A/N: Ah, the end is here. How sweet it was!

Time had passed by so quickly it seemed. In the past 5 months life for the group of friends had settled down and gained back some normalcy. All four friends had gone back to their careers and were happily wrestling with WWE again. Randy and John's parents, who had been gifted a home of their own in St. Louis, took charge of the children the days they traveled. Cody and Ted now split their time between their home in St. Louis and their home in Florida.

Everyone was trying to adapt to the changes in their lives now. It was still a surreal situation for them to have to deal with. They had almost been killed for doing a good deed. In a world when many just turn their heads at the sight of someone needing help, they had stopped and looked. It had almost killed them.

Lily and Jensen were convicted of their crimes and were shipped off to correctional facilities and were serving the maximum time penalties for their crimes.

More information had surfaced on Jensen and Lily's plans for the rest of the group, due to Detective Rosen's investigations. She had kept detailed files on each member of the group, including blueprints and surveillance photos of homes and cars. Background information had surfaced on Martin Jensen, as well. After helping Rose and her husband set up their business, he and Rose began a sordid affair which produced Lily. He remained in the family's life much to the dismay of Rose's husband, who suspected of their relationship. However, the two never publicly acknowledged their relationship even after the death of Rose's husband. He admitted to police that he was involved in the first attack on the group in "The Rose Inn", but not of helping hold Lily and her family hostage. He managed to escape the fire that killed Rose and decided to contact Lily months later in attempt to build a relationship.

Mark had been buried in the same cemetery as Sam and the entire group made sure to pay their respects to both often. Angel and Alanna seem to respond to it and had bonded over their loss of a parent.

The group still maintained contact with Detective Rosen. They were determined to remain involved in what happened to Lily and Jensen but not let it run their life. The group had held their first press conference since the horrors had begun in their lives after John was released from the hospital. It was made clear to everyone what was real and what was false, but the main purpose was to stress the importance of moving on and healing the wounds. Thankfully, the press was respecting their wishes and fans were enveloping them with love, support and encouragement every night they went out to work.

Randy sat on the sand a few yards away from the house he and John had rented for their rare week off from work in Southern California. He smiled as he lay back in the sand watching Alanna and Angel splash in the ocean. The two had become even greater friends with the new move of Angel joining the family. Randy had expected and been prepared for some jealously, but none had surfaced. Alanna was aware of Angel's situation and was determined to show him love and that he belonged in her family.

At the same moment Randy sat thinking of his new life, Angel looked up and waved. He ran out of the water and flopped down besides Randy on the sand. Randy smiled and said, "Yuck, Angel, you're all wet!"

Angel giggled and shrugged. He quickly got serious and thoughtfully said, "You know, I've been thinking maybe I should call John, Daddy. He's like my daddy was and I know my daddy liked John. I think my daddy in heaven would like that. Do you think John would mind?"

Randy smiled and nodded. "If you want to and it makes you happy, then I think you should. I'm sure John will love it."

Angel nodded. "Then I will. I'll call you, Uncle Randy from now on." He looked over at Alanna still splashing happily in the shallow water. "Alanna needs you more than me."

Randy understood what the child meant and nodded. "You know, I think you're really an old man in that 7 year old body. You're way too smart."

Angel smiled and looked behind Randy. John walked up slowly with two boxes of juice in his hand. He smiled and said, "Hey, how's one of my two favorite kids doing?"

Angel shrugged happily and looked towards the sky. John sat besides Randy and gave Angel the juice boxes.

"Kiddo, take one and give the other to Alanna. You guys have been in the sun for too long."

Angel nodded and stood up. He smiled and said, "Thanks, Daddy!" before running off with the juice.

John watched him leave in shock. His mouth hung open and he quietly asked, "Did he just call me Daddy?"

Randy smiled and kissed his forehead. "Oh yeah. Face it, my love, you are a Dad."

John smiled and looked towards the kids. He sighed contently and smiled at Randy. They stared into each others eyes momentarily before leaning in for a kiss.

"All right, that's enough."

John opened one eye to see Cody smirking down at them with a cooler in his arms. "Codes, go away. You're ruining a moment."

Cody shrugged and sat on Randy's other side. "Too damn bad because I'm here now. Besides, don't you two get sick of each other? You're like stuck at the hip, amongst other places. As much as Teddy and I love each other, we don't act as sickening as you two."

John raised an eyebrow. "Oh, so that wasn't you and Ted I had to hose down last night for fear of scaring my children with your antics?"

Cody rolled his eyes and looked towards the house. The door opened and Ted came out carrying a tray of food. He stopped at the table next to the patio and called everyone over.

"Hey, I made lunch!"

Alanna and Angel ran over and Randy wrapped them in clean towels.

Ted smiled and set out the food. "Kids, go inside and clean up. You're all full of sand."

Alanna and Angel nodded and ran off into the house, their towels flapping behind them, while the men set the table.

"I need to sit. My arm hurts from carrying that cooler."

Ted looked over at Cody, who was rubbing his arm dramatically and pouting. "Don't be such a brat. How long has it been since the dog bite? Your arm is fine."

"Hey, it can still hurt. At least I still have an arm to hurt, though." Cody smiled and placed a kiss on Ted's lips. He sighed loudly and asked, "Do you guys ever wonder? Why did this all happen to us?"

They all stared at him and answered with three collective shrugs.

"I do! Maybe we were all horrible people in a past life. You know, like killers or lawyers and now we have to pay for the wrongs we did then." said Ted, pulling Cody into his lap.

Randy laughed and shook his head. "It doesn't matter why it happened to us. We can't be held responsible for what other people did, or our past life actions, Teddy. Just chalk it up to bad timing. It could have been anyone who walked into the inn that night."

"Yeah, but it wasn't anybody. It was us." Cody leaned his head on Ted's shoulder.

"Why don't we look at the positive? If we had never pulled up to that inn then we would have never met Angel and he's a pretty cool kid." said Ted.

Everyone nodded and looked towards the house. Randy frowned suddenly. "Where the hell are they?"

"I sent them to clean up." Ted looked at Randy, who stood up. He walked over to the house quickly and the screen door banged shut behind him. "Al and Angel, where are you?"

Randy scanned the living room for them and without warning felt hands on his back. He spun around nervously and met Angel and Alanna's smiling faces.

"Daddy, did we scare you?"

Randy laughed, his voice full of relief. "Yeah, you brats, you did!"

He took them each by a hand and walked outside. They ran towards the rest of the group and sat down. Randy sighed down and shook his head at his earlier nervousness when he couldn't find the kids. As hard as it was, he still had to learn to control his uneasiness when they weren't near.

"Come on, let's eat!" Ted clapped his hands loudly and started giving out sandwiches.

John looked over at Randy and smiled. He knew Randy still got anxious whenever the kids stepped away from him and the anxiety had only doubled since Angel joined their family. He squeezed Randy's hand reassuringly and said, "Hey, tomorrow's our last day here. How about we head back into the city? We could get some sightseeing done and get the kids started on back to school shopping."

Randy smiled and nodded.

"So, our plans are set for tomorrow, but today is still young." Cody looked around the table and raised an eyebrow. "How about after lunch I drive out into town, pile the car with junk food and rent us some scary movies?" He looked at the kids for encouragement and continued. "I think we could watch scary movies again. Nothing in a movie could be scarier than what we went through."

Everyone laughed and Ted said, "That's true, hun. Sounds like a plan."

Hours later Randy walked out of the darkened living room to the kitchen. Everyone was engrossed in the middle of "It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown", but he needed his fix. He yawned and poured himself a glass of soda while looking out to the darkened sea.

"Hey, are you drinking more soda?"

He turned to see John walking into the kitchen to put some popcorn in the microwave. "Yeah, I quit smoking only to develop a caffeine addiction."

John laughed and said, "Caffeine is better than nicotine."

Randy smiled and rinsed out his cup. John smiled as he watched Randy go through the familiar habit. Randy looked up and walked over to where John stood. He put his arms around his waist and rested his head on his shoulder.

"Do you remember at lunch when Teddy said we should look at the positive of us ending up in the Rose Inn that night?"

John leaned his head back and whispered into Randy's neck. "Yes."

"Well, I'll always think the best positive was us admitting our feelings for each other." Randy kissed John's forehead and looked into John's eyes.

"I think that was a huge positive. It's worked out pretty good, huh."

John smiled and gently kissed Randy's lips. "Yeah, it's worked out pretty damn good."

Randy smiled and laid his forehead on John's. He closed his eyes and relished the moment for as long as he had it.

As if on cue, it ended.

"Hey, where the hell is the popcorn?" Ted's voice echoed through the house loudly.

"Teddy, shut it. You scared the kids!"

"We're not scared, Uncle Cody."

Randy smiled at the sound of his daughter's voice and laughed when he heard Cody respond, "Well then, you scared me, so shut it!"

"You know, there's no such thing as monsters."

John laughed at Angel's comment. He looked at Randy and sighed. They would have to wait until later to get some private time. He took the popcorn out and took Randy's hand. They walked hand in hand back to their family and their new life.

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews throughout this entire series, everyone! You guys rock!