A/N: Thank you all so much for reading. A special thanks for those who were here from beginning to end. (hugs from Ellvee and I)

So here it is: The epilogue. Enjoy.

Epilogue

"Where are we going, Sunshine?"

"Just wait. We're almost there, only a hour more and we'll take a rowboat out to the shore." Blaine wrapped a strong arm tightly around Brittany S. Pierce's small shoulders.

"Okay. But why won't you let me see Kurt? I want to meet Sunshine's starlight."

Blaine laughed at the blonde's pouting face. "Soon, Brittany. Soon."

She let out a dramatic sigh before gliding off towards the side of the boat to gaze out at the open sea. Blaine watched as she swayed back and forth to the music in her head. The sunset casted orange and pink beams of light across the ocean, and for a moment, Blaine thought he saw a head bod above the water somewhere in the distance. They were close. After a while he made his way down to the cabin where the merman was staying. Kurt's head snapped up immediately when Blaine entered, and when he smiled, his grin covered his entire face.

"Blaine!"

Blaine found himself being knocked to the floor by an enthusiastic hug. They both spent the next few seconds laughing, and then the shorter boy reached up to push a chestnut strand of hair away from his love's ocean-blue eyes.

"What was that for?"

Kurt shrugged. "I missed you."

Blaine felt a short laugh escape his lips. "But I've only been gone for a few hours. You usually react like this after I've been gone for days."

"Yes, but I couldn't do anything about the distance then. Now, all I have to do is walk up those steps to see you, but I promised I wouldn't."

Kurt's eyes sparkled with mischief as he lowered his head to capture Blaine's chapped lips in a heavy kiss. Everything in his body responded. Blaine's hands shot up to hold Kurt's face to his. His knees spread Kurt's apart to where he was in a straddling position, and his hips twitched upwards to meet the merman's. A moan slipped out of him, causing Kurt to press down on his growing erection. He gasped.

Blaine sucked at Kurt's pulse point as Kurt fumbled with buttons. Even after almost three years, he still wasn't good at unfastening them quickly. Blaine pushed upwards eagerly when Kurt's hands began to trail up and down his tan chest. Blaine smiled up at him, his mind wandering back to the first time he saw him… his hair plastered to his head from the warm sea, and his jaw set in a sneer. So much had changed. Kurt was laughing at his smile now, hairline dampened with sweat.

He was the most beautiful thing to ever walk the face of the earth.

When they reached the top deck, both grinning at the other like the love-struck fools they were, Brittany gasped and bounced over. She beamed at Kurt.

"Starlight!"

Blaine laughed at Kurt's confused look.

"You are Sunshine's starlight."

"Sunshine," Blaine explained, "is what Brittany has called me ever since we met."

Brittany smiled. "When he smiled, I could see the sunshine in his eyes."

The sunset continued as the three rowed a small boat out towards the horizon.

"Here's good."

"You're in on this too, Starlight?" Brittany cocked her head to the side slowly as Kurt pulled his loose, blue shirt over his head. Blaine watched as the muscles in his shoulders rippled and moved, absent-mindedly darting his tongue out to lick his lips. Kurt caught it and smirked before diving into the water. His tail flashed underwater for a millisecond, and he was gone.

"Your Starlight is beautiful, Blaine."

"Yes, Kurt is the most beautiful person I've ever met."

When Kurt came back up a minute or so later, he had a beautiful Latina mermaid with flowing black hair and a maroon tail with him. Something flashed across the two girl's eyes at the same time… recognition. Blaine could stop Brittany from pulling herself over the side of boat, and into the other mermaid's arms.

For the first time ever, Kurt saw Santana cry. "It's you."

Tears flowed down Brittany's face as well as she nodded. The two simply kissed and gazed into the other's eyes in the minutes that followed. They occasionally whispered things in the other's ears before Brittany said something that made Santana start bawling.

"What is it, Santana?"

She shook her head, screwing her eyes shut. "Are you sure?"

"Yes. I've never been surer."

"Of what?"

Everyone turned to Kurt. Santana's voice failed her when she tried to speak over the gentle waves. Brittany looked up. "I want to be a mermaid."

Kurt smiled as Brittany leaned down to kiss Santana again. Blaine frowned. There was only one problem.

"Eliza won't have parents, Brittany."

Brittany smiled as if the statement was unimportant. "Silly Sunshine. She'll have you two."

"But—"

"I've never felt right holding her." Brittany voice suddenly became serious as she focused on some part of Santana's hair that seemed to be more interesting than anything else. "It was almost like she didn't belong to me. When Artie died, the feeling just got bigger. But when you held her Blaine, she looked calmer than anytime my arms were around her."

A tear rolled down Blaine's cheek, collecting at his jaw before dropping to the inside of the wooden boat. "Okay."

"I love you, Sunshine. Take care of Kurt and Eliza."

They watched fondly as Brittany and Santana swam off together, occasionally stopping to share a kiss. Kurt knew Santana would still be bitter to the other girls, but now that she had Brittany, maybe her hurtful comments wouldn't be quiet so biting.

"Do you think we'll ever see them again?"

Kurt smiled as their heads disappeared and the last of the sun dipped below the water. It was unlikely that he would change Blaine, and therefore unlikely he would ever see either of them. He had a feeling this was their last mortal goodbye, but as the goddess of the sea once told him: there are bigger adventures after life to explore, for now, bathe in the moment you have, and wait for the day you see all those lost to you. One day he would see his mother again, one day Blaine would see his mother as well, just not in this life. This was the time for living. Brittany and Santana would have centuries to be together, but Kurt's mortal body was starting to age into human years. He would make the most of it. He would live the next fifty or so years with his beautiful partner, happy. They would raise that beautiful girl as their own, and watch her steal hearts and eventually fall in love, just like they did. It would all happen, Kurt was sure. But for now he was content in this moment, so he kissed Blaine's curls and closed his eyes against the twilight.

"One day."

A/N: Thank you all. I hope to see some of you in my other stories. Bye for now.

~Bella