Oh my god... it's done. I'm sad. Anyways, the final update of Change! Thank you all! :*

Epilogue

Two Years Later

Sam turned into the kitchen, breathing deeply. He grinned when he saw Mercedes bent down in front of the oven.

"I thought I smelled cookies…" Sam breathed, walking over and leaning against the counter. Mercedes placed the steaming tray of cookies on the top of the oven, and then shut the door. She took off the oven mitts, laying them against the counter. Sam's eyes flickered to the sapphire mate-mark that stood out against her dark skin with a rush of happiness. Sam couldn't remember ever being this happy.

"Yep," Mercedes said, smiling. "But, they've gotta cool for a couple minutes, so you're going to have to wait." Sam stepped forward, pinning Mercedes against the countertop. He looked down at her with lust-filled eyes.

"But, I'm really craving some chocolate… Do you know where I could get some," Sam paused, dipping his head. "Delicious," he moved his lips down to her ear, "dark chocolate?" Sam whispered in her ear, then moving to suck just below her ear. Mercedes whimpered, a shudder rolling through her body. She tilted her head up, and captured Sam's lips with her own, her back arching into him. Sam grinned, and then propped Mercedes up against the counter, the cookies lay forgotten beside them.

Cameron walked down the empty street, his head downcast. He was broken out of his self-pitying thoughts by a sharp pain on his wrist that faded into a dull burn. Cameron gasped, staring down at his wrist; which had the faintest outline of red on it.

Oh my god… is it? Cameron thought. He followed his instincts; his feet propelling him down the street. Suddenly, a dark blur dropped from the rooftop of a building down the street, and the blur, which Cameron now realized was a person, was moving towards him with the same sense of purpose. As the distance closed between them, Cameron saw the person's gaze flickering between himself and the person's wrist. Both stopped instantaneously, a few feet from each other. They both were silent, taking each other in, spending a few seconds looking at the similar faint red lines on their wrists.

"H-hi," the other said breathlessly with a heavy Irish accent. Cameron felt a smile spread on his face at the sound.

"Hi, did you er, feel it too?" Cameron asked hesitantly. He couldn't believe it… was this man his mate? The stranger nodded vigorously.

"I'm Damian," he said, and Cameron felt his smile stretch into a grin. He stretched out his hand.

"Cameron," he replied. Damian looked down at his hand with a strange look on his face.

"Er, considering the circumstances, dontcha' think that's a wee bit formal?" Damian said. Cameron bit his lip bashfully and stepped forward pulling Damian in for a hug. Cameron had to control his lower-regions, as he nearly became hopelessly hard just at the scent of the vampire.

"Do you wanna go, you know, get to know each other?" Cameron asked hopefully. Damian grinned, and held out his hand which Cameron took. He couldn't help but notice how perfectly they fit together. Just like that annoying song… damn, how did it go again? Oh, 'the spaces between my fingers are right where yours fit perfectly', Cameron thought.

"I-I was beginning to think," Cameron began softly as they walked towards the park just outside town. "That I would never find … never find my mate." Cameron turned and looked down at Damian's face. Damian turned.

"You don't hafta' worry about that anymore, so ssh," Damian replied, tilting his head so it was resting on Cameron's shoulder. Cameron smiled dreamily. He didn't think he had ever been this happy in his entire life… vampire or human.

"Jeff! Come on, the movie's starting!" Nick yelled from the living room of the apartment.

"Just a sec, I'm checking my Facebook quickly!" Jeff yelled back. He pictured Nick rolling his eyes, and smirked. Jeff turned to the brightly-lit computer screen as he put in his login details. He scrolled through his News Feed taking in the stories and pictures of people he didn't really care about. Then, a small "1" appeared above his message notification button, and Jeff cocked his head. He clicked it, and waited for the page to redirect. He sat with his legs crossed and his chin resting on his left hand. The fingers on his right hand drummed the tabletop absently. When the page finally loaded, Jeff let out a gasp.

Blaine Anderson
Subject: Long time no see?

Jeff stood quickly, his eyes wide. He sprinted off to the living room.

"Nick! Nick!" Jeff screamed. "Nick, come here!" Nick turned his head and looked confused at Jeff's screaming. A calculating look crossed his face.

"I swear to fucking god, if it's another one of those stupid 'exercise ball fail' videos I'm going to castrate you," Nick said, slowly standing from his chair. Jeff shook his head vigorously.

"It… it's Blaine," Jeff said, out of breath. Nick's mouth flopped open, and he sprinted to the other room right behind Jeff.

Blaine closed the laptop, biting his lip as he turned to Kurt who was absentmindedly flipping through a VOGUE magazine.

"You think this is a good idea?" Blaine asked. Kurt looked up.

"Well, I think it is, but I guess we won't know until we get there," Kurt said back. Blaine nodded.

"It's weird how easy it is to find people on Facebook. Man, going through all their profiles really made me miss them… I hope they agree," Blaine murmured, as he reached to turn on the TV, placing the laptop on the table beside him. Kurt simply mm-hmm'd and returned to his magazine.

"Look!" Jeff said, pointing to the message.

Blaine Anderson
To: Jeff Sterling, Nick Duval, Wes Montgomery, David Thompson
Subject: Long time no see?

Hi guys, I know it's been awhile… and well Kurt and myself are going to be in town in a couple days… you guys able to meet up? We've got some big news… I was thinking Thursday at the Lima Bean, around 3? Please respond ASAP!

PS – congrats on the marriages, Wes and David. Who knew you'd find some poor, oblivious ladies to marry? Kidding!

Blaine and Kurt

Nick's eyes scanned over the message a few more times before turning to face an extremely happy Jeff.

"Oh my god, I can't believe it. I've missed them so much; we haven't seen them since grad! We can go right?" Jeff said, his eyes lighting up. Nick mentally checked his calendar. He was supposed to go to the dentist that day, but that could be rebooked. He nodded, and Jeff clapped his hands together excitedly. He sprung towards Nick and wrapped his arms around him. He gave Nick a quick kiss and touched their foreheads together.

"I can't believe we finally get to see them again… I haven't realized how much I've missed them until now... even Kurt. Man, that boy's a good kisser," Jeff trailed off dreamily, remembering a certain day out in the rec yard. He was snatched from his thoughts when Nick let out a growl and stiffened. Jeff looked down into his eyes.

"Did I mention I love you? Like more than anything?" Jeff said quickly, dipping his head to nuzzle against Nick's neck. Nick rolled his eyes and kissed the top of Jeff's neck.

Blaine sat in the passenger seat of Kurt's Navigator. They had swung by the old house to pick it up. They had knocked by found no answer, so they moved on. Blaine leaned forward and turned on the radio. He caught the tail end of a song, and then an announcer came on.

"We've had loads of requests for this young lady! Crank up your radios and relax to some Rachel Berry!" the announcer boomed, as the voice faded and was replaced by a piano. Blaine's jaw fell open and he turned to Kurt who was wearing the same look of shock.

"Holy shit," Kurt murmured. Blaine nodded.

"You think that's her?" Blaine asked. Kurt shrugged and fumbled in his pocket. He pulled out his phone and tossed it to Blaine.

"Google her," he said, turning his eyes back to the road. Blaine did. A grin crossed his face.

"Well, I'll be fucked. It is her! She's on broadway and writing songs… I guess we did a good deed in letting her live…?" Blaine said, laughing. Kurt smiled and turned up the radio.

Jeff sat in corner of the Lima Bean, his fingers drumming nervously on the table.

"What do you think their news is?" Wes asked, his eyes flickering to the door every few seconds. They all shrugged, and David pulled out his wrist to look at his watch. His wedding ring caught the light and sparkled.

"It's almost 3:15. Maybe it was a joke…" David said softly. Jeff whipped his head to face the dark man.

"No. They're coming. They've got to be," he said with an air of finality.

Kurt pulled into the parking lot, drifting around a corner before skidding into a parking lot.

"Come on! We're late!" Blaine said, as he hurriedly jumped out of the car.

"Woulda been faster if we just ran," Kurt said snarkily. Blaine rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, because that would have made sense for them to see us running," Blaine replied. Kurt scoffed, but slowed down just before the door. He pushed open the door to the coffee house, and scanned the mostly-empty tables for any sign of his friends.

"Kurt! Blaine!" Someone screeched, and suddenly a crowd was engulfing them, and many pairs of arms wrapped around them, hugging them tight.

"Hi, guys," Blaine said, once they backed off. Kurt smiled watching Blaine; he was grinning from ear to hear, and his eyes were alight. Suddenly, Nick's eyebrows furrowed.

"Holy fuck, Blaine. You're… you're sexy," Nick breathed.

"Did you get plastic surgery?" Jeff said dreamily. Wes and David looked at each other, then at Blaine.

"Yeah man," Wes began. "No homo, but you look really good…" Blaine bit his lip.

"Yeah, that's part of our news. Can we go out to the park?" Blaine said, moving his hands so they were grasping Kurt's. Kurt squeezed Blaine's hand and Blaine repeated the motion.

"Then why'd you tell us to meet here?" David asked.

"Just figured it'd be easier," Kurt replied. They nodded, and they set off.

Moments later, they were at a small playground. They all settled on various equipment, and they turned to Kurt and Blaine who were standing in front of them.

"So? What's the news?" Jeff said excitedly. He still hadn't gotten over the shock of seeing the couple. Blaine looked at Kurt, who gave him an encouraging smile.

"This is going to sound ridiculous… and you probably won't believe us…" Blaine paused for a long time. He let out a deep breath.

"Kurt and I… we're… we're vampires," Blaine looked up, and met the confused and shocked looks on his friends faces.

"I-I'm sorry… did you just say you guys were vampires?" Wes spluttered. Blaine nodded.

"But… but… what?" Jeff asked, tilting his head.

"Kurt's been a vampire since the early 1900's… and he turned me right after grad."

"We were living with a vampire?" Nick asked slowly. Blaine could almost see the wheels turning in his head.

"Yes," Kurt answered.

"Is that why Blaine suddenly looks so… so perfect?" Wes asked. Blaine grinned and nodded.

"Wait, are you guys going to kill us?" Jeff asked suddenly. Kurt laughed.

"No, and if I had wanted to, I would have done it at Dalton," David stiffened, but the others broke into easy smiles.

"I guess that's kind of… really weird, but hey, you're my friends. Human or not," Jeff said, standing up.

"And I for one," he continued. "Have missed you guys. You've got some fuckin' nerve disappearing for two years!" Jeff said, scrunching his nose.

"We just told you what happened!" Blaine said, dumbfounded. Jeff waved a dismissive hand.

"You didn't think to tell us earlier?" He replied. Kurt shook his head, smiling. David stood silently.

"I'm assuming there was more to this visit, than just to tell us," David said softly. His eyes looked thoughtful. Kurt nodded, and then looked to Blaine with a look that clearly stated, 'the rest is yours'. Blaine straightened his back and met his friends' gazes.

"I-We were wondering… if you guys wanted to be turned too?" Blaine asked. The four were silent for a couple minutes. Jeff turned to look at Nick. They seemingly communicated with just looks for a moment, before they turned back to Kurt and Blaine.

"We're in," Nick said. Jeff grinned from his place beside Nick.

"I mean, if Blaine can do it… It can't be that hard," Jeff added, smirking at Blaine. Blaine let loose a snarl that turned to laughter when Jeff flinched at the sound. Kurt turned to Wes and David, who were looking at the ground.

"Wes? David?" Kurt asked. They looked up slowly. They looked to each other, then back at Kurt.

"I-I don't think so," Wes said. "I mean, I've got Katherine now… we're trying for a baby soon… I don't think I can," he finished. Blaine's face fell.

"Bu-" Blaine began, but Kurt placed a hand on his arm. Blaine closed his mouth.

"David?" Blaine asked softly. David sighed, and then shook his head.

"I think my answer's no as well. Aside from the fact that I've got a wife and baby boy now too… I don't want to. I'm perfectly happy being human…" David said. Blaine's shoulders slumped even more, and Kurt reached for his hand, giving it a gentle squeeze.

"We understand," Kurt said. "It's a big decision and it's not for everyone. Since you are staying human, my only request for you is to not tell anybody." The pair nodded. Nick and Jeff were whispering quietly off to the side, Nick clutching Jeff's arm. Blaine could have listened in with his enhanced hearing, but he chose not to and to respect their privacy.

"Of course," Wes murmured. David looked up with a sad look on his face.

"You guys will still visit us, right? Even when we're old?" He asked. Jeff grinned and bounded forward. He rounded the pair up in a hug.

"Of course, I'd miss you too much Davey and Wessy," Jeff cooed.

"Don't call us that," They both said in unison, but they had smiles on their faces. Nick stood back watching them with a small smile.

"Do you guys want to, you know, catch up?" Blaine asked. Wes and David looked uncomfortable. They checked their watches.

"I've only got the sitter booked until 4:30," David said, scratching his chin.

"And I promised Katherine I'd be home before dinner… her parents are coming tonight," Wes said the last part a little disdainfully. Blaine nodded.

"It was good seeing you then… I'll give you a call when we're back in town again?" Blaine offered, a hint of sadness colouring his tone. They added their numbers into Kurt's phone as Blaine didn't have one yet. After they said their goodbyes, the four remaining men watched as Wes and David walked back towards the small coffee house.

"That sucked," Jeff said. "I wished we all wanted to be turned…" Nick wrapped an arm around Jeff.

"Speaking of being turned, I'd like to know a little more about vampires first… Just to know exactly what I'm getting into," Nick said. Kurt smiled as he thought back to himself asking those same words to his creator.

"Of course, we can go back to mine and Kurt's place if you'd like," Blaine offered. Jeff and Nick nodded, and they walked back to the Lima Bean, all four thinking about the future and what may lie ahead.

END

Just... wow. My first story I've ever posted on here was received so well. I'm proud of myself for finally posting some of my writing out there, somewhere, and this is how I've been paid back. Just... thank you. Thank you all so much. Especially everyone who reviewed... even the people who just read it and didn't review... I just can't believe it. I'm kind of in shock right now... I think I'm over reacting... oh well. I just recently read over some of the earliest chapters, and I think of how I would have written them today. I've grown so much as a writer just throughout the course of this story, so it'll be interesting to see how my next ones turn out :-) If anybody's wondering about a sequel, I've left this open for a sequel, but I'm not sure if I'm writing one yet. My next priority is to finish my other stories I've got going on, and I have one about Circus Performer!Kurt that I've started and want to post, so the sequel is a maybe. If I do write one, I'll update this story with an AN and announcement. So if you'd want to keep this on your Alerts, you'd be notified!

So yeah. Just wow. That's it.

Thank-you for everything. Really.

oh a random thing... whenever i'm wrote the chapters... i always felt that i did like "comma-overkill" ... idk. okay i'm done actually now :-)

-K xx