Well Folks the end is finale here *sobbing* You guys have no idea how much I'm going to miss this story, It's the longest I've written and one of my favorites. I'm so sorry that I took so long with this chapter, but I have finals and the computer of my beta was having some troubles. But it's here now and I really hope you like it.

Thanks a lot to Amy who corrected this for me, and also all of you for reading this. I would really like to read what you have to say to me, and I'm going to answer all of your reviews, I promise.

The epilogue is already written and I will upload it in a few days.

I really hope you enjoy this, I put my entire heart in this story.

P.S As you can see I changed my pename to 'LittleMissVixen' I hope there's no confussion with that, It's just that i was watching some re-runs of The O.C and I just remembered how much I love Summer Roberts :)

Oh and by the way I am the only one who can get 4x08 out of her head? Just freaking loved that episode

Enough with the talk, here we go

There, there, baby
It's just text book stuff
It's in the ABC of growing up
Now, now, darling
Oh don't lose your head
Cause none of us were angels
And you know I love you, yeah

Speeding Cars –Imogen Heap-

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The Odyssey; that was one of Damon's favorite stories. He always liked the will Odysseus showed, how he fought against everything, even the destiny the gods tried to impose on him, all of it came back to Penelope and how she waited for him through all of it.

Did he believe in destiny? He wasn't quite sure. He liked to believe that Elena was and had been his destiny all along, but then he thought about all the obstacles in their way, how life was always getting in between them, how it seemed like he was never going to be happy.

He never gave up, never. Because in the end it really didn't matter if destiny existed or if he believed in it; he believed in them, in their love. That was the important thing for him.

And now he could say with a smile on his lips that life couldn't beat him.

"Come on baby, you can say it I know." Damon encouraged the baby in his arms. "You know you want to say it." The baby girl squealed and babbled instead.

"Told you, she's not going to say your name first." Caroline said standing behind Damon who was on the couch.

"Of course she will, right Ella? You know you want to say daddy's name." He placed a kiss on top of the baby's nose, she smiled in response and snuggled on her father's chest.

Damon and Elena had adopted Ella a few months ago, she arrived at the orphanage where she worked and the minute she saw her she was in love, she said that it was as if the baby was calling her. Damon loved her from the first moment too, she was his baby girl now and he couldn't be more happy with her.

"Your first word is going to be Care right?" Caroline said taking a seat next to Damon on the couch. The green eyes of Ella looked deeply at the blonde girl and after that she babbled again.

"Nope, her first word is going to be Julian or brother." The blond kid said entering the room. He was wearing a blue hoodie and jeans with white sneakers. "She loves me more." The kid placed a kiss on top of the baby's head and she smiled at her brother.

"Are you ready kiddo?" Damon asked looking at his son.

"Yes, Lily is coming." He said with a proud smile.

"Well done." Damon answered equally proud while Caroline just rolled her eyes. There was no doubt Julian was his son.

Today they were celebrating Julian's tenth birthday, they had been an official family for the last two years. It was the first time the kid had an actual birthday party since the last year they decided to go on a trip to Dublin. Damon and Elena married there in a small ceremony, just the three of them. Of course when they came back Caroline stalked them until they threw a much bigger party for all their family and friends.

"You have no idea how much traffic there is at this time of the day." Alaric muttered entering the living room with Jenna and their son behind them. Jason was three months old and the couple were just enchanted with him.

"Happy Birthday Julian!" Jenna said excitedly while giving him a hug and handing him his present. The kid thanked her and placed a kiss on her cheek. Damon observed the scene quietly and smiled softly. Everyone loved Julian and had accepted him into their home, it was like none of the things that had happened in the past mattered anymore. He finally had the family he'd dreamed of.

"Julian where is your mom?" Damon asked with a frown. He hadn't seen Elena in the last hour, she had been going around like a maniac the whole day with the party arrangements but now she was nowhere to be seen.

"She was in her room, I think she was a bit tired." The kid answered in response.

"I'll go check on her." Damon said standing up and handing the baby to Caroline. The bell rang and Julian ran to the door saying that it was probably Lily that had arrived already.

"Oh by the way blondie, Stefan is coming." Damon said to Caroline, the blonde girl smiled softly. "With Lexie"

"Yeah, I kind of figured they would be here." She answered softly.

"And you're okay with it?" Jenna answered from the other couch while Alaric played with the baby in his arms, not really paying attention to the conversation.

"Yeah, it's been two years now." She smiled but there was a trace of sadness in her blue eyes. "Plus I'm with Klaus now." They had been dating for the last six months, he was handsome, polite, sweet, every girls dream and she was really happy with him.

Damon nodded softly and gave her a sad smile. "I just wanted to warn you." Things between his brother and him were better now, they had talked and decided that the most important thing was to save their relationship. Now the three of them could be together in a room without it being awkward, Julian had learned to love Stefan as his uncle and he and Elena were good friends now.

He had met Lexie last year and was pretty happy with her, Damon could tell his brother was in love and that made him really happy as well.

"Lena..." He murmured softly while entering their room but Elena was nowhere to be seen. Damon was about to leave the room when he heard the soft sound of sobbing coming out of the closet. He walked quietly towards it and opened the door to reveal Elena sitting there, her knees against her chest and her eyes red and puffy from crying. "What's wrong?" he asked worriedly and kneeled in front of her.

"Damon-" She whispered between sobs. He let his body slump on the floor and held her in his arms, rocking her softly while he placed kisses on top of her head.

"Lena are you going to tell me what's wrong?" he asked softly against her head while she tightened her grip on him. "Please."

"Damon…I'm pregnant" The words left her lips in a gentle whisper and he felt his chest constrict with happiness. A baby. He knew they both had been secretly praying for this, not that he didn't love Ella and he would never make distinction between their children but there was nothing that he wanted more than seeing Elena carrying his child. He missed that chance the first time around.

This was the miracle that they had been waiting for. Then why was she so sad?

"Princess, this is what we've been waiting for." He heard her sobbing harder against his chest. "Why are you not happy with it?" he asked with concern in his voice. She didn't want to have a baby with him?

"I'm happy with it Damon." Her voice was muffled against his chest. "But I'm scared." Damon released her even against her will and took her face between his hands.

"Scared of what?" his baby blues looked deeply into her chocolate eyes.

"Of losing it."

Elena was terrified. When she found out she was pregnant the happiness invaded her body but was suddenly over taken with fear. When she thought Julian had died 10 years ago it was like her heart had been ripped out of her chest, nothing had hurt more than that and she knew that she couldn't go through that again, she wouldn't stand it.

She could still remember how lost and broken she felt for the months after it, how nothing in her life made sense.

"Elena you're not going to lose it." He said in a soothing manner. "I'm here for you, I'll take care of you." He caressed her cheek with her bottom lip and she leaned into his touch.

"But the doctor Damon, he said-" Elena let out another sob. "Even if I get pregnant there's a chance that I will lose it, he said I can't have another baby."

"Sweetheart-" Damon started but Elena cut him off immediately.

"What? Are you going to say that the doctor was wrong?!" Elena said exasperated. She didn't want to have this conversation, she couldn't get excited with the idea of a child only for it to be taken away from her again.

"Yes." Damon answered with conviction in his voice. "Elena we've been through so much together. Evil parents, evil friends, fear, sadness, hell we've fought destiny himself and we survived." His blue eyes looked deeply at her. "Are you seriously letting a doctor lay odds on us?" Elena didn't say anything just stared at him back. "Baby, I think we proved that we can go against everything, because we're together."

"But what if-"

"Hush" He placed a soft kiss on her lips. "We are going to be happy and thankful about this pregnancy. We're going to take precautions and I'm going to spoil you rotten." She couldn't help but smile at him. "And we're going to wait for the best." He took her in his arms once again just this time she wasn't sobbing. "And if you lose it, I'm not letting you crumble down, you have me to support you. And hey, we can always adopt more babies. I was thinking maybe three more."

"Three more?!" Elena laughed at his words. "Are you crazy, what are going to do with five children?!"

"A football team." A big smile was plastered on his face.

"No way, it's a lot."

"Well actually that's a pretty small football team."

"I love you." Her voice was full of emotion and Damon couldn't help but feel blessed. Never in a million years had he thought this would be his life. He had everything he'd ever dreamed of, that was something that didn't happen very often, especially to him. That was the moment when he realized that dreams do come true.

"I love you too."

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Caroline was putting the final touches on the candy bags they would give to Julian's guests in the kitchen, the party was already in full swing and everyone was having the time of their lives. Julian was playing with the kids in the garden and Damon, Alaric and Jeremy were being children themselves while playing Rock Band.

She couldn't help but smile. Everything was where it belonged now. She felt a pair of arms surround her from behind as the gentle voice of her boyfriend whispered in her ear.

"You look adorable while doing this, love." She loved Klaus' British accent, it sent chills down her spine every time he spoke that way.

"Well it's not like I'm doing that much." She answered teasingly while he placed a soft kiss onto her neck.

"But still you do it wonderfully." He murmured against her neck and Caroline couldn't help but blush at his words. She turned around and he placed his lips on hers, her hands flew instinctively to his hair while his were placed on her hips.

She was happy with Klaus she really was. After two years she could finally say that all the heartache and pain was behind her. His tongue caressed hers softly and she couldn't help but moan into his mouth.

"Hey, hey keep it PG, it's my son's party." Said Elena while entering the kitchen. Klaus blushed a little bit and broke apart from his girlfriend.

"Oh please, like you and Damon can talk." The blonde girl teased her friend who only shook her head and poured soda in a glass.

"Come on Klaus we need you to team up!" shouted Jeremy from the living room and both girls laughed at how childish the boys could be sometimes. Klaus gave a soft kiss to Caroline's forehead and went to the living room to play with the guys. He had fitted into their little world just perfectly and Caroline couldn't be more happy about it.

Caroline resumed her work with the candy bags while Elena drank her soda in silence, after a few moments both of them heard the front door and then the voice Caroline had missed for the last two years.

"Stefan is here." Elena said in a whisper.

"Yeah." Caroline answered absently.

"You going to be okay?" the brunette girl said getting closer to her friend.

"Yes Lena, I'll be fine."

Caroline was sure that she was over Stefan by now, Klaus made her really happy and she didn't feel the same pain than before, but then, she hadn't seen Stefan for the last two years and hearing his voice now brought so many memories back to her. He wasn't just the boy she loved; he also used to be her best friend and it made her so sad that they had come to this.

Elena left the room after giving her a light squeeze on the shoulder. She felt his presence behind her even before he spoke, she was always going to be connected to him.

"Hi." The sound of his voice behind her was enough to bring tears to her eyes but she fought them. She couldn't let anyone see her cry right now.

"Hi." She answered back before turning and meeting his deep eyes.

He was gorgeous; her memories didn't do him any justice. There was still that boyish charm that made her fall in love with him but he looked older now, stronger.

"How are you?" he asked softly. He knew that he was asking a stupid question but he was very nervous, seeing Caroline after so long was a big thing for him.

"Good, good." Caroline answered with a forced smile. "What about you?"

"I'm doing pretty well." He smiled back at her. "I'm moving back here for good." Caroline felt the air leave her lungs. That meant she was doomed to meet with him more often now.

"That's great, really." They looked at each other in silence for a few minutes. She never excepted her meeting with Stefan to be so awkward and that broke her heart in a thousand pieces, that proved that things were never going to be the same between them, they were no longer the same people from two years ago.

"Caroline-" Stefan started and took a deep breath before continuing. "I really hope we can try to be friends once again." She knew he was being honest, it was very clear in his voice, but she knew things were never going back to the way they were, but even so she couldn't help but lie to him.

"Of course Stefan, I hope that too. I know we can be friends again." She smiled at him while forcing the tears to stand behind her eyes.

"Stefan! Where are you?" a female voice asked and Caroline was sure that the voice belonged to Lexie, his girlfriend.

"I'm coming!" he shouted without taking his eyes off the girl in front of him. "Coming." He looked at her and gave her a sad smile before leaving; Caroline was able to see the nostalgia behind his eyes because deep down inside he knew that she had lied to him.

The party was completely fantastic, Julian had been so happy and enjoyed every moment of it and of course that made Elena ecstatic. She had dreamed of this moment for so long. She couldn't help but smile, Julian had enjoyed his day, she had a beautiful daughter, friends that loved her, and she was slowly talking with her parents again, even though things were never going to be the same between them, she was trying to work things out. And of course, she had Damon's love and that was the thing that made her stronger, her life was definitely good. She caressed her stomach softly, this baby was going to live, she would make sure of it.

She took a deep breath and opened the door to her son's room, he was already tucked in the bed, tired after the long day he'd had.

"Hello kiddo." Julian smiled at her and she took a seat next to him on his bed. "You have fun today?"

"Yes, everything was just perfect." He chirped happily. Elena smoothed the hair off of his forehead and gave him a soft kiss on the head.

"I'm glad. I guess you don't want me to sing to you anymore?" she asked with nostalgia in her voice. She remembered the first day she saw him, when she entered the orphanage, she had loved him since that very first moment.

"I love hearing you sing mom, but I'm a big boy now." He said seriously and Elena couldn't help but laugh at how alike to Damon he was. He was stubborn like her but everything else was his father.

"Well I'll let you sleep then." She smiled and placed another kiss on his head before getting up from the bed and walking towards the door.

"Hey mom." Elena turned around to see her son, it would never stop amazing her how wonderful it felt when he called her mom. "I love you." Julian said with a smile on his lips.

"I love you too kiddo." She answered with a smile as well before opening the door and leaving the bedroom.

She filled a glass of water in the kitchen and drank deeply; once she was finished she felt the strong arms of her husband embracing her from behind.

"She asleep?" she asked throwing her head back so she was able to stare into his face.

"Like an angel."

"I still can't believe she can only sleep in your arms." Elena said with a smile.

"She loves me." He murmured before biting softly onto her earlobe.

"I'm going to start getting jealous; she's getting all of your attention." She joked with him.

"Oh you don't have to." He whispered against her ear. "My attention is only yours."

"It's all right I can share." She whispered, closing her eyes while goosebumps appeared on her skin at the feel of his breath. "I just can't help but feel possessive."

"You're the one for me."

"I hope you made sure Andie knows that." Elena muttered back.

"I knew you were going to say something about that." He let out a sigh and tightened his hold on her.

"Come on she was drooling all over you today." She said while intertwining their fingers together.

"Well she can drool all she wants." He spun her around so she was now facing him. "There is only one woman I drool for."

"Is that so?" she said with a wicked grin on her face. "Who's she?"

"I think you may know her." His eyes sparkled mischievously. "A beautiful brunette with brown doe eyes and a pair of killer legs."

"Nope, I don't think I've ever met her." She said softly before placing a light kiss on his neck.

"Oh I think you have." He ran his tongue lightly against her ear. "She looks a lot like you." He said before taking her lips in a searing kiss and lifting her so she would wrap her legs around his waist.

"My dear husband would you do me a favor?" she asked softly.

"Anything my beautiful wife." She felt herself trembling under his smoldering gaze.

"Make love to me."

"That would be my pleasure." He kissed her softly before carrying her towards their bedroom.

Destiny tried to separate them so many times, but here they were, together at last. There was nothing more strong than human will, in the end the obstacles they faced along the way didn't really matter because they would always find their way back to each other, just like Odysseus and Penelope did.

Their love was stronger than fate, destiny, whatever you want to call it.

This kind of love is not seen very often.

It's the kind of love that can shake the whole world.

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Here's the day you hoped would never come

Don't feed me violins

Just run with me Through rows of speeding cars

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