Life Happens
Epilogue


Two Years later...

Two years had passed since Alyx's birth. She was now two years old, full of life and just like her mother. The toddler had her mothers beautiful dark brown hair, and her father's beautiful eyes. She was the perfect mixture of the both of them. She completed their little family. Ricky and Adrian's daughter was very loved. She is loved by Margaret, and Shaker, Jorge and Kathleen, Anne and her new girlfriend Susan, Grace and Jack, Cindy and Ruben, and every other distant friend or relative. Her personality really shined for a two-year old. She was very bright for her age, and always knew what she wanted. She was a little fashionista, sort of like her mother, and funny, like her father.
There was never a day where Ricky, and Adrian weren't grateful for their little family. John was now ten years old, and in grade five. He was bright like Amy, and hardworking like his dad. He was soaring in all of his subjects at school, and had recently found interest in art. He was a great boy. He was handsome, like Ricky, but looked exactly like Amy.

Amy was doing great as well. She moved to Miami to live with her boyfriend; Brett, a teacher, a little over a year ago and was settling into the neighborhood well. She had John every other weekend, and for a few hours during the weekdays. She kept her place as a bank accountant, and found herself a job at a local bank. She was now pregnant with her second baby, and Brett's first. Amy felt like she really hit the jackpot with Brett. He was good-looking, and was hardworking. He worked hard for his money, and was always there for Amy when she needed it. She was excited to be engaged to him, and pregnant with their first child together. She never forgot about John, and spent as much time with him as she could. He didn't call her mom yet, and she was fine with that. He warmed up to her, but she knew that he would never really see her as his mother. She was totally fine. At least she got to see her boy more often.

As for Adrian and Ricky, their marriage was great. They were celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary, and couldn't be happier. Out of all of their friends, their marriage was probably the strongest. They believed that the reason they were always in such a great place, was that they always spoke their minds, and were as passionate as they were in high school. Sex was often, date nights were once a week, and they spent alone time together when they could. They were happy. Great marriage, great kids; all recipes for a great life, in the words of Margaret, Ricky's mother.
Adrian did what she had set her mind to do after Alyx was born. She went back to law school, and worked her ass off to get that degree. She graduated a month before Alyx's second birthday, and was working part-time at a local firm.
Ricky still worked as a police officer. It was a job he really enjoyed. He made good money, and he loved his job. If you were to ask him when he was in high school if he wanted to be a police officer, he would have laughed in your face and thought you were kidding. He was glad that he took the opportunity when it was right in front of him, because he was happy with his career.

All of their friends still kept in touch with each other. Grace and Jack were recently married, and it was just announced that she was pregnant with their first child. The couple lived in the Chicago suburbs with their dog. Jack worked from home, while Grace worked as a pediatrician. Ben was living in Italy, and dating a really nice woman named Reena. He didn't talk to anyone too much, but everyone now knew where he had been all those years. He had lingering feelings come back for Adrian, once he learned that she had a baby with Ricky, and they were happy. Alice and Henry were together, and still living in California. They had two children; Sadie, who was three, and Maddox, who was four months old. They were still good friends with Ben, but they never really seen him in a while. Madison was a columnist for a local newspaper in Los Angeles, and her new husband; Danny, was a carpenter. Madison was in her third trimester of her first pregnancy, and it was a boy. She and Danny were planning on naming him Phoenix Daniel McCallister. Madison was still close friends with Lauren, and Amy. Lauren was living in a sky-high condo in LA with her boyfriend, Jay. She was making really good money for herself working as an editor for a magazine. Jay was a financial analysis. They were planning on getting married in the next year or so, and starting a family. But being twenty-five years old, Lauren was in no hurry.
Adrian didn't talk to Omar, but they were friends on Facebook. He was still in California, and working as a high school teacher at Grant High. He is engaged to Jackie Pritchett, a woman still unknown to the rest of the gang that didn't live in their hometown anymore, considering she didn't have a Facebook profile. All everyone knew was that she was a social worker. They had recently adopted an eleven year old together, and they seemed happy.
Ashley Juergens loved her job as a nurse, so she decided to stay in Winnipeg, despite her sister moving to Florida. She loved it in Canada, and wanted to stay there. She was dating one of her coworkers, but had no plans to get married in the future. Gene was a nice guy and all, but she didn't want to get married. She would be fine with starting a family years from now, but she didn't want to get married. Jorge and Kathleen were happier than ever together, and they still lived in the Bowman household. Tom still lived with them, and they were fine with that. Kathy and Ethan were living together back home, and they both had jobs they loved. They had no children, but are engaged. They were in no rush to get married and have kids, though. They wanted to enjoy this time in their lives. Anne was still in Palm Springs, and had an off and on relationship with Susan, her girlfriend for the past year. Nora still worked at Boykovich International for Leo, and was saving up to buy her first home. She had no relationships in her life for the time being. She is focused on work. Leo and Camille were still growing strong, and Chloe still lived with them while she finished college. Chloe had decided to become a social worker, and was working hard to meet that goal.

All of them were doing good, and they were happy. Their lives were way different from when they graduated, and it was unexpected how they turned out. All of them kept in touch, and attended each other's weddings, and all of those kinds of life changing events.


"Okay, John. Have fun tonight with Chase," Adrian Underwood said into her cell phone. "Alright. Love you too, sweetie. Bye."
She hung up her phone, and tossed it on the couch. It was seven at night, and she was waiting for Ricky to get home. It was their fifth wedding anniversary, and he couldn't get off work, much to Adrian's dismay. John was sleeping at his best friend's house for the night, while Alyx stayed with Amy and Brett for the night. Adrian and Ricky had a party to celebrate their anniversary with their friends and family the day before, but wanted their anniversary to be just with each other. It started off great; breakfast in bed, a little quickie, lunch at the Capitol. But then Ricky was called in to work.
Adrian spent the day lingerie shopping, and getting a fancy dinner ready for her husband. She never really wore lingerie, but wanted this anniversary to be special.
Ricky was set to be home by eight, and Adrian couldn't be more excited.

"Ugh, where are those candles," Adrian mumbled to herself while digging through the drawers in the kitchen. Her fingers traced the wooden drawers, until they landed on the candles. She grinned her herself. "Yes!"
The Latina carried the candles over to the kitchen table, where the fancy dinner she prepared was. She placed the vanilla scented candles in the middle of the table and smirked to herself, impressed at what she had created. She left the dinner and made her way upstairs to the master bedroom. She walked into the large room and found the pink Victoria's Secret bag on the bed. She dumped the items out on the bed and smiled when she saw the lacy lingerie. There was an all lace red bra, and matching underwear, that she thought made her butt look big. She then walked over to her large closet, and dug around for her six inch red peep-toed pumps. She threw them on the bed, and then went into the ensuite bathroom.
She took in her reflection, her hair was perfectly done but she was wearing a white tanktop, and a pair of yoga pants. Her makeup was perfectly done, like always.

Adrian was about to hop in the shower when the door bell rung.
She sighed and began to get dressed again. Once she had clothes on, she made her way downstairs and to the front door, stopping to look at herself in the mirror first. She finally opened the heavy front door, and was completely surprised at who was standing there. It was none other than her husband.
Adrian grinned at him and jumped into his arms, wrapping her legs around him to secure herself. Her arms were wrapped around his neck while she kissed him lovingly. Ricky complied, and held one hand under her for support and closing the door behind them. The two shared a long, and loving kiss while Ricky began to carry his wife up to their bedroom, still kissing her.
It was one of their favorite positions, Ricky carrying her and just kissing. It had always been their favorite, even when they were just bed buddies in grade ten.

After about two hours of making love, they laid side-to-side, their arms slightly touched. They were covered in the comforter, and were just cooling down.
Adrian finally got out of bed, and picked up a t-shirt that was Ricky's. She put it on to cover herself and then stood in the middle of the room looking at him.
Ricky bit his lip and sat up. "What's wrong, babe?"
"I cooked this amazing dinner, hoping we would have a romantic night before having sex," Adrian began while placing her hands on her hips. "I went out and bought some sexy lingerie, too. And I didn't even get to use it!"
Ricky rubbed his neck. "I'm sorry that the night didn't go as you planned but you always like to make love on our anniversary..."
"Don't get me wrong, I do love you so much and I love making love with you but," Adrian sat back on the bed. "I prepared this big dinner, and I was thinking we could have a bath together, and the whole sha-bang,"
She was cut off when Ricky gave her a soft kiss, and smiled. "Adrian, I know the night didn't go as planned, but it's still young," He placed his hand on his wife's bare thigh. "We can still eat, have a bath, and have sex again."
"Mm, that sounds nice," Adrian smiled and got out of the bed. "Just let me put something on."
"I'll go downstairs like this," Ricky got up. "Come down when you're ready."
"As much as I like that," Adrian smirked. "Put some boxers on."
"Okay," Ricky nodded before he pulled her into a hug. "You're beautiful, you know that?"
Adrian wrapped her arms around him, and looked up. "You tell me that everyday."
"Fair enough. You're perfect," Ricky gave a boyish smile while biting his bottom lip.
Adrian smiled and kissed him on the lips. "I love you, Ricky Underwood."
"And I love you," Ricky kissed her again. "Adrian Underwood."


Authors Note: I feel so good about this whole story. I've always shipped Radrian, even though they had like no chance of getting back together in the show. I've always wanted to read a story about them sort of like this, but there was none, so my friend told me that if there's a story I want to read that isn't out there, I should write it. He's been a huge influence on me. And I'm glad i wrote this. I want to thank the people who actually supported and reviewed the story since the beginning. You're one of the reasons I continued after I was so discouraged. I'm really happy with this story, and the way it turned out. I'm considering writing another Radrian story, but who knows. I might write a sequel or another story. Love you guys.
Xo