Ch.11: How To Save A Life
Summary: Set in S7, but kind of a future fic. Elena is back to going to college with Caroline now that she has awakened after Bonnie’s death. Bonnie died from the pills, since they couldn’t find a way to save her. What happens when Damon sees Kat on the side of the road? Will he save her, or leave her to die?
Step one, you say we need to talk419Please respect copyright.PENANAnSkOpa7g2C
He walks, you say sit down, it’s just a talk419Please respect copyright.PENANAgpu4JIPMMS
He smiles politely back at you419Please respect copyright.PENANA1l8akMwmpH
You stare politely right on through419Please respect copyright.PENANAdhYMeMGjb3
Some sort of window to your right419Please respect copyright.PENANA8wD6uNMDEE
As he goes left, and you stay right419Please respect copyright.PENANAMQ3l653xwN
Between the lines of fear and blame419Please respect copyright.PENANAqsulWWH5yl
You begin to wonder why you came419Please respect copyright.PENANAvTH5WtOZxV
Where did I go wrong?419Please respect copyright.PENANA8yMAWBXHdg
I lost a friend419Please respect copyright.PENANAMai0U4cqHV
Somewhere along in bitterness419Please respect copyright.PENANAXt9S1e4rMy
And I would have stayed up with you all night419Please respect copyright.PENANAbQcIlIXJTT
Had I known how to save a life
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It was a dismal night in Mystic Falls, as Damon drove back to the boarding house after a few drinks. He’d gone to see Elena at Whitmore College, since she’d ignored his calls for a few days. He had to make sure she was safe. And she was. Now he was heading back home.419Please respect copyright.PENANADknuXTlXK6
Suddenly, on the desolate road, he saw someone lying down on the shoulder of the road. Usually he’d just pass by, but he had a gut feeling that he should stop, so he stopped the car by the person, close to the shoulder of the road.419Please respect copyright.PENANAxuVoKmgHAp
As soon as he went around his car and knelt by her, he saw her familiar face, but he didn’t want to believe that it was really her.419Please respect copyright.PENANAiKoNNffH9N
“Katherine?”419Please respect copyright.PENANAOCiMC9mq9d
He gently got her on her back. That’s when it was confirmed that Katherine was indeed alive, human, and injured. She was pale with blood on either side of her head. There was also blood pretty much everywhere. He could barely see where her wounds started and where the blood started. That’s how much blood there was. He could tell that she’d lost a lot of blood. He listened for a heartbeat and breathing and if his heart could beat, it would’ve sunk. He didn’t care what had happened to her for her to be like this. He only knew that he couldn’t leave her to die. She was slipping towards it, though. Her breathing was shallow and her heart was slowing.419Please respect copyright.PENANANoeEE2eeM3
He rested gentle hands on either side of her head.419Please respect copyright.PENANAgNBYkR0hry
“Katherine, can you hear me? If you can hear me, open your eyes.”419Please respect copyright.PENANAIXXAh6KsBc
After a moment of no movement from her, he took the chance and bit his wrist, putting it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat to heal her if all possible.419Please respect copyright.PENANAXVrATU6oFs
When her wounds had healed and she wasn’t dying anymore, he took his wrist away which obviously healed, and sighed in relief. Sure, he hated her, but whatever had happened to her, he wouldn’t wish on anyone.419Please respect copyright.PENANAfNHumkUFX9
“Let’s get you out of here,” he said, and as he gently picked her up in his arms he added, “Upsie daisy.” Then he walked over to his car and gently set her in the passenger’s seat. He then closed the door and got in the driver’s seat and started driving again.419Please respect copyright.PENANA7GWnLna1dy
As he drove, he looked over at her, hoping for a sign that she was going to be waking up soon. He knew she was alive and healed, so he didn’t understand why she hadn’t woken up yet. He figured she had been through a lot though and just needed to rest for a while. He knew that after going through a lot, it made people exhausted. He’d gone through a lot himself. If he wasn’t a vampire, he would’ve been tired of all of this a long time ago. Even as a vampire, he wished sometimes that he could just go and take a long overdue nap and not have to deal with anything or anyone.419Please respect copyright.PENANAIRpRQBVI5h
He rested a gentle hand on top of her left one and looked at the road again. Maybe if she knew that she wasn’t alone and that she was safe with him, she’d wake up.
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Let him know that you know best419Please respect copyright.PENANA7yq0ZQ0JB6
‘Cause after all, you do know best419Please respect copyright.PENANAI4eidtTqy1
Try to slip past his defense419Please respect copyright.PENANA9p6kyY4nZp
Without granting innocence419Please respect copyright.PENANAaiwYrlCxqr
Lay down a list of what is wrong419Please respect copyright.PENANASPw4FfVpkw
The things you’ve told him all along419Please respect copyright.PENANAricL1Cycol
And pray to God he hears you419Please respect copyright.PENANAL4mexigS4j
And I pray to God he hears you419Please respect copyright.PENANAtKci1Xho28
Where did I go wrong?419Please respect copyright.PENANAO0jyGeQ70R
I lost a friend419Please respect copyright.PENANAFAfyq4Bs9k
Somewhere along in bitterness419Please respect copyright.PENANAYd4yM8OW8k
And I would have stayed up with you all night419Please respect copyright.PENANAlP8357TcTu
Had I known how to save a life419Please respect copyright.PENANAsRvAp9mXi8
As he begins to raise his voice419Please respect copyright.PENANAzUOnbHMNSS
You lower yours and grant him one last choice419Please respect copyright.PENANAHY58YJS47O
Drive until you lose the road419Please respect copyright.PENANA20Y3mMNhuX
Or break with the ones you’ve followed419Please respect copyright.PENANAp9IECYj3HU
He will do one of two things419Please respect copyright.PENANAmLvWAVCivu
He will admit to everything419Please respect copyright.PENANAOTNOraIFBV
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same419Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6rNwLvEiX
And you’ll begin to wonder why you came
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“Katherine, I don’t know if you can hear me or not, but I’m right here. I’m not going to hurt you. Whatever happened, I’m here for you. I promise you, you’re safe now. I won’t let anything happen to you. It’s okay now. You can open your eyes,” he said, as he continued looking at the road, hoping it would work. He didn’t want to have to go inside her head, considering he’d been cruel to her the last time he’d done that to her.419Please respect copyright.PENANAcbaNWRKRlW
As the minutes clicked by and she still didn’t stir, he wondered if he would have to go inside her head or take her to the hospital, after all.419Please respect copyright.PENANA076Etg5yUK
“Look, Katherine, I need you to wake up so that I know that you’ll live. I know now that I was wrong. I shouldn’t have been so cruel to you. You were dying and reliving your grief over your mother. You didn’t deserve what you got from neither Klaus nor me. I’m sorry for what I did to you. If I could do it over, I’d give you peace, instead. Please forgive me,” he confessed, meaning every word. Without her in his life or alive, he didn’t feel whole. The moment he’d watched Stefan kill her to get her out of Elena’s body, it felt like a small piece of him died along with her.
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Where did I go wrong?419Please respect copyright.PENANAlUOznldayR
I lost a friend419Please respect copyright.PENANAVh0MIuqroa
Somewhere along in bitterness419Please respect copyright.PENANAryMavaXu82
And I would have stayed up with you all night419Please respect copyright.PENANAXHhwnUlBRT
Had I known how to save a life419Please respect copyright.PENANATIIFCsTbmt
Where did I go wrong?419Please respect copyright.PENANApzo48YhWtk
I lost a friend419Please respect copyright.PENANAdesUyDCzv2
Somewhere along in bitterness419Please respect copyright.PENANAkPfSkR9WO4
And I would have stayed up with you all night419Please respect copyright.PENANAhZzZTHH7ie
Had I known how to save a life419Please respect copyright.PENANAAvA3r1XNqZ
How to save a life419Please respect copyright.PENANALTgUi3TG2J
How to save a life
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After his confession and everything he’d said, which she heard through the darkness, she began to awaken half an hour later.419Please respect copyright.PENANAKITtgbeecm
When she woke up, she was still weak but otherwise felt fine. The second thing she noticed was Damon driving with a hand on top of hers and a worried look. Seeing her awaken though, she saw him give her a smile, which she returned.419Please respect copyright.PENANAR2y1IWU4rs
“How do you feel?” he questioned.419Please respect copyright.PENANA1NN6cgopVG
“I feel fine.”419Please respect copyright.PENANAe4D4g6YjY5
“Good,” he replied.419Please respect copyright.PENANAodg4mzc0aE
He pulled up to the house and she couldn’t help but comment, saying, “Home sweet home.”419Please respect copyright.PENANA2t5RcHVyOj
“Don’t worry. It’s just you and me now. Stefan left town and we broke up a while back,” he assured her.419Please respect copyright.PENANApMEd6bR463
She smiled, happy about that.
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Where did I go wrong?419Please respect copyright.PENANAd5b8dinpZx
I lost a friend419Please respect copyright.PENANABXomshovYj
Somewhere along in bitterness419Please respect copyright.PENANA3vkqzFQ28X
And I would have stayed up with you all night419Please respect copyright.PENANAE2ke2kIY6A
Had I known how to save a life419Please respect copyright.PENANA9UKW4LzP1i
Where did I go wrong?419Please respect copyright.PENANAOnCSGCsDAY
I lost a friend419Please respect copyright.PENANAVgkI6Zw1wd
Somewhere along in bitterness419Please respect copyright.PENANAzpa6J5qtEy
And I would have stayed up with you all night419Please respect copyright.PENANAZRbikp8jWW
Had I known how to save a life
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After a year of living together in the boarding house, they finally fell back into love. And so their love story continued on. And the plus side was that she could digest vampire blood and was no longer dying. She just looked like she used to be before turning the first time. And so, after finding that out, she had Damon turn her back and he was glad to do so.
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How to save a life419Please respect copyright.PENANAAEnQmPeNv6
How to save a life…