Pose For Me, Levi

Chapter 19

Levi POV:

The trial lasted no longer than an hour, but it felt like years. Having testify against the girl who had been so lost when I first met her was heartbreaking. I never wanted this. I never wanted to see someone so young go down such a terrible path.

But she had already made her choices.

After my statement, Mina simply confirmed what I had said. She didn't fight. She didn't try to convince anyone of anything else.

She plead guilty and stared at me with an apologetic smile as she was escorted away in handcuffs.

Two years in prison for kidnapping. One for assault. Seven for attempted murder. And after that, life in a psychiatric hospital. That was her sentence.

Eren had to literally hold me up as we walked out of the courthouse. As soon as we got into the car, he wrapped both arms around me and pulled me into a tight hug.

"It's over. You did it."

I let out a breath I hadn't realized I'd been holding. Yeah. It was over.

I nodded and kissed his cheek. He released me from the hug, but never let go of my hand. Once he was sure I was okay, we drove back to my apartment to pack. Our offer on a new place had been accepted, and we decided moving today would take our minds off of the trial.

It did.

We played all our favorite songs at full blast. We may or may not have had a spontaneous dance party to Elton John. Eren joked around with the extra bubble wrap and tape, once getting himself stuck to the table and once falling into a box of styrofoam peanuts. I laughed so hard I nearly cried.

It didn't take too long to pack up my stuff and before we knew it, we were heading to Eren's place.

Six hours and a lot more laughs later, we sat hand in hand in the moving van as we drove to our new home.

I stared out the window with a smile. The sun was just beginning to set.

I had never hoped I'd get together with him through something like this, but I'm happy nonetheless. Now we're gonna be living together and starting over. I quit my job as a model and am planning on going back to school to become an editor. Eren's gonna start up his own photography buisness. He'd been pretty much the top at his old company, but he wanted something that he could call his. He already knows where he wants the studio to be. He was so cute and enthusiastic when he told me about it on the flight home from Paris. He'd gotten a lot of ideas from the art in France.

Although this was a difficult time for both of us, we managed to make it through and come out stronger.

Now I can't wait to see what the future has in store for us.