Andrew is now an active eight year old, toddling around on crutches. He loves helping Baby Mona walk and Cecilia is yet again pregnant-with Simon's definite son. They are possibly the happiest little family I know. How Simon and Cecilia ever managed to rekindle a romance, renew vows, and deal with Andrew's sudden relapse, I'll always admire them for.
Annabel is still one of the strongest little girls that I've ever met. She's now fourteen and has a boyfriend. Probably she'll get another one and another one, just like her Uncle Sam. However, being smart and cunning, unlike Sam, she'll be bright enough to dump them for the love of her life instead of her brother's life.
Sam, my dear twin brother. He and Keegan dated briefly for three weeks. He said that it was more of a mutual break up, meaning that she walked in on him kissing a girl, with a boy behind her, ready to "do the dirty". Now Sam is in his junior year at Cambridge and his girl, Jeanna Bradley, has managed to capture his heart and keep it. I'm no judge, but two years is good, and nothing if not a record when it comes to Sam.
Ruthie ended up dating Martin. I was the best man at the wedding, for Martin said that if it hadn't been for David, he would've just left the hospital. Ruthie's smile is so dazzling now, that I often wonder how she lived before Martin. They have a little girl, Annie-Kate Brewer and she also bears the honor of being my godchild. Cute little girl with Mom's curls and Dad's black hair. All my friends are starting to get tired of my endless rants on little Annie-Kate. How Annie-Kate knows how to operate the remote, how she likes to dance to old Beatles tunes, and how she's looking forward to her little sister being born.
Savannah is at college now, her first year at Julliard. She writes often and phones less. From what I hear, she loves dancing more then ever. Savannah was always full of dreams. Monica and Gregory have developed into teenagers and they seem only to fight more now. Gregory's in love with every girl that comes his way with a nice pair of legs and Monica rents movies with Heath Ledger or some other hot Aussie/accented actor as the star. I've started to spend more time with Monica on her Movie Nights. If it wasn't for Annie-Kate, Monica would probably be my (secret) favorite.
Thomas and Topher are where Sam and I were, years ago, in high school. Same age and everything. I don't think that they are dealing with the same problems as us, though. At least I hope not. Thomas, I bet would be the one like me, although Topher and Sam are worlds apart. After all, Topher has ONE high school sweetheart and he's smitten with her. Mom's even humming Here Comes the Bride again everytime she spots Topher and the lovely Julianne.
And Jacob. Sweet naïve Jacob. He is now a ten year old and no longer the whining baby of the Camdens, with Andrew and Freddy now more accessible for him to play with. Not to mention the fact that he's finally learned the advantages of being baby of the family. Sam was right, we just needed to spend an hour with Jacob for him to catch on.
It turned out to be nothing but a major pregnancy mix-up with Mary and Carlos. Mary was pregnant, but not with triplets. Just with Annie Beth. Carlos, I think, was the most relieved when he heard that. I'm positive that I saw Mom's face fall. Turns out she was looking forward to more grandkids. She's starting to eye Sam's Jeanna and don't get me started on Topher's Julianne. Great grandkids. Ugh.
Dad is taking it easy now. He and Mom did go on their little cruise, but Lucy made them stay in the church house for another year. Dad and Mom do live in the top floor of the halfway house now though. Most of the time, Mom does make Dad sleep in his old room, which Lucy has saved just for him. Dad doesn't mind all that much and devotes his time to gardening and playing with his grandchildren. If someone needs help though, well retirement's not going to stop Dad from trying to play therapy with them.
Lucy and Kevin never divorced. They're reconciling, meeting with marriage counselors and talking. Nothing has really been done. From what I know, Kevin lives in the garage apartment and Lucy in her old attic bed. I still see Kevin sneaking looks at Lucy and smiling slightly and vice versa.
As for my venture into men? Cain and I dated for a year, but broke it off. We were in love with the other, but his family had problems with me and mine was uncomfortable with it as well. Cain and I both knew that in our relationships, our families had to come first. He lives in an apartment place with two of his brothers now and we agreed to be friends.
As for me?
Keegan chose Princeton. And you can guess what happened after that.
"David?" Keegan was leaning against the doorframe, smiling. She was wearing my blue button down shirt and her underwear with the teddy bear pattern that I like to tease her about, but secretly think of as sexy. She was smiling and I think that I'm just even more in love with her now, "We're out of toilet paper," She told me, giggling, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Because," I grinned lazily, "I was just wondering what a girl like you would say to being married to a boy like me?"
"I don't know," She teased back, "Depends on the ring, I suppose,"
"Would this do it for you?" I asked, holding out the ring. I had been playing with it for three weeks, trying to decide what was the right time to ask her something like that. This, I decided, was a good time.
She gasped and took the ring from me.
"Oh David," Keegan whispered, "It's beautiful,"
"It's yours whether you say yes or no," I told her, "Although you should know, that if you say yes, I'll buy you all the toilet paper you need,"
She laughed, "Yes, I'll be Mrs. David Camden," She kissed me, "And get toilet paper later. I need you to dial everyone we know for me while I see how many carats this is," She looked at the ring excitedly, giggling.
Of course, I still have a good chunk of secrets left lying around. What are they? Well that's a story for a different time. For now:
My name is David Camden and I am happily in love.