Chapter 8
Caroline's eyes flew open and a big smile crossed her face. Outside the sky was just beginning to lighten. Graduation Day was finally here.
Behind her, came and aggravated sigh. "Sweetheart, will there ever come a day when you actually sleep past dawn?"
She turned in his arms to face him. His eyes weren't open yet. "It's Graduation Day!" She said excitedly.
"Mmmmm," He murmured and tried to pull her down next to him.
"Nope." She squirmed out of his grasp and sat up. "There is too much to do. I need to find clothes to wear home, get a shower and then do my hair and makeup. I have to be at the school by 7:30 to set up and…."
He flashed forward and silenced her with a deep kiss, pulling her on top of him. When they broke apart she continued like there was no interruption. "I have to organize the booths for last minute sales for the Senior Trip and Yearbook…."
Klaus sighed again. "I take there is no way to convince you to stay in bed just a little bit longer?" He asked suggestively running his fingertip over her shoulder.
"Not today." She insisted.
"You wreak havoc on a man's ego, love."
"Well, thankfully you have a big enough ego that it could stand to be knocked down a bit." She teased and bounced out of bed. "Now help me find something to wear home."
"Why would I help with something I am so morally opposed to?" He questioned.
She turned and gave him her biggest eyes and a fake pout. "Because I'm cute?" She batted her eyelashes at him. He couldn't help but smile and climbed out of bed after her. He stalked over to her, noticing she kept eyes on his.
"I would say you are a good bit more than cute." He purred in her ear when he got close enough. She swallowed heavily and for a moment he thought she was going to give in.
Then she pushed on his chest lightly. "No tempting me! Go find me clothes!" She ordered.
He gave an aggravated sigh. "Fine." Then he grabbed her and kissed her soundly making sure she was pressed tight against him, making sure she felt exactly what she had been so determined NOT to look at. Then as quick as he grabbed her, he released her. He grinned at the arousal that was so obvious on her face and then flashed away to find them both clothes to put on.
"Have I mentioned the fact that you are evil?" She yelled after him.
He was back in a few seconds and handed her one of his shirts and a pair of his boxers.
"Rebekah doesn't have any clothes here I could wear?" She asked him.
"Sweetheart, if I have to let you out of my bed and even worse, out of my sight, then you have to indulge me in knowing that at least you will be covered in me for a little bit longer."
She kissed him lightly, not wanting to get carried away between how delicious he looked standing there naked and the effect his words had on her. "I love you." She whispered when she pulled back.
"If you really meant that, you'd come back to bed." He whispered back.
She danced out of his reach. "After graduation, I need to help take down the chairs. I think my mom wanted to take me out to dinner. Then there will be a party at the Grill to celebrate." She started pulling clothes on while she went over her list out loud to keep it all straight. He pulled on a pair of jeans he had brought with him.
He handed her shoes. "So you're saying it will be at least until tomorrow before I can get you alone again." He growled.
"Probably, but you are coming to graduation right?"
He wanted to groan out loud. Sitting in the hot sun, listening to speeches and watch teenager after teenager cross a stage just to see her was NOT something he had a desire to do. However, the hopeful look on her face convinced him there was no way he could say 'no'.
"Of course, love."
"And will you be my date for the party at the Grill?"
He paused and looked at her. "If I say yes to the Grill, that doesn't mean you are going to ask me to dinner with you and your mother does it?"
Caroline laughed. "NO! That would be way too awkward. I have to figure out how to tell her I'm going to be traveling for the most of the summer."
He smiled at the reminder of her agreement to accompany him to New Orleans.
"Are you sure you want me at your celebration? If it's the last time you and your friends are all together, they may be warmer if I'm not there."
"Nope, they are going to just have to get used to the fact that we are together." Caroline stated, as she headed for the door. "I had to get used to Damon being around."
Klaus glared at her back. He still wasn't happy with the youngest Salvatore using her the way he did. Granted Klaus had employed similar methods over the years, but the fact that it was Caroline this happened to, even if it was before he knew her, enraged him.
They walked downstairs and found a very tense Elijah looking at them while talking on the phone. "Keep me informed of any developments." He said before hanging up and addressing them. "I'm glad you are up, I was afraid I was going to have to come wake you."
Klaus sighed. It truly was always something in this town. "Problems, brother?"
"That was Damon Salvatore. He said he tried to call both of you first." Caroline looked blank trying to remember the last time she had her phone. Then Elijah held it out to her. "You left this in the car." She smiled her thanks, but let him continue. "It appears that the veil has not gone back up and the dead are still in town."
"The witch couldn't get the veil back up?"
"No one is certain. We haven't been able to reach her."
"What are the Salvatores doing about this?" Klaus demanded. Caroline was already on her phone trying to call Bonnie.
"Damon says that Stefan is drunk and singing along to Bon Jovi with his best friend. Elena is spending time with her brother and Alaric Saltzman. Rebekah is nowhere to be found." Elijah hesitated. "And I have no idea where Kol is."
"Wonderful." Klaus growled.
Caroline hung up her phone when it went to voicemail. "Do we know who else has crossed over at this point?" She asked nervously.
"The woman with the witch last night stated that there were other witches keeping Mikael and Esther from crossing over." Klaus said. "I don't know how much power they have, if they can actually control that or not. That still leaves a great deal of creatures that can come across, however." He looked at Caroline. "You can't go to your graduation today."
She laughed at him. "You've lost your mind."
"Caroline…" he warned.
She narrowed her eyes and growled right back at him. "Klaus…"
Elijah laughed.
"What is so funny?" Klaus turned his glare on his brother.
"You are, brother. You find your Mate after a thousand years and she's someone that obviously has no fear in standing up to you. You were right, there are no rules for this woman and that is why she belongs with you."
Caroline smiled warmly at Elijah. He crossed over to her and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Welcome to the family. I do believe you have a good chance of surviving it."
"Thank you, Elijah." Caroline answered him. "Now, since your brother is about to be a stubborn ass, will you drive me to my house so I can get ready for graduation."
"Absolutely not!" Klaus snapped.
"It would be my pleasure." Elijah answered.
"I am standing right here, am I not?" Klaus questioned.
"Are you ready?" Elijah asked her.
"Yeah, I didn't really come with much and Klaus was nice enough to loan me clothes to wear home."
"ENOUGH!" Klaus yelled. They both looked at him innocently. "I will drive Caroline to her house. Elijah, find Damon and see what you can figure out about what went wrong. Also, try and reach the witches in New Orleans, see if they have any leads or suggestions. I will meet up with both of you AFTER I drop Caroline off at the school and make sure there are plenty of other people around her. "
Caroline smiled and gave Klaus a quick kiss on the cheek. "Thank you." She said sweetly and headed for the door.
A few hours later, Caroline started to think she had been wrong not to stay in bed with Klaus. The yearbook distributions had been a mess, because the girl who got there before her started handing them out, but didn't keep track WHO she handed them out to. Bonnie wasn't going to be able to put the veil up until tonight, which meant graduation was probably going to be interrupted by some type of evil or massacre and to top it off, Damon had been shot with werewolf venom by a hunter and she couldn't reach Klaus. He sent her a text that he was going to be tracking Kol and wouldn't be reachable for the next few hours.
"Klaus, I know you said you were going to be unreachable, but now is not the time to be unreachable. You need to get her right now and save Damon." Caroline demanded over the phone.
She walked up to Bonnie, who gave her a sad smile. "Where is everyone?" Caroline snapped.
One by one the others walked up.
"Any word yet from Klaus?" Elena asked.
"Not yet."
Stefan stared at Caroline, in surprise.
"Did you do something different to your hair?" Elena asked her.
"What? No?" Caroline was confused.
"Did you color it lighter?" Elena asked her.
"I told you 'no'." Caroline insisted.
"There's something different about you." Elena insisted.
"She's mated to Klaus now." Stefan said from behind her.
"Mated?" Bonnie asked stunned.
"What?" Matt asked.
"What does that mean? And why would she look different?"
"It's like a supernatural marriage. The real kind." Stefan said.
"What about Tyler?" Matt asked. "Was Rebekah right? Is this about revenge?"
Caroline opened her mouth to answer him and she wanted to know what Stefan meant by 'the real kind', but Elena cut her off.
"Caroline, how can you do this? I mean, I was barely ok with you involved with Klaus, but you married him?"
"Did he force you to do this?"
"NO!" Caroline snapped.
"She didn't have any choice in the matter, probably." Stefan observed.
"He did force you?" Bonnie's eyes almost turned black.
"NO!" Caroline said again. "I claimed him." She turned to Matt "and it's not about revenge. It just happened."
"True mates are almost predestined." Stefan supplied. "That's what I meant about her not having any choice in the matter. If they were meant to be mated, then it's actually amazing she held out this long."
"What do you mean by 'true mates'?" Caroline asked him.
"It's like soul mates. Two pieces of a whole. It's pretty rare actually. Other vampires can try to replicate it by marking each other; it's a visual sign that they are mated. True mates don't do that, they don't need to. Once they claim each other, it's like they are part of each other. It changes their scent, they aura. It's almost chemical."
"So it's like a hormonal thing?" Matt asked.
Caroline frowned at him. "It's more than that, but I can't explain it really. I really do love him."
Stefan gave her a sad smile. "Obviously, and he obviously loves you back, or it wouldn't be possible."
"So, Caroline and Klaus were meant to be?" Elena asked thoughtfully.
"Yeah, it really is amazing it took them so long to get together." He grinned at Caroline. "You are a very stubborn woman."
Caroline grinned. "Enough about me, it's here…graduation. I can't believe we made it."
After the group hug, they walked to line up. Stefan hung back for a moment next to Caroline.
"Congratulations." He said.
"Thank you. I'm not sure I really understand what's happened. It's kind of intense."
"It'll be ok. You two obviously have a very strong connection, so I think you'll work it out." He grinned. "I'm not saying it'll be easy. You both can be pretty high maintenance." He joked.
Caroline elbowed Stefan and looked at him. "Thank you, for everything you've done to help me and for the congratulations. I don't think I'll be getting too many of those."
"Well, if it's something they haven't experienced, it's something they won't be able to understand."
"Yeah." Caroline nodded. "It also means Damon isn't Elena's true mate." She pointed out.
"It also means I'm not either."
"But…"
"No, there wouldn't have been a sire bond if I was."
"I'm sorry." Caroline said.
"It's ok; it's not completely over yet." Stefan said with fake confidence. "Now let's go graduate!" He pulled her along while she laughed.
Of course the moment of happiness couldn't last. As soon as graduation was over there were desperate calls from Alaric about Damon. Caroline had tried Klaus and she had just about given up when the witches arrived. Caroline felt fear and shame course through her with the pain at the sight of the twelve people whose lives she had taken.
Then there was a splash of blood and his voice. Caroline stood up as soon as she was able and saw Klaus standing there looking so very handsome, powerful and arrogant. She felt the thought rise up in her of 'MINE' and they shared a small smile together, resisting the urge to jump on him.
"Sorry I ran a bit late, love." He told her as the witches started to back away. He walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the forehead. She knew he wasn't fond of public displays of affection, not wanting to appear weak, but the tight grip he had on her elbow, while his hand ran up and down her back let her know he had been worried for her and missed her. She relaxed against him slightly.
"So where is Damon?" He asked dryly.
"He's at the falls."
Klaus let out an irritated sigh.
"He was leading Vaughn away from us, but then, Vaughn shot him again and he's in bad shape." Elena continued in a worried tone.
"Then we'd best get moving." They went to leave, but a voice stopped them.
"Caroline?" Her mom called. "Are you ready to go to dinner?" She asked as she towards them.
"Ugh!" Caroline muttered to Klaus. "I forgot about that."
"Sure." She said out loud to her mother.
Liz stopped and eyed up Klaus standing close to her. "Will you be joining us?" She asked through gritted teeth.
Klaus smiled smoothly at her. "Regrettably, no. I have other things to attend to. Plus I wouldn't want to intrude on your family time."
"I appreciate that." Liz said. "Matt, why don't you join us for dinner?" She said with a warm smile. Caroline just barely managed to conceal her eye roll, while Klaus chuckled at her mother's obvious ploy.
"Uh…"Matt seemed at a loss.
"I won't take no for an answer." Matt looked at Caroline helplessly while Liz drug him away.
Caroline looked up at Klaus. "I'll meet you here about 8:30?"
He nodded. "Sounds good." He kissed her lips briefly. "Try to stay out of trouble and resist your mum's matchmaking."
Caroline groaned. "She's not going to like what I have to tell her. Go save Damon. I'll deal with this."
"Love you." His lips said with no sound coming out of them. She touched them with her finger tip and smiled, and then he was gone.
Stefan and Elena were waiting for him at his car. "Why don't I just save us some trouble?" He growled. He grabbed a student walking past with a cup in his hand and grabbed the cup from him. Klaus bit into his wrist and let his blood drip into it before handing it to Elena. "Given freely." He said with an evil grin. Elena glared at him, but managed to mutter a 'thank you' before taking off to find Damon. Stefan watched her go with sad eyes.
"How do you see this ending?" Klaus asked Stefan, honestly curious.
"With me leaving town."
"Really, I didn't picture you for the type to give up."
"Yeah, well, we're not like you. We weren't 'meant to be.'" Stefan said bitterly.
Klaus smiled, not at Stefan's pain, but at the reminder of the woman who now belonged to him. Stefan turned and stared at him. "You need to remember, that even though she's yours, you still have the power to break her." He told the older vampire seriously.
"I would never hurt her." Klaus vowed.
"Yes, you will." Stefan told him. "You won't mean to, but you will, its part of who you are. She'll forgive you because it's part of who she is. You just have to be careful, because while she may be able to forgive you, she may not be able to forgive herself for that."
Klaus nodded in understanding, hating the fact that Stefan was right.
"Where will you head when you leave town?" He asked wanting to change the subject.
"I dunno, maybe Canada. I never spent much time up there."
"Well, you know where we'll be, if you get bored and are looking for some entertainment."
Stefan seemed to consider. "That may not be a bad idea."
Klaus stood at the back of the football field. Night had just fallen and he came a few minutes early to meet Caroline, not wanting her to be alone in the dark. Unfortunately, she was there before him. He watched her for a few minutes; she stared up at the stage she had walked across earlier with a look of contemplation. Her blonde hair and her bright dress almost seemed to shine in the darkness and he thought that was an apt description for their relationship. He still couldn't quite believe that this beautiful creature belonged to him, even though he had known for a while that she would.
Klaus could still remember the first time he really saw her and interacted with her, the night he almost let her die. Before then, his determination to use the Doppelganger to break his curse had consumed him and he really didn't give Caroline or any of Elena's friends too much thought. That night changed everything. He saw her, for the first time, truly saw her and was terrified. He almost wanted to let her die that night just because of the reaction he had to her. In the end he saved her because the thought of her not in the world was heartbreaking to him. From there his emotions went in swings. He tried desperately to seduce her in an attempt to gain back control from the young girl who had no idea the power she held over him, but her rebuffs only seemed to fuel his obsession. Even though he had been determined to have her, he never imagined that they would wind up here, mated to each other. He also never imagined that she would bring him the feeling of peace and happiness he felt when he was with her.
He walked up to her slowly, he could tell when she knew he was there, and he could see her shoulders relax slightly, but she didn't turn to greet him.
"Penny for your thoughts." He said when he got close.
She turned and gave him a sad smile before walking over and hugging him tightly.
He breathed in her scent and relaxed against her. "I take dinner with the family did not go well." He commented.
She sighed. "It went as well as it could. I'm grounded for the foreseeable future."
He pulled back and looked at her in bemusement. "Really?"
"Yup. I'm not even allowed to go to college until I've come to my senses." Caroline looked sad. "She knows she can't stop me from leaving, it's just that she's worried about me, about us, and she's trying to get control of the situation. Something you should be familiar with." She finished dryly.
"I take it you didn't explain the whole concept of 'mated' to her."
"Are you kidding? She probably would have locked me up then."
He frowned, unhappy her mother didn't know, but understood Caroline's worries. "In other annoying news, I found Tyler and I'm having him brought back to Mystic Falls tomorrow."
Now it was Caroline's turn to frown. "Brought back?" She asked.
"How else did you want me to do this? Issue him a hand written invitation and hope he RSVP's?"
"I thought I would go talk to him…."
"No."
Caroline sighed and felt irritation rise. "Do you really think he's going to be ok with being kidnapped and brought back against his will?"
"I could care less if he's ok with it." Klaus growled.
"It's going to be a lot harder to explain things to him if he's all pissy about being kidnapped."
"Well, I'm sure you can skip over the important parts, like you did with your mother." Klaus snapped. He really didn't know why he was so upset, but for some reason the fact she didn't share the depth of their relationship with her mother worried him.
"Oh, because trying to explain the concept of mating with my mom at a family dinner with relatives that don't know about vampires was really the way to go." She snapped back at him. "I can't believe you are upset about this."
"I'm not upset." He yelled at her.
"Really? You could have fooled me!"
He turned away from her and clenched his jaw. Maybe he was a fool. Maybe she didn't really understand or care for him as much as he cared for her. He felt her hand touch his arm.
"I don't want us to fight." She said quietly. "The others all know about us. Stefan, Elena, Matt, Bonnie. Stefan told me that the fact that we are true mates is much rarer."
He nodded, but didn't turn around. "It is, but there are still those out there who are mated and barely interact with each other. "
She walked until she was standing in front of him, fire in her eyes. "Listen to me right now, I love you. Beyond thought, beyond reason, beyond anything and if you seriously doubt that, than that's your problem. I get that…."
He silenced her with a kiss. "I'm sorry." He whispered. "It's just all so hard to believe. It doesn't feel real." He ran his hand through her hair, pleased when she leaned into his touch. "The thought of you anywhere near Tyler makes me crazy. I'm worried that he'll convince you that we don't belong together." He admitted.
She smiled at him tenderly. She knew that expressing his fears and concerns was not something he was good at, the fact that he was even trying made her feel so close to him. "That' won't happen." She assured him. "I'm not going to pretend it's going to be a fun conversation, I'd probably prefer being tortured again, but you should know how stubborn I am when I get something in my head."
"All right." He answered and then looked around. "We should probably get out of here before twelve angry hybrids try to pick a fight."
"Well, I'm sure you can take them, but I'd hate for you to get blood on your suit." She teased as they started to leave. "You did look very handsome when you saved us from those witches." She admitted.
"Really?" He asked with a smug grin.
"Yup, if it wasn't for the whole graduating and having to save Damon's life, I probably would have jumped you right there."
"Well, we seem to have some time now."
"Oh no!" She said. "We have the party at the Grill."
He groaned. "I cannot wait until we are out of this town and away from all of these people and I can have you all to myself in New Orleans."
"Where you'll be busy trying to take over the world."
"Not the world just New Orleans and I'll take frequent breaks in my quest to ravish you in our house."
"Our house until Fall." She corrected him.
"What do you mean until Fall? I thought you were going to school at Tulane?"
"I am, but I'm going for the full college experience. I'm going to live in the dorm."
"What? Caroline, no one WANTS to live in a dorm."
"I do."
"No, you don't."
"Yes, I do."
The two continued to bicker as they got into his car, both happily aggravated with the other.
They arrived at the Grill still bickering about their living situation.
"You are going to be sick of me by the Fall." Caroline argued. "This will give you a chance to miss me. Plus, I'll need someplace I can study and do my school work."
"My house HAS a study and a very large library, you can do your school work there and I could never get sick of you." He argued back.
"Like you aren't sick of this argument?" She teased.
"Are you arguing with me again, just to argue?" He growled.
"Maybe." She snickered, getting out of the car. She barely got the door closed before he had her pushed up against the side of it.
"Don't you know you can get into trouble aggravating an Original Hybrid, love?" He growled in her ear, pressing himself into her. His voice made her knees week.
"I'm not afraid of you." She answered, trying to keep the desire out of her voice.
"No need to be afraid, but I am afraid that because of your attitude I'm going to make you late to your little party." His hands played with the hem of her dress as he ran his fingers along her thighs.
"Klaus, I don't want to miss this." She whimpered as he ran his lips over her neck.
"We won't miss it; you'll just be a bit late." She gasped a bit as his hands ran up under her skirt and danced on the edge of her underwear. She knew she needed to protest, they were out in the open and she wanted to get in there to celebrate with her friends, but it had been hours since she felt his hands on her and his fangs in her. A shiver ran through her body. She could be a bit late.
Caroline wrapped one leg around his waist as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "What exactly did you have in mind?" She questioned.
"Well, for all the time you spent arguing with me, you should spend the same amount of time gasping out my name in pleasure." He pushed her panties to the side and rubbed his finger along the lips of her sex.
"Klaus…" She breathed out.
"Just like that." He murmured. "Now…." A clearing of a throat interrupted him. Klaus closed his eyes and fought the rage that reared up. He knew Caroline was blushing and she quickly lowered her leg and tried to push down her skirt.
"STEFAN!" Klaus yelled to try and vent the anger he had. "So LOVELY to see you, MATE! Your timing is impeccable." Klaus arranged Caroline's dress and got control over himself before stepping away to face the smirking Salvatore.
"Sorry to interrupt, I just wanted to say goodbye."
"You're leaving?" Caroline asked, upset.
"Elena made her choice and it wasn't me."
"I'm so sorry." Caroline said. "I don't know what she's thinking."
"Nice guys finish last." Stefan said.
"Where are you going to go?"
"I'm not sure yet. Although, I was recently invited to New Orleans, so you never know, I may wind up there."
Caroline turned and smiled at Klaus who just shrugged. "We'd love to have you." She said turning back to Stefan. "Klaus will need a distraction once I move into the dorm."
There was a loud aggravated sigh behind her. She and Stefan shared a grin, but they both faded quickly.
"Everything is changing." Caroline said softly. "It's so exciting and terrifying all at once."
"But you are happy?" Stefan asked as he looked at her seriously, not caring that Klaus was standing right behind her.
"I really am." She assured him. Klaus lay a hand on her shoulder and reached up to stroke it.
"Good. If anyone deserves a happy ending its you, Caroline."
"Awww." She reached out and hugged him tightly. "What am I going to do without my vampire Yoda?" She asked tearfully.
"I'm only a phone call away." He hugged her just as tight before releasing her and looking at Klaus. He stuck his hand out and Klaus smiled at him and shook it.
"Remember what I said." Stefan warned him.
"I will." Klaus promised. He hesitated for a moment. "Thank you." He finally said.
Stefan smiled. "That's something I never thought I'd hear. There may be hope for you yet."
"I wouldn't go that far." Klaus joked.
"All right." Stefan said. "I'm off." Caroline felt her tears threaten to spill over and Klaus wrapped his arms around her waist in support.
"I really could use another man in New Orleans." Klaus offered again, as much for Caroline's sake as anything.
"I need some time to myself right now, but I can see me making a trip to the Big Easy." He and Klaus smiled at each other, enjoying the irony of Stefan willingly coming to Klaus' aid.
"If you need anything, just call me." Caroline said.
"I will. Now I have to go drop Silas off a cliff and get out of here." With that he walked away.
"Do you really think he'll come to New Orleans?" Caroline asked Klaus.
"I think it's likely." He answered. "Now let's go get this party over with. Elijah is going to meet me here so I'm not surrounded by high school children."
"Not high school children anymore." She laughed.
Bonnie watched Jeremy walk away as tears ran down her face.
"Well, that was just the sweetest thing ever." A voice came from behind her.
She turned and gasped. "Kol, what are you doing here?"
"It appears that when you cast your little spell on me, that when the veil went back up, instead of dragging me to my own little corner of the Other Side, it drug me to your side."
"So I'm stuck with you for an eternity? This is hell!"
"Oh sweetheart, flattery will get you nowhere."
Bonnie sighed. "So not only am I dead, I'm stuck with you. Can this get any worse?"
"Actually, it can. Think of any other spells you may have cast recently that have worn off?" He taunted her.
She stared at him confused before understanding took over. "Oh my god. Silas."
Kol nodded at her.
Silas watched Stefan Salvatore sink to the bottom of the water and smiled. Things were going perfectly. Granted, he lost his witch, but forces had aligned so he could find an entire of city full of malleable witches. However, that wasn't what excited him the most.
Caroline Forbes. The beautiful innocent that had slaughtered twelve witches to save her friend. The young optimist that had tied herself to a creature of darkness like Niklaus Mickaelson. He couldn't wait to get to New Orleans and start corrupting her and pulling her towards him. He would use her love and admiration for her 'friend' Stefan to slowly darken her light. He would make her the perfect vessel for his lost love.
These children never listened to the whole story. Why they would think he would care about Qetsiyah for anything other than revenge, he didn't understand. No, he would resurrect his true love into Caroline Forbes, but first he would feed on her light and innocence he would twist it and destroy it and in doing so destroy Klaus.
A/N: So that's almost the end except for the Epilogue. I apologize for the wait, but again, I just couldn't get this right. There was so much I wanted to add in here, like the confrontation with Tyler and a musical number. It just wouldn't go. I obviously left it open to do a sequel, but it'll be a lot different, darker and not so fluffy. At this time its just random ideas with no outline though. The Epilogue will be up by the middle of next week. Thank you as always to those who reviewed, followed and favorited. I hope I didn't let you down too much.