Part 30
"So are you counting down the day, Rachael?" Klaire asked me.
We were at my apartment, packing up most of my things. I was moving out of
my place, since it was only 17 days until JC and I would be married, and
then they had more traveling to do for the tour. JC and I were going to get
a house, once we got settled back in Orlando.
"You know I am," I said smiling as I folded my clothes.
"Aren't you going to miss this place?"
"Why?" I asked, puzzled why I would miss an apartment I barely lived in.
"This is where a lot of things between you and JC happened. It's full of
memories," Klaire said getting really mushy.
"I know it does, but so do other places. The Pyramid, where they're
playing tonight, has memories. That's where JC proposed to me. Both
times," I said with a laugh.
Klaire laughed too, "I guess you're right. But, this is where you guys
fell in love," she said smiling.
"Klaire, drop it," I said taking a shirt of mine away from her and folding
it myself.
"Fine, I'll stop," she said taking the shirt back.
"Oh, hey, I never asked you. Will you be my maid of honor?" I asked.
"Of course you know I would."
"Well on the fifth of October, we've got to go get everyone fitted for
their outfits. Everything is going so great. I'm glad that nothing has
gone wrong with this 'soon-to-be' wedding so far."
"I'm glad JC makes you so happy," Klaire said reaching over and giving me a
hug.
"Thanks. You were the one to make all of this possible. If it wasn't for
that one chance you gave me, I might never have met JC or Justin. I might
be in school right now working on my education, and deciding my major."
"It's not all because of me. If you hadn't been my best friend, and taken
me in when we were younger, I probably would have never met the guys either.
It took a lot for me to get where I am. I had to put up with the fact
that my parents did want to take responsibility of me, instead they wanted
my aunt to have the responsibility. It's weird what chances we take in
life, and the many different outcomes happen," Klaire said almost in tears.
I was almost in tears myself. The more I thought about what Klaire had
said, I thought about the whole 'soul mate' term. Is there really someone
that God has us destined to be with? What happens if we miss our
opportunities that God gives us, and we pass up the chance to be with our
soul mate? Does another chance come along our way? I couldn't stop asking
questions like that in my mind, wondering if I would ever know the answers
to them. It was one thing I never understood about life.
I've known people who claim that they found their 'soul mate', the person
that they know they are suppose to be with, and then a few years after they
are married, they get a divorce. I don't know if me and JC are 'soul
mates', but I do know that he is my true love. I will never let my love
fade, and I know he will never let his love fade either. Life was too
perfect for me right now. I could hardly wait till the sixteenth of
October.
"Wow, I can't believe I'll never come home to this place," I said as my
face sunk at the thought of what I had just said.
"See. I told you that you would miss this place. It's where it all
begun," Klaire said pointing her finger at me.
"You did not tell me so. Whatever, Klaire," I said laughing at her.
"I did too," Klaire said as she struck me with one of my pillows.
I grabbed my other pillow and hit her back, "did not."
Klaire and I got into a pillow fight that lasted us about ten minutes. We
were giggling and laughing about old times, and everything that had happened
to us. JC and Justin came in the room as Klaire had missed me. She ended
up hitting Justin upside the head. I couldn't help, but laugh.
"Hey!" Justin said hold the other end of the pillow.
I laughed, "nice shot, Klaire," I said.
"Give me that," Justin said taking the pillow from Klaire.
He hit me with the pillow, "hey now. I didn't hit you, Klaire did," I
said.
"I know, but you were right here," Justin said laughing.
JC grabbed my pillow from me and hit Justin. Klaire and I just sat back
and watch the two guys get into a pillow fight. We kept on giggling, until
they hit us with the pillows too.
I grabbed JC, and we fell onto my bed.
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Part 31
* ONE YEAR LATER *
"JC, hurry up, bring Skyler here," I said to JC while we were sitting in a
park near our home in Orlando.
JC and I had been married for almost a year now. I still loved him more
than ever. We had a baby girl together. Her name is Skyler, she was born
on July 8th. The guys are still together even though JC is married now.
They aren't on tour though right now. They are, however, scheduled to go
back on tour the next spring. I don't think that they will be doing a show
almost every night.
Klaire and Justin also got married. Only about three months ago. I'm so
happy for Klaire. She finally got what she wanted with Justin.
Yesterday, while we were at Klaire and Justin's house Joey and Amanda told
us the good news. They had got engaged, and Joey and Amanda had legally
adopted Kerri as their own.
Some of the fans have left, but the ones that liked them for their music
still come around. They have drawn their own limit now though. They're not
as likely to come by their houses, or chase them, just to meet them.
Lance and his girlfriend broke up about two months after JC and I got
married. He had found out that she cheated on him, with one of his good
friends. He's been staying with JC and I for about the past two months,
helping out with Skyler.
JC is helping me with my own recording career now. I've recorded two songs
now, and I've actually got my own record deal. My CD is set to come out
about the time that the guys go back on tour. I'm excited.
Soul mates? Well I know now that JC is definitely my soul mate. He's my
best friend, we know each other so well that we can finish a sentence for
each other. I found my love of a lifetime, and he's right in my arms.
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