A/N: Well here's the last chapter! Hope you like it!

Chapter 21

The first thing Christian could register was the brightness. As he blinked his eyes open, he held his hand up to shield himself from the light. As he adjusted to his surroundings, he looked over to his side.

He saw that someone had fallen asleep on his bedside. Her bright red hair fell across the bed sheets and he reached his hand over to touch a curl of it. She gently stirred and looked up.

"Oh, you're awake! You're awake!" She cried out, hugging him fiercely. "I'm so glad you're not dead!"

"Satine," he said quietly. She looked up at him.

"Celene," she corrected. "You remember it now?" It took him a few moments to realize what she was talking about, but then he smiled.

"Yeah. I'm Sebastian, right?"

"Uh huh," she said, wrapping her arms around his neck. "But we can be Christian and Satine, if we want."

"And I was…sick?" He asked, remembering two lifetimes worth of memories.

"Yeah. But you're all better now." She smiled. "They found a cure sometime after… after I was sick." He frowned and reached his hand up to touch the place near her lips where the blood pooled out 20 years ago. He reached up and kissed her, but groaned afterwards.

"They said that you would feel a bit nauseous and weak afterwards, for a while. But you should be fine after that. "She smiled and stroked his cheek. "Don't you ever do that to me again, will you? You could have just gone to the doctor's and gotten it all taken care of."

"I didn't want you to worry," he smiled. "It seemed silly at the time."

"Nothing that is hurting you is silly to me." She kissed his cheek.

"How did you remember?" He asked her.

"When I was in England, I saw the book that you wrote in a bookstore. Toulouse had it published, but didn't take any credit. After I saw the book, I remembered everything. Here it is. I brought it with me." She reached onto the table next to him and brought over a book that was brown with a picture of a red windmill on the front with Christian and Satine in front of it, smiling. Sebastian smiled just looking at it and placed it at his side to read later. He looked at Celene as she stood up.

"I have to get to the Lune Rouge. It's almost time for my shift."

"Aw, I'm sure Nathaniel will give you a break."

"He would, but I need to get all of the shifts in that I can to pay for rent."

"Pay for rent?" he asked, confused.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you! My father says I'm old enough to find my way in the world, and disowned me. I am now living off of my 'childish singing', as he would say. But he can't shut down the Lune Rouge, or else he would lose his investors. So I'm finally free!"

"That's great!" said Sebastian. "But are you okay? Living on your own, without any support from your father?"

"It feels wonderful, Sebastian. I don't have to rely on anyone to live."

"But don't you want to have the successful lifestyle that your father laid out for you?"

"I will be successful, but I'm going to do it with singing!" she smiled. "I wouldn't change anything that has happened to me."

"Even meeting me?" he grinned.

"Especially meeting you." She leaned down and gave him a kiss. "Face it. It was fate that we would be together."

"It seems like that," he grinned, than reached up to kiss her again.

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"Hey, are you ready? We have to get to the train station soon!" Sebastian yelled out to Celene, who was at the other end of the Lune Rouge.

"Just a minute! I've got to finish saying goodbye to people!" she yelled back. Sebastian grinned but didn't say anything. A few minutes later, Celene came to him and they walked outside together into the bright spring air. Nathaniel was waiting outside with Zidler and Nini for them.

"You didn't think you two were leaving without saying goodbye, were you?" asked Nathaniel, smiling at them.

"Aww, no! I thought we were going to be able to slip away!" joked Sebastian. They both went over to the group and started their goodbyes.

"I'm going to miss you guys," said Nathaniel, hugging both of them.

"We're probably coming to visit around Christmastime," Celene said, hugging him back.

"My little strawberry is growing up!" Zidler said, running towards them. They all laughed as Celene made an exasperated face.

After they both said goodbye to Zidler, they turned to Nini. They had become friends with her again, but it was still sometimes awkward between them.

"I wish the best for you both," Nini smiled.

"Thank you, Nini!" Celene cried, while throwing her arms around her in a hug. Nini looked shocked, but she started to smile. She didn't know it, but she had just received forgiveness from both Celene and Satine.

Celene's father never came to the send-off party, but he had let Celene use one of his chauffeured automobiles to drive to the train station, which was his version of a goodbye present.

"Goodbye, everyone!" They both shouted to the group in front of the Lune Rouge. As they got to the automobile, Sebastian wrapped his arms around Celene and whispered in her ear, "Are you ready to fly away?"

She turned around and kissed him softly. "Come what may."

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A/N: Wow it's really finished. My first story is finished!!!! I hope that you have enjoyed reading the Lune Rouge, because I've had sooooo much fun writing it. I hope to come out with another story soon!

--FoSiz