EPILOGUE

~10 years later~

"Beth! Steven! C'mon dinner!" Matt called out the front door.

They had moved away from Fell's church to more of a country side. The sun was setting as the kids climbed down the tree and ran up through the fields to the house.

"They remind me so much of us. Only without the whole vampire, kitsune, and dark dimension thing." Meredith said wrapping her arms around him

"Thank goodness."

As the kids came up to the porch they saw a black Porsche pull up in the driveway. Meredith and Matt looked at each other curiously. They were both wondering the same thing. Was it them? Then one of the car doors opened and a small bright eyed little girl with long dark red hair came out followed by her parents.

"Bonnie!" Meredith called

Matt smiled and went with Meredith to greet them. He couldn't believe it.

"Where have you been it's like you dropped of the face of the earth or something. It's so good to see you."

"Yeah or something it's good to see you too." Bonnie giggled as Meredith hugged her

"Becca come say hello to Matt." Stefan said

Matt stuck out his hand to shake her little one. Becca smiled at him. She had only heard stories with him and the tall woman. She thought they were amazing heroes.

"Hey there Beca I'm-"

"Matt! I know!" she said all perky

She didn't need the stories to tell her that she knew him. She had her own ways.

"How?" he asked a little confused

"Just...touch." was the only answer she seemed to be able to come up with

He raised his eyebrows trying not to seem alarmed. He wasn't hiding the surprise though that's for sure.

"Did you-?" Meredith started to ask

Did Becca's parents know that she could do this?

"Not till a few years ago when she decided to ask daddy about how he died." Bonnie replied coolly

"Well come in there are a few others you should know and we have a lot to catch up on." Meredith said

Bonnie took Stefan's hand and in the place of his lapiz ring was a wedding band. It worked, they worked, but It took the universe to turn upside down for it to be seen. It took broken hearts, deaths, and life for it to happen. It took three days of hellish bliss to realize where they belonged and where they belonged was at each others side with him being her ignorant dumbass sometimes who once knew immortality and her being his pain in the ass other times who once knew nothing but the dark. It was just humanity and everything in between.

Bonnie looked back as the sun finished setting and only saw its golden reflection on the sky and over the fields. She was so unsure if she had seen anything more beautiful. Then all of the sudden two small children ran past her with Becca following not far behind. They went on playing as the fireflies came out. She just sat down to watch. Stefan and the others came out a few minutes later, the golden sky almost gone. It started to look like the darkening sky was raining stars as the lightning bugs lit up and the little ones just ran around trying to catch them. Bonnie leaned her head on Stefan's shoulder. She sighed contently. He just smiled as he put an arm around her shoulders. She was theirs, they made her, not Elena and him, not Damon and her. Them. She liked the sound of that even when she said it aloud. Who knew it'd be them?

Not always as strong as we seem but we make it through everyday.

Never knowing what could happen but still we jump into that dark abyss.