Epilogue

Elijah

I screamed along with the rest of the crowd, headbanging. I could already feel myself losing my voice but it was one hundred percent worth it. Looking up at Zeke right now on stage, with literally thousands of fans in the crowd, my heart swelled with pride. He had worked his ass off to get here. The whole band had.

I felt exactly the same way right now as I did the first night I saw him play. His hips still had the same effect on me six years later, as he moved them to the rhythm of his guitar.

"That's my fiancé!" I screamed, catching Zeke's eye as he grinned and winked down at me, making my heart soar.

All the fans in the front row with me started trying to talk to me then, congratulating me and telling me how attractive he is.

"Thanks, he is really hot!"

"I want to dedicate this next song to my beautiful fiancé. I wrote this song about him after only knowing him for three weeks and it still make him just as weak at the knees now as it did then." Zeke spoke into the microphone, keeping eye contact with me as he began to play our song.

I gasped, my heart thudding as he sang every lyric to the song that had thrown my world upside down all of those years ago. I really wanted to kiss him right now. I waved at the head of security and he jogged over, helping me over the barrier and up onto stage as Dave's guitar solo started. I waved at Dave and he chuckled, giving me a nod as Zeke set down his guitar and came over to me.

He wrapped his hands around my waist and pulled me into a deep kiss during Dave's guitar solo, just as he had all those years ago. The crowd went crazy and I felt like a teenager again. I was fresh out of University and working my dream job as a vet. When I moved out to go to university, Zeke had asked me to move in with him as they were moving to London to be closer to their record company.

After meeting with the record company, Zeke's band recorded their first album and it was a major hit. Ever since, he's been living life as a rock star but he still drags his boyfriend around everywhere with him. He organised all their major tours to work around my time off from University so that I could go with him and he makes sure to make time for our date nights.

We also owned two dogs that were basically our children. They had come into the vets together without an owner and I just fell in love and Zeke couldn't say no to me when I really wanted something. A lot had changed, but really we were still the same love-stricken teenagers at heart and Bettie still teased us whenever we made out in the movie theatre.

He had proposed in the same spot that he asked me to be his boyfriend in and had even managed to find Danny's old van to do it in, despite the van breaking down several years before that and falling into disrepair. It was the most romantic thing all over again and I cried for hours after, admiring my ring.

Zeke hadn't really been in touch with his mother but he had fixed relations with his little brother a year after he moved out and one day whilst Eli was staying round our house we found him and Dave making out on the sofa. Zeke was beyond furious at first but then I calmed him down. Dave was such a sweet guy and wouldn't take advantage of Eli so Zeke had nothing to be worried about. Zeke couldn't argue with that; he had even said himself in the past that Dave would treat his boyfriend like a god.

Dave and Eli have been together ever since. In fact, Eli was stood in the wings now smiling in support. I was happy for them; they were an adorable couple. Danny was still the same old flirt Danny had always been and truly reaped the rewards of being a successful musician. Danny just couldn't be tied down.

However, Jay just wasn't interested in dating. He never had been and had never showed any interest in anyone whenever we went out. Whether that would change or not, I wasn't sure, but it wasn't likely. Jay wasn't lonely; he just preferred platonic relationships.

I pulled away from my kiss with Zeke and he grinned, kissing me once more before picking up his guitar and jumping into the second verse. I was so proud of him and I was so proud of the band. Everyone was happy and I felt like I was going to cry; I was just so overwhelmingly happy. I sighed and sat in my old armchair, watching the rest of the show.

Zeke had bought it off of the venue owner back in our hometown and now it was part of the equipment. It was there at every single concert, whether I was there to sit in it or not. Zeke said it comforted him when I couldn't make it and acted as a good luck charm.

Zeke grinned at me and I sighed. I truly loved him with all of my heart.