Author's Note #1:

The song, "Stronger Than Ever Before," plays throughout the entire concluding montage, which you are about to read now.

"Pretzel turkey coming your way!" Curly called out.

"Bring out the dippin' sauce!" Larry added.

Rapunzel, Eugene and I watched as the Stooges carried the heavy pretzel turkey through the backyard on this Thanksgiving Day.

All of us gathered together, along with Pascal, Max and Rapunzel's parents for a group photo, which was taken by Julian Hudson, my former 6th Grade aide from Bowditch.

Eugene: Then came Graduation Day all over again. Like they did for Nathan and his fellow graduates back in May, everyone came from miles around to see me...

Rapunzel: Us!

Eugene: ...I meant us...recieve our diplomas...

Nathan: ...including the guys from the Snuggly Duckling, the Minions, and the Eds.

Following the start of the year 2011, I still found myself enjoying Rapunzel and Eugene's company.

Rapunzel: And we do too, Nathan.

Eugene: Whether it's being a dietary volunteer making cookies at the Mills-Peninsula Hospital, taking weekly walks to the library, visiting Berkley for two weeks, taking some extreme classes at CSM*, helping with the catering for the San Mateo High School Drama Boosters party, enjoying watching your tutoring sessions with Nicole, we've always had your back, all while helping you find a job, that is...

Nathan: That is, until August 21st, 2012, when I started working at Panera Bread in Millbrae...

Rapunzel: ...which was a good fit...

Eugene: ...especially since you're such a bread lover... even if you did apply for a dishwashing position.

Nathan: But then, following the spring of 2013, I soon found myself trying to deal with two jobs at the same time, which was the case for Atria...at San Mateo, then at Burlingame.

Eugene: Guess one job is more than a guy can handle.

Nathan: Which is the case for Chatime, where I came to meet Louie Lagac, Teresa Keng and Thuy Truong for my interview on February 1st, 2014, eventually getting the job two weeks later, on February 21st.

By the end of the month, the shop was ready to open for business. Everyone who attended the grand opening lined up inside to have their first taste of Chatime tea, including, to my surprise, a certain princess...Snow White•?

As the years passed, I grew to love the job that I have and the friends that I made...

Rapunzel: ...while working happily ever after, right?

Nathan: Especially while working happily ever after.

Eugene: Now, that's a way to top off a story.

Rapunzel:
We've done a lot
Faced who knows what
Still though we're not quite through yet
We have so much to do yet
More than a thing or two yet

There's wounds we must heal
Plans to make real
Watch us and we'll do wonders
Sure, we might make some blunders
We'll face them all head on

We'll rise hand in hand
And rebuild this land
We're ready to stand and roar
Will we give up? No, never!
We're stronger than ever before

Eugene:
We've made mistakes

Nathan:
Had some bad breaks

Eugene & Nathan:
That only makes us tougher

Vickie:
Now when the road gets rougher

Gru:
Frankly, we'll barely suffer

Rapunzel:
Cause though we've been burned
What have we learned?

Girl Chefs:
Victory is earned not given

Rapunzel:
We shape the world we live in

Boy Chefs:
We're what we'll build upon

Moe, Larry and Curly:
The war may be won
But still, we're not done
We've only begun to soar

Rapunzel:
Bolder

Eugene:
And far more

Nathan:
Clever

Rapunzel, Eugene, Nathan:
And stronger than ever before

Chef Adam:
There's miles yet to go

Bertha:
How far, we don't know

Minions:
Pelo pem pudum batooay la mucha mas

Rapunzel:
Onto the next endeavour

Eugene & Nathan:
We're stronger than ever

Rapunzel:
We'll never say never

All Chefs:
We're stronger than ever before

Author's Note #2:

*CSM is short for College of San Mateo, where I spent one semester there before officially joining the workforce.

•"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was the first thing that popped into my head since I first started working at Chatime. In fact, I, previously, met Snow White during the Year of the 6th Grade on Valentine's Day Week. OK, I know it's just in my imagination, but still...