When Damon had asked the question, I was in fact speechless. It caught me off guard that he seemed to be the kind of guy to settle down. I thought that it would be difficult to even have the slightest thought of a future without having children later on. I would've never imagined Damon Salvatore, the Damon Salvatore down on one knee proposing. Of all women he would want to settle down with, why me? I'm Elena Gilbert, whose parents died in a car accident over Wickery Bridge. I would be leaving my human life behind if I chose to be immortal. Any girl, any woman would be lucky to be in the position that I am in right now. His words swam through my mind as I left him there in silence. What should I say? Why am I hesitant to answer him? Am I over-thinking all of this? What about Stefan? What about Matt? I don't think they'd care. I don't think anyone would care, even Bonnie or Caroline. My mind flashed back to the dream I had about Damon. I pictured myself being Damon's wife and could imagine us living together, somewhere in the suburbs. Maybe we could even live in the city, or maybe reside here in Mystic Falls. I didn't care, just as long as I had him by my side. Damon was my everything and having him as my own was everything I could ever wish for. "Yes." I smiled and he slid the ring onto my finger. He stood and leaned in as he pressed his lips against mine. For the first time in a long time, everything was finally falling into place.

. . .

Today was the day. The big day. I couldn't have it any other way. All of my closet friends and my brother Jeremy were here. "Stop pacing back and forth." Caroline told me. The only reason why was I had turned into a nervous wreck. I could not stop thinking about how handsome Damon would be, standing at the end of the aisle. We were getting married in the backyard of the Lockwood mansion. I couldn't have thanked Tyler enough for letting us use his home on such short notice. "Anything for a friend." He had said when I asked. I was upstairs in one of the rooms with my friends, who were also my bridesmaids. I haven't been this nervous for anything in such a long time, except maybe for the interview with Damon. "When it's your wedding day, you'll understand what I'm going through Care." I said. A knock came at the door and my heart let up in my chest. The door opened and Matt's head poked in. "You ready?" Ready as I'll ever be. I thought to myself and just nodded. We all exited the room and made our way downstairs. As we headed towards the backyard of the Lockwood mansion, I could only think about so many things that could go wrong. Bonnie and Matt walked first, then Caroline (as the maid of honor) went solo, and lastly, Jeremy was walking with me. I would've preferred my father to give me away at my wedding, but I can only imagine that he's watching from up above. There was no better replacement for dad other than Jeremy. Stefan was Damon's best man who was standing beside Damon at the front of the aisle.

After my friends reached their positions at the aisle, it was finally my turn to walk. The music started and all of the guest stood as they turned towards my direction. I glanced at them for a brief minute and finally looked towards the end of the aisle where Damon stood, waiting. My arm was linked with Jeremy's, but what was going through my mind was how handsome Damon looked wearing a tuxedo. He was smiling and as I neared him, I could see his eyes light up when he saw me. Jeremy and I reached the end, and he proceed to take his seat. The wedding began as soon as everyone were told to be seated. Damon and I exchanged vows, rings, and then we kissed. I was now Mrs. Elena Salvatore. The reception was a lot of fun as Damon and I shared our first dance together. This was definitely a moment that I wasn't going to forget. This moment just feels so surreal. The next day, Damon and I had gone to the airport. We arrived in Paris for our honeymoon. "Good morning Mrs. Salvatore." Damon smiled as I emerged from the bathroom after my morning shower. I smiled and walked up to him to give him a kiss on the lips. "Good morning Mr. Salvatore." I don't think I was ever going to get over that any time soon. He kept his arms around me and continued kissing me. "What do we have planned for today?" I asked him.

"Well the first thing on my to-do list is: I would love to take you out for lunch and then head up to the Eiffel Tower to view the sights." he smiled. We both got dressed for our day out. Just as planned, we went out for lunch at one of the most beautiful restaurants and headed to the Eiffel Tower. "This view is so breathtaking." I smiled, gazing out over the beautiful city of Paris. There were simply no words to describe all of the overwhelming emotion that I was feeling. They were much more than what I had felt when I was marrying Damon. "Not as breathtaking as my view." A smile spread across his face and I looked over to see that he was looking at me. I blushed and turned my head away. He reached out and touched my face. He leaned in and pressed his lips to mine. His hands moved to my waist as he pulled me close. I wrap my arms around him to deepen the kiss. For the rest of the day, we toured the city and it was all so crazy to me that I was in Paris with Damon. I would've never thought I would be here with him. I would've never thought I'd get to experience this very moment. Honestly, I couldn't imagine myself at this very point in my life if Damon hadn't proposed to me. Maybe I'd be cooped up in my apartment watch re-runs of various TV shows. None of that mattered now that I was with Damon.

At the end of the day, Damon and I headed back to our hotel. We both had gone to bed and that left me thinking of one thing. If this was life was like of me as a human, what would life would be like if I was a vampire? Would it be any different? Would it be the same? The only thing would change would be me drinking blood right? I would have to face the decision sooner or later. How long would it take me to finally realize that Damon and I would never have kids of our own? We could adopt, but even then, the kids aren't a creation of us. So many things ran through my mind that I suddenly forgot I was living in reality. A week had gone by so fast and we were finally home in good old Mystic Falls. The next day and well into the afternoon, I continued to think about my life as a vampire. "Came to visit me at work?" Damon asked as I entered through the doors of his office. I can only remember about a year ago that I stepped into this office, innocent as ever, to interview Damon for the school paper. It occurred to me how much time had flown by and the two of us were completely different people. We found ourselves in each other and I noticed that Damon wasn't the same Damon when we first met. I smiled, "That and I came to tell you something."

"What is it?"

"Turn me."

Author's Note:

Hey all,

I do apologize for the long-awaited FINAL chapter. A lot has been going on in this last year and of course, college has seem to interfere as well. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and again, I'm sorry about the wait!

Thanks! Happy reading :)