#addickted

Hello fellow Addickted readers! I’ve missed you guys so much! Now that school is completely out of the way, I have my writing groove back!

Writing this story has been such a roller coaster but I wouldn’t have traded it for the world. This was my first time cowriting and it has been a fun and stressful process and I loved every bit of it. I hope that you guys had fun reading our series and have enjoyed it! I’m so sad to see this story come to an end, but hey, @msnefie-honeylove21 needs to write Rainfall (I’m so excited for it!) and I have to write Slam Dunk.

Let me stop getting emotional and let you guys read!

Here is the last chapter of Addickted, we hope you guys enjoy!

It had been a year since Ahsha had her interaction with Derek in the kitchen at five in the morning on that rainy morning. Upon hearing the news of Ahsha’s past, Derek felt hurt that Ahsha had not told him about the incident yet

“And when I told him everything that happened, he took the news pretty hard, but eventually he came to an understanding about my addiction,” Ahsha concludes, taking a sigh of relief. She looks up and sees her husband’s smiling face standing by the door having just come from work. She waves at him and he makes his way over to her, sitting down and pulling her into a hug. 

“I hope I didn’t miss too much.” He whispers to her.

The members of the SAA meeting look at Ahsha, bittersweetly. One member raises his hand to talk, “And what about your friend Cory? Your business? How is that going? Where are Quinton as well as Jelena?”

Ahsha offers a chuckle and Derek rubs her back for support. Him coming to today’s meeting was something huge for Ahsha, she did not feel the need to hide the secret meetings from her husband and for once she felt free.

One year later and Mrs. Roman is already in training as an SAA discussion leader, today’s discussion is just the beginning.

“Cory’s good. Because of Derek and I telling him about the meetings we have here and how it’s been helping his marriage, he felt lead to go to counseling as well. From there, he was surprisingly able to get his ex-wife Jasmine to join him and they’ve just started dating again, taking things slow, but it’s such a huge step for them.” Ahsha runs her fingers through her hair.

“The business is good, Kyle and I have mended our twenty something year friendship and we are back and better than ever. One of our dancers just booked an audition for a major dance film, and we give credit to where it’s due, our amazing instructors. I love my job, especially having my best friend by my side helping me. Speaking of instructors, Quinton’s time at our studio was finished and he moved to a new studio, we needed a new instructor and Jelena applied for the position. She is currently teaching our three-year-old students and she’s such a little light to our company, I say little because she is tiny.” The whole room erupts into laughter which brings joy to Ahsha.

“That’s such an amazing story.” One woman says as she feels herself tearing up. Ahsha looks over at Derek who winks at her.

“Ahsha is a very strong woman, having gone through what she did and then come out smiling is beautiful. It was a work in progress, but she is improving day by day and learning to trust me more. She is a totally different from the woman she was last year. I couldn’t be more proud of her and I’m not just saying that because she’s my wife.” Derek grabs his wife’s hand as she holds her tears back.

Raquel starts to speak up, “Ahsha, you’ve come a long way from the day we met to now. I know sharing your story was frightening, but you did it! You did it and I couldn’t be more proud of you. Derek, I’m glad to see you here as well.”

“Thank you for having me, Dr. Saldana.”

“Well everyone, that’s it for our meeting. If anyone has any further questions to ask Ahsha, she will be glad to answer them for you.”

The whole room claps and everyone grabs their things, making their way out of the meeting.

“Thank you for letting me share my story today.” Ahsha gushes as she heads over to Raquel. The woman pulls the dancer in for a hug.

“I’m so proud of you.” She tells her as she lets her go. To see Ahsha boldly tell her story is something that even she had never seen coming. In order to get to this point, Ahsha had to let go of her stubborn pride and come to face with her past, something that scared her, but she made it through.

“I couldn’t have done this without you.” Raquel squeezes Ahsha’s hand.

“You have such an amazing support system, and I’m so glad to be a part of that as well, so thank you for giving me that opportunity, Ahsha.”

No one else had questions for Ahsha, so she left the SAA meeting hand in hand with her husband. The two head home in their separate cars and are greeted by Jasmine and Cameron waiting for them at the front door.

“Daddy!” Jasmine screams as she rushes into Derek’s arms.

“Hi princess.” He complements and picks the little girl up off the ground, kissing her little face.

“We ate our dinner and finished our homework. Can we watch a movie tonight?” She begs, Ahsha playfully crinkles her face, protesting her daughter’s request.

“Pleaseee?” Jasmine pleads, Cameron joining in too.

Ahsha looks at Derek and back at her two children. “A movie night sounds good.”

And that’s what they did. Sloane bid goodnight to her grandchildren, son in law, and her daughter and headed home to her husband who happily greeted her with dinner while Derek and Ahsha joined their children on the large sectional chair in the den to watch a movie.

“I love this part!” Jasmine says and sings aloud, amusing both parents while Cameron playfully mocks his little sister.

An hour into the two hour movie and everyone is asleep except for Ahsha. She smiles down at Derek who has his head rested on her shoulder, Jasmine who is asleep in Derek’s lap, and Cameron whose head is on her lap.

“God, thank you for giving my family back to me.” She says silently as the movie continues to play in the background, feeling grateful.

Forever grateful for overcoming her addiction.