Epilogue

One Week Later

Juliet was curled up on her couch with the TV on and a bowl of Rocky Road ice cream on her lap. She was watching Casino Royale. She was at the end of the film and she still couldn't fall asleep; her thoughts kept wandering back to Shawn. If only she had made her move earlier, everything would be different. 'All those times he flirted with me and I shot him down. I just thought he would keep on waiting.' The doorbell went off. Juliet was on instant alert.

'It's 2:30 in the morning. Who could be here?' Juliet wondered as she walked to the door. She peered through the peephole and saw Shawn pacing back and forth on the front porch; a small smile came onto Juliet's face.

Juliet opened the door, "Shawn?" Juliet said with curiosity and then anger, "What are you doing here?"

"We need to talk…about us." Shawn explained.

"Shawn, we already talked about us. And I get it."

"But-" Shawn tried to cut in.

"No, I really do. Abigail is one that almost got away. Let's not make this harder than it has to be," Juliet said sadly.

"It's already too hard." Shawn declared. "I don't want to fight what feels right anymore. I broke up with Abigail last night."

"What?!" Juliet exclaimed.

"And do you wanna know why Jules? Because you're the one that almost got away. Not Abigail. You. You don't know how worried I was when you were captured. If you had been hurt, I don't know what I would've done."

"I'm okay Shawn," Juliet whispered.

"Thank God," Shawn murmured as he leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on her lips. He closed his eyes and wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her in closer. He poured his fear, his excitement, and his love into the kiss. When he finally pulled back he saw Juliet with her eyes still closed.

Juliet slowly opened her eyes and with a twinkle in her eyes said, "Well…what now?"

Shawn grinned and said, "Is that Casino Royale you're playing?"