Denial

Chapter 40

A/N: Okay so I'm ending Denial here. The reason being is I got to thinking how the last chapter ended so perfectly with Maya overcoming her Denial.  I know it may be a surprise but I just feel the last chapter was a good place to end it. This epilogue is over 2K words long. I'm going to be doing an 11 year time jump. This mean's Lucy is 18 and Levi is 11. Lucas and Maya are 34.  I feel like its the perfect spot to end it because there isn't really much more to do with it. I know its sad this one is ending but I have started a new one called "Home" it's going to be really good and you will love just as much as this one. The first chapter has been published already. Check it out and tell me what you think.

EPILOGUE

Maya POV

Lucas and I have been married for the last 5 years. We couldn't be happier than we are now.  Our wedding was beautiful. Lucas stayed true to his word and gave me my dream wedding. Today we send Lucy off to college. She's going to an art school a few hours away. As hard as it us for us to send our baby girl off to college Lucas and I couldn't be more proud of her.  Levi is 11 years old now. He's still the spitting image of his Dad but even at 11 years old he's still a Mama's boy who adores his big sister. 5 years after Levi was born Lucas and I welcomed our last baby Libby Grace into the world.  She's a mixture of both Lucas and I but at times we think she looks like Lucy. At only 5 she's a spit fire and takes after me. She's a Mommy's girl but at times can be all about her Daddy. At least one of my kids is all about Mom.

Lucas and I finished putting the last of Lucy's things into her car.  I turned to look at him and couldn't help but smile at him. 

"You know as hard as this is to let her go at least we have the other two kids with us." I said to him. 

"Yeah this isn't easy but we'll get through it. We can get through anything.  Aren't you glad that 11 years ago you finally came to terms with your feelings for me?" he said and I chuckled. 

"Yes, Huckleberry. I couldn't imagine my life without you or the kids in it. I love you." I replied. 

Lucas leaned down and kissed me. His kisses still made me weak in the knees. He pulled away and looked at me. "I love you too." 

"You better go tell Luce that she has to get going." Lucas said and I knew he was right. 

"You're right. I better go find her. She's probably up in her bedroom." I answered. 

I wasn't sure where she went off to so I went to find her. As got closer to her bedroom I could hear her talking. I stopped when I got to the doorway and couldn't help but smile at the sight in front of me.  Lucy was sitting on her bed with Levi sitting beside her and Libby in her lap.

"But I don't want you to leave, Lucy." Libby said as she held onto her sister tightly. 

"Yeah, Lucy why can't you stay?" Levi said and I could tell he had a sad look on his face. 

"I know you guys don't want me to leave but I have to go to school. It's going to be okay. I'm still going to see you on the weekends and we can FaceTime when I'm not busy." she replied. "I have presents for you guys." 

I watched as Lucy gently placed Libby on the bed then she got up and walked over to her closet. She grabbed her favorite bunny rabbit that she's had since she was little and then a small gift bag before walking back over and sitting down on the bed. 

"Libby, this is for you." she said as she handed Libby her stuffed rabbit. "Whenever you get sad and miss me you'll have my favorite bunny rabbit that Nana got me when I was little. And Levi  this is for you."