Summary: What if Katherine had been there to stop Rebecca? What if Elena had chosen Damon, instead of Stefan?712Please respect copyright.PENANAYMTZzkpZau
It was a dark night, as Elena spoke to Damon on the phone, Matt driving Elena home in his old, white, Chevy truck.712Please respect copyright.PENANAWg7mEMnTfU
"If you had to choose, who would it be? Who would get the good-bye?" Damon questioned.712Please respect copyright.PENANAIaFRQ4tOXR
"I choose you, Damon. I love you both, but Stefan hurt me in a way that I don't know I can forgive."712Please respect copyright.PENANAwJFVy7Wanm
Damon was relieved.712Please respect copyright.PENANAGjdQlvZ6mP
"I love you, too."712Please respect copyright.PENANAP6pUOGcPsX
"I'll see you soon, Damon."712Please respect copyright.PENANAluPxXJKJyO
"Take care, Elena."712Please respect copyright.PENANALPBejl4ZVu
Just then, Matt hit the breaks, seeing Rebecca. Before he could hit her, Elena and Matt saw Katherine push Rebekah out of the way.712Please respect copyright.PENANAsCwW58qoQS
The truck stopped.712Please respect copyright.PENANAHZyqv4GX2n
Matt and Elena saw Rebekah and Katherine face off.712Please respect copyright.PENANABWkJ0LxTnH
Kat hissed at Rebekah.712Please respect copyright.PENANAd2oiFtkRaG
"What do you think you're doing?"712Please respect copyright.PENANAV5I7SeT1EZ
"Alaric killed my brother. He's linked with Elena. Alaric has to die," Rebekah growled and hissed back.712Please respect copyright.PENANAab0Ji4TD4m
Kat growled.712Please respect copyright.PENANAOzz61l8hnq
"I won't let her die. I'll die before I let Elena die."712Please respect copyright.PENANAryKhD0oHNm
Kat growled again as a warning.712Please respect copyright.PENANAkpiFmlA0q7
"Go home or I'll dagger you, Rebekah."
The Original growled before vanishing at vamp speed.712Please respect copyright.PENANANeGV3FeYbC
Kat relaxed and looked over at Elena who had gotten out of the truck and was heading towards the vampiress.712Please respect copyright.PENANAcbIiUhbAos
"Katherine?"712Please respect copyright.PENANAlbj4bvh9yE
"Elena, you should go home. I'll make sure Rebekah isn't following."712Please respect copyright.PENANAC3n3gUq3q1
"What happened?"712Please respect copyright.PENANAjm4vZB8syN
"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."712Please respect copyright.PENANAl0SRQmgSbv
"Thank you. But why do you care?"712Please respect copyright.PENANA9Wu9uk8PHd
"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."712Please respect copyright.PENANA5Iuf5aPFGM
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.712Please respect copyright.PENANARx0ovMvHbD
Elena turned from her and walked towards the car where Matt waited.712Please respect copyright.PENANAPuzsbZGDZz
Kat watched Elena get in and the truck drive off.712Please respect copyright.PENANAIunstODbMI
Matt gave the phone back to Elena, which she had had Matt take and speak to Damon.712Please respect copyright.PENANAG12LyCchq1
"Damon, I'm here."712Please respect copyright.PENANAfMpWrw1N8p
"Elena, what happened?"712Please respect copyright.PENANABK0kZIn3lw
"Katherine just saved us both from Rebekah trying to run us off the road to kill me."712Please respect copyright.PENANAbrcKuEfiJR
"I'm heading back, Elena."712Please respect copyright.PENANAA0uWsSJULh
"Damon, Katherine said she would make sure Rebekah doesn't follow. Somehow, I believe her. She said something else. Something about family."712Please respect copyright.PENANAUvmRjapxlv
"What did she say?"712Please respect copyright.PENANA1prpUq6hIU
"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."712Please respect copyright.PENANA2PpKBCsyOl
"You shouldn't believe her. Everything she says is a lie."712Please respect copyright.PENANAKp3o3WFWtz
"You didn't see her, Damon. It seemed like she wanted to say more."712Please respect copyright.PENANAFniXaXSmXs
"We'll figure it out when I get back."712Please respect copyright.PENANAc1kJlj9LHj
"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.712Please respect copyright.PENANAPdOx14O8gj
Kat walked in.712Please respect copyright.PENANAavRf1soLor
"Good. You're here," she told them, and then sat next to Elena.712Please respect copyright.PENANASwC1EJkzzW
"What do you want?" Damon asked.712Please respect copyright.PENANAxeQAhn19CT
Kat looked at him.712Please respect copyright.PENANAVvJdRzGE3W
"You could be nicer. I'm older than you. Didn't anyone ever teach you to respect your elders?"712Please respect copyright.PENANA8K6JRf5Xr2
Damon looked back at her.712Please respect copyright.PENANAII56DtxngY
"Respect is putting it mildly considering what you've done."712Please respect copyright.PENANAHnJLYKDj2E
"What you think I did," Kat corrected.712Please respect copyright.PENANAGwcUBBpV0n
Elena watched their exchange.712Please respect copyright.PENANAS1LJjKUhKM
"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."712Please respect copyright.PENANAxw9FPK0I5K
The Petrova vampiress took out a brown, leather book. It looked very old.712Please respect copyright.PENANAVj8DRsK9HJ
Kat looked at Elena.712Please respect copyright.PENANAlbFhHPiJrP
"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."712Please respect copyright.PENANAqc2pKCAT5p
Elena took the journal that she handed to her. Then Elena and Damon watched her leave.712Please respect copyright.PENANAlR3lVGKnHK
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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