This is the epilogue. It takes place a few months after the last chapter.

"God, I can't believe our little boy is already one year already." Damon smiles as he and I go into Caleb's bedroom together. He's still sleeping peacefully in his crib. I nod and I nuzzle my head against Damon's chest. Damon snakes his arm around my waist and kisses the top of my head. My eyes water a bit at the sight of my one year old little boy. Damon looks down at me and notices the watery glisten in my eyes. "What's wrong, Lena?"

I smile sadly. A single tear rolls down my face. "I just...I can't believe he's one already. It feels like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital. Look at him, he's so big." I nod towards our son, who stirs at the sound of our voices.

Damon smiles too, brushing a lock of hair away from my eyes. "If you're worried that he's growing up too fast, don't. He'll always be a Momma's Boy." Damon kisses between my eyebrows. "And then maybe someday you'll give me that Daddy's Girl?"

"Slow down, cowboy." I shake my head, laughing softly. "We aren't having another kid anytime soon. Sophia and Caleb keep us on our toes enough and especially with my book coming out, I'll be touring all across the United States. But, most of all, because my finger is still ring-less." I quickly glance down to my left hand then look back up at him. "But don't mistaken that for me wanting to get married anytime soon. Because, I don't."

He laughs, a good hearty laugh. "Fine, fine. A few years, give or take?" He offers.

"Five."

He arches an eyebrow at me. "Three."

I consider it for a bit then nod, "Deal." I hold out my hand and we shake on it, jokingly. I laugh softly, but I know that our handshake is true. In three years time, we'll be married with another child on the way, hopefully.

You're probably wondering what has happened in the past few months. Damon convinced me that he was worth forgiving. And he is. He's proven himself as a father and an almost step-father to Sophia. It took me a while to fully put my trust back in him. He has fully deleted Katherine out of his life. He's there for me. That night on the porch, she stayed in that position for a while. Me, crying against him as he soothed down my hair. Things just kind of blossomed from there. I felt like a teenager again that night.

Suddenly, we hear Sophia's loud footsteps running down the hall. "It's Caleb's birthday!" She shouts then she enters the room and squeals again, "It's Caleb's birthday!" Damon smiles and picks her up so she can see her little brother. Finally, Caleb's eyes open, revealing his intense blue gaze just like his father's. Damon leans Sophia down so she can kiss Caleb's forehead. "Happy birthday, Caleb."

Caleb smiles at her, trying to say something that we can't decipher. But he giggles as he points to Sophia. Damon laughs, "You kids are just too much." He sets Sophia down then picks up Caleb. "Hey there, big boy." He kisses Caleb's nose.

I stand on my tiptoes and kiss Caleb's head. "Happy birthday. I love you." I whisper into his hear. He coos.

Damon gasps dramatically. "It's Caleb's birthday! You know what that means!" He grins.

Sophia's eyes go wide and she starts practically jumping up and down. "Birthday cake! Birthday cake!" She smiles even wider.

Damon laughs, "Well, that too. But I'm taking about amazing birthday pancakes." He gently pats Caleb's chubby belly. Caleb giggles in response.

I watch as my little family leave the bedroom, going downstairs to make birthday pancakes. Then, later, we're having a small party for Caleb. Just a few family and friends over. I leave the bedroom and follow them downstairs. My little family. All three of them.

Finally.

If there's anything I learned in the past year and few months it's that life is full of right and wrong choices. You can't regret any of those choices, though. Because, if you do, then that means you won't end up to where you are now. At the time, I thought sleeping with Damon was a wrong choice. Now, I realize that it was a right choice. Choices are tricky like that. That's life. Right and wrong.

DONE! Wow. All 24 chapters and an epilogue. Whoa..

Thank you all so much. I seriously cannot be more grateful. It's kind of sad to see the end to this story, because I learned so much on the way. I used a lot of writing techniques in this story. I used some parallels (Come on, you had to have notice the parallel between Caleb's first birthday and Sophia's third birthday!) and foreshadowing, which I learned is probably one of my favorite writing techniques.

I highly suggest you check out my other story because I'm in frickin' love with it. It's called "It's Like You're Screaming". In the story, Elena moves to NYC with her friends and she had a past with a certain somebody and then they realize that NYC isn't so big after all. Best part of all? There is no Stelena in that one.

So, lovely readers, reviewers, favoriters, and followers, this story is over. I want to thank everyone who read this, even if was just one chapter, and who reviewed, favorited, followed, everything. Especially those who reviewed every chapter. It means a lot.

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