WIANP Epilogue
So here it is, the epilogue
Thanks again
3 Years Later
Tom had his back resting against the headboard of the bed, the stereo on the other side of the room while playing the Snow Patrol’s Eyes Open album. His legs were going towards the foot of the bed, his hand running through Mark’s hair while his boyfriend’s head rested on his thigh.
“Do you think she’ll like it?” Mark asked and Tom looked down to him
“She’ll like what?”
“The trip. I mean, do you think she will have fun?”
“Why wouldn’t her?” Tom asked while he frowned “We’ll see beaches and there’s a lot of stuff to do in Hawaii. Trust me, she’ll love it”
Mark was planning a trip to Hawaii since the begging of the year, Tom supported the idea, but they hadn’t told April until then, they wanted it to be a surprise for her.
“Do you think we’ll have fun? You and me?” Mark asked again with concern
“Mark! Stop worrying so much, It’ll be awesome, okay? You know I love you…” Tom smiled, chuckling a bit “You know that, right?”
“No” Mark shook his head, shifting his body a little as he stayed still laying down on Tom’s lap “Say it again”
“I love you” Tom smiled.
Mark sat up and gave him a kiss on the cheek “I love you too” Mark said and brought their faces together so he could kiss Tom on the lips “I love you so much”
Suddenly the noise of doors opening and closing came from outside, the stereo skipped tracks and they heard shouting “Dad! Are you at home?”
“In the room!” Tom shouted as they pulled apart, Mark hugged Tom’s middle and snuggled against his chest, leaning so they would both rest on the headboard.
The door flied open and the eleven year-old walked into the room. April was wearing a gray hoodie with a Pink Floyd shirt underneath it, purple skinnies to go with it all, backpack infested with bottoms hanging loose on her shoulder.
“How was school?” Mark asked as she dropped the bag on the floor and climbed on the bed, snuggling herself to the other side of Tom
“It was good” She answered “Today we started to make our projects to the science fair”
“Awesome, do you know what are you going to do this year?” Tom asked as she pressed her head against his shoulder
“I don’t know” She answered “But I sure know I want the first place again”
“Ugh, so proud of ya” Tom kissed the top of her head and Mark high-fived her
“What do we have for lunch?” She asked “I’m hungry”
“I’ll set the table” Mark got up and left the room. April jumped over Tom to lay down on the other side of the bed, her head leaning against the pillow and her hands gripping on it.
“Tired?” Tom asked
“A bit” April groaned
She lifted the pillow and pushed her hands between the mattress and the headboard “What are you doing?” Tom asked concerned “Get your hands out of there!”
“But it’s cozyyy!” She whined against the pillow, her voice muffled.
“April”
“Wait, what is this?”
“April, take your hands out of there right now!”
April frowned at Tom, taking her hands out slowly “Okay, calm down. What’s wrong?”
“You can’t see it; it’s a surprise, okay?”
“A surprise?”
“Yeah”
“A good one?”
“Yes, a good one”
“Okay then” She said and Tom gave her a look, then he directed his eyes to the other side of the room, that was the time she stuck her hand in again and took out the little black velvet box “Ha!” She said showing it to Tom
“April, give me that!” Tom shouted as she got up and jumped from bed, running across the room “April, I’m telling you!” He shouted again
He got up and rushed after her as she jumped on the bed again “What is this?” She asked
“Honey, give me that and there won’t be any problems, okay?” Tom tried to explain “You’re not supposed to see it yet.Nobody’s supposed to see it”
So, there was another surprise?
April didn’t listen though; instead she opened the box with a single flick, staring blankly at what was inside. Her jaw dropped and her eyes gleamed at the golden ring in front of her, Tom couldn’t get to a conclusion of what she was feeling.
“April?” Tom called her, his expression a bit hurt “You didn’t like it?”
April looked at him and tried to smile, but her lips were trembling, like if she was about to cry “Dad” She whispered, walking towards Tom and hugging him tightly. He hugged her back and ran a hand through her hair.
“I won’t do it if you don’t me to, okay?” He whispered to her “It’s all up to you”
She pulled apart, her stature a bit taller than his since she was standing over the bed, her eyes glistening while a tear rolled down her cheek as she let out a cry, her hand flying to cover her mouth.
“Don’t cry, baby” Tom whispered, starting to feel like crying too “Don’t cry”
“What are you talking about? I love it!” She sputtered “I absolutely love it, dad”
“What?” Tom asked “You… You liked it?”
“Yes! Of course!” April smiled “Why wouldn’t I?”
Tom’s smile grew bigger and bigger “I love you!” He hugged her again and spun around with her in his arms “I love you both so much!”
He cleaned the tears on her cheeks as he put his daughter back to the ground, she was giggling now as she stared at the ring in her hands, a giant smile on her lips “You’re getting married!” She said “There’s going to be a ceremony and a party, Oh my God, It’ll be so fun. We could, we could play rock songs and you could play guitar to everyone, and ugh, I just don’t know what to say, dad, I just don’t”
Tom ran a hand through her hair and sat down on the bed, she walked to sit right beside him. He sighed and she pressed the side of her body against him
“When will you ask it to him?” April asked
“As soon as we arrive in Hawaii, then we’ll go to the hote…”
“What?” She interrupted him “Is Hawaii a restaurant?” Tom was caught off guard, his eyes widened and he couldn’t even pull out a lie: she knew it now “We’re going to Hawaii!” She said as she got up, the velvet box still in her hand “Oh my God! We’ll have so much fun!”
“I… I thought you would say something like that” Tom shrugged, if Mark was here Tom would say ‘I told you so’. “But stay quiet, Mark only knows about the trip, he can’t know about the propose, he also can’t know that you know about the trip, okay?”
“Okay” April nodded “My lips are sealed”
“Let’s go have lunch” Tom said as he got up from bed
“Wait!” April stopped him “Can I still be excited before we go to kitchen?”
Tom giggled “Yes, you can”
“Great” She said and hopped on the bed, April jumped on his neck and tied her legs around his waist “I’m going to Hawaii” She cheered, but not loud enough because Mark could still hear it from the kitchen “And my parents are getting married! Ahh, I’m so happy!”
Tom walked out of the room with her tied to him, screaming the words that were so sweet to his ear.
Thanks again
3 Years Later
Tom had his back resting against the headboard of the bed, the stereo on the other side of the room while playing the Snow Patrol’s Eyes Open album. His legs were going towards the foot of the bed, his hand running through Mark’s hair while his boyfriend’s head rested on his thigh.
“Do you think she’ll like it?” Mark asked and Tom looked down to him
“She’ll like what?”
“The trip. I mean, do you think she will have fun?”
“Why wouldn’t her?” Tom asked while he frowned “We’ll see beaches and there’s a lot of stuff to do in Hawaii. Trust me, she’ll love it”
Mark was planning a trip to Hawaii since the begging of the year, Tom supported the idea, but they hadn’t told April until then, they wanted it to be a surprise for her.
“Do you think we’ll have fun? You and me?” Mark asked again with concern
“Mark! Stop worrying so much, It’ll be awesome, okay? You know I love you…” Tom smiled, chuckling a bit “You know that, right?”
“No” Mark shook his head, shifting his body a little as he stayed still laying down on Tom’s lap “Say it again”
“I love you” Tom smiled.
Mark sat up and gave him a kiss on the cheek “I love you too” Mark said and brought their faces together so he could kiss Tom on the lips “I love you so much”
Suddenly the noise of doors opening and closing came from outside, the stereo skipped tracks and they heard shouting “Dad! Are you at home?”
“In the room!” Tom shouted as they pulled apart, Mark hugged Tom’s middle and snuggled against his chest, leaning so they would both rest on the headboard.
The door flied open and the eleven year-old walked into the room. April was wearing a gray hoodie with a Pink Floyd shirt underneath it, purple skinnies to go with it all, backpack infested with bottoms hanging loose on her shoulder.
“How was school?” Mark asked as she dropped the bag on the floor and climbed on the bed, snuggling herself to the other side of Tom
“It was good” She answered “Today we started to make our projects to the science fair”
“Awesome, do you know what are you going to do this year?” Tom asked as she pressed her head against his shoulder
“I don’t know” She answered “But I sure know I want the first place again”
“Ugh, so proud of ya” Tom kissed the top of her head and Mark high-fived her
“What do we have for lunch?” She asked “I’m hungry”
“I’ll set the table” Mark got up and left the room. April jumped over Tom to lay down on the other side of the bed, her head leaning against the pillow and her hands gripping on it.
“Tired?” Tom asked
“A bit” April groaned
She lifted the pillow and pushed her hands between the mattress and the headboard “What are you doing?” Tom asked concerned “Get your hands out of there!”
“But it’s cozyyy!” She whined against the pillow, her voice muffled.
“April”
“Wait, what is this?”
“April, take your hands out of there right now!”
April frowned at Tom, taking her hands out slowly “Okay, calm down. What’s wrong?”
“You can’t see it; it’s a surprise, okay?”
“A surprise?”
“Yeah”
“A good one?”
“Yes, a good one”
“Okay then” She said and Tom gave her a look, then he directed his eyes to the other side of the room, that was the time she stuck her hand in again and took out the little black velvet box “Ha!” She said showing it to Tom
“April, give me that!” Tom shouted as she got up and jumped from bed, running across the room “April, I’m telling you!” He shouted again
He got up and rushed after her as she jumped on the bed again “What is this?” She asked
“Honey, give me that and there won’t be any problems, okay?” Tom tried to explain “You’re not supposed to see it yet.Nobody’s supposed to see it”
So, there was another surprise?
April didn’t listen though; instead she opened the box with a single flick, staring blankly at what was inside. Her jaw dropped and her eyes gleamed at the golden ring in front of her, Tom couldn’t get to a conclusion of what she was feeling.
“April?” Tom called her, his expression a bit hurt “You didn’t like it?”
April looked at him and tried to smile, but her lips were trembling, like if she was about to cry “Dad” She whispered, walking towards Tom and hugging him tightly. He hugged her back and ran a hand through her hair.
“I won’t do it if you don’t me to, okay?” He whispered to her “It’s all up to you”
She pulled apart, her stature a bit taller than his since she was standing over the bed, her eyes glistening while a tear rolled down her cheek as she let out a cry, her hand flying to cover her mouth.
“Don’t cry, baby” Tom whispered, starting to feel like crying too “Don’t cry”
“What are you talking about? I love it!” She sputtered “I absolutely love it, dad”
“What?” Tom asked “You… You liked it?”
“Yes! Of course!” April smiled “Why wouldn’t I?”
Tom’s smile grew bigger and bigger “I love you!” He hugged her again and spun around with her in his arms “I love you both so much!”
He cleaned the tears on her cheeks as he put his daughter back to the ground, she was giggling now as she stared at the ring in her hands, a giant smile on her lips “You’re getting married!” She said “There’s going to be a ceremony and a party, Oh my God, It’ll be so fun. We could, we could play rock songs and you could play guitar to everyone, and ugh, I just don’t know what to say, dad, I just don’t”
Tom ran a hand through her hair and sat down on the bed, she walked to sit right beside him. He sighed and she pressed the side of her body against him
“When will you ask it to him?” April asked
“As soon as we arrive in Hawaii, then we’ll go to the hote…”
“What?” She interrupted him “Is Hawaii a restaurant?” Tom was caught off guard, his eyes widened and he couldn’t even pull out a lie: she knew it now “We’re going to Hawaii!” She said as she got up, the velvet box still in her hand “Oh my God! We’ll have so much fun!”
“I… I thought you would say something like that” Tom shrugged, if Mark was here Tom would say ‘I told you so’. “But stay quiet, Mark only knows about the trip, he can’t know about the propose, he also can’t know that you know about the trip, okay?”
“Okay” April nodded “My lips are sealed”
“Let’s go have lunch” Tom said as he got up from bed
“Wait!” April stopped him “Can I still be excited before we go to kitchen?”
Tom giggled “Yes, you can”
“Great” She said and hopped on the bed, April jumped on his neck and tied her legs around his waist “I’m going to Hawaii” She cheered, but not loud enough because Mark could still hear it from the kitchen “And my parents are getting married! Ahh, I’m so happy!”
Tom walked out of the room with her tied to him, screaming the words that were so sweet to his ear.