Matt

Chapter 31- The Epilogue

There have been times when I secretly wished that I had chosen a different school to attend. A school where I would meet normal people and hang out with them. A school where my life was relatively carefree.

But I don't wish for those things anymore...

Why is that? Well, for starters, I had the luxury of having my beautiful girlfriend sitting behind me. Wow... calling her my girlfriend still felt weird. Even after three weeks, I found myself having to pinch my arm just to be sure this wasn't some crazy dream. But yes, it was indeed true. Serena and I are officially dating, and it's been pretty good so far. The only really bad point would be the beginning when John delivered his punishment for "suspicion of alcohol consumption." This, of course, amounts to us being guilty until proven innocent, which was really unfair. He couldn't prove we were drinking (even though we technically were). In any case, I will abstain from telling you the nature of our punishment, as it was too brutal and horrifying for me to want to remember.

Anyway, the nightmare that was those five memorable weeks before we finally admitted our true feelings was over. Things have finally stabilized, and life with Serena and her family has started to feel normal...or about as normal as it could possibly be whenever I was there.

'Whenever you're there,' you ask? Three weeks into my additional month there, I had finally moved out and became a roommate. Life has been pretty good I must say. My roommate is a normal guy who keeps to himself and doesn't bother me. My new part-time job after school helps me pay my half the rent (with the additional help my dad gives me). Serena hasn't been terribly thrilled about me not spending so much time at the club, but I guess I have to take the good with the bad.

"So how are things going for you and you know who?" Asked Tony.

Speaking of the bad...

"We're fine," I said, trying to eat my lunch.

"Oh, I'm sure you're more than fine," teased Tony while he elbowed me.

God, he pisses me off.

"Frankly, I'm surprised that it took you this long to finally get with her. I mean, everyone else thought that you two should have hooked up months ago."

I could care less what other people think.

"It's great that things are going well for you two," said Bobby.

"And to think that you actually lived with her," said Tony with his mouth full. "I couldn't ever live with them, I would've lost my sanity." He then pulls out his phone and starts checking a message.

Say what you want about them, but they're genuinely decent people... most of the time. It doesn't really please me to hear you bad mouthing them.

"Anyway, all that matters is that you finally have your home situation figured out," said Bobby.

Tony started hysterically laughing while looking at his phone. He showed me a video online of the club's confrontation at the convention. The video was titled Morons try to sabotage Charlie Wilds, Epic Failure! I was more than a little embarrassed to know that I was online for all the world to see, but luckily my face was barely shown so there's a small glimmer of hope that this video won't come back to haunt me later.

With that, we quietly finished our lunch...

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As of right now, I was currently and happily walking with Serena back to her place. Of all the things that have happened in the last few weeks, spending time with her has definitely been the best part. Not that it's been easy finding time to spend with her. John's insane house rules had made things unnecessarily annoying. He even started getting irritated on me for holding her hand. I mean, really? Come on.