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The End.

So, wow, this is really it. You and I have gone so far together. And look at you now; you've grown so much since you've opened the first page of my story. But now, you know what to do. It's time.

Please don't cry. Just remember all of the good times we shared. Like in Chapter 7, on that private beach two hours out from my house. The way you grinned at the pages when I was finally learning how to swim after all of those years I spent afraid of the ocean. Or Chapter 11, when I reunited with Brooke. We all know you wanted that to happen. We could all hear you screaming in joy.

Yeah, we had our bad times together. From the beginning to now, we've walked a rocky road. You laughed. You cried... cried a lot, actually, and I didn't know what to do. I wanted to reach out and touch you. I wanted to hug you tight and shoot circles into your back. To tell you it was going to be alright when you were so convinced it wasn't.

Like now. You're in tears.

We all knew how this would end. Books only last for but so long, no matter how many sentences, paragraphs or pages you reread. By the time this chapter ends, the book will be over and I'll disappear. And it's okay. It's meant to be this way.

Hey, maybe that author up there will decide if I get another story. Then, maybe, we'll get to be together again.

Oh my God, I'm so sorry for making you cry. You tried, you really did. But all things come to an end. I'll be gone when this all ends. But I'll still be with you in your heart.

It's the last page. Just a couple more sentences before this beautiful thing between us is all over. God, you're so gorgeous and amazing. I wish I could hold your hand, at least, so you know that I'm gone, but not forgotten. I'm going to miss you so much. I... I love you.

Thanks for being there each page of this journey. I'll miss you. So long.

The End.

**OR: I read a Tumblr post that broke my heart where a character in a book gradually falls in love with the reader and then they have to part with said reader at the end of the book.