I am sorry to say that this is almost the end of the Kandy series. Even though I don't have a lot of reviews I would really like to know what you think. I have been working on the Kandy series for a long time now and I want to know if you like it or not. I think there is only one or two more chapters after this one left. Thanks everyone who reviewed!

Jessica was married a few years after Ricky and she had two children with him. Squid and Kandy are getting older. They moved back to St. Louis to be closer to their family. It is almost time for their 50th wedding anniversary. They are both sixty nine years old.

Squid walked into the house holding a huge bouquet of flowers. When he walked into the room a pair of arms were flung around his neck.

"Welcome home!" Kandy hugged Squid and kissed him on the cheek. She looked at the flowers that Squid was holding in one arm. "What are the flowers for?"

"You."

"Aww Squid they're so pretty! What is the occasion?"

"Do I need an occasion to tell you how much I love you?"

Squid smiled and handed the flowers to Kandy. She turned around and walked into the kitchen and started looking in cupboards searching for a vase big enough to fit the large arrangement of flowers. Once she found on she filled it with water and added the packet of plant food that was with the flowers. As she started to cut the bottom of the stems and place the flowers one by one in the vase Squid came up behind her and wrapped his arms around his wife.

"You know you are just as beautiful as the day I met you."

Kandy put down the sunflower that she was cutting and turned around. She raised her eyebrows in disbelief.

"Oh really…so you're telling me that over the course of fifty years I have managed to get even better looking?"

Squid laughed.

"Yes that is exactly what I am saying." He kissed Kandy on the lips and let her continue her flower cutting as he took a seat at the table that was a few feet from the counter that was covered in colorful flowers. "You know I have been thinking…maybe I should retire now. You know while I am still on top of my game."

"Squid, I thought you were going to retire next year. I thought you loved your work."

"Well I do, but I love spending time with you more; and who knows what might happen now that we're getting older."

"We're not that old. We're not even seventy yet, and I don't know about you, but I am planning on living for a very long time. I am talking at least one hundred."

Squid smiled and looked at his hands.

"Well if you are planning to be one hundred then I want to live to be one hundred…minus one day so that I won't ever have to live without you."

The room fell silent as Kandy slowly turned around and sat next to Squid.

"That was so…sweet! Corny…but so sweet."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

"So what are we doing tomorrow for our anniversary?"

"It's a surprise."

"Why do you always surprise me? Why can't you just tell me what we are doing for once?"

"I dunno."

Kandy smiled and took Squid's hand.

"I can't wait. So back to retirement…I think early retirement would be a fine idea. I actually had a meeting with Mr. Cruz and we have plenty of money for you to retire early. I have no problem with getting to spend everyday with you a whole year early!"

Squid jumped up from his seat and clapped his hands together.

"Great!"

He turned on his heel and walked out of the room very quickly.

"Squid, where are you going?"

"It's a surprise…I need to work one something."

"Another surprise?"

But Squid was already climbing the stairs and was out of earshot, so Kandy went back to arranging her flowers and imagining what Squid might have planned for tomorrow.

The next day came quickly and before she knew it Kandy was getting ready and putting on her new dress. Even though Kandy was getting old she still looked good. Kandy put on the full-length emerald dress. She placed a cashmere sweater on top of her bare shoulders. As Kandy walked out of the room she took one last glace at herself in the mirror.

Not bad for almost seventy.

When Kandy walked out of the room and down the stairs she found Squid waiting for her in the entry way with a huge smile on his face. Kandy smiled and kissed Squid as soon as he was in her reach.

"So are you going to tell me where we are going?"

"Nope. You look amazing though."

"Thank you, so do you!"

"Happy Anniversary baby."

"Happy Anniversary."

Squid reached into his coat pocket and felt something. He quickly pulled his hind out of his pocket as soon as he noticed Kandy staring at him.

"Well, let's get going then!" Squid opened the door and revealed a black limo pulled into the drive way. "It's ours for the night!"

Kandy gasped as she looked at the large black limo. Squid took her hand and led her to the side door of the car. He opened to door and gestured for her to get in.

"Well, I am glad that even after fifty years you still treat me like a lady."

Kandy looked at Squid with teasing eyes as she got into the limo.

"I try."

Squid climbed in after her and instantly the car began to move. They looked around and saw a bottle of champagne sitting in the side cooler. They opened it and gave a toast. Kandy raised her glass in the air.

"To fifty years of heaven and to fifty more!"

"Cheers!"

They clinked glasses and took a sip. They continued to sip their champagne as they drove in the car. Once the car stopped Squid got out of the car, opened the door and helped Kandy out. Kandy recognized instantly where they were.

"Oh Squid!"

They were at the Ritz-Carlton. The same place Squid proposed to Kandy fifty years ago. Squid just smiled and led her up the same two flights of stairs and they stepped onto the same romantic balcony that had only one table set for two. Kandy stood in the doorway for a minute before taking her seat next to Squid. Kandy looked up at the starlit sky and she thought about the first time they had been there.

Flashback:

We got out of the car and walked up two flights of stairs and ended up on a balcony. There was only one table set for two sitting in the middle. It was almost nine o'clock and the stars were out. We were shown to our table and given champagne.

"Squid this is so nice! But how come everything is so fancy? What's the occasion?"

Squid looked at his hands and then looked back at me.

"I dunno just letting you know how much I love you I guess."

He blushed and drank more champagne. I reached over and took his hand. He jumped slightly but then took my hand into his and kissed me.

End of flashback:

Kandy took Squid's hand and gave him a kiss. They ordered there food and drank some more champagne. Once they ate dinner Squid got the same look in his eyes that Kandy had seen many times before. It was the look that said 'I am planning something.'

"Let's go for a walk…"

Squid motioned to the garden behind them. Kandy nodded and walked out to the garden with Squid's hand interlinked with her own.

Flashback:

"Kandy lets go for a walk!"

Squid motioned to the garden that was behind the restaurant. It was beautiful there were flowers everywhere and a few lanterns lighting the way. There was a pond and a few fountains. It looked like something out of a fairytale.

"Alright!"

We walked around for a while until we got to a small bench that was surrounded by flowers, a small waterfall, and a large weeping willow tree that was behind it. We sat down neither one of us said a word.

I could feel my heart beating out of my chest. It felt like it was going to jump right out of me and onto the ground. I took a few deep breaths and tried not to look nervous. I still didn't know what was going on, but I knew Squid and I knew that was he was planning something. He kept shooting glances at me and then looking away. This was no helping my nerves at all.

"So…are you having a nice time?"

Squid's voice seemed a little higher than usual.

"Yes! I am having so much fun tonight! Thanks for taking me here!"

I leaned over and kissed him. He kissed back.

"Umm…Kandy, there is something I want to tell you."

"Kandy you are the most beautiful girl I have ever met. When I saw you I knew that I wanted to be with you, but I had no idea that a crush could turn into the love that I feel for you now. You bring out something inside of me that nobody else could see. I know I haven't always been perfect, but I always try, and if you will be with me forever I promise that I will try my hardest to be the best husband I can be! Kandy, will you marry me?"

"Yes!"

Squid jumped up and looked at me in shock.

"Yes?"

"Yes!"

End of flashback:

Kandy smiled as she thought about the last time they had come to the Ritz-Carlton and how it didn't seem like it had been over fifty years ago. The garden looked different now, but she still recognized the pond and the same bench that they had sat on fifty years ago. The two of them sat down with their arms wrapped around each other.

"Can you believe it has been fifty years?"

Kandy shook her head.

"No! It seems like we were here not too long ago. Is this the same bench we sat on last time?"

Squid looked at the bench. It looked the same to him even though it was a different color. He could see the paint chipping at the end of the bench that exposed a number of different paint jobs that had been exicuted on the bench over the last fifty years.

"I think it is. Remember it was in front of the big weeping willow and it was over looking the pond? Look how big the tree has gotten!"

Kandy turned around to look at the familiar tree.

"Wow!"

They sat on the bench in quiet thinking about one another for a few minutes until Kandy broke the silence.

"Squid, I love you."

"I love you too."

"I remember how nervous you were when you asked me to marry you. It was so cute." Kandy laughed to herself as she thought about the young Squid sitting next to her looking really nervous as he looked at Kandy out of the corner of his eye waiting for the right moment to pop the question. "You know you haven't changed a bit."

"Really?"

"Yah, you still act the same and you still have the same eyes…and smile. I am glad you didn't change."

"Why?"

"Because you were perfect when I married you, and that means that if you changed you would have to get worse because you cant improve perfection."

Squid smiled and for a minute Kandy saw the same eighteen year old kid that she agreed to marry. Kandy loved when this happened. She felt that this is what helped them stay so close over all these years. The random times they were reminded how much they loved each other.

"Well I still stand by what I said the other day. You have grown even more beautiful."

Kandy blushed and gave Squid a small hug.

"You know, there is no one I would rather be with here."

"Me either. Just think about something…out of everyone in the world what are the chances that you and me found each other and stayed together for all these years?"

"I dunno, but I am glad that I found you because who knows who I would be with right now."

"Let's not think about that."

"Yah."

"Hey Kandy, I got you something…"

Squid reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a small rectangular box on top there were silver words that spelled Tiffany's. Kandy's eyes lit up the same way they did when she saw her engagement ring for the first time. She took the box from Squid's hands and opened it slowly. Kandy gasped as she pulled out a gold necklace with diamonds around it. Kandy looked at the three diamonds that hung on top of each other from the white gold chain.

"Squid it is so gorgeous!"

"Well, the three stones stand for past, present, and future. Do you like it?"

"I love it thank you! Here I got you something too!"

Kandy took out her purse and pulled out a small box. She handed it to Squid. He opened it and smiled.

"This is amazing!"

Squid pulled out the watch and put it on his wrist. He admired the platinum band and then small diamonds that were encrusted in the hands of the watch.

"Do you like it?"

"I love it! It's not too flashy, but it is still beautiful!"

"Well, Happy anniversary!"

"Happy anniversary Kandy."

They hugged each other and began kissing. They pulled apart when they heard some music playing in the background. Squid stood up and extended out his hand.

"Wanna dance?"

"I'd love to!"

She took Squid's hand and they danced under the stars for almost twenty minutes. For twenty minutes they were caught in the romance of it all. They looked into each other eyes and saw each other with the same love and passion they had fifty years ago. Even though things were not perfect over the last few years it was the imperfections that brought them closer together. They knew they loved each other from early on and they wanted to spend their lives together, but now everything seemed so real to the two old friends. They danced to the slow music under the stars until Kandy looked up into the sky and pointed at a shooting star.

"Look a shooting star! Make a wish!"

They both closed their eyes and made a wish.

"What did you wish for?"

"Squid, you can't tell anyone or else I won't come true!"

"Oh, well I didn't know that. I better not tell anyone then! Come on it is getting late let's go home."

"Ok."

Yay they have been married for fifty years! The next few chapters will be good I promise and they might be sad (so make sure you have Kleenex by your computer! Ha just kidding.) Please review and then I will put up the next chapters!