-Ashley's POV-

"I love you Shannon. I'm in love with you" I whispered to her ear which she responded with a lingering kiss. She cuddled up to me and burrowed her face on my neck and she slept peacefully on my arm throughout the night.

The sound of my alarm woke me up. I turned the obnoxious sound off before changing my position noticing the sleeping Shay cuddled with me. I smile as I brush her hair kissing her forehead. I seriously don't understand why she was this beautiful and how lucky I was to have her. Not for long she started moving around as if to wake up.

"Hey babe" I greet her with a very warm smile. She opened one of her eye to look at me but then opened both and smiled when she saw me.

"Good morning" her voice was seriously sexy that I could resist kissing her. I leaned in to her lips but she pushed me away just a second after.

"Since when do we kiss each other on the lips?" I was confused with her question.

"Since when aren't we allowed to kiss each other on the lips?" I countered to her "We're married"

"o-kay?" she looked at me questioningly before bursting in laughter. I do not understand what was so funny.

"Shannon why are you laughing?" She examined me carefully.

"Married? What has gotten into you? Is that the hangover working on you?" I was about to grab her hand to show her our wedding ring but I didn't notice any on her finger. I looked at mine and noticed the same thing. This is seriously freaky.

"Something's wrong here. Shannon we got married over a year ago. You even surprised me on our anniversary. Are you playing with me?" I getting frustrated at the situation

"Okay go on humor me tell me about our story" Shay says sitting on the bed facing me.

"Really? Seriously Shannon?! Fine. We didn't talk during the last week of filming of PLL even during the series finale party but when I was about to leave you came out of nowhere and so we decided to spend your few days in LA together. When we went back to your place you asked me to come with you in Vancouver and I did. We went to a party, we danced and drank and we kissed. Things changed after that. One night we talked about it and we made out and I confessed that I love you but you just kissed me in response. I got crazy the next day and left you behind. We didn't talk for the rest of the break." I paused for a moment to recall all necessary details.

"Uhmm Ash your story is right except for the fact that we didn't kiss at the party last night. You passed out and I had to ask help to drag you back here at home." It was just then that I noticed that we were in her room in Vancouver. I was more confused now. Was it all a dream?

"It can't be. It all felt so real. When you came from the break you were already engaged with Ryan but I tried to win you back. When you gave me another chance I chickened out again and ditched you on our way to Vegas but Ryan talked to me and I came here and we got together. We've been together for almost 2 years until you decided to ask for space. We broke up but got together again 2 years later after seeing each other again at the PLL cast reunion. We got married. We have a son. Shannon stop it it's not funny." My eyes began to water. How could something so good be just a dream?

"Ashley I don't know what to say but the truth is nothing in your story happened. It's just a dream Ash. I'm sorry" I saw my world crumble down to ashes and everything went blurry in seconds.

"I do" I tighten the grip on the bouquet on my hands as I hear the three most heartbreaking words. I'm standing here watching the person I love most getting married to someone else. I shouldn't have wasted my chance but at least I still have her as my best friend. She looks at me after they shared a chaste kiss. I tried my best to give her my sweetest smile and she smiled back. That was the least I could do, be happy for her.

I got lost in my own imagination. Here I am at her wedding imagining things that could have had happened if I didn't screw up my last chance. I imagined everything, just waking up and all was just a dream. It might have been easier, not like this, not like getting my heart shattered to pieces. All throughout the ceremony of Shay's wedding I was playing scenarios on my mind to take away my focus on what's happening.

It was nice to imagine that I followed after her in Vancouver and we gave it a chance. It was a nice made up story on my mind that we got married and went to places like Hawaii, Paris, Ireland and the Philippines. It was nice to think about having a family with her and now everything, the whole story, it's just a figment of my imagination.

-Shay's POV-

I looked down on my chest to see why it was warm and there I saw Ashley crying on her sleep. I gently wake her up. She was startled when she woke up.

"Why are you crying?" I used my thumb to wipe away the tears on her face. She looked around the room taking everything in before burying her face again on my chest weeping even more. "Sshhh. It's just a dream" Although I didn't know what was going on I knew she needs me.

"I don't want it to be just a dream. I want it to be real" she said like a child wishing to Santa Clause

"It's okay. Ssshhh. Tell me." I rub her back slowly to comfort her.

"Us. I don't want us to be just a dream, an imagination. I want us to be real" She removed herself from my chest and told me.

"Oh baby. We're so real" I cupped her cheeks before pressing my lips to hers. "See? We are real"

"Can you do it again? Just to be sure" I smiled and nodded before doing it again. She deepened the kiss to much of my pleasure. When our need for air came we pulled apart. "I love you Shannon Ashley Mitchell Benson"

"I love you too Ashley Victoria Benson" I pressed my lips again lasting a little longer than a peck.

Ashley and I fell back to sleep after the midnight crisis. She told me about her dreaming that she dreamt that our story was just a dream. It's quite complicated. What made it more complicated is that her dream within a dream was just her imagination at my wedding. It was quite a crazy dream. No wonder she was crying on her sleep.

Around 9 in the morning we woke up to prepare for our son's first birthday. Time went by so fast. It's like it was just yesterday that I was screaming in pain during labor and now our firstborn is celebrating his first birthday. Ashley and I only wanted a small celebration for him; just the closest friends and our families. We won't be throwing him a children's party since he was too young and he wouldn't be enjoying too much crowd. His aunt and uncles including his extended aunt and extended uncles all volunteered to help prepare for the celebration. Baby Benz was spoiled rotten by everyone especially by his grandparents from both sides.

"How about we don't give him all his gift at once?" Ashley asks me as we both were eating our breakfast.

"I think so too. We could open it then only give it to him one at a time. If we give everything today he'll get bored with all of it before the week ends" Since everyone was spoiling him already Ashley and I try our best not to do the tough moms act but sometimes it was hard not to give in. Baby Benz had everyone wrapped around his finger.

"So about our plan" I turn to her with a wide grin eager to her what she had to say.

"Maybe we could do it sooner? Like in a month or two? My schedule would be clear by then" Ashley and I were already planning to have another child. We wanted our kids to not be too much apart. Ashley would be the one to carry our next child.

"Wow. I didn't know you were that excited but I'm glad. The sooner we could do the procedure the better. That's if you're sure that you're ready" I intertwine our hands together.

"I'm always sure with anything as long as you're with me" She says to me in response before our lips were on each other's.

Lunch time came and the party had commenced. It was a nice celebration at our backyard. Everyone was there to celebrate with us. I was glad that we chose not to have a children's party since Baby Benz fell asleep just after eating his meal. I had to carry him near his cake so Ashley, him and I could take a picture together. It was Ashley who blew the cake for our sleeping child.

We used that time to catch up with our friends whom we don't get to see as much as we want unlike before. Troian had just given birth a month ago to a beautiful baby girl. She and Ashley had already arranged a date for our kids when they grew up. Lucy & Ian and Janel & Brant on the other hand are both expecting their first born while Sasha was enjoying her honeymoon stage with my brother. I still can't believe they got married. They just got together for a few months before they did. Oh well I guess that's just how love works. Speaking of love, Keegan would be settling down in 2 weeks time and I couldn't be even happier for my guy best friend. Tyler would soon follow suit few months after.

As if he knew the party was almost at the end Baby Benz woke up just in time to open his gifts. He sat on Ashley's lap while we opened his gifts. He was all smiles out seeing all the good stuffs he had. He had just learned a few words and was just starting to walk around.

When the night finally ended Ashley and I found ourselves exhausted on our bed. It had been a long but well spent day. With our bodies tired, we were not in the mood to be sexy in the sheets so we cuddled instead.

"Where do we go from here buttah?" she asked me after a good time of silence.

"What do you mean?" Her question was to broad that I had to clarify it

"We're happily married. Our child just turned one. Everything's in the right place. What happens now?" It was a good question. We both already have what we wanted. There's nothing we could ask for more.

"Life happens. I don't know what exactly but whatever it is I know we'd make through because we have each other and as long as there's you and me we'll get by. You and me forever Ash" That is one promise I would never get tired of saying

"Buttah and Benzo forever" Ashley attached our lips together for one last passionate kiss for the night before we both went to slumber.

Here's one more chapter :D btw, I now have an idea as to what baby benz looks like p/ru1peHQr5_/ (the child with Pizza clothes and bag on, on Shay's instagram)

The fatal finale is a week away and so is this story's finale. I'm as excited as I am sad to see the mid-season finale. I think Melissa's going to die which feels so bad since I liked her character. What's your take on the mid-season finale? Keep holding on you guys :))