Nine Months of Hell Epilogue

"Happily Ever After"

Third Person POV

'…Ladies and gentleman, the class of 2000!' Lakeside High's principal said one final time. As she finished her sentence, the graduating class tossed their caps up in the air as is tradition.

As they walked out of the school gymnasium, each and every one of them began the rest of their lives. This was the moment their parents had equally dreaded and anticipated for the past eighteen years. Twenty years from now, most of them would be standing here, remembering old times, and perhaps even remembering this very moment.

One couple walked out much happier than the others, since they had begun their life together a year prior.

'Watch out world, Randy and Lauren Taylor are ready to take on any challenge you throw at them' the boy of the couple said. They walked off into the southern Michigan sunlight, smiling at each other.

Now some may say this only happens in fairy tales and on TV shows, but they lived happily ever after.

The End

A/N: This story has come a long ways from being a story I wasn't even sure I would like, let alone finish and manage to stretch into 35 chapters.

I'm sure most people out there don't read the huge long author's notes that I write, so I'll try to keep this as short as I can. (Which probably won't be too short).

I need to thank Baxxie first and foremost for making this story what it is, literally. I had Heidi being the pregnant one originally, as opposed to Lauren. Baxxie told me that that was unrealistic (which it is, I just wasn't thinking at the time), and I decided that I would change it to Lauren instead. She's also helped out many other times with this story, and all the others too. She's also one of my most loyal readers. Thank you!

I need to thank Colin Creevey who has helped out as well, mainly in the humor department. I couldn't write without him or Baxxie. (Well I could, but no one would probably like my stories near as much). He too, is one of my most loyal readers.

And most importantly, I want to thank you. Yes, you. Writers only do about fifty percent of the work. We write stories. It's the readers who determine the successfulness of the story that the writers write. Thank you for making this story a success.

This is, yet again, another bittersweet moment for me. I don't want to say goodbye to yet another story. I do have some more stories in store, but I won't start any of them until after I finish either The Ruins of Our Lives, or Crash. (I'll most likely finish RoUL before Crash).

Please R&R, even though this is the last chapter. You can still show appreciation for this story, and let the entire fan fiction world know how you feel about Nine Months of Hell.

Thanks for reading all thirty five chapters. I appreciate it very much.

Happy Halloween everybody!

-For the final time here, yours truly, Randy Taylor