It's a beautiful day, as we stand by Jenna Sommer's grave. Klaus killed her during the ritual. Jenna was Jeremy and Elena's aunt. Now they're on their own. All they have are their friends, me, Stefan, and Ric now. I take a rose and lay it down on her grave, and so do the others at the funeral.345Please respect copyright.PENANAqUHcG6RElZ
After the funeral, I tell Stefan that Tyler Lockwood bit me and I show it to him. I then tell him not to tell Elena and I walk away from him to go home. I don't want her to have to deal with me dying. Her aunt just died. She needs time to heal.345Please respect copyright.PENANAOnLLOKYL2K
Later that day, I walk into her room.345Please respect copyright.PENANAsgJmUShJxO
"Elena."345Please respect copyright.PENANApyVxAIn1x3
She turns around to look at me, standing by her vanity.345Please respect copyright.PENANAqZGUWHBMOP
"Damon," she says.345Please respect copyright.PENANAs0lzBSWY2R
"Elena, I know I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I need it," I say with a pleading face. I need her forgiveness for force feeding her my blood to make sure she came back to life after the ritual. I'm inwardly begging her to forgive me. She doesn't heed though, because she doesn't know I'm dying from a werewolf bite. So she practically kicks me out of the door and I leave.
Later that afternoon, I take my ring off and stand in front of the window to die. As I start to burn, Stefan comes in at vamp speed and gets me out of the sun. He then locks me in the cellar in the basement.345Please respect copyright.PENANA0o0gynfDgI
"What's the big plan, little brother?" I ask, as I lay on my back.345Please respect copyright.PENANAwWdlk23qSr
I roll onto my side and cough up some blood, before I look up at him.345Please respect copyright.PENANAKPw8cGPeHa
"Lie still. Preserve your strength. You're not going to die. I have Bonnie looking into it."345Please respect copyright.PENANA4Ylohgfn0x
He walks away, leaving me alone.
I'm let out of there later on and I wander the streets in the middle of the 60's celebration. Everything starts blending in together and I'm weak and sweaty and hot. But then Elena finds me and starts to get me out of there before we stop by a pole. I start to hallucinate that Elena is Katherine and get her up against a pole and bend down towards her neck.345Please respect copyright.PENANAIqY0eIPf6t
"Damon, stop," she says.345Please respect copyright.PENANAY6kJ5zEZqJ
A memory of Katherine slicing by the side of her neck surfaces.345Please respect copyright.PENANAbXb7t9AbbV
"I choose you, Katherine," I say, before I bite Elena in that same place I bit Katherine so many years ago.345Please respect copyright.PENANAvFzN653KdL
"Damon, it's me. Damon," she continues to say, as I bite her.345Please respect copyright.PENANAcHWhKrk5NR
Suddenly, the hallucination ends and I stop.345Please respect copyright.PENANA5bgiNMs5Id
"Elena?" I say.345Please respect copyright.PENANAU6WEv2tUAB
I take a step back and then fall onto my back, very weak.345Please respect copyright.PENANAxn9E8o9xfV
Elena kneels beside me with one hand on her wound.
Later that night, I lay in my bed with Elena seated at my bedside with a wet wash cloth.345Please respect copyright.PENANA0j3Eb3qkqh
"You should go. I could hurt you," I whisper to her.345Please respect copyright.PENANAYE7XgI9uPs
"I'm not leaving. I'm here until the very end," she replies.345Please respect copyright.PENANAsjIl9cSVrD
She snuggles up closer to me.345Please respect copyright.PENANATJmA8EA5rh
"You would've liked me in 1864," I whisper.345Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ly7VSfPaz
"I like you how you are now," she tells me.345Please respect copyright.PENANAYbO9zch3LM
She damps the wet wash cloth on my forehead.345Please respect copyright.PENANA0TeWsXVXAl
I close my eyes.345Please respect copyright.PENANAs1wjHXGJ5p
I feel her lips on mine once and know she just kissed me.345Please respect copyright.PENANAGqF9tiQHtV
"Thank...you," I whisper once more.345Please respect copyright.PENANA1kjznZApny
A familiar scent comes to me a moment before the voice says, "It's me you should be thinking. I have the cure."345Please respect copyright.PENANAy5Ev4PRVSB
I open my eyes and Elena gets to her feet to get out of Katherine's way.345Please respect copyright.PENANA4CQx1Jzby2
Katherine walks up to my bedside and gives me the cure, before she lays one hand on my cheek.345Please respect copyright.PENANAfzi061iVO6
"You came back," I say.345Please respect copyright.PENANARjcnJy9KsN
"I owed you one," she replies.345Please respect copyright.PENANADgRLkvhlKI
She walks off to the middle of the room.
I slowly sit up in bed.345Please respect copyright.PENANAY35ceuahXg
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asks.345Please respect copyright.PENANAOAygcjxDFT
"He just gave himself up to Klaus. He gave everything up, including you, to save his brother. I wouldn't expect him back anytime soon."345Please respect copyright.PENANAZxCrNZJgVC
She goes to leave, but stops at the doorway to look at Elena.345Please respect copyright.PENANAD9labOiBJM
"Don't be afraid to love them both. I did," she says, before she walks out of the room and disappears out of our sight.345Please respect copyright.PENANARVDmQWIgDF
Elena and I look at one another silently.
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