Summary: What if Katherine had been there to stop Rebecca? What if Elena had chosen Damon, instead of Stefan?718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRquXjZIgz
It was a dark night, as Elena spoke to Damon on the phone, Matt driving Elena home in his old, white, Chevy truck.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjarRLtPxps
"If you had to choose, who would it be? Who would get the good-bye?" Damon questioned.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jZ2DcM3Bi
"I choose you, Damon. I love you both, but Stefan hurt me in a way that I don't know I can forgive."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIllo3dBcR
Damon was relieved.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqV3cwFXwXU
"I love you, too."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlNwCbue3f
"I'll see you soon, Damon."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPzZPWMANT
"Take care, Elena."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fd2BqkUQB
Just then, Matt hit the breaks, seeing Rebecca. Before he could hit her, Elena and Matt saw Katherine push Rebekah out of the way.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2c2SRQHL1t
The truck stopped.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0aUPBLjuv
Matt and Elena saw Rebekah and Katherine face off.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIosJQpjLH
Kat hissed at Rebekah.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2vutLyczT
"What do you think you're doing?"718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlUhjVcFHX
"Alaric killed my brother. He's linked with Elena. Alaric has to die," Rebekah growled and hissed back.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJTx8i2hTQ
Kat growled.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4Vr1Fc38L
"I won't let her die. I'll die before I let Elena die."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiC9syLQUz
Kat growled again as a warning.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9OkC8nEij
"Go home or I'll dagger you, Rebekah."
The Original growled before vanishing at vamp speed.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDduBcV1Dsv
Kat relaxed and looked over at Elena who had gotten out of the truck and was heading towards the vampiress.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoD0846AptJ
"Katherine?"718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzBzFaLJdM
"Elena, you should go home. I'll make sure Rebekah isn't following."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCcFOtZ1Eu
"What happened?"718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsi3lNFZV5
"I saved you. Rebekah and the others don't know, but you have Damon's blood in your system. If Rebekah had ran you off the road, you probably would've died. If you die with vampire blood in your system, you'll wake up in transition. I don't want you to have to choose. I want you human."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeApPcjmSg
"Thank you. But why do you care?"718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2dbGH4oG8
"Because family is everything to me. You are my family. I will not lose my family again. That's why I want Klaus dead. He killed my family 500 years ago to get back at me. I won't let my family die again."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxo08EuLfh4
Elena saw it now. The hatred she showed was to keep her dark past from being known. And her actions were to keep family together and hide the pain. But up close, she saw the pain in her eyes.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSH2VdSY0m
Elena turned from her and walked towards the car where Matt waited.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuawFeJ5V4m
Kat watched Elena get in and the truck drive off.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WKjjTo6CG
Matt gave the phone back to Elena, which she had had Matt take and speak to Damon.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmAj8wG0BA
"Damon, I'm here."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCdtAllEFy
"Elena, what happened?"718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxApSAPj17
"Katherine just saved us both from Rebekah trying to run us off the road to kill me."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJD4xLb24H
"I'm heading back, Elena."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfBejMPocz
"Damon, Katherine said she would make sure Rebekah doesn't follow. Somehow, I believe her. She said something else. Something about family."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkZ1Bsm7UI
"What did she say?"718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07QRoeNHq8
"She cares about family enough to protect me and want Klaus dead. I guess he killed her family 500 years ago to get back at her."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzXnnF2JMg
"You shouldn't believe her. Everything she says is a lie."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUvbh2ElCO
"You didn't see her, Damon. It seemed like she wanted to say more."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXA8U3x1EaB
"We'll figure it out when I get back."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYO5Nm5HsE1
"Meet me at my place, then," Elena responded.
Later, Damon and Elena were in her living room, Elena seated on the couch, Damon standing by a wall.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZkJfGZJgm
Kat walked in.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRANkhPZzN
"Good. You're here," she told them, and then sat next to Elena.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OtQIOhqFb
"What do you want?" Damon asked.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMHBDi0SMv
Kat looked at him.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnF5e1zg1I
"You could be nicer. I'm older than you. Didn't anyone ever teach you to respect your elders?"718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvaLY7Cmmo
Damon looked back at her.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIhyISyDRf
"Respect is putting it mildly considering what you've done."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFwZwXeMvY
"What you think I did," Kat corrected.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLW2IUvPeoq
Elena watched their exchange.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZWBCnF2hH
"I'm not welcome, so I won't bother you unless you're in danger. I'm going to leave something with Elena. I know that she'll keep it safe. You're welcome to read it too, since you think I lie."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFZmq0UFLY
The Petrova vampiress took out a brown, leather book. It looked very old.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5m3qQ6srzq
Kat looked at Elena.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkD73O7frzs
"Don't let my journal end up in the wrong hands. I wish I knew if this is a good-bye or not. But I don't. Be careful. Take care of yourself and the others, Elena."718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBaXATkPwC
Elena took the journal that she handed to her. Then Elena and Damon watched her leave.718Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnizrmARzE
Elena looked down at the tattered, old diary and opened it. When she did, Damon went to sit beside her and they silently read it.
As Kat left, she knew she had to get somewhere where she wouldn't be found. She knew what Alaric was. She couldn't let him find her.
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