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The airplane landed and to the Vega's surprise, it was also raining in New York. Guess the gloominess wasn't left behind in California. The Rolls Royce took them back to their townhouse and suddenly it didn't feel like coming home at all. Andre and Robbie stayed back to help with the luggage while Tori and Callie entered the house.
"Hello? We're home." Tori called out and upon receiving no answer, told Avia to wait while she went to her sisters study. She saw her on her corner desk, hidden behind a magazine, as she always was.
"Hey stranger," she said and watched the magazine go down but she didn't see Trina Vega with her winning smile.
"Hey Mom, did you know that Concorde gets you here in half the time?" Lola West asked.
"Yes...I've...I've heard that." Tori stammered, still in shock.
Callie went into the study after convincing herself that she was delusional and homesick to have heard her twin sister's voice in place of her aunts.
"What're you doing here?" she asked Lola excitedly.
Lola smiled, fighting the strong urge to run and hug her sister. "It took us around ten minutes after you guys left for us to realize that we don't want to lose you again." Lola explained standing up.
"We?" Tori was bewildered and she took a step toward her daughter whose gaze was somewhere else.
"We." Jade agreed stepping into the study and Tori gasped sharply.
"I made a mistake of not coming after you once, Tor, I'm not gonna do that again - no matter how brave you are," she said seriously.
Tori felt her knees wobble as tears gathered in her eyes as she tried to maintain some semblance of sense into her head that was now being overridden by her heart.
"And I suppose you just expect me to go weak at the knees and fall into your arms and cry hysterically and say that we'll just figure this whole thing out - a bi-continental relationship with... our daughters being here and... and there and you and I... just picking up where we left off and growing old together and... and... c'mon Jade, what do you expect?" she looked up and was face to face with Jade. For every phrase she said, for she was stammering, she took a step closer to her flustered state as her smile grew with each word she uttered.
"...to live happily ever after?" Tori blurted and Jade was now wiping away her tears with her thumbs as she cupped her face and looked into her eyes.
"Yes... to all the above; except you don't have to cry hysterically," she quipped with a mischievous grin.
"Oh yes I do..." Tori managed to end her sentence accompanied by a nod before Jade's lips were upon her and she kissed her back with all the longing she garnered through the years. Jade held her closer and deepened the kiss as Lola and Callie watched.
"We actually did it!" Lola said and slid down the corner feeling giddy while Callie sighed happily and fell back into a green wing-backed chair. She snuck into the hall a few minutes later and motioned for Lola to follow.
Lola tore her gaze away from her mothers and also snuck into the hall, where her sister was practically jumping for joy and doing a happy dance.
"We did it! We did it!" Lola exclaimed, jumping up and down excitedly with her sister. She didn't actually think it would work, even though it was her plan in the beginning.
"It's unbelievable." Callie beamed, pulling her sister in for an excited and congratulatory hug.
"OhmyGod, you guys are gonna love living in California.." Lola exclaimed when she stopped jumping and pulled away from her sister.
Callie's face fell. "What do you mean.. California? You two are going to love living in New York." She argued, standing her ground.
"New York?!" Lola's jaw dropped.
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Fireworks lit up the night sky and aboard a beautiful cruise ship, a couple was getting married. Jade and Tori looked lovingly at one another before saying 'I do.' Everyone cheered as bride and groom danced the night away.
Robbie and Cat watched from their table as Jade twirled Tori in the middle of the dance floor. He nudged her and pointed at his nieces who were doing the secret handshake Andre and Callie made while Trina watched them in amusement.
"Everyone got their happy ending." Cat remarked smiling.
"Oh but not all." Robbie said and wiggled his eyebrows.
"What do you mean?" she asked and looked to see him on his knee holding out a black velvet box in front of her.
"My ending's not happy without you," he said seriously. The two were unaware that everyone had gone silent and were watching them.
"If I were to write an autobiography, you now have the pen for the final chapter. What do you say? Tragedy or comedy?" he asked her.
"How 'bout: 'and they lived happily ever after'?" Cat blurted and the two kissed amidst the cheering crowd.
"Robbie, you are so sappy!" Jade hissed in his ear after the congratulations and he just laughed. The party was in full swing again and everybody danced the night away.
It was really a place where dreams have no end...
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