There wasn't a big fairytale wedding like in the end of most fairy tales, mainly because these kids were only juniors in high school, but it certainly felt like a happily ever after for Stefan and Caroline. Immediately after the dust settled from the big drama of Stefan Salvatore finding his Cinderella, he asked Caroline out on their first official date. Of course, there were nerves to be had by both because they were concerned that their relationship wouldn't last past the mystery of the masquerade ball, but it went better than expected. The connection they found at the ball was truly a real connection. Both of them found exactly what they were looking, even when they weren't looking for it at all.

By the time summer rolled around that year, Stefan and Caroline had been dating for 8 years without any problems at all. Damon and Elena hit a few rough patches and broke up about three times, but managed to somehow come back to each other each time and were together when school let out for summer. Of course, with senior year on the horizon, there were plans to be made about colleges, fights to be had about the future, and stresses to be endured, but they weren't going to focus on that just yet.

One day, while Stefan and Caroline were sitting on the couch in the living room watching TV, Stefan was making old fashioned advances with Caroline, like yawning and putting his arm around her, which made her laugh and lean her head against his shoulder. That's exactly the moment when all hell broke loose. Joshua still managed to treat Caroline like a stupid servant girl during these last few months, so it finally came to a head that very night.

"You know what?" she said, standing up, "I quit. I quit this family and all of your lives. I'm no longer a slave to you, Joshua Parker. I am no one's Cinderella anymore."

That night, she called Jo, telling her she finally told Joshua to fuck himself, which made her more proud than any mother could ever be. Within the next few days, Caroline would move in with Jo and her husband, Alaric, just for senior year, then she would move off to college and start her own life, coming back to Jo's house for the holidays.

On moving day, everyone showed up to help Caroline get out of that horrible place. Stefan and Damon used their manly man power to do all of the heavy lifting, which was quite the sight to see those men flexing their muscles when they lifted things and put them down. They came out of the house carrying the headboard to Caroline's bed, struggling to get it out the door.

"Keep going!" Caroline encouraged.

"You're almost there," Elena cheered.

When they fit it through the door, they walked towards the moving truck.

"Where do you want this?" Stefan asked.

Looking at Stefan's flexed arms, Caroline bit her bottom lip and grinned, "You know what, just keep doing what you're doing… you're fine…"

Stefan laughed and set down his half of the headboard, quickly running up to Caroline and picking her up. She looked down at him and kissed him as he slowly started to put her down onto the ground.

"Ew! Couples," Luke shouted as he walked from the curbside to the driveway.

"Hey!" Caroline called, running up to Luke and hugging him, "What are you doing here? I thought you had a date with Xavier?"

"Eh," he shrugged, "It didn't work out. Turns out I have unbelievably high expectations for romance, so thanks for that, you guys."

"Well not everyone can fall in love at a masquerade ball under the stars surrounded by a garden of roses," Stefan bragged, coming up behind Caroline and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Yeah, some people are just luckier than others," Caroline laughed.

"Ugh, I need to lift something," Luke said, rolling up his sleeves and walking towards the truck.

Once everything was loaded up, Bonnie, Luke, Damon, and Elena went to the street corner and were ready to wave goodbye to them once the car drove away from the Parker Mansion. Caroline and Stefan got into Stefan's pick up truck as the moving truck followed them closely.

"Ready?" Stefan asked, turning his key in the ignition.

"I've been ready for years," Caroline answered, rolling her eyes, "Time for this princess to find a new castle."

"As her prince charming rides his pick-up truck off into the sunset," Stefan laughed, "Who knows? Maybe we'll live happily ever after."

Caroline scooted towards him and kissed his cheek. "Sounds perfect to me."

Stefan grinned and put his arm around Caroline as she snuggled up against him. He kissed her one last time before driving away, watching everyone wave at them as they left. That was the end of their story. Caroline looked back as they drove away, remembering how things were before all of this happened. It was amazing with a pretty dress, silver shoes, a diamond necklace, and some courage could do. From that moment on, Cinderella and her Prince Charming did indeed live happily ever after.

AN: That's it! That's the end of the story! Thank you guys so much for the positive feedback. I LOVE hearing back from my readers and it means so much to me that you all loved it. Thank you for following me on this journey. Be sure to take a look at some of my other written works. The next story I am writing is entitled "Followed", so go ahead and check it out!