She finishes and the crowd is louder than before as they cheer for her, and she smiles, taking it all in.
“Thank you so much. I can’t wait to share my new album with you all. It’ll be called Double Interference.” She looks in our direction and winks because I know that’s about us.
I can’t wait to get her back home so we can show her exactly how much this means to me, and I’m sure to Asher too. We may not be able to show her how much we love her with songs in front of a giant crowd, but we can show her in our own ways. And that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
Epilogue
RAE
Izip up my last suitcase and look at the pile of luggage that we’re going to be lugging to Vail for the holidays. It’s family tradition to go to the cabin Chandler and the guys bought and spend Christmas there with everyone. And I meaneveryone.Not only do they go, with Evie and Maya, but my whole family goes, along with Grayson’s and Audrey and Charlie. Asher came a couple times when we were younger, but this is the first time we’re all going in a relationship. I already anticipate it’s going to be interesting. Plus, Grayson’s aunt Bailey from Washington usually comes with her husband who’s this giant ex-military guy.
He actually may have been useful to have around when all the Collins stuff was going down. Luckily, we will never have to see that guy again. The police investigated his house and found walls covered in pictures and article of me. Turns out he was also stalking me for a lot longer than I ever knew.
Shaking the thoughts away, I focus on the task at hand. I severely underestimated how much baggage we were going to have and even in an SUV it’s going to be a tight fit.
Oh well, we’ll figure it out. Tight fits never stop us.
My phone rings, and I see it’s my mom, probably wondering when we’re going to be leaving. I’m sure she’s already at the house with some of the other parents.
“Hey, Mom,” I greet.
“Hi, honey, have you guys left yet?”
“Nope, just finished packing. I assume you’re already there?”
“Oh good, no we aren’t. Turns out there’s a brutal blizzard going through and if we leave now, we’re going to get caught in it so we’re going to need to wait.”
“Good thing no one has left then, right?” I sigh in relief that I don’t need to move any of these bags again right now. I know Grayson and Asher would gladly help, but I’m still independent and I like them to know that.
“Your brother did. He got there two days ago because the snow was perfect for him and he wanted ample snowboarding time. You know Steele.” She sighs and I chuckle.
“You’d think he gets tired of boarding, training for the Olympics. For the third time.” I shake my head.
“Do you get sick of music?”
“Never.”
“Same for him. And now he’s stuck there without us for a few more days. I’m sure he’ll be happy to have more uninterrupted board time.”
“That whole house to himself and his snowboard? Oh yeah, he’s going to bemiserable,” I joke sarcastically.
“Exactly.” My mom laughs. “Hopefully we’ll all be able to be there together in a few days.”
“I hope so,” I agree before we hang up.
Grayson comes home not long after I’m off the phone. Asher is with his coaches from Uncaged who are in town looking at possible locations for another gym here in Denver. He should be home soon as well because the plan was that we all would be leaving for Vail.
“Did you hear?” Grayson asks after he sweeps me in a vicious kiss.
“That you love me? No, I haven’t, actually,” I joke, which has him kissing me again, deeper and distracting me for an extra moment.
“I tell you every day how much I love you. Multiple times a day, actually.”
I giggle. “Can never say it too much.”
He nips the skin of my neck, and I yelp.
“I love you, Sunshine.”
