Forgotten Memories
"Stefan…" Elena starts as I lock the door. I quickly glance back at her "No." "Stefan, we have to talk about this, please." she begs. "Talk about what, huh? How many more ways are there for you to rip my heart out?" I ask, throwing my hands in the air. "I'm sorry." she replies. I am so tired. She apologizes, then rips my heart out again when I least expect it. Maybe she is more like Katherine than I thought. "Are you sorry that it happened or are you sorry that I found out?" I ask. "I'm sorry about all of it! I'm really sorry, Stefan. I didn't mean to hurt you, I didn't want that." She answers, tears forming in her eyes. I imagine what Katherine would say. Probably something like "Oh, cry me a river." I'm not her, though. Even after everything Elena has done, something in me hurts when I see her cry. I tell that part of me to shove it. I refuse to reply as Rebekah bursts through the door. I'm trapped in a room with two of my exes. Why me? "Why are my least favorite people always the most durable?" she asks rhetorically. "Leave her out of this. This is between me and you." I say. I'm not sure why I'm still protecting her. That part of me that I told to shove it didn't listen. Either way, I'm not letting anyone get hurt because Rebekah is mad at me. "You're still protecting her." She states, laughing slightly. "Must I rip your bleeding heart from your chest," she puts the tips of her fingers where my heart would be "and show you the scarred tissue that is Elena Gilbert?" That would be one Hell of a big scar. She walks in front of Elena. "There's a solution to all your problems, you know. I could compel him—erase every memory he has of you. Every day you spent together, every kiss, every lie, and every ounce of pain. I could take away every bit of love he has for you. Give you both a clean slate." She offers. I know I shouldn't, but I want her to do it. All that anger is fading away, and fading fast. It's melting into hurt and I don't want to feel that. Not again. "Just say the word and I'll make you and all that misery you've caused him disappear." She says. I can tell Elena isn't going to say the word, so I will. "Do it." I tell her. Rebekah turns around, grinning "Excuse me?" she asks. Elena is just in shock. "Erase it all, every memory." I order. "Stefan, no." Elena cuts in. She doesn't control my life anymore. Or at least she won't in a few seconds. I came here to save her and ended up getting a world of pain. If I can make that go away without turning off my humanity switch, I will. "I said do it." I repeat. Rebekah leans up and whispers in my ear wickedly "As you wish." Her pupils shrink then re-dilate. "You will not remember Elena Gilbert. You will forget everything that has happened since just before you heard the car crash on Wickery Bridge. Everyone you've met since then, every life you've saved or lost. All you will remember of since then is that Damon killed multiple people including Lexi and your Uncle Zack."
Stefan's POV
It's like watching a movie backwards, except each moment that passes disappears. I was in the library, then at the bar, Elena and I broke up, I was kissing her in the woods, we were trapped in cells where she told me she chose me, I told her that she was a vampire. Elena woke up as a vampire, I saved Matt, I kissed her in case I didn't come back, and she and I danced at the 1920's Decade Dance. I almost drove her off of Wickery Bridge, I caught her when she fell off the bleachers, I was compelled to bite her, Klaus killed her, she told me she never wanted to be a vampire, I whispered that I loved her at the lake house. We broke up because of Katherine, she saved me from the vervain well, we fake fought, she fed me her blood, I kissed her on the Ferris wheel, she said she loved me and not Damon, I told her I was having trouble keeping myself under control, we had our normal day, I told her she was adopted and I loved her, she said she loved me for the first time. She met Lexi, I told her I was leaving to protect her, we danced at the Founders' Ball, I gave her the vervain necklace, we kissed for the first time, I bumped into her in front of the men's bathroom.