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A/N: Wow, here it is! The end! Hope you all enjoy it!

When she wakes up, the first thing she sees is Damon Salvatore.

"Well, I have definitely died and gone to hell," Bonnie groans.

"Rude," the blue-eyed vampire replies.

"Well, why else would you be by my bedside?"

He snorts. "You're definitely going to be better in no time. You had everyone all worried."

She looks around and realizes she's in a hospital room. A heart monitor beeps steadily and IV line traces into her forearm.

"How long was I out?"

"Just three days."

"Why are you here?"

"Well, getting drunk every night for the past week seems to have lost its novelty, so…"

Bonnie honestly can't tell if he's joking or serious.

"Well, that and I'm going around and saying my goodbye before I leave this hellhole," he adds with a shrug, the leather of his jacket making a crinkling sound with the motions.

"You're leaving Mystic Falls?" Bonnie asks, surprised.

"Me and Stefan both are. Elena decided that she wants time away from both of us and we…well, we don't really know what to do, so we're just leaving."

"That's…surprisingly healthy," Bonnie says, having a hard time processing all the information that he had just thrown at her.

Well, here's to hoping that those two finally get their shit together once and for all.

Elena is the next person to come visit her.

"Hey, um, Stefan told me that you were awake," Elena says, carefully setting a bouquet of multicolored flowers down on the bedside table.

"Thanks for these," Bonnie says with a small smile. "Damon was here earlier. Told me that you decided you wanted to be away from both him and Stefan. Good for you."

"Yeah, getting my humanity back made me take a long hard look at myself and I realized that even before I became a vampire I was starting to become a horrible person," Elena says, looking at the ground and tucking a lock of brown hair behind her ear. "I think I need to figure myself out without whatever co-dependency I had developed with them both. I need to rediscover myself, figure out what it is I really want." She pauses and looks up at Bonnie. "God, I am so sorry. For everything. For the things I said to you, for almost killing you, for not caring enough to notice that you were on that island against your will…"

Bonnie smiles softly and nods.

"I'm not going to sit here and say that it's all okay because, really, it's not," Bonnie says.

Elena swallows heavily and nods and looks at the ground.

"But I don't have the energy to be angry at anyone anymore. I don't know if we'll ever be what we used to, but maybe with some time we can repair our relationship."

Her dad chooses that moment to enter the room. Elena says goodbye and quietly exits the hospital room.

"Hey, you're awake," Bonnie says with a small smile.

"So are you," her father replies.

She laughs a little bit, but quickly sobers up.

"I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for that stupid note I left you about New York, about not being there to protect you, about everything," she says.

"Stop," her father says, shaking his head. "I'm your father. I should have been protecting you from all of this, from the very start and I'm sorry I didn't do that."

She reaches out and hugs him, clinging to him like a little girl.

"Oh my God, I'm torn between wanting to kill you and kiss you," Caroline all but screeches as she bursts into the hospital room, jumping on Bonnie's bed. Matt and Stefan were in tow.

"I love you, Caroline, but not quite in that way," Bonnie says teasingly.

"Shut up," Caroline says, practically climbing on top of Bonnie and hugging her. "You told me you thought you were going to be able to put Silas down, but you should have told me how and when," she says. "Imagine when I got that call from Kol of all people."

"They're okay—the Originals, I mean?" Bonnie asks. "Like they're still vampires and everything?"

"Uh…yeah…why? Was the spell supposed to have some freaky after-effects?" Caroline asks.

"It could have, but I also channeled the spirits and that meteor shower a few nights ago, so I guess it offset everything," Bonnie says.

"Minus the fact that you were out for three days," Matt points out.

"Could have been worse," Bonnie says with a shrug.

"Well, if you every do anything like that again," Caroline says, still clinging to Bonnie. "I'ma kill you."

"Of course," Bonnie says. "Now," she says, looking between Stefan and Matt. "Who's going to go out and keep some horribly greasy fast food to go with my bad reality television?"

It's been two days since she'd been released from the hospital and she hadn't seen nor heard from Kol or Henri since. She'd be lying if she said she isn't worried. Caroline had mentioned that they went to go dispose of Silas, but they never said where.

Hell, she even worked up the nerve to find Rebekah and ask.

"No, I haven't heard from him," Rebekah tells her. She seemed angry for some reason. Her eyes narrow on Bonnie and her head cocks to the side. "You care about him, don't you?"

"Yeah," Bonnie replies. There wasn't really any point in lying about it.

"Good luck to you," Rebekah says.

Okay, then.

Later that night, she hears a call pull up the drive. Glancing out the window, she sees Kol and Henri get out. She quickly goes downstairs to meet them, not wanting her dad to wake up.

"About damn time," Bonnie hisses by way of greeting. "You could have called me or something."

"Worried?" Kol asks with a raised eyebrow.

"Duh, of course I was worried," Bonnie snaps. "Where were you?"

"Dumping Silas's body in the Mariana Trench," Kol replies. "Although, first we put him in a safe. Filled that safe with concrete, welded that safe shut, and then encased that safe in concrete. And I contacted an old friend in Japan to spell it to become invisible once we threw it in the ocean."

"For once I approve of the overkill," Bonnie says, a little wide-eyed. "So…what now?"

"I'm going to take a walk, a long walk until the sun rises," Henri says. "I am happy to have gotten the chance to know you, Bonnie. And I have no doubt that you will overcome each and every obstacle that will be thrown your way. Just remember that you are strong enough to."

Why does it sound like he's about to…

He presses something into her hand and when Bonnie looks down, she sees that it's his daylight ring.

"Wait…you're…?"

Henri gives her a gentle smile. "The only reason I continue through these three hundred years was to prevent others from meeting the same fate as I. Now that it's no longer I worry…"

"But…" Bonnie feels her eyes filling up with tears.

"Don't cry for me, Bonnie Bennett," he says firmly. "I am content with this decision. I'm ready to see my wife again."

He hugs her, presses a kiss to the top of her head, and whispers one last goodbye before he heads down her front path and into the night.

"We should stop him, shouldn't we?" Bonnie asks Kol. "I mean…we should…" she moves to follow Henri, but Kol pulls her back.

"No. He made this decision and he's content with it. The possibility of immortality isn't for everyone." He wipes the stay tears that have fallen from her eyes.

She moves and takes a seat in one of the chairs on the front porch, heavily running a hand through her hair.

"What are your plans now?" She asks, looking up at him.

"I'm thinking about heading down to New Orleans," he replies with a shrug. "I haven't been there in a hundred years, but it's always been a good time down there."

She nods, not knowing what to say. Deep down she hadn't really expected him to stick around town, but she couldn't help the few pains of regret she felt at that prospect.

"What would you say if I asked you to come with me?"

Her eyes widen in surprised.

It'd be crazy to actually go with him…wouldn't it?

"It'd be crazy to say yes," she tells him. "I mean…you're you and I'm me and…either way, though, like I told you before, there's some sort of connection between us and I'm not quite sure what it is or what it's going to lead to, but I think I would like to find out."

He grins and bends down and kisses her hard.

"I'm still spending the summer in Mystic Falls, though," she tells them when they break away. "I've got a lot of loose ends to tie up and I still need to graduate high school."

He sighs, but goes back to kissing her.

"How was graduation?" Kol asks her. They were laying out on the rooftop, basking in the hot summer night.

She had never invited Kol into her house. Not because she didn't trust him. It was more because of her father than anything. Her dad was already displeased about her dating Kol and about her planning on moving to New Orleans with him. She figured the least she could do is give him the peace of mind to not invite Kol into the house.

"It was good. I made it across stage without tripping, my dad managed to not embarrass me in speech, Caroline was kinda mad because Stefan decided to split with Damon before graduation. But I guess if you've already sat through God knows how many graduations, what's the big deal in missing one? Oh, and then Klaus happened to be there, which was kinda weird. And then he asked me my advice on Caroline, which was even weirder. I told him that, as flattered as Caroline is by the attention, if he didn't back off, she'd always resent him for breaking up her and Tyler, that he should give her breathing space to figure things out. I guess he actually listened because after, Caroline told me that Tyler was coming back."

Kol hums, but doesn't say anything. After a few moments, he breaks the comfortable silence by sitting up.

"I have a gift for you," he says, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a box.

Curious, she takes it and opens it up.

Oh my God, is that…

"Is this the cure?" Bonnie asks, wide-eyed.

"Yep."

"Well, no wonder Rebekah's been grumpier than usual this past week and a half," Bonnie says. "We promised this to her. How has she not gone and tried to rip your head off?"

"Well, I might have told her that when Silas was desiccated, the cure was destroyed as part of the whole 'his magic being broken' sort of thing," he says casually.

"Which is obviously a lie," Bonnie finishes, looking at the crystallized vial in her hands. "You know," she says, looking up. "If I didn't know better, I'd say that you want to keep this from Rebekah because you don't like the idea of seeing her grow old and then having to live without her."

"Hmm," Kol says, running his fingers across her neck. "I guess it's a good thing you don't know better then, huh?"

She laughs a little and kisses him sweetly.

"Looks like we're all set," Kol says as Bonnie shoves one more suitcase into his trunk. She had already said her goodbyes to everyone and her father had agreed to send her car and some of her other belongings down shortly.

She had enrolled in a university in New Orleans (granted, Kol had compelled her way through admissions because she had missed all the deadlines, but she figures she deserves a freebie for once) and would be starting in a few weeks. She thinks Grams might be rolling in her grave because she's not attending the older witch's alma mater.

"There is one stop I'd like to make along the way," Bonnie says. "See, I had talked to Caroline and Elena and neither of them want the cure, but I know someone who would appreciate it," Bonnie says.

And that's how she ends up on Abby's front porch.

"Bonnie," the woman says, surprised when she opens up the door.

"Uh, I'm not staying long," Bonnie says, shaking her head when Abby moves to invite her in. "I just…I wanted to give you this," she holds out the cure. "It's the cure for vampirism. I know how hard transitioning into a vampire has been on you, so."

Wordlessly, Abby shakily takes the small vial out of Bonnie's hand.

"Anyway, that was all," Bonnie says awkwardly. "So, bye."

"Bonnie," Abby calls out softly. Bonnie turns around. "I am sorry," the woman tells her.

The unspoken words were: 'I'm sorry for always being so selfish, I'm sorry for not being a good mother…for not being a mother at all.'

"I know," Bonnie says with a sad little smile. "Whatever it is that you're looking, that seems to be missing from your life, I really do hope you find it someday."

And with that she leaves, her heart feeling a little lighter.

"Ready to go?" Kol asks when she gets back into the passenger's seat.

"Yeah, let's get out of here," Bonnie replies with a smile.

Kol reaches over and grabs her hand and kisses the pads of her fingers, nibbling on them a bit. She giggles a little at the sensation and pulls her hand out of his grip.

"Just drive."

He starts the car and zooms them out of there quickly.

A/N: Wow, so much to say! I had a good idea about the ending for this fic for the longest time, but I went back and forth on whether I wanted to turn the Originals into humans or not. In the end, I decided against. Otherwise, basically everything else had been planned from the get-go.

So…what's next?

Well, first I'm going to be wrapping up a couple of Bamon fics (Friends With Benefits and Find Me in the Shallows). I'm doing this whole in with the new out with the old thing with my fanfics.

I'll be starting a couple other fanfics. One will be Bamon-centric and it'll be written epistolary-style (i.e. in the form of diary entries, newspapers, text messages, etc.) and it'll pick up where season 6 left off.

I'll also be starting a Kol/Bonnie/Damon fanfic where I shanghai the deadpool plot from season 4 of Teen Wolf and put my own little spin on it (for those of you who don't watch Teen Wolf, basically what happened was someone put a massive hit out on all the supernaturals in town and turned it into a little game).

There might be a sequel to Pray for Rain. I say might because I haven't entirely decided yet. Part of me feels like I have just started to scratch the surface of Kol and Bonnie's relationship in this fic and I feel like there's a lot more I could explore in their relationship (i.e. How would Bonnie deal with seeing Kol at his worst since he was pretty tame in this fic because of having to rely on Bonnie getting rid of the big bad, etc.), but had to end the story because plot-wise it didn't make sense to drag it on any longer. If I did, it'd basically be what Kol and Bonnie are up to on New Orleans and it'd be my own little twist on what happens in the Originals (although, I've only watched halfway through season 1, so…). If I did do a sequel, I think I'd try to make it shorter if I could. And, honestly, this is the reason why I ultimately decided to keep the Originals as vampires. My ideas for the sequel wouldn't quite work otherwise. But, uh, after I finished the two Bamon fics I mentioned above, we'll see if I decide to roll with this or not.

Anywho, I just wanna give a huge, huge thank you to all of you! Thanks so much for reading, thanks so much for reviewing, for favoriting, putting this on alerts, etc.! I very much appreciate it! You all made this story so much fun to write and I cannot thank you all enough!

Till next time!