All You Got

epilogue

Luna

It's been 1.5 years since my almost marriage and finally reconciliation with Damon. My Damon. Finally, we're together, and I couldn't be happier. I talked with Mike, and apologized for doing this to him. He was angry, of course, but he understood. Yet, we don't talk much anymore, only when we wish each other happy birthday. Now again, about Damon. We took it slow, so that it would be magical as I kept saying and he teased me. Yes, slow, even though we had sex as soon as ran from my wedding. We did long distance too, since I didn't want to leave my job here in California, and he's busy with work. But we managed. I ain't gonna lie to you, it was really hard. We missed each other a lot. But everything we saw each other, it was ... amazing. I stayed in California for a while, until I decided to come back to OBX, and I would find a job here. And I did find a job here, at the pharmacy's lab. And why did I come back home? I am pregnant. Yes.

I found out 6 months ago, and we're thrilled. Mostly Damon, he's talking to my belly for hours, and acts like I'm sick. That kind of gets on my nerves, but he cares so much. And he's so proud talking about our child. That's not even born yet. Haha. I, too, can't wait. I realized that I want kids yes, but only with him. About the rest of my friends, Mariah and David got married, Leo and Leah are expecting their second child, and Josh is single currently. But Simon flirts with him way too much. Josh doesn't live here, but whenever he comes, Simon is all over him. Olivia, on the other hand, also got married, and she and her wife currently are ready to move out. They're not going far away, just Charleston.

Currently, I'm home, with Cece pampered on the couch next to me, and I'm watching TV. It's almost 11pm, but I can't sleep for some reason. Oh yeah, the baby's kicking. Ha! Hilarious! Damon's at work, he's coming back from New York, and is piloting as we speak. I don't know if he's back yet or not, he hasn't called me.

I'm watching a movie, when it stops, and there's emergency news showing up.

"What happened again, huh?" I murmur but I'm looking at Cece, and all she does is purr at me. I love this cat.

"We interrupt our program to announce that there's been a plane crash south of Atlantic City. Flight from New York to Outer Banks, South Carolina." I freeze in my spot and sit up. What? What?

"We still don't know much information but there's a possibility of multiple deaths." the news lady continues. "We'll let you know as soon as we know more. Our hearts with the families." the program changes again, but I turn the TV off.

I'm numb. What happened now?

I grab my phone from the coffee table and get up, immediately dialing Damon's number, but it goes straight to voicemail. Fuck. I call him again, and again, until his phone changed to being turned off. Fuck. Fuck.

I'm shaking.

Meanwhile, my mom's calling me, Damon's mom is calling me, and all I do is take deep breaths, before answering my mom first. And then hear the bell ring. I get up, and open the door, only to see my mom and Linda together.

"How are you?" my mom asks me and I look at her confused, before I realize that the shaking hasn't stopped.

"Damon, mom... I...I don't know...he's not picking up his phone." I say and feel tears running down my tears. I sniff and feel like my legs are betraying me too. They see it, and they hold me, taking me to the couch.

Linda next to me is silent, staring blankly at the wall, but I can tell she's scared too. She's shaking as well, and sniffs multiple times.

"He...was supposed to come about now..." I murmur and cry more, getting up and dialing his number again. Not like I expected him to answer.

I put a hand to my mouth and take a deep breath, but the tears don't stop. I haven't lost him, right? No, it's not possible. He's alive, he's okay, maybe hurt a bit, but not dead please.

"He's all I got.." I say to myself and cry more, my hand on my belly, as I'm walking around the house. When I go to Linda. All I do is squeeze her hand with mine and hug her. She hugs me back such as tightly, like our lives depend on that hug. I cry at her arms more, and get up again.

He can't be dead. We're just starting our lives together again, after all those years. I can't bear to lose him.

I take a few breaths and go sit to the couch. My mom brings us water, and frequently both Linda and I get up. Until she goes home. And my mom goes home too. She insisted on staying but I couldn't let her stay. She looked exhausted, having come from California just this morning.

I'm alone now. It's been 2 and a half hours and no sign of Damon, not even a phonecall from someone in charge. I'm crumbled in the couch, waiting, tears still running down my face, when I hear the door lock make a sound when the key is inside. And then the door closes.

I get up as quickly as I could, only to see Damon, tie loose, hair messed up, and shirt out of his pants.

I rush towards him.

"Asshat." I slap him and sniff. He doesn't react, and the next thing I do is wrap my hands around him, and hug him as tightly as I could. All he does is hug me back, and caress my lower back.

"I'm okay...I'm okay baby..." he murmurs and pecks my neck while I cry in his embrace. From the relief now. That he's in front of me. That I didn't lose him.

"I'm sorry...I'm sorry I scared you." he carries on and I sniff, shaking my head while in his chest.

"I thought I lost you." I tell him and lift my head, meeting his gaze. He caresses my face and nods.

"I'm sorry..." he apologizes again, and from sad, I get mad. Still being sad though.

"Then why weren't you picking up your fucking phone? I called you a hundred times." I pull away and cross my hands.

"What? Wait..." he puts his hand in his pocket, and pulls out his phone. He tries to open it, but seems like the battery died.

I sigh of relief again and nod.

"I'm sorry, I arrived earlier...and there was some work to do at the airport. And then this happened... A complete chaos." he runs a hand to his face and I go closer to him again, wrapping my hands around his waist, kissing him.

He kisses me back, when we pull away, and he goes to get some water. I, on the other hand, call Linda. I'm still shaking, but I'm relieved. Extremely relieved. I tell her that he's here, and after she gets mad for the exact same reason as me, then calms down, she wishes us goodnight, and we hang up.

Meanwhile, we go to the bedroom and I lay down immediately, as I watch Damon changing into just a pair of sweatpants, and rush to me as soon as he's finished. I smile softly at him, when he keeps his head to my naked now belly, and caresses it with so much love, and tenderness.

"I'm sorry I scared you too. I won't ever leave you." he says to the baby and pecks my belly button. Then suddenly, well for me since I was looking away, he turns to me.

"And I won't ever leave your mommy too." he murmurs and gets up, coming closer to me and kissing my whole face. I smile and hug him with my whole being, enjoying him to the fullest, and all he does is caress my back body everywhere. His love language is words, physical touch, doing this for me, and I've learnt to love this. Well, I loved this since the beginning. He's everything. He's it for me. We're all we got.