Status: Completed; finally.

Shooting Love in Real Time.

Epilogue.

My heart pounded in my chest as I smiled over to her one last time. Jasey was laughing, eyes shining bright and so happy. We had finally made it, and I couldn’t think of another person I would rather be here with. I cleared my throat, smoothing down my clothes and standing up to face everyone.
The room went quiet as I stood and I couldn’t help but smile at everyone sat in front of me.
“Well, the first thing I’d like to say, is thanks for taking the time out to be here. I know you’ve all got crazy important shit to be getting on with, but I’m glad you could be here to drink all my booze and act like you’re happy to be here.” Everyone laughed and I heard a couple of people shouting ‘cheers to that!’ at me. “Man, I never thought we’d make it here, which is probably why I have no idea what to say. I mean, what is there to say? You all know how long it’s taken us to get here, everything we’ve been through and just how many twists and turns we had to face to make it. But we did.”
I felt Jasey squeeze my hand, reminding me to stop rambling and get to the point. I looked over to her, taking a deep breath and carrying on. My palms felt sweaty as I looked on at all of our friends and family spread across the room. Our parents sat next to us, smiling and looking on in awe. I know they were the most surprised of everyone that we were finally here. Jack and Marissa stood at the far side of the room, his arm around hers and a grin on both of their faces.
“You’re all here because you mean so much to Jasey and I, and we couldn’t imagine leaving any of you out of this. I just wanted to say how happy I am that we made it here, that I could spend this time with a girl who hasn’t stopped taking my breath away since I was seventeen. Jasey, I couldn’t imagine spending the rest of my life with anyone else and there aren’t enough words in the world to describe just how happy I am that you agreed to this. John, next time she tries to run away, you know to bring her home, right?” John Ohh smiled from his table, raising his glass and promising to bring her back again. Jasey slapped me lightly.
“Thank you, Alex, but I think we’re in too deep to run away now.” Our friends laughed at us and I couldn’t help but join them.
It had taken us seven years to get here and I couldn’t help but feel dumbfounded that I’d managed to keep her long enough to get here; that she loved me as much as I loved her. If you hadn’t guessed already, Jasey Rae had finally agreed to marry me, and I couldn’t be any happier than I was today. It had been three years since we had broken up. She had managed to snag a job in music journalism, meaning she had a reason to be on the road with me as much as she could bear, which she always did when she wasn’t too busy writing her first novel. I was so proud of her, and I was ecstatic that we both managed to follow our dreams, regardless of everything life had thrown at us, and that we managed to do it together. Our relationship was stronger than ever, stronger than it had been the first time round, especially stronger than the second time. We’d finally learned to stop keeping secrets and playing games, the feeling in our guts telling us that if we did we’d end up down the same road as last time, which neither of us could face. Even Jack and Marissa had to agree that they didn’t have the strongest relationship anymore. Jasey and I just kept going from strength to strength, sharing in each other’s good times and bad times, exactly the way we always should have done.
“Well, I’m not going to waste anymore of your drinking time. To Mrs. Gaskarth, let’s get her drunk before she realises what she’s done!”
I leaned down and kissed her softly, her eyes still shining brightly. Everyone clapped and I heard a few wolf whistles.
“I know exactly what I’ve done Alex, I’ve managed to keep you. This time it’s forever."
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This chapter was just absolute cliché, but it's my way of ending on a high note for once. I think after all this time, they totally deserve an ending I can't manipulate into another storyline.
So, thank you guys for sticking it out for this long, I hope enjoyed it! <3