The Owl Gilbert

2:22: Hard Choices

I'm at home looking into Jeremy's room as he's in a gray tank top with his right arm above his head, facing the right side, asleep and I turn around, and close his door, gently, with my right hand and see Jenna's door is ajar, and walk towards it, and push it back more with my left hand, and look around, and turn back around as I close the door, and walk to my room. "That'll get easier." Damon says as I look at him, walking over to him. "But you knew that." He says. "What do you want?" I ask. "I want to apologize." He says and I sigh, looking to my right. "Damon." I say, about to walk off. "Please." He says as I look at him. "Adam, feeding you my blood, I was wrong." He says and nods. "Yes, you were." I say, nodding. "And I know I don't deserve your forgiveness, but.. I need it." He says. "I know, but I need some time, maybe a lot of time. But, I will always forgive you." I say, looking down, sighing. "True. Of course." He says and I look up at him. "Take all the time you need." He says, smiling and I look down, and back up to him, and nod.

Jeremy, Elena and I are walking through the Town Square for the Gone with the Wind Movie Event, as I'm carrying blankets. "You brought me to see a girl movie." He says. "Believe me. I would rather see a different movie. But, we had to get out of the house, Jer. This is our three hour distraction from reality." I say. "Is that what we're doing? Pretending like our lives aren't screwed?" He asks stopping in front of me and I stop, too, and look at him. "We need to do this, ok? Breathe, eat, sleep, wake up, and do it all over again until one day, it's just not as hard anymore." Elena says as we begin to unfold the picnic blanket and crouch down; me on my knees. "Hey! There you guys are. Who's hungry?" Caroline asks, approaching us, holding baskets, one in each hand as we look at her, as Jeremy stands up and Caroline puts down the one in her right hand, and Elena takes the one in her left with her right hand as Caroline sets it down. "Are we really doing this?" Jeremy asks, sighing and Elena puts the basket in her left hand, and sits it down next to her. "Yes, we are really doing this. We are going to take a page from Scarlett. We made it through the war." Caroline says and kneels down on the blanket as we look at her. "I know you guys went through hell, and my Mom knows I am a vampire, so basically it's like Atlanta has burned. And yet, in spite of everything, we persevere." She says, putting her right fist into the air and back down, and smiles at us, and I look up at Jeremy, and nod, and he sighs, and sits down. "All right. What are we eating?" He asks and I toss him a turkey and cheese wrapped sandwich. "Something good." Caroline says as I look at Jeremy, and forward down, and sigh.

I arrive to the Salvatore Boarding House in Elena's car as it's nighttime, and stop the car. I open my door with my left hand and get out, and shut it with my right, and click my car to lock, and walk towards the door, and hear a thud, and turn around, and face forward again as someone covers my mouth, as I gasp and see it's the Sheriff with some of her Deputies. "Don't make a sound." She says.

I'm in the Sheriff's Office walking around, waiting, with my arms crossed and the Sheriff opens the door, and walks in as I uncross my arms. "Where's Damon? What have you done to him?" I ask as we approach each other. "Why do you even care? You know what they are, what they do." She says and walks past me, and I turn around, looking at her. "Look, I understand why you hate them, but you're wrong." I say. "They're murderers, Adam. End of story." She says and I hear a knock on the door, and turn around, and see a Deputy. "Damon Salvatore was just spotted outside entering The Grill." He says and I turn around, facing her as she's approaching him. "Wait. You've gotta let me come with you. He's sick. He's. He's not himself." I say, shaking my head and she walks past me as I look at her, and she looks at the Deputy. "Keep him here." She says and walks off as I run towards the door, and he runs backwards, slamming it, and locking it.

I'm walking around the Office, breathing heavily and turn around, and look at the window. I run over to it and open the shutters with both hands, and look behind me, and see a chair. I run over to it and grab it with both hands, and throw it at the window, and it shatters, and I look behind me, and step out of the window. Carefully.

I'm running around and through Town Square and past the movie, looking around for Damon. "Adam." Damon says and I turn around, quickly, looking at him as he's sweating. "Damon." I say and run over to him, and put my right arm over his shoulders, and his left hand on my waist. "Hey, come on. Come on. We need to get you out of here. We have to hide you." I say. "Where are we going?" He asks. "Home." I say as we're running, and he trips and stumbles, and I catch him. "Hi." I say, and crouch down. "Relax. We need to get you out of here." I say and he grabs me, and dashes me to a post as I gasp. "I choose you, Dimitur." He says. "Look at me. Hi. It's Adam. It's Adam." I say and he gasps, and leans to my neck, and I put my right hand out, trying to stop him. "No. Damon. No." He says. "I have to.. if we are to be together forever." He says and bites the right side of my neck, drinking my blood as I grunt. "Damon, stop. You're hurting me." I say, holding onto his arms. "Damon, you don't have to do this. Please stop. You're hurting me!" I exclaim and he stops, and steps back, looking at me, and I touch my neck with my right hand, gasping as he looks at me in shock. "Adam." He says and falls on the ground, and I put my hand down, sitting down next to him on my knees. "Damon. Damon." I say and he leans his head on my shoulder as I wrap my left arm over his shoulders, and I look around as he groans.

I'm in the Salvatore Boarding House Library, looking through books for anything indigo eyes and read that their humans that have supernatural gifts, and find a saying to help Damon; to switch our places in health. I run into Damon's room as he and Elena are on his bed. "How is he?" I ask, slowly walking over to his right side and Elena shakes her head. "Not good." She says and I take Damon's right hand. "You're not dying today." I say and close my eyes softly. "Nostri, certare transibit nunc mitte nostris viribus auras." I say and our health switches as I fall on the ground, shivering, but get caught by Damon. "You idiot. You smart yet sacrificial idiot." Damon says, laying me on the bed as I try to smile at him. "Indigo eyes are humans.. with supernatural gifts." I say and my heart stops.

I slowly wake up to see someone smiling down at me and realize it's Damon. "Hey there. How you feeling?" He asks and I slowly sit up. "What happened?" I ask. "Dimitri got the cure with Stefan's help." Damon says. "What kind of help?" I ask. "He's gone, Adam. Stefan's gone." Damon says.