Epilogue
Epilogue
November 14th
And here I am again, having neglected my journal, but the last couple of weeks have actually been rather busy, so I guess I just have to work through it now. Better late than never I guess.
A month has passed ever since Chloe and I have gotten together.
Chloe was right and the revelation that we were a couple had caused Dad to lay down some new ground rules, which mostly involved that Chloe and I were to sleep in our respective rooms. It only made Chloe roll her eyes and tell me 'I told you so' the entire day until I started chasing her with one of my pillows.
That very night Chloe had weaseled into my room of course. Never change.
Everyone was slowly moving on with their lives.
Warren has moved to Eugene with his parents and was going to school there and plans to apply for the University of Oregon. Well, if someone can do it, it's him. Give him a few years and he'll be Dr. Graham, I'm sure. He also seems to be doing pretty well on the dating market, having finally gotten himself a girlfriend. Go Warren!
Kate and her family are in Salem and she's doing better than ever. I'm so happy for her. Someone as sweet as her only deserves the best...Damn better hope Chloe won't catch wind of this or she's going to tease me to hell and back that I MIGHT have had an unconscious crush on Kate before having met Chloe again.
She's applying for college and while waiting she decided to finally start some of the groundwork for that children's book that she always wanted to make. She promised to send me an early draft and that she wants my feedback. I can't wait!
I also recently had contact with Dana again. We didn't get to talk much, but it seems her and Trevor were doing great. I'm really happy that despite all that happened they managed to grow closer.
And Victoria...well she's still Victoria, I guess. Though the last I heard of her was that she was planning on entering another photography contest next year. For all it's worth I hope she succeeds. Though I feel that it definitely wasn't the last time that I heard of Victoria Chase. 'See you around' indeed!
Joyce and David have left Arcadia Baynot longafter we did and were now living in Portland. From what Chloe told me David had landed a pretty good job and Chloe had promised to visit them soon. It's great that they are finally getting along. I wonder if Chloe told them that we're a couple now...
And since I'm speaking of Chloe now. She has gotten a part-time job too!
In the store where we had bought her clothes of all places. How she managed that one I don't know, but she says she fits right in and she is happy enough with it, so that is all that matters to me.
But the best part was that Chloe recently filled out the paper work for the North Seattle Community College. I'm so proud of her!
Being in love with her is amazing. I thought that the happiest I ever felt was when we were kids, but no, it's right here, when I'm together with her like this, that I feel like everything that happened, all of the pain and suffering that we went through, was worth it. I always said that it must have been my destiny to save her, but now I'm sure of it. Chloe is my destiny.
That sounded so corny and I'm actually blushing, so I better move on.
I still have nightmares, and I'm sure I will have them for a long time. Courtney, Hayden, Luke and all the other people that died will always be on my mind, but the nightmares aren't as frequent anymore and I've come to accept the consequences for my actions. So I guess I'm finally ready to move on little by little.
I'm currently back in school, finishing up that little bit of school that I still have left and I'm honestly glad for the distraction...even though it's back to IEP again. Groan.
I'm a bit undecided on what I should do after I'm done, nothing new there I know. Chloe encourages me to put my talent to good use, do some freelance work, create new portfolios, try to get recognition via other means than some contest.
I think it's worth a try.
And Chloe will be with me every single step of the way.
Always.
The End