From now on

Chapter twenty (Epliogue)

"When are mum and dad gonna be here?"

William whined to his elder sister. After the last day of school, their auntie Zoe and uncle Alfie had picked them up and drove them back to Brighton. This was because Joe and Dianne had an interview with BBC radio that afternoon, but would be joining them later on that evening.

Emelia shrugged, deeply invested in instagram.

"Ugh." William trudged up the stairs to Chloe's room. The two were only a year apart, so naturally got on like a house on fire...most of the time. He opened the door, seeing her dancing around her room. "Hi Chloe. What are you doing?"

"Dancing."

"I want to learn to dance." He pouted. She nodded and they began to sort of waltz around the room, not much technique but a ton of fun.

Back downstairs, Zoe had just finished up in the garden gardening with Joe and Dianne's youngest child, Eve. She had been showing her all the kinds of flowers she had grown. She scooped the four year old up on her hip and took her inside. "Was that fun, Eve?"

"Yeah!" Eve cheered. "I like all the pretty flowers. I really really like the sun flowers. They're my favourite."

"They're nice, aren't they?" Eve nodded and sat on Zoe's lap. Zoe turned to her other niece, who she swore could have square eyes. "Do you ever come off that phone?"

"Yeah." She shrugged. "When I go to sleep."

"Right, come on." Zoe got up, Eve crawling over to her sister. "Let's do something fun. It's the summer holidays, time for getting outdoors. Let's all play a game in the garden."

"What game are we going to play?" Eve asked.

"Don't you have the trampoline still?" Emelia asked, Zoe nodding. She put her phone away. "Oh wicked. Can we use that?"

"Of course."

"Oh my god." Joe chuckled, seeing their eldest doing all sorts on the trampoline. Dianne was also watching, partly in envy. "She's going to hurt herself."

"She's alright, just be grateful she's not on that phone of hers." Eve hugged Dianne's knees, grinning. "Oh hello darl, you having fun with auntie Zoe?"

"Yeah!"

"Mum! Dad!" Emelia called over from the trampoline, quite a few feet in the air. "Look what I can do!"

"That's..." Joe gulped, seeing her do a backflip.

Dianne smiled. "Amazing! But aren't you a bit tired?"

Emelia stopped bouncing, nodding. She got off. "Yeah, well, now I am. I've been on there for ages."

"She has." Zoe added, standing by them. "I don't know where she gets her energy from, I really don't."

"Same Zo, same." Joe sighed. "I feel old."

"Mum! Dad!" William raced outside, alongside Chloe. "You're back!"

Once they all greeted each other, William grinned. "Mum, dad. We've got something to show you!"

"What is it, Will?" Dianne asked, ruffling his hair.

"Well, you have to sit down first."

Zoe, Joe, Dianne and Alfie all sat down on the outdoor furniture. Eve was on Dianne's lap, meanwhile Emelia sat between her parents on her phone. Dianne pursed her lips, taking the phone.

"Muummmm! I was just about to text Alexis about that thing we were going to! Ugh!" She crossed her arms. "You're so annoying."

"It's time you got off that darn thing. Besides, your brother and cousin have something to show you. So shush please."

"So, we found some of your old dances online and we learnt one. It's the really upbeat one, the one from the musical." William explained while Chloe loaded up the music. "The salsa!"

"Oh my god." Dianne gasped, clapping her hands together. "I remember that one, back in the day."

"Me too, love. Me too." Joe added, watching them get into their starting positions. "Isn't it crazy, how much has changed since then." Joe remembered back to Strictly, which he still thought of day in day out, back when they didn't have three monkeys around.

"It's absolutely...insane." Dianne chuckled. "Now look where we are, Joseph. Three kids, one more niece." She sighed. "And a partridge in a pear tree."

Joe laughed. "I remember back when we went to Australia, when Em, you were about...six?"

Emelia put her head in her hands. Her parents had brought up this memory time and time again, and as she got into her teenage years, it became seemingly more and more embarrassing. "Nope, five."

"Oh yeah." Joe went on his phone, loading up the video. "We were on the beach..."

"And you made a sandcastle." Dianne added, nudging her daughter. "And you did the outro! Do you remember doing it?"

Emelia nodded, speaking through gritted teeth. "Like the back of my hand."

"Ooh can I see?" William bounced over, standing behind the four of them. "Is this Emelia again? On the beach?"

"I wanna see!" Chloe added, joining him. Eventually Zoe and Alfie also joined them. The entire group was huddled around the sofa, the video playing for all of them to see.

"I hope you liked the video."

"And if you did then leave a like."

"And if you did then leave a like."

"Comment."

"Comment."

"Subscribe."

"Subsibe."

"And I'll see you next time with another video."

"And I'll see you next time with another video."

"Say goodbye, Em."

"Byeeeeeeeeee!" She waved her arms frantically, giving the widest grin she could.

The end.

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

So, I should first of all say THANK YOU SO SO MUCH for all the support throughout these two books, it's been so phenomenal and lovely to see, and has really motivated me as a writer! Thank you so so much!

Second of all, admittedly the ending of this book was a little rushed. Life has been so crazy and with school and dance I didn't have the time to write anymore, it's been tough getting these last two chapters out and I'm so so sorry that it took ages. So, rather than continue for another ten chapters and take forever, I just decided to wrap it all up in these two chapters which hopefully were a decent ending to this story. However, I'll be attempting a one shot book that includes the moments that we missed i.e on tour, what happened after Australia, the gaps.

Once again thank you so much for all the support and I am honestly so so grateful, thank you thank you thank you!

See you all in the next book!

- Poppy x