Stefan and Lexi are seated on the couch at the Salvatore boarding house with the music blaring Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name," Stefan drinking a bottle of liquor.339Please respect copyright.PENANA9C3IhLpdNE
I walk over and turn the radio off.339Please respect copyright.PENANAIRezwZvn2z
"Damon, you remember Lexi," Stefan greets.339Please respect copyright.PENANA1AxIFre2wE
"Lexi," I say. "Back from the dead."339Please respect copyright.PENANAHi3ujiSkbY
At vamp speed, she pins me against a wall, hand tightly around my throat.339Please respect copyright.PENANAO2ODI9hztg
"You're just going to sit there while she takes her revenge out on me?" I ask my brother.339Please respect copyright.PENANAIENZ2iqLvG
"Whatever time I have left here, I don't plan on spending it on you. Got it?" she informs me.339Please respect copyright.PENANA490z0e1s27
"Okay, okay. Got it," I reply.339Please respect copyright.PENANAYr6rj3JPUG
She releases me and walks over to stand by the couch, and snags the liquor bottle from Stefan. She takes a swig before Stefan takes it back and drinks some of it.339Please respect copyright.PENANAL1XvkSIqUR
"Something might've gone wrong with Bonnie's spell and here you are," I comment.339Please respect copyright.PENANACMTQKbsBSJ
"So you're saying I should be dealing with the supernatural, instead of spending the day with my ex best friend."339Please respect copyright.PENANA13EsN3yZlV
"Are you drunk?"339Please respect copyright.PENANAmRRqo410wb
Stefan takes another swig of the liquor.339Please respect copyright.PENANAsxdMiTi3Zq
"So this is how we spend the day," I comment, before taking a sip from the shot glass of liquor I had poured for myself.
Later in the day, one of The Five walks inside the boarding house, when Stefan and I are in the living room.339Please respect copyright.PENANAaMlwhaY4dJ
"I got this from my good friend Connor," he says, talking about the gun he has in his hand, as he faces me. He then shoots me in the side of the neck.339Please respect copyright.PENANAE0LaLjPqKy
"I want to know where Silas is."339Please respect copyright.PENANAJkjSckocS3
"I don't know where he is."339Please respect copyright.PENANAuzCJIucM3C
Stefan and the Hunter soon fight and it ends with Stefan ripping his heart out, killing him.
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When I'm in my room, Elena, now with her humanity back on, walks into my room.339Please respect copyright.PENANAkW3eDUvfck
I watch her enter, as I stand in my room, Jeremy standing at the door.339Please respect copyright.PENANAcDgg1dCQw3
"Damon, we need to talk," she announces.339Please respect copyright.PENANAxS3T4W8KsN
"What is there to talk about?"339Please respect copyright.PENANAuLyLpPRlDJ
I walk over to my end table and take out a small box. I then open it and put the cure in her hand, as I stand in front of her.339Please respect copyright.PENANAead2BoTykI
"Here. Consider this a graduation present."339Please respect copyright.PENANAKcnx9eTp0R
I wince in pain.339Please respect copyright.PENANA4jviNjCvsj
"Are you okay?" she asks me.339Please respect copyright.PENANAy8siHh4V5f
"I'm fine."339Please respect copyright.PENANARWm2dVSLMO
"Take off your shirt."339Please respect copyright.PENANATMM4MusokX
"No. Not when he's here."339Please respect copyright.PENANAwAQRJuziKB
"Fine."339Please respect copyright.PENANAaOzepdH15D
She walked up to me and pulls part of my shirt off the wound, showing that it has spread to half of my shoulder.339Please respect copyright.PENANACpBCwK8L2y
She looks at me.339Please respect copyright.PENANAPGWQd0dKth
"Damon, why isn't this healing?"339Please respect copyright.PENANAjUcHcwb8HU
"Because the bullet is laced with werewolf venom."339Please respect copyright.PENANAPHG5RfJfPE
"We need Klaus."339Please respect copyright.PENANAFoMGLCQq1T
"Klaus would rather let me die."339Please respect copyright.PENANASDscTy8rMT
"What about the cure?" Jeremy asks.339Please respect copyright.PENANAvQ0ocW3Y72
"No," I respond.339Please respect copyright.PENANAErgReIBVq2
"He's right. If you're human, the werewolf poison won't hurt you."339Please respect copyright.PENANAFAd1CSw29M
"No, Elena."339Please respect copyright.PENANA0tFGEy2d3e
She sets it in my hand.339Please respect copyright.PENANAIC6p3DaPIA
"Take it."
I look at her. I then look at Little Gilbert.339Please respect copyright.PENANA3nr7aneSx7
"Why is it that even dead, you're the bait of my existence?"339Please respect copyright.PENANAhV1f0sf9uG
"You should go or you'll be late to your graduation," Jeremy tells Elena.339Please respect copyright.PENANAizTgwcDC2K
She looks at her brother.339Please respect copyright.PENANAVnYGFxQGHk
"Jer, no. Not if you can't be there."339Please respect copyright.PENANAVviefcJFbU
"It the best time of your life before you go off to college."339Please respect copyright.PENANAAW6dhql3E9
"I haven't even sent in my application yet."339Please respect copyright.PENANA0m9UbfejAB
"It doesn't matter. Go. Mom and dad would be pissed if there wasn't a picture of you at your graduation."339Please respect copyright.PENANATTcoN1fNEz
"Okay," she says.339Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7ynQ0C8TC
I watch them leave.
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When one of The Five wakes up, Stefan and Lexi get to their feet and I'm in the living room with them again.339Please respect copyright.PENANAtBX5MBBUu6
I stand by him.339Please respect copyright.PENANAUT6utg5dP2
"He's up," Stefan said.339Please respect copyright.PENANA3CAUYiEoQM
"Okay. Let's do this," I say, heading for the door with the Hunter.339Please respect copyright.PENANASMEiev0FMO
"Where are you going?" Stefan asks me.339Please respect copyright.PENANAW2kjRrenuO
"To dig up Silas."339Please respect copyright.PENANAHQtVgBN6fv
We then leave.
The Hunter and I are in the woods standing by a cliff. There's a river below it and a few trees around us.339Please respect copyright.PENANA4Lqre19b8O
"Where's Silas?" he asks me.339Please respect copyright.PENANAkKv2i4Xr7G
"Well, let's see here. I dragged his body to the edge, dropped him here, and lost him somewhere in the rock."339Please respect copyright.PENANAJBl9L336RD
The Hunter sees my neck wound.339Please respect copyright.PENANAyS5BSaPx4n
"That looks nasty. It hasn't healed yet. Why?"339Please respect copyright.PENANAlF6GdmNL7A
"Those bullets are laced with werewolf poison. You're as dumb as you look."339Please respect copyright.PENANATSrE06JphR
The Hunter shoots me close to my left side.
"Where did you dump the body?"339Please respect copyright.PENANAuGOli7jgwx
I'm silent.339Please respect copyright.PENANAFLh7dcDL0u
The Hunter shoots me in the left leg.339Please respect copyright.PENANAALlc59OXBC
"Two more rounds and you'll be dead within minutes."339Please respect copyright.PENANAibiHBLnf0J
I don't say anything.339Please respect copyright.PENANAOjnBLeAI57
"Looks like you won't be getting this back," the Hunter adds, looking at the cure around his neck.339Please respect copyright.PENANA5pKqCnzkr2
Suddenly, Alaric arrives and beats him up, before killing him and tossing him in the river.339Please respect copyright.PENANA29HFumg2lE
"One slight problem," I say from the ground on my knees.339Please respect copyright.PENANAm4ho5ipTDd
Alaric turns around with the cure in hand.339Please respect copyright.PENANAaQSSFFNzEr
"You need this?" he asks.339Please respect copyright.PENANARnhkXgHVZl
"Yeah."339Please respect copyright.PENANAE2PMh2YpV9
Ric tries to get me to take the cure so I won't die, but I won't. That cure is for Elena. I'd rather die. So he phones up my brother.339Please respect copyright.PENANA8fV1mSVcq7
"What do you want me to do, Stefan? He won't take the cure."339Please respect copyright.PENANAdgqCF9QdhI
"Caroline is calling Klaus again. I can find a way to buy Damon more time. Just stay there."339Please respect copyright.PENANALCQTyTWoLj
Stefan hangs up.
Later in the day, I'm in my room. I have just put my shirt on, when Elena walks in and walks up to me.339Please respect copyright.PENANA46hfG5r58W
"Is it healed up?" she asks.339Please respect copyright.PENANAAnjqzTZ0mp
"Yeah."339Please respect copyright.PENANA0iEmHQV73p
"So it's all better?"339Please respect copyright.PENANA9SpGo6v28y
"Yeah."339Please respect copyright.PENANAZA8G0W5gLn
She stands in front of me and slaps me once across the face.339Please respect copyright.PENANA12v0wYS18r
"Ow."339Please respect copyright.PENANAe9lCFm5aLs
"That's for choosing to die over taking the cure."339Please respect copyright.PENANAq7TtTylcSi
"I'm not apologizing, because I am not sorry. I am not sorry that I would rather die than be human! I am not sorry that I would rather die right now, than to spend the rest of my life with you, until I'm old and wrinkly and you're still here! I am not sorry, Elena!"339Please respect copyright.PENANAicmd16bA72
"Then I am not sorry. I am not sorry that I meant you! I am not sorry that you have made me question everything about myself! And I am not sorry that I am in love with you!"339Please respect copyright.PENANAjMcGC2YiIL
I'm silent, but thrilled that she has finally admitted it. And then we kiss.
Later Elena, Stefan, Lexi, Alaric, and I are downstairs in the living room.339Please respect copyright.PENANAtw7mQhytU8
I say something and she smacks me on the shoulder.339Please respect copyright.PENANAqkkAy3GNRf
"Ow."339Please respect copyright.PENANAK4V3vpa1zD
"Ouch," Lexi comments.339Please respect copyright.PENANAd301KRkENM
"I taught her that swing," Ric says.339Please respect copyright.PENANAtDSxY5GRKt
Elena walks up to Stefan.339Please respect copyright.PENANAS2WQeKb2jp
"Can I talk to you alone?"339Please respect copyright.PENANAucMu2lGGiK
Stefan follows her into the next room.
Later that night, when Stefan has his car packed, I stand in the doorway. "I'm not sorry for you," Stefan tells me.339Please respect copyright.PENANARxRaXj27lG
"Then I'm not sorry for you, either. Do you need me to come along?"339Please respect copyright.PENANAmzsDPYhlOJ
"No. Lexi is coming with me."339Please respect copyright.PENANAzcmW1g5hdU
I watch him drive off in the SUV with Lexi.