In The Stars (Original)

(Epilogue). Happy Ever After "Do they really exist"

It had been another seven years, eighteen years since the death of Paige, ten years since the death of Mr and Mrs Walker. Now Zack was thirty six, Mia was thirty five, Chloe was thirty nine and Allie was twenty. They all thought of Paige daily.

The time was half six in the morning on the thirtieth of August, the morning of Allie's wedding to Daniel Ives. Her bridesmaids were with her as they styled their hair and did their makeup before getting their dresses on and fixing the children's outfits. Mikki was the head bridesmaid, Mia was the Maid of Honor, Chloe was the Maiden of Honor, Allie's ten year old half sister Georgia was a bridesmaid,  Allie's three year old daughter Kennedy was a bridesmaid, Allie's four year old daughter Cassidy was the flower girl, Mia's six year old daughter Hollie was a bridesmaid, Allie's four year old son Dylan was page boy and Chloe's seven year old son was ring bearer. The youngest party members were Daniel and Allie's two year old son and daughter, Tia and Jamie.

Four hours later, Zack was walking his eldest daughter down the aisle to the song he had picked out for his wedding to Paige that never happened. A Thousand Years By Christina Perri, their favorite song, as they reached the front, Zack kissed her forehead and went to sit next to his wife Marianna, Allie's step mother, the bridesmaids stood in a row opposite the groomsmen as the bride and groom stood next to each other smiling.

They read their handwritten vows to each other with Allie going first. "Daniel, when you first met me nine years ago in that music room and asked if you could play the guitar with me, I knew then that you were the man I would fall in love with, who I would have kids with and get married to. You were the one who assured me I would be a great mother, without having one of my own growing up, when we found out four years ago we were pregnant with Cassidy and Dylan. Since then you've been the light in my darkness and the father to our five beautiful children, and I know that you'll always catch me when I fall down."

"Allison, when I first met you, all I thought was you were beautiful, eleven years old, blonde hair in a high ponytail which you died ginger in sixth form. Everything about you was perfect, I helped you when you slipped and I caught you when you fell and I will for the rest of our lives be there for you. I assured you that you could be the greatest mother to our children and you proved me right. You helped me get into university to become a doctor and you're in university to become a nurse. And now you're carrying our sixth child who we are going to name Sara if its a girl and Sam if its a boy. I love you and I'll stand by you in sickness and health."

A few hours and many drinks later.

The music began as the couple headed onto the dance floor for their first dance as a married couple, he swept her across the floor, her dress swaying with each movement, as everyone watched in awe and filmed the beautiful moment. The music to thinking out loud flooded everyone's ears and warmed their hearts, as it began to finish, Zack snatched his daughter away for the father daughter dance he wanted.

"Happy ever after's really do exist." Zack whispered into her ear as they swayed to the music, enjoying each others company.

"I wish she could have been here, seen me grow up." Allie whispered and Zack nodded.

"But if she had, you wouldn't be the person you are today, Georgia and Marianna wouldn't be here."

"They do exist dad, and this is mine right here. My children running around dancing with my cousins and god daughter, my husband dancing with my aunt and me dancing with my father and unborn baby. I feel the closest to her right now than I ever have."