Epilogue

Erin

“Happy two-year anniversary, babe.”

“Has it really only been two years? It feels like so much longer,” Erin joked. The truth was, the time with Blair had flown by, but at the same time, she couldn’t remember what her life was like without Blair at this point.

Blair pushed her side against Erin’s from where they sat hand in hand at their favorite park. “That’s only because you made me wait for months to finally be your girlfriend.”

“Whatever.” Erin rolled her eyes and laid her head on Blair’s shoulder.

Somewhere in the distance, Nolan was playing on the playground with Blair’s parents, who had become like grandparents to him. It was so nice to have people close by that Nolan was comfortable with who could take him so she and Blair could have some alone time. And they took full advantage of that alone time. Her body buzzed just thinking about everything they had done two nights ago when Nolan had a sleepover with Blair’s parents.

“So, I have something for you,” Blair said, suddenly sounding nervous.

“What is it?” Erin sat up as Blair rummaged through her backpack.

After a minute, she pulled out a stack of papers and handed them to Erin. “This is a complete breakdown of how to do name changes in Pennsylvania for both adults and kids. That way, we can make sure we do it as quickly as possible.”

As quickly as possible? Erin and Blair had talked about both Erin and Nolan taking her last name, but she assumed that would happen after they got married and did a second parent adoption. “Did I miss something? Why the sudden rush?”

Blair shook her head. “Sorry. When I said as quickly as possible, I didn’t mean right now. I meant after our wedding.”

Before Erin could comprehend what she meant, Blair was down on one knee in front of the bench. “When you asked me to be your girlfriend two years ago, you told me that me, you, and Nolan were meant to be a family. I think it’s time we finally make that official.” Blair reached into her pocket and pulled out a ring box, which she opened to reveal the most gorgeous diamond ring Erin had ever seen. “Will you marry me, Erin Soon-to-be Breckenridge?”

“Yes! God, yes! Yes! Yes!” Tears poured from Erin’s eyes as Blair slipped the ring onto her finger. There was a time in her life when Erin truly believed she would never be able to feel this much joy again, but everything that fell apart had to happen so something so much better could fall together.