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.341Please respect copyright.PENANAH11sefNeBi
I walk over and turn the radio off.341Please respect copyright.PENANAOHUEad9nIE
"Damon, you remember Lexi," Stefan greets.341Please respect copyright.PENANAJfSqKzWae8
"Lexi," I say. "Back from the dead."341Please respect copyright.PENANAG0QpgqtPAH
At vamp speed, she pins me against a wall, hand tightly around my throat.341Please respect copyright.PENANAPIfVcq5jQg
"You're just going to sit there while she takes her revenge out on me?" I ask my brother.341Please respect copyright.PENANAIUwP8ZvVsn
"Whatever time I have left here, I don't plan on spending it on you. Got it?" she informs me.341Please respect copyright.PENANAgxyYlE7Mkg
"Okay, okay. Got it," I reply.341Please respect copyright.PENANAXLHjI5uj2A
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.341Please respect copyright.PENANAwrJBjCfjGZ
"Something might've gone wrong with Bonnie's spell and here you are," I comment.341Please respect copyright.PENANAoRDGDcoeYt
"So you're saying I should be dealing with the supernatural, instead of spending the day with my ex best friend."341Please respect copyright.PENANAtgqF3oRFly
"Are you drunk?"341Please respect copyright.PENANAYDw8Pp9A7B
Stefan takes another swig of the liquor.341Please respect copyright.PENANA7awHJbgE0r
"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.341Please respect copyright.PENANAVrpJHJoZ0U
"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.341Please respect copyright.PENANAYRAmJUmlG5
"I want to know where Silas is."341Please respect copyright.PENANAOoagcnxWRI
"I don't know where he is."341Please respect copyright.PENANAElX97RNUzB
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.341Please respect copyright.PENANAKXfve9BlhN
I watch her enter, as I stand in my room, Jeremy standing at the door.341Please respect copyright.PENANA4XGeLivGAH
"Damon, we need to talk," she announces.341Please respect copyright.PENANABk2PhWF3Bb
"What is there to talk about?"341Please respect copyright.PENANAUvGvdqJKl8
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.341Please respect copyright.PENANAbIDzRvZHgD
"Here. Consider this a graduation present."341Please respect copyright.PENANAvoDrV8Z4IJ
I wince in pain.341Please respect copyright.PENANACY6OR3pIin
"Are you okay?" she asks me.341Please respect copyright.PENANAnn3u2Cl3Au
"I'm fine."341Please respect copyright.PENANA1YMNwTpIix
"Take off your shirt."341Please respect copyright.PENANAykXt647dwA
"No. Not when he's here."341Please respect copyright.PENANAnQUuZ6UxvE
"Fine."341Please respect copyright.PENANAVfkMTaujZ6
She walked up to me and pulls part of my shirt off the wound, showing that it has spread to half of my shoulder.341Please respect copyright.PENANAvp31fFPHWu
She looks at me.341Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8N0oOpIGG
"Damon, why isn't this healing?"341Please respect copyright.PENANA1A1UxdkTov
"Because the bullet is laced with werewolf venom."341Please respect copyright.PENANA4yZquWN8jv
"We need Klaus."341Please respect copyright.PENANAiRYr3v9nkl
"Klaus would rather let me die."341Please respect copyright.PENANA2NDGALMLhY
"What about the cure?" Jeremy asks.341Please respect copyright.PENANAE9BOyFmSpE
"No," I respond.341Please respect copyright.PENANA9HsWpPNyEs
"He's right. If you're human, the werewolf poison won't hurt you."341Please respect copyright.PENANATOFC2coaNz
"No, Elena."341Please respect copyright.PENANA8USHuEi0ib
She sets it in my hand.341Please respect copyright.PENANAPaekxaFUkd
"Take it."
I look at her. I then look at Little Gilbert.341Please respect copyright.PENANAXSPZ9Am59M
"Why is it that even dead, you're the bait of my existence?"341Please respect copyright.PENANA4naNIyLy3S
"You should go or you'll be late to your graduation," Jeremy tells Elena.341Please respect copyright.PENANAKHALFDj6Xc
She looks at her brother.341Please respect copyright.PENANAzbJXCA43lr
"Jer, no. Not if you can't be there."341Please respect copyright.PENANAsasX9Upg1o
"It the best time of your life before you go off to college."341Please respect copyright.PENANAsaeutaNVLi
"I haven't even sent in my application yet."341Please respect copyright.PENANAjRe82xML3R
"It doesn't matter. Go. Mom and dad would be pissed if there wasn't a picture of you at your graduation."341Please respect copyright.PENANA4cYbsXA6U0
"Okay," she says.341Please respect copyright.PENANA6xiNNOTiLA
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.341Please respect copyright.PENANAluWgGJm2Jo
I stand by him.341Please respect copyright.PENANAfjekkql9Ch
"He's up," Stefan said.341Please respect copyright.PENANAmtCcJz1xNv
"Okay. Let's do this," I say, heading for the door with the Hunter.341Please respect copyright.PENANAJwhtXNU4WK
"Where are you going?" Stefan asks me.341Please respect copyright.PENANAdNqzcFb94w
"To dig up Silas."341Please respect copyright.PENANAgLPoSAaFgi
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.341Please respect copyright.PENANAgdQqdymWUf
"Where's Silas?" he asks me.341Please respect copyright.PENANA0th8SSJuVQ
"Well, let's see here. I dragged his body to the edge, dropped him here, and lost him somewhere in the rock."341Please respect copyright.PENANAoXu2YTWyS6
The Hunter sees my neck wound.341Please respect copyright.PENANA0ipxeFTMEe
"That looks nasty. It hasn't healed yet. Why?"341Please respect copyright.PENANAmNnY7QGTfQ
"Those bullets are laced with werewolf poison. You're as dumb as you look."341Please respect copyright.PENANAgoiytZJHkw
The Hunter shoots me close to my left side.
"Where did you dump the body?"341Please respect copyright.PENANAeen6P5LmzH
I'm silent.341Please respect copyright.PENANAS9MVzHxW12
The Hunter shoots me in the left leg.341Please respect copyright.PENANA52LbSIPHLn
"Two more rounds and you'll be dead within minutes."341Please respect copyright.PENANAGwnNQrVota
I don't say anything.341Please respect copyright.PENANAs3EPXQH8lP
"Looks like you won't be getting this back," the Hunter adds, looking at the cure around his neck.341Please respect copyright.PENANArqoGDXkOve
Suddenly, Alaric arrives and beats him up, before killing him and tossing him in the river.341Please respect copyright.PENANAZ38aoA33m0
"One slight problem," I say from the ground on my knees.341Please respect copyright.PENANA9wLRmYpejb
Alaric turns around with the cure in hand.341Please respect copyright.PENANAokuOOFZGeX
"You need this?" he asks.341Please respect copyright.PENANAFvhs04xx8O
"Yeah."341Please respect copyright.PENANAn6fedUfr2Z
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.341Please respect copyright.PENANAftHh8pEyOg
"What do you want me to do, Stefan? He won't take the cure."341Please respect copyright.PENANAHTNcV0F7eD
"Caroline is calling Klaus again. I can find a way to buy Damon more time. Just stay there."341Please respect copyright.PENANADtJYwqZbob
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.341Please respect copyright.PENANANYA8lxrgLH
"Is it healed up?" she asks.341Please respect copyright.PENANAkXCKDBd8jF
"Yeah."341Please respect copyright.PENANAWErT186G4h
"So it's all better?"341Please respect copyright.PENANAkPf5UixQGE
"Yeah."341Please respect copyright.PENANAUz7nyXlJC0
She stands in front of me and slaps me once across the face.341Please respect copyright.PENANAOqGiKwBMNv
"Ow."341Please respect copyright.PENANAib7sqnw4Rs
"That's for choosing to die over taking the cure."341Please respect copyright.PENANAknTw97PdY0
"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!"341Please respect copyright.PENANA40vODs5jjl
"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!"341Please respect copyright.PENANAK1oPY5x5vM
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.341Please respect copyright.PENANAbMEO3Vzbs3
I say something and she smacks me on the shoulder.341Please respect copyright.PENANAEtfYNgQYDI
"Ow."341Please respect copyright.PENANAS5ZzcW6Dtr
"Ouch," Lexi comments.341Please respect copyright.PENANAOYLfNuDtwa
"I taught her that swing," Ric says.341Please respect copyright.PENANAF73mrJ6Afd
Elena walks up to Stefan.341Please respect copyright.PENANALaQUChx4Vs
"Can I talk to you alone?"341Please respect copyright.PENANAfl0zhqf6sy
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.341Please respect copyright.PENANAMUU3O4PlEI
"Then I'm not sorry for you, either. Do you need me to come along?"341Please respect copyright.PENANA5hdkPRATGH
"No. Lexi is coming with me."341Please respect copyright.PENANAA0svSW2vn5
I watch him drive off in the SUV with Lexi.