Epilogue:
( six months later )
Elena woke up slowly. The bed felt empty. She instinctively reached for the other side of the bed. Damon wasn't there. Then where was he?
"Damon?" she said groggily. Her mental haze cleared when she felt strong hands at her waist, pulling her to the edge of the bed. She turned around to look at his gorgeous face.
He gave her a quick kiss on her forehead, and then his face became hopeful, and someone fearful. He looked directly into Elena's eyes, his expression serious.
And then she realized what position he was in.
Damon was kneeling over the edge of the bed on one knee.
He was already dressed, in black jeans and a tight black shirt. He was reaching in his back pocket. Within the next moment, he was holding a small box in his palms.
Elena's jaw dropped when Damon started speaking after a long pause.. "Today is February 23," he stated, looking at her. "It's also the day of our first kiss. I wanted to do this today, because it February twenty-third was the day I fell in love with you."
Elena's heart overflowed, as Damon tried to open his mouth to say something else. He was at loss for words. Elena was amazed. Damon was flustered!
"I'm not the best with these speeches," he stated. "So, bear with me." He grabbed both of her hands and gazed into her chocolate eyes.
"Elena Gilbert, I will never stop loving you. Every moment we've spent together has been wonderful. When I'm with you, I get this strange giddy feeling in my stomach. And I haven't felt that way…ever. You made me cry, something I haven't done in over a hundred years. Well, I guess there's a first time for everything. And it's my first time saying this…"
He opened the velvet box, exposing a beautiful diamond ring. "Will you marry me?"
It took Elena a moment to register the words in her mind. Once she got over the initial shock of it, she nodded, holding back tears. When she could speak, one word escaped from her lips:
"Yes!"
Damon looked at Elena, who was now crying. "Yes?" he repeated, just wanting to make sure.
"Yes! A million times…Yes!"
Damon took a deep breath, and slipped the ring onto Elena's finger. It was beautiful. A large diamond sat in between two smaller amethyst gems on the silver band.
"The inside is engraved," Damon told Elena, holding onto her hand for another moment. "It says 'Un eternita insieme'. It means, 'an eternity together'."
She smiled at him, her eyes shining. Elena wrapped her arms around his neck, and gave Damon a long kiss. He grabbed her by the waist, and pulled her out of the bed, so that they were both standing.
Elena held the side of Damon's face as he grabbed the back of her neck. She loved him so much. And now, she could truly be his. Mrs. Damon Salvatore.
When the kiss became more passionate, Damon laughed against her lips. "Our fourth first kiss," he mumbled, never letting their lips part.
Elena then pulled away, with a happy, yet confused expression. "What?"
"This is the first time you've kissed me as my fiancé," Damon joked, letting his lips crash upon hers again.
Damon said that the day Elena became a vampire was the first day of forever.
But today was the first day of their forever.
The words engraved on Elena's ring were perfect. Un eternita insieme
Because that was all the time that they had together. They had an eternity.
The end!
It's over! I might make a sequel someday in the future, but I was thinking of making a prequel about when Elena first met Damon. Would you be interested in that?
The prequel will be called, "Simplicity". Keep checking back in for that!
