A/N I'm seriously about to cry right now. This story is over-It has been a pleasure writing it since it was my first 'real' story after well…I improved my English and started to study literature at school. I hope that you like the epilogue, and check out my other stories :)

Thank you Cdaye8184, my beta and friend, for correcting this ;) Your work is always appreciated girl xoxo

Two Years Later

"I can't believe she's turning three already," Elena sighed as they picked out the balloons from the boxes. Damon was busy drawing nice faces on the balloons, but he turned to his wife.

"Cheryl is mature for her age…Sometimes I forget that she's just a child." Damon answered truthfully.

Elena took a deep breath before she looked into her husband's eyes deeply and profoundly.

"Is something wrong, Elena?" He asked in concern, he knew that look on his wife's face.

"Damon, you know what you promised me," She told him, "We said that we'll give two years time". That talk never left her thoughts. Ever.

At that, his brows furrowed. "Elena, we've had this conversation so many times…"

"But I'm certain now," Elena assured him, "I've waited two years and I still feel the same. I want to become a vampire, Damon…I want to be with you, forever."

"Elena, I don't want you to watch everyone that we've ever cared about die," Emotion clogged in his throat. "It's bad enough that I'll have to see my own daughter…" He stopped, unable to say anything more. "I wish to spare you from that sight." He continued after a few seconds.

"Damon, I'm ready, I want to," Elena pleaded, "I want to become a vampire…I want you to turn me. I want this between us."

Damon reached over to stroke her cheek. "I know that I promised you-"

"Then please," She interrupted, looking at him with her doe eyes. "Turn me."

He pulled her body to his, and buried his face in her hair. "If that's really what you want…" He sighed half-heartedly. "I want to be with you forever, I really do. I was just hoping that we'll give it more time."

"Damon, I'm turning twenty three in three months' time," Elena held his face gently in her hands. "I don't want to look any older."

"You're right. I get it, Elena. I'll do it. Just please, wait a few more days for me, okay?" He begged, knowing full well they'd both need closure with Elena's human self.

She opened her mouth to protest but then he scooped her up in his arms and threw her on the bed, before falling on top of her and kissing her fully on the lips. He ran his lips up her collarbone until he reached her neck.

"I'm going to miss this…" He said, licking at her sweet skin before giving her a gentle nip.

She half consciously arched her head back to give him more access.

"Please," It was all she said before he sunk his fangs inside her neck and drew enough blood to satisfy and pleasure them both; of course, being gentle and careful like always. She moaned as he licked the bite marks to soothe them and she ran her fingers through his hair.

"Elena…we're going to be late," He said between kisses.

"Yeah," She panted back, continuing to kiss him.

"Oh, for God's sake," He mumbled as he tugged at her shirt. "There are more important things to do right now…"

It was nice seeing her family and friends all together. She realized that she was truly blessed as she saw the guests in her daughter's party. Alaric and Jenna married a year after she married Damon, and they still resided in the Gilbert's residence. Jeremy, who was by then almost twenty years old, moved in with Bonnie, and they were ready to take their relationship to a bigger step. Her best friend Caroline decided to leave Mystic Falls with her new boyfriend Tyler, and she was working as a nurse in a hospital. Everyone that mattered to Elena had found their place in life; it made her so happy to see all her friends and family as equally happy as she.

Stefan and Katherine succeeded in adopting a child, despite everything. Their baby boy, Sean Salvatore, was picture perfect and Cheryl had a great relationship with her new cousin, who was a year younger than her.

As Elena kissed her daughter goodnight, she turned to Damon who told her he'd make due to his promise.

He bit down his wrist and Elena drank his blood acceptingly, her mind set on the future ahead of them. No, not future-Eternity. He wrapped his arms around her waist and tossed her hair aside. It was her choice to 'die' this way, since she said that he couldn't taste her blood anymore.

Damon bit down her neck, drawing all the blood without any pain, holding her now weak body in his arms to support it. As he stopped hearing her heart beating, he pulled away from her and sat her on the bed. He curled up next to her, wanting to be the first one that she sees in her new life.

About fifteen minutes passed, and Elena's eyes finally opened. He let out a sigh of relief, and without wasting any time, he handed her the bloodbag he had prepared for her. She gratefully took it, but he did notice that she didn't down it in one big gulp like many newborn-vampires did. She seemed in control already, and he was planning to help her no matter what happened. He had faith in Elena no matter what obstacles they faced. He'd help her every step of the way.

He had warned her that it would hurt at first until the fangs came out, but Elena just smiled at him and told him that she was ready for everything, as long as he was by her side. He held her hand when she saw herself in the mirror for the first time, and assured her that she was even more beautiful than ever.

"You're perfect, you know?" He said, touching the veins that formed under her eyes. "This heart…It belongs to you. Just you…and Cheryl."

Elena wiped her tears away and kissed him with passion. "I plan to tell you that I love you everyday, you know that?"

"I do," Damon smiled, stroking her hair. "And I don't mind. In fact, I'm going to make sure that forever is enough to prove my love for you." He kissed her again. "But now, my love, I have some things to teach you about being a vampire…."

"Can you start with the best parts?" She smiled naughtily and suggestively, winking as her eyes darkened.

"What do you think, that was my plan," He said as they both blurred themselves in the bedroom.

And a few hours later, when they were completely breathless, Elena's head rested on her husband's chest. She now knew what all the commotion was about-vampire sex was extraordinary-out of this world. Cheryl was now sleeping between them, her face close to Damon's hip. In return, he had one hand around his daughter and the other around his wife.

And in his sleep, Damon wondered how the two most precious things in the planet had become his, because he didn't do anything to deserve such prizes, such…love.

He turned off the lamp, enjoying the sound of their breathing, and the sound of a happy and full life and peacefully drifted off into a deep slumber.

That's the epilogue and it's a wrap up :( Who knows, maybe I write a sequel, but if I do, it will be MUCH later so I focus on new stories.

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