Systematic Hearts

epilogue

Seven Years Later

I kneel in front of his grave. I trace the "B" with my finger. "I miss you still, here's a life update, I guess. I got married two years ago. Officially this time. To Carson, he really is great. I don't think I will ever love anyone the way I loved you, but I love Carson too. I still remember the day I bumped into you in town. I was already with Carson, but you just took my heart. I guess that's the reason I had to figure out who you actually had as your other half. Carson was mine, so I guess the the lady up top, who turned out to be Jane, did a good job picking my other half. But they don't even exist anymore. That was the first thing the presidential court did. They burned all of our necklaces and started over. I still have yours. I had to hide it real well, so they wouldn't find it. I have a lot of stuff from the old days. Now and then, I go down to the rebellion camp. But, we moved pretty far away. The presidential court holds elections each year, it is close to the ways from a long time ago, but not exactly. And we aren't the System anymore. The presidential court decides that we should go back to being called The United States of America. Back to the ways when things were better, I guess. Carson is apart of the presidential court and I was offered to be, but I declined.-

" Sorry, I haven't been down here a lot. Just hard to get away from . Juniper is mine now too, but she's like twenty one now. We don't really know how old she is. I adopted her and Charlie is mine too. He's eleven now. They're great. It was really hard, when Carson didn't remember who Charlie was. Or me, we spent hours trying to get to know each other again. I almost gave up too. I would go home and cry every night after one of our dates. Each time he would learn something he already knew," I swallow a few tears, "And each time I could see the pain he felt, in his eyes I could see Jane. I could see what she had done to him. And getting over you, that was painful, you know. Why didn't you get more people? They would have helped. You know that now, I guess. Apparently, I do a lot of guessing now. But I do miss you. I always will." I trace the rest of his grave stone and leave my flowers by it's side. "Bye, Burk. See you soon."

I start walking away. The grass under my bare feet and the wind blowing in my hair. I see Carson standing by the truck, waiting for me. I feel better now. This whole place is better now. "Ready?" he asks.

"Yeah, ready for anything."

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epilog....

Thanks so much for reading! I am going to start editing this book, any ideas for a new title?

I want to say a lot more, but that would probably end up being another book, so in simpler terms:

Thanks a lot, for reading, voting, and those few comments, they mean a lot to me. Even if they are small, they are huge to me. So, this is dedicated to anyone who needs it. Your beautiful, kind and generous and you should follow your heart. Go against the System.

-megaswimmer