Denying Destiny

Epilogue: The Fortune Teller

"Comeone, Stace. Please?" Lian asked me. I rolled my eyes at her. Lian, Max and I were walking along a very familiar school fair and Lian was trying to convince me to have our fortunes read nung nilagpasan namin yung fortune teller tent.

"Alam mong di yan titigil." Inirapan din ni Max si Lian. Deja vu.

"Okay why not ikaw nalang?" Natatawa kong sabi sa kanya. 

"It wouldn't be the same. Kailangan tatlo tayo." Lian pouted.

Sa totoo lang natatakot ako sa manghuhula.

"Mommy Lian, look! Daddy finally bought me cotton candy!" Tumakbo si Audrey papunta kay Lian to show her big rainbow-colored cotton candy larger than her face. Lian smiled at Audrey but glared at Ryan. "I told you not the cotton candy." She said through her teeth at him. Natawa ako. Who knew Lian would be like this?

Our old school was now Audrey's school. We all went here for the nostalgic feeling since we all knew our futures started in that school fair eleven years ago.

"Why not si Audrey yung pahulaan natin?" Max winked at Lian. "Wag na." Nagmamadaling sagot ni Lian kay Max. She's very protective of her stepdaughter.

I turned around to look for the face I've always looked for in crowds.

I remembered the time that I was completely and utterly terrified that I could lose him. In that courtroom three years ago nung nagpaputok si Regina ng baril which was aimed at us. I wasn't able to see kung kanino nya specifically tinuro yung baril (Killian said kay Cez daw nung una), kasi he shielded me agad-agad. Regina ended up committing suicide. It was equally horrifying sa totoo lang. I vomited sa bathroom right after (though baka din dahil lang buntis ako non). But her death was also the end of Killian constantly fearing for my life and safety. I can't say I was completely relieved since I was confident Killian and I could surpass any problem together, but I also felt bad for Cecilia losing her mom. She actually got over it quickly saying that she already lost her mother nung bata palang sya when she realized her mom never loved her. It was a chapter we all closed together.

I smiled at Killian na palapit saamin pero groaned when I saw him holding an ice cream cone in one hand and our three-year old daughter on the other. "Babe! Why did you feed her ice cream?!" I said in exasperation pagka kita ko sa mukha ng anak namin. Gabriella's mouth was dripping with chcolate ice cream.

"She wanted one. And it's confirmed, she eats ice cream like you do. I've always been curious." Sabi ni Killian with his boyish pacute smile. I took our daughter and set her down to try and clean her up. Do I really eat ice cream like this? Killian took out his handkerchief to wipe her face. Oh yes, I do.

"Why not yung husbands nalang yung magpahula?" Max said in jest. Ryan also knew about the hula and of course si Killian din.

"Hard pass." Ryan chuckled.

I however wondered kung anong magiging hula kay Killian. Would the fortune teller say my name to him like how she said Killian's name to me before?

"I don't need someone to tell me kung anong magiging future ko. I already know. And it will always be you and our family." Killian looked at me lovingly.

Eleven years ago, I didn't believe the hula. I was a cynic. Until I met Killian Roxas, then I turned into someone who tried to deny her destiny, as Killian puts it pag naaalala nya yung hula once in a while.

Well, the hula really might be true, but I knew we wouldn't be here together if it wasn't for the choices we had made to stay together. Madaming binigay saamin ni Killian na moments to say 'No'.

The fact that I was his student before and it seemed impossible at that time for us to be together, the moment he asked me to wait for him, when he asked me to be his girlfriend, when I thought it was too complicated after knowing he had a fake fiancée, when he asked me to marry him, when he admitted he was indeed my boyfriend after forgetting him when I had amnesia, when he confessed to me that he wanted me to forget about him, and when we said our I Dos. We both had a choice during those moments. 

I'll always be happy we made all the right choices. In keeping the love of my life. Killian and our family is my future.

The one I will never ever deny.

The End.

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Author's note:

Thank you so much for reading my first story. I hope minahal nyo si Stacy and Killian as much as I loved writing their story.

Until the next one. ;)