Chapter 16

AN: Aww man folks this is the last chapter :'( If you have enjoyed this War Horse fanfic, more of my War Horse fics I do recommend you read if you want. They are "Home!", "Walking Into The Front Line!", "Reunion!" and "Rise To The Challenge, To Fall At Death!" only recommendations haha give them a chance you might like them? Haha well folks please enjoy the last chapter which is set three weeks after he proposed and they are back in England! I am afraid it may be a short chapter but meh! Lol enjoy!

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Finally we are back in England. To everyone's surprise it was sunny and warm. Me and Fraya had stayed together the whole boat journey home. Also I met Albert properly and I felt less ashamed of what happened to Joey. He never blamed me, he told me it wasn't my fault, and my mind and heart felt at ease. When I saw Joey again for the first time in many, many years, he was cut and he looked a complete mess.

Fraya met Joey for the first time and literally fell in love at first sight with him. That's actually where we are now. We sat with Albert chatting, talking about what we had witnessed.

"I think the worst thing I saw was my... my best friend dying right in front of me. Andrew was my best friend, always behind me, what ever I was doing. He joined because of me and died. For a few weeks, I couldn't seek, I thought I was going to be permanently blind, but luckily I wasn't obviously." Albert said and Fraya put a hand on his shoulder, lightly rubbing it.

"What about you Captain?" he suddenly asked and my head snapped from Joey to him. To be honest I can't even remember.

"Um..." I started and Fraya began to laugh. Albert only looked at her and she stopped looking down. "Well... we charged at the German's... and I got shot. When I woke up I was in so much pain and then I met Fraya." I said looking away from them both.

"Are you two..." he asked and Fraya nodded showing Albert her ring. He smiled and I turned back standing up, walking over to Joey.

"Hey old boy... Where have you been?" I asked softly rubbing his face being careful not to catch the cuts. He snorted, shoving his head into my shoulder making me wince slightly.

'God I wish it didn't hurt still! It's stopping me doing a lot of stuff...'

"Good lad Joey... I am sorry, for what happened Joey... I really am, not that I should be, but I promised to look after you and I did the opposite... I lost you. But now your safe, we both are, and we are both going to be somewhere we really want to be." I said and turned to see Fraya help Albert straighten up his uniform and his cap. I smiled, all she ever wants to do is help people... but I guess that's what she does for a living anyway.

"James, are you alright?" Fraya asked and I met two pairs of eyes. I shook my head and sat myself back down next to her and Albert.

"All I can think about now, is charging forward and then all of a sudden falling, crying and loosing consciousness. It scares me... it hurts me." I whispered and Albert knew the war was now taking it's toll on me.

'Brilliant...!'

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When we got back on land, it felt good. To feel the ground beneath my feet and Fraya holding my hand. She smiled up at me as she saw her mother. It soon dawned on me again why her father wasn't there... I saw the tears in her eyes as she looked back at her mother. I sighed and suddenly she dropped my hand running into her mother's open arms.

"Fraya dear are you alright?" her mother said stroking Fraya's hair, holding her tightly. I slowly walked over and stood a bit away. I watched her pull away and look into her mother's eyes.

"Yes mother... I just miss father a lot. Oh and before I forget, this is my husband James." she said with a beaming smile, which soon made me smile as well. She always makes me smile. Her mother literally squealed.

"Oh Fraya, my baby, you got married over there? What did he do anyway?"

I felt slightly uncomfortable and shift from one foot to the other. Fraya on the other hand tried hard to calm her mother down which soon made me laugh.

"He's a Cavalry Captain mother. Well he was my most severely injured patient actually, that's how we first met and then we, well spent loads of time together and then three weeks ago he proposed to me and I said yes!" she squealed.

Her mother then looked directly at me and her eyes were just like Fraya's. She's strong like Fraya. Her mother took us back to hers and I got to know her mother and we all just chatted about nothing really.

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Our wedding came quickly and it turns out we are going to have a baby. She's four weeks pregnant. It's an overwhelming feeling, but its amazing at the same time to know I am going to be a father, and that I get to have a family. We had our wedding in the finest church in Devon and everyone was there. Jamie, Charlie and many of my other friends, and all of Fraya's family and friends. I wanted it to be original and we both decided I would ware I black suit. To be honest I missed my uniform, but this is what we had decided. When she walked down the isle I swear my heart stopped momentarily, she looked simply breath taking.

It was a beautiful ceremony and Albert let us have Joey for the day. We rode away on his back, leaving everyone behind. We just went into the hills of Dartmoor and messed around there for a while, enjoying the rest of our wedding day and we stayed out until the sun started to set behind the hills.

"We should get Joey back. Albert is coming to take him home soon." I said and helped her off the ground and back onto his back. I jumped on behind her, and we galloped back to the town to see Albert waiting for us.

"Thanks again Albert." Fraya said giving him a quick hug and kiss on the cheek. He smiled and I helped him onto Joey. He waved goodbye and spurred Joey into a swift gallop and disappeared back to his little farm in the hills.

Me and Fraya went home. To our home, one where we will watch our child grow, one where we will watch our child go to school, one where we will have our first pet, and one where we will grow old together.

AN: Awww I know that was a shite last chapter and I really do apologise. I hope you like my other War Horse stories and I hope some of you will take my recommendations into mind hehe :) Also thanks to Elizabeth, ilovetvandfilm, babydake93, Loki'sLover, Oak, Spirited Mare, ResoluteShadow and Charlie McPuffin IV for reviewing and everything else you've all done on this story :) I love you all haha :) Also to everyone else that may have fav'd/ alerted both this story and me as an author! Well folks one final time for this story :'( Please review! Thanks :) All Welcome