We just took a shower. Keenan is already out, tucking a towel around his hip and gets over to me while I wait in the shower. He grabs me, kisses the top of my head and warps a second towel around my body. "Thank you."

Keenan helps me get out of the shower and goes to put on some clothes while I call back my parents from when they called me when we were in the shower.

When I got out of the bathroom after I did my

make-up and got dressed, I saw that he had already prepared the table. But not just for three people. There are seven plates on it.

"Keenan?" I say as I look for him. But he's not here. "Surprise!" What? I turn around and look into the direction of my bedroom as I look at my family. They're all here. Mom, dad with Eliana and Jacob.

They have been here for the last time in may or something. It's been so long since the last time I have seen them. They all pull me in a big family hug. "Why are you here?" I ask them, completely shocked and happy at the same time. "This was Keenan's idea, you know?" Eliana whispers into my ear.

Is it possible that my love for this man has just become even bigger than it already was? I open my eyes and see him standing in front of us, smiling at me and mouthing 'I love you' into my direction.

The smile on my face almost becomes stupid as I do the same thing he did just seconds ago and start to properly greet my family before the doorbell rang and Holly joined us.

Eliana told me that they just landed when she called me this morning and that it was just for me to not raise any suspicions. We all sit on the table together, talking. "So, is this a friend of yours, Gianna?" Holly asks me as she looks at Keenan and me.

"Uh. He's my-" "Keenan Romano. Her boyfriend. It's nice to meet you, Holly." Keenan answers for me, grabs my hand under the table and squeezes it lightly. I didn't think he would already want us to be dating. But I guess he does.

God. The words 'her boyfriend' have never been more perfect than when they come out of his mouth.

Holly's mind takes a while to realize and when she did, her eyes widened and she looked at me and then him and then back to me. "This is Keenan? Oh, sweetie I'm so happy for you!"

I told Holly about what happened between us and about our circumstances and, and, and. "Thank you Holly." Mom and Eliana seem to not have a problem with us being together and Keenan in general.

Jacob and dad still seem like they're not sure what to think about it. "You look so happy, baby." Mom tells me as she looks at the two of us with a bright smile on her face. Dad looks at his wife and then clears his throat. I don't know who decided this that Keenan and he are sitting right next to each other, what makes Keenan sit between me and my dad.

Dad puts down his fork to look at Keen. "And you're going to try your best to keep her happy alright? You may be the same height as I am and seem to be a pretty muscular one... but if you break her heart again, I'll break some of your bones." The table falls into silence for a moment until Eliana breaks it.

"Yeah, Keenan. From now on you'll only break her bed and not her heart anymore, right?" She asks and winks at him while my brother almost chokes on his cake from our sisters statement.

"You alright?" She asks him, patting his back lightly. "Why would you say this?" Jacob asks her as he wipes his mouth. "What? You think they're just holding hands while they're with each other? Believe me, Jake... these two are not able to keep their hands off each oth-"

"Eliana!" Mom, dad, Jake and I shout at her at the same time what causes her to put up her arms in defense mode and widened her eyes. "Woah. Sorry. I didn't know you couldn't deal with the real facts."

Keenan chuckles lightly, leans over to whisper something into dad's ear. I still hear it. "I would rather hurt myself than put her through any kind of pain again. I promise that I will never be the reason for her pain from now on."

"I hope that for you." Dad responds to him and continues to eat his cake and talks with Jacob and Eliana.

Mom sits on my left side, takes my hand and whispers. "I'm happy you finally found your person. Because he for sure is, baby. He's the one."

He's the one...

Isn't it a little too soon to say that?

To think that?

But then on the other side- is there a man I would rather spend the rest of my life with than him? Would I have ever been able to trust again and to open up to a man?

Would I have ever been able to experience the love my parents and the people in my books have if it wasn't him?

I don't think so... the more I think about mom's words. Keenan is the one for me.

And I hope I am the one for him.

Maybe he will finally believe that there are happy endings... maybe he will finally read books of mine. Maybe... maybe I have just realized that I found the love of my life in my professor.

From a great hookup

To my psychology teacher

To my fuck friend

To a source of pain

To my lover...

To so much more. I smile lightly before I look to my mom. "I think so too, mom."

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This story is coming to an end...

Only a few more parts.

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