Eli

Epilogue

Eli POV

"Nikolai come here." I yelled to my son. Slowly he walked down the stairs just to annoy me even further. His eyes stayed on his phone as he typed with a dirty smirk on his face.

"Nikolai." I said sternly.

He looked up and put his phone in his pocket. "What?"

"Don't fucking what me young man. What have I told you about spray painting at school. It stays in the art not the damn hallways." I growled.

Now being sixteen, my son is going through that 'rebel' phase. He stopped ageing and growing when he turned sixteen which was seven months ago. Damn kid gives me grey hairs and I'm fucking dead.

"It wasn't even that bad." Nikolai rolled his eyes.

"So help me-." I took a deep breath. "If I get another phone call while you're at that school you'll be grounded and no phone for a month."

"W-what? You can't do that. I have a social life, I have friends that I go out with." He looked like a fish out of water.

"I am your father I can do what I please to discipline you. Clean up that attitude then we'll see." I told him and went back to cleaning the plates and cutlery.

"Dad." Nikolai started. "Can I ask you something?"

"You already did." I smirked knowing my shit annoys him.

"Dad." He whined.

"What's up?" I turned to him while drying my hands.

"Can I see a picture of dad?" He looked down.

"Come on." I told him. He followed me out of the kitchen and into the hallway. I stopped and turned my son to the mirror.

"There's your dad. You just got to imagine blonde hair not brown." I told him.

"Can I see a real picture?"

I nodded and went into the living room. In the corner of the room sat a picture of nick and I on our wedding day.

"There's your dad. Why do you ask now?" I asked him.

"I guess going so long without asking made me grow a pair and finally do it." My son chuckled a little.

"Seventeen was when we got married. He passed at eighteen." I told him.

"Would you go back and change it. Make him realise and stop him from having me?" Nikolai looked up at me sadly.

"Never." I smiled softly and left him in the living room. Walking up to my room I could hear Hannah and Darren going at it making me roll my eyes. Same with Lexi and Brandon as well as Carl and Julia.

"You and dad didn't count did you." My son laughed at me while walking up the stairs.

"I don't know what you're going on about." I smiled as a clash of thunder sounded.

"Don't play dumb. You told me when I was four when you told me you and dad would count when there was a break between thunder. That's bullshit and you both did the nasty." He shuddered in disgust.

"Yeah, just like the others. Your dad would let me make love to him from the start of the storm to the end." I smirked and walked into my bedroom. I poured myself a Jack Daniels as well as Nikolai and watched the lightning.

"How can we stay up all night and day during and after the storm?" He asked me.

"During storms we get a lot of energy. The others choose to use that energy to have sex, it makes us tired. But when your dad died I chose to just watch the storms and stay awake." I sighed.

"How come you haven't found anyone else?"

"Because your dad was it for me." I looked up at my son. "Your dad accepted me for who I am and what I've done in the past. He was the love of my life, no one will ever take that title. I can't move on, it feels wrong. You'll see for yourself one day when you love someone."

"How did you get over dads death?" Nikolai questioned.

"I had you." I replied. "Your dad gave me the best gift someone could ever give me, but he died because of it. But I'll tell you, id never go back because of all the things we've been through. I may have lost the love of my life but I got to see a child of my own grow up, and I never thought it would ever happen. Time also helped, I can sleep at night, I can think of him and keep the tears back. Even in death I still love him, he was it for me. No one will come close to how I felt about your father."

"How do you know when you've going the one?"

"Because they will love and cherish you. No matter who you are, not matter what you've done. Your soulmate will always stick by your side but will call you out when you're wrong. You'll find yours one day son, one day he or she will come like mine did."

And he did. Nick came into my life this shy, scared boy to afraid to ask me something. Yet he had me drawn to him the moment our eyes met and I was in for it.

Nikolai Kyle Hale was the best thing to ever happen to me and he was the light in my darkness. But then I lost that light, for a while I was back in that darkness with it eating away at me. Until I looked at my son. He sparked that light up again and it's been that way ever since I first held him.

That light has only grown with each mile stone, seeing his first smile, watching his first steps, his first word. Him trying a lemon at a restaurant at two years old because Carl wanted to see his reaction.

All the small things make up the best memories. Nick did the same for me, the small things he did like rub his cheek on my chest, play with my hair or even kiss me and making the first move. I still remember the tiny details and that's what keeps me going as well as my son.

Even if he is much like me now, Moody and wants to be left alone. But I know sooner or later someone will come into his life and treat him how nick was with me.

Even with all the bumps in the road and bad shit that happened during my life time, I'm happy where I am in the present. If I could go back would I? Not a chance. I miss my husband like anyone would, but I also have a son that is the best gift I could ask for.

This is the end of my story, and it's been one hell of a ride. But it's just the beginning of my sons. Nikolai Eli Hale.

A/N: I can't believe this is the end. I've really enjoyed writing this one as well as my other books. It's not very long but what can I say, can't think of anymore things to write about. Thank you for reading this book I hope you've enjoyed it.