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.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGNe36xupz
She looked at him, as he sat down beside her.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1K1rcapuch
"How is he?"686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTlpc4kHWk
"He'll live," he answered her.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClIMAOiXmh
His reply relieved her, though she didn't know what she felt about Ric being human again.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrDq8DbYrG
Suddenly images began to come to her; memories. Pain began in her head, as they surfaced.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD753pj0Lii
She put fingers to her temple.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4H6WUOVTl
"Elena?" he called, worried.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkhCtWl3LS
"I'm starting to remember."686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wQksYZoRV
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.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFsKLJJFH9
"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."686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOrGuUkawk
"Because I love you. I chose you," she replied.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBRcfnzstQ
"Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go."686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKpfSR3Z72
"So, that's it. You're just going to push me away."
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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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*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.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFy2QuNaFwc
"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.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1P4U6mhjUV
"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.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lNW0SNHaF
They were silent, as they looked at each other.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3B9ietIR7n
A moment later, they kissed.
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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.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaO5ydLVhf
When Damon appeared, she looked at him.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOCKnsFkjV
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At vamp speed, he grabbed her and jumped into the water with her, which saved her.
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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.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxtHlMUXwQ
"Damon," she said softly.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEoreNWRkM
He gently picked her up in his arms and left with her.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIO6PLFaO7
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Later that night, she was seated on the couch, Damon in a chair by her.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJmI4UwtXI
"Where were you, Damon?" she asked.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjPDDvHzAp
He rested his hand on her leg and looked at her with sympathy.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMpHM85IGo
"I shouldn't have left. I promise you, I will never leave you again."
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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.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFOnSsAJuc
"That doesn't mean you have to act like a..."686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAl0969b1Fa
"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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*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.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUn9i4idTC
"Thank...you," he whispered.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WCQKTuIpv
A moment later, his sire, Katherine, walked in to cure him before it was too late.
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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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*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.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZMIdDYj5A
Elena went to stand a distance behind the vampire.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiaw1mxkLK
"Stop!" she yelled.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRkUJaXkhD
The male vampire looked at her.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaje2kYdh3A
"Please, don't hurt him."686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp542OVl7H8
After looking between them, the vamp fled at vamp speed.
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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.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsHevCHrTr
She looked at him, as he looked her over.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgebuZPG8i
"Hey; Elena. Focus. Look at me," he instructed, as she swayed a little.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8KZTnSHtf
"I'm fine, Damon," she assured him.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUPuFxOf7n
"Are you sure?"686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2ydeuzpSQ
"I look like crap."686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarUc2GPf1H
He caught her as she collapsed, a hand between her shoulderblades, arm holding her up.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfMYzpdAZy
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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.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziuXxB4AcC
She smiled and he smiled back.686Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpZ7JsmtvS
A moment later, they were kissing.
