When You Were Mine | Falice

Epilogue

-5 months later-

"Alright, keep going." Alice instructs FP who's carrying a stack of boxes in his arms. "Okay, stop!" She takes one of the boxes from him, the one that was covering his face and preventing him from seeing.

"You couldn't have taken that box earlier?"

"You can't see your feet either, it really wouldn't of made a difference." She giggles and presses a kiss to his cheek. "Think you can make it upstairs without tripping?"

"Just watch me, babe." He starts walking upstairs and Alice walks close behind him, keeping a hand out just in case he does fall.

"Come this way, honey." Alice gestures for him to follow her as she walks down the hall to their  son's room.

They had gotten in contact with the adoption agency who helped them get in contact with Chic, who was ecstatic to meet them.

"Hi honey, how's the unpacking going?" Alice asks their son.

They bought a new house for the entire family to fit into, perfectly balanced between the North and South side of town. They were originally living in the Cooper house, she had gotten the house after the divorce was finalized, but Alice wanted a fresh start and FP was happy to oblige. Truthfully, he was just happy they weren't all going to be squeezing into the trailer.

"It's going good mom." He smiles at his parents. "I still can't believe I'm living with you guys, it just doesn't entirely seem real."

"We're happy to have you here." Alice assures him.

"Ecstatic, actually." FP adds. "We didn't think you'd want us, all things considered."

"You did what you felt was best for me, I can't be mad at you for that."

"We love you so much, honey." She gives him a kiss on the cheek and the boy smiles, he's got FP's crooked smile. "We'll leave you alone so you can finish packing. We were thinking Pop's for dinner?"

"That sounds great!" He agrees with a smile. "Love you too."

Alice walks into the master bedroom and FP follows behind her.

"You can set the boxes down there." She tells him and he happily sets them down before falling onto their bed. "Hey you, get up and help me." She teases as she opens up one of the boxes.

He shakes his head and reaches for her hand. "I'm exhausted from carrying in all those boxes, come take a break with me."

"Oh fine. But no funny business." She crawls up onto the bed and lays her head on his chest, feeling his strong arms wrap around her.

"When have I ever indulged in funny business?" She looks up at him with a raised eyebrow and he laughs.

She sighs as the room goes quiet. "You alright, baby?" He questions.

"It's not fair." She says, linking his fingers in her own.

He turns to look at her, a puzzled expression on his face."What's not fair?"

"Our relationship." She moves so she's settled partly on top of him. "I mean, we've missed out on so much time. Over 20 years. How come we never got our happily ever after?" She looks sad as she ponders the thought and the thought makes him want to hold her as close as possible and never let go.

"I guess we were just meant to find each other again at a different point in our lives." He says, softly, as he brushes his thumb against her cheek. "And as for our happily ever after, I like to believe we're on our way to having it. I mean we've got all of our children under one roof, both of our crazy ass exes are out of the way. Hell, we've even got Chic, I never thought we would get to see him. And most importantly I've got you back."

She smiles softly and God, she takes his breath away. "I love you." She says as she leans closer to his face, where she ghosts her lips over his.

"Ditto." His lips brush against hers as he speaks and she smiles as she captures his lips completely, kissing him with all the love she's had bottled up for him for the past 20 years.

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A/N
The end!
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