Hey everyone! I am sad to announce that this is the final chapter to this story :-( I had a lot of fun writing it and I really appriciate all the wonderful reviews I have gotten. I hope you all enjoy the final chapter to this "book". Thanks again for reading:-)
Epilogue-
5 Months Later…
(Miley's POV)
Five months have passed since Jake's attempt to kill Lilly; and his successful attempt to stab me. I still can't believe it actually happened. My stitches are obviously out by now, which is great. My wonderful girlfriend helped take care of me that whole month of the incident. I love that girl.
Things at school have been different, in a good way. Amber and Ashley haven't been mean to me, Lilly, or Oliver since I got better and returned to school. They're actually nicer to me. I can't get used to it, but oh well. I'll definitely live with it. In fact, I think me and Lilly have become more popular.
Lilly…Lilly, Lilly, Lilly. I could say that name all day long. In fact, it's our one year anniversary tonight and I couldn't be any happier. I have the greatest gift for her. It took me about three months to find the perfect ring, and by that point, I decided to wait for our anniversary to propose to her. Am I nervous? You bet! But, I have it all planned out perfectly. I'm taking her back to her favorite spot where we spent our six month anniversary. I'm picking her up in a limo and my driver is going to drive us around for a while, then drop us off. Jackson is at the spot setting things up for me right now. He really is a good brother. I need to tell him that more often… Anyways, back to the subject.
I'm just about done getting ready. My hair's down with light curls at the ends; which she said is her favorite style on me. I'm wearing a low-cut t-shirt, for her pleasure, and a mini-skirt…hmm, am I asking for it?...Hell yea!
I hear a knock on my door, "Bud? You dressed?" my Dad asks me.
"Yea, you can come in," I reply.
He walks in and shuts the door behind him with a smile on his face, "You all set for tonight?"
I inhale nervously, "Y-yea…I think so…" I look in my mirror, double checking my hair. I see the fear building up in my eyes, "…What if she says no?..."
He places a hand on my left shoulder, "Don't be silly, Miles. You're worrying way too much. Just go out tonight and have fun."
I smile because I know he's right. I give him a hug, "I love you, Daddy."
"I love you too, bud. I just can't believe my baby girl is proposing to her girlfriend tonight." I can tell he's trying to hold back his tears. Now I feel tears in my eyes…great.
"Oh, Daddy, you're going to make me cry. Then I'll have to redo my make-up," I laugh a little.
He laughs slightly, "Sorry. I'm just so proud of you."
"Thanks," I reach up to kiss him on the cheek. "Is the limo here?"
"Oh yea, I was gonna tell you that…until I got caught up with emotions."
"It's okay," I grab my purse, which has the ring in it, and head out of my room; my Dad follows.
"Is that what you're going to wear?" he asks with uncertainty.
"Well, yea. Lilly loves it when I dress like this."
He sighs, "Of course…Well, anyways, have fun."
"I will," I open the door to go outside. I walk towards the limo as the driver opens the door for me.
"Good evening Ms. Stewart," he smiles.
"Good evening," I reply nicely. I climb in and seconds later we arrive at Lilly's house; not a long drive by the way. I feel the limo come to a stop and my door opens. I thank the driver and walk up Lilly's driveway. My heart is pounding madly inside my chest as I knock on the door. She told me before that she was going to wear something special just for me tonight…and I was very anxious to see what it was. I quickly adjust my skirt and the door opens.
"Hey, Miles."
I look up, my eyes widen, and my jaw drops, "Whoa…" Lilly was wearing a skirt that was just a little bit above her knees with a very cute, and tight, t-shirt. I hear her laugh.
"Miley, my eyes are up here," she says pointing to her eyes.
"I, uh…sorry," I squeak out, feeling myself blush. "Y-you just look very, very gorgeous."
She grins, and I love it. "Thank you," she checks me out, "and so do you."
I walk closer to her, placing my hands on her waist, and I passionately kiss her. After a few minutes I break the kiss, "The limo waits my dear," I kiss her hand.
"I've said it before, and I'll say it again. You're such a romantic," we link our hands together and walk to the limo.
"Only for you, you know." The driver opens the door for us and we climb in. I sit down, spreading my legs across the seat, and she practically jumps on my lap. "Well, aren't we just a bit excited?" I laugh.
Lilly grins, "Very," she says seductively.
My mouth goes dry as I examine her hair. She has it up in a ponytail with some braids hanging down…my favorite. I lick my lips and feel hers upon mine shortly after. She breaks the kiss; I want more…much, much more.
"So, what's on the agenda for tonight?"
"Well, we're going to take a romantic drive around Malibu for a while, then we'll be dropped off at our special spot," I start kissing her neck; she moans. Her lips connect with mine, my whole body heats up and tingles as she touches me all over. I somehow manage to change our position so I'm on top of her. My left hand goes up her shirt while my right hand goes under her skirt. I lightly run my fingers up and down her leg, getting a pretty loud moan from her. Lilly's hands reach up the back of my shirt. I break the kiss momentarily, "I love you, Lilly…" I say softly in her ear.
"I love you so much," she crashes her lips against mine again. "So, uh, how long is the limo ride?" she smiles.
I can't help but grin, "Long enough trust me."
After about a half hour… I think…Lilly and I were lying on the floor of the limo looking out of the open sunroof. "This is so romantic, Miley," she snuggles closer to me.
"And this is only the beginning," I glance over at my purse and smile. "We should probably get dressed. We'll be at the spot soon."
Is it wrong that I'm watching her get dressed?...Nah. She catches me in the act; Busted! I just smile.
"Enjoying the show, Miley?" she grins.
"Always," we feel the limo come to a stop as we finish getting dressed. Both of us grab our purses and get out once the door is open. My heart speeds up, my palms become sweaty, and butterflies are in my stomach. Lilly takes my hand and laughs.
"You okay?" she looks at me. Do I look nervous? I probably do.
"Yea, I'm fine. Come one," I lead her down the little path. She smiles when we get to our destination.
"Miley, how'd you get this all set up? It's so beautiful…" she looks around with the biggest smile on her face. That smile always warms my heart.
"I have people," I smile, leading her towards our little picnic. She absolutely loved it on our six month, so I thought I'd do it again. "I hope you like it."
"I love it," she turns to me. "Just like how I love you," she leans in; I close my eyes and melt as her lips touch mine. "I just hope you like the gift I got you."
"You know I'll love anything you get me, Lil. I'm the one who should be worried."
"Don't be. I know I'll love whatever you got me."
'Oh believe me; I hope you do too…' "Thanks," I kiss her on the cheek. "So, for dinner my Dad cooked us up some homemade food."
"Yay!" she yells enthusiastically.
"You're too cute," I laugh. I sit down and she sits on my lap.
"I also liked this last time," she grins.
"Me too," I smile back.
Lilly reaches for the basket of food, I keep thinking about the ring. I'm so nervous. Can I do this?
"Miley?"
I snap out of my inner panic attack, "Huh?"
"You keep zoning out…Is something wrong?" She sounds concerned. Oh man, I'm probably making her worried.
"Nothing's wrong. I swear."
"Okay," she sounds uncertain.
We start eating, which calms me down a little. We chat about random things, such as the both of us becoming more popular than Amber and Ashley. We're not bragging, we just find it amusing.
Now the food's all eaten, which means gift time. Oh God…please have this go over well. She's beaming as she looks at me, "I want you to open my gift first."
'Yes!' "That's fine with me," I kiss her.
I watch as she digs in her purse, pulling out a long, wrapped gift. "Here you go, beautiful."
I know I'm grinning; I carefully open it to find a white case. I glance up at her, and then look back at it to open it. I'm speechless…I'm looking down at a silver necklace with a heart that has 'M' and 'L' in the middle of it. It's made of…diamonds?! Oh my gosh…I love her so much! I finally look up at her as tears form in my eyes, "Lilly…I….I…" I can't talk due to the lump forming in my throat.
She takes it out of the case and gently places it around my neck. "Do you like it?" she smiles.
I wipe my eyes with my sleeve and pull her into a tight hug, "I love it, Lilly. Thank you so much," I kiss her deeply. Now I know I can do this…
"I'm glad you like it," she runs her soft hands through my hair.
Okay…this has to be perfect. I take a deep breath, "Mind if we stand up? My, uh, legs are getting a little sore."
'Oh yea, sorry," she quickly gets up, then helps me up as well.
"It's okay, silly," I hold onto my purse tightly. I wrap my arms around her waist from behind. We gaze out at the ocean and night sky. "Look at all those stars," I sigh happily.
"I know. They're beautiful," she places her hands on mine. "This night is so perfect, Miles."
"Every night is perfect when you're with me. And…and I want it to stay that way…" I slide down to the ground, kneeling on one knee. She turns around; her hair moves lightly with the slight breeze. It's breathtaking. She gives me a questioning look.
"Miley?..."
"Shh…" I pull the box out from my purse; luckily she doesn't see it right away, perfect. "Lilly…this has been the best year of my life. Sure we've had some ups and downs…like always…and as always, we worked through them together. I never want that to end. I want to hold you in my arms forever. I want to wake up next to you ever single morning. I want to look into your beautiful blue eyes every day. I love you…I love you with ever piece of my heart." Lilly covers her mouth as she smiles, with tears rolling down her cheeks. I hold out the white box and slowly open it, revealing the diamond ring, "Lillian Truscott…will you marry me?"
Both her hands clasp over her mouth as she gasps in surprise. She moves her hands and I'm relieved to see a smile on her face. "Yes…yes! I'll marry you!" she quickly kneels down and pulls me in for a loving kiss. Tears of happiness are rolling down both of our faces was we kiss. When we pull apart I take the ring out of the box and place it on her left ring finger; not bothering to move my class ring right now. "Oh Miley…I….I just…" she lets out a little laugh through tears.
"I love you, Lilly. I want nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with you."
"I…I love you so much, Miley…" she holds me tight and leans her head on my shoulder. After a little while she looks into my eyes, "I'm the lucky one," she whispers with a smile.
I laugh, pull her in for another kiss, and before I know it, she's on top of me…
(Lilly's POV)
I don't know how much time as passed. But, that doesn't matter; life is too perfect right now. I rub my tired eyes with my free hand and smile as I see my engagement ring. I couldn't believe it actually happened; I am the luckiest girl in the whole world. I glace up; Miley's sound asleep. I lightly brush my hand against her cheek, and then placed it on her bare waist. I study her every feature. I love her so, so much…she looks so peaceful. I still remember the first time she told me she was in love with me—
It had been a few days after Miley kissed me and told me she wanted to be with me. I was thrilled. We were at the beach, totally all over each other (kissing).
"Miley, this is so great. I can't believe we're actually going out."
"Well believe it," she laughs. "Because I have a feeling it's going to last for a long time."
I smile, "Me too. I love you," I kiss her a little more.
She suddenly has this serious look on her face, "Lilly?..."
"Yea?" I look into her eyes.
"I…I think…no…I know that…"
I laugh a little, "Come on, just tell me."
"…I'm in love with you…"
My jaw drops, "Y-You are?"
She looks down, "I'm sorry if I'm rushing…"
"Miley…" I interrupt. "I already told you I was in love with you. You certainly are not rushing anything."
She grins and pulls me in for another long, loving kiss.
I slowly lean in and softly kiss her on the forehead so I don't wake her up. I whisper, "I love you…" and snuggle closer to her. Tears escape my eyes as I look at her. If Jake had actually killed her about five months ago…I know I wouldn't be here today. She's my life, my reason for living, my…my everything. I'm so happy knowing that I'll have her to love and to hold for the rest of my life…She's all I'll ever need.
Hope it wasn't too corny. I spent a lot of time writing it so it wouldn't sound really corny. Hopefully it worked, lol. When I was writing the proposal part, I was listening to 'One In a Million', and it almost made me cry. It fit so well with it, lol. Also, I know it was ironic that this "book" started off with '5 months later' and ended with '5 months later'... I didn't even plan on doing that, lol. It just ended up that way. But yea, anyways, hope you enjoyed this story. I sure had a lot of fun writing it. And... there will most likely be a 4th book, yay! I'm not sure when though, because I have started a whole new, different story, and I am really enjoying writing it so far. I've gotten a lot of great reviews for that story, and I would like to thank everyone who reviewed on it. It means a lot to me :-) Thanks again for everything:-)