I have no idea how Damon is going to survive the werewolf bite but he better! Fingers crossed. TVD would never be the same with out Damon. This is my spin on the outcome, let me know what you think! I did not kill Jenna and Elijah did not go back on his word.

Chapter 3

Oh how the mighty have fallen...

I was skrewed.

A werewolf bite, with no cure.

Lethal to vampires.

Because I did the right thing.

For what?

For her.

Elena.

I couldn't let Caroline die.

It would hurt Elena. I was past doing anything that would hurt Elena since the day I forced my blood down her throat in my room.

She would wake up and she would be able to live now.

She would be okay.

That was all I wanted.

Her forgiveness is all I needed but I'd be dead before I got to even try to make up for skrewing up.

I would never have her love. I didn't deserve it anyway.

"We are going to find a cure for this Damon."

"There isn't one Stefan."

"I may be able to find the cure." Elijah chimes in as ever the save the day king he tries to be.

"Where?"

"Europe."

"Elaborate, now." I say as I down my drink. Stefan gives me his relax and play nice eyes.

"There is a way to kill vampires, witches, and werewolves, why wouldn't we find a way to cure a werewolf bite?"

"Is there, Elijah?" Stefan asks hopeful.

"Let's go. you and Katerina. I'll take you there." Elijah calmy tells Stefan and he nods along with Katherine. "Caroline will stay here and help you deal with this. Your witch can use a spell to slow the process. It's in one of the spell books. The cure is hard to find but I know where it originated ."

"I'll call Bonnie." Blondie chimes in.

"Don't I get a say?"

"No." Stefan says.

"What do you mean no? It's my life."

"I owe you, Damon. I'm not going to let you die now, I was the reason for it once and I never forgave myself for it and you never forgave me. Let me do this Damon. Don't give up, not when you have come so far. I made just as many mistakes as you, Damon and I'm paying for them now, I'm getting what I deserve. I'm a big boy but I still need you. Elena needs you." He tells me as he pokes his finger in my chest trying to make his point. Knowing to use Elena because she is my only weakness.

"You won't make it. I'll die first."

"Not with the help of the spell. Let's go, time is precious." Elijah says and Stefan pats me on the back before they walk out the door.

"Why are you helping me, Elijah?"

"For Elena. I gave her my word to keep you alive." He says before he shuts the door.

"You can't give up, Damon."

"Who says?"

"I do."

"And who do you think you are?"

"I'm going to be Elena right now, since she's not here. You need to hear this, Damon. She may be mad at you but she wouldn't let you just give up. She'd yell at you and tell you that you have been so great to all of us. You saved me Damon. Twice, first when I was in the accident and second when Tyler came at me and you barely like me. I know that it's because of her but I appreciate it, we all appreciate it. None of us hate you Damon, you may want us to but we don't. She would fight for you just like you did for her. Don't you want that?"

"All I want is for her to forgive me before I die. Because just like Rose, I will die. I'm going to get more blood. I'm going to need it. Stay with her." A broken Damon. A day I never thought I'd see. I only have one last option.

"Well Elena. You survived being with Damon alone for two days. If you were awake I don't know if I could say that. I'm sure you guys would be fighting about something or other. I miss you. Tyler is doing good. I'm just going to get to the point here. Look there's something I need to tell you. Damon ran out for some more blood so we have a few minutes. Stefan and Katherine left. Not for the reason you think, Damon got bit by Tyler. He's been keeping it from us. Stefan only found out when he was arguing with Damon about you, he went to walk away and Stefan grabbed his arm. Damon winced in pain. Damon never winces, only when Bonnie uses her freaky mind tricks. Somehow he's not as bad off as Rose was. Maybe it's because it wasn't that bad of a bite, maybe because...I don't know Elena. Elijah says there is a spell to slow down the process, Bonnie, Jeremy, Jenna and Ric are on it. Elijah took Stefan and Katherine with him to find the cure. He says it's scarce but he just may be able to find it. I hated Damon, at least I thought I did. I don't want him to die. He saved me. We couldn't get Tyler chained up fast enough, he lunged at me and Damon stepped in. And he's going to die because of it. I don't want that and I know you wouldn't either. You are the only one that can convince him to fight."

No. No. No.

Caroline muffles her sobs.

This was not the way things were suppose to happen. Damon cannot die.

"Elena you need to wake up. He needs you more than anything. I was talking to him before he left and he sounded so defeated. I told him that he has so much to fight for, to live for. He said the only thing he wants is your forgiveness, he doesn't want to die knowing you will always hate him."

But I don't.

"He's sorry he gave you his blood. He's sorry for everything, he didn't say it but I see it in his eyes. He asked me to make sure that I took care of you when he was gone. I asked him not to kill Tyler earlier, that it was an accident and he said it wasn't worth it. That's not Damon. Please, Elena."

No. This can't happen.

Damon, my mind screams. And just like that I hear his voice.

"Blondie, what are you doing?"

"Telling her the truth."

"She can't hear you."

"You don't believe that. I hear you talking to her all the time like she can."

"Wishful thinking."

"You don't believe that. Talk to her. Tell her you need her. Ask her to wake up. Tell her you love her. Tell her how much everyone needs her."

"Been there, done that."

"Do it again, Damon. You want her forgiveness, get her to wake up. You never lied to her before, don't start now."

He doesn't even contemplate it because within a few seconds he's next to me. Sitting down and stroking my cheek with one hand taking my hand in his other. It was our thing now. I quite enjoyed how safe and relaxed it made me feel.

"I'm dying Elena. I tried to be the hero for you. I don't regret it. Your still alive. I tried to save everyone you loved. I needed you to be happy. That was the only thing I cared about or wanted anyway. I have skrewed up so much with you, the only person who gave a damn about me when everyone else wanted me dead. I don't know how to forgive myself for what I've done. The things I feel for you, feel because of you, I've ran from for years and now it's too late. I just need you to wake up, to be okay and be here with me for the little time I have left. Yours is the only voice I want to hear. You may never love me and that's okay. I never wanted to lose you but I also know that I can't have you, your Stefan's but it doesn't change the fact that I love you, Elena."

I will myself to wake up. I try to squeeze his hand. I had to wake up. There was no other choice. I feel my hand close around his. I did it.

"Elena?"

"She's holding your hand!" Caroline squeels out. Proud of herself. She knew I needed something to fight for, something to hold onto. I slowly open my eyes and glance at her quick and she's smiling with tears in her eyes.

"Damon." I manage to get out. It's slurred but it's still out. He moves closer, hovering over. I clear my throat.

"Elena!" He says as he pulls my hand to his lips and kisses it. Things were a little blurry at first. But he's all I see now. Those perfectly blue eyes. His trademark smirk.

"I'm here." I tell him as I smile at him and hold his hand tighter.

"I'm so sorry."

"Shh." I say as I place my hand on his face. Tears in my eyes. I move my hand behind his head and pull him down to me and I hold him. Like there is no tomorrow again. Because I know that there may not be for him. All we have is right now. I feel a tear falls onto my shoulder and that's enough to send me over the edge as I break down. Now he's the one telling me to shh. That it's going to be fine. It's not. Because it's too late. I was suppose to die and now Damon will die. How are we suppose to fix this? He fought so hard for me, was it all for him to just die? Why was fate so cruel? Dammit. I needed him. I could not let this happen. Caroline said that Elijah knew something about a cure, it had to work. I couldn't bear the thought of Damon dying. It crippled me in ways that it shouldn't. It broke my heart because I didn't know how much of it belonged to Damon, I was tied to him in ways I wasn't even aware of untill this moment. I always felt more for Damon than I should but this was something else. I woke up for him. Because he needed me to. Not Stefan. He pulls away too quickly and walks over to the window, trying to hide the tears that fell from Caroline.

"I'm going to give you guys some time, I'll call everyone and tell them your awake, Elena and see where Bonnie is with the spell."

"Thanks Care." I smile at her before she leaves us alone, to talk, to fight.

"Damon you should be resting."

"Someone has to play hero."

"You are the hero. There was no playing. You saved us all, you didn't let Bonnie die like you said you would."

"I couldn't. Not when I could save her. Thankfully it never came down to a choice."

"Even Caroline?"

"It was all for you."

"Even you don't believe that anymore. Everything you did is because you care." I try to move to get up but my whole body is stiff and I struggle.

"What do you think your doing?"

"Getting you to go into your room."

"I'm still stronger than you Elena."

"But you will be where I am. I heard everything Damon. You barely ever left me. Now you can carry me to your room and we can both rest or I could fall and hurt myself trying to get there on my own. Either way I'll be resting on that big and I'm sure comfortable bed of yours."

"You were alot easier to talk to while you were asleep."

"Somehow I knew you would say that." I tell him as I wrap my arms around his neck as he lifts me into his arms. We make our way over to his room and he places me in bed and covers me before laying down next to me. His bed was comfortable.

"You really shouldn't be around me right now."

"I'm the only person that should be around you."

"So I can finish you off?"

"No, because you won't. You may think I'm Katherine, you may get hungry but you won't hurt me. I'll remind you that it's me."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because I know you Damon."

"There's something I want to say."

"What's that?"

"If I do think your Katherine it's because I'm remembering my past, I want you to know that you are nothing like her. You are everything she isn't. You are everything." His face tightens and I can see the pain in his eyes.

"Damon?"

"Hmm?" He barely gets out, trying to muffle the pain from showing.

"Look at me." I place my hand on his chest and comb through his hair with my other hand. He looks at me with wide eyes. Those eyes hold every emotion he feels in them. They are his soul. "Breathe. I'm right here and I'm not leaving you." He growls in pain. "Shh. We are going to figure this out. Damon listen to my voice. I heard what you said while I was asleep. I want you to know something too, no matter what you have done I have always choosen you too. You just never saw it like that and I never fully realized what it meant. I knew I was saving you because I cared but it was so much more. I'm not just saying this because of what happened. You deserve to know." I feel his chest relax under my hand, his eyes still focused on me, confused. "But I won't forgive you, not this time, not now."

"I'm sorry." He says giving up any hope at convincing me other wise.

"I can't forgive you, Damon."