A/N: Hello again everyone! We've reached the final chapter of this story!

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"Ken, somethings on fire." I pointed out the window to where the flames were leaping from the red domed barbecue we'd bought the weekend before.

It was perched on the edge of the newly restored deck, and I could see the whole thing going up in a giant ball of fire any second.

"It's supposed to do that." He said, waving off my concern.

"I don't think it is." Stephanie said, laughing.

He huffed indignantly. "Would you all trust me? I'm a firefighter. I think I know a thing or two about flames."

"I feel like there's a gay joke in there somewhere." Jo shot him a look to let him know she was teasing.

A full year had passed since the trip to the cabin that had turned my friendship with Kendall on its head.

It had taken a long time, but the pieces of our lives were slowly settling into place. Not everything was perfect. There were still things we were all adjusting to, but snapshots of my life before that trip and my life now...it felt like I was someone else completely.

I knew Kendall felt the same way.

"Here. Let me help you." Stephanie said as she grabbed one of the grilling trays with all the veggies Kendall and I had sliced up earlier and twirled around the door, her dress flowing around as she did.

"Thanks." I said before picking up the other two and following her out to the barbecue where Kendall was now trying to control the raging inferno.

I was glad she'd made the trip out. It had taken a while for Stephanie and me to get back to a place where it didn't hurt to spend time together. We'd started slowly, but we'd done it, and despite the divide I'd forged us for a while, it felt like we were closer than ever.

Spending years hiding who I was from her had done more damage than I'd thought, and once I was able to be open, to be who I truly was around her, our friendship became even stronger.

Breakfasts at Dixie's on Saturday mornings were now a weekly tradition, only this time Kendall tagged along, and in the last month she'd been bringing her new boyfriend as well.

Daniel was a great guy and had even survived the harsh interrogation Kendall and I had launched into the second Stephanie had excused herself to the restroom.

I had to give the guy credit because Kendall could be fucking intimidating when he wanted to be, but Daniel hadn't so much as flinched. When Stephanie returned to the table, there was no mistaking she knew exactly what had happened. The perceptive smile she wore gave it away, though Daniel hadn't yet gotten to know her well enough to read all her expressions.

Kendall had given her a little nod, the movement almost imperceptible, and she'd sat there, radiating happiness.

I was so happy for her that she had found someone to make her smile like that. As much as I'd loved her, and as well was we'd gotten along, I'd never caused her to look like that.

Everything was clicking into place. It had only taken me setting my life on fire for it to happen, but if I'd known then what I knew now, I'd have done it years sooner.

"These can go on now, and then I'll get the meat started in a few. It won't take long, and then we can eat." Kendall slid the tray of veggies onto the grill.

Stanley came bounding out of the house, with Dak not far behind him.

"You've already had your dinner." Dak admonished when Stanley started to nose around the cooler.

"Something tells me that was just the first course." I said, kneeling down to pat Stanley's head. "Don't tell your dad, but I bought a little steak, just for you."

Dak was rolling his eyes when I stood, and Tyler strolled down the steps a moment later. The second he was within reach, Dak had his arm around him and was pressing a kiss to his temple.

It had been a whirlwind romance for them, Dak popping the question only three months into their relationship, but they seemed so sure about each other that no one had questioned it, especially Kendall, who was more than happy to see Dak married off.

Secretly, I thought the little flame of jealousy Kendall had over my friendship with Dak had never fully gone out, even though he knew he was the only guy I'd ever loved.

Things between Kendall and Jo had taken a lot longer to mend than any of the relationships in our lives, but eventually, even they had made up, and now Jo had a boyfriend she was getting serious with. She had met a new guy a couple of months after Kendall broke up with her. The two of them fought more than any couple I'd ever met, but they seemed to love each other just as passionately.

I took a seat in one of the chairs at the edge of the deck and lifted my beer bottle to my lips, letting the cool liquid wash down my throat. I didn't even bother fighting my smile as I watched Carlos and Logan arguing with Lucy over something I was sure was ridiculous.

All of our friends were here. All the people most important to us in our lives.

I felt a renewed surge of happiness run through me. I didn't know what I'd ever done to get so lucky, but I sure as shit wasn't going to question it now.

"Food's ready." Kendall announced, wielding the oversized BBQ spatula like a fucking scepter, as though he were the king of the barbecue.

Everyone dished up, and we all spent the next hour stuffing our faces and talking around the bonfire Kendall had built.

After dinner, I carried the plates back into the house, setting them into the sink. I paused, staring out the window at all our friends, laughing, relaxed and happy on the sand.

"Hey." Kendall's arms came around me from behind, and I leaned back into him.

"Hey yourself."

"Having fun?" He kissed down the side of my neck, sending shivers through me.

My reaction to Kendall hadn't dimmed in the slightest in all the time we'd been together. His touch still made me crazy with wanting him, and I didn't think there'd ever be a day when it wouldn't affect me just as intensely.

I turned, leaning my back against the counter and winding my arms around his neck before pulling him into a kiss. He deepened it immediately, bending me backward and holding me tight as he slid his tongue against mine.

"Even more fun now." I said when he broke the kiss.

He laughed. "Good. There's more where that came from."

"I'm counting on it." I kissed him. "I'm happy we did this."

"Me too. We have a lot to celebrate."

"So much."

The little red house on the dead-end street had become more of a home to me than any other place I'd lived, and just when I thought things couldn't get any better for us, Gramps had called. He let Kendall know that he'd decided to move to Arizona, and since he was leaving the state, he was planning to sell the cabin.

My immediate reaction was sadness at the thought of losing the cabin. I couldn't handle the thought of never being able to go back, but then Kendall had explained that Gramps wanted to offer it to him before he put it on the market.

We'd jumped at the chance.

The sale had gone through quickly, and I'd nearly cried when Kendall showed me the paperwork. It wasn't just his name on the deed. It was mine too. This place was such an integral part of our lives. The place we'd spent our summers as kids, and then the place that we'd really fallen in love with each other.

And now it was ours.

A year ago, when Kendall had kissed me for the first time, I didn't think life could get any better than that. I had no idea at the time how much better it could be.

We had worked through a lot of our stuff, and Kendall and I had both come out to our friends and family, one at a time, hand in hand. It had been a difficult process for both of us, but we'd been lucky too. Everyone-friends and family alike-had been nothing but supportive, and now we were here, throwing a housewarming party in the place that was most important to us, loving each other out in the open.

I exhaled, taking a moment to appreciate how fortunate we were.

We had a lifetime of happiness ahead of us, and I couldn't have asked for more.

Done! So, of course Kames got their happy ending!

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-Epically Obsessed