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The next day Cindy, Libby, Carl, Sheen, and Jimmy were sitting at the Candy Bar. Cindy's left leg was in a cast. Jimmy had a broken right leg and a bandaged right arm. He was barely able to get around, even with crutches.

"Well, that was one hell of a day yesterday, huh?" Sheen asked. It was the first time the five of them had been together since the incident.

"Yeah. It was," Cindy sadly said.

"How many, uh?" Libby asked Jimmy.

Jimmy frowned. "Around two hundred and fifty."

They all sat in silence for a moment. They felt guilty about being alive. Why should they live when so many others died?

"Cind, well, what now?" Jimmy nervously asked.

"What do you mean?"

Jimmy rubbed the back of his neck with his good hand. "You know. Us. We're not going back to what we were before, are we? I'm sick of it, Cind. I really am."

Cindy smiled. "Yeah, me too. I guess it's about time to finally say it. Jimmy, I lo..."

Suddenly a waitress walked over. "What'll it be, kids?"

Cindy and Jimmy's faces sunk at being interrupted again, but they smiled when they locked eyes. So maybe it won't happen today. So what. We're only eleven. We've got the rest of our lives to say those three words. But we've only got a few years left to be kids, Jimmy thought.

Jimmy smiled as he held up his mom's credit card. After you've been shot and nearly killed, he found his parents were more than happy to pay for a meal out with his friends. "My treat, you guys."

Sheen put down his menu. "Fish and chips." Everyone stared at him. None of them had ever ordered something other than ice cream there before. "Come on. It's eight at night. I'm too hungry for just dessert.

Carl nodded his head. "Uh, seafood platter."

Libby tapped her fingers against the table for a moment before deciding. "Uh, give me the pizza."

Jimmy decided to try something new as well. "Give me some spaghetti."

Cindy locked eyes with Jimmy and smiled. Jimmy raised an eyebrow. "You're buying?" she asked. Jimmy shook his head. She turned back to the waitress. "The lobster." As the waitress walked away, she leaned across the table and gently kissed Jimmy.

Jimmy smiled. "Looks like dreams do come true." Libby, Sheen, and Carl stared at each other, not getting their little in-joke. Cindy and Jimmy just smiled.

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The anchorwoman smiled as the camera scene on the monitor shifted from Jimmy and Cindy kissing at the Candy Bar to herself. "And there you have it. The single worst school massacre in history is over. But even through the darkest of times, it appears that something good will always happen.

And you won't get this next line unless you're a resident of Retroville. On behalf of those two kids, I'd like to say this. It's about damn time." The anchorwoman just laughed as the screen slowly faded out.

"This is Jane Smith, reporting for Retroville News. Goodnight."