AN: This is the epilogue! Thank you so much for sticking with me. All of your reviews made my day! My classes are taking over my life, but hopefully another story will be started eventually. Thank you again, and I love you all!

Damon

I sat on our front porch, and watched the boys play. The oldest and youngest were on one team, while the ones in between were on the other. The eldest would pull the six year old on his broad shoulders, and dodge between the other boys, stopping at the opposite hoop, and letting the littlest one throw the ball through the net. He swung the youngest around and let him down, before resuming the game. After another point was scored by the team of three, the littlest looked towards me.

"Dad, we need you! We're gettin' creamed!"

I laughed at him, and jogged across the lawn to join them, swiping the ball, and scoring an easy three pointer. At this point, only our seventeen year old, Grayson, could beat me in basketball, and I was determined to pull rank on the younger ones as long as I could, in love of course.

"Not fair!" The twins threw themselves towards me. At eleven, they were already starting to show signs of an upcoming growth spurt, and I was dreading the day that they were as tall as me.

Cap locked himself around my waist, while Logan sprang up to grab on to my neck. Their weight made me take a step back, and honestly, I struggled to stay upright with the two ninety pound beings on top of me.

I shrugged them off, and they began to lunge for me again. I held up my hands. "Face it, you guys are just jealous that I'm better than you, and that I have a six pack!"

Tommy grabbed Cap in mid-run and gave him a mock punch to the gut.

"Hate to break it to you Dad, but your skills are getting rusty. And your six pack isn't that great…"

Logan stopped and pulled up my shirt. He punched me as hard as he could in the stomach. I feigned pain, and started to howl. "I think one of them fell off!"

"Jamie!" I beckoned to the youngest. "Count these for me."

I lifted up my shirt again as the little boy counted. "One, two, three, four, five, six!"

He turned and announced to the other boys. "Daddy does have a six pack!"

"Well so do I!" Gray showed off his muscles.

Jamie looked up at me, and then down at his six year old stomach. He pulled his shirt up. "Daddy, when do I get one?"

I laughed. "Soon buddy, soon. But you have to work to get big and strong like me!"

Gray and Tommy jumped me at the same time. "No seriously guys, your mom used to call me the Eternal Stud."

Jamie peered up at me. "What's eternal mean?"

I picked him up and tickled his side. "It means forever buddy."

"I think we can prove that we're stronger than Dad…" Cap said. He exchanged a look with his brothers and started counting. Oh no. "One…"

Everyone else joined in with evil grins on their faces. "Two…"

And finally, Jamie led the final rally. He laughed and screamed, "Three!"

They rushed at me, from different sides, and I closed my eyes and cringed, waiting for four bodies to latch on to me. However, they never came. Instead, I only heard the sound of Elena's voice.

"Are you boys playing fair?"

Jamie shrieked with laughter. "Momma, we're going to get him!"

Tommy grabbed Jamie out of my arms, and started running toward the house, screaming something about how the last one to the remote was a rotten egg. The rest of the boys raced after him, laughing and screaming as they went.

Once they were all inside, Elena started to walk towards me. She might have gotten older, but she was still just as beautiful as she was at 24. And she was just as sexy too.

Her hips swayed, and the raw movement of her body called out to me. Honestly, I wanted to grab her and take her right there on the grass, but what would the neighbors think?

She smiled at me. "I heard you bragging about your muscles to the boys."

"Well, they need to know whose boss."

She stood a few feet in front of me, and playfully put her finger to her chin. "I don't know. I might need to see that six pack again, so I can make the final decision."

I laughed and grabbed her, spinning her around. "You've seen enough of this body to last a lifetime, but I don't mind showing you again."

I smirked, and she laughed, and I couldn't help thinking that there was no where I'd rather be. Elena was my life, and she had given me our boys, and I couldn't ask for anything more. I looked into her beautiful eyes, and leaned down to place a soft kiss on her lips. "I love you Mrs. Salvatore."

"I love you too."

I winked at her. "Now enough of the mushy gushy. Bedroom! Now!"

She began to protest as I lifted her over my shoulder. "Damon, the boys!"

"We can be quiet right?"

She giggled against my back, and I continued. "Just kidding, I forgot how much you love screaming my name!"

"Damon!"

I slid her from my shoulder and wrapped her legs around my waist. "I love you!"

She laughed again. "I love you too."

Her brow furrowed for a second. "Okay, fine. You can have ten minutes."

I grinned, she never could resist me. "Oh, baby, you know that I only need three."

God, I love this girl.

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