at her. I then look at Little Gilbert.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEck36C0ev
"Why is it that even dead, you're the bait of my existence?"419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61U4wEIYoT
"You should go or you'll be late to your graduation," Jeremy tells Elena.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfIf9Tkm0o
She looks at her brother.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXYeRUw87y
"Jer, no. Not if you can't be there."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qDtLKMB7S
"It the best time of your life before you go off to college."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aQTtRqYhC
"I haven't even sent in my application yet."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOqn5Gmcig
"It doesn't matter. Go. Mom and dad would be pissed if there wasn't a picture of you at your graduation."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwftxTp8kw
"Okay," she says.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoahXBR5dQ4
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.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSu5Ui7eDB
I stand by him.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNIp6aYMeh
"He's up," Stefan said.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUop5xYLRX
"Okay. Let's do this," I say, heading for the door with the Hunter.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgIS7abmBq
"Where are you going?" Stefan asks me.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgD5JhgTIV
"To dig up Silas."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGhkIj0zrO
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.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsj6utDPqU5
"Where's Silas?" he asks me.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0TSPCiL3g
"Well, let's see here. I dragged his body to the edge, dropped him here, and lost him somewhere in the rock."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgbDwLdJC3
The Hunter sees my neck wound.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1vWBMIKLj
"That looks nasty. It hasn't healed yet. Why?"419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6C921rgBjs
"Those bullets are laced with werewolf poison. You're as dumb as you look."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0snB7oEBI8
The Hunter shoots me close to my left side.
"Where did you dump the body?"419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5SN26TNiq
I'm silent.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhj91I9BlYR
The Hunter shoots me in the left leg.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGD4EAwhLxs
"Two more rounds and you'll be dead within minutes."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSyM4L1Qop
I don't say anything.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3VEwBS82a
"Looks like you won't be getting this back," the Hunter adds, looking at the cure around his neck.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gyT2t2uzt
Suddenly, Alaric arrives and beats him up, before killing him and tossing him in the river.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zuJ4tn27l
"One slight problem," I say from the ground on my knees.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJoiwFsuR1
Alaric turns around with the cure in hand.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePPLi5LGSW
"You need this?" he asks.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikbTHxrmvI
"Yeah."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfS5m1fDbC
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.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPBfcWyBM7
"What do you want me to do, Stefan? He won't take the cure."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GSL2QCtFt
"Caroline is calling Klaus again. I can find a way to buy Damon more time. Just stay there."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6WcLp5Sg7
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.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9oEOJXG5N
"Is it healed up?" she asks.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSp9iicfV9
"Yeah."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kkpZTzJRD
"So it's all better?"419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPxbhG02LP
"Yeah."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRmPZd08xr
She stands in front of me and slaps me once across the face.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaioBoKUixt
"Ow."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpXU65PWNA
"That's for choosing to die over taking the cure."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjJKWMxVTu
"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!"419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtEJI0QA3Z
"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!"419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKV6XEP9nr
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.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXXkCUc3or
I say something and she smacks me on the shoulder.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcvfNTUbjA
"Ow."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAcw0O9UAs
"Ouch," Lexi comments.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pwLG92wG5
"I taught her that swing," Ric says.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWsIh0ulRK
Elena walks up to Stefan.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Wf0uNeyZs
"Can I talk to you alone?"419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawigQ8gpcg
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.419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NYiZ6rDrr
"Then I'm not sorry for you, either. Do you need me to come along?"419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMvQszJcRh
"No. Lexi is coming with me."419Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fNYucRier
I watch him drive off in the SUV with Lexi.
