Author's Notes: This is the epilogue to the story. If I somehow managed to drag you aboard of the Lily/Hugo ship, I have another story about them here and yet another one, called "Carousel" on AO3. I'm currently writing another one, but I probably will not post it here. I feel like I'm too old for this website, and therefore I'm starting a hiatus. All my new stories will be posted only on AO3, unless I decide otherwise. Sorry for the inconvenience, but I feel a bit like a fish out of water here at the moment. Thank you to all the people who reviewed and supported this story. You made my day.

Epilogue

Two months later.

"Lily! Hugo! Mum says lunch will be ready in five!"

Lily's glazed over eyes opened slowly, while Hugo cursed under his breath. He didn't seem to want to reply any time soon, so she took the burden upon her throaty voice. "Coming, Victoire!" she replied from down the beach.

"Really?" asked Hugo, kissing her temple. "Again? I thought you just did…" He grinned against her skin and she slapped his arm.

"Hugo!" she pretended to be shocked at his language, but he didn't seem to take her seriously.

In fact, he kissed her pout away and finally slid his hand from under her bikini bottom, smearing her juices on her hip before bringing his fingers to his mouth. "Nice hors d'oeuvre," he told her, sucking on them, "can I have the same for dessert?"

She pushed him away and stood up, shaking her head and trying hard not to laugh. "Only if you behave," she told him as she wrapped the beach towel around herself.

He stood up too, locating his swimming trunks and donning them quickly, before retrieving the other towel and wrapping it around his hips. "Lily, you know that I'm the best-behaved secret boyfriend ever," he told her brightly. "That's why I'm taking you out to dinner."

She stopped with a hand in her wet hair, forgetting for a moment that she was trying to shake the sand from her locks as well as unknotting her mane. "What?" she asked. "Like… like on a date?"

"A date," he told her, shrugging his shoulder. "Unless you don't want to go, and would rather stay home to play Wizard's Chess with Uncle Bill again."

"Of course I want to go!" she hurried to say. "Our first date?"

He shrugged again. "If you don't count the first time you tried to grab me and drown me…"

She laughed and ran up to him. Jumping at his neck and wrapping her legs around his waist, her towel opening. "I don't if you don't," she told him.

"I don't know," he chuckled, grasping her thighs to support her, "it was kind of romantic…"

She rolled her eyes and kissed him. "Where are we going?"

"It's a sur—"

"Oh my word! Is it the new sushi place that they opened in Tinworth? The one I said I was dying to try?" she asked excitedly.

Hugo sighed. "Blimey, do you know what surprise means? Yeah, it's that one…"

She let out an excited cry. "Best. Surprise. Ever," she punctuated every word with a kiss.

"Well, what can I say? I'm the best. I know my pretty Siren craves fish every now and then." He tried to go for another kiss, but she tilted her head back, jumped down and grinned up at him.

She laced her fingers with his and they started making their way up towards Shell Cottage.

"What about Uncle Bill and Auntie Fleur? We're still going to tell them that it's the Mating Magic?" asked Lily as she shook sand from her flip flops.

Hugo tugged her towards him, pulling her into a hug and stopping a few feet from the cottage. "You know what? I don't think they believe us anymore anyway," he admitted thoughtfully.

"Victoire has surely caught onto it," she agreed. "Oh well…"

"Yeah, I don't mind if you don't," he murmured quickly, pecking her lips.

She winked at him, wriggling free from his arms. "I don't," she told him, before grasping his hand again and adding, "Let's go, my brave sailor."

He smiled and squeezed her hand, bringing it to his lips to kiss her knuckles. "After you," he whispered, "my pretty Siren."

FIN