Hello people of the internet and people who read this story,
So, it is a sad day for me. This is officially the last chapter of Cruz Control. I'm going to miss this story, but it's about time to wrap it up. I just want to let you guys know how grateful I am for you reading and staying with this story, even if you didn't review. Thanks for staying with me through bad chapters and grammar mistakes. This has been my first fanfin and I realized how much I love doing it, this was just supposed to be an expierement, I figured nobody would read this silly story I had in my head, however you guys proved me wrong. So, please for one last time, review and let me know what you think of this chapter and the whole story in general. Don't let me down! I love you all!
Epilogue
27 Years Later
Over the past twenty-seven years, the Fuentes family had kept growing and growing. By the time of their eldest grandson's wedding, Alex and Brittany had sixteen grandchildren total from their four children plus the one other addition.
The entire Fuentes family sat on one side of the church, laughing and talking before the ceremony started. Paco and Juli were nervous for their eldest son, Max. In the eyes of Paco, Max was definitely a blessing in disguise. It was rough for the first year or two with Max while Paco tried to find work. Juli held them together and paid all the bills. Paco will admit that it was his little brother who really saved his family from falling apart.
Cruz Fuentes sat next to his wife of almost eighteen years. Their hands were linked while their eyes scanned the pews for their five children.
After his first X-Games gold medal, Cruz had been one of the fiercest athletes in the action sport world. He'd set records, broke barriers, and raised the bar for skaters to come.
He managed to get his GED by the time he was seventeen. However, he knew that college wasn't for him. He stuck with skating and developed his own brand- a brand that surprised him when it really took off. By the time Cruz was twenty, he was a millionaire, yet he never acted like one. He was the same Cruz that everybody knew, a firecracker and teddy bear all rolled into one.
Cruz had bought a warehouse, along Lake Michigan, to handle all his business first floor was a huge skate park that was decorated in bright colors and the craziest obstacles a skateboarder could ever imagine. His family always joked that he put play before work, since the offices were upstairs overlooking the skate park.
His clothing line, Fly Rio, was still going strong and growing every day. He remembered Rio with every design they created and sold. Paco had occupied an office in order to create all the designs.
Another office was taken by his manager- the person who really pushed him. In fact, he was the guy really responsible for getting Cruz started in the professional world of skating. Salem Karter, Cruz's best friend, was the man who guided Cruz along. He understood Cruz way more than any other person. He knew his family and understood when he needed to lay low or things of that nature.
Cruz's wife, Lia, followed her dream and became a lawyer. It took a lot of school and time, but she'd managed. She also owned an office in Cruz's warehouse. She was the company lawyer and overlooked all of Cruz's contracts and deals.
Lia didn't want to start a family until she had graduated from law school and they had waited. They both admit it was the longest wait of their lives, but they knew it was for the better. They got married once Lia had graduated from Loyola Law School and had their first son a year later.
EchoFuentes, with his ice blue eyes that he inherited from his father and caramel colored hair that he got from his mother, sat the row in front of his parents, texting his girlfriend. Cruz and Lia loved his girlfriend, Reya. Echo had known Reya his whole life because Lia's best friend Santiago, and his wife, Vela, were Reya's parents. They lived a few blocks away from Cruz and Lia's house and the kids had grown up best friends.
Echo's brother, Oakly, sat next to him. Oakly was quieter than his brother and smarter too. Echo got decent grades when he put in the effort, but he had Cruz's free spirit. Despite being the spitting image of his father at sixteen, Oakly had his mother's hard work ethic and brains.
The twins sat next to their Uncle AJ and his partner, Cam. When Cruz and Lia found out they were having twins during their third pregnancy they were ecstatic and stressed at the same time. They had two boys, three and eighteen months, and weren't sure if they were ready to add one, let alone two more babies into the mix.
It was hectic when the twins were born, but it was so worth it. Lia and Cruz both knew they wanted a big family and they were glad to have the four oldest ones so close in age.
Alia was the only girl out of the bunch, right in the middle. She was older than her twin brother, Alaiya, by four minutes and used it against him all the time. The twins had managed to inherit dark blonde hair from their grandmother, but it was definitely influenced by their parents' color. Both of the twins' eyes were a hazel mixture that contained blue, green, and brown.
Alia, called Elle by her friends and siblings, had her grandmother's sense of fashion and girlie-ness. She loved dressing up and shopping. At fourteen, she was now at the age where boys were starting to take notice; she was putting away the pink dresses and bows for miniskirts and mascara. Cruz didn't like the fact that his baby girl was growing up, but Lia assured him that it was bound to happen.
Alia was the easiest to raise when she was growing up, but once she had hit the double digits she became the classic teenage girl. Cruz and Lia stepped in when her shirt was too tight or shorts were too short that which was always followed by a tantrum from Alia.
Alaiya was a completely different story. He brought laughter to the family during hard times. He knew what to say to make anybody laugh. He was popular in school, got decent grades, and was amazing at sports. Alaiya found his passion for sports when he was barely out of diapers. He loved watching Cruz during competitions and followed in his dad's footsteps by the time he was five.
At fourteen, Alaiya still skated once in awhile, but the sport that he loved the most was lacrosse. Lia hated the fact that the game was so rough, but it was what Laiya loved to do. He was damn good at it, too. He made state and national teams and got invited to camps all across the country. Broken bones and bruises were a normal thing with Alaiya, but like his father, he never backed down from what he loved.
The baby of the family, Illion, was sitting on the other side of Cruz. Illion was a surprise for Cruz and Lia. They thought they were done with having kids after the twins came, but seven years later, Lia found out she was pregnant. Illion was a pleasant surprise, though. The house had started to settle down, since the older kids were all out of diapers. They started from scratch and realized how much they loved having a baby around.
Illion had his dad's dark, unruly hair and his mom's brown eyes. He had his own mind and did things his own way. He was always getting into trouble and trying to get himself out, but failed the majority of the time. Cruz and Lia were always getting calls from school, asking them to meet with the principal. At seven years-old, Illion had managed to get into more trouble in school than all his other siblings combined. Lia and Cruz stressed out over what their future was going to be like if he kept up this type of behavior up.
But besides the getting in trouble part, Illion was a good kid with a big heart. He, like most of his brothers, loved skating with his Dad. When Cruz brought him to visit his great Uncle Carlos and great Aunt Kiara in Colorado he fell in love with snowboarding. Snowboarding was the one thing that kept him out of trouble.
Illion, getting impatient, turned to Cruz. "Dad, when is it supposed to start?"
Cruz sighed. "Soon, Ill."
Illion groaned and put his chin on his hands.
Alicia, Cruz's big sister, turned around and smiled at him.
Licia had three kids of her own. Kaya was seventeen like Echo, Conner was fifteen, and Grace was twelve. Licia lived in Iowa, where he husband was from. They met at the University of Wisconsin. Licia was a middle school teacher and her husband, Casey, owned his own business.
"Mom, Uncle A says that you and Dad didn't like each other at first," Alia turned around and told her mother.
Cam gave AJ a glare and Cruz did too. A threw his hands up in innocence.
A came out to the rest of his family after he'd been away at college for awhile. He was confused with his sexuality and tried to avoid questions on the subject when he was teenager. When he came home for Christmas break during his freshmen year he sat everybody down and told them that he met somebody. That somebody was Cam and none of his family members were surprised. They just all wanted to meet the guy who helped their little brother and son discover himself.
Cam was a pretty good addition to the family. He held a voice of reason. He was different than A. You could clearly tell that Cam was gay, but you had to know A to figure it out. Right before AJ entered high school anyone could tell he was gay, by the clothes we wore and the way he talked. Then he started second guessing himself and wearing more "guy"-ish clothes and his voice changed.
Cam and AJ both wanted kids. They decided to adopt identical twin girls. Alix and Ava were eight now and the whole family could see how much their parents loved them.
A cry rang out and everybody's heads turned to Zita and baby Zuma. Zuma's sister, Harper, covered her ears. Zita turned red and tried to quiet her baby boy down. Alex scooped up Harper and let her sit on his lap, while Brittany helped Zita quiet down Zuma.
Zita's husband was the only one not present from the Fuentes side of the family. He was a CEO at a major company out in Chicago and was in Japan for a meeting. Everybody understood and he apologized many times.
The doors opened and Max started walking down the aisle with Paco and Juli on either side of him. Juli was in tears and Paco was close to it.
"Lookin' good, Max!" Alaiya called to his cousin with a grin.
Everybody from the family chuckled and Max sent them a wink.
Soon after the procession began and the groomsmen and bridesmaids started walking down the aisle. They included Max's sisters Molly and Morgan, who were twenty-one and nineteen, and their sixteen year-old brother Mason.
As Terra, the bride, started walking down the aisle, everybody turned to look at her. She looked pretty, but nervous.
"Poor girl doesn't know what she's getting herself into," Brittany chuckled.
The whole family started laughing and Max didn't even bother to take his eyes of his beautiful wife to glare at them.
The Fuentes's watched as the young lovers stared into each other's eyes.
It was official; a case of perfect chemistry had struck yet another generation of the Fuentes family.
PS... working on Zita's story now. I'm sooo exciting to write it, I have this whole idea in my head. It'll be up soon, I promise.