on march 20th, 2018, eden ginger dolan was born.
ethan chose her first name, i chose her middle. he was super excited about the fact that they had the same initials.
i thought that she looked like ethan, and everyone agreed with me. they had the same dark hair, the same nose, and the same lips.
the only facial feature of mine that eden inherited, were my eyes. basically, she was a feminine version of ethan, with blue eyes.
ethan continued to do his videos with grayson, and i had officially become their personal assistant. our schedules were a little hectic, but we still had a ton of time to spend with each other.
after everything went down last year, ethan had become super protective of me. he always wanted to tag along with me when i went places, even if i was just going to the grocery store. i wasn't going to lie, it was super cute, but i didn't want him to feel as if he NEEDED to go wherever i went.
ethan, grayson, ginger and i still lived together, there was more than enough room for all of us and eden.
ginger had actually started taking some college classes online, and wrote and published a book. the book was based on her life, the same events, just different characters.
her book, time + healing, was a number one bestseller in the teenage category. at first, she had to do a LOT of press. when things cooled down, she thought that she would have some time to chill out. she couldn't have been more wrong, though.
ginger had started getting offers from major production companies. they wanted her to turn her book into a movie. ginger accepted, under one condition.
she wanted to be able to stay exactly where she was, and she wanted the movie to be shot where we were as well. the plan became solid, and ginger still had time to spend with us. sometimes it was very little time, but hey, at least i got to see her.
all of us were living pretty untraditional lifestyles, and that's what kept things interesting.
ethan and i still went to therapy, and he still insisted that i came to his aa meetings with him. i fell even more and more in love with him everyday, and the feeling was mutual.
grayson and ginger had become super close, in a brother and sister sort of way. it was really cute, and it made me happy. it was evident that ginger missed having brothers, but she got her fix from ethan and grayson.
speaking of ethan and grayson, they had a small falling out after we talked to tammi. the funny thing was that... they both lived together, and refused to move out, so they quickly gravitated back towards each other.
grayson and ginger loved eden almost as much as ethan and i did. they really spoiled her, along with her grandparents, cameron, jack, and aaron.
ethan and i had started planning the wedding a little bit before I had eden, but we decided to put it on hold until after she was born. we came to a mutual decision that our wedding would be on my birthday.
of course, i was a little scared, but i didn't want my birthday to be a cursed day anymore. i had gotten super tired of living in fear, and that was something that i had to work on. i'm gonna be extremely honest, reading time + healing really helped a lot.
for a long time, i was wondering what happened with serena and ginger. from reading ginger's book, i found the rest of the puzzle pieces, and put them together.
serena and holden had been hooking up behind ginger and braxton's back. while serena was hooking up with holden, she also started hooking up with ginger's cousins, and one of her uncles. serena was ruining relationships, and even a marriage. ginger just didn't want her around anymore, for our sake.
a lot of the things that i read in ginger's book tied up loose ends for me.
whenever ginger was asked questions about time + healing in present time, her response was always the same.
"this book served as intense therapy for me, and i'm glad that you all enjoyed it. however, i'm glad that i've ended that volume of my life. it's time for me to start my next volume, i hope you all understand."
i understood completely.
i had come such a long way, mentally and emotionally. i'm sure that the thirteen year old version of me would really like me now.
i like the person that i am now. i know that none of us can ever see what the universe wants to hurl at us, but i feel more prepared. i know that life isn't always perfect, but right now?
it was pretty damn close.
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a/n: I'M SO FUCKIFN EMOTIONAL KEHDJDND. THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK THAT I HAVE EVER FINISHED!!
i know that you guys are probably gonna be pissed at me, but i have a surprise. a new book will be coming soon, a book that connects with this one. so basically.... YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MASEN, GINGER, ETHAN AND GRAYSON AGAIN!!! YESSSSSS!! also, i might tie up ever more loose ends.
masen and ethan's wedding will also be in the second book, i thought it would be more interesting to see masen and ethan from someone else's perspective.
it actually makes me sad that this book has come to an end... but it isn't really the end. ily all!!
