Just a heads up, because I pay attention to sh$t like this, it looks like a lot of people are jumping to this and missing the previous chapter... I uploaded the final chapter and this epilogue within a few hours of each other, soooo if you read and were all "wft? What'd I miss?" You missed the last chapter... lol
Epilogue
Clinging to each other both for support and for the pure joy of touch, we began the slow return to the car, Damon's mind reeling. Briefly, we told the others how Evelyn had somehow saved us, but we didn't give any details. How could we? There were no words for what we saw and felt.
When, finally, we reached the road, Bonnie stumbled out of the backseat, hand held against her head.
"Tyler? Thea?" she mumbled uncertainly. "Caroline… what's going on?"
"They did it!" Caroline squealed, trotting forward. "They beat Lukas! And, guess what?" The confusion in the witch's eyes seemed to grow. "Thea's still pregnant!" Bonnie's eyes closed tightly, straining to develop some level of understanding.
"What?" she finally asked. "How? Damon's a vampire." For several seconds, no one spoke.
"What's the last thing you remember?" I asked. Frowning, she met my eyes.
"Stefan called me, asking if I could tap into you somehow… to try to figure out what you are." she replied.
"What?" Caroline gasped, taken aback. "But that was a few months ago."
"What?!" the witch exclaimed.
"I," I started, raising my hand and catching everyone's attention, "hurt." They couldn't help but chuckle at the simplicity of the statement. "I think I know what happened, but, first, can we please go home?" As though just noticing the torrent of wounds covering Damon and I, Bonnie quickly nodded and piled back into the vehicle. Stefan immediately volunteered to drive. Tyler took the passenger seat so Caroline could sit in the middle row with Bonnie and fill her in on the last few months, while Damon and I sat in the back, wrapped in each other's embrace. With a quiet small, Damon retrieved something from his coat pocket. My heart stuttered at sight of the little black box. Without a word, he lifted the lid, revealing an elegant ring of diamonds and sapphires spun through a delicate silver band. Trembling with silent sobs, I watched him carefully slip the band around my finger. And I kissed him.
So... in case it's not obvious, Bonnie was possessed with Evelyn's spirit. I'm not going to write a super long, multi-chapter epilogue. I really just wanted to included the little bit about Bonnie not remembering anything, and, of course, get a ring and Thea's finger, because... well, f ck, she deserves it! Again, let me know if you want alternate (AKA scrapped) chapter and deleted scenes! Thanks for reading!