In the end (Chapter 35)

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So I thought that I would do a follow up chapter, because I had a few ideas, I really loved writing this book, because it gave me shit to do, and a way to forget abut the issues I have going on in my life (Not to mention, I can write an entire ELA paper in like 15 minutes now) I started this book in September of 2020, and its been an amazing 6 months💕 Thanks guys!

 and also i'm so happy that Halsey is pregnant!!!! I think we can all agree shes gonna be a great mama💕

One last time, here we go. 

Warning: Language:

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Some many years later...

No ones POV: 

It seemed that time only sped up since the moment Ash and Lauren reconnected, They worked out their differences with minimal effort, and Lauren started her own career. It was small, sure, but it was a career, She even opened for Ash at a few shows. That was a few years ago. 

Ash had become quite a celebrity, She released 3 albums, as well as a few side projects. Her song Bad at Love was a huge hit, and for the first time in quite a while, got bisexual representation on mainstream. Strangers made quite a buzz, and Lauren was exposed to a whole other fan base due to its success.  

It has been one hell of a ride, but it was all worth it. 

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5 weeks 

Lauren:

"Ash!" I shouted from the bedroom my voice shaky, I was looking down into a trashcan in our bathroom. 

"Yes?" my queen replied, walking into the room, to see me huddled over. 

I started to sob. 

"Babe?" She asked alarmed. "What's wrong??" She  kneeled beside me, and I handed her the object I had found.

"Y-you're pregnant??" I said, trying to get the words out. 

"Yeah, I am." She smiled, wiping the tears, that she now realized were of joy, away. 

"So, I-it worked!?"

"It worked." 

I leaned in and hugged her. It worked.

I was gonna be a mama!

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19 weeks

Ash: 

"I swear this little one is gonna be the death of me." I said looking up at Laure. 

"Don't say that! I need you around." She Grabbed my hand and squeezed it. 

"Alright, are you ready to find out?" The doctor asked 

We nodded. 

"Well, it looks like you two are going to have a little girl running around the house soon."

Lauren looked at me and smiled, we were both tearing up, and letting reality set in, we were going to be parents of a beautiful, baby girl

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24 weeks 

Lauren:

"Babeeeeee."Ash moaned from the couch.

"Yes love?" I replied instantly. 

"She won't stop fucking moving." 

"Language babe." I said smirking. 

"Bitch I am pregnant, do not cross me with this shit. AND for your information, I can turn on my filters anytime I want, it's YOU that's gonna have an issue..."

"What are you gonna do about that?" 

"Oh I don't know, maybe i'll just tell her about how much of a bottom you are." 

"NuH Uh." I glared at her "I love you, but that girl, is an innocent child of god as of the second she comes out of you she is put in this hell of a world. The last thing she needs to know about is my sex life." I smiled shaking my head

"Uh huh, try me bitch..." Ash said sarcastically "You are not the one pushing her out of a tiny hole in your body, cross me and she will know EVERYTHING."

"Everything?" I asked laughing.

"Like that time I topped you at the cabin. 

"The one and only time..."  

"Just wait till you give birth, i'll be fucking you left and right." 

"1 fucks, two fucks, red fucks, blue fucks." She mocked me

"I think you just ruined that book fir me." 

Ash just laughed, and turned on the TV

Every day, we got closer and closer to being parents.

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Delivery

No ones Pov: 

The day came earlier than expected, a little over a month to be exact. The baby was early,  no doubt, but she was a fighter.

The child, Harley Samuel Jauregui-Frangipane, was born on January 2ed at 6:28 PM. She weighed five pounds, and five ounces. She was tiny. 

Very tiny...

about an hour after she was born, Harley held her breath and turned blue, due being poked and prodded with needles. She was okay in the end, but it was still a scary moment. Harley, Lauren, and Ash were in the hospital for a week, before they could take her home. She was still so small, that she was dressed in doll clothes upon her arrival at the house. 

Ash and Lauren couldn't be happier. 

Even though, in movies ans shows, "happily ever after" is a mere fantasy, the two felt like they were living in paradise...

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I believe, that we're all born on this earth for a reason, we all have a special purpose, and we all leave a mark on the world. Maybe it's to be a musician, a mother, a cook, a football player, or a water slide tester. But what if one action, or a sentence spoken, changed someones life forever. 

Like the simple "Damn." That Ashley muttered when she heard Lauren sing

Or the way Lauren blushed when they first talked. 

"What if Lauren had never gone to that School?"

"What if Ashley had never gone to the interview for a job opening?"

Everything you think you know, changes in an instant, and you realize, life just one big "What if?"

As much ad everything happens for a reason, we can control them as much as the universe allows, and even though, i'm just a baby, I'll know their whole story one day. If you truly look around, you'll notice,  in the beginning: 

They were just Strangers...

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This is it. Goodbye to strangers. I hope that ya'll are doing ok, and I hope ya'll liked this book. 

-Midnight💕

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