Hey everyone, I want to apologize for how long its been since my last update but my life was really crazy for the past month. My step-dad had surgery last month and for a month we didn't know if he was going to make it until about a week ago.
I am back to my writing though now that the fear is gone and he is home. Here is the final update for Can Love Last?. I hope that all of you like it and have enjoyed the story as much as I enjoyed writing it. I have a twitter account now too, haven't signed into it much and have to get my sister to teach me how to use it but its KelsNicole92. Another thing that I cannot say enough, thank you for all of the support on this story and with my writing. It means so much to me to know that people do like my writing.

Enjoy!

*~KelsNicole~*

~TeamGaleSoIGetPeeta: I miss you too and am so sorry about not updating in so long. I'm hopefully back for good now as long as nothing else pops up like that. :)

Staring at Bri as she sits in front of a tree, a small smile forms on my lips. She looks up at me, giving me a small smile and I can't help but still see my little girl sitting there; not nineteen year old daughter sitting there. A lot of the time, I revisit the first year of her life in my mind, remembering everything about it. Brialla is a perfect mixture of Rory and myself, with his kindness. I can't help but give in when she looks at me with those gray eyes of theirs. Her long, wavy blonde hair bouncing up and down in the light breeze. It's hard to believe how quickly she's grown up, how much my love for her has grown and how much like Rory she is.

Taking my eyes off of Brialla, I watch as our youngest daughter, Eliza walks in with Ashton behind her. The two of them are smiling wide, as they stop in front of the window, kneeling down as they keep their eyes on Bri. Confused, I sit down in a chair and part my lips about ready to ask them what they're doing, but my question is answered as a tall boy with dark hair walks into view. Finn comes by at least two times a day to see Bri, which has made their feelings for each other clear to everyone except for the two of them.

Annie's still having a hard time, terrified of loosing Finn again which obviously weighs on his mind. She goes through her phases of being steady and a wreak. He's all that she has and he is devoted to her. Every time that she has a bad moment he stays beside her, telling her that it'll be all right and that he'll always be there for her, until the moment has passed. To shelter him from anything or anyone who might hurt him, she stays by his side a lot every second of every day. But today, she is no where to be seen.

"You two know better than to sit there and watch those two," I say in a disapproving tone, but smile as I turn back to the stove, finishing up the stew. Everyone knows what's going to happen, the two of them belong together. "Eliza, can you go get Aunt Katniss for me?"

She shakes her head a few times, a wide grin on her lips. "Aunt Katniss is busy with Acacia's friend who she's bringing home from the Capitol. No one knows who he is, but everyone is betting that Aunt Katniss is going to flip out over something."

Knowing my sister, I sigh before I nod my head and walk outside just in time to watch as Finn gets down on one knee in front of my daughter, making me almost fall over in shock. My baby, no his cannot be happening – not that I don't want her to be with Finn, they should be together for a while and work their way up o marriage. Why skip everything in between and get straight to marriage? I bite my lip as I watch my daughter nod her head happily, her whole frame shaking as he slips that ring onto her finger.

"You're staring." The voice behind me makes me jump, but I turn to face him. He smiles warmly at me, as I shake my head a few times, before gesturing over to our daughter. Nodding his head in understanding, there's no shock in his eyes. "I talked to Finn after he bought the ring. Why do you look so surprised?"

Turning, I look behind me and watch as Alena and Diligo walk around together, making me wonder where the time has gone. Just yesterday they were barley able to walk and now they're running around crazy in love. Rory wraps his arms around me and chuckles, before kissing me on the cheek. I lean against him and shake my head a few times to try and get the whole crazy thing out of my mind. Looking at how much all of the kids have grown up, makes me remember how it feels to be young and in love again; when everything is a first.

Shaking my head a few times, I head over Katniss's house – hoping to be able to clear my head a little. I don't think that I can take anymore surprises today and her house should be the easiest place to hide from it all. When I reach her house, I look back over at Rory as he follows me, making my smile widen. Not thinking about it, I walk into the house and jump the second that one of my feet are inside the door.

An arrow sticks in the wall right next to me, looking down I see Acacia with her arms wrapped around a boy on the floor. Taking a cautious step in and seeing the anger, the fear in my sister's eyes, I glance back at the two on the floor. "Katniss, mind explaining to me what's going on?"

"He came for Aca and I am not letting her leave with him. He'll be the death of her, just like all of the others have been." Tears threaten to spill over as Katniss stands over them, her arrow pointing at the boys chest. "Do you know who this is? If not, allow me to introduce you to the great-grandson of President Coriolanus Snow! Prim, meet Luca Snow – the little id...boy thinks that he'll be able to just take my daughter away from me and after everything that I've lost?"

"Mom, please!" pleads Acacia as she stands up, keeping her arm stretched out in front of Luca. The way that she looks at Katniss makes my stomach churn, knowing that she really does feel something for this boy. "You helped Haleigh and Cole – look at them, they are nothing like you described that horrible man. Haleigh is President now and no one is going to change that..."

The gleam in my sister's eyes tell me that she is not going to back down unless she is one hundred percent sure about this boy. Her eyes narrow as she glares at the boy, not seeming shocked by the boy's reaction as he just puts his hands up in the air and showing no fear of what she could do to him. She glances at Acacia and me for a minute, the anger in her eyes slowly disappearing before she lowers her bow and arrow. Almost growling, she stares at the boy like he is scum and letting him know what will happen to him if he ever proves her instincts correct.

I step forward to hug my sister, knowing that this is hard on her after everything that has happened and the last thing that she had ever expected. "Katniss, you know that she's strong, just like you and that no one can force her to do anything. She seems to really care about him."

"Her instincts could be clouded, you and I both know how they still make the Capitol look like there's nothing horrible there." A sob escapes her as her grip tightens on me. Not really knowing what to do or say, I just hug her back and try to calm her. "Have my instincts ever been wrong? Look at all of them in the past, all of these people who have tried to take everything away from me...what do they have in common?"

"You have to give him a chance though, can't you see the way that he looks at her? They do care about each other and hurting him would hurt her," I whisper to her, my eyes close as images flash through my mind and I understand why my sister is reacting this way. "Just give him a chance for her?"

A few minutes later, Katniss lets go of me and looks at her daughter. Nodding her head slowly, all of the signs of objection disappears, making Acacia sigh in relief as a small smile forms on her lips. Taking a step back, I watch as Aca steps forward and wraps her arms around her mother. The moment something that I never thought that I would see for the two of them and something that I feel should only involve the two of them.

"Let's go back home.." I whisper to Rory and the only response that I get is a nod of his head. His arm wraps around my waist and he pulls me back outside, making me sigh as the sunshine hits me. "I feel like today is the day that's going to test us all."

Shrugging, he smiles and kisses me on the cheek. "Everything happens at once, isn't that how it always happens? I'll always be beside you to face everything though, no matter what."

Kissing him gently, I lead him back into the house. A giggle escapes me as he picks me up in his arms and carries me into the kitchen, setting me down on the counter as he starts to make dinner – something that he hasn't done in years. Maybe everything will turn out alright after all and I know that no matter how much Katniss wants to be able to, she won't be able to save everyone from everything for forever. Life has its ups and downs, but with Rory beside me, I can always see the upside.

There is the end, I am so sorry about how long it took for me to get it up – the reasoning is at the beginning and I hope that all of you understand. For the last time, thank you for reading and please leave a review. I have mixed emotions now that my Prim and Rory stories are over for right now. But who knows? Maybe later on, I'll write one but with a different plot.