Chapter 16
4 years later
"so Amelia how does it feel to be a best selling author?" her father asks from across the boat, the family was currently sailing on Ashton's beautiful boat she'd seen all those years ago.
"its amazing, I never thought Dreamer would reach this level of success" she says smiling at the thought of her book she had written about her love story with Ashton
"we're so proud of you honey" her mom says
"thank you mom" she says rubbing her 6 month pregnant stomach
"so Ashton how are things at the hospital?" Kaden asks wrapping his arm around his wife Jessica, whom he had met three years ago. She is an amazing woman and treats him right, they were both very happy together. She works as a chef in the city while he goes to school to finish his generals he planned to attend med school to become a nurse. He always had a nack for taking care of people.
"everything is great, I mean I've got a beautiful wife, baby on the way, and great food here how much better can life get?" Ashton says grabbing Amelias hand and kissing it gently as she laughs along with the rest of the family. They had gotten married a year after they met and had been madly in love ever since, as promised he helped her through all of her issues and she was now as healthy as she could be. They were both very excited for their son to arrive in the next three months, they had both dreamed of being parents for as long as they could remember, the time couldn't go by fast enough.
"ok so lets go back to discussing names, I expect you to name him after me" Brooke cuts in, Amelia smiles at her sister who was now a senior in college and had grown 4 inches since she had driven her car to the hospital, she had also come out and Amelia couldn't have been more proud. She had received a full ride to Washington State and was doing quite well down there, she even had girlfriend named Emily who seemed like a sweetheart.
"sorry but I'm not naming my son after you Brookie" she says
"what about the middle name?"
"no Brooke" she says laughing
"well it was worth a shot"
"ok everybody I'd like to make a toast if you don't mind" Amelia says standing up
"go for it darling" her mother says kindly
"as we all know these past four years have been rough for us all, but as we celebrate Christmas together as a family I'd like to say something that's been on my mind for a while now. As a teenager I didn't believe that life was worth continuing and I made a few dumb mistakes. But I was wrong, life is truly precious and we can't take advantage of it, I had to learn that the hard way. But ever since I accepted myself and my life I was able to live freely with less guilt and more happiness. Every single one of you was a major part in showing me that life is important and worth living so thank you" Amelia says smiling looking around at her family and feeling genuine happiness fill her heart.