Epilogue:

Lisa looked out over the water. The small waves lapped up over her feet. Everything was so warm here. The palm trees swayed in the breeze and Lisa closed her eyes, opening her senses to the smells and sounds around her.

This was exactly what she needed. No news crews. No questioning. No people. Just the sand, the sun, and the breeze.

"Hey beautiful."

Alright. Maybe there was one person.

"You coming in the water sometime this year or do I have to drag you in?"

Lisa sighed happily and opened her eyes. She smiled out at Jackson. He had come up from his underwater adventure and was wading in the blue water. His hair looked nearly black as it curled and twisted around his face.

"I'm coming, I'm coming. Can't I get a moment without you?"

He smirked and flopped backward in the water.

"You can try, but you won't succeed."

Lisa laughed as she stood up, the waves consuming the base of her legs. It had been nearly two years since Jackson nearly died. Lisa loved to tease him about space, but in reality, she didn't want any. She wouldn't succeed if she tried to get away from him. One of them would cave. They always did. They'd get into a fight and one would leave, but like magnets, they couldn't stay away from one another for very long.

"One of these days I'm going to surprise you with a surprise escape," she commented as she swam over to him.

"Yeah, yeah. I've heard it all before."

Of course he had. Lisa smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck. They simply floated together. No talking. Just each other. This was just how Lisa loved it. Just them. No father, no Melissa, no Peggy, no jobs. Just them and a beach. Life could wait, couldn't it? So many lives were taken or nearly taken. Now, Jackson and Lisa could just slow down and enjoy each other. The rest of the world didn't exist.

Lisa was glad that things had ended the way that they did. She wouldn't have to live in fear of Jackson hunting her down to kill her or her father. He loved her. He was here. He was alive and in her arms. It was a simple thing. Just loving and being loved. He was no longer a monster to her. She wasn't sure when that realization had hit her precisely, but she knew it whole-heartedly. He'd simply been a beast in disguise.

And this?

This was their fairy tale ending.

Lisa just hoped they got to live happily ever after.

A/N: It's completely up to interpretation as to whether or not Jackson and Lisa are married and on their honeymoon or just on a vacation and yadda yadda. I thought I'd just include a bit of closure for you guys to show that, yes, they've gotten their "fairy tale ending".

Reviews and comments are MUCH appreciated and I hope you guys really enjoyed this. I know, for me, it was a pretty awesome thing to write. Certainly a challenge and fun.

I'll be writing other Red Eye FFs, so feel free to keep in touch and check out some of my other stuff.

As for a sequel, everything is up in the air, though I really think that it'd be best to let the sleeping dog lie… :P

Xoxo

Jesscah