A/N: So this is the end. The epilogue. I'll say everything at the end. Sorry it took so long but please read on for the last time on this story.
Eight years later…
"Wow," Fang said as we both stared down at it. We had hopped but now that it's happening I don't know if I'm ready.
"Wow," I said in response.
"Wow Max!" Fang said enthusiastically turning to me with a huge smile on his face. "Wow, wow, wow!" I beamed up at him as he grabbed me and held me close. When he let go of me he was still beaming and so was I. It had sunk in. Even if I wasn't ready it was happening and I don't think I've ever been more excited for just about anything in my whole life. I felt like I could do anything.
"Oh my god!" I breathed. When I looked at Fang I couldn't help but laugh. His eyes were wide and crazed with happiness. His grin was so huge that I swear it was the only thing I could see.
"We're-we're…" Fang said enthusiastically but he couldn't get the words out.
"Going to be parents," I finished. I met his eyes. I loved him so much. We were so ready. He was going to be a great father.
We didn't get married. I didn't want to get married and neither did Fang but there was no doubt that we loved each other. We loved each other more than anything in the world and I didn't need papers to tell me that.
"I hope it's a girl," He said happily. I smirked at him.
"A little soon don't you think." I said chuckling.
"You know why I want a girl?" He asked me and he pulled me close and rested his forehead on mine.
"No, why?" I asked curiously.
"Because I want her to be like you. I want our baby to be like you because you're so perfect that if she comes out like you then I'll know I'm a blessed man because god gave me two angels." I nearly cried looking at him as he explained himself to me. "And I know you're going to want to write a song about her and girls are easier to sing about." We both smiled at that.
"Stop calling it a her. We don't know yet and if you keep saying her then you might jinx what you want. Not that I mind. I don't care either way." I told him.
"Or if I call her a her if it's a boy it'll magically become a girl because I told it to be a girl."
"Or we could end up with a hermaphrodite." I told him playfully. "Since you confused it."
"Don't say that. That would seriously suck." Fang said with a straight face. He was clearly disturbed at the thought.
"Fang, we're having a kid. You better fucking love it even if it's the ugliest kid in the world." I told him sternly.
"We'll I love the ugliest woman in the world so I'm sure I could find a way to love her kid." He said smirking. I just hit him and walked out of the bathroom.
"Hey Max I was just kidding!" Fang called after me. I knew he was kidding but I just wanted to give him a hard time.
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"Ow Max!" Fang said as I squeezed his hand when another contraction came on. It hurt so fucking bad. Oh god this kid better be fucking worth it.
"Shut the fuck up!" I yelled at him.
"Ok we're close!" The doctor said as he sat by the foot of my bed. Fang held my hand and Ella and Nudge were on my other side filming and smiling so brightly that it almost made me smile too, almost.
"I'm going to have you start to push on the count of five. I need you to give me all you've got." He told me smiling. Nurses were ready. Security was everywhere but none of them were allowed in the actual room.
"Fang you better fucking love this kid or I swear on-"
"Max I promise I'll love it even if it's a hermaphrodite." He told me calmly and he kissed me on the forehead. We were both trembling but he squeezed my hand this time.
"Ok push sweetie!" The doctor said enthusiastically.
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Fang POV
"It's a girl!" I yelled into the waiting room where the band, my parents, Max's parents, and Ryan and his band were all seated. Everyone cheered so loud that it was the only sound in the whole hospital waiting room. The girls started shooting questions at me so fast that I couldn't even try and answer not to mention I couldn't have a straight thought anyway. I'm a father. It's a girl. She's as pretty as her mom. They're mine. It's my family. My two girls and I don't think I could ever love anything more.
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Max POV
"So motherhood," I said into the microphone. The crowd erupted in cheers. We still had a young audience. I'm only twenty-five after all. I'm a little early for everything but I've never been surer about anything in my life. I knew I picked Fang and I would continue to pick Fang. There was no point in waiting.
"She's beautiful," I told them proudly. "Willow Ari Ride." I got more cheers of approval.
"And with parents like Max and Fang this kid's going to be crazy," Iggy added in his microphone. I laughed at him and so did everyone else. (Run By Pink)
"So I wrote a song for my baby girl." I said smiling.
The band quickly started to play and I smiled.
"Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh," Iggy sang.
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
"Remember make believe in you," I started and sang with all the love I had for her.
"All the things I said I'd do
I wouldn't hurt you
Like the world did me
Keep you safe
I'd keep you sweet," I'll do everything to keep her happy.
"Everything that I went through
I'm grateful you won't have to do," Oh god I won't do that to her ever.
"I know that you will have to fall
I can't hide you from it all," I want her to learn but still be happy.
"But take the best of what I've got
And you know no matter what
Before you walk away
You know you can
Run, run, run
Back to my arms, back to my arms," I want her to know I'll always be here for her. I just got her and the mere thought that I only have eighteen years makes me want to cry.
"Run, run, run
Back to my arms and they will hold you down
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh,
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
See, here's the bloody, bloody truth
You will hurt and you will lose," I shook my head but I know that I have to be able to let her grow. I refuse to be that over controlling parent.
I've got scars you won't believe
Wear them proudly on my sleeve," I pointed to my sleeve. I've come to accept my past in a way now.
I hope you'll have the sense to know
That sadness comes and sadness goes," She can't get hung up on things like I did and still do.
Love so hard and play life loud
It's the only thing to give a damn about," I hope she does this.
"But take the best of what I've got," I'll give her everything I have.
"And you know no matter what
Before you walk away, you know you can
Run, run, run,
Back to my arms
Back to my arms
Run, run, run
Back to my arms and they will hold you down
All this time I swear I'll never waste it," I'm going to spend all the time I can with her.
"All your smiles I'm always gonna save them
Put it in the back of my mind
Whenever I'm away from you
Whenever I'm away from you
"Run, run, run," Nudge sang softly.
"Back to your arms, back to your arms
Run, run, run
Back your arms," Nudge finished gently.
"And they will hold you," I sang loudly.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa
Back to my arms, back to my arms
All this time I swear I'll never waste it
All your smiles I'm always gonna save them
Put it in the back of my mind
Back to my arms, and they will hold you down
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
They will hold you down
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh," I finished and the crowd screamed so loud that I had to cover my ears.
"Hey guys listen up!" I called into the microphone. People quickly quieted down. "She's back stage with Fang and if you guys promise to be quiet I'll bring her out. Can you be quiet?"
I got some quickly cheers and then everyone was silent.
"K, c'mon Fang," I said looking to my left to see him coming out with our baby cradled in his arms. She's wrapped in her little pink blanket sleeping in Fang's arms calmly. Fang was holding a tiny little umbrella that is supposed to look like and lady bug. Together his badass look was brought down quickly.
"That's my badass husband," I said unable to hold back. The crowd laughed but not loud enough that Willow stirred. Fang came to stand next to me.
"Your mother said that the lights might hurt her eyes and skin and stuff so this was the only thing we could find," He defended.
"Hi baby," Gazzy said coming over to us and starting to play with Willow's hands. Everyone loved her but Gazzy adored her like nothing else. "I can't wait for her eyes to start changing colors." He told me happily and then turned back to the baby. The crowd laughed again. "You're the chameleon baby aren't you?" He cooed.
"They're not going to start changing overnight, idiot." Nudge said as she came over to see the baby too.
"The doctor said her eyes won't be this weird grey blue color forever. I knew it didn't make sense since Fang and Max both have brown eyes. Do you think they're change to dark brown or light brown? Or maybe somewhere in the middle, like that brown your poop is when you eat really shitty food."
"Don't say that Gazzy," I said scrunching up my nose. "That would suck."
"You guys were the ones walking around calling her a hermaphrodite," He defended.
"Yeah well-"
"Max, remember when we had that talk and you said you promised to be more mature when we had the baby?" Fang questioned interrupting my good point. I crossed my arms and kept quiet.
"I want to hold her," Dylan said cheerfully holding open his arms.
"You have to keep the umbrella on her," Fang said as he handed Dylan the baby and Iggy the umbrella to hold over to her. Dylan bounced the baby and he and Iggy started to talk to her about burps and fish.
"Please don't cheer," I whispered into the microphone. "I just want to thank you guys for an amazing concert and for coming out tonight. As always we had a blast."
Everyone cheered quietly like they were all whispering and Dylan handed me Willow. I took her small form in my arms and Fang pulled me to him holding me close. In in that moment I was happier than I've ever been. Fang held me to him and kissed me quickly but with more love than I've ever felt from anyone else. The band all joked around us. They each had their own futures ahead of them full of husbands and wives and babies of their own but we're a band forever and always. This is my life and I wouldn't change a thing. Ari has to be smiling down on us now because I know I can feel him whenever I hold our baby. I can feel his love and her love and Fang's love and the love of the entire band and my family and I love them all so much that it hurts sometimes. This is more than I could have possibly dreamed of when I was thirteen and Ari had left and then my dad had left. This is when everything pays off and I couldn't ask for more.
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60 years later…
The five of us stood staring at the bottles sticking out of the ground. A jolt of nostalgia shot through my stomach.
"The first beer," I said looking down at the row of bottles unable to look away. We each had another bottle of beer in our hands. These will be our last beers ever. They told me I can't drink anymore it'll be horrible for my liver, which I had destroyed when I was younger so we have to do this now. This will be my last taste of alcohol until I die and we've always said we would share our last beers together in this spot. This spot where we promised so many years ago that no matter what happened in L.A. we would still be a band. The spot we promised we would have our first and last beers. The spot Fang looked at me and told me he would love me forever and kissed me until I loved him too. This spot holds so many important memories. Our families were around us in the clearing our grandchildren running about playing together wildly like Iggy and I used to when we were kids.
"To L.A. Rush!" I said holding up my beer. The five us clanked the beers together just like we had all those years ago and each of us took a long sip of them. I wouldn't change anything about my L.A. Rush.
A/N: I really hope you guys enjoyed the story with me. I loved writing for every single one of you. I loved all the reviews and favorites and follows. Thank you guys for reading the story and sticking with it even when my updates were all over the place. I'm not going to thank you all individually but I you should know that I appreciate everything. Please review one last time tell me anything. Tell me your favorite part of the story, what you hated about it, what you liked about it, anything really.
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