The mass bar swearing-in ceremony was over and Bonnie immediately went in search for her family, not being able to wipe the excited smile from her beautiful face.

As she made her way through the congested crowds of newbie lawyers equally excited like herself to be able to now practice law in the state of California, she thought about everything that it had taken to get to this point and in the end how all of that hard work had paid off.

Because she did it got-dammit! Bonnie felt like yelling woo-hoo at the top of her lungs.

And who said that a woman couldn't have it all?

"Mommy!"

Knowing that little voice belonged to her kid, Bonnie's head snapped in the direction it came from and sure enough there was her baby dashing towards her, not caring one lick about all the people standing around.

Of course Damon wasn't far behind, but his hands were full carrying their two year old twins in his arms.

Ben and Abby were their names, and they were named after their two deceased grand-parents Benito Salvatore and Abigail Bennett.

The twins had been a complete surprise just like their big sister eight years ago.

What was that saying about God laughing while you're too busy making plans? Well Bonnie discovered that she was pregnant the first semester into her first year of law school.

And for a while everything was up in the air.

Of course she was happy about the pregnancy. Damon was ecstatic. But the timing was so bad. Terrible.

For a while there, Bonnie was seriously considering quitting law school because all of a sudden it just felt too overwhelming. She didn't know how she was going to do it. Law school was already kicking her ass.

Like she knew that it would be hard, but not that fucking hard.

Law school was a beast like no other Bonnie had known and on more than one occasion she felt like throwing in the towel and that was before finding out she was pregnant!

But during those low moments it was always Damon who talked her through it and kept her eyes on the prize.

He was that rock that she leaned against when things got overbearing and she felt like she couldn't take it anymore. He just refused to let her give up because he knew how much Bonnie wanted to make a difference in the world because too many injustices were occurring too often, especially in the black community.

Things needed to change and by becoming a civil rights attorney Bonnie would be able to fight for people who couldn't fight for themselves in the justice system.

So when she found out that she was pregnant, Bonnie thought about how hard it was for her during her senior year of high school when she was pregnant with Rory and knew that it would be ten times harder trying to get through law school.

It felt like too much of a daunting task to undertake and Bonnie wasn't ready to tackle something like that again.

But again, Damon Salvatore stepped up to the plate. He was Bonnie's rock and he reminded her of how strong she was and how she could do anything that she set her mind to, which was so true.

So that night, the two of them sat in bed and planned things out for the next year.

They decided that the only way to make things work was to take it one year at a time.

And they succeeded.

Damon and Bonnie discovered that they made a really great team and when they worked together, shit got done and a lot was accomplished.

And when they found out they were having twins, the plan was re-tweaked and they kept it moving.

Now that wasn't to say that things were easy-peasy during this time because it wasn't, far from it in fact.

Most of the time it was a real struggle, but having a game plan set in place helped tremendously.

Of course their family helped out a lot too, especially during those times when Damon and Bonnie needed to get away and have some alone time to just be a couple and have things be about them for a little while.

Unlike some married couples, having children didn't suck all of the passion out of their relationship.

The two were still very much hot for each other.

It was just now they had to wait until the kids were asleep before they got busy on the living room floor.

Rory flew into her mother's arms. "Mommy, Benny peed all over daddy's shirt!"

Bonnie kissed her daughter's cheek before her eyes found Damon and she almost laughed at the sour expression on his face.

"You see what your son did to me?" He said, bending forward to kiss her mouth.

She laughed. "Don't complain, when you get it in the eye then we can talk."

The toddler in question reached for his mommy.

Bonnie put Rory down and took the little boy from Damon and he immediately laid his head on Bonnie's shoulder, putting his thumb into his mouth.

Even though Ben and Abby were twins, the two toddlers looked nothing like.

Genetics truly were amazing because like Rory, Ben took after Damon. He had his daddy's eyes and his nose and mouth, but unlike Rory who looked bi-racial, Ben could pass for white.

Bonnie rubbed his little back. "He's ready for a nap." She said, kissing the baby's soft cheek.

And then Abby held out her little chubby arms for Bonnie.

"Noo, you want to leave me too?" Damon pouted.

Abby looked at her daddy and then dropped her little arms, resting her head in the crook of Damon's neck. She was sleepy too.

Now Abigail was Bonnie's little mini-me. That child was a Bennett. She took after her mother with Bonnie's green eyes, her cupid's bow shaped mouth, and Bonnie's caramel complexion.

Bonnie moved to Damon's side, reaching up to caress her daughter's sweet little face. Abby gave her a soft little smile before putting her thumb into her mouth and closing her eyes.

"We need to get home, my babies are tired." She said.

The ceremony was just a formality. They had already celebrated when Bonnie first found out that she passed the bar exam.

"No mommy, we can't go home because grand-daddy..."

Damon quickly placed his hand over Rory's mouth to shut her up before she ruined the surprise.

"Damon!" Bonnie laughed. "Don't do that, let her talk!"

Damon removed his hand from the child's mouth.

"Now what were you going to say baby?" Bonnie asked the little girl.

Rory looked up at her daddy who was staring down at her meaningfully and she realized what she had almost done.

She swallowed hard, a habit she'd gotten from Bonnie. Turning those startling blue eyes on her mother, she lied effortlessly.

"I was just going to say that I left my iPad at grand-dad's house so we need to stop by there first before we go home."

Damon smiled. Rory was definitely a fucking Salvatore. The kid recovered quickly. She had skills. Though he would have to watch out for that when she got older.

"Okay sweetie, we can do that." Bonnie said, still clueless.

Bonnie and her dad had patch things up almost five years ago and he was now apart of her kid's everyday lives just like Damon's family.

When Bonnie turned her back to go, Damon leaned his hand down for Rory to give him five. "Go job, kid."

Rory slapped his hand and then punched him in the gut.

Yep, she was definitely a Salvatore.

"Stop." Bonnie chuckled, grabbing Damon's wayward hand and stopping him from moving it any further up her leg as they drove in the car to her father's house.

The kids were safely buckled up in the back unaware of what was taking place up front with their parents.

"Fine." Damon said, putting his hand back on the wheel. "But tonight..." He trailed off, licking his lips sexily, his blue eyes smoldering.

Bonnie's face heated up in a blush.

Gawd, even after all these years together he still had that affect on her.

"Yeah, I know."

"Be prepared. That's all I'm saying."

Bonnie's stomach fluttered in anticipation for the night to come. She crossed her legs.

They arrived at Jackson Bennett's house five minutes later. Bonnie looked at Damon curiously when he cut the engine to the car.

"We're all getting out?" She asked, just assuming that Rory would just run into the house to get her iPad.

Damon shrugged. "We might as well. Your dad probably wants to hear about the ceremony."

Bonnie frowned slightly. Again the ceremony was just a formality. The entire family had already celebrated her passing the bar weeks ago.

But she undid her seat-belt anyway, opening the car door and getting out.

"SURPRISE!"

Everyone screamed inside of the house when Bonnie walked through the front door of her childhood home.

She staggered back, grabbing hold of her chest, her green eyes wide with fright before bursting into happy tears as she saw all the people she loved, family and friends gathered under one roof to share in this moment with her.

Her father was the first one to hug her. "Congratulations baby, I'm so proud of you."

Bonnie hugged him back, wrapping her arms around his now slightly pudgy waist as she cried in his arms.

When he let her go, Felix was the next one to get a hug. "I can't believe you actually did it, short stuff. You're a fucking lawyer!"

Jackson Bennett frowned at the use of profanity in his house. He still wasn't use to Felix after all these years. He cleared his throat and Felix froze.

"I mean you're a lawyer now, short stuff...congratulations!" He restated.

Bonnie chuckled shaking her head.

Despite his tiny misstep just now, Felix Salvatore had come a long fucking way over the years and most of it was due to Bonnie's influence.

He went to college for a spell of time. He didn't graduate, but at least he could say that he had been, so now Damon and Adriano couldn't throw that shit up in his face anymore.

But during his short stint in college, Felix discovered he had a talent for writing.

So after quitting school, he got into writing fan-fiction and it became his new passion.

He wrote day and night, absolutely loving the instant gratification he got from receiving reviews from people who loved his work.

Within a year he had ten completed stories on the popular website and they all were pretty lengthy. But Felix could afford to devote that much time to his writing because he was rich and didn't need to work for a living.

And one day out of the blue he got a private message from a reader claiming to be a publisher and was interested in turning a few of his stories into actual novels.

Of course Felix being Felix thought it was someone just fucking with him, so he didn't respond and deleted the email.

But the following week, the guy emailed him his credentials. So Felix googled the guy and sure enough the fucker was legit!

Eighteen months later, Felix's first novel was published.

And two years later his second novel made it onto the New York Times bestsellers list.

"Alright Salvatore, move it!"

Felix rolled his eyes, but he let Bonnie go so that Caroline could get her hug.

The two women squealed before throwing their arms around each other.

"You did it Bonnie...I'm so happy for you!" The blonde cried.

Felix wasn't the only one who'd done a complete 180 with his life.

Caroline was a successful sports reporter for the local news and she was engaged to be married to an upcoming professional baseball player who making a name for himself in the major leagues.

Tyler and Jeremy got their hugs in next.

Life sure was unpredictable.

Tyler was a luxury car salesman and Jeremy was a high school teacher/football coach. Their career paths were a far cry from the rock star and movie actor that the two wanted to be growing up.

Damon had rolled his eyes when Jeremy hugged Bonnie, but at least he didn't say anything, which was so much progress.

Over the years Damon had learned to control himself and his sometimes crazy impulses, especially where Bonnie was concerned, but that didn't stop his teeth from grinding together when Dean wrapped his wife into a big bear hug.

Old habits died hard, but at least Damon didn't punch his lights out because Dean had moved on, eventually.

He now had a wife and kid and his little auto shop was not so little anymore, employing five auto-mechanics.

Dean Winchester's hands only got dirty when he felt like working on a car. It was great being the boss.

After all the hugs and well wishes to Bonnie, the surprise party got underway and people laughed, talked and mingled while they ate and drank to their hearts content.

Her father had really gone all out for this party.

Bonnie watched as her dad and Antonia's husband Daniel each held a twin on their laps talking at the kitchen table while Antonia and Rory were busy fixing the two men something to eat.

The only two people not present at the party were Adriano and Mason.

Mason because he now lived in New York, having gotten another job as a bank executive thanks to Damon's connections. He and Katherine had broken up ages ago. Mason couldn't take her craziness anymore. Damn the hot sex. His peace of mind was much more important.

And as for Adriano, he was in Greece and couldn't make it for obvious reasons.

Things were different on that front as well.

Everything began to change when Rory was four years old and out of the blue asked Damon what he did for a living and when he couldn't answer his daughter honestly, it weighed heavily upon his heart for a long time, until eventually Damon ended up walking away from the family business.

For a while, he and Adriano didn't speak because Adriano felt like Damon was turning his back on the family, which wasn't the case.

Damon just wanted out of the mob.

He wanted to go straight. He was tired of living a double life and wanted to be someone his kids were proud to have as their father.

The family was torn down the middle for a long time, with some being on Adriano's side and some on Damon's.

But it wasn't until a year later when Antonia was diagnosed with breast cancer that things fell into perspective and it forced the two brothers to come together as they helped their mother battle for her life.

To this day, Antonia Salvatore would gladly go through that horrific ordeal again if it meant keeping her family together.

And when his mother was cancer free, Damon did what he always wanted to do; he opened up his own restaurant.

It was called Antonia's and it was completely legit.

Rory Salvatore's father was a chef.

"Are my three babies asleep?" Bonnie asked Damon when he came into the bedroom.

It was close to midnight. They had been home for over an hour. The party had lasted a long time, practically the whole day.

Bonnie had just gotten out of the shower and was sitting on the side of the bed, rubbing lotion on her legs.

Even after pushing out three babies, she was still so fucking hot!

But it hadn't been easy. Bonnie had worked super hard to get her body back into shape after having the twins, even going so far as to hire a professional trainer when she couldn't get rid of those stubborn last ten pounds that just refused to go away.

And at thirty-three Damon Salvatore was no slouch either.

He still had that amazing twelve pack going on underneath his shirt and those killer arms that made every woman who saw him drool and look at Bonnie with envy.

Yeah, the motherfucker was still as pretty as ever.

"Knocked out." He answered. "So are you ready for me, college girl?" He asked, taking off his shirt and revealing said twelve pack as he walked towards the bed.

Bonnie stood up, shaking her head. "No my love, I think the question is...are you ready for me?" And in one fluid motion she slipped the nightgown from her shoulders.

Damon swallowed hard.

"Because I plan on wearing you out."

AN: Well folks, we can officially mark this story as complete. YAY!

There are four versions of this epilogue. And when I say that this bitch was a struggle to write, I'm not exaggerating. So if you don't like how I FINALLY wrapped things up please don't be too harsh with your reviews because I really tried hard.

Okay guys, one down and four to go. Pray for my muse!