What if…
When Vicki dies and Elena asks for Damon to make Jeremy forget, she asks him to make her forget about the vampires as well?
Stefan's POV
Damon looked into Elena's eyes as I watched. "You will not remember what happened tonight. Vicki left town, Jeremy told you. He was upset at first, but you both know it is for the best. You don't know Stefan is a vampire. You won't remember anything about vampires. The reason you two broke up was because he wasn't over his ex. You both thought it would be best to break up. Now you're gonna go inside and watch TV with your brother" He looked to me before disappearing. It hurt to have Elena forget all the bad. To know that she couldn't handle what I was. Maybe it was for the best, maybe I would get her to fall in love all over again, but it all seemed a bit redundant. It all turned out to be a mistake. She was kidnapped and I had no way of knowing what happened until after she was killed. I still kick myself for not being there for her. If I had stayed close to her after she forgot, if I had begged her not to forget… then I could have been there for her. I could have saved her from Klaus. I would have stopped her from becoming just a piece in breaking a curse.