A/N: I can't believe this story is done! It's been my little baby for the past few months and I feel like a proud mom watching it go off to college or somethingXD Thank you to everyone that has read/reviewed/favorited/alerted this story. Hearing you're feedback is one of the biggest things that kept this story going:)
I thought that the epilogue was going to be the best part of the story... Well, it's probably the suckiest:/ I'm just having terrible writer's block, and I don't know what to do with myself. Meh... I hope this is not too terrible. Oh, and sorry if there are any typos! It's 1:52a.m. and I'm still suffering from concert hangover from yesterday:)
Disclaimer: I own nothing, but one day I will own Kendall and his hips;)
It's been two years since I met James Diamond; two years since I found my soulmate. Walking into the coffee shop that day, I never expected to walk out leaving my heart with a guy that I had just met. To this day, he still holds it and I hope he never lets it go.
With that in mind, it has also almost been two years since I regained my sight after fifteen years of living in darkness. Opening my eyes that first time, it was absolutely mind blowing. After living a life where it was just dark all of the time, being able to see my family's faces... it was one of the best moments of my life.
Another moment of my life that I will never forget is when I saw James' face for the first time. I remember opening my eyes and the first thing that filled my vision was hazel eyes and a dazling smile. I didn't recognized the face, but the moment he said my name, I knew it was him. I remember wanting to reach out to him, to kiss him, but then the memory for why I was in the hospital kept me from doing so. Then later that night, after Jo explained to me what happened and he poured his heart out to me, there was no way I could stay away.
We've been through a lot these past two years. After I was released from the hospital, I was ready to start my life over again, and James was by my side the whole time. There were many doctors appointments, many sleepless nights, and many tears. Both of us barely slept the first few weeks. The fear of me falling asleep and waking up blind again plagued my mind and kept me from sleeping, and when I would sleep, I would wake from horrible nightmares either about my dad or getting hit by a car. James was there though, holding me and kissing the tears away, making me feel safe. After a few weeks, the fears subsided and we were both able to sleep through the night.
James ended up moving out of his apartment and moving in with me after everything started to settle down. It was like he was already living with me for the most part, but moving all of his stuff in made it official. With James, Charlie, and me, it felt like we were our own small family.
My mom and my sister automatically took James in. It was like he was the missing piece to our family; he made us all whole again. They are constantly over for dinner and on the weekends just to spend time with us. Katie acts as though James is a second older brother and my mom treats him like the second son she never had. It makes me happy to see that they love James just as much as I love him.
Logan is also a regular occupant at the dinner table. Before the accident, Logan was so hesitant of me being with James, but now, they are the best of friends. Heck, sometimes I felt like the third wheel when I was around them they are so close. When James wasn't with me, he was hanging out with The Loganator. If I didn't know that James was completely and utterly in love with me, I would have thought something fishy was going on. But a few weeks ago, James introduced Logan to his friend Carlos and they have been inseperable ever since, and I got my boyfriend back full time; it was a win-win situation.
I smiled to my reflection in the mirror as I buttoned up my plaid shirt, thinking about how adorable Logan and Carlos are together. They actually remind me of James and I when we first met; totally in love after such a small amout of time together.
When I finished buttoning my shirt, a pair of arms wrapped around my torso and James face appeared in the mirror beside mine.
"You look beautiful." He leaned over and pecked my cheek.
"I know I do." I smirked.
"Well, someone is full of himself."
"I guess you're just rubbing off on me."
Laughing, James tightened his arms around me, drawing me closer to his body. He nuzzled his face into my neck and I pressed a kiss in his hair before he looked up to me, his eye shining bright.
"Are you ready to see your present?"
This year, James insisted on getting each other presents. Last year we didn't really worry about it because I was paranoid that something terrible was going to happen, that there would be some freak accident and everything would go up in flames. Needless to say, I was a big ball of fear the whole week of our anniversary last year.
But this year, James wanted to make a big production. I already gave him his present this morning. He was so excited when he ripped off the wrapping paper to find the amp he's been begging for the past few months. After he tackled me and we kissed for a good few minutes, he informed me that my present hadn't arrived yet and that I had to stay in the bedroom until it did because he didn't want me to see it. I've been stuck in here for a good two hours and I'm itching to get out of this room.
"Yes!" I spun around to where I was facing him.
"Ok, but you have to close your eyes."
When I closed my eyes, he grabbed my hands and started to lead me out of the bedroom. I stumbled a couple of time and we laughed as I tried to regain my balance. Slightly opening one of my eyes, I tried to watch for anything I might trip over. Good thing I did, or Charlie would have become a permanent part of the floor.
James saw that my eye were open and quickly moved behind me to cover my eyes with his hands.
"Hey!"
"No peeking Kendall!"
He continued to lead me with his hands firmly clasped over my eyes and then finally stopped to place me in a specific spot.
"You ready?" I nodded my head, "Ok, on the count of three. One. Two. Three!"
His hands dropped from my face and I felt my jaw hit the floor. Sitting in front of me was a sleek, black, baby grand piano. Turning to James, he nodded and motion for me to walk over to it. Slowly walking across the living room floor, I walked up on the piano that fit perfectly in the corner.
Hesitantly I reached out a hand to run my fingers across the ivory keys and the instrument let out each note individually. Closing my eyes and listening to the music, it felt like I was nine again.
My mom wanted me to have another outlet besides hockey, so she signed me up for piano lessons. To my surprise, I fell in love with it. I practiced every day, and even wrote a song, but then I went blind, and everything changed. It was a struggle for me to learn and play new pieces of music when I couldn't even read the music. It didn't feel the same, and one day I just finally gave up.
Opening my eyes again, I looked over to find James staring at me. He looked like a child on Christmas morning he was smiling so much, and I smiled back just as brightly. Walking behind me, he wrapped his arms around me again and rested his chin on my shoulder.
"Do you love it?"
"Of course I do! It's perfect. But you didn't have to get me this..."
"Yes I did. It's our anniversary, and I wanted it to be special." He said as he turned his head into my neck, leaving a small kiss on my skin.
"But all I got you was an amp for your guitar... You went far beyond than I did."
"I love my present Kendall! It is exactly what I needed, and you needed this. So, it's even."
"How did you-"
"On our first date you told me that you used to play, and a couple of months ago I heard your mom say that she wished you would start playing again."
"And how did you-"
"I've been saving for it for a while. You'd be surprised how much extra money you can get at the coffee shop when you wear tighter clothes and place a tip jar in front of you." He smiled triumphantly.
He let go of me and spun me around to where I was facing him. His hazel eyes were bright and full of happiness, and they made my knees go weak.
"How did I get so lucky to find you?"
"Oh, I don't know. Guess it just happened for a reason." I smiled at him, remembering that night in the hospital two years ago.
"I love you."
"I love you, too. Now come on, play me something!"
Chuckling, I took a seat on the piano stool and James sat beside me, bouncing with joy. Staring at the keys, I tried to remember a song to play, but it was like my brain wasn't functioning. I couldn't think of any of the songs that I learned when I was younger, not even the one I wrote. Looking up at James, I could see my panicked expression reflected back at me in his eyes, but he had a smile still stretched across his face.
He quickly pulled a couple of sheets of paper from behind his back, practically shoving them into my face. Taking them from him, I recognized them immediately. They were my music sheets. Scanning over them, I started to remember.
"I want you to play this one!" James almost screamed, pulling one sheet from my hand and sitting it down in front of me.
It was the song I wrote. After looking over the notes, I hesitantly started playing. At first it was kind of slow and I messed up a couple of times, but soon I got faster and it sounded beautiful to my ears. As I continued to play, James started to hum along, smiling all the while.
As I got to the last few notes on the page, the second to last note was flat. I hit it again, confused, but I got the same result. Playing the keys around it, they were also not right. Hitting it repeatedly did nothing and I looked over to James, conserned that he spent an arm and a leg on a piano that was busted.
"Let's take a look under the hood." He chuckled, standing up and walking around the piano.
Sticking his head under the lid, I saw him digging around inside. After a few moments, his head popped up and he looked at me.
"Now try."
Placing my hands on the keys again, I started playing where I left off, and the problem had been fixed. It sounded perfect.
"You fixed it! What was wrong?" I asked, sliding my fingers across the keys, not completely believing that the piano was mine to keep.
"This was tied to one of the strings."
Turning my attention to him, I know my eyes became the size of saucers. Kneeled there beside me was James, holding a tiny black box in his hands. I don't know where the tears started to come from, but they came at full force as he opened the box to reveal a silver ring.
"Kendall Knight, will you marry me?"
"Y-yes." I choked out.
"Yes?" his lips started to curl into a smile and I launched myself into his arms.
"Yes! Of course I will marry you!"
Standing up, he started to spin us around. His laugher filled the air and I couldn't help but to also laugh. After what felt like hours of spinning around in joy, James finally put me down on my feet, and leaned down to kiss me. Wrapping my arms around his neck, he snaked his around my waist as the kiss deepend, and everything felt perfect.
After all of the crap that I've gone through in life, I'm finally get my happy ending.
A/N: Ugh... I hate writer's block! I hope you guys liked it at least a tiny bit.
I'm going to start working on the sequal next week some time:) And let me just tell you, I haven't even started writing it, I'm just thinking about what I want to do, and it already has me in tears! Ahhh!
And OH MY GOODNESS! I went to my first Big Time Rush concert on the 13th and it was possibly the best night of my life! Kendall was PERFECTION, Carlos was adorable and fell on his butt while dancing, James was a sexy beast(like always), and when they ran out into the crowed during Halfway There, Logan was like less than ten feet away from me and he smiled that perfect crooked smile at me!:D I swear I almost died right then and there! Why did God have to make four of the most amazing, beautiful, and talented men and put them in a band? WHYYYY?
Ok, enough of that! Last time to review on this story, so make the best of it!:)
