((A/N: Ahhhh! It's been 22 days since my last update! To all of you who follow along, I am SO SORRY! It was a mixture of writer's block, a lot of work, and general feelings of not wanting this story to end. This is the last chapter before the epilogue, I truly hope you enjoy it. I wanted to add more of Lysander's perspective to the story, so this was the chapter to do so. Also, I want to note that I do not own anything MCL related, all credits go to ChiNoMiko. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU AND THANK YOU! Remember to review, please enjoy!))

Chapter 12

Lysander's POV

"Lysander… Lysanderrrr… wake up…" Candy gently prodded her boyfriend. Lysander had fallen asleep half way through the movie. It's not that he didn't enjoy it, but he had seen it a couple dozen times thanks to Leigh's love for Jerry Lewis films. On top of that he was just so comfortable next to Candy, it was euphoria; he just dozed off.

"I think you're stuck there until he wakes up, Candy!" Rosa giggled.

"I can always get a cup of ice," suggested Leigh, "he hated that when we were younger, let's see how he feels about it now" Leigh finished his sentence and briskly walked to the kitchen with a huge devious smile on his face.

Candy couldn't help be mildly amused by the idea, but quickly resigned the notion. She angled her head so her mouth was barely an inch away from his ear; she began to whisper in a sing-song fashion, "Lysander… wake uuuuuuuuuuuuup."

He finally stirred. When his eyes slowly opened he saw a blurry Candy looking at him, he blinked a few times to gain his sight back, "Candy? Did I fall asleep?" He shifted bit leaving some distance between him and Candy, she took the opportunity to stand up and stretch her numb limbs. Lysander immediately missed the contact.

"You did," giggled Candy as she gained feeling back in her arm.

"Oh. He's awake" realized a disappointed Leigh as he walked back into the living room with a now useless cup of ice.

"Yeah, sorry love; I would have loved to see his reaction" teased Rosalya.

Lysander spotted the ice and knew exactly what Leigh intended to do. Why does he find that so amusing. I will never understand. He thought to himself. "What time is it?"

"It's almost five. You fell asleep near the beginning of the movie. Hope you're not getting sick Lys-Baby!" Rosa added.

"I feel well, thank you. I suppose I was just so comfortable" Lysander said as he smiled at Candy, making her blush. I love it when she blushes; her cheeks become a perfect shade of pink. It's hypnotic.

"Lys, you must stop ogling poor Candy. She knows you love her, no need to just stare." Leigh joked. Candy was slightly embarrassed, but laughed anyhow. "Well, now that you're awake and your body is no longer crushing Miss Candy; Rosa and I wanted to get started on a piece from the fabric we purchased yesterday. Please excuse us" concluded Leigh as he laced his hand with Rosa's.

"Leigh and I thought this up at the store; it's going to be amazing!" Rosa's voice exuded joy.

"I'm sure whatever you guys make will be spectacular," Candy encouraged.

"Thanks Candy" beamed Rosa. They were off, you could already hear the sewing machine reeling; followed by muffled bickering over cuts and lines and all things fashion. Lysander scoffed lightly; those two cannot go without arguing for one day. I wonder if that will be the case with Candy and me? Lysander looked over towards Candy who had since sat back down on the couch. She smiled at him fondly. Whatever the argument was, she would win by just looking at me the way she is now, Lysander mused.

Candy took and deep breath before standing up, "I think I'm going to get some fresh air" she stated.

"Would you like some company?" Lysander asked. Candy nodded her head. The pair made their way outside, to the coveted porch swing. It quickly getting dark and was slightly raining.

Candy took in the cold air, letting it fill her lungs, "I love the way wet pavement smells," Candy said aloud, but mostly to no one in particular. "I love the way wet dirt smells," she added as if she were making a list. Candy turn towards Lysander, he gave her a 'please continue' look so she dreamily continued, "The cold air is refreshing, don't get me wrong I love warm days too, but a nice cold day is sometimes just as beautiful as the warm ones."

Lysander simply looked on and listened. Does she realize that the scent of her hair surpasses all of the wet dirt and pavement in the world, the cold air is a sore loser compared to her warm skin and she is by far more beautiful than the brightest, sunniest days Mother Nature could ever dream of? He thought to himself as he quietly listened to her list.

Candy looked at Lysander shyly, her cheeks were just beginning to feel warm, "And… I love you" she finished.

Lysander's entire chest became grew hot; I will never grow tired of hearing that, "I love you, Candy." Lysander responded as he instinctively leaned in for a kiss. He lingered longer than he intended to, because her lips were so soft and because he absolutely loved kissing her. Lysander deepened the kiss with no resistance on Candy's part; they were thoroughly enjoying their passionate tongue wrestling only to be interrupted by a loud text notification. Lysander ignored it at first; he preferred kissing his girlfriend to answering a text. Then the notification rang again.

Who could possibly be attempting to contact me? Lysander thought to himself as he detached from Candy and reached for his phone.

"A thousand apologies," he said to Candy.

Candy giggled and leaned in to kiss his cheek, "You are forgiven. Take your time, I'm getting pretty cold. I think I'll go check in on Rosa and Leigh's progression and then go shower." Candy stood up and headed inside. Before she went inside she blew Lysander a kiss. Lysander watched fondly as she proceeded indoors, then his phone beeped once more, snapping him out of his trance. He looked down to see who the culprit was, his phone read:

3 New Messages From: Cas

Lysander clicked on his message icon to read the 3 texts his best friend had sent him.

- I'm so fucking annoyed!

- My mom's been super clingy this weekend.

- I can't even walk Demon without one of them tagging along

Lysander read the messages and instantly knew what Castiel was talking about. His parents had come back for the long weekend to spend time with him. Lysander knew Castiel had a tumultuous relationship with his parents, but that he ultimately loved them and they loved their son. Lysander responded to his friend:

- Perhaps they are trying to make up for their time away?

Castiel's response was quick;

- I don't fucking care Lys! I'm used to my solitude, they don't get it.

Lysander quietly huffed after reading the text; he typed out a message and hit send;

- Go easy on them Cas. They'll be gone tomorrow after all…

Lysander waited for Castiel's answer, already knowing what the red head would say;

- Whatever.

- How's your weekend going? Have you two banged yet?

Lysander's eyes widened in disbelief, he reread the message several times before asking for an explanation.

L: What are you talking about?

C: you and Candy dude!

L: How did you know Candy was staying with us this weekend?

C: Seriously Lys? Rosa begged me not to go with you this weekend. She didn't know I couldn't go cuz my freaking parents are in for the weekend. She explained the whole ordeal and told me not to tell you.

L: I see.

C: You haven't even made a move, have you? Dude, you've been eyeing her since you've met. IT'S TIME TO HIT THAT.

L: Cas, no need to be so vulgar.

C: DO YOU WANT TO HEAR ME BE FUCKING VULGAR? OKAY… HERE I GO!

L: No, no, no. Please desist.

C: hahahaha. Ok. Just go make your move man!

L: As a matter of fact, I have 'made my move.' Candy and I are now together.

C: EYYYYY! You guys are together. I know what together means. Lys, you are now a man.

Lysander rolled his eyes after reading Castiel's text;

L: We haven't done anything so drastic yet.

C: Yet? Whoa! You fantasizing about Candy now? I mean, you always were, but now your ~W A N T~ her.

L: Let's move on. What have you been up to?

C: hahahaha! Whatever, I'm happy for you man. Besides avoiding the 'rents, not much.

L: Thank you much, Cas.

C: Welcome. Ugh, I'll catch up with you later. Apparently it's family game night.

L: Good night Castiel.

Lysander hit send and put his phone back in his pocket. A large part of him was relieved Castiel knew about Rosa's plan. This would save him a lot of needless explaining; on the other hand, Lysander knew he had plenty of sex jokes and remarks coming his way.

The air was beginning to bite and Lysander's hands were itching to write. He made his way inside by-passing Leigh and Rosa's bantering, and headed straight to his room. Luckily enough, his notebook was on his bed; Lysander didn't have to go on a wild goose chase to find it. He grabbed the nearest pen and began to write on a blank page. He titled it "Last Night".

Last night our lips met

we kissed

Lips lingered in heavenly bliss

A simple kiss, can you see what it did?

My knees grew weak,

lightheaded, we swayed

You held onto me, you stayed

I kissed you fast, you kissed me slow

Our lips met and said hello

Our souls melted,

we glowed.

You shivered,

I felt the earth shake…

How could this be?

How could your kiss do this to me?

He looked down at the page and examined what he wrote. He smiled softly, feeling content and satisfied that he captured the memory of their first kiss. This will surely become a favorite memory.

"Hey Lys, may I come in?" George knocked on the door.

Lysander quickly stood up and opened the door for his father, "Yes dad, come in."

"Thanks son! Whatcha up to? Ahhh! Doing some writing are you?" George concluded once he saw the notebook in Lysander's hand.

"Just writing down my thoughts, nothing extraordinary" responded Lysander.

"Oh everything you boys do is extraordinary. Your mother and I are always saying so!" George cheered.

Lysander quietly laughed, "Thanks dad."

"It's true! No thanks needed my boy" George genuinely explained. He took a seat next to his youngest boy, "You know… your mom and I are so thrilled you've found someone like Leigh did. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you two are going to get married or anything of the sort. At least not yet" George teased, "but it's good to see you happy."

"Thank you," Lysander said, "Candy is really quite wonderful, I'm glad you and mom met her."

George chuckled a bit, "Well, I'm sure any day now you'll be meeting her parents and be reduced to a bundle of nerves. I really commend Candy; she took on a whole weekend with us!" he laughed.

"I've briefly met them before, they seem like reasonable people" Lysander said while a sudden nervous feeling grew in his stomach.

George let out a roaring laugh, "just be yourself, Lysander. Her dad will grow to like you. He's most likely the one you've got to win over. Anyhow, no need to worry about that now. I came in here to ask you to help me get more wood… it's going to be a cold one tonight!"

Lysander suddenly felt his head spinning. I have to win over her father. Candy has mentioned before that her father is somewhat strict. He thought to himself. He looked up at his father who had an expecting look on his face. "O-o-h. Yes. I will be right down dad."

"Thanks. I would ask Leigh. But he and Rosa seem kinda busy deciding where how long the dress they're making should be. Something tells me Rosa is going to win that argument." George teased.

Lysander gently laughed, "She usually does," he added as he stood up and followed his dad downstairs.

The next morning...

The Monday morning fog rolled in. Candy sleepily yawned and pulled her hood over her head.

"Sleepy?" Lysander questioned with a smile forming on his lips.

Candy laughed a little bit embarrassed, "It takes me a while to fully wake up" she responded.

Lysander simply chuckled as he wrapped one hand around her waist and brought her closer. The couple continued their early morning walk down the lonely street. Lysander woke her up at the crack of dawn because he decided he wanted to surprise everyone by making breakfast that morning and needed to go to the store. Candy of course said yes because she wanted to fit in as much time together before they had to go back to Sweet Amoris. She wasn't that much of a morning person, but was still better than Rosa. Rosa threw a pillow straight at Lysander's head as punishment for disturbing her slumber.

"How's your head?" Candy teased.

"Rosa's has quite an impressive throwing arm now that you mention it," he joked.

Candy laughed, "Well, you seem fully functional so I'm assuming you incurred no brain damage."

"Only time will tell," said Lysander. The pair had finally made it to the market, as they neared the entrance the automatic doors opened and they step in. Candy let her hood down now that they were shielded from the cold. The couple made their way down the produce aisle.

"Wow, not a soul in sight," Candy observed. "What should we get first Lysander?"

"We need… um… we needed…" Lysander was desperately trying to remember.

Candy giggled; she could immediately tell that Lysander had forgotten the shopping list.

"Hey, I know that laugh," A voice said from around the corner. Ren appeared wearing a bright red Miles and Son apron, "Hey! You guys are early-risers," he commented as he made his way towards Lysander and Candy.

"Ren! Good Morning," Candy said happily.

"Hey Killer!" Ren smiled.

"Good morning, Rene. How are you?" Lysander greeted.

"I'm doing well! And hey, you are no longer looking at me like you want me dead!" Ren teased.

Lysander chuckled along, "I apologize. I'm afraid that night I acted very poorly towards you."

"Nah, don't apologize man. I get it" Ren shrugged, "What are you guys doing here so early?"

"Well, Lysander wanted to surprise his family by making breakfast. So we're here picking up supplies," Candy explained as she smiled up at Lysander.

"Yes, but I seem to have forgotten our shopping list, and cannot for the life of me remember what I wrote down." Lysander admitted.

"I'm sure if you guys look around it'll come back to you" Ren suggested. "Now please excuse me, I've got some restocking to do!"

"Okay, we'll let you go. Oh, Ren… wait!" Candy stopped him; "It was so nice meeting you this weekend, thanks for everything" she smiled.

"Oh, you guys are leaving today aren't you?" Ren realized.

"Yes, we are back on the road later today," Lysander responded.

Ren extended his arm out to Lysander for a handshake, "Hope you guys have a safe trip home. You gotta come back real soon. And bring Killer." Ren laughed.

"We'll be back." Lysander smiled.

"Cool! Well… bye guys!" Ren smiled his sunshine smile and went back to work.

"Bye Ren!" Candy waved.

After they said good-bye to Ren, Candy and Lysander wandered aimlessly through the grocery store. Neither of them minded, they were just content that they were spending time together. Once they gathered all the supplies needed to make a good breakfast they headed back to the house and began cooking.

Candy mostly chopped and stirred things; she wasn't much of a cook so she let Lysander take the lead.

Breakfast was absolutely delicious; Lysander was a wonderful cook, just like his mother. After breakfast Rosa dragged Candy upstairs and the two began to pack.

"So, are you excited to get back home?" Rosa began as she folded some clothes into her overnight bag.

"I am pretty happy to be headed back. I miss my parents, my room, and in all honestly I really miss my bed, this trundle thing is kinda hard." Candy admitted.

"You know what I mean!" Rosa interjected, "Aren't you pretty excited to walk into school tomorrow with Lysander by your side" she smiled.

Candy felt a smile pulling at the sides of her lips, she shrugged, "I'm pretty excited," she admitted.

Rosa laughed, "This will be great! Uh, you're so lucky you two get to see each other at school. I wish Leigh could go to school with us!"

Candy giggled softly, "Well, we still have to go to classes and do other school related activities, so I'm sure it will be like before."

"Hmmm…" Rosa contemplated, "I guess you're right. But I swear Candy, you two better not be in your own love struck world ignore me during lunch!"

Candy laughed loudly, "don't worry Rosa I could never ignore you!" She threw her arms around her best friend.

"Better not!" Rosa said as she crossed her arms and feigned indifference. The girls finished up pack their things and headed downstairs.

Jo and George were already waiting for them at the bottom of the steps.

"It's been a pleasure having you two here," began George.

"Yes, it truly has! You both are welcome back anytime! But please do come back!" Jo almost pleaded, still cheerfully of course.

"Thank you both so much for everything. We absolutely loved staying here and getting to know you two," Rosa responded as they both reached the landing.

Candy looked at Jo and smiled before giving her a warm hug, "Thank you Jo. You are so wonderful!" Jo squeezed Candy back tightly.

"Oh, thank you dearie. Take care!" Jo said letting go, she then gave Rosa a big hug.

"You two take care, and keep an eye on our boys for us!" George laughed.

"No problem there!" Rosa joked along.

"Are we ready?" Leigh asked as he picked up Rosa and Candy's bag.

"Sure are, love!" Rosa exclaimed.

"Where's Lysander?" Candy asked searching for him.

"I'm here," Lysander said sneaking up behind Candy, "Ready?"

Candy blushed, "Yes, let's go!"

Everyone hugged and said good bye to Jo and George and then proceed into Leigh's car. Once everyone buckled up Leigh turned on the engine and began their long car ride home.

Leigh and Rosa were in the front seats going on and on about all the new ideas for the clothes shop, while Candy and Lysander sat silently in the back. Lysander reached over to lace his hand in Candy's, ripping her eyes away from the window. He brought her hand to his lips and kissed it. Candy smiled softly and mouthed I love you.