EPILOGUE
Jenny came around, stirring slightly. She opened her eyes, and panicked when she saw nothing. She lifted her hands to rub her eyes and felt an obstruction. Pulling it off, she realized it was the virtual reality helmet. Shaking her head in wonder, she looked around the arcade. All the people were playing the games as though nothing had happened. Because it hadn't. Nothing had affected their lives, and they would never know how different HER life was. Looking at her friends, she saw them one by one pull off their helmets, their hands shaking at their complexions white and drained. All but one. As Summer pulled off her helmet, Jenny looked at the person whose helmet was still in place.
"Julian," she said worriedly. "Julian wake up."
In the silence that followed, you could almost hear the instant that Tom's heart irrevocably broke.
Summer, her eyes wide, watched as Jenny moved over to Julian and removed his helmet. His silken hair reflected the strange coloured lights in the arcade, softening them to subtle shades of cyan and jade. His eyes were closed; the serene expression on his face too much for Jenny to bear. He had died for her. Again. She burst into tears, the pain and grief of the entire ordeal coming out against the unfairness of it all. As her tears fell onto Julian's face, he opened his eyes slowly and looked at her. Audrey smiled in spite of herself, but stopped as she saw Tom's face. His expression was terrible to behold. It had a mixture of utter despair, longing and pure and utter hatred. She shivered.
Jenny saw him open his eyes, and it was if her heart stopped. He was alive!!!!!! It was an intensely private moment, and they felt as if there was nobody else in the world with them. As Julian moved closer to her, she closed her eyes and let the confusing muddle of emotions surround her. Happiness, love, joy, a small stab of guilt and a wave of relief so strong that she almost passed out washed over her in a matter of seconds. They were interrupted suddenly by a small cough from Dee. Immediately the feeling of being alone evaporated, and Jenny became only too aware of the curious stares of the other people in the arcade, mixed with the suspicious and grudging looks of her friends.
"Juliana!" she blurted. "Is she.....?"
Julian smiled, and suddenly Jenny's world was alright again.
"No," he said solemnly. " but I imprisoned her when she can do no harm." Jenny sighed, and took hold of his hand.
"Where?" asked Tom abruptly.
Julian looked mildly surprised that Tom was still there, and said offhandedly,
"Well she was always a vain girl, so I incarcerated her in a runic mirror. The two things she loved the most. I sent her there with Mannaz; it means human nature," he said, smiling humorlessly.
Jenny looked at Julian, reassured and incredibly happy. Dee looked at them, and then at Tom, and made a decision.
"Ok people, lets be off," she said, practical as ever. Zach, shepherding Summer in front of him, went first, without a look at either Jenny or Julian. Tom stalked out, his hands in his pockets and looking bleak. Audrey was dragged along by Michael, after watching Julian and Jenny interestedly. Dee winked at them, and went out. Julian stood up, and walked out of the arcade with his arm around Jenny protectively. Before, Jenny would have slid out, but she knew that she loved Julian now. It had always been that way, she reflected, but she had only just accepted it. She saw Tom; his shoulders hunched, and felt momentary sadness, and guilt that she did not love him any more. But she would have to talk it over with him later.
Now she just wanted to go home.
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C'est finis!!!!!!!!!
Author's Note (2): Thanks for reading this far everybody!
Shadow - Thank you for reviewing both last chapter and my new story Making Julian! =D I know, it is strange, but then again so am I, so that's not really that big a surprise lol. I totally agree, the way forward is with the troblins, don't tell Alex though lol!
Alex - I love the ending you did! *mutters angrily* I would have copied and pasted it from the reviews page and then I saw you copyrighted it! There's no way you are going to get a purple troblin now, I've decided. I love the trobbit thing you got going there; troblins and hobbits are alike, aren't they? Anyway, you can't have my troblins, *clutches them and hides them from Alex*
They're MINE, all MINE!
*cough* MINE *cough *. Ta very much for reviewing three times! That's extremely appreciated, I love reviews! What do you mean I'm even more American??? I have a very annoying spellchecker, it's set on American spellings, I had hell trying to convince it that it was colour and not color lol, and as for trying to tell it that it is Summer and not summer, don't go there, I'm fighting a losing battle! As for what you need your fingers for, you can't write my reviews without fingers now can you??? Anyway, I want to see if I can hold your attention for another week with the sequel lol!
Janie - Thank you so much! That's very kind of you, and I would like a career in writing (but I prefer writing fan fictions lol). I hope you like this chapter, and when the second part is up, please take a look and tell me what you think!
Me - Thank you very much for the review, check out this chapter, see what you think!
Medusa Descoudres - This is the last chapter, so thank you very much for the encouragement, I'm on with chapter 1 of the next story, The Revenge, and I hope you'll like that one, too! Also, I like your name, are you a Nightworld member? If so, my name on it is Anita Descoudres, they wouldn't let me have Blake. * grumbles some more *.
Arella1 - I love Julian too! (Doesn't everyone???), I've already put about the second one, lots of steamy Julian scenes in the next story as well (hint hint ;)) and the rating might move up a bit higher lol. Keep checking for the Julian bits. ;)
Thade182 - Thank you very much * winks * I take it we think alike?
Jar of Pills - Cool name!!!! Thank you for reviewing, it made my day * dances wildly * .
Ok so I'm a nutter. You knew that anyway :D!
The next story is going to be called The Forbidden Dance 2: The Revenge, for anybody who is interested, I'm getting started on it now (eventually), and the first chapter should be up some time soon, and it follows on from this story. The gang have gone on the holiday that Michael won =D, and not everything is what it seems...
That's the summary for now, you'll have to wait until I think of more stuff and I post the first chapter!
Thank you, everyone who has read this far into my story. I could not ask for any more.
No wait, I could...
Will you review??????????????
(Just kidding, thanks for reading ;))
Jenny came around, stirring slightly. She opened her eyes, and panicked when she saw nothing. She lifted her hands to rub her eyes and felt an obstruction. Pulling it off, she realized it was the virtual reality helmet. Shaking her head in wonder, she looked around the arcade. All the people were playing the games as though nothing had happened. Because it hadn't. Nothing had affected their lives, and they would never know how different HER life was. Looking at her friends, she saw them one by one pull off their helmets, their hands shaking at their complexions white and drained. All but one. As Summer pulled off her helmet, Jenny looked at the person whose helmet was still in place.
"Julian," she said worriedly. "Julian wake up."
In the silence that followed, you could almost hear the instant that Tom's heart irrevocably broke.
Summer, her eyes wide, watched as Jenny moved over to Julian and removed his helmet. His silken hair reflected the strange coloured lights in the arcade, softening them to subtle shades of cyan and jade. His eyes were closed; the serene expression on his face too much for Jenny to bear. He had died for her. Again. She burst into tears, the pain and grief of the entire ordeal coming out against the unfairness of it all. As her tears fell onto Julian's face, he opened his eyes slowly and looked at her. Audrey smiled in spite of herself, but stopped as she saw Tom's face. His expression was terrible to behold. It had a mixture of utter despair, longing and pure and utter hatred. She shivered.
Jenny saw him open his eyes, and it was if her heart stopped. He was alive!!!!!! It was an intensely private moment, and they felt as if there was nobody else in the world with them. As Julian moved closer to her, she closed her eyes and let the confusing muddle of emotions surround her. Happiness, love, joy, a small stab of guilt and a wave of relief so strong that she almost passed out washed over her in a matter of seconds. They were interrupted suddenly by a small cough from Dee. Immediately the feeling of being alone evaporated, and Jenny became only too aware of the curious stares of the other people in the arcade, mixed with the suspicious and grudging looks of her friends.
"Juliana!" she blurted. "Is she.....?"
Julian smiled, and suddenly Jenny's world was alright again.
"No," he said solemnly. " but I imprisoned her when she can do no harm." Jenny sighed, and took hold of his hand.
"Where?" asked Tom abruptly.
Julian looked mildly surprised that Tom was still there, and said offhandedly,
"Well she was always a vain girl, so I incarcerated her in a runic mirror. The two things she loved the most. I sent her there with Mannaz; it means human nature," he said, smiling humorlessly.
Jenny looked at Julian, reassured and incredibly happy. Dee looked at them, and then at Tom, and made a decision.
"Ok people, lets be off," she said, practical as ever. Zach, shepherding Summer in front of him, went first, without a look at either Jenny or Julian. Tom stalked out, his hands in his pockets and looking bleak. Audrey was dragged along by Michael, after watching Julian and Jenny interestedly. Dee winked at them, and went out. Julian stood up, and walked out of the arcade with his arm around Jenny protectively. Before, Jenny would have slid out, but she knew that she loved Julian now. It had always been that way, she reflected, but she had only just accepted it. She saw Tom; his shoulders hunched, and felt momentary sadness, and guilt that she did not love him any more. But she would have to talk it over with him later.
Now she just wanted to go home.
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C'est finis!!!!!!!!!
Author's Note (2): Thanks for reading this far everybody!
Shadow - Thank you for reviewing both last chapter and my new story Making Julian! =D I know, it is strange, but then again so am I, so that's not really that big a surprise lol. I totally agree, the way forward is with the troblins, don't tell Alex though lol!
Alex - I love the ending you did! *mutters angrily* I would have copied and pasted it from the reviews page and then I saw you copyrighted it! There's no way you are going to get a purple troblin now, I've decided. I love the trobbit thing you got going there; troblins and hobbits are alike, aren't they? Anyway, you can't have my troblins, *clutches them and hides them from Alex*
They're MINE, all MINE!
*cough* MINE *cough *. Ta very much for reviewing three times! That's extremely appreciated, I love reviews! What do you mean I'm even more American??? I have a very annoying spellchecker, it's set on American spellings, I had hell trying to convince it that it was colour and not color lol, and as for trying to tell it that it is Summer and not summer, don't go there, I'm fighting a losing battle! As for what you need your fingers for, you can't write my reviews without fingers now can you??? Anyway, I want to see if I can hold your attention for another week with the sequel lol!
Janie - Thank you so much! That's very kind of you, and I would like a career in writing (but I prefer writing fan fictions lol). I hope you like this chapter, and when the second part is up, please take a look and tell me what you think!
Me - Thank you very much for the review, check out this chapter, see what you think!
Medusa Descoudres - This is the last chapter, so thank you very much for the encouragement, I'm on with chapter 1 of the next story, The Revenge, and I hope you'll like that one, too! Also, I like your name, are you a Nightworld member? If so, my name on it is Anita Descoudres, they wouldn't let me have Blake. * grumbles some more *.
Arella1 - I love Julian too! (Doesn't everyone???), I've already put about the second one, lots of steamy Julian scenes in the next story as well (hint hint ;)) and the rating might move up a bit higher lol. Keep checking for the Julian bits. ;)
Thade182 - Thank you very much * winks * I take it we think alike?
Jar of Pills - Cool name!!!! Thank you for reviewing, it made my day * dances wildly * .
Ok so I'm a nutter. You knew that anyway :D!
The next story is going to be called The Forbidden Dance 2: The Revenge, for anybody who is interested, I'm getting started on it now (eventually), and the first chapter should be up some time soon, and it follows on from this story. The gang have gone on the holiday that Michael won =D, and not everything is what it seems...
That's the summary for now, you'll have to wait until I think of more stuff and I post the first chapter!
Thank you, everyone who has read this far into my story. I could not ask for any more.
No wait, I could...
Will you review??????????????
(Just kidding, thanks for reading ;))