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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5W8b8Hyha
She looked at him, as he sat down beside her.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppgYTpDqRq
"How is he?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qArXkkScR
"He'll live," he answered her.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9o3AzUkCu
His reply relieved her, though she didn't know what she felt about Ric being human again.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvyFcLkene
Suddenly images began to come to her; memories. Pain began in her head, as they surfaced.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1ATzRXmfE
She put fingers to her temple.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonrgKDniiX
"Elena?" he called, worried.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2oeVtfsHG
"I'm starting to remember."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYj1RmrpuZj
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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxKEyFhkRu
"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."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DfmtvR5zr
"Because I love you. I chose you," she replied.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6PmoJ9FCW
"Now I'm choosing. And I'm choosing to let you go."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFU89Ljkwkr
"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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRlzV8QQ7d
"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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQoHeZlTdQ
"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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYg9mZFBVBb
They were silent, as they looked at each other.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxyXVSjPdt
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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXuPs99PRN
When Damon appeared, she looked at him.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqRrgSYELB
"Damon?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjmzLCPfhD
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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqzdTe1WYo
"Damon," she said softly.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOcrwq6Jtq
He gently picked her up in his arms and left with her.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nttD85ueF
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Later that night, she was seated on the couch, Damon in a chair by her.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Yzft1wB9p
"Where were you, Damon?" she asked.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOxY5jIbS8
He rested his hand on her leg and looked at her with sympathy.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7wC6HYfav
"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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVC0teNYGhV
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"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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAMqlmLofq
"Thank...you," he whispered.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlRYMX3eyl
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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hw7S8a8pF
Elena went to stand a distance behind the vampire.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXwAK25zY9
"Stop!" she yelled.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81syLJNwmw
The male vampire looked at her.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PuxoA8Bkt
"Please, don't hurt him."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJq5dcFap7p
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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaWf0nsYp9
She looked at him, as he looked her over.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQYQGntdCW
"Hey; Elena. Focus. Look at me," he instructed, as she swayed a little.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXv9QvKsZz
"I'm fine, Damon," she assured him.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2LYpymTYm
"Are you sure?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8A6mxAc3ES
"I look like crap."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQrExzZb8U
He caught her as she collapsed, a hand between her shoulderblades, arm holding her up.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxhmh8Lewz
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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.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLxz1v6udt
She smiled and he smiled back.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHulmyhP2tO
A moment later, they were kissing.
