Hello, everyone! I am back with Chapter 25, and the final installment of The Summer I Fell in Love. This is very bittersweet for me. This has been my first, and only story. I started this five years ago, and decided to continue it last summer just to see where I could take it. I have always envisioned the how Nick and Jordan would act, and what their family would be like, and it has been such a wonderful experience to bring their story to life.

As I said in the last chapter, I will be starting a sequel to this story within the next week or so. I want to progress things along in Nick, Jordan, and Catherine's lives, and it would just take too long if I did that in this story. That story will be taking place about three to four years in the future. Catherine will be older, Nick and Jordan won't be in that newlywed stage anymore, and I feel that there will be more opportunity for more plotlines. I hope that this is okay with you all, and as always, RATE, REVIEW, and FOLLOW me and this story, so you'll be notified when the sequel is released!

Jordan's POV:

The transitional weather of June came to a close, and the long summer days of July were upon us in Long Island. It had been over a month since my miscarriage, and although it was difficult for me, my husband proved to the biggest support in my life. Those few weeks tested our marriage. I was a shell of my former self, leaving Nick to take care of me, Catherine, and the house. Bless his heart, he didn't complain once. He was there for me, and our daughter, and for that, I will be forever grateful.

My mindset had improved with time. It was hard for a while. I blamed the miscarriage on myself, and felt that I wasn't adequate to be a mother. However, with one look at Catherine, all of that went away. I knew I was a good mother, just by how my daughter looked at me. My miscarriage also showed me how my own mother really does love me. I had never seen that side of my mother when she was taking care of me, and it was quite refreshing and nurturing.

Mama stayed for about a week, before heading back to Louisville. Even though I was so hesitant about her coming to see us, I was sad to see her go. Even though I would see her again at some point, it felt hard to let go of my own mother for the first time in my life.

I cleared my head of my thoughts, and decided to get my day started. With Nick still asleep next to me, I got up carefully so I wouldn't disturb him. It was after all, the first anniversary of Nick asking me to go steady with him. Yes, it was sort of silly to be celebrating, but it was one of the happiest days of my life. This man has made me swoon for over a year now, and that was something worth celebrating.

It was about seven in the morning, and it was getting time for Catherine to get up. She was just like her father, and enjoyed her beauty sleep. A year ago, I could never imagine myself getting up this early, but now, I couldn't be happier.

I made my way to Catherine's nursery, and tiptoed to her crib. I just had to take a second to gaze at her sleeping form. She was five months old, and was the sweetest thing on earth. She was always full of smiles, especially for her mommy and daddy. She's been babbling lately, and can even say a few words. My personal favorites are "Mama" and "Dada".

I rubbed my hand on her stomach gently in order to get her up. We had a busy day, ahead of us, and I knew if Catherine got the day started off on the right foot, we would be set to go.

Her eyes fluttered open, and immediately, she started rubbing her eyes so she could go back to sleep.

"Good morning, my sweet Catherine!" I said in my soft, baby voice.

Soft little whimpers emerged from her, as she wasn't very excited to be getting up.

"Oh I know, honey. I'm just terrible for making you wake up…"

I layed her against my chest, and she snuggled her head into the crook of my neck to shield her eyes from the bright morning sun.

I changed her, and eventually, she started to wake up and was returning to her usual happy self.

With Catherine in tow, we made our way downstairs, and placed her in her highchair, and made her breakfast.

As I was making Catherine's oatmeal, Nick makes his way down the stairs. His hair was always disheveled in a large heap on his head in the morning. He had on his undershirt, which was peeking through under his robe. As always, he had on that classic Nick Carraway smile of his, and to this day, it made me swoon.

"There are my two girls!" Nick said with a big smile on his face.

He walked over to Catherine and placed a big kiss on the top of her head. He got down to her level and talked to her, and she had her little pudgy hands all over his face, and grabbing his nose. Nothing made me happier to see the love of my life being such a wonderful father.

Nick walked over to me, and placed a kiss on my cheek.

"Good morning my love. I missed you in bed this morning, especially on such a special day." He said with a wink.

I turned and grinned at him; "Darling you remembered!"

He turned to grab me so I faced him; "Of course I remembered, this was one of the happiest days of my life. We started going together, and I do believe that it was around this time that we made that beautiful baby girl over there..."

I laughed into his chest; "Oh Nicky, stop that!"

He placed a trail of kisses down my neck, and made his way back up to my cheek, placing one final kiss on my lips.

I circled my arms around his neck, and his arms wrapped around my waist. This, was the definition of bliss.

We just looked at each other for a few moments. Just like we did when we first started going together. Whenever we would wake up in the morning, we would laugh and giggle, and stare into each others eyes. That seemed like lifetimes ago. Now, our mornings revolved around little Catherine, which was fine by us, but it was nice to indulge ourselves with one another.

Nick's POV:

Looking into my wife's eyes never got old. This woman made me more and more happy as each day went on.

"What did you have in mind that we do today, my love?" Jordan said as she looked up at me with her glass grey eyes.

"Well, I know that I want to spend every moment of it with you, that's for sure."

Jordan pulled herself closer into my embrace, and kissed my neck.

"As long as I'm with you, darling."

"It's such a lovely day, it reminds me of the day when you and I went for a boat ride on the bay. It was the day after I asked you to go steady with me. What do you say that you, me, and our pretty little girl over there go for a nice ride on the bay?"

"Nick, that's a wonderful idea!"

Catherine giggled in agreement, and it was settled. We all had a lovely breakfast, and then got upstairs to change for our lovely day as a family.

I got the boat started up on our dock, and waited for my girls to join me. After a few minutes of waiting, Jordan and Catherine make their way down our lawn to join me. There was never such a pretty sight. I always gush about Jordan and Catherine, but those two girls make my life complete. Their so beautiful, smart, and both make me the happiest man on earth, and for that, I was very lucky.

I took Catherine from Jordan's arms so she could get on our boat. I got comfortable behind the steering wheel, while Jordan was right by my side, with Catherine on her lap. I wrapped my left arm around Jordan's waist, and my other on the wheel, and started our boat for our afternoon cruise.

Going for a ride on the bay was like going down memory lane. Every place I looked struck up another memory of last summer. As a matter of fact, every single one of those remembrances involved Jordan. I looked over to her, and was stunned by her beautiful profile. She was all smiles, and talking to Catherine. Nothing on this earth made me more happy.

Jordan and I struck up conversations about these memories effortlessly. That was the beauty of our relationship. Nothing was forced. We were happy, pretty much all of the time. Jordan is the easiest person for me to talk to, and over this past year, our talks have gone on and on, and I imagine they will for the rest of time.

With a few laps around the bay under our belts, and a sleepy baby, we decided to head back to our bungalow. I helped Jordan get onto our dock, and handed her Catherine, who was fast asleep. Hand in hand, we walked up to our bungalow, and made our way quietly up the stairs to put Catherine down for her afternoon nap.

We got her all settled and went back into our room so Jordan and I could have some alone time.

Being the romantic husband that I am, I decided to put on a record. I took Jordan in my arms, and we swayed back and forth to our song that played the night we went to Gatsby's together.

I'm the Sheik of Araby

Your love belongs to me

At night when you're asleep

Into your tent I'll creep

The stars that shine above

Will light our way to love

You'll rule this land with me

I'm the Sheik of Araby

"Oh Nicky, it's our song…" Whispered Jordan into my ear.

I smiled and kissed her neck and placed a kiss onto her lips.

"Nicky, I don't know what I would do without you."

"Jordan, I don't know what I would do without you. That summer will forever be the best, because it was the summer that I fell in love."

And that, is the final installment! I hope you all enjoyed, and please keep you eyes out for the sequel!