Raven – " all that you are is all that I'll ever need." – Ed Sheeran
The others had fallen asleep long ago when I go to sit next to max.
"It's going to be fine." She says unexpectedly, I smile at her.
"What's your real name?" she asks Quietly. I never really know what she's going to say, still this takes me by surprise.
"Ethan. Ethan Medley." I say after a minute. I haven't told anyone this since I got kicked out of Rosaland.
"Maxine Greggs." She says. I chuckle.
She leans against my shoulder, and somehow, I find myself holding her hand.
For the first time in years, I feel truly safe.
After we get to the new planet, we stand around the blazing self-made fire.
"What should we call this place?" asks Harlow. No one speaks for a few minutes.
"Jakeland." Says Bee quietly. I see Max cry silently; I pull her into a hug.
-3 years later –
We built everything from the ground up. There's not much, but we don't need much. There's four smallish huts, one for Bee, one for Harlow, one for Nakia, one for Dara and Max and I have our own.
"Ready Maxie?" I say and squeeze her hand, she grins and squeezes back.
"Ready, Ethan." She mutters so no one else hears.
We leap into the portal and leave behind the others who wave us off.
We sit on the train, Luke, Jerry and mike blabbing about the food fight we had just had. Once we get back to Jakeland, things go on as before and in a few years' time, we have three kids running round the place, keeping us busy.