Introduced (Reece Bibby fanfiction)

Chapter 51

So this is it I guess, this must be my happy ever after. Everyone is supposed to get one, according to all of those Disney princess stories anyway. But there were times, so many damn times, when I thought that my happy ever after wouldn't come, and that there was no point trying because I wasn't destined to have one. There were so many times that I wanted to give up and give in to the voices in my head. I've lived a hellish life for so long that I thought I was stuck like that and there was no way out.

But I think my happy ever after has finally arrived. I feel good and I feel happy and the best I've ever felt. It's mad how things can change in such a short amount of time.

The holiday in Portugal made me feel so much better, I don't know why, but it sure did. As soon as we got back I threw out the remaining blades and haven't had the urge to cut since.

I've left college, my life becoming a lot better from not being bullied everyday. Yeah I might not get the qualifications and stuff that I originally wanted but I'd much rather be happy with no college qualifications than ridiculously unhappy with probably shit grades.

The relationship, or whatever it was, that I had with James was never mentioned by either of us and I'm hoping it will stay like that. I don't want to jeopardise my relationship with Reece again.

I still have some bad nights of course, it's human nature to feel shit from time to time, but at least I can deal with it better now than I did before.

Recovery is a long and hard process and, even though I had a few slip ups along the way and probably have some more to come, it's so god damn worth it. It's such an amazing feeling knowing that you've been through all of that and come out the other side stronger than before.

I may not have loads of people around me to support me, but I'm pretty sure I have the best out there. I can honestly say that these eight boys are the best thing that has ever happened to me and I love them more than words can say.

So all in all, I'm happy and everyone else around me is happy, for now anyway.

A/N

(this might be quite long bare with me)

Yeah so you all probably guessed that this is my last chapter in this story. I didn't want to end it but I didn't know where else to go with it and since the boys are no longer together I thought it would be better just to end it here. I know it's a bit of a crappy ending but it was either this or a really sad one that didn't really link to the current plot so I thought I'd go for this.

So first of all, thank you all for reading this book, it really means a lot. I hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thank you for sticking with the story even if the updates have been few and far between in the past few months and probably isn't the best fanfic in the world. Y'all are amazing for just reading because I still can't get my head around the fact that people like what I write.

This book is my first fanfic and so I never really expected it to get very far. I literally just started this because I needed somewhere to vent and put my feelings into words. A lot of the experiences in this book are my own so it's a very personal story to write and I thought not many people would like it (but apparently you did).

The amount of reads and votes and support I have got on this fanfic seems quite mad to me. If you would have told me in the first chapter that I would get nearly 35k reads I wouldn't have believed you for the world. I just think it's kinda crazy. I know that in the grand scheme of things 35k reads on a fanfic wouldn't be the biggest deal when you see the amount that some have. But for a small fandom like the Stereo Kicks fandom and for my first fanfic I think that it's fucking huge. Thank you so damn much for reading and enjoying it because it actually means a lot that people are reading a lot of my own experiences.

Okay so in this fanfic I've tackled a lot of difficult topics like self harm, eating disorders, rape and suicide. I have very much romanticised these topics to make the fanfic more interesting. Even though I've done this, I do not think that these topics should be romanticised in real life and altered so that people think it isn't as bad as it originally seems. But it is. These issues are not delicate or beautiful and someone isn't always going to be there to help. To be straight, these issues are harsh and cruel and will destroy you if you let them. If you take anything away from this fanfic please don't let it be that these problems are okay because someone will be there to help. Let it be that these problems can ruin you so please try your hardest to stop these issues becoming a part of your life.

I know sometimes it can't be helped and sometimes these illnesses (they are illnesses and not just problems) develop for no particular reason and there is nothing that you can do. You've got to try and deal with it as best you can and get through it. And you can get through it. I promise. If anyone ever wants to talk about stuff you can just message me and we can talk.

So yeah, I'm really sad that this ended but I've kinda left it open incase I feel like writing a sequel at some point, I hope y'all read that too if I do.

I've decided I'm going to write a Michael Clifford (5sos) fanfic but am still not sure on the plot and finer details yet so I'm not sure when I will start it, but it will hopefully be in the next few weeks. If you want to read that one then you should probably follow me on here so you know when it is up. I promise it won't be as depressing as this one turned out lmao.

(shameless self promos) Also if you want to follow me on any other social media stuff so we can talk and be friends and stuff they are:

twitter: wonderlxndmgc

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fahlo: alice.in.wonderland

I have a personal Instagram and snapchat too but I'm not gonna post those publicly so if you wanna follow/add me on there then just message me on here.

This authors note is like 6 pages long (surprise surprise) so I'm going to stop writing here so I don't bore you all. I've loved writing this book, thank you for sticking with it and enjoying it, I love you all a hell of a lot, you're all amazing!

Byeeeeeeeeee 😘