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*The Acceptance That Only Fairytales Have Perfectly Happy Endings*
Bonnie POV:
To say I was frazzled was an understatement. Over the past week, I have received an acceptance letter to Berkeley College in New York, an offer to study abroad in Rome under fashion design (even though I don't remember applying), and a letter from some family of mine in Edinburgh, Scotland. They want me to live with them for a few years so I can better understand my powers.
Apparently after Grams and the other Druids helped save my life, they notified my family from beyond the grave that I was now super powerful or something like that. Anyways, the problem with going there is that Damon would not be able to come with me. He would probably be staked on the spot, and I kind of want him to stick around for a while.
All three places hold something dear to me, but in the end, I can only choose one.
My parents and Damon have yet to find out about the Druid letter, but my parents will probably never hear about it since they don't believe in that kind of stuff. Today is the day that I tell Damon about it.
Waving good-bye to my parents, I head out the front door and into Damon's Ferrari.
"Hey," I smile giving him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Hello, Beautiful," he smiles.
"So, where to?"
Damon shakes his head, "By now, I thought you would have learned not to ask where we are going. It's a surprise."
"Yes well, now I can just probe your mind for the location," I smile sweetly.
I smash down the barrier he has on his mind and quickly find the location before closing my mind off so he doesn't find out about the letter.
"A picnic in the forest, how cliché," I smile.
Damon growled, "You know, I really want to know how you can do that."
I shrug, "If I knew the answer to that question I still wouldn't tell you because you would just find a way to strengthen your barrier so I would never know what you're thinking."
He narrows his eyes at me, "What about you, Miss 'I've had my rock hard barrier up since our discussion about Rome'. Does it really bother you that much? Would living in Rome be so horrible for you?"
"Damon! All I was asking was if you had something to do with the offer or not!"
"So it is about the offer to study abroad in Rome. If it's so horrible for you to imagine living there, then don't go!"
"It's not about the offer to study in Rome! I would love to study there, Damon. It's something else."
"What is it?" he growled.
"I received a letter from my Druid lineage in Scotland."
Damon gave me the nod to explain what exactly I meant.
"Well, after the incident with Jalousei. Grams notified them of my extra powers and they want me to live with them for the next few years to hone in on my abilities."
"Oh," was all Damon said because he knew exactly what that would mean for us.
"Yeah, that's why I didn't want to tell you about it."
Damon put the car in park because we had arrived at the area of the forest that we were going to eat a picnic, "But it's a great opportunity for you, Little Bird."
I felt the tears begin to build in my eyes as I looked into his eyes, "Ten years is a long time for a human, Damon."
He reached out his hand and cupped my face, "We could make it work."
"Even if I can teleport myself from there to wherever you are for the next ten years, do you really think that after I've learned what all my powers are they will just let me go? I'm rumored to be the strongest since- since Grams. She told me that it was hard for her to leave, and they tried to get her back countless times. If they found out about you…" I couldn't hide the shudder that rippled through my body. "I couldn't live with myself if…"
Damon silenced me softly, "Little Bird, is this what you've been worrying yourself sick about?"
I didn't respond, so Damon lifted me out of my seat and onto his lap, "Cara, everything will be okay."
I buried my face into his shoulder, "No it won't. If I say yes, there goes my dream of becoming a fashion designer. If I say no, I will keep getting these letters until they finally send someone to find me."
"Bonnie, it's your dream to become a fashion designer, so go to school to become a fashion designer. If your powers start to act up, then we can find a solution together. Quit making it sound like you have to go through all of this alone. I'll be right there beside you."
I let his words sink in for a minute, he made perfect sense, I lifted my head off his shoulder and gave him a peck on the lips, "Thanks, Damon."
He smiled as my barriers went down enough for him to penetrate and send me words of love, "Okay, so I might have sent Rome a couple of your clothes designs and about a thousand and one pictures of the outfits you have designed on your own …"
I giggled, "I knew it!"
"So now that you know, can we please get back to the romantic picnic I set up for you?"
"Yep!"
Meredith POV:
Tapping my foot anxiously, I look out my bedroom window for the hundredth time this afternoon, since when am I the one waiting?
My parents were out for the weekend on a road trip for some friend's wedding anniversary.
Checking my phone again, it reveals that there are no new messages. I plop down frustrated on my bed. Sage and I have only been dating for around three weeks now.
When I had agreed to let him try to persuade me into dating him, I had a slight feeling that I would be saying yes no matter what he tried, but I do love making guys go out of their way to impress me. Sage definitely impressed me.
Our first outing that Saturday had me extremely nervous because he did not tell me a single thing we were doing. He arrived outside my window with a white calla lily. It shocked me beyond belief that he knew they were my favorites for a second, but then I remembered Bonnie attempting to be my wingman earlier that day, and I wrote it off as something she told him.
He cooked me an entire French cuisine and that was when I knew we would be dating after the weekend was over. He made me foods that I couldn't pronounce, but they melted perfectly in my mouth. Sage walked me home after it was over and kissed my hand before disappearing into the night. On Sunday, he took me out to a waterfall where we swam and talked for hours. It was hard for me to open up to him at first, but eventually I got used to him being around.
That night, we shared our first kiss.
As we neared my house, Sage stopped. I looked at him questioningly, but he just stepped closer.
"I will wait until tomorrow morning for your decision, but I would like to leave you with something to help you think it over."
"Wha-"
Before I could even get the words out, he held me close and crashed his lips against mine. For a second, I was frozen. Then, my lips began to move with his, and just when I was about to open my mouth to add in a little tongue-
"Good night, Meredith," he smiled releasing me and disappearing into the night.
I was left alone staring off into the darkness with a hand to my lips. No one had ever kissed me like that, and I knew that I never wanted to find out if anyone could.
A pebble thumping softly on my window brought me out of my reverie, and I slowly walked towards the window. Sage waited until I had my window open before smiling, "I apologize for the wait, Belle. There was a last minute thing I had to do."
I shrugged casually like I hadn't been waiting for the past twenty-three minutes and seventeen seconds, "No big deal."
I plopped down from the tree only to feel his arms around my waist he leaned in for a long kiss, "I missed you."
I snorted, "Calm down there, lover boy, we saw each other last weekend."
"Am I not allowed to miss you?"
I turned up my nose and avoided eye contact, "I suppose you're allowed to."
Sage kissed me again, "I know you missed me too, but I'm okay with you acting coy for now."
I rolled my eyes. This guy will be the end of me.
Unknown POV:
Bonnie and Meredith eventually made up with Elena. Not for their sakes, but for Stefan's. Bonnie ended up going to live in Rome with Damon as a fashion designer. She transported every weekend for four years to Scotland before Bonnie mastered her powers. Damon and Bonnie were wed after she graduated from design school and he changed her on her 24th birthday.
Stefan and Elena were married the second she turned 19 and she was changed on her 21st birthday.
Meredith and Sage continued their long term relationship until marriage became a big part of their future. Meredith had to talk her parents into letting her marry a vampire, and after three years of coaxing they warily agreed that only they would know of him.
Meredith and Sage were married when she turned 23 and she was changed on her 26th birthday. Her parents disowned her shortly after that.
From the moment those girls said I do, they knew that life would bring them more struggles than they could ever imagine. Vampires, warlocks, witches, werewolves, fairies, angels… they all seemed to be out to get them.
Bonnie, Meredith, and Elena had to watch everyone in their family die. They had to watch Matt grow old with a woman he met in college. They got to watch him have children and their children have children while they stayed young with the men they loved.
Bonnie eventually had to drop out of the human fashion world and the gang moved into the Dark Dimension for a while, then return so Bonnie could go about designing.
It was hard to give up their human lives, hard to watch their loved ones die, but what made it all worthwhile was knowing that they would forever be with the one's they were meant for.
Somewhere in a castle all alone, a beautiful young girl with shining blonde hair and dark red eyes wept as her only companion, a cat, died in her arms. The cat's body began to fade away, and in its place a portal stood. The girl stopped her crying and began to smile as she leapt through the portal. When she landed she gathered in her surroundings, where was she exactly? A little town called Fells Church.
Wow, this is the last chapter. So much has happened since I first wrote this. I am so happy/thankful that you decided to stick through and patiently wait for me to update and watch this story bloom!
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So until my next story… Good bye!
P.S. If some of you didn't get that last paragraph, it's talking about Jalousei.