Well, this story has reached its end. I am so grateful to all of you for reading and taking a bit of your time to leave a review, I truly didn't expect the response this story had and I can't say anything but thank you. As I said before, this was pitched to me by Imly who had the idea of the main plot and wanted to see how I could bring it to life; I hope you all liked the way I decided to do it.

As always I also want to thank Vidhi for being an amazing beta for this story. I'm already posting another story and I have one more coming so stay tuned and help us keep Delena alive.

Hope you enjoy!

Thank you!

"I'll sing it one last time for you then we really have to go. You've been the only thing that's right in all I've done"

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Two years later

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Elena Gilbert sits down on her designated seat and can't help the jitters travelling through her body when she realizes she's finally achieving one of the things on her bucket list after adding it up two years ago. She can hardly believe two years have gone by and that she is now a high school graduate and soon to be college student.

A lot of things had changed in those two years and Elena can't help but smile as she remembers all the people she left behind back home. After the fateful night when they got her out of the tomb, Bonnie started getting more involved with magic, Lucy remained in Mystic Falls and alongside grams they made Bonnie a very powerful witch. Her best friend also started dating Jeremy, who it turns out had discovered the truth about vampires a long time ago.

Anna and her mother disappeared once they escaped the tomb and Elena never heard of them again, something for what she was very grateful because she didn't want anything to do with that tomb or with anything of what had happened in there.

Well…not everything.

After getting out of the tomb two years ago things were supposed to go back to normal; she was supposed to be the same good girl she had always been, be happy with her friends, her family, her boyfriend and everything that made her life good. But the thing was, Elena could not be that girl again, something had changed inside her in the time she spent there and no amount of do overs was going to fix what was broken inside her, one of those things being her relationship with Stefan.

After that last dream she and Damon shared where she kissed him, Elena knew that things between her and Stefan were never going to be the same. Her feelings for Damon had changed in the time they spent together which meant her feelings for Stefan had transformed as well, and even though the older Salvatore was no longer in the picture she couldn't go back to pretend like nothing had happened, she was not that kind of person.

So she had to let him go. It had hurt a lot, but she knew it had been the right thing to do. And like God sometimes works in very mysterious ways Stefan had found his way towards the one person he might never considered before.

For some cruel twist of fate Caroline had suffered an accident and in trying to help her Stefan had given her his blood but the blonde girl had died anyway only to wake up as a vampire hours later. It had been hard for her, to adjust to this new world that was opening in front of her but luckily Stefan had been there to support her and guide her through the process. They had fallen in love in that time and Elena couldn't be happier that they both found the one thing that was missing in their lives.

Not everything went smoothly in the last two years, but she was happy and that was all that mattered.

With a sigh Elena leaned back on her seat and covered her eyes with a mask she had brought along. A long flight waited for her and she wanted to be well rested for it. Her lips curved in a sad smile when his face came to her mind, if he was with her she guessed he would have made the flight so much lighter; It was in times like this when she thought about him the most, a part of her believed that with time she would be able to forget about him but she hadn't been lucky, she still missed him dearly and wondered how was it possible to miss someone you knew for such a short time.

She had tried to find him; after her mind has settled and everything had come back to normal in her life Elena had moved heaven and earth in hopes of bringing him back home, but he had disappeared; like a ghost, he had vanished as swiftly as he had arrived to her life.

Thinking about him, she went to sleep.

By the time she arrived at her destination, her limbs were sore and she was more than ready to drop herself into a plush bed and go to sleep for the next two days but she still had a couple of more hours until she arrived to her hotel so she freshened up in the airport bathroom and continued her journey.

When her feet finally touched the ground in Vernazza Elena breathed in a sigh of relieve, two years she had dreamed about going to that place; ever since that day when Damon told her about his favorite place in the world she vowed to one day visit it herself.

She spent the first days marveling around the small town; she visited the other towns that formed Cinque Terre but came back to Vernazza at nights. In the mornings she strolled on the streets and ate all kinds of gelatos while at nights she sat in the balcony of her small hotel room and sipped Limoncello while eating dinner, completely alone and content.

Elena had find out that sometimes there was nothing more enjoyable than being on your own, satisfied with who you are and where you were heading to. She still missed Damon and wished that they had gotten more time to know each other and explore the feelings between them but she knew she didn't need him to be happy, or at least she didn't think she did, after relaying her happiness on other people for so long, Elena had finally figured out she only needed to be at peace with herself to be truly happy so she allowed herself to enjoy her freedom and the beauty that was Italy.

Five days had passed since her arrival to Vernazza when her world changed. She had been out and about for the whole day and was going back to her hotel when she decided to take a little detour to the beach so she could see the sunset. Elena had removed the sandals from her feet and had stood with her fingers dipped in the sand while the breeze blew her hair around; a content smile on her lips as she enjoyed one of nature's greatest gifts.

And then she saw him.

He looked just the way she remembered him. Mysterious and graceful, and so handsome… the most handsome man she had ever seen. He was barefoot and had on a pair of jeans a dark blue t-shirt that molded to his chest beautifully. She couldn't breathe; she feared he was going to disappear if she moved too fast.

It was quite the picture, his beautiful figure standing at the edge of the shore while the sun started hiding into the sea; she believed nothing had been more beautiful to her eyes before. A sight to behold, one she knew would be stored in her memory forever.

Elena knew the exact moment he saw her too; his whole body stiffened in shock, his eyes widened and his lips turned at the corners into a smile of amazement.

And then they were in motion, moving towards each other. Her hair blowing in the wind as her feet moved as fast as ever. He caught her midway, his arms going around her and securing her to his body.

This is it, Elena realized, my destiny caught with me after all. Finally!

He released her and his lapis lazuli eyes gazed into her "Hello Elena" Damon's mouth twisted into his telltale smirk and Elena knew she was finally home.

"Are you going to run from me again?" She asked, a quirky smile appearing on her lips as she teased him.

His eyes shone with mischief and a hint of regret as he dropped his forehead into hers "No, it didn't work the first time. You were with me everywhere I went" He pulled a strand of hair out of her face and as his hand grazed the skin of her cheek; Elena wanted to sigh in content.

"I am here now" She whispered.

"I know"

Damon leaned down and captured her lips in a sweet kiss, one full of promises and longing. They had no idea what life had in store for them, they didn't know how they were going to make everything work but as they kissed on the beautiful Italian beach with the sun hiding in the sea they knew everything was going to be okay. Life had brought them together once again and this time there was no running away.

THE END

Yes, I totally stole the ending from the book because I love it so damn much, even though I stopped reading after Midnight I was so glad that Damon and ELena ended up together so, I decided to bring a little bit of that into here. Hope you have enjoyed it!