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Wow. There's no excuse for the delayed update. This story just sort of got put on the back burner because I didn't know how to end it. So I'm leaving it off here. I think its a sweet ending. Not much from the book in here, but Kyle's not really in the end too much anyway.

Oh, and by the way, have you guys read The Mortal Instruments Series? I just finished City of Glass. I love that series so much. If you haven't read it yet and are looking for some amazing reading, check it out. You wont be disappointed.

It had been a few months since I found Sunny and everything was starting to sink in. Jodi was probably gone, I'd probably never speak to her again, and yet, I spoke to her everyday. Well, her body, at least.

I love Jodi, I always will. And I hate that she's gone. But it's something I've come to terms with in the last six years. Jodi's not coming back, she's gone. Sunny is here now.

It's confusing, Sunny being in Jodi's body and all. She loves me, because of Jodi. Sometimes I wonder if it's like it was with Wanda and Jared. She loves me because of the body she's in, so what would happen if she was taken out of that body?

I asked her to look for Jodi, and while I am dealing with the reality that she probably isn't coming back, what if she does? What if Jodi does come back, and what would happen when Sunny gets her own body?

Wanda fell in love with Ian even though Melanie loved Jared. Could Sunny fall in love with someone else? If Jodi wasn't there, if Sunny fell in love with someone else anyway, would she leave me?

I couldn't just ignore Sunny because she wasn't Jodi. And, as I spent time with her, I realized she wasn't anything like Jodi. I realized I liked Sunny, not because of what she looked like, but her personality. I liked Sunny, a lot.

Even Sunny was confused by our relationship. She once told me she didn't know how I could stand to be around her at all. I tried to explain it to her. I told her that it was different with her. Sunny was a different person. It was confusing, but it was like I had a different girlfriend now.

When Jodi had been taken I'd wanted to go after her. I would have gone after her, I would've run into a room filled with Seekers to save her. I would've died happily just for the chance to see her again, but I had to think about Ian. He needed me. I could protect him, save him. Ian was my priority, then. I couldn't help Jodi, but I needed to save my brother. So I left and never looked back.

It was hard, more than that, agonizing, to know she was gone. But I stayed strong, or at least tried to stay strong, for Ian. Once we found the caves it was a little easier, but only a little. At least I knew that there were others out there, that we weren't the only humans left in the world. But I knew I'd never be happy again. I knew that with more certainty and conviction then I'd ever felt in my entire life. Until I met Sunny.

Sunny wasn't Jodi. She could never be Jodi. I wasn't about to just pretend like they were the same, because they weren't, but I cared about Sunny, too. Differently from Jodi. Separately.

Sunny wasn't a carbon copy of Jodi. She looked like her, but had a completely different personality. Sunny was shy and scared, while Jodi was strong and brave. Sunny needed me in ways Jodi never did. And I loved that about her.

Jodi was strong and decisive and independent. I loved how she never took no for an answer and always managed to get what she wanted. But Sunny wasn't like that at all. She wasn't weak, but she wasn't strong the way Jodi or even Wanda were. I couldn't imagine Sunny out on a raid. Not that I didn't trust her, I just couldn't imagine her being that good of an actress.

Sunny couldn't hide emotions well. She wore her heart on her sleeve, and I loved that. It was nice, not having to guess at what she was feeling. I could tell just by looking at her. She loved me and she showed it, even though she did try not to. She didn't want to upset me, she didn't want to presume that the feelings were mutual.

But as time went on, I knew that I did care about Sunny very much. She was beautiful, and not because she was in Jodi's body. Honestly, if Sunny were in a different body it probably would've been easier to make sense of my feelings.

Everytime I looked at Sunny, it felt like a betrayal to Jodi. If it wasn't her body, I could've just moved on and been with Sunny. Although, I'm not sure I would've given her much of a chance. And then again, she probably wouldn't have even noticed me except to run and hide. She would've thought I was scary, the same way she was scared of everything else here.

I hated that, that she was so frightened of everything. I wanted her to be comfortable, I wanted her to feel safe here. She was safe. No one here would hurt her the way I had hurt Wanda.

Sunny really liked Wanda. She was the only other person Sunny really trusted beside me. Although, she was petrified of Ian. She had been ever since that day he kicked me in the hospital. Sunny tried to hide it from me. She didn't want to upset me, since he was my brother. And what was funny was that she knew he wouldn't hurt her. She was scared for me. Sunny remembered him from Jodi's memories and knew that things like that happened sometimes, but it still freaked her out.

Everything was good in the caves. I had Sunny, who was looking for Jodi—I couldn't give up even if it was a long shot. Ian had Wanda, Jared had Melanie. We were one big happy family.

The six of us spent a lot of time together. I liked that. I sort of lost touch with my brother over the years. I guessed it was because after Jodi... I became bitter. I was a pain to deal with, I knew that, but Ian and I used to get along pretty well before the invasion. I liked that I finally had my brother back.

I was happy, happier than I'd ever thought I would be again. I owed that all to Wanda. She was the reason for all of this.

I looked around the kitchen. I was sitting on the stone counter, Sunny tucked under my arm. It was dinnertime and everyone was here. Ian was leaning against the counter directly opposite me, a bowl of pasta in one hand, the other wrapped around Wanda's waist. Jamie was on the counter next to Wanda, laughing at something Jared had said. Jared and Melanie were sitting next to the kid, holding hands as they finished their meals.

This little blonde girl standing next to my brother had brought us all so much joy and happieness. I felt guilty everyday for what I almost did to her. Not only would I have killed her and Melanie and destroyed Ian, Jared, and Jamie in the process, but I would've taken away any chance I had at being happy as well. Wanda had given me hope, something I hadn't had since I lost Jodi. Not only did she give me a chance to get Jodi back, but she had inadvertently caused me to meet Sunny.

I hugged Sunny closer to me and I could feel that she was was smiling against my chest. I leaned down and kissed her softly on the top of her head. It wasn't something I had done much, but I was getting more in the habit of it. Sunny turned her face up to meet my gaze, her wide black eyes shining like the night sky. That was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, her dark eyes glowing in the lantern light. Every time I saw it I was taken back. I didn't think I'd ever get used to it.

I smiled gently at this sweet girl in my arms and knew that everything would work itself out. I looked around me, at my family, and knew that everything was going to be okay, because no matter what happened with Sunny and Jodi, I had them to help me through it.