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Chapter Thirty

Gemma and Stefan Salvatore stood in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa on their last day in Italy. Sure they took the cliche picture of pretending they were pushing it upright, but now they were about to go up to the top. The newlywed couple had their hands clasped together as they started on the many stairs, they had decided to come last minute the day before, checking out of their hotel, getting a rental car and making the eight hour drive to the attraction. 

"So is it selfish that I just want to stay here forever?" Gemma questioned Stefan once they reached the top.

"Not at all, but I miss our children."

"I do as well, but this is perfect. I can't wait to move here. For you to teach me Italian." Gemma kissed Stefan's cheek and he grabbed her waist pulling her close to his body and looking down at her.

"I love you. Everyday I wake up, I get to see your beautiful face next to me. You've given me so much out of life."

"I love you too, Stefan. You made me fall in love all over again. Now after all the excitement we've had we get to have the simple life here with our two children. We get to settle down and be a family. I'm so grateful that it's with you."

"Signore, si può prendere la nostra foto?" Stefan questioned a male teenager, [Sir, can you take our photo?] 

"Sì" the teenager took Stefan's phone, Stefan wrapped his arm around Gemma's waist and the couple smiled as the teenager took the photo, "grazie" Stefan said when he got the phone back. The couple looked at the photo and then Stefan sent it to Damon.

"Send that to me? I like looking at your handsome face.." Gemma said placing a hand on his face and looking into his eyes.

The couple roamed around the city for awhile until it was dinner, they sat outside at the little cafe and talked about their favorite parts of their honeymoon. After dinner they went back to their hotel and got into their room. Gemma slipped off the heels that she wore and slipped off the dress she was wearing over her head and set it inside her suitcase. Sitting on the bed in her bra and panties she looked over at Stefan to see him in his boxers, he made her stand to her feet before grabbing her waist and pulling her up and spinning her around in a circle, which caused her to giggle. The couple was exhausted, these two weeks were jammed full of activities they did and their flight was really early tomorrow morning, so the couple got under the covers and cuddled into each other. They kissed each others lips and looked at each other.

"I love you, Gem."

"I love you, too, Stefan. So much." they kissed again before Gemma laid her head on Stefan's bare chest. Stefan moved his fingertips along Gemma's lower back and pulled her closer. He kissed her forehead and the two fell asleep. 

"I can't believe we needed to buy another suitcase." Gemma said the next morning, trying to shove the already full suitcase with more items. 

"You did buy a lot of stuff for our friends. You even bought stuff to send Rebekah with to give to Klaus, Hayley, Elijah and Marcel... you went a bit excessive." Gemma sent Stefan a glare, "not that it's a bad thing! You've always been a great gift giver. The best actually. You can always tell it's from the heart. Like my first birthday we celebrated together; you got me a journal with my family crest burned into it. It was the only one I kept when my memories were wiped because of that little note you left inside..do you remember what it was?"

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning. Albert Einstein said that. It just reminded me of you."

"That's not all you put..you put 'You're the best thing to come into my life in awhile. Thanks for being a great friend. Love, Gemma.' When I saw that and then read the first entry about you. I knew it after that, how I felt about you. I was done denying it, you're so special. Damon's right, you're a entity. There is something so special and unique about you, not because of what you are, but because of who you are. You're so kind and selfless, you're amazing and I love you so much." Gemma had tears running down her face, she stood and ran into Stefan's chest, gripping his collared shirt and kissed his lips.

"I love you too, Stefan. So much." they kissed again, "now I need you to zip the suitcase shut while I sit on it. Deal?"

"Yes." he laughed as Gemma sat on top of the suitcase and he zipped it.

"Team work!" Gemma high-fived Stefan, they left their hotel room and drove their rental car to the airport. They went through security and got to their gate. They sat there, Gemma had her legs over Stefan's and they just talked about how excited they were to get home. 

When they landed back in Virginia, they were instantly greeted by luggage claim. Their friends had made a 'Welcome Back!' sign, probably done by Caroline. Their fellow travelers looked at the group like they were crazy.

"MOMMY! DADDY!" their kids ran over to the couple arms out, Gemma dropped to the floor and pulled both of them into her arms. She kissed their foreheads, and refused to let go.

"Mommy, we want to hug daddy too!" Jaxson said with a smile. Enzo was next to come over to the girl, they siblings hugged tightly.

"I missed you, sweetheart. Your kids were perfect of course." he whispered into her hair. They broke apart when they heard the noise of the turn-style about to move. They grabbed all their luggage, "you came back with an extra bag?"

"I got lots of presents..."

"Meaning, anything she saw that you guys would like she bought." Stefan said with a laugh. They got into two cars driving back towards the Mystic Falls. When they got to Gemma and Stefan's house they were surrounded by boxes that they were going to start shipping soon to their house. They managed to hire someone to get their house ready to be livable by the time they got there with their kids. They all gathered in the living room and Gemma brought the suitcase into the living room. She began to hand out the many things she bought for people and watched them open them with a gleam in their eyes. 

The week went by quickly and they were back at the airport with their children, getting ready to board their flight back to Italy. They had a tearful goodbye with all their friends, but everyone agreed that this would be for the best, as to protect the children. Because it now looked like they were four, Gemma and Stefan long ago agreed that it be best until they stop growing they were going to homeschool the twins. When they got onto the plane they were in a row of four seats, they helped buckle their children in and waited for the plane to take off.

"They will come visit, right?" Jordyn asked looking up at Gemma.

"Of course they will, sweetheart. Just because we are moving doesn't mean they're going to forget about us."

"Good, because I'll miss them."

"I will too, sweetie."

"I miss Jo." Jaxson said, "I liked her. She made Ric happy."

"I know, we miss her too. She was so nice."

"And Uncle Tyler, he was so sad that he had to trigger it again."

"He will get through it, he has Aunt Caroline to help." Stefan told them.

"Like when mommy helped the first time?"

"Yes, just like that. He is not alone." the plane took off and the the flight was a lot more difficult with two four year olds and trying to entertain them for twelve hours. They got lucky there was a section of kids movies to choose from. 

When they landed they were all exhausted, from not being able to sleep on the flight. The twins were both asleep by the time they got to the house. Stefan and Gemma each had one and put them into bed. Then they went to bed themselves. 

A/N: I WILL POSTING THE EPILOGUE TODAY AS WELL. SO YES. THOUGH ALLURE IS ENDING AND I'M NOT PLANNING ON WRITING A THIRD BOOK, I WILL BE CONTINUING GEMMA'S STORY WITH AN AU WITH THE AVENGERS. SO YEAH. I HOPE TO HAVE THE FIRST CHAPTER POSTED BY TONIGHT.

I WILL ALSO BE UPDATING I KNOW PLACES EITHER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW. XOXO. COMMENT//FAVE//FOLLOW ME//HAPPY SUNDAY!