AN: OK so I wanna say, I'm very sorry for not updating this epilogue as soon as the previous chapter ended! I had a rather interesting summer, which included me getting a boyfriend (and unfortunately breaking up with him after Summer ended due to us going to college), and me even meeting CM Punk when I saw WWE Smackdown live in person! :D I even got his autograph, a hug from Sheamus and a high five from the Great Khali :) But fear not, just because I was caught up with my personal life and wrestling, doesn't mean that I would forget about this story nor my lovely readers. So here is the final FINAL installment of "Everybody Needs Somebody"

A few stacked, taped up boxes towered in a corner of Maria Valens' room as if it was a small city made of cardboard. Most of her possessions were already in the moving truck waiting outside her hotel, but work still needed to be done. She walked up the stairs and headed to her room to retrieve more of her boxes and as she walked into her room, she nearly tripped on her acoustic guitar that must have fallen forward from its stand. She staggered up and retrieved it from the floor, mentally noting to herself to be careful with her precious instrument. She sat at the edge on the bed springs, where her mattress used to be, and strummed the strings quietly with her fingers after wiping some sweat from her brow.

This moving experience is getting me all tired...and still I can't believe we're not even done yet! I wonder how much crap do Jake and Elwood have anyway...

She went back to her guitar playing, more at ease than before, and closed her eyes as she strummed some more. Her mind seemed to be blank as she strummed, because she jumped from the sudden unexpected sound of her boyfriend's voice.

"Jake's getting all cranky and tired from stacking the boxes in the truck." Elwood said as he leaned his body by her room's threshold with his arms crossed. "I say we take a break"

"I'm in" Maria replied as she looked up at him and went back to strumming again.

Elwood smiled gently and went inside the room to sit next to his girlfriend.

"Can you believe this is actually happening?" He asked her as he tried to get himself comfortable "We finally have enough dough to get a place of our own!"

"No more living in crappy hotels"

"And having a chance to have a new life"

"Not Just a new life" Maria said as-a-matter-of-factually as she looked at him again "but a new life in Sweet Home Chicago..."

She began strumming the melody of the famous Robert Johnson song

Ohhh. Baby, don't you wanna go?
Ohhh. Baby, don't you wanna go?
To the land of California, to our sweet home Chicago...

"That reminds me" Elwood interrupted, as the word California triggered his memory "I think for the new tour, we're actually gonna be ending it at a Blues Festival in L.A"

"That's odd." Maria commented with a confused look "Music over there is mainly all that hippie-dippy crap like that "San Francisco" song. Not alot of Blues music originated from there"

"That's true" Elwood said "But I don't think we should judge so quickly. This tour is gonna be big for us!"

"Yup" Maria replied "We already sold out in Dallas, Jackson, and Tucson. Can you believe it?! Man, the south really loves us."

"No kidding, but at least we'll have that little two week vacation in New Orleans before heading to California"

"I'm looking forward to that" Maria said as she turned her head to face her boyfriend and smiled at him "I was hoping we could at least find some time to spend with each other, that isn't onstage."

Elwood smiled sadly at her. "This tour would mean we would basically only be able to be with each other onstage and when we go to bed."

"But I want more than that" She said right before she gave him a gentle kiss

"Me too" Elwood mumbled as he caught another kiss from her.

She smiled and retrieved her acoustic as she said "So I guess we can relate to what John said."

"John?" Elwood asked, not knowing whom she meant

She laughed "This John"

She strummed an A chord and sang quietly as she strummed

Our life...together... is so precious... together...
We have grown...
We have grown...

Although our love.. is still special...

She made eye contact with her boyfriend, making him smile again as she played an A7 chord.

Let's take a chance and fly away somewhere...
Alone."

The mood of the song suddenly changed as she did her best "Elvis voice" as she sang, which made Elwood laugh much to her delight.

It's been too long since we took the time.
No one's to blame; I know time flies by so quickly...

Maria stopped playing and chuckled at Elwood's amusement.

I love making him smile...

With a fluttering heart, she gently wrapped her arms around his neck after setting down her guitar, to his surprise. He noticed she was suddenly serious again and his laughter ceased.

But when I see you, darling...she sang to him quietly

It's like we both are falling in love..

Again...

It'll be...

Just like starting over.

At that final syllable and final lyric, Maria closed her eyes, leaned in, and gave her boyfriend a deep kiss, wanting to show that she meant what the lyrics said.

My life is starting over, just like the song had said, and I couldn't be happier

Especially since he's in it now...I just love him so much...

Meanwhile, Elwood highly enjoyed the deep kiss he had received. He knew that his girlfriend loved him, but it was moments like this that made him truly aware of how much she really cared and it made him feel emotionally touched. Elwood parted his lips and kissed back as he held Maria's face in his hands and the couple continued with their actions, unaware of their surroundings...

"Oh god, that's gross!"

Elwood and Maria stopped abruptly and they both glared at the older Blues Brother who stood near the threshold of the room with a look of
disgust on his face.

"What the hell was that all about? I thought you guys were taking break!" Jake exclaimed

"We are!" Elwood argued

"It sure didn't look like it" Jake joked "You were putting your lips to work and it looked like you guys wanted to get busy."

Maria rolled her eyes "If my pillows weren't already packed, I would throw them at you right now"

"But you can't!" Jake teased "So I win!"

"What do you want, Jake?" Elwood asked as he rolled his eyes behind his shades "What's so important that you had to barge in on us?"

"C'mon, it's not like this is you guys' first time making out!" Jake replied annoyingly as he walked into the room.

"But this isn't the first time you've interrupted us" Maria pointed out

"Yeah, the first time you did that, you knocked over the breakfast table in the lobby" Elwood added

"That was smooth" The female guitarist said sarcastically

"I was just looking after my little brother!" Jake said playfully as he knocked Elwood's hat from his head with his hand and gave him a noogie, as Elwood tried fighting him off. He was unfortunately unsuccessful, and his hair had many flyways by the time Jake was done, much to Elwood's annoyance.

"Besides" Jake added as he tossed Elwood's fedora at him "I came up here to ask if you wanted to grab a quick bite before we finish up here"

Maria's stomach growled loudly and she patted it with her hand gently "Yeah, I'm up for that. I haven't eaten since 6 this morning."

"Where do we go?" Elwood asked as he put his hat on

"I'm in the mood for some pizza.." Jake said

"With pepperoni and sausage" Maria added

"I bet she would like some of that sausage...especially Elwood's" Jake mumbled to himself

"I HEARD THAT, YOU FUCKING PERVERT!"

Maria jumped on Jake and began punching his shoulder, which made Jake laugh out loud. He turned around and after a few seconds of fighting, held her in a headlock before gave her a noogie. She squirmed from his grip, trying to get out.

"Jake..you..fucking...arsehole!"

"That's no way to talk to your future brother-in-law!" Jake teased as he headed towards the stairs with Maria still in a headlock.

"Shut up!"

Elwood rolled his eyes and sighed as he followed them down the stairs. He walked outside the hotel to his Bluesmobile where he found Maria looking upset with her messy hair and her laughing bandmate.

"Don't deny it, Six Strings" Jake teased "You enjoy my teasing!"

"No I don't" she grumbled

"Fine then...you enjoy my company."

"Only sometimes" she replied as she rode shotgun and Jake sat in the back seat.

Elwood laughed and turned on the car as soon as he stepped in. He closed the door and drove away from his, his girlfriend, and his brothers ex home, feeling curious about the future and what lay ahead of them.

Me with my girlfriend and my brother on the road...This is gonna be an interesting tour isn't it?

AN:(sings) This is the end...beautiful friends...

So there you have it. The epilogue of "Everybody Needs Somebody" So what did you guys think of it? :) I know its short but it explained some details about the future of the band :D

What do you think will happen to them, now that they're gonna be on tour? Maybe their upcoming tour will be fun...and full of shenanigans...or not...who knows?

I wanted to make a few notes about the beginning with Elwood and Maria. As you can see, Maria is more of the "playful lover". I figured that since she's a serious musician onstage, she should be playful with Elwood so that's why I had her play "(Just like) Starting Over" by John Lennon, but in a way that would make him laugh but to also let him know she truly means what she sings to him. Plus, Maria's only in her mid-twenties, so there's still some youth in her. Elwood is in his late twenties but is the more "Serious lover" who expresses himself with actual serious feelings. So that's why I made him pour his heart out by singing "Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton a few chapters back and of course "Earth Angel"

So now you know a little bit more about my intentions towards the relationship of my OC and Elwood, the canon character. Believe me, I tried so hard not to make Maria a Mary Sue and make their love more realistic than most fanfiction stories.

Well, I'm off to work on more stories so see ya guys... I'm so thankful for my readers who read this thing from Chapter 1 all the way to this epilogue! You guys rock.

And I'm also so happy that I got over 70 reviews for it here! Maybe you guys can refer to your friends about this story so that I can get about 100 reviews *wink wink nudge nudge* ;)

No, but with all seriousness, I thank you guys for reading and reviewing this :D It was fun.