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Epilogue

A month later,  life pass peacefully.  I told Jason and mom about what I said to Daerion.  They were both so proud of me.  Speaking of Daerion, I haven't heard a peak out of him.  He finally realize I wasn't one to be fucked with. Right now, I lay on my bed relaxing without a care in the world.

Everything is so much different than it was before.  In a good way.  Jason and me are even closer friend than before.  Everyday is so much fun now.  Especially with our new member added to the group.

A loud on the door shake me from my daydream.  They finally make it.  Took them long enough,

"I got it mom!!," I scream slipping on some shoes on.

"Okay!!," mom scream from downstairs.

I ran down stair, quickly give mom a peck on the cheek before I race to the door.  I open the door to Jason and Savannah smiling face.  Jason wore a plain white t-shirt and blue jeans.  Savannah outfit was a little more fashionable than Jason.  She wore a blue sun dress.  I wore a "I don't like you"  in capital letters shirt with a pair of black jeans.

"Hey guys," I said.

"Hi Anera," both of them said in unison.

"You ready?," Jason asked.

"No I'm standing fully dress, because I'm not ready to go"

"Sarcastic as ever, aren't you?,"Savannah said smiling.

"Of course it in my blood"  We all share a laugh.

My friendship with Savannah is one of the things that different in my life.  We became close in a short time, just like with Jason.  Turn out we had more things in common that our bad taste in men.  Those were Jason exact word.  And those word earn him a "playful" punch from both of us. If you couldn't guess hitting Jason is one of the things we have in common.

"See you mom, " I called out.  Mom does a small wave before I close the door.   All three of us take a walk with no destination in mind.  And that was okay.  We didn't need one.  After a mile of walking, we begin a conservation

"So what ya'll want to do?," Savannah asked.  

"How about a walk through the wood?," I require.

Jason and Savannah stare at each other, then back at me.  "You hate the wood with a passion,"  they said in union again.

"Okay, will you stop doing that?!,"I exclaimed.  "It getting to be very annoying.  And I never said I hated the wood.  I said I hated the grass in the woods.  There's a difference"

"Not really," 

"Do you have a better idea?"

"No but-"

"Then shut up"  Jason rolls his eyes.  He did not just roll my eyes at me.   I invented the rolling of eyes! "Beside I just hate how grass feel on my legs.  I wearing shoes so there won't be a problem"

"It not like we have anything better to do?"

"Fine," He shakes his head, like he dealing with children.  We weren't children, we just wasn't adult yet.  "Let make a race out of it, to make it interesting"

"Of course you come up with that idea?  Sound like fun though.  But what do we  get from this bet?"

"I...I be the winner slave for a month"

A evil smile spread across from ear to ear on my face.  I didn't need to look to know that Savannah and I share the same smile.  "Deal," we said at the exact same time.

Jason gulp.  He was already regretting his decision.  He was right too.  But there was no take back.

Everybody gets in running position.  I just realize from where we were, which was by the pretty rich people's houses, to the woods, it was three miles.  Oh well, nobody can say I don't exercise ever again. 

Jason count of us.  "Ready...set...go!" Savannah shot off running as fast as her legs can carry.  In no time, she reaches a mile.  I'm not joking... She really wanted to win.

"Wow," Jason said shocked.  It was the fastest any of us have ever seen her run.  Ever.  What makes it even more amazing, she was running in heels

"I know,"I said.  "You know we suppose to be running, not standing here gawking"

"Oh...right" Jason get back into running position.  I do too.  And just as I was about to leave Jason in the dust. "Anera?"

"Yes, Jason" I asked, wondering why he still wasn't moving.  Didn't I just say we need to run before Savannah win?  I like her, but there was no way I was going to get beat by a girl in heels.

Are you an idealist now?"

Of course he picks the worst time to ask that question.   But was I an idealist?  After everything that has happened, I'm more happier...less bitter.  As cheesy as it sounds, I see the world in a different life.  So was I an idealist?  I think for a moment, before I had my answer.

"I'm still an idealist,"I answered.

"Oh,"he said disappointment in his voice.

"But  I also an idealist, "I finished.  "Just a little.  You didn't expect me to change completely, did  you?"

"No, of course not,"he chuckled.  "Anera, you wouldn't be sarcastic, stubborn, strong and unique.  You wouldn't be you"

"That was so cheesy,"I said smiling. "Do you have to sound like we in some movie?"

"You're welcome,"he replied. "Now we really should start before Savannah beat us"

"Us?,"I said eyebrow raise.  "You the one who has the most to lose.  Who knows what she have planned for you"

"Yeah you're right," he cringed. "Seriously let go before I have to carry like twenty bags when she go shopping"

"That would be a funny sight"

"To you, it would be traumatizing to me. Ready...set..."

"You're not transparent, Jason,"I interrupted.

"Huh?," I take his confusion as an opportunity to run right past him.    "Hey what does that mean?!," he called out.

"I tell you one day!!!  Maybe sooner if you win.  It's a bet.  "You didn't ever the betting to end, did you?,"I smile mischievously.

"Never" Jason runs  after me, smiling the whole way.

I had a few minutes head start, so he wasn't going to catch me soon.  Or who know Jason maybe he will catch up.  It was a wager, a game.  Games are a lot like life.  You can win or lose in life.  Everything will not always goes as planned.  That's just life.  You don't know what's going to happen.   The unknown makes life interesting.  And life leaves you with stories only you can tell.

My name is Anera.  I was cheated on, and I gain two friend from it.  And this was-is my story.