MY STORY Epilogue

EPILOGUE

I plopped onto the couch, popcorn in hand, and grinned up at Erik, who almost plopped down on top of me. He grinned and pressed play on the remote, starting the movie.

It was Superman. He’d been shocked, and ashamed, that I hadn’t seen it, so he’d insisted on me watching it with him tonight.

But all I could look at was him. He watched the movie, and I watched his face, his expressions. I stuffed a bit of popcorn in my mouth and smiled.

He must’ve felt me looking at him, because he turned, and looked at me. He smiled.

"Why aren’t you watching the movie?" he asked, leaning close to me.

"I’m not feeling it," I said, and he hugged me.

"I love you, you know," he whispered. He sounded almost scared.

"I love you, too." I said, and a weight was lifted. He brought his head up, looking into my eyes, to see if I was being sincere. "I love you, too," I repeated, and grinned.

He kissed me. Not one of those passionate ones he’d given me all the time…just a small peck on the lips.

I smiled, and kissed the hollow at the base of his neck.

We hugged, and I fell asleep right there. Right there in his arms.

And it was perfect.

I woke up the next morning, in Erik’s bed, harbored in his arms. I smiled at his sleeping face.

He was so cute when he was asleep, so peaceful. But, we were peaceful now that Felix was gone. That name held no pain for me any longer. I’d given him his punishment.

I kissed him on his nose, and he stirred. He opened his eyes sleepily, and smiled at me. I grinned, and hopped out of bed, to get a soda.

"Isn’t it a little early for that?" He asked, sitting up in the bed, hair tousled, making him look adorable.

"You know it." I said, hopping back on the bed, with the soda in my hand. "But I’m feeling randomly spontaneous today." I grinned.

"Really?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yup." I said, and grinned.

There was a knock at the door, and I looked at Erik, who shrugged. Then, I yelled, "Who is it!?!"

Whoever it was took that as an invitation and opened the door. I looked at it expectantly.

It swung open, and in came Kris, still in her pajamas, with a tub of ice cream. "Hiya, ya’ll." She said.

"KRIS!" I exclaimed, and rammed her like a battering ram. I wasn’t expecting her to be unable to hold the force of my weight, so we both went toppling down.

I heard Erik laughing, and I started laughing with him. Kris looked up at me, startled, like she was trying to figure out what was going on. I giggled at her expression, and grabbed her ice cream, sticking the spoon in and sticking it in my mouth, grinning.

"What’s gotten into you?" I asked, wondering why she wasn’t more awake. She was normally a morning person.

"Sorry, I was up late. And I was wondering exactly the same thing about the both of you," she said, looking at both of us. Then, her expression changed, as it dawned on her. "Oh my God. Finally!" she yelled, and started laughing.

She seemed to have woken up, and she leapt up, grabbing the ice cream out of my hand, and ran off.

"What was she off to do?" I said, still not getting what she’d discovered.

Erik grinned, and I jumped up on the bed, almost hitting him.

"She knows we finally discovered that we love each other."

I smiled, and kissed him.

"You know what I think we should do?" he said on my lips.

"What?" I whispered back.

"Go to the beach."

I grinned, and started nodding like crazy.

I leapt up then, going into the restroom, and changing into a pair of black short shorts, and a white tank. Erik was sitting on the bed by the time I was finished, sitting into something similar to what I was wearing.

We left the room, people bustling to class looking at us strangely, and grinned at one another. The teachers looked at us, but let us leave.

We got into a car, similar to the one that picked us up when we’d been at the beach the last time.

By the time we got there, the sun was high in the sky, ocean blue. I jumped out of the car, making a mad dash to the cool water, trying to keep my bare feet from burning. I ran into the ocean, water lapping at my thighs, Erik coming close behind me. He hugged me, and I dunked low, pulling us both under the water.

We came up laughing, and I kissed Erik. We both walked to the dry sand, laying down to dry. I leaned over Erik, smiling, and kissed him. He grinned, and pulled me on top of him, making the kiss deeper, demanding more from my tongue with his. I gave it, and we broke away, breathless and grinning.

"I guess we finally got that kiss at the beach." I said, and Erik grinned. A look flashed over his face, and I looked at him closely. He looked nervous.

"What’s wrong?" I asked, and he gulped.

When he spoke, his voice was almost scratchy. "I was wondering if you wanted to spend the rest of your life with me," he said, and I pounced on him.

"Of course!" I squealed, and kissed his nose. He grinned, and reached into his pocket.

He held a small ring in his hand. "This was my mother’s." he said, handling the ring gingerly.

He put it on my finger, and I looked at it, heart swelling.

His proposal was completely unconventional and spontaneous, and that was the way I liked it.

If ya'll wouldn't mind, read what I have posted so far of Trapped in Venice. It's what I'm really working on right now. I won't be posting as often, but I'm trying to make things more descriptive, and spend more time on it.

Tell me what you think. :)