So here it is the final ever update of Living A Lie. I can't believe I'm actually posting the epilogue to this story and I am so grateful to all of you that have read, favourited, added this story to your alerts and reviewed. You have no idea how much you guys make me smile and how much I appreciate your dedication even when I've been annoying with the lack of updates.

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What I love most about this story is that if you read through the chapters you will see how I improved as well and I'm glad that I am improving, making myself better with each story that I write because that is what I want.

Anyway, I will continue this after you read the chapter and if you are unhappy with the ending I will probably change it because I am not entirely sure about it myself.

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"Damon…" I moaned as he showered my neck with kisses, laughter erupting from my mouth. "Damon, baby…we have to get ready."

He groaned against my skin and used the hand he had on my stomach to keep me pressed against the bed. We had found ourselves in compromising positions for weeks now whether that was because we were no longer a dirty little secret or just that we couldn't keep our hands off each other, I wasn't sure. I suspected it was probably both. Even Jeremy had somehow had the misfortune to walk in on us on a few occasions much to Damon's amusement.

"Can't we just stay here where I can have you all to myself?" Damon whispered, his powerful lips now descending on mine, forcing me to kiss him back because I was completely powerless against him. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer to me, my hands knotting in his hair.

No. Elena. Stop. I had to stop. I had to get ready. I had to get ready for the double date that Caroline had organised in attempt for all the couples to be together and so she could see, most probably, that Damon was treating me right and that I didn't have any bite marks on my body. Tonight would no doubt be extremely awkward. It would be me, Damon, Stefan, Katherine, Tyler, Caroline, Matt and Bonnie and somehow we were all linked romantically even if it had been a dare or stupid drunken thing. We all had a history and tonight we would be together, all of us. Damon's idea of staying in bed all night was actually starting to sound more appealing but then Caroline would only keep calling or even show up at the door to demand we go the Grill. There was no other choice.

"Damon, we have to go." I mumbled in between kisses, turning my head and my hands sliding down to his chest to try and throw him off me but of course he was too strong. "Damon, come on, you wanted this not so long ago. Remember? You wanted to go on a double date with Caroline and Tyler and show me off to the world?"

Damon groaned and rolled off me, his black shirt creased and his hair all ruffled whilst his blue eyes roamed the ceiling in deep thought. His hand rested on his forehead as though he was from another time and had just received devastating news. I stifled a giggle, my teeth capturing my lip which only caused Damon's blue eyes to flicker over at me and close abruptly.

"Elena, honey, if you want to have any chance of leaving this household then I just suggest you stop biting your lip because otherwise I will tie you down on this bed and never let you leave." His voice was husky, pained even.

"Sorry, baby." I smiled, kissing him softly on the cheek before jumping off the bed and heading off towards the shower. "But I promise you if you are on best behaviour tonight you can keep me in this bed as long as you want."

Katherine POV

I glanced in the mirror at my reflection and no longer saw the girl with the evil twinkle in her eye, the girl that had fought her humanity and heart on so many occasions that I no longer remembered half of them, the girl that had been through so much even as a human. No, the sad look hidden behind my eyes were gone and were replaced with a twinkling glow not of mischief but of love instead. Everything seemed happier but there was still the same look of a survivor written on my face because that was one thing that I would never lose. I was Katerina Petrova, a survivor.

"Hey, you okay?" Stefan asked, placing his head on my shoulder and looking into the mirror but his eyes weren't glancing at his own reflection but glancing at me instead. "You know, we don't have to go tonight if you don't want to. I can understand if you want to stay in."

"No." I shook my head. "I want to be with you, Stefan. I don't want to hide in this house from everyone anymore plus these people are your friends so I should attempt to get to know them."

Stefan smiled, kissing my cheek politely and wrapping his arms around my body. I closed my eyes and welcomed the familiar and comforting feel of his arms around me. Tonight would be fine, Stefan would be there and he wouldn't let anyone hurt me. I let out a small breath that I had been holding but Stefan realised and squeezed me tighter in his arms, assuring me that tonight would be okay. He would be there for me and that was all that mattered. Tonight was about letting go of being the secret that we had been, letting go of the affair, letting go of the past and looking forward to the future.

Elena POV

I walked into the Mystic Grill, the jukebox playing in the corner and the stale smell of alcohol filling my nostrils as I entered. It was a weird feeling being back at the Grill considering the last time I had been here I had left Damon back at the Salvatore Boarding House to come here and go on a double date with Stefan and the rest of my friends. I smiled, it was a good weird though because I didn't feel guilty about being here with the wrong person anymore. I was here with Damon and that was all that mattered. I was with the person that I loved. I was with the right person now.

"You sure about this?" Damon asked, tugging on my hand a little.

Surveying the room, my eyes landed on Caroline, Tyler, Matt and Bonnie who were all drinking soda and laughing about something uncontrollably, something that would only be just a memory tomorrow. My smile continued to grow as I realised tonight I could join them again, I could take part in the conversations again without my mind drifting off to Damon because he would be here with this. I could be like my friends again. I could be free with no guilt or extra weight on my shoulders.

"I've never been so sure about anything." I leaned up to softly peck his lips before there was a small cough from behind us.

Damon and I turned our heads sharply to see Stefan and Katherine stood hand in hand in the doorway, trying to get past us. Stefan was smiling awkwardly between the two of us whilst Katherine looked like she was going to run to the bathroom to vomit at any moment's notice. I tilted my head to her and tried to give her an encouraging smile because tonight there would be no sarcastic comments, there would be no trying to get at each other or trying to hurt each other. No, tonight would be civilised and tonight all of us were going to have to focus on friendship because it was the only way we would all make it through the night. Tonight would be about the future, the guilty and lying free future.

"Shall we?" Stefan asked, raising his eyebrows and gesturing with his spare hand towards the table.

"We shall."

And we all took our seats, all of us glad that we were no longer bound by our lives and secrets. All of us only looking towards the future and thinking of those we were going to spend it with. My future would contain Damon and anything else I wanted whilst Stefan's would consist of having eternity with his first and only love; Katherine Pierce. Damon was right in the car back from Georgia, we were going to be okay.

Okay so the ending is short but it's an epilogue kind of thing. Anyway, I hope you liked it because I actually suck at endings and it is definitely something I need to improve on. Ah, so what did you guys think? Please be nice! Please review and thank you so much for reading this story!

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