A/N: This chapter marks a whole year of this story being up! Exactly one year ago I thought to myself "Hey, I should write my own fan fiction." after reading tons of other stories. I hope it was worth it!

I actually stayed with Vaughn for a few days before returning home. I didn't want to run into Mark by accident under any circumstances. I made sure to call Julia and let her know, and she assured me she'd make sure my farm would be taken care of. She also informed me that Mark had apparently left the island, and the my house was finished. I was so happy to finally get only good news for once.

Sadly, I had to go home eventually. The days spent with Vaughn were unbelievably perfect; so perfect it made me wonder if it was real. We spent every second together, whether it was helping him with the shop or food shopping. When Wednesday finally rolled around, I was feeling depressed that it had to end.

On the boat to the island Vaughn was quiet, which was strange after so many days of constant talking and laughing. He seemed lost in thought as he stared out to the sea. I decided not to say anything and just stood next to him.

Julia greeted us on the beach. She gave me a huge hug when I got off the boat.

"Oh! I've miss you, Chelsea!" She cried, nearly crushing me. "It's so lonely around here without you."

I laughed and patted her back. "You have Natalie, don't you?"

She let go of me and looked me dead in the eye. "Do you know how annoying she can get? She constantly talks about her weird little boyfriend now. Oh! That reminds me! He proposed!"

"What?" I exclaimed. "He did?"

"Yes! The wedding is in a few days. You have to go see her about your bridesmaid dress. Which, by the way, is hideous."

I groaned. "Great."

"Don't worry, I'll make sure my bridesmaids dresses are nicer."

"Does that mean…?"

"No." She said sadly. "Not yet. But we've talk about it here and there."

"I'm sure he'll come around." I assured her.

She nodded, then looked at Vaughn. "So Vaughn-"

"Shut it." He said, cutting her off. His face grew a few shades darker.

"Anyway," I said, eager to change the subject. "My house. I want to see it."

"Oh right! You're going to love it! Come on."

…

After a full hour of touring my new house, Julia finally remembered she had a job to do and left. Vaughn seemed relieved when she left and relaxed a little.

"She talks too much." He commented.

I smiled. "Yeah, sometimes. But you gotta love her."

He grunted in reply and sat down at my new kitchen table.

My house was bigger than my old one. It had a few extra rooms, a bigger kitchen and bathroom, and nicer furniture. My room wasn't just a bed in a corner now. It was now upstairs next to the bathroom. And it was pretty big too. I noticed the bed was a lot bigger now too.

All in all, my new home was amazing and more than I could ask for. I even teared up a few times. I felt like I was on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. After the initial excitement, I finally calmed down enough to pay attention to small details.

As I was examining the detail on my door, Vaughn came up behind me and wrapped his arms around me. I jumped a little, startled. But then I smiled.

"Do you like your new house?" He asked.

"I love it. I need to think of a way to say thank you to everyone."

"You know, you don't always have to repay someone."

"Yeah, I do. If not I'll feel like I owe them. Like, its not fair."

"But you don't have to owe anyone anything."

"Well…." I thought about it. "If I hadn't owed you anything, would we even be here? Together?"

This seemed to surprise him. He let go of me and turned me around to look at him.

"Yeah." He said. "Somehow. This is meant to be. It would have happened one way or another." Then he reached into his pocket and pulled out a box. "And so would this."

He kneeled down and opened the box. He pulled out a chain necklace. "I know it isn't a ring, but I'll get you one right away. But…will you marry me?"

I stared at him, dumbfounded. I felt the tears prick my eyes and smiled down at him. His face was so red and he looked so nervous. I nodded. "Yes. Of course I will!"

I pulled him up and hugged him tightly. He hugged back, sighing. I let go and looked at the necklace in his hand. With a shock, I recognized it as the necklace I saw in his room a long time ago. With the silver horseshoe.

"What?" Vaughn asked, seeming worried. "Do you like it? If not I can…"

"No, no!" I said. "I love it. It's just…well, I'll be honest. I kinda sorta saw it before. In your room. That night I stayed over."

He narrowed his eyes. "I told you not to snoop around."

"I know!" I frowned. "I'm sorry. But the case it was in looked so tempting."

"You couldn't help yourself?"

"No." I said sadly. "I have no will-power."

He chuckled slightly. "It's okay."

He put it around my neck and moved my hair out from under it.

I smiled. "Thanks for understanding. But can I ask…where did you get this?"

He paused. "It was my mothers."

I held it in my hand and looked at it. "Really?"

"Yes. She wore it all the time. She loved it."

"Thank you… ." I whispered. "I'll take care of it. I promise."

"I know you will." He kissed my forehead.

"You don't have to get me a real ring." I told him. "This is already great."

"No, I do." He smiled. "I owe you."

I smiled and pulled him in for a kiss. It was another perfect kiss, and the thought of having these moments for the rest of my life excited me to no end. I felt so many emotions that my heart ached. A good kind of ache. And I knew that if we've made it through every thing that got in our way before, we could keep going. I felt as if everything bad that happened, happened just so this moment could exist. And I was okay with that. It was worth it.

Nothing would complicate my life anymore. I'd live a simple, happy life with Vaughn by my side.

No more complications.

A/N: Ohhh, the cheesy-ness! It hurts! But it makes a happy ending, don't you think?

That's right, this is the last chapter. I know it isn't long or very impressive, but I thought it was appropriate to end this story on the day it began :) You all can decide what happens afterwards. You know, the wedding, kids, old life. All that.

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