Epilouge.
Until You.
5 years later.
Jayden and I had been together since he asked me that night, in the shower, at 3 in the morning.
We had fallen deeply in love, the type of love that you only believe exists in movies.
Turns out, we werenât the only ones. Calla and Rova got together only a week later, which we had found out about by walking in on them having celebratory sex.
We all graduated from that highschool, after many many detentions together for sneaking out and what not.
I had been sent back to the United States after I graduated, but managed to come back after that summer. Jayden and I survived the long distance, I know, shocker.
We all live in a flat in London, which can be unfortutnate whenever Jayden and I want to have sex and canât because Rova and Calla are arguing about the Cars movies again in the room over.
Yes, itâs been half a decade and they still obsess over it.
We all go to university together, Jayden is studying art. Because as it turns out, he is an amazing artist. Who wouldâve known?
Rova is studying English to become a teacher, Calla is studying photography and I switch my major every month I swear. I just canât decideâvery typical of me.
Jayden and I are getting our own place soon.
We arenât as far into our dream life yet, we havenât gotten any dogs or cats yet.
But, we have a fish named Ollie.
May I offer you some advice? I know you're probably thinking âno, advice from strangers is never helpful.â But, speaking as someone who has been through everything imaginable, I think my advice is worth something.
I have been through hell and back.
I donât have a mother or father, at least anymore. My sister might as well be dead, and for a while I wish I was dead too.
But turns out being sent to London wasnât the worst thing that ever happened to me, like I thought it was back when I was 17. It was a gift, really. Iâm glad I got sent away to the boarding school that I thought was hell.
Iâm glad I decided to trust my roommate and his friends.
Because now, I have a boyfriend of 5 years, two of the bestest friends I could ever ask for, and a fish named Ollie.
Trust that things will get better.
Trust that love does exist, but it can just be hard to find.
Trust that you are worth it, and donât let anyone tell you otherwise.
Donât be stupid, donât do all the terrible things that I did, because my life really was torture for a while.
But I stuck it out, and now itâs everything I could want.
I love you, Readerâ Alex
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