Letting Him In

Epilogue

"Yeah, I see us in black and white
Crystal clear on a star lit night
In all your gorgeous colors
I promise that I'll love you for the rest of my life"

-Niall Horan, Black And White
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Elijah

The room was an utter mess. Everywhere he looked, Elijah could see chaos surrounding him. He was too lazy to bother sorting anything out though, so he sat on the couch, finishing off the last slice of pizza.

Kaeden was standing in the corner of the room, trying and failing miserably at tying the knot of the Leo's tie. Lily was fixing a thin flower crown in her hair, looking elegant in her deep purple dress, making Elijah realize how much his baby sister had grown up. Two of his friends from college, Blake and Masey, were there too. Masey was hysterically looking around for their left shoe, which Elijah knew was right behind the dressing table. But it was too amusing to see Masey running around to tell them that.

He laughed as Blake tripped over his own feet, landing face-first on the carpet.

Shaking his head, he picked up his phone to text Dean, but the other boy had already beat him to it.

It's so chaotic here, it's honestly hilarious... I think Chris made Jessie mad again, and Nate is making it worse... Allen looks like she's gonna smack him soon

Elijah chuckled, somehow having no trouble visualizing that scene. He'd seen it happen enough times over the years.

Noone is fully dressed here... they're all panicking it almost feels like they're the ones getting married, not me, he replied back.

It was almost a whole minute before Dean replied.

God, we're getting married
I still can't believe this isn't a dream.

Wait... shit is this a dream?

Elijah chuckled fondly. This man is adorable, he thought.

Nope it's very real... I could come pinch u if u want?

He finished off the last bite of his pizza just he felt the couch dip beside him.

"Hey," Lily said, finally done fixing her hair to come sit next to him. He put down his phone, giving her a smile as she put her head on his shoulder. "Nervous?"

Elijah let out a breathy laugh, wrapping an arm around her. "On the best day of my life? No way."

And it was true. All he felt was happiness that this moment was finally here, that it wasn't just a far-fetched dream anymore.

"Not even that you'll mess up you vows," Lily teased. "You know, the ones you almost cried while writing because words aren't enough to express how you feel for him. And because you're so in love with him that you think he deserves better than whatever you'll say. And because-"

"Shut up," Elijah said, gently shoving her shoulder, embarrassment making heat crawl up the back of his neck. "And I won't mess up, because I mean everything I'll say. I don't need to memorize it."

She shoved him back, with way more force than he had used. Little sisters, he thought. More like little devils.

"Ugh, you two are so cute," Lily said dreamily. "It's kind of like a fairy tale romance."

Elijah would have ruffled her hair, but he valued his life enough to not do it right after she had managed to fix it perfectly.

"Fucking finally!" Leo exclaimed, making them jump a little and turn their attention to him. His tie was finally done, Kaeden standing next to him with a triumphant look. "How did that take you twenty minutes to do this?"