she left...and came back { ace | 2 }

Epilouge:Family

'Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.'

Lilo & Stich

(A/N:Hey guys! This is the final chapter of the book as you can probably tell. I'm kind of sad but...we'l get through it!)
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Third pov
"Where is she?!"A 12 year old girl sighes
"Who Mother?"Asked a 15 year old boy."Come on lets go looking for her."

The 12 year old girl nodded, her wavy brown hair moving as her head shook. The two teenagers started weaving through the crowd at the GLPPH. People all around watched the 2 teens with adoration as they searched for their parents.

"Creed!"The girl called."Slow down! You know I'm not as fast as you!"
"Well run faster Alice!"The boy, now known as Creed called
Alice groaned, and carried on running with her brother.

In the direction the teenagers were heading, two parents were with their friends from high school, chatting.
"Happy birthday by the way Ace."Kira says
Ace, a man with wavy black hair, chocolate brown eyes & freckles, grinned at the woman."You know, you're the first person apart from Itami to say that to me."
"Hey!"Luffy protests."Sabo & I said Happy birthday as well!"
Ace laughed."I know that, I just wanted a reaction."
Luffy got an anime vein & tried to attack his brother Ace, only to be hit on the head by his wife Nami."Oi! Shut up will ya?"
Luffy pouts."Nami that hurts!"
"Alright everyone calm down."

The group of friends turned their heads to a woman who had long wavy brown hair, emerald green eyes & a curvaceous body. She wore a emerald & black lace dress, and a pair of black high heels.

"Oh hey, there you are Itami-yoi."Marco says
"Hey..have you seen Creed & Alice anywhere? The cake is about to come out & I don't want them to miss it."Itami says
"I'd say Creed is off with Pearl, and Alice would be with Lucy."Robin says
"I tried with them & they say they haven't seen 'em."Itami says
"Did you ask Tsumi?"Kira asked
"No..."

Itami raced off, Ace right behind her. There was no way that Alice & Creed were about to miss out on their Father & his cake. To Itami, this day is very important for them.

"Mother!"

Itami saw their children run up to their parents, huffing & puffing.

Creed looked almost exactly like his Father. They have the same hair, eyes & even the freckles. Creed is a lot like his Mother...though he does have the sane tendencies & running gags of his Father. Like Itami, Creed also has the ability to sing very well, getting more 'cute' points for the girls his age.
Whereas Alice, she looked like both her Mother & Father. Her hair is a mixture of both black (from Ace) & Brown (from Itami). Alice has hazel eyes, also a mixture of both her parents eye colours. Her hair is wavy & is often tied back by different coloured ribbons. She is also a lot like her Mother, but doesn't have as bad Narcolepsy as her Father (though that doesn't stop her from falling asleep from time to time). She can also sing & dance like her Mother, but on a whole different level.

"There you are!"Itami says."Where have you two been?"She asked
"We...*huff* we were playing tag with the kids...*huff* until we couldn't find the others so..*huff* we went to find you."Alice says
"Can I ask, but why didn't you use each others phones?"Ace asked, mildly amused
Creed & Alice looked at each other & facepalmed
"I'm an idiot.."Creed curses
Itami sighed."Well never mind, at least you're both safe & sound. Anyway, we gotta go & get this cake, it's all ready."
"Okay."The kids say in unison

They followed their parents towards the dining room table. Itami stood up on a chair & got out her phone. She opened up her alarm app & clicked the alarm button. Her phone was connected to the speakers, so everyone could hear the alarm anywhere they were.
It all fell silent as everyone stared at Itami.

"Ahem. Hi all! Thanks for coming to the party, and um..I just want to say that we're about to get the cake out so come over to the dining room please."

Everyone at GLPPH starting hustling over to the dining room, where a birthday cake awaited. It had a big 36 candles on the top of the cake. It was chocolate, and it had red icing all over it.

Everyone sat down around the dining room table, Ace in front of the cake.

"Happy birthday to you,"
"Happy birthday to you,"
"Happy birthday dear Ace/Dad,"
"Happy birthday to you!"

"Hip hip!"
"Horray!"
"Hip hip!"
"Horray!"

Ace blew out the candles & everyone cheered & clapped, wishing Ace a happy birthday.

Itami watched with happiness as she stared at everyone who came. Her eyes finally landed on Ace. The boy who fell in the river. The boy she met & fell in love with in high school. The boy who broke her heart, but fixed her back up again. The boy that made her smile. The boy with the freckles. The boy known as Ace.

'And now.."She thought.'I want to freeze time, and rewind every moment I had with him.'

Every moment she had spent with him had started to play back in her mind, from the end, all the way back to the beginning.

Back then they were mere acquaintances. Then they were best friends. Then lovers. Then enemies. To Romantic interest...then lovers again...all the way to partners.

'Ace....I'm glad I fell in love with you.' Itami thought

(A/N:It's..........over........its finally done! This is the last chapter. Omigod I think I'm gonna start crying. Nooooo I don't want this book to end! But oh well, I do have that AOT idea that I thought up before...so maybe I might do that.......I love you all my home slice! I hope you had all enjoyed this book, and it was fun writing this from beginning to end with all of you on board. Until next time.)