A/N: This is it, the epilogue and then it's done. I was going to put off posting this till next week but figured I'd go ahead and put it out there. I've toyed with the idea of a sequel, but I've not decided for sure yet. Let me know what you think.

Disclaimer: Not mine.

I believe in happily ever afters. I'm sure that seems surprising, considering – you know, I died before I found mine and all. The thing is, I made Natalia happy, but Calleigh…. She makes my Tal glow. For that, I love them both. This isn't my story though, this belongs to them.

I'm sure you're wondering what happened after Natalia told Calleigh she loved her. To be brief, they spent the rest of their vacation enjoying the sun, the stars and each other. Not like that…pervs. I will tell you this, they played on the swings, they got ice cream and they played in the water. But really, that's not the story. The story, the big important part, it's how they found each other. It's how they got to where they were that night, it's about what they lost in their lives, but more importantly, it's about what they found in each other.

Eventually though, like all stories do, this one had to end. They could only stay holed up in that tent for so long. Reality came calling one day and they had to go home, they had to go back to work, and they had to deal with the changes in their relationship and the implications on the world they lived in the other fifty weeks of the year.

It wasn't easy. They had to find a way to tell their coworkers about the new developments in their lives. Those conversations certainly weren't easy. They had to share their relationship with their families. And there was one conversation Natalia dreaded having, despite the happiness she had found in the blonde. Calleigh stood with her that fall day, when they stood on my parents door step. They've both been permanently invited back for every Thanksgiving, Christmas and any other holiday my family decided to celebrate. I hear there are plans for a get together on "Talk Like A Pirate Day."

The next time Calleigh and Natalia returned to the campground the spread some of my ashes on the beach and on the playground. Tal was finally able to really let go of me, and she was finally able to build the relationship she so truly deserved. But if you've ever read "The Princess Bride" then you'll understand that real fairy tale endings don't exist. They found their true love, but that didn't make the relationship any easier. They still fought, and they had to work every day to make sure they worked out. Because something that serious, a love that great, it doesn't exist without working for it. And sure, they had their bad days, they had fights, they had scares, but the work they did never ceased to remind them how important it was to hold on to each other.

They found their happily ever after. Every summer for the next 40 years they'd spend two weeks a year watching the sun rise and set on that lake. Their children would make the trip with them every year, their grandchildren too. And one summer they realized that they had become the grandparents glancing at each other fondly over their ice cream as their granddaughter shared her cone with the family dog.

All because one night as the sun set, Natalia told Calleigh she loved her, and they both felt the moment as their hearts slid home.

Thanks for sticking with me through the end!