Epilogue 1: Extra Cheese

"Do you think this looks okay?" George asked straightening his tux.

I smiled giving him a appreciative nod,"Yes you do. I think you look amazing". I still couldn't believe my best friend was getting married.

"Are you sure? I think my hair needs-".

"That's enough G. I think it looks fine. Now let's go. Sebastian has been waiting for you for a long time".

Hailey and I were George's bridesmaids also Derek, Leo and Josh are his best men. According to George he can have both bridesmaids and groomsmen as its a gay wedding and you can do whatever you want which I was very much okay with since we were literally fighting over who's gonna be whose bridesmaid/ best men. In fact, Josh was ready to be the priest. He was ready to take that three month course online to become one.

I realized it was time for George to go since Sebastian was waiting for him for a long time but George just couldn't decide what was the perfect hairstyle for him so we needed to hurry now.

After we all graduated last year, Sebastian decided to propose to George before they go off to college together. Sebastian and George decided to go to Pennsylvania State University. After Derek went off to Columbia Hailey applied to NYU where she got accepted . She decided to go there since NYU was an hour drive away from University of Columbia. Josh went to SVU which is an art college in New York and so Derek and Josh live together. Leo and I decided to attend university here in Florida as Eleanora was still under treatment and Leo wanted to stay near her mom. Also I got a good scholarship at University of Florida which was very affordable for my mom. I know we live far away from our friends but they would always come to Florida during winter and summer breaks so we were always in touch.

On a warm day at the beach Sebastian got down on his knees to propose to George. It was the cutest thing ever. Hailey and I had tears in our eyes. We were bawling our eyes out as George and Sebastian shared the beautiful moment between them under the beautiful sunset. It was the best summer trip we had.

After months of extensive planning to have the best wedding in Florida which took almost a year with our busy schedule we were finally here. Hailey and I had tears in our eyes as George and Sebastian exchanged vows and finally they kissed which lasted for a long time but we didn't complain because the love between them was beautiful.

"This will be us someday", Leo whispered in my ear.

I was blushing and the butterflies in my stomach weren't helping at all,"Yes someday", I said to him.

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"You know I have never seen pizzas served at a wedding buffet. But I love it. I personally think all weddings should have that", Josh said gulping down his food.

"My best friend was attending the wedding. Of course we were going to serve pizzas", George said. Yes I was glad to have a best friend like George. Hailey was in charge of catering they both decided on pizzas as they love me.

Mom, Boris and Maisie were waiting for me to take family photos. Boris loves taking photos and I always made sure we were all part of it. Mom got married last winter and finally, Boris and Maisie moved here. We couldn't be any happier as this meant she didn't have to be away for work all the time as Boris was her boss. Hailey took our pictures and then Hailey handed me her camera to take pictures of her and Derek.

After the photo session, Josh came to us whining about how we should all get a group photo taken together instead of taking pictures as a couple. "You are missing your girlfriend, aren't you? " I asked.

"Uh huh", he said pouting at me.

"Don't worry she'll be here soon. I can't believe you won't tell anything about her, not ever her name". Josh met a girl at his college and he was definitely in love. I mean all he could talk about was her. But he won't say anything to us because apparently he wants to surprise us.

"She'll be here soon. You'll see". George invited her to his wedding because we were all dying to see her. She was supposed to come today but unfortunately her flight got delayed. I was hoping she would show up before the wedding ends.

We all had our photos taken with the married couple. Jules has sort of become part of our squad as we all became close to her. She is in Law school and Leo can't stop telling people how he is proud of his sister for getting into one of the best Law schools in the country. But that also meant she was too busy with her studies and internships so couldn't spend much time with us. But I was glad she was able to make it to the wedding.

After the photo session, Jules decided to introduce us to her new boyfriend, Eric. "This my brother and his girlfriend- Leo and Emma".

"Hi-", Eric extended his hand for a handshake but Leo ignored it completely.

"Is he one of the frat boys you keep falling for all the time?" Leo said sternly.

"Leo!" I chided him. Leo didn't like the boys Jules dates neither do I but Leo was a little too overprotective about her. Every year Jules would introduce a new guy and he would end up breaking her heart by the end of summer.

"Leo! Why do you always have to be like that?"

"I am just looking out for my cousin".

"Well I am not a baby and no Eric is still in school".

"What? He is in school? Is this even legal? You could go to jail for this", Leo cried out.

"Si-sir I- am- actually the same age as Jules but I failed fifth grade. Twice".

"Of course you did! That's the type of boys Jules falls for!"

Before the two of them start to fight again I needed to take Leo away from Jules. "I am sorry Eric. Leo just needs time to calm down. He is in a bad mood", I said as I dragged Leo away from them.

"I swear this girl will never date a decent guy in her life!" I took him to the restroom. Leo was so angry that he didn't realize, he had spilled drink on himself. I took out some tissues from my purse and started cleaning his tux. "When did this happen?" Leo asked looking down at his tux.

"You spilled the wine when you heard Jules was dating a school kid".

"Yeah I was too shocked to process anything- I thought she is gonna go to jail. Eric even looks like he is fifteen".

I laughed,"You know Jules would never do that".

"Oh she might as well have", he said sardonically.

"Come on Leo. You gotta trust her. She'll be fine", I said looking at him a reassuring smile.

"Fine", he said sulking. I looked at him and kissed him on the lips.

"Does this make it any better?" I asked.

"Yes a lot", with that he pulled me closer to him and placed his lips on mine. After all this time his kisses was enough to make me dizzy.

We broke apart only to have Leo looking at me with admiration in his eyes, "I am the luckiest person in the world".

"Me too", I said to him. He continued with his kissing, next thing you know he had lifted me over the sink countertop and we were making out. We didn't realize someone had entered the restroom and he person cleared his throat.

We immediately broke apart. Leo made sure to jump a feet away from me, last time Boris caught us making out and he decided to give Leo a very detailed talk about sex ed. He didn't want that again. Fortunately it wasn't Boris but Derek who wasn't too happy to see us like that.

"You know public washrooms contain a lot of germs. I won't let my godchild be conceived here", he cried out. He threw a small packet at us. "Here use this", with that he went away.

Turns out it was a condom. "After this I will make sure he never becomes the godparent to any of my future children", Leo said shaking his head in disapproval. We decided to get out of the restroom as we didn't want anyone to walk in on us.

We went outside to see George patiently waiting for all his bridesmaids to assemble for the tossing the bouquet ceremony. "Ready?" He cried out.

"Yes!" We all said in unison.

He tossed the bouquet but unfortunately it went over the crowd of bachelors and bachelorettes as he tossed it too hard. We all turned around to see a blonde girl in a beautiful peach dress catching it. I tried to see who it was but I didn't recognize her.

Josh went up to the girl with a smile plastered on his face the whole time, "Babe you are finally here!"

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Yes writer's block can be a bitch. I will post another epilogue, let's just hope that I won't post it 5 years later.

Thank you for reading this book! I am really grateful to you guys. Also I hope you are happy with this epilogue, this is all I could come up with after having the worst writer's block. Please don't hate me.