Epilogue - Chapter 7

a/n: Here it is! The VERY short Epilogue. I hope it satisfies all you TDAT fans!

15 years after the day our planet changed forever, the world continued to turn. People lived, and certain people were still in love...

“Mom! MOM!! Julia is in my room!”

“Christine! Get out of your sister’s room!” Laura Chapman-Hall yelled upstairs. She then left continued her work with the dishes. Laura and Sam Hall lived in New York, with their two girls, Julia and Lucy. Lucy was named after Sam’s mother, who passed away a few years ago...

Laura’s hands plunged into the, now, ice-cold water. Her wedding ring was removed, and sat on the windowsill. The small diamond sparkled in the sun. Three words, “Because of You” were engraved on the inside of the room.”

She could hear her two daughters upstairs, and she could see a small black car pull in through the window. Sam was home. Laura had been avoiding telling kim something for the past few weeks. Today, she would tell him. Today, he would know.

“Hello my lovely wife!” Sam closed the back door, walked into the kitchen and kissed Laura on the cheek. He sat his briefcase on the kitchen table, shrugged off his coat, pulled up a chair, and sat down. “How was your day?” He asked her. She looked down nervously, wearing a faint smile.

“What’s wrong? I know you all too well. Something is bothering you. Please tell me what it is.”

“OK.” Laura pulled her hands out of the sink, dried them off and sat down across from Sam. “I do have something to tell you. It’s not a bad thing, but it is important.”

“I’m listening.” Laura stood up and chewed slightly on her bottom lip, nervously. Without trying to draw it out to long, she said it, “I...um...we...are going to have another baby.” She held her breath. Would he be upset? He didn’t respond immediately, which worried Laura deeply. His face was glowing, and a smile slowly crept across his face. “OK. I know it’s not the best thing, but...”

“Laura!” He stood up to match her, “How could this not be the best thing? We love each other, don’t we?” He said quietly, his eyes full of love.

“Of course.” She said, smiling.

“Then, what could possibly be better than another child made completely by our love.” There was silence. They stood, smiling at each other, Sam’s arms wrapped tightly around Laura’s waist, and Laura’s hands brushing over his neck and cheeks. Sam chuckled slightly, his smile growing, if possible, even wider. His smile hadn’t changed a bit since that night in the library. Time had shown itself around both of their eyes and faces, but they remained the same. They cared about each other more than ever.

“I love you.” She breathed into his ear.

“I love you more than anything in this world.”

“What about the girls?” She joked.

“The girls too. I love you, and the girls, more than anything in this world.”

“Mmmm, that’s good.” And they kissed. Slowly, and tenderly. The two of them had been through more things in their life than most people could imagine. Blood poisoning and a second ice age couldn’t tear them apart. Their lives were complicated now. They had jobs, children, and a marriage. Extreme elements of life, and nature had shown them, that they really had, a love through all circumstances.

THE END

a/n: Fades to black, sad instrumental music plays, and the credits roll! I have a few things to say: Thank you to everyone who read the story. Thank you to the people that reviewed. And a HUGE thank you to: V rex (my only continuing reviewer), Charlie (who reads my story out of my notebook at school), Allie (who reads my stories and reviews like cRaZy) and thanks to Laura (for being obsessed with TDAT!) So.. Review please, and thanks for reading!