Heyy guyzzz. I feel soooooo horrible cuz I told u that this chp would be up by Friday…and i'm only now updating :S In my defence I am in the dead middle of exams and they r driving me absolutely nuts!! I HATE this!! Plus I got into this huge argument with my mom and i'm just really annoyed right now…
But this is cheering me up so please review!! This is the epilogue of Little Bit Of Love, and with this chp the story comes to and end :( I'm gonna miss writing this soo much…sighh
For this chp I decided to delve into the future of the twins, cuz they really interest me and I wanted to see where exactly I would put them in life :P
Anyways…here it is!! Hope you guys like it!! Please review!! (me saying that must get pretty annoying so just do it already! :P)
Enjoy!! :)
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15 years later…
"Derek! You are so immature! Give me my phone!"
Derek smiled evilly and took refuge on one side of the couch, "Sorry Liz, can't do that."
Lizzie groaned and ran around the couch, only to have Derek do the same. He grinned and continued to look at her phone, pressing buttons and going 'Ooh' a few times.
Just then, Josie entered the living room. At fifteen years old, the youngest Delko stood quite tall at five feet ten, getting her height from her father, who constantly teased Ryan that his youngest daughter was taller than him. She had dark brown curly hair, a slender build and light brown eyes that almost looked green, depending on what colour she wore.
"Josie! A little help here!" Lizzie shouted.
Josie glanced at her older siblings and rolled her eyes. "It's your birthday, can't you give her a break, Der?"
He looked up at his little sister, flicking his blonde hair out of his face, "Nope."
"Sorry, sis, to think that turning eighteen would force him to grow up…" she continued to mumble as she exited the room.
Lizzie narrowed her eyes at her brother, getting an idea. She crossed her arms over her chest and spoke up, "I guess you don't mind me telling mom about Sophie, then?"
At that, Derek's head shot up, "You wouldn't."
Lizzie quirked a brow, "Wanna bet?"
Derek narrowed his eyes and waited a second before tossing the phone to his sister, "I'll get you, and soon."
Lizzie scoffed, "Fat chance."
Derek left the room grumbling, leaving Lizzie with a grin on her face as she enjoyed her new phone.
"Lizzie?"
"Yeah, mom?"
Calleigh entered the room, cordless phone in hand. The years had merely fazed Calleigh, her blonde hair now accompanied by silver, her petite frame still intact, wrinkles now adorning the sides of her mouth. Eric had once teased her, saying that she should have listened to him when he said to stop frowning, but she only responded by jabbing him in the ribs, just as powerful as she would have years ago.
"Adam's on the phone."
Lizzie shot up off of the couch and took the phone from her mother's hand, making a quick exit. Calleigh chuckled as she returned to the kitchen to help her husband.
Unfortunately for Eric, the years had taken quite the toll on him. His stomach, once flat was now slightly protruding, a result of beer and lack of exercise, and covered by the light blue polo shirt. His head was now shaved; the combination of the gray hairs and the length of the hairs gave him more of a 'homeless person look', as stated by Lizzie. He looked at his wife and smiled, his fingers grazing her hip as she walked past him.
Eric pulled the trays of food from the oven and placed them on the counter, while Calleigh continued to ice the two cakes. As she finished she paused, gazing at the cakes with a tilted head.
"I still can't believe they're eighteen already," she said with a sigh.
Eric smiled and moved behind her, placing his hands on her bare shoulders. He pressed a kiss to the back of her head.
"I know," he whispered into her blonde locks, "I feel really old."
"Feel old?" Calleigh chuckled.
Eric scoffed lightly, "Well not everyone can age as gracefully as you."
Calleigh turned her head so he could get a full view of her cheeky and cocky grin. He shook his head and placed a lingering kiss on her lips, only to be interrupted by the doorbell.
"That's Nat and Ryan."
Eric groaned, "They always knew how to ruin a good moment."
Calleigh swatted his arm lightly with a smile and left to answer the door.
"Hey guys!" she said as she opened the door.
"Hey, Cal," Natalia said, kissing her on the cheek, "Ryan and Andrew are parking the car."
Calleigh quirked a brow causing Natalia to laugh, "Ryan is showing him how to park."
Calleigh laughed softly before letting them in, "Come on in. Hey Sophie, Kani."
"Hey aunt Calleigh," the girls replied, each embracing her before heading inside.
"Why don't you help me outside?" Calleigh asked.
"Eric taking a break after working for ten minutes?"
Calleigh shot her friend a look, "Do you even have to ask?"
XXXLizzie lay on her bed eyes on the ceiling as she talked to Adam, her boyfriend of two months, "What do I get for my birthday?"
"How are you so sure I got you something?"
Lizzie smiled playfully, "Because it's a rule."
"A 'rule, huh?"She nodded, "Yup. You have to get me something."
"Hmm…guess I'm gonna have to go shopping before tonight then."
Lizzie scoffed, but he quickly responded, "Don't worry, I already have your gifts"
Lizzie smiled, "Wait, 'gifts'? As in more than one?"
"Mhmm, although one isn't wrapped."Lizzie's smiled widened, "I definitely can't wait to see that one, then…"
XXX"Hey."
Derek swiveled in the chair to see Sophie, leaning against the doorframe, arms crossed, smirk on her face. Part of her face was hidden by her straight light brown hair as it cascaded down her shoulders. Her bangs stopped right above her almond shaped brown eyes. He wore grey skinny jeans and a deep green graphic tee, with black and green high tops.
"Hey," he replied with a smile of his own.
She pushed off the wall and closed the door to his room. Turning around, she walked over to him and sat in his lap, swinging her legs over the side of the chair, arms locked around his neck. She leaned in and kissed him softly, whispering, "Happy birthday."
He smiled and kissed her more fervently, opening his mouth immediately. They soon broke apart, foreheads touching. He then said, "When do I get my birthday present?"
Her cheeks flushed and she caught her bottom lip between her teeth, "You don't get to open that until later."
Later, of course, referred to the party that he and Lizzie were having with their friends, after a small one with their family. Derek fully intended on sneaking away with Sophie some time in the night, seeing as it was in their backyard.
He pouted and she giggled, moving to get off his lap, only to be pulled back down. She made a noise of protest that quickly disappeared as he attached his lips to her neck. She smiled, but they were soon interrupted by Calleigh's voice, "Derek! Lizzie! Sophie, Kani and Andrew are here!"
This caused Derek to remove his lips from her neck and Sophie to clammer out of his lap and stand next to him.
After a moment she sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. He looked at her questioningly, "What's wrong, babe?"
"No," she said, "You don't get to call me 'babe'. I'm tired of hiding like this, Derek."
Derek hung his head and ran his fingers through his hair, pushing it out of his face. He sighed and looked at her, ""What do you want me to do, Sophie?"
"I want to tell them! I mean we've been hiding like this for too long. Besides, how much longer can Lizzie and Kani keep this a secret?"
"Kani knows?!"
Sophie let out an exasperated breath, "That's what I tried to tell you last night."
Derek grinned sheepishly, "Sorry, I guess I kinda distracted you…"
"Ya think?" Sophie responded harshly, but her face quickly softened, "Derek, look…if you really are serious about us then I suggest you grow a pair and tell everyone else. But if you don't…"
"Hey," he said, walking over to her, "You know I love you, but our parents will freak out, especially your dad. They'll both think I'm taking advantage of you or something. I mean, I don't exactly have the best track record…"
"No, you don't, but this is different, I feel it," Sophie interrupted.
He smiled, "Yeah, it is. If it will really make you happy then I'll tell 'em. I'll go down stairs right now, hold your hand, and tell all of them how much I love you."
He laced their fingers and lifted his other hand to caress her cheek.
"Really?" she asked, voice breaking with emotion.
He nodded at her and kissed her lips tenderly. She smiled as they broke apart, " I love you, too. My dad is gonna flip."
"They're all gonna flip," he smiled. "It's a good thing I'm in my sneakers," he continued as they exited the room.
"Why?"
"So I can run faster when your dad chases me."
XXXCalleigh and Natalia were sitting outside under shaded chairs, sipping at their drinks and enjoying each other's company when everyone began filing out of the house.
"What's going on?" Natalia asked.
Lizzie quickly answered, "Derek wants to tell us something." She then proceeded to life her camera and say, "Smile!" Calleigh and Natalia smiled, but gave her questioning glances after the flash.
"Just the before shot," she said.
"Before what?" Calleigh asked.
Lizzie grinned, "You'll see."
Eric and Ryan were the last to exit the house, Josie, Kani and Andrew right before them. Everyone stood around the two seated women as Derek and Sophie came out. The two stood side by side, facing their large family, hearts racing.
Derek took a deep breath and spoke up, "Umm…so, I kinda have something pretty important to tell you."
Sophie nudged him in the ribs causing him to groan and continue, "Okay, really important."
He looked at Sophie, fear obvious in his eyes as he took her hand and laced their fingers. He turned back to their family and said with a shaky voice, "Sophie and I are in a relationship."
A bright flash and a soft click broke the silence as Lizzie took the 'after' picture of the whole family this time, making sure to get Ryan and her father's expressions. Everyone's eyes were wide; Ryan and Natalia's mouth agape, Natalia's hand covering hers. An uncomfortable silence pursued, only adding to Derek and Sophie's increasing anxiety. A soft laugh then broke the silence, slowly getting louder as more voices joined in. All the children, Eric, Calleigh and Natalia were laughing loudly, suddenly unable to contain themselves.
Derek furrowed his eyebrows, "Why are you all laughing? I'm serious."
"You sure about that?" Kani asked between laughs, "Last time you said that you ended it the next day."
Derek immediately responded, "Not this time. We've been together for about five months, the best five months of my life," he added while turning to look at Sophie.
Another click and flash ensued, Lizzie sporting an apologetic grin after the glare that Derek had sent her way, "Sorry bro, that was way too cute not to take a pic."
He smiled softly and returned his gaze to his parents, Calleigh with a look that Derek never quite understood, but Eric with a definite look of worry. He did not even dare glance at Sophie's parents, he already knew what looks they were sporting.
"Okay look, I know this is really not like me, I usually have like twelve girlfriends in that time blah blah blah…but this time it really is different. I love Sophie, and I would do anything for her, which is why it took so long for us to say anything, I wanted to be sure about this, about us, before you guys knew."
Derek eyes scanned their faces, finding looks of happiness, empathy and even a few smiles. However, he then made the mistake of looking at Ryan's face, which was almost beet red, a murderous look in his eyes. Derek's eyes widened, scared out of his wits because he had never seen him so mad. Ryan took a step forward, "Excuse me?"
Derek flinched, "I love Sophie, uncle Ry, I really do."
"I love him, too, daddy," Sophie said softly from behind Derek.
Ryan's eyes landed on his daughter, hiding feebly behind Derek, something she rarely ever did. She was always one to stand up for herself, never failing to speak her mind and express her opinion. But this time, she hid behind a young man, one that Ryan was sure he could bulldoze through, fear in her eyes. Fear of her father. Ryan sighed and looked at the floor. "I swore that I wouldn't have to deal with this until you were seventeen or something," he mumbled inaudibly.
"What?" Sophie said, stepping out from behind her, now public, boyfriend.
Ryan let out a breath and looked behind him to his wife who now stood next to him, hand on his shoulder. "I really don't like this, not one bit."
Derek sighed and hung his head, "Look, I knew you wouldn't be okay with us, but I can't just not be with Sophie. It hurts too much."
"You didn't let me finish, Derek. No, I'm not okay with it, but its obvious I cant stop it, so…I'm not going to even try."
Sophie looked at her father, eyes wide, a smile just as big on her face, "Really?"
Ryan nodded. "But," he said, raising a finger, "There's gonna be some rules."
Derek nodded, "I can live with rules." He squeezed Sophie's hand, causing her to look at him and smile.
"The first one is break her heart and I break you."
Derek gulped. "Sure thing," he replied, voice shaking. Sophie tried to suppress her giggles.
"Rule number two is that we have to know where you two are at all times."
They both nodded. Ryan let out another breath, "And the last one is to have fun, and to enjoy what you have, because it really is worth it."
Sophie smiled at her dad and let go of Derek's hand to run to him and embrace him tightly. "Thank you, daddy. Thank you, so much."
He hugged her back, "I love you, Soph."
"Love you, too."
She then let go of her dad and kissed him on the cheek. She turned to face Derek and walked into his arms and he picked her up, twirling her around. He stopped, gently placed her back on the floor and pressed his lips to hers.
"That's another rule! No kissing in front of us!"
Sophie giggled and broke the kiss, pressing their foreheads together. Another flash interrupted the moment, but this time, Lizzie was not as successful. Derek tore himself from Sophie's embrace to chase her inside.
"Lizzie! Get back here!"
Calleigh and Eric laughed at their children, watching as Josie simply stayed back and watched with Kani and Andrew. Calleigh shook her head and looked up at her husband, standing behind her, hands on her shoulders.
"Well this was an interesting day."
"You can say that again," Eric said, eyes still on the house, "Do you think they'll break anything?"
Calleigh chuckled, "Nah, they wouldn't do that."
Eric raised an eyebrow and Calleigh smiled, "They love each other too much to cause any more drama."
Eric raised his other eyebrow and looked back up at the house, "I guess a little bit of love does go a long way."
XXXHaha I love that last line :P would you believe that I had that last line planned for like months?? Lol so that was what I came up with…sorry if it was kinda random I just thought of it one day in class :P
It's also very funny that I think of most of these chps in class…hmm…oh well lol
Hope you guys liked it!! That was the end to Little Bit of Love, not spectacular, but I find it's cute. Sighh, so now I can say that this fic is now complete, but I'm really gonna miss it. Especially the twins, they were my special characters :(
Anyway, please review. A review for the last chp plz :)
Love you guyzzz!!
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