Come to Life

Epilogue III

A/N due to popular demand (aka my friends being mad at me for not including them in Epilogue II) I have written the third, and last, epilogue. (I hope)

We pulled into the restaurant parking lot and saw a gaggle of people standing next to the doors.

"Is that?" Kylie began.

"It is," Liv replied. "Surprise!"

We all filed out and then ran to greet our friends.

Catherine was standing next to a guy who looked very shy. Serena had one of her arms wrapped around the waist of a man with tawny hair.

"This is Robert," Catherine started.

"Or Bob," Robert interrupted. "Either one is fine."

I smiled and then just took a moment to speculate what people were wearing. All of the girls were generally wearing dressier clothes but the guys were all dressed in jeans and t-shirts.

"I'm Quentin, or Q," Serena's boyfriend introduced himself. His tawny hair shone faintly in the gleaming light.

"How come we've never met you?" Kylie joked. She raised her eyebrows at Serena.

"We just met," Serena explained. "Like, a week ago. At a bar."

"How typical," Christian commented. He elbowed Samzin and winked at him. "If you know what I mean."

"So thanks for forgetting me," Mel snapped. She sighed dramatically and flipped her hair. "So, as you know, I brought Jonah with me."

We all nodded with mock sincerity. They have just been 'good friends' for quite a while, but we are assuming they are more than that.

Oliver voiced our thoughts out loud, "so you're not fuc- I mean dating?" He flashed a sly grin at Jonah and added, "you need to make a move, man."

"He is so stubborn!" Mel butted in. She linked arms with Jonah and playfully bumped her hips against his.

"Stubborn?" Jonah repeated. "As I recall, it's you who is denying your love for me," he said somewhat dramatically. "I mean, it's hard to love just one guy, if you're Mel, that is," he added to the group.

"Oh shut up!" Mel groaned. She pretended to swoon and said, "you know my heart only beats for you Jonah; no matter how many other boys I flirt with."

"Right," he replied. He hugged her and then said, "food?"

"So thanks for introducing me," Riley drawled. Her arm was draped across the shoulders of a person standing next to her. "And for introducing my friend, Jared."

"Friend?" Kylie asked. She wiggled her eyebrows at Riley and then said to Jared, "how long have you two been going out together?"

"About a month, Riley wanted this to be kept a secret," Jared told us. He was punched by Riley who distanced herself from him.

"Fine, lets go get food," she huffed sassily.

~~~~~

We had been served food when I caught a flash of familiar hair out of the corner of my eye. I nudged Kylie.

"Hmm?" She murmured, turning her face towards mine.

I thought for a second and decided against telling Kylie what I just saw. "Nothing," I replied hastily.

Dinner resumed for a while but when I saw a familiar face again, I couldn't help but blurt out, "Katherine?"