A River Flows Through Us

Epilogue

"So why did you decide this was where our date needed to be?" I asked Knox, sitting next to him, eating some fries. It's been five months since Lizzy and James got married. It was definitely a challenge trying to keep us together. With Knox's tour and me working all the time, but somehow we made it work.

It was stressful when the world found out. Knox got a lot of hate, and suddenly the world knew who I was. So I used that to change lives, growing fans on mine and Lizzy website. Where we can write articles about real world issues, and help bring light to crappy situation. Lizzy and I still live together, in Riverside. Something that hope never changes, because Lizzy is my home.

When Thanksgiving came around, and Knox and James came home from the tour. We all had this big dinner together. It was truly beautiful. All of us sat around that table in my dads house. The table was so big that some of us had to sit on the couches because there wasn't enough chairs. My mom would have loved ever second of it. Just like I did. We laughed, we cried, and we were all thankful that life brought us all together.

That was a few weeks ago.

"Well Grace, if you would remember, this is the place we had our first date." Knox said smiling around at the ground around us. "It's funny this was actually the place that I knew I had fallen in love with you. I knew I had before, but sitting here with you that day in July, I thought damn how have I lived my whole life not knowing you."

I smiled to him. "Actually this is the place I realized that to." I say.

"So your saying this is that place we fell in love." Knox said.

I rolled my eyes at him. "What no? That kind of thing only happens in the movies. This is just a place."

"Why can't we have it like that?" Knox said with a sad smile.

"Because life is a mixed bag," I say looking out to the water. "We don't know what tomorrow will bring. You may wake up and say 'nevermind better not'" I laughed at the male impression I did of him.

"If anything Love," Knox said. "Your the one who would think that, not me."

I knew I should respond this way, but I couldn't stop myself. "Wanna bet?" I say.

Knox rolled his eyes at me. "No!" he let out a chuckle. "How is it that you can make love you even more, and want to strangle you at the same time?"

"You know," I say "I think that's how a lot of people feel about me." We both laughed.

Knox reached into his pocket, pulling out a small black box. Oh hell no!

"Grace I want to ask you something." Knox started. "I love you. I'm in love with you. So Grace Marie Evans, will you marry me?"

"What?" I say.

"Will you-" I cut Know off from asking it again.

"No I heard you." I say "I just don't know why now is the best time for that?"

"It's simple," Knox said smiling. "I love you."

"I love you too." I say.

"Then will you do me the honor, and make me that happiest man alive, by becoming my wife?" Knox said.

"No." I say. Think in my head about how he would be the happiest man alive, if we got married he would probably want to murder me half the time. Or most of the time.

"No?" Knox asked me. It was at this moment I know I fucked up. Shit. Did I really just say no. Great you fucked up the proposal.

"No-Not No," I let out a breathe and then continued. "Yes, I will marry you."

"Yes?!" Knox basically screamed out. I nodded my head confirming.

Knox pulled my face to his, kissing me. It wasn't like that big moment at the end of a movie kiss, more of the Kiss that promised more kisses to come kinda kiss.

My phone started ringing. I tried to pulled away, but Knox moaned in annoyance.

"No-" He said, pulling my face back to his, in between kisses. "Just... ignore it." I couldn't help but laugh. He knew I wasn't going to.

I pulled away, and grabbed my phone. I saw it was Steve calling me.

"She coming!" Steve yelled into the phone, before I had a chance to speck.

"What now?" I say, looking to Knox who was playing with my hair.

"Yeah so get down here, before you miss it. Kailey is screaming at me that she needs you, or she's not having the baby." Steve said flustered. I could tell that even though he had already had one child, there's something so stressful about giving birth. It is magical and scary as hell all at once.

"Okay! On my way!" I say. I turned to see Knox already putting stuff up, so we can go. The ride to the hospital was short, honestly we could have walked it. Knox and I ran into the hospital holding hands. I saw my Dad and MJ waiting in the lobby with Willie, Lizzy, Jax, Bella, James, and Kayden. I looked to my dad.

"Room 126!" My dad yelled. I kisses Knox on the cheek and ran off to the room. Bursting through the doors, to hear Kailey screaming at Steve.

"I hope your happy because that's it! No more kids!!" She yelled at him clearly in pain.

"Yes ma'am" Steve said back calmly. Knowing that she was just responding to the pain as best as she could.

"Thank god!" Kailey said looking at me. "Now someone get this baby out of me before I start stabbing people!"

With that things took off. After almost 2 hours, of labor and Steve freaking out the whole time. Me and Steve walked with the little blessing to the lobby.

Everyone jumped up with joy, as Steve walked in.

"Everyone I want to introduce you to Sarah Denise Evans. Sarah welcome to this crazy yet absolutely amazing family." Steve said.

"Little ass Kicker!!" Willie yelled, and we all started laughing.

"You see that Bella." Lizzy said to her daughter. "You see how happy everyone is. That's exactly what it was like when you were born."

I couldn't control it, as tears fell from my eyes. This was everything i've ever wanted out of life. To feel this joy. As I looked at baby Sarah I saw it. And that sent me to holding to Knox's torso for dear life.

"Why are you crying?" Knox asks, rubbing my back.

"She's got red hair." I say softly. Wiping my face.

"Yeah. Yeah she does." Lizzy said. "Wait what's that?" I look down at my hand to remember, the ring. It wasn't anything fancy. Just a small silver band, with a small diamond.

"Oh shit." Jax said looking at my hand now.

"Well-" I started to say, but Knox cut me off.

"I asked Grace to marry me, and she said yes, so we are getting married. Yes we are very happy, and your jealousy is appropriate." Knox said smiling from ear to ear.

"Really?" I say annoyed, and rolling me eyes with Knox's words.

"What I couldn't help it i've been dying to say it since we got here." Knox said, making everyone laugh.