Well, life caught up with me and I lost interest in this story awhile ago, but I still feel that it is necessary to end it. Hope you all like it!
Michael walked into the Crashdown and I smiled. "Hey," I said and he walked over.
He sat down next to me and kissed me lightly. "Hey. How's it going everyone?" he turned away, but not before wrapping an arm around my shoulder.
Alex grinned at him. "It's going good, Michael. I heard the funniest story!" he said and everyone else snickered.
"Oh yeah, what's that?" Michael asked, completely oblivious.
"Well, you already know it, I believe," Tess said with a wink to me
I glared at her. "Yeah, you lived it, Mikey!" Liz said.
Michael still looked confused. "What are you guys talking about?"
Alex burst out into laughter. "I can't believe you were almost caught by your mom! That's just pure gold right there!" he exclaimed and everyone burst into laughter. Well, everyone besides me and Michael.
He groaned. "You told them about that?"
I looked up at him, a guilty expression on my face. "I told Alex who proceeded to tell them. I didn't mean for everyone to know!" I put on a pout. "Will you ever forgive me?"
He smiled and then kissed me. "How could I say no to you?" he replied in a whisper.
"Awww! Isn't this precious?" We turned to see Max and Kyle approaching us. "Why didn't you guys invite us?" Max asked.
We tried to make more room for them to scrunch in, but it ended up badly. We were all so close to one another that I could barely breathe! I suddenly started laughing. Everyone was looking at me like I was crazy which made me laugh harder.
"Ria? What the hell is wrong with you?" Izzy asked.
I contained my laughter. "Well, for one, look at us. I don't know about the rest of you, but I can barely breathe! I mean, I wasn't claustrophobic before, but I think I may have developed it. And two, did you guys ever think we'd be here like this? I mean, last year I hated any East that I heard of. Suddenly, I've gotten 3 new best friends and a guy I love more than anything. Things have changed so drastically this year. It's just crazy, don't you think?"
Everyone was silent for a while. "What's going to happen after this year? I mean, we're all going to study in different areas and become different things. How are we going to stay together like that?" Liz asked quietly.
I smiled. "We'll keep in touch, Lizzie. I think everyone will agree with me when I say, a friendship like ours never fades," I said, reaching out to hold her hand. This caused Iz and Tess to put their hands in which all the boys followed their actions. "See? We'll be together in our hearts and minds until we can see each other again. Besides, Max and Is are siblings so you and Alex will always be close. That and Max and Is are like my family so I'll always be around, too and that means Michael will be there."
"Ditto to what she said," Tess said. "Except take out Michael and put in Kyle."
Max smiled. "How weird is it going to be when we're all married? Will our kids all become friends, too?"
I laughed again. "How could they not? They're gonna have to spend all their time with each other whether they like it or not! They'll just have to learn to be friends!"
I just kept smiling as the conversation went on. We were going to be okay. We had each other to lean on, to count on. I loved all of them like they were my family. Who knows, maybe one day Michael and I will get married. Maybe we'll have some kids and then watch them grow up. Maybe we'll grow old together.
All I know is, I'm happy with who I am right now, where I am right now. And that's all you need to know. I'll leave you to your imagination. I'm sure you're going to be wondering what really does happen for us after this. All I can tell you is we're happy. All of us. Our worlds became so much better When East Met West.