*Nikki*

Later that night I, along with Tony and Jay, met Hank at the Rave for our fourth date. I was on cloud nine. Not only was my love life finally existent, everyone was finally happy. My brother and ex-and-soon-to-be-sister-in-law were happy and nothing was bringing them down.

Hank's little sister still didn't have her memory back, but she was dating her true love and taking classes at Harmony University, much to the chagrin of her mother, cousin, and aunt.

Hank's best friends Luis and Sheridan were together, having fought themselves into a relationship. Sure it wasn't for them admitting their love to themselves or to each other, but it was a step closer to that. They had bet each other that they couldn't date for a year without one of them ending up on the Last Mile.

Luis' little sister, Theresa, and Sheridan's nephew, Ethan, were together and happy. Luis stopped yelling at them about their relationship after he finally got it beat into his head that Ethan had nothing to do with his father's death and "allowed" them to be together.

Pilar...well, Pilar's doing better. She finally went back to work after Julian and Alistair were sentenced to a life sentence. Ethan had the trial pushed up by about six months and she was eternally grateful, even though she had wanted Julian and Alistair to be on the last mile.

Things were looking up for all involved. Now if only Hank would learn to tell time.

"What are you grinning about?"

Speak of the devil. "How well everyone's lives are going. And I'm planning the ultimate romantic weekend getaway. I need to finalize everything tomorrow morning."

"Your brother finally spilled his guts to his ex-wife?" Hank asked with a smile almost as wide as I'm sure mine was.

"Yes, finally. You wanna help?"

"Now that everything is, as you said, going well, I'd love to participate in more of it."

Man...A guy who's interested in romance. I'd better not let this one go.

The End