The Art of Courting

The End

Hey guys. 

Wow, I can't believe it's been four years since I updated this story. Let's just say that I got a writers block and then life seemed to fly by without me finishing it. Maybe one day, I'll go over it again and give it the proper ending it deserves. However, for now I don't want to leave you all hanging any longer.

I don't know how many people are still following this story, but I just want to say thank you so much to everyone who read it. And I'm going to be honest, I didn't have a real idea of how I was going to end this. I had all the last chapters figured out, but I couldn't decide on the epilogue. So, there are two options. 

Feel free to read the summaries/notes I had on the final chapters of this story. I'm sorry they couldn't be in more detail, or actual written chapters. Still, I hope they provide some closure. 

Love, Anthie <3 

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Nova Baby, The Black Keys (DECEMBER 24)

- Allison is returned back to their house

- Her dad talks about them moving to accommodate their growing family

- Chelsea suggests that they expand into the backyard instead

- She starts talking about college to her brother, asking how it is at NYU

- They talk about what career would suit her the most

- Allison joins in, though she is now doing part-time and looks after Faye most of the day

- Chelsea gets a text from Jay saying that he still loves her and couldn't not have her in his life.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Fallin', Alicia Keys (DECEMBER 24)

- Chelsea meets up with Jay after sending a reply to the text in a nearby park

- They get into a massive argument

- Jay wants her in his life as a friend, but he loves her more than anything

- She refuses to be used by him again

- Chelsea denies cheating on him again and says that Andy was only a friend

- Jay says that May said different

- Chelsea is horrified by May's betrayal.

- They kiss after she starts crying (again)

Chapter Twenty-Nine: I Know It's Over, The Smiths (DECEMBER 24)

- Chelsea runs away after kissing Jay

- She feels bad about betraying Dani

- Her mother is back at the house and awkwardly tells her that the case went well

- Allison's boyfriend has a five year sentence

- Jay follows Chelsea back to her house

- He finds her taking her pills to help with her period pains and checking her scar

- He asks what happened to her

- Ending: "You don't know?" Sadie gasped from behind them.

Chapter Thirty: Foolish Games, Jewel (DECEMBER 24)

- Everything is awkwardly revealed to Jay

- He is horrified

- He decides that he's going to go and speak to Andy

- Chelsea feels guilty and strange and a mix of other emotions

- She goes and plays with Faye to cheer herself up

Chapter Thirty-One: Born to be Yours, Kygo and Imagine Dragons (DECEMBER 25)

- Christmas Day with the O'Haras

- Faye's first Christmas

- Allison and Will's relationship grows

- Chelsea totally catches them in a romantic moment

Chapter Thirty-Two: Demons, Imagine Dragons (JANUARY 3RD)

- Chelsea sees Dani arrive to school and burst out crying at the sight of Jay

- Everyone is gossiping about their break-up

- She goes through the whole school day listening to it

- Andy explains how his conversation with Jay went

- Jay asks to see Chelsea after school

- She heads over to his house

Chapter Thirty-Three: We are never, ever, ever, getting back together- Jokes! Let Her Go- Passenger (JANUARY 3RD)

- Jay admits that Andy told him everything

- He apologises and blames himself

- He asks her to get back together

- Chelsea says no

- She says that she felt that he never really trusted her

- And that even though she loves him, she still blames him for the accident (even though its irrational)

- She says that she won't be able to get back together with him until that blame is gone, and she feels secure in herself and in their love for each other (they're still so young, after all)

- And then she leaves

Epilogue: No song

Option 1- Chelsea, now thirty years old, going to collect the daughter she has decided to adopt along with her two (adopted) children Jace and Lexi. She says that she would like to wait for her husband before she names their third and final child. Jay walks in, dressed in his work suit, and  tells the social worker to write down the name 'Evelyn Hestia Frost'.

Option 2- Chelsea, now twenty five, is a renowned aeronautical engineer and astro-physicist, and she is going to go to space for the first time. Tells of the goodbye she gets from her friends before she heads in to get ready- including her new love interest, and a surprise visit from Jay. 

(Or, if you prefer, a mix of the two epilogues= an ideal world)