This is it, then end of Falling Over Again. It's been a fun journey, hasn't it? I'm planning a sequel, but right now I'm returning Kota's favor of helping me out with this story and helping her out with her new story, "To Be a Mother", so I advise you all to check that out because it's sure to be a good one, full of fluff and such. Anyway, more rambling at the end.

Also, the middle section I wrote while listening to a Sappy love song station on my TV, and I imagine it to be like one of those movies where the scenes fade together and all that. So that's what it's supposed to be like. Every "-" is the mark of a new scene. Uhm, I failed at writing it, so.

And lastly, le outfits for Alexis will be posted on my profile.

She pulled her black scarf around her neck, letting it rest on her shoulder, just above the long white-sleeved t-shirt that she was wearing. she pursed her lips together as she looked herself over in the mirror. She brushed her fingers through her hair, before walking over and sitting on her bed. She pulled her black boots on over the dark was jeans she was wearing, and then slapped her hands down on her knees. She looked around the empty room with a small smile. It wasn't like it wouldn't be her room anymore, her Dad assured her that it would still be her room when she left. And today was the day that she was leaving.

An hour later she pulled her phone out of her pocket and typing a message to her boyfriend.

"Hey, my Dad was re-doing the Hamptons house so he had all(i mean most) of the furniture from there shipped up for me to us, and along with that they moved it all in for me, which makes my life easier. I just have to put my stuff away. If you still wanna come help you can, but there won't be much work to do."

It didn't take long for a reply to come through from him, and Alexis opened it as she walked out of her room and down stairs, slinging her bags over her shoulder as she walked.

"Why wouldn't I come help? I'm still coming to help you. I have some items of business I think we should discuss."

-"Items of business? That sounds a little fishy, but okay. Just meet me there? It's the apartments on 5th, apartment 15b(:"

She put her phone in her pocket as she grabbed her keys off the table and walked out to her car, not bothering to look back, because really, she wasn't leaving. She would never leave, she'd always go back. And that's the way she saw it. With a smile on her face, she closed the door, grabbing the strap of her bag that was hanging over her shoulder, and walked down the stairs and out to her car.

Twenty minutes later, she grabbed the dufflebag full of clothes out of the back of her car and walked up to her apartment slowly, flipping the key over and over in the palm of her hand as she did so.

She walked inside and sighed as she saw the boxes sitting in the middle of the floor in the main room. Tossing her bag and keys onto the floor next to the door, she walked into the bedroom to see the bare bed sitting there. Before she could think about where to start with her unpacking, she heard a knock on the door, and walked quickly to open it.

"Hey." she said with a smile when she saw a familiar, very adorable blonde, standing there. "Come on in." she told him, giving him a quick kiss.

When he was inside, she closed to door behind him. And turned to lean against it.

"Can we talk now? If I don't, I might forget everything I wanted to say or loose my nerve or something."

"Sure. My bed's in the other room, about the other thing to sit on right now." she stated, walking towards her room. When she got there, she sat down on the edge, brushing her hair back over her forehead.

"So, Espo brought something up to me the other day, how we haven't really spent that much time together, how we hang out less than we do when we have been friends."

Alexis nodded, pursing her lips. "I have noticed that yes, but we've both been busy. I mean, I started a new job and I'm actually starting my life, so it's understandable."

"Yes, that's true." he continued, looking across the room at the blank wall. "But I think there's more to it. I've really been keeping myself busy because I haven't been ready to commit myself to a relationship with you."

"Oh." Alexis said flatly, looking down at the floor.

"I saw Jenny the other day, too. Made me realize I haven't been ready because I still had feelings for her." he said quietly.

"Listen, I have a lot of unpacking to do. If you're going to do this, break up with me thing, can you make it quick and then leave, please?" she snapped.

"Well, one doesn't listen to me, does she?" he replied.

"What do you mean? I listen to you! You just said that you're still in love with your ex-wife!" she told him, standing up.

"If you were listening you would have heard that I said had. not have." he whispered, standing up. "Alexis, seeing her gave me what I needed. I took a long drive alone that night, just thinking about everything. I realized that Jenny and I, we're over. Nothing's going to change that, because you are what I want. I don't want no bouncy blonde who looses the kids she babysits. I want smart, beautiful, caring, redheads named Alexis."

Alexis bit her lip, and smiled. "Couldn't you have just said that?" she asked in a whisper, standing on her toes before leaning up and giving him a gentle kiss. When they broke apart, she adjusted the collar of his shirt, a smile never leaving her face.

"Come on, let's go unpack my stuff, then we can go to lunch or dinner, depending." She grabbed his hand and walked into the main room, opening on of the boxes and sliding it towards him.

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He had his arms around her waist, hers hands holding the front of his as they sat on the couch, looking through a photo album of Alexis as a little kid. The smile on her face in all of them was the same smile she still wore today when with the people that she loved. It was one Kevin Ryan knew well. He kissed the top of her head before whispering something in her ear that caused her to chuckle, twist a little and smack his chest. He smiled at her, and grabbed her hand and kissed her cheek. She rolled her eyes and went back to her original position, adjusting her white tank-top as she did.

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She was walking backwards, holding his hands as the crossed the bridge, a large smile on her face, but there was a pleading look in her eyes. Her red hair rest over the white blouse she was wearing, the click of her black heels being heard only by those who were within a few feet of the young couple. She was dressed as if she had just gotten off of work, minus the bags and the laptop case. He let out a sigh, and a quiet "Okay, fine", causing her to throw her arms around his neck and giving him a tight hug and a kiss on the cheek. As they neared the end of the bridge, she turned to walk beside him, lacing her fingers between his and resting her head on his shoulder.

He's sitting on the couch, while she's sitting on the floor, leaning against the side of the chair that's adjacent to the couch, a children's book in hand. She looks to the small blonde who is sitting next to her. As she let's the little girl turn the page in the book, she looks up to her boyfriend and smiles, which he returns. She looks back to the little girl who is pointing to the page on the book, and Alexis continues to read to her. Kevin continues to smile, noting how well Alexis is with his niece, wondering to himself if he should bring her around his family more often.

It's one of the rare days that they both have off and can spend time together, and they're spending it at her Dad's loft, with her Dad, Kate, Her grandmother, Kate's Dad, as well Laine, and Esposito. She smooths out the bottom of her brown floral dress as she sits down on the couch, crossing her ankles. She bites her bottom look as she watches Kate talk to the two kids who are standing in the middle of the room looking around. They look alike, feternal twins even, and their names are Briella and Bently. Alexis looks over to her boyfriend whose sitting on the stool next to the counter, looking at the four girls, plus Jim, who are making conversation with the twins, and making small conversation with her Dad and Esposito about it. She rolls her lips together and it's then that she realizes that she loves him. Turning back to the group of people she's smiling as she brushes her red hair over her right shoulder.

She sighs loudly as she walks into her apartment, still in the white and black dress that Maddison had chosen for her to wear as a bridesmaid dress. She tosses the black clutch onto the coffee table as he walks in behind her, wrapping his arms around her. She leans her head back into his chest and closes her eyes.

"I'm so glad you came with me tonight. I had no idea she'd invited James." Alexis whispered.

"Hey, you can't always get upset when you see one of your exboyfriends." he rested his chin on the top of her head as he spoke.

"Yeah, but with him it's different. Notice that I didn't get even the least bit upset or jealous or any of that when I saw Ashley with whoever that blonde bimbo was." she stated matter-of-factly. She turned to face him, brushing her red hair out of her face.

"I know that. You're all mine now." he chuckled, leaning down and giving her a gentle, loving kiss.

"All yours, and only yours." She stated with a nod. "and that's because I love you." she continued in a whisper.

"and I love you, Alexis." he replied, brushing a lock of her hair out of her face and kissing her again.

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I can't tell you guys how many times I started this chapter, finished it, and then deleted everything because it just didn't seem right anymore, so that's why the delay in the update. Also, please note that every "scene" that happened was like, one a month, so that's pretty much four months, well, isn't pretty much, it was. Oh, and I don't even know if those apartments are real, mostly their figments of my imagination.

And the twins mentioned before are foster kids Castle and Beckett took in, because I think that would be an awesome thing for them to do.

I'd like to thank you all for sticking with me through this story. I'd like to thanks MeganReneeSweetart and castlelover100 for reviewing pretty much every chapter, I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed at any point through the ten chapters that is this story, those who faved and/or subscribed, it means a lot. Don't worry, this is NOT the end of the Ryan/Alexis story, I'll beA starting a sequel called "Ours" sometime before the end of the month, and it'll be loosly based on the Taylor Swift song. If you haven't heard it, I would go youtube it. I also have about seven Castle/Beckett oneshots based on different songs and such that I may or not post.

Well, that's all for now.
xx Macie Jayde (: