A Tail for Two - Epilogue
I turned to the last page of the book and read it loud and ...
I turned to the last page of the book and read it loud and proud.
"And Nate and Cyd lived happily ever after. The End."
Luke was sitting on my lap and reading from the book I held in front of us; the book that I wrote. Although he was only a few years old and couldn't even read, he loved to stare at the pages and pretend he knew what they said. My abnormally extensive tail was stretched out across his two tiny paws and he squeezed it every time he felt extra happy, sad, or just excited. Like father like son, right?
"But what did you do after that daddy?" Luke asked with an inquisitive expression. He was very smart for his age.
"After that, Cyd proposed to me and we got married," I replied, pushing down on his small, sweet nose.
"And after that?" he continued.
"After that we adopted a baby together."
"Was that me?" his eyes widened and his jaw dropped. He knew the answer, but he loved being told he was part of the story, his favorite story.
"Yea that was you!" He jumped up higher into my arms and I pulled him in close to me. Although he was not my blood child, our bond wasn't any less than that. He meant more to me than anyone could ever imagine; he was one of the only two boys I'd ever share my life with.
I looked up and spotted Cyd staring shirtless in the hallway. His grin was unexplainably high and he was enjoying every second of the moment I was sharing with Luke. He loved our son just as much as I did, I could see it in his eyes every time that he saw Luke.
The scars from his bullet wounds were slowly fading away every day. They didn't bother him, nor I, but it was still nice to see them drift away. It was as if a piece of our past was moving on, but not being forgotten.
"Hey Luke, how about you go jump in bed for me and I'll be there to tuck you in in a sec, okay?" His gorgeous blue Husky eyes looked into mine and I couldn't help but let my mind bathe in his innocence. Although we all grow up so fast, we never lose that innocence that we keep stored deep within us, we only push it away. Having a son, or a child at all in fact, helps you regain control of your innocence; it was something that Cyd and I both finally got to grasp again.
Luke jumped off of my lap and quickly raced upstairs as if he was running in a marathon. Cyd and I both laughed at his immaturity before walking slowly into each other. I looked up at his flawless fur and he looked back down at me. We shared a kiss that somehow beat all the rest; just like the one before it had; it only got better and better.
"Enjoy the show?" I asked him sarcastically. He chucked a bit underneath his breath and nodded in concurrence.
"I think it's funny how he plays with your tail the same way I do," he replied.
"I guess it's a tail for two, huh?" We both laughed like kids with a crush, and exchanged looks once again.
"Look Nate, I wanted to say sorry for everything that happened." I held my finger up to his mouth, silencing him before he said any more.
"Shh, it's all in the past now."
"I know, but after you wrote your book, I can't stop thinking about-"I leaned forward and kissed his lips with as much passion as I had in my body. He put just as much effort back and we stood there for a good five minutes sharing our feelings for each other through action and not words.
"Now you have something else to think about, right?" He bit his lip and nodded in embarrassment. I loved seeing him blush. "I've got to go tuck Luke into bed, wait in bed for me okay?"
"Okay." I turned around and made my way towards the stairs, but, just as I expected, I was interrupted mid-flight. "Hey Nate?" Cyd asked from below.
"Yea?" I asked.
"I love you." I turned my head and looked down into his amazingly perfect blue eyes. A smile grew wide on my face and my heart grew butterflies like it was the first day we met. "I love you too, Cyd."
Cyd and I went through a lot together when we first met, but now things have changed. We've been married for about 15 years and adopted a gorgeous son that we named after my only brother. All has gone pretty good for us since then. Sure we have our fights and disagreements, just like any healthy relationship, but in the end we don't care who was right and who was wrong; we just love each other completely and remember how lucky we are to have each other again. I want to thank you all for taking the time to read this and to share this story with me. This is who I am and what I've become and I can't imagine it any other way. When I first introduced myself to you, I told you that I wasn't just a normal guy. I told you that my story wasn't like everyone else's. While that is still true, I can't help but tell you that my story ended like a fairy tell. As much as I hate to do it, I've got to end this story the only way that will fit my feelings perfectly.
Cyd and I lived happily ever after. The End.
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Well there you have it, AT42. Thank you to everyone who followed this story from start to finish, I also want to thank those of you who picked up this story half-way through and those who are just reading it for the first time ever. I hope you all enjoyed it and I hope you had as much fun and as much of a ride as I did when writing it. I'm very sad that this is over and finished, but at the same time I'm very happy that I got to tell this story of Nate and Cyd. I love you all and without your support I would've never made it this far. Please, if you enjoyed this story, recommend it to your family, friends, and lovers. I'd also very much appreciate it if you could fav or rate or especially comment and tell me your thoughts on my story and my writing. I love you all and I can't thank you enough for your support.
In other news, I'd like to give a note of what I felt about this story. This story really hit home for me. It involved many events and aspects that happened to me in life while adding a lot more twists, suspense, and action into it. I hope that in one way or another I appealed to your emotions or your mindset. My goal when writing is to connect to you as people, even if it is for only one small moment in the story. Keep in mind that this was my first full story that I've ever written. I've been back to read it over and over again, and I can admit that I made many mistakes. There are many moments that I wish I could fix, many moments that I think i got too carried away, and many moments that I feel just didn't fit or shouldn't belong. But, this story is what it is, for both the good and the bad. And I will leave it just as it is now.
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SOOO much love from me to you,
Nate (: