Like I Want You.

epilogue

it's been 10 years.

"We're here." Carl says as he parks the car in front of the old Gallagher house we all once lived in. "Finally. I felt like we were gonna be driving for forever." Macie complains. Macie is our daughter, we have twins a girl and a boy. "Wake up Mark!" Macie yells in his ear. "Macie, don't yell in his ear like that." I say grabbing bags.

When we turned eighteen, Carl and I moved to Texas. We agreed to not raise our kids here, not that there's anything wrong with Chicago. We had the financial support of Sheila, who's always visiting us. Today we're back in Chicago for winter break. 

"Come grab your bags." Carl says to the kids. They get out of the car and walk towards the trunk. Once we had all of our bags we went through the gate and up the porch stairs to knock on the door. As soon as I was about to knock the door flew open, and there stood Debbie and Willow. They both yell and pull me into a big hug. "It feels like we haven't seen you in like a thousand years." Willow says pulling out of the hug alongside Debbie. "It really does." I say with a smile. Debbie opens the wider and we all walk inside. It looked so different in here.

We were all at the table laughing, eating, drinking, and reminiscing on the old days. "You and Carl should really visit more often" Ian says. "Yea, we're thinking about coming to stay down here all summer." I say. "Awesome." Lip said. 

Time went by quickly, we were all dancing and having a great time. All of a sudden, the song changed to a soft lovey-dovey song. I stood there facing the tv, waiting for them to change it back. "Des." I heard from behind me, it was Carl. I turn around and see him on one knee. "Holy Shit." I say causing everybody to laugh including Carl. "Odessa, when I first met you, I thought you were the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, all my past relationships don't even compare to what I've felt when I'm with you. I'm more than happy to be your boyfriend, and I'm more than happy to be the father of your kids. I wanna take us to the next level, I wanna take our family to the next level. Odessa Marie Jackson, will you marry me?" He says. Somewhere through there I felt I was gonna cry, and then I did. "Yes!" I say. He gets up and hugs me, Macie and Mark join our hug, and the the rest of our family joins. 

I'm pretty sure I got everything I want in life. I'm gonna cherish every moment with these people who I love so much.

-THE END-

thanks for reading my short story, "like i want you." i know this is like a really bad story, but love you all.