Summary: What if Katherine had been there to stop Rebecca? What if Elena had chosen Damon, instead of Stefan?749Please respect copyright.PENANA5JXeAQq3PT
It was a dark night, as Elena spoke to Damon on the phone, Matt driving Elena home in his old, white, Chevy truck.749Please respect copyright.PENANAW6bB1UTU5a
"If you had to choose, who would it be? Who would get the good-bye?" Damon questioned.749Please respect copyright.PENANA22x69sTnEc
"I choose you, Damon. I love you both, but Stefan hurt me in a way that I don't know I can forgive."749Please respect copyright.PENANAW63LBiVlIs
Damon was relieved.749Please respect copyright.PENANA74IFgDulWV
"I love you, too."749Please respect copyright.PENANAS2srkiIEpn
"I'll see you soon, Damon."749Please respect copyright.PENANAuyBZD0WbQf
"Take care, Elena."749Please respect copyright.PENANARsBiK0dPQa
Just then, Matt hit the breaks, seeing Rebecca. Before he could hit her, Elena and Matt saw Katherine push Rebekah out of the way.749Please respect copyright.PENANAHOhPSOfXdl
The truck stopped.749Please respect copyright.PENANABVvLJf3wZe
Matt and Elena saw Rebekah and Katherine face off.749Please respect copyright.PENANADdKUkwvV0q
Kat hissed at Rebekah.749Please respect copyright.PENANAVoNTwDLY1j
"What do you think you're doing?"749Please respect copyright.PENANA4NsngmcUsF
"Alaric killed my brother. He's linked with Elena. Alaric has to die," Rebekah growled and hissed back.749Please respect copyright.PENANAbMA164haDj
Kat growled.749Please respect copyright.PENANAypb7Rh4RQd
"I won't let her die. I'll die before I let Elena die."749Please respect copyright.PENANA6AwKmYv8gC
Kat growled again as a warning.749Please respect copyright.PENANAjqHaskc3kn
"Go home or I'll dagger you, Rebekah."
The Original growled before vanishing at vamp speed.749Please respect copyright.PENANAMdFotU3wvJ
Kat relaxed and looked over at Elena who had gotten out of the truck and was heading towards the vampiress.749Please respect copyright.PENANAcza4y63EK2
"Katherine?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAW64RF4yEIM
"Elena, you should go home. I'll make sure Rebekah isn't following."749Please respect copyright.PENANAQyYJr99OH6
"What happened?"749Please respect copyright.PENANACRcd4WdYHS
"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."749Please respect copyright.PENANAfIcjGDqW9p
"Thank you. But why do you care?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAyaQVorOHqk
"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."749Please respect copyright.PENANA9tW1QHtNWP
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.749Please respect copyright.PENANAAXmss6cBkc
Elena turned from her and walked towards the car where Matt waited.749Please respect copyright.PENANAin8Eo96qiJ
Kat watched Elena get in and the truck drive off.749Please respect copyright.PENANAif83vk6FdY
Matt gave the phone back to Elena, which she had had Matt take and speak to Damon.749Please respect copyright.PENANAilAZ4kzVd1
"Damon, I'm here."749Please respect copyright.PENANAsaIa9wLx3l
"Elena, what happened?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAhN3m9VF9og
"Katherine just saved us both from Rebekah trying to run us off the road to kill me."749Please respect copyright.PENANAJgAyp99L5D
"I'm heading back, Elena."749Please respect copyright.PENANAKJPyvvae1M
"Damon, Katherine said she would make sure Rebekah doesn't follow. Somehow, I believe her. She said something else. Something about family."749Please respect copyright.PENANAigCIGFf6WU
"What did she say?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAm8MteWfd4q
"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."749Please respect copyright.PENANAzLpSdpO8F2
"You shouldn't believe her. Everything she says is a lie."749Please respect copyright.PENANAsAh15gDTUj
"You didn't see her, Damon. It seemed like she wanted to say more."749Please respect copyright.PENANAZX7Nh7dQpi
"We'll figure it out when I get back."749Please respect copyright.PENANAuoJczrUhqb
"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.749Please respect copyright.PENANADh5mlyTyNs
Kat walked in.749Please respect copyright.PENANABnK34siTni
"Good. You're here," she told them, and then sat next to Elena.749Please respect copyright.PENANAshgwOHdCtq
"What do you want?" Damon asked.749Please respect copyright.PENANAgLoz5UdhCh
Kat looked at him.749Please respect copyright.PENANAUGengsKCSa
"You could be nicer. I'm older than you. Didn't anyone ever teach you to respect your elders?"749Please respect copyright.PENANAIhnVvmhBvW
Damon looked back at her.749Please respect copyright.PENANAUn6QzqK7zP
"Respect is putting it mildly considering what you've done."749Please respect copyright.PENANA9GOjVkbdlp
"What you think I did," Kat corrected.749Please respect copyright.PENANApBIN3TmZs8
Elena watched their exchange.749Please respect copyright.PENANAKB2VYKe4sF
"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."749Please respect copyright.PENANAVWShdIIsvw
The Petrova vampiress took out a brown, leather book. It looked very old.749Please respect copyright.PENANAQjhPOfh9Kz
Kat looked at Elena.749Please respect copyright.PENANAiBjRGq5UUq
"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."749Please respect copyright.PENANA8P4juGyBFx
Elena took the journal that she handed to her. Then Elena and Damon watched her leave.749Please respect copyright.PENANAipFmKW6I78
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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