Author's notes: Hey guys! So we have come to the end of this story. It has been such an amazing journey and I'd like to say a final thank you to you guys for the support. You are truly one of a kind!

Epilogue

Sami stirred as heat suffused her body. Blinking eyes open, she writhed, looking over her distended abdomen for the source of her desire. EJ's dark head was buried between her legs. He looked up then as though feeling her eyes on him and with a taunting lick and cheeky grin he said, "Good morning, sweetheart."

"And a 'Good Morning' to you too," she replied breathlessly, arching her back to get closer to his talented mouth.

Her thighs clenched around his head on a particularly inspired stroke and she felt rather than heard his answering chuckle.

EJ took his time as he always did, tasting her, savoring her, driving her crazy with his tongue, his lips and even his teeth. When he began to shallow thrusts, she knew she was gone. There was no controlling her scream or the clamping of her thighs around his head as she came.

When she was finally conscious again, she loosened her grip on him and he placed one final, almost fond kiss to her sex.

"Thanks for the wake-up call." She breathed, still trying to calm down.

"Anytime," he smirked, as he came up beside her, pulling her into his arms.

They were on the final stretch and Sami had been put on bed rest, her pressure getting a little too high. EJ had made it his personal mission to be at her beck and call, making sure she taken care of, in every way possible.

"You know," she began teasingly. "Brady asked me when you were going to make an honest woman out of me."

"You know, I think there is an unwritten rule about family being part of post-coital conversation."

"EJ!" She slapped him, scandalized.

"Yes, darling, let's talk about Brady, who is currently shacked up with my ex-wife."

"Don't remind me!" She pouted, the thought of Nicole Walker always threatening to put her in a foul mood.

"Well, what did you say?"

"When we were ready." The 'Duh' was written all over her face.

"You mean when you are ready darling. I would have married you yesterday if I was sure you would say yes."

"Hey! What makes you think I won't say yes?" she pouted.

"I think your exact words to me were, 'I swear to God EJ that if you ask me to marry you while I look like a house I will castrate you!'" He repeated his tome taking a high-pitched quality, so exaggerated she couldn't stop a chuckle, "We both know you're a woman of your word, Samantha and as we both get enjoyment out of that particular appendage, I thought it prudent to wait."

She nodded as if to confirm his thoughts before saying, "You know, we're down to the wire here." She pointed to her tummy. "So if you did ask me, I might not castrate you."

EJ chuckled placing a quick kiss on her lips before reaching to the bedside table and opening the drawer.

"Well, I've never claimed to be a patient man."

Her excited squeal brought warmth to his heart, as he opened the small velvet box, he heard her gasp.

Sami's hand flew up to her mouth, the beauty of the ring throwing her for a loop. She didn't even want to speculate on the carat of the cushion cut diamond or the band looped around in infinity symbols.

She looked back up at EJ, his eyes shining with love as he said, "I love you Samantha Brady, Everything I have in me is completely and enduringly in love with everything about you. You are an amazing mother to our children and I stand in awe every day of how big your heart is. I love the days you play the liar and the thief and I even love your cross dressing alter ego."

She gave a watery laugh as tears filled her eyes.

"I will you never ask you to change for I love it all. So today I ask for the privilege to love you every day without conditions, to fight with you until we're both crazy from wanting, to make love with you until I see double, to raise our children, all six of them to be far better than we could ever imagine being and to grow old with you, scheming for the rest of our days. I love you."

With that, he slipped on the ring on her finger, lowering his head to kiss her lips.

"I love you EJ and with this ring I commit my life to beating you at your own games, to catching you when you fall and forgiving you when you mess up. You are the perfect man for my soul. Not a fairy tale and not a fantasy, but the love of my life."

They stared at each other for a long moment, taking in the sincerity of the moment. There were no barriers left as they saw fully the love present for the other and it was glorious.