Other notes can wait. Final chapter! Questions are finally answered...
Epilogue: Before the Beginning – After the end
It was a beautiful summer's day indeed.
Kari sat bolt upright in bed, rubbing her forehead. It had been that dream again, of the car crash. She could almost still smell the stench of blood. The counsellor had said it might be a long time before the dreams ever completely left her. It had been a traumatic accident, after all.
"Morning," called Maia. "Where you off to today, Kari?"
"I dunno. Around."
Kari sat down at the table, pondering on that day.
"Maia-"
The elder girl turned. "You've got that look on your face again. There
wasn't anything you could have done the day of the accident, so stop thinking
about it, Kari. There wasn't anything anyone could have done. Joe did his
best and you know it."
"I know." Kari looked soberly down at the table.
"You can't imagine how scared we all were when Joe called from the
hospital and said that you two had been in an accident. I think T.K.'s
mom fainted when Matt told her."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be. It was that other guy's fault. At least he didn't get off
too lightly. So, who's driving you?"
"I think Cody's driving."
"OK." Maia sat across from Kari and smiled. "Don't look so glum, Kari.
Look at it this way," Maia turned her gaze out the window, "It's a beautiful
summer day, you got over a huge fight with your boyfriend and you both
managed to survive a terrible car accident. So T.K. is in a wheelchair
for now. Who cares?"
Kari looked up at Maia and grinned slowly. She was right.
She and T.K. were both alive.
They had their friends and family,
And their love for each other.
And that was all that really mattered.
End
Final notes:
Freaked you out for a couple seconds there, huh? Well anyway, this project – One Week – is over. Thanks go out to Sephira, silverwing, TogetherAgain, Takari's Baybee, Malcolm Yuy, and everyone else who reviewed for bearing with me through all the writer's block and stuff. Until my next project- Ciao!
~ Maia Webmistress