I'm a little worried/disappointed because I have a feeling I know the answer, but here's the situation.
I completed the quest during which you escort Serana back to her family's home/castle. Of course as a result, I was approached by Lord Harkon and offered the gift of Vampirism. Prior to even activating this quest, I completed the quest (I don't remember what it's called) between the Werewolf Sinding and Hircine. After killing the Stag in the quest, I went to where Sinding was hiding, I was given the option of killing or sparing Sinding, but could not decide which to do. I looked up the perks of both options, but forgot to pause the game, and the conversation timed out, and Sinding retreated back behind the cliff. I then made my way around to find him and re-obtain the dialogue. As I found him, he ran past me, and began killing hunters. I stood by, and attacked neither Sinding, nor the hunters, but after he killed all of the hunters, he turned to me with "You shouldn't have come here." and attacked me, leaving me no choice but to kill him. I attempted a similar strategy in the conversation with Lord Harkon, first on accident again. I was looking up the perks of Vampirism, and the conversation timed out, and I was kicked out of the castle. However, I was for some reason still able to reenter the castle, with Serana behind me as if we had just arrived, though she wasn't when I was outside. So, deciding that I didn't much like the idea of not being able to experience daylight without ruining your life, I timed out of the conversation again. (this time on purpose) due to the different circumstances. I assumed that once I decided whether or not to become a Vampire, I could return and reenter the castle as before, since I didn't actually say "No". But I couldn't. The man is not behind the gate to talk to, and I ran around the outside of the castle looking for another entrance, and found one with Skellies and Draugrs outside, but it required a key. I ultimately went to Redwater Den and became a Vampire, hoping it was a roundabout way of gaining reentrance to the castle, but it didn't work.
After this very detailed explanation of my situation, basically what I want to know is, since I didn't actually say "No" to Harkon's offer, is there any way I could gain entrance to the castle to obtain the dialogue and accept his offer? I decided afterwards to become a Vampire until I obtained Auriel's Bow, then, if my mind didn't change, to be cured. (I know I know the effects of the sunsoaked (or something) and special elven arrows) But my main weapon is the bow, specifically the Zephyr from the Aetherial Forge quest, and I wanted the artifact. So can I reenter the castle and complete the conversation, becoming a Vampire and blah blah blah eventually getting the quest during which Auriel's Bow is obtained. Or, if not, is there any possible way I could still obtain Auriel's Bow regardless?