This missing scene begins after the end of Season 4 Episode 23, Graduation …

"Elena!" Damon called as soon as he saw her lying on the floor. He had responded to her call, and saw immediately that Elena and Katherine were lying next to each other; one lying still, face down, the other just starting to sit up, phone in hand. Elena was still wearing what she had earlier that day, so he did not hesitate to go to her and help her stand.

"Did she do this to you?" he asked.

Elena nodded as she stood.

"I'm going to kill her," Damon said, releasing Elena and turning towards Katherine.

"No!" Elena quickly said, stumbling and grabbing him as he turned. She needed his support to stand as much as she wanted to stop him from touching Katherine.

Damon felt her stumble and turned back to her, grabbing her into his arms as he supported her.

"She's not getting away with this," he growled, "and, anyway, you wanted her dead."

Elena shook her head as wrapped her arms around him to support herself as she stood again. "She's human. If you touch her when your this upset, you'll kill her."

Damon looked at her questioningly, then turned his head to look at Katherine. "Human?"

Elena nodded as she pushed on him to signal him that he should let her stand on her own.

"All the easier to kill her," Damon said, glaring at Katherine's unmoving form, though he stayed next to Elena.

Elena shook her head again. "No. Let her suffer as a human."

Damon looked back at Elena, and the doppelganger added "If I change my mind, we can easily kill her - anytime."

Damon's face changed from hard to a smirk. But it was brief, it went hard again as he asked, "How the hell did this happen?"

"She jumped me, almost killed me, until I managed to shove the cure into her mouth and make her swallow it."

He was suddenly concerned. "Elena," he whispered. "The cure."

She only nodded, so he continued, "Now you'll never have the chance…"

"I wasn't going to take it, Damon." She interrupted.

"But you wanted it."

"I wanted it," she acknowledged, nodding. "I want it now. I still want to be human, but I don't want it enough to lose you." When he looked at her questioningly, she added, "You told me back on the island, how much you wanted to be with me if I were human."

Damon grimaced.

"So I wasn't going to take it, Damon. I even offered it to Stefan." She managed to pull his head down for a kiss. "I want you more than I want to be human, Damon."

He still didn't answer, so she continued, "Anyway, you told me again today how wrong you would be for me, that you would rather die than be with me, even if you were the one that was human. You said you weren't going to change," she continued, "and I believe you. I want you, Damon. I don't care if you are human or a vampire. I don't care if I'm human or a vampire, I want you."

He hesitated as her words sank in, the smirked a little. "You offered the cure to Stefan?"

She nodded as she moved to stretch her shoulders. "I told him that he's the only one I knew who is worse at being a vampire than me."

Damon laughed. "You were in full insult mode."

"No," Elena denied, laughing a little herself. "I didn't mean it as an insult. It's just a fact."

"But he turned you down."

"Yeah." She said. "So I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the cure. Rebekah wanted it, maybe it would still be needed for Silas. But I wasn't going to take it."

Damon looked down at Katherine. They were side by side now, each with one arm around the other. "So there it is," he said. "The cure that almost got us all killed. That did get your brother killed."

Elena nodded. Damon could tell she was trying to hold back tears.

"Did you find him?" He asked.

Elena shook her head, sniffling. "It's too late, isn't it."

Damon nodded. "Rick's gone. I think that means the veil is up."

Elena nodded. "At least I got to see Jeremy, even if it wasn't for long."

"And you know he's OK," Damon added.

"Jeremy's OK," Elena said, kneeling next to Katherine, but not touching her. "This one, however, will live in hell for the rest of her life."

"Exactly how long will that be?" Jeremy asked. Damon turned to look at him as Elena stood and faced him. "I might have a bone to pick with her myself."

"Jer?" she asked tentatively.

He nodded and she ran to him.

"What?" She asked, "How?"

He had been smiling, but it disappeared as he said, "Bonnie."

"Bonnie," Elena said, releasing the hug she had on her brother enough to turn to Damon and repeat, "Bonnie."

If Elena saw the hard expression on Damon's face, she didn't mention it. She turned back to Jeremy, who was looking at Damon, his face hard as well. But then her brother smiled as his eyes returned to her.

"I've got to thank her," Elena said.

"She's gone to stay with her mom," Jeremy said quickly, his smile disappearing again. "But I'll tell her when I talk to her."

Elena nodded as she turned back to Damon again. This time his face was blank as she said "Found him. Let's go home."

"You don't want to be around when Katherine wakes up and figures it all out?" Damon asked, putting his arm around Elena as they started walking.

"I did," she said, "But now, I'd rather be with you. Both of you."

After they had walked for a few seconds, Jeremy said "I can't wait to sleep in my own bed tonight."

He had been walking behind them, so Elena stopped and looked back to him. "You mean...you don't know?" she asked.

"Know what?" Jeremy asked, managing to look confused for a few seconds, before he let it melt into a smile. Then he said, "It's going to take a long time for me to do the math to figure out how much you owe me."

Elena turned around, tightened her arm around Damon, and started walking again. "Do the math. I'll pay."

Uh oh, the long anticipated day has finally arrived. Elena has finally stopped lying to herself.

I have no idea if I'll be able to continue this into Season 5. Time will tell, I guess…

But if I can't, thanks to all who have taken a little time once in awhile to read these. Just knowing that so many of you have been reading these tidbits has made the writing so much more enjoyable. Your kind comments have been icing on the cake.

So, thanks for coming along. It's been a blast…(and maybe it will be again…)