Bianca and Marissa retired from the party to the Honeymoon suite; knowing that everyone was having such a great time no one would notice they were gone.
A few blissful hours later…
"Can we stay like this forever?" sighed Marissa rolling onto her back in a tangle of sheets.
Bianca stretched out on the bed beside her.
"You've asked me that before." she said with a smile. "But the kids and work… It's just not practical."
Marissa snorted at the joke.
"No I don't mean in bed…"she said, "Not that that wouldn't be wonderful…" Marissa reached out and stroked her hand along Bianca's side. "… No I mean, like this; a family, with our wonderful home, raising our kids together, being in love… no more drama; no more crisis; no more guns and knives and crazy people!"
"Mm, I'd like that. But it's Pine Valley, something crazy is always going on. It's all twists and turns, one thing after another, you never know what is going to happen next!"
"I know what's going to happen next." said Marissa.
Bianca caught the grin on Marissa's lips.
"What?"
"This."
Marissa leant in, capturing Bianca's lips with her own as she drew their bodies closer once more.
"Mm," said Bianca smiling into the kiss. "That's the kind of twist I like."
"Can we not let all the craziness and high drama happen to other people for a while?" Marissa asked.
"We can try…" Bianca said stroking her fingers through Marissa's short hair. "I think we've done enough to earn our happy ending don't you?"
"This is the happiest ending of all!" Marissa sighed, dipping her head down for another long, soft, lingering kiss.
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The End?
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The DJ was getting ready to close down for the night, but there were still two lonely figures slow dancing, lost in a world of their own. He'd kept the music going for the pair because he was a sucker for romance but it really was time to go.
"Sorry folks, but it's getting time for my bed." he said as he shut down the music and the lights.
The pair didn't seem to notice that the music had stopped. They were still turning in a slow circle on the empty dance floor.
The pair lost in each other was Scott and Cara.
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As much as Scott had been trying to avoid Cara, he was running out of excuses. Kendall had pushed them into their first dance which was lively and boppy… but the music changed and they didn't separate.
Marion had already taken Holly to be in her room for the night… David had offered to watch Charlie while he took care of Leora. There was nothing to pull Scott away from this but his guilty conscious… and that wasn't enough.
"I should get to bed… it's so late." said Scott, looking for a reason to run even though it was the last thing he wanted.
Cara smiled.
"Bed sounds good."
Scott bit his lip.
"I don't mean…"
Cara's hand lingered on his shoulder.
"I did?" she whispered.
Scott stared at her unblinkingly for a moment and then swept in for a kiss…
This was Pine Valley after all. There had to be some drama somewhere…
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*I did promise a happy ending!
I know some of you sensed this coming but this isn't quite the end - there are three more time travelling chapters left of this tale. I shall be posting them one a week, on Saturday, for the next three weeks - as they'll take a bit of writing.
Thank you to everyone who got this far… I hope you enjoyed it! I've certainly enjoyed the writing and your comments!*
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