(Author's Note: I do apologize for the extreme lateness of this chapter, as I have been extremely busy. However…this is it! Final chapter of Together We Will Live Forever. To everyone who reviewed: thank you so much! You have no idea how much it means to me. Special thanks to MaraudingSnitch1314 for kindly reviewing every single chapter. I never thought I would get more than 50 reviews! Thanks for reading and reviewing everyone

And now…final chapter. Hope it's to your liking. Please let me know what you think!)

Neal Caffrey stood on his balcony, on a particularly nice evening, leaning n his crutches. A whisper of a breeze floated in the air as the sun slowly set, casting a golden touch on everything.

Neal leaned on the banister, glass of red wine on a nearby table…thinking of the events of a couple of days ago…the days he had learned to let go, and move on.

Flashback

Can I listen to it? The words had struck the conman like stone. How could he expect Peter, a tough federal agent, to understand what it had meant to him. Because it had meant her. Kate. The last link to her memory…the last thing he had left of her. It was something Neal thought he wanted to keep to himself.

But with the song kept inside him, so did the pain. The grief. The loneliness. The despair.

Honestly, Neal was tired of it. He wanted to let out all the anguish, and move on. But it was hard when no one knew what he was going through. Although he was ashamed to admit it, be wanted help.

So he said something that surprised Peter- and himself.

"Yes."

Yes. One little word, one little syllable, had Peter stunned. Neal Caffrey was confident, good with women, and intelligent. But he never admitted any weakness, or asked for help.

Except…now he was.

After all this time, Peter and Neal weren't just FBI Agent, and Consultant. They'd become best friends. Family. Sometimes father and son. Which meant that now, Peter was here for Neal. He'd help him through this, no matter what.

"How's he doing?" El's soft voice appeared next to Peter, standing outside the door to Neal's room. It had been a long afternoon, filled with tears and grief. Neal cried, El cried for Neal, and even Peter felt so sad and sorry for the younger man. At long last, the mental exhaustion combined with physical pain had Neal drifting to sleep, soothed by Elizabeth. Then, Peter gently lifted him-shocked at how light Neal had become-and carried him to his bedroom.

"Well he finally told someone, so he's getting better…I think he'll get over her, El." Peter replied at last.

"I hope so too."

The next morning, Peter and Elizabeth were quieter at breakfast then they usually were. They sat in silence over toast and coffee, not wanting to disturb Neal, who had slept all night. As if in response to these thoughts, the bedroom door creaked open and out hobbled the consultant, looking a lot brighter than he had in a while. Peter rose to help him into a chair, as Neal said, "Good morning guys."

Trying not to act overly surprised, El replied, "Good morning sweetie. How are you feeling?"

Neal smiled as if he knew the deeper meaning behind those words. "A lot better."

End of flashback.

The last traces of sun were in the sky, creating a beautiful combination of deep pinks, reds, and gold. Neal felt a lot calmer than he had in a while. After all of the tears, and listening to the song, he had found he'd been able to say goodbye. At Kate's grave the previous afternoon, he had placed a single rose on her grave, and whispered, "Goodbye, Kate. One day, we'll live together forever."

And he truly believed this.

It was getting slightly breezier, and Neal decided to head back in, where June was making dinner. But before he went inside, he looked up at the sky and smiled.

The End

(Author's Note: So here we are…the end. I really enjoyed writing this, and I hope you did too. I would love for you to review my story! Did you like the ending?

I'm hoping to start another story soon, but on what, I have no idea.)