Damon Salvatore walked among the small stone path in the graveyard; leading him to the person he had been coming to see once a year on the day that marked their death. Today, much unlike the other days, he didn't have his regular bottle of whiskey at hand with him—Elena didn't like it when he drank too much.

He got to the grave, looking at the name written across it. He sat down slowly and crossed his legs. This is why he brought alcohol with him, to take away the pain. Now, it felt raw.

"A century later and it still hurts," Damon murmured to the stone. "I never understood it. You had a chance to be a vampire, and you didn't take it." Damon shook his head. "I miss you."

Then, Damon stayed quiet and did what he always did—nothing. He was able to pass hours here sometimes, just looking at the tombstone. It was the one time a year that he indulged in pain, even though he knew that this person would never want him to be in pain.

"Damon?" said a voice.

Damon turned his head and grinned lightly at the person coming up the stone path. She was holding a bottle of whiskey with two glasses—a sad smile plastered to her face.

"You're late." Damon muttered.

Lana sat down and passed Damon a glass, pouring whiskey for the both of them. "Sorry," she mumbled. "It took me a while to find Kol's secret stash."

Damon grinned and polished his glass quickly, as if it had been water. Lana took a careful sip, looking at the tombstone. She touched the words gently, whispering to it. "Hey Alaric..."

As Lana drove home that day, she thought about her life, like she did every year when she and Damon went to go visit Alaric's grave. On the same day, they of course went to see Jenna, Bonnie, Jeremy, Matt and Tyler. Everyone else went on their own time, but Damon and Lana liked to do it together. Every year seemed to change a little, but this year, everything was blissfully, beautifully, the same.

Caroline and Klaus were a happily, married couple. Klaus was still hard and did things his own way, but Caroline was what softened him. They still had that magical effect on each other, where she brought him to life and he showed her the world. His life, which before her, was darkness was full of beauty, and he showed it to her every way he could. They loved taking vacations, those two.

Damon had finally, thankfully, found happiness with Elena, while Stefan had found it in Rebekah. Elijah was the only one left, something Kol pointed out incessantly—but Elijah seemed content with having his "fixes" as he called them. He had a number of girlfriends throughout the past century, but Lana never met one of them. He only ever introduced them to Klaus.

As for Kol and Lana—well, they were perfection. Being with Kol was as easy as breathing and being a vampire was far better than being a Nephilim. They had gotten married, had a beautiful wedding with all of her family and started a life with him. She had grown to understand how to control her blood lust, but what she was unable to control was her lust for Kol—not that he minded. As for her other relationships, they all only improved. Caroline and Damon were her best friends in the world, and she was finally close with Elena once more. She loved Kol's siblings with all her heart, and she had even gotten close with Stefan. Everything, it seemed, had finally worked out.

Lana parked her car and got out, looking upon the Manor. It had been beautiful, living here for the past few years. They had to leave a while back, a few years after Lana became a vampire. They couldn't stay young forever in a town that didn't know about vampires. They had gone across the states a few times, and went up to Canada as well. Lana didn't really like the cold weather up in Canada, and was relieved once Elijah had announced he wished to revisit Mystic falls.

The moment that Lana walked in the door, she was bombarded.

"Lana!" Kol ran forward to his wife, grabbing her hand. "I've got a surprise for you." he grinned like a child, attempting to pull her towards the white marble stairs that would lead them towards the upstairs of the Mikaelson manor.

Rebekah was coming down the stairs, pulling her gorgeous blonde hair into a ponytail. "I hope this isn't the same surprise you got her for her birthday fifteen years ago." She said with a smile. "I swear, Klaus doesn't even look at pictures of hawks anymore."

Kol frowned. "Very funny, sister, and no it is not." He crossed his arms. "That was an honest mistake."

Rebekah shook her head and kissed her brother on the cheek. "I'm going out."

"Where?" he called.

"Stefan has a whole day for us planned. We're double dating with Elena and Damon."

Lana smiled. "Well it only took you about eighty years to get along with her."

Rebekah stuck her tongue out before making her way out of the house.

"Can I have your attention now?" Kol pleaded.

"You may." Lana gave Kol her hand, and they sped up the stairs, walking towards Elijah's room. Kol opened the door for her, not giving her a moment to contemplate what kind of odd surprise he had planned inside one of his brother's bedrooms, but she went along with it anyway. He opened the door for her and allowed her entrance.

Elijah was standing in the middle of the room, and to her great surprise, all his things were packed. Behind him were numerous luggage and in his hands he seemed to be holding plane tickets.

Lana frowned. "The surprise is that Elijah's going on vacation?"

Elijah grinned. "No Lana," he walked up to her and handed her all the tickets.

Lana looked down, noticing that the packet he had given her was quite a number of tickets. She began to flip through them, noticing that everyone had one—Damon, Elena, Caroline, herself and each Mikaelson.

"Cool," she grinned, looking up. "Where are we going?"

Kol sighed, irritated that she wasn't catching on quick enough. "Look again love." He pushed them closer to her.

Lana did as she was told and frowned, slight excitement rushing through her. "These are one-way tickets." She looked between Kol and Elijah.

Kol smiled. "I hope you like England."

Note: I know it was short, but I kind of wanted to just finish it off that way I can start the Elijah story, which will be a sort-of sequel to this story. I hope you guys liked it, and I appreciate all the love I got from it!