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Chapter 15: I'm just a sucker for a good happy ending

Summary:

Resolutions be resolutin' and shit 😎

make sure to check out pt.2 for the real "post-credit" chapter

Notes:

so here's the final chapter :,) lowkey kind of emotional - I've really enjoyed writing this, and I love love love all the people I've met through this fandom and the discord - thanks y'all for reading (okay enough of this earnest shit, let me put on my clown makeup and I'll be funny again just give me a sec 🤡)

You know what's better than one update...? TWO updates - make sure to check out pt.2 10k one-shot about what comes NEXT for our lovely couple (especially if you are a slut like me that loves pregnancy fics lol) check it out here: What can happen in 9 months

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

9:53, June 28 — ABCDEFGH

 

[Anthony Bridgerton, Benedict Bridgerton, Colin Bridgerton, Daphne Basset, Eloise Bridgerton, Francesca Bridgerton, Gregory Bridgerton, Hyacinth Bridgerton]

[Hyacinth Bridgerton renamed the chat: “ 🐜 and his seven Ten-ants”]

 

Hyacinth: so el, are you still gay if you’re dating a man

Eloise: hm yeah but like I love him in like a gay way?

Hyacinth: 🤨

Gregory: eh, the judges have convened, logic checks out ✔️ 🤝😌

Eloise: thank you, Greg

Gregory: too bad he has to be stuck dating you

Eloise

Colin: great use of that meme, el 10/10 no notes

Eloise: don’t act like you’re not on my shit list either Colin

Col: what the fuck

Col: what’d I do now??

Anthony: hey! Language!

Gregory

— Benedict Bridgerton liked an image, Francesca Bridgerton liked an image —

Eloise: I haven’t seen my best friend in like two weeks

Eloise: I want her back

Eloise: she was mine first 😤

Colin: we have shared custody now, sorry I don’t make the rules

Francesca: poor Penelope, having to deal with you both

Eloise: me??? He’s the one who’s always acting all lovey-dovey with MY best friend

Benedict: oh so he’s another Daphne and Simon and Kate and Anthony, got it 👍🏽

— Anthony Bridgerton disliked a message, Daphne Basset disliked a message — 

Anthony: right oh hey Ben, how about you and Sophie

Ben: right oh hey ant, how about you suck my dick

Colin: 🙄 and im the dramatic one

Daphne: yes

Francesca: yes

Benedict: yes

Eloise: stop holding my best friend hostage, Colin

Colin: no i’m too busy holding her against other things

— Daphne Basset disliked, Francesca Bridgerton disliked, Hyacinth Bridgerton disliked, Eloise Bridgerton disliked -

Hyacinth: BOOOO 🍅🍅🍅

Eloise: if you actually loved me you’d let me see my best friend 

Francesca: hm, maybe El is the most dramatic sibling

— Daphne Basset laughed at a message, Gregory Bridgerton laughed, Hyacinth Bridgerton laughed, Benedict Bridgerton laughed, Anthony Bridgerton laughed, Eloise Bridgerton disliked -

Eloise:  

Colin: fine you wanna see her, here!

Colin

— Francesca Bridgerton loved an image, Daphne Basset loved an image, Hyacinth Bridgerton laughed at an image, Eloise Bridgerton disliked an image —

Gregory: 😏😏😏

Anthony: Greg what is that face for

Gregory: 😏 photoshoot from bed, ay Col? 😏

— Anthony Bridgerton disliked a message, Benedict Bridgerton disliked a message, Francesca Bridgerton laughed at a message, Daphne Basset loved a message, Hyacinth Bridgerton disliked a message, Eloise Bridgerton disliked a message —

Colin:

 Hyacinth: ew thanks Greg now im going to have to go bleach my brain

Eloise: I’ll join you 🤢 

Gregory: Colin I always knew you were a secret Arianator

— Eloise Bridgerton disliked a message, Benedict Bridgerton laughed at a message —

Francesca: tell Penelope we say hi 👋🏽 

Daphne: and that we love her

Colin: already beat you to it Daph 💕

— Anthony Bridgerton loved a message, Benedict Bridgerton loved a message, Daphne Basset loved a message, Eloise Bridgerton loved a message , Francesca Bridgerton loved a message , Gregory Bridgerton loved a message, Hyacinth Bridgerton loved a message


14:03, July 19 — Ring any bells

[Kate Sharma, Edwina Sharma, Violet Bridgerton, Colin Bridgerton, Daphne Basset, Eloise Bridgerton, Francesca Bridgerton, Felicity Featherington]

 

Edwina: el and I nabbed a couple of her favorite rings to check the size, but there’s the slightest size discrepancy 😩

Daphne: ooo, why don’t we go on a shopping trip? We could all go to the mall, try on some jewelry, and figure it out then

Francesca: I’m down

Kate: Won’t hy be upset since she’s left out

Violet: Yes, which is probably for the best. I love all my children, but Hyacinth has never been known to be able to keep a secret from anyone.

Kate: Also, if El is there, wouldn’t Penelope get suspicious?

Eloise: I like to go to the mall sometimes 

Francesca: To look at jewelry 🤨?

Violet: Oh, I know. You could take Hyacinth to the Westfield Stratford City shopping center; two birds, one stone, and all that.

El: what no

 — Daphne Basset disliked a message, Kate Sharma disliked a message, Edwina Sharma disliked a message, Francesca Bridgerton disliked a message —

Violet: How did you all do that

El: fine, I’ll do it

El: But only for Pen

Violet: Thank you, dearest

El: Every day i suffer

 — Edwina Sharma laughed at a message, Francesca Bridgerton laughed at a message —

Felicity: @el, can I tag along with you and hy?

Felicity: hy and I have been dying to get our hands on that one book that blew up on Booktok

El: ofc you can come, you’ll make hy manageable

Francesca: and she won’t commit sororicide if you’re there

Kate: @Colin, do you know what style you want to get her?

Colin: sort of

Colin: I’ve been stalking her Pinterest ever since we made it official

Notes:

omg thanks for following along on this wild ride kids - here's an update about the guy from elementary school: I will be going on one (1) date with this man, but it's mostly to inflate my ego and so he can tell me that I'm pretty for an hour

If you like my work or me (I'm desperate for praise), please read my other work, including my next Polin series, but they were real to me a mystery, romance story where Colin wakes from a coma with memories of a life with Penelope and their kids that never existed.💥ALSO💥 I have *rewritten* the first chapter and finally have a regular posting schedule, so come back Sunday for an update ;)

Notes:

Current ages for those like me who live laugh love when the ages are written out for them:

Updated because I can't do math! [edited twice because I am fucking stupid oh my god]

Anthony / Simon: 34
Benedict: 32
Kate: 31
Colin: 28
Daphne: 27
Eloise / Edwina / Penelope: 25
Francesca: 23
Gregory: 17
Hyacinth: 15

Violet: 57
Portia / Mary: ambiguously 60+

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