Yey ") So short story as I had mentioned... here is the last mini chapter to my mini story. It's the epilogue... I hope that this is a good way to end the story and that you guys don't feel like I ruined it. I truly loved it and I hope you have too.

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Chapter 7- Epilogue

Elena had come to discover that Damon had purchased the house shortly after their trip to Atlanta as a memento of the day that they took that road trip together. To her surprise, now that they had christened it properly… he had decided to sign the title over to her as a gift and for protection, of course.

When she'd explored the house thoroughly… she discovered it had four rooms, three and a half baths, a Jacuzzi- of course, full stocked kitchen, living room and a small study all for just for the two of them. It was decorated in his unique taste but as time passed, she had made different arrangements here and there to change some things now that it was theirs.

Damon and Elena had disappeared from the world for a couple of days after what was now the memory of that wonderful day… and when they got back, everyone knew what had happened between them. There was no denying it, not that she'd wanted to.

Who ended up taking it the hardest, obviously, had been Stefan…

Lucky for her, he hadn't been too hard on her moving past it focusing on the issue at hand. Rose had apologized for the situation that Elena had found them in, and after everything that had happened… she wished, if nothing else, to gain her honest friendship.

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Years later…

Damon had promised showing her the world and showed her the world he did… he'd taken her to every single one of his favorite spots until they had ended up here. In the most romantic place in the world and second home of her love…

Her thoughts were quickly interrupted when Damon crawled into bed nuzzling her neck… reveling in her captivating scent. His rock hard erection beginning to seek the heart of her burning passion… Growling pleasurably into her mouth at finding her slick and ready as he began to stretch her feminine folds… the penetration making her cling to him tight from the delightful intrusion…

"God, Damon…" she sighed eagerly.

Their satisfied groans filled the air as he nibbled up and down her neck… capturing her whimpering lips as he began to rock himself back… and… forth… in hard confident strokes. Elena arched against his toned chest… loving how her breasts perked from her grinding against his body. She scraped lightly with her nails at his back feeling that delicious tingling anticipation build in the center of her body beginning to spread through every nerve end.

Feeling his member jerk from the growing expectation as he pounded into her over and over again… he felt his face shift and his jaw tingle right at the perfect moment where she offered her neck…

"Elena…" he growled in pleasure right before… his canines broke through her skin, not causing a sting of pain, just the utter pleasure of making her explode from the pit of her stomach to the tip of her toes at the intimacy that their lovemaking with the sharing of that life essence gave.

Reaching for the knife that they always had nearby… Damon cut the side of his neck as Elena took his blood willingly and voraciously. The feel of her small lips closing over his wound as she sucked with a frenzy while using her tongue to caress it… never failed to drive him wild which made him pull his member almost all the way out to force himself deeper into her… Elena raising her hips to meet his powerful thrust… erupting like a hot lava volcano into the crux of her lustful soul.

Beads of sweat covered the hair lines of their faces, but only satisfied smiles were plastered there as they attempted to settle their breathing. She knew she loved him even more every day and didn't even know how that was even possible.

"I love you…" he whispered against her neck as he saw the punctures close before his eyes.

Elena pulled his face up to look at her as she genuinely responded, "and I love you…" she said caressing his face then placing a chaste kiss on his lips. They laid there… Damon still embedded in her just enjoying that there was nothing between them except the nakedness of their flesh, their souls, and their hearts…

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A couple of hours later…

Damon enwrapped Elena in his arms as they stood at the balcony of the two story Salvatore Villa in Italy…

It was a beautiful evening view over the greenest of landscapes where the sun seemed to meet the land and the bright ball of fire was slowly setting. It lighted the sky in orange and pink streaks as it neared the day's end allowing themselves to be surrounded by the comfortable darkness. The only sounds heard… her slow breathing and his soft chuckles as he placed kisses on that sensitive spot behind her ear causing her to shudder… she could never stop the Goosebumps that overtook her body whenever he caressed or touched her skin which was something she'd learned to love so much…

As Elena had just turned twenty-two, two years younger than Damon, Elena reveled in the events that had led up to her standing here with the man she loved…

Klaus had come into Mystic Falls as predicted by Elijah and against Damon's wishes… Elena had decided to make a deal with him stating she would drink the magical elixir. Lucky for both of them… they'd taken on Klaus and had beaten him while the magical elixir had actually saved her life.

Those few days before the battle had been the worst for Damon because he knew that if he lost her… he would not continue living his undead life. He'd found his soul mate and he was sure that he'd follow her to the afterlife if that's where she went. Fortunately that hadn't happened and everyone had come out sort of alive.

Soon after, they had all made choices to follow the paths of their lives…

Alaric and Jenna wed regardless of her new found undead life as she woke up a vampire that dreadful night. Jeremy and Bonnie had decided to move in together going off to college to study their dream jobs. Caroline and Tyler choose to travel for some time while they determined where their relationship went. To which not long after their departure… they got engaged.

To everyone's surprise, after the Klaus issue… Stefan and Rose had disappeared without so much as a good bye to anyone when finally one day… they both came back to town announcing that they'd married.

Matt had come to terms with all the new found information and though he understood that there was no way any of them could change what happened… he'd distanced himself from the group meeting a young woman by the name of Meredith, which he wed and had been expecting a set of twins last they heard.

Things had sure gone in the least expected way possible… well at least in regards to her friend's lives. Elena knew that her love for Damon would have fought its way out for him eventually… making her finally give in to the only man she truly loved…

Bringing her out of her thoughts… Damon whispered against her skin as he hugged her tightly to his body from behind… "What are you thinking about…?"

She smiled, "You…"

"That's a given but… OH!" he whined when she elbowed him.

Elena turned around to face him, cupping his face in her hands as she said… "God you cocky, arrogant, vampire… you drive me nuts sometimes, you know that…?"

Damon grinned that trademark smirk of his, "I do… but it's why you love me and you know it…" he returned.

"That I do…" her gaze turned soft and loving then, as she slowly closed the distance between them taking his lips with hers in a passionate kiss.

All joking aside, when she pulled back, his strong blue fiery gaze bore into hers as he hugged her more comfortably… "Are you happy…?" he questioned in a seriousness that she hadn't seen in a long time.

Elena's brows furrowed though she smiled sincerely… "What do you think…?" she teased but noticed he waited for an honest answer… "Damon…" she breathed, "you have made me happier than I ever thought a person was capable of being…" she told him frankly. Where was this coming from? She wondered.

Damon smiled, "Good…" and with that he took a step back… putting one knee to the ground making her gasp, while he actually nervously, of all things not Damon, began, "Elena… you have made my cursed undead life worth living… and for that I thank you dearly" he paused making sure his eyes locked with hers, "I see no future without you, so… with that in mind," he grinned lightly, his hand actually trembling as he asked, "Will you make me the happiest love struck fool in the world by honoring me with being my wife…?"

By now Elena was practically ready to burst into tears while nodding her head up and down rapidly during his little speech… "Yes…" she was able to get out, "yes, of course yes…" To her surprise he jumped up to kiss her roughly from the joy he felt as he reached inside his jacket pocket for a princess cut ring… It was amazingly detailed in a beautiful Salvatore Crest that was on top of a the most gorgeous blue diamond she'd ever seen… In fact, the color reminded her of his eyes…

He slipped the ring on her finger as she began to admire the uniqueness of it that was so much like Damon. They'd agreed she'd turn on her twenty-second birthday because he wanted to remain 'older and wiser' he'd joked. But marriage… had been something that he'd never mention interest in… she was glad she'd been wrong.

"Mrs. Elena Salvatore…" she voiced testing her future name out.

As he kissed her on the lips again caressing the hair from her face he said, "I love the sound of that…" he smirked.

"Me too…" she beamed kissing him again.

"You'll be all mine now…" Damon teased and yet his voice was laced with seriousness…

Elena was already body, mind, and soul his, but she'd be Damon's completely now and that thought excited her and would hopefully comfort him.

With that in mind, she answered without doubt… "Always and Forever…"

~The End~