Epilogue
I walked out of the university. I was accepted in easily on both my mechanical aptitude, and almost blemish free school record. I had been in college for quite a few years now. A lot has changed since then. Firstly, mom and dad were much more involved in my life, and paid for my entire tuition.
Secondly I now live in a new state. It was hard at first, but the college was going to allow me better credentials to try and create some new technology. I wanted to go into the field of medical engineering, and what better place then university of technology.
Some things did stay the same. I still kept in contact with Ed and Eddy. Somewhere after senior year ended Ed and May decided to keep in contact through their love of comics. They decided to use both of their creativity to create their own comic, and it was actually being picked up by a new comic line focusing on more indie styles. From there they became not only partners in comics, but life itself. They had entered a relationship of their own about November after high school. They currently live with the Kankers mom in her trailer. The first time she met Ed she took to him immediately with how quickly he devoured her cooking. Apparently she always wanted a son, but stopped trying after May and wasn't about to let her new son go any time soon.
Eddy pretty much remained the same. He managed to get his dad to help him into college. He worked part time at the construction company, and paid the portion for his college his dad didn't out right cover. Last I heard he was going to major in business. He wanted to own a successful club, and decided knowing the in's and out's would help. He had gotten his bachelors degree last month, and was now working full time with his dad to get enough money together to rent out a small place to start his night club.
One thing did change with Eddy. It would appear Lee took my advice, and made him take her out on several dates. Well actually that is inaccurate. Only the first three dates were by force. One day Eddy was cornered by his elder sibling. He claimed the damage Ed did to him, was in need of retribution, and when Lee saw him antagonizing Eddy, she tied him upside down and used him as a speed-bag. From there those two were inseparable.
Lee herself took a job at the construction company with Eddy, she claimed it was "to make sure no one messed with her little lap dog," but soon it was obvious that they just loved messing with each other, and being with each other just as much. Eddy's dad was highly impressed with how hard she was able to work, and repeatedly voiced his trust in her to look after Eddy, should Eddy ever grow up and take over the company. Eddy and Lee began living together just before Eddy earned his degree, and to everyone's surprise it was Eddy who asked her to move in with him. They currently live in a one bedroom apartment, and I get calls every so often about how lucky he is she doesn't just destroy him some nights. I guess Eddy's cooking skills were enough to make up for his lack of cleaning abilities.
Myself, I lived alone. Believe me I hated it, but I never felt exceptionally lonely. Marie was always a call away, and I was one for her. She wanted to hang around for a while, and I knew it was just to hang around May and her mom. She took a job with her mom at the mechanics shop. Those two bonded over cars like Ed and May bonded over comics. Her mom, once she found out Marie was going to be working with her, went and found a junk car, and had spent the last 5 years doing a complete restore. Since Marie had helped pay for bills her mother quite her waitress job, which gave them more time together.
I would go and visit every long break I could get. She would come visit me a few times a year, when I couldn't go out to see her, and we would spend the whole time I wasn't in class together. Always the visiting party would leave too soon, but we cherished every second we had together. Ed had been living with her family for the last four months, and May used their old room. So Marie got to create her own room out of a part of the living room, but she was ready to get her own place soon.
I was walking to my own place when I could hear my phone going off in my messenger bag. "Hello?" I answered.
"Hey dreamboat, how ya doing?" I could barely hear her. It sounded like she was stuck in a wind tunnel.
"Fine, thank you. How are you?" I asked enjoying the sound of her voice.
"Doing great oven-mitt. Ma gave me the car we've been working on. Its a sweet old convertible." So that explained the wind sound.
"Marie, I wish you wouldn't drive and call like that." I protested for her safety.
"Yeah you're right Double D, oh hang on I see a hot boy on the side of the road Imma see if he needs a lift." She chuckled.
"Why do you feel the need to make me jealous?" I asked to find out she already hung up. I shook my head, and soon heard a hard rock song playing loudly as a car drove up behind me.
"Hey oven-mitt need a ride?" I could hear the woman say behind some old AC/DC song, problem child I think it was. I knew the song through Marie of course as she made it her ring tone on my phone.
"Sorry, but I must decline." I turned to look at her, really however I should have known who it was asking.
"Is it cause I made you jelly?" Marie asked from her car.
"Marie?" I asked finally realizing who was in the car.
She turned the car off and giggled, "What do you often get strange women offering you rides?"
"No, but I wasn't expecting to see you is all." I said approaching her car. "What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to see my man." she purred.
"So you drove?" I asked surprised.
"All damn night long." She laughed. I was wondering why she didn't call last night.
"That's a long time to drive just for a visit." I said resting my arms on her refurbished car.
"Who said it's a visit?" She yawned.
"What do you mean?" I asked knowing where she was going.
"I'm tired of not seeing you anymore, I'm sorry oven-mitt, but I'm moving in with ya." She laughed.
"You know I live in a small apartment don't you." I protested knowing she wouldn't back down. "Would you be comfortable?"
"Yeah and when I see you, I see how shitty you eat, so I would be more comfortable knowing you had a home cooked meal more often." She said resting her head on her hand. "So get in."
"I really don't want to." I said.
"Why not."
"Because you've been driving all night, so I feel I should drive." I chuckled.
"Fine," She pouted, "You're lucky I'm tired." She said unbuckling her seat belt and scooting over. I walked over to the driver side and sat in setting my bag behind the seat. "One more thing though," She said and reached and took my hat off. "Yes you grew your hair out," She giggled. "Looks good."
"Well you know I don't have a high budget so hair cuts happen much less frequently. Besides it covers my scar up pretty well at this length." I said running my hands through my longer hair.
"And I think it makes you look cute." She said putting my beanie on. I simply laughed as I started the car and proceeded to drive to my, well I guess I should say, our new home.
A few months later had passed, Me and Marie were living together quite well. Her car being used as a resume got her a new mechanics job quickly, and found her presence to be not only more financially beneficial, but mentally healing as well. I never came home to silence, even when she wasn't there. My apartment started feeling like a home within a week of her being there permanently.
Some nights we would go out to eat, some nights I would cook for her, but every night I had something to look forward to, her. My little sapphire made every day no matter how good or bad much better. She made me come out a little more around people with her spontaneity, and I kept her level headed whenever someone tried to test her.
We were different and the same in all the right ways. Marie, truly was where I belonged, and I hope she feels the same.
The End.
A.N. heya so you read the whole thing huh, neat. So this story was a little hard for me to write for a while no one really seemed to appreciate it, but as more people seemed to get behind it the more I found myself getting excited to write a new chapter. So thank you to all the people who helped motivate me to write this. It started off as a simple idea to create a perpetual story I could add to as I saw fit, but soon found that boring so it evolved, and I kept changing how the story was going. I soon got the idea to have the cheating thing come into play, and wanted to make it into a story that tells ya that no matter how bad things seem all it takes is the courage to make a stand and make it better. Nothing changes if you stay in place and do nothing. A month went by where each decided it was best to do nothing even though they were making each other better, but one brave decision lead to a life of prosperity. No matter how bad it seems remember; nothing ever gets better by sitting down and letting crap fall on you. Let go of pain and hatred, seek the good, and soon you will see the good in everything even situations that seemed like a nightmare, and stand up for whats right. You have the power to make things better or worse, don't squander it. Use the determination hiding inside yourself to make yourself and those you love happy again. So did you like my story? Did you hate it? Did I reference undertale too much for your taste? Too little? Well guess what if you don't review and tell me what ya think I wont ever know so review, would you kindly.
