Thank you all for reading and reviewing- I hope you all like the ending.

I know that there have been very few honestly happy moments in this fic- but I wanted to write something sincere about the whole experience.

Disclaimer: I own zilch. (apart from a broken heart)

The Reason that the Sky is Blue

Part Ten: Epilogue

The only sound in her ears was that of the waves lapping up against the sand and the steady flow of the traffic in the distance. The feeling of the ocean breeze washing over skin felt like silk as she let the entirety of the situation sink in. She let her finger's grasp tighter on to his hand. She opened her eyes and took in the beauty of the dusky sky as the stars began shining above them. The rocky cliffs of South Laguna Beach enclosed them in a borrowed heaven. The beach around them lay deserted by the sun, the crowds and the noise. The sun had begun its slow decent over the world leaving nothing but a glimmer of orange at the horizon.

Sara pulled herself up kneeling beside Greg as his eyes remained closed. Over the year that had passed she had spent many mornings watching him as he slept, her head resting on his bare skin listening to the sound of his heart beat and feeling the steady rise and fall of his chest that spoke as proof of his life. It was in those precious moments that she would be astounded with the affection that flooded her body by simply just being in his presence. And with every day the guilt had slowly faded turning into a simply scar of what it had once been.

"What?" Greg asked with a smirk as he opened one eye to see Sara watching over him with in a fervid daze.

"Nothing" She murmured her eyes not leaving his face as she gently brushed sand away from his cheek.

"Then stop being creepy." He smiled closing his eyes again Greg laid back the feeling of contentment heavy on his heart. Never had he imagined that he could be so happy. The past year had disappeared with the surrealistic imagery of a dream and Greg realised he could honestly think of no other place he wanted to be other than by Sara's side. They had weathered the storms, they had weighed their wars and they had survived all of the heart ache for something that blinded them both with its intensity and its honesty.

"Greg... I have something for you." Sara announced quietly clutching a small object in her hand, the metal digging into her palm. In that moment it was as if she had regressed to childhood as if she had forgotten the years of pain and hurt that were about to come and could look at him with the eyes of someone who still knew how to trust, someone who still knew the innocence of love. The man before her pulled himself into a sitting position his hair like a golden halo in the dimming day light, his hazel eyes watching her with concern; he cared for her so much it hurt.

"Here." She dropped the small ship into his out stretched hand and paused to run her tongue over her lip to moisten it, knowing that he would be wanting an explanation for her offering. "We used to play monopoly on Tuesday nights. It was the only time that I can remember in my childhood that I felt like I was a part of a family. I lost the ship but one day I found it under my bed. The day I was taken into foster care I had it in my hand. I kept it with me every day since then. I would pretend that one day I would be able to sail away. It reminded me that there was a whole world out there- that there was always an escape. But I don't need it any more. I don't want to escape There is nowhere else I want to be but with you Greg."

"Thank you..." Greg leant forward kissing her softly his hand tucking her hair behind her ear; he pulled away his eyes filled with love and affection. "I love you."

"I love you too." Sara muttered back pulling him into another kiss not breaking their kiss and straddled him climbing into his lap. His hands found their place on her hips as hers rested on his chest. They lazily undressed each other, planting feathery kisses to skin they were exposing. Sara wrapped her arms around her neck pulling him closer as they rocked against each other losing themselves in the sensations that they were experiencing. She gasped as she peaked whispering his name, he silently released holding her even tighter. The moon light shone down on them now, the stars were like diamonds studding the velvet of the night sky. The water was like ink was endlessly lapping up against the white sand.

In that moment the hurt, the guilt and the lies it had taken to get here didn't matter because they had found something that they would never let go of.

As they looked into each other's eyes they knew in that moment- this was it.

There was nowhere else they would rather be.

The End