Epilogue
Dwayne went back to Albuquerque, much to the delight of Olive, Frank and Sheryl. Richard learned to like Dwayne again, although it did take a fair deal of time. He never really was able to make too many friends in Albuquerque, but all through high school he kept in close contact with his Floridian friends. Every summer and spring break he went back to visit. When it came time to go to college, he somehow managed to get into Brown University, where he pursued a career in law. Flying was never something he completely gave up on, but he never attempted flight past the simulation in Florida.
Julia and Carson dated all the way through his freshmen year in college, which was the end of her senior year. Then they parted ways mutually to pursue different goals. Julia remained in close contact with Dwayne all the while, as Carson slipped further away. Seven after college, Carson and Julia met again, in Ashland, Oregon. He was immediately taken with her performance as Viola in Twelfth Night, as she was now with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and fell in love with her all over again. They were married three months later. Roxanne, Crystal, Dwayne, and Emilie all attended the wedding.
After college, Roxanne and Crystal, still together, took the plunge and moved to Canada. There they applied for, and were granted both citizenship and a marriage license. Never once did they lose contact with either Julia or Dwayne. They adopted five as infants, three girls and two boys, who they proceeded to name Julia , Thaddius, Inara, Heather, and Seamus. Roxanne is a child and teenager psychologist, and Crystal is an anesthesiologist. They remain very happily together, though pointless arguments are on their list of things to do on a daily basis, also a task which they complete most every day.
Emilie never got things to work out with Mr. Brick Wall, but she did get over him eventually. She went to college in Ohio, and got a degree in American History. After that, she taught High School history for four years in a public high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She remained in almost daily contact with Dwayne until shortly after Julia's wedding. Then, she realized that she was fed up with America entirely, and left the country. No one is completely sure where she is, but she has stayed in semi-contact with Julia and Roxanne, whom have been assured that she is happily married to some man named Eduardo, and is traveling the world. This information they have passed on to only Dwayne, Crystal, and Carson.
Olive grew up to be a very mature teenage, surprisingly sane, and at 13 lost all of her awkward looks. At 16 she was approached by mail about entering a Miss Teen America Pageant. Upon receiving the invitation, she fell out of her chair laughing, then burned it. She violently pursued a career as a stand up comedian. She received her big break by winning Last Comic Standing, the winning routine: a dramatic retelling of the theft of her grandfather's body from the hospital. Now she has a television show, which many people watch every Wednesday evening, including her family. She also goes on public tours, performing for crowds of people all over the world.
Uncle Frank never did get around to killing himself. He topped the New York Times best seller list for 57 weeks after writing a book entitled How Marcel Proust Ruined My Life. This was followed by a slightly less successful self help book about how to stabilize a dysfunctioning family. While on book tour, he ran into Kirby, the computer guy from the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. Kirby remembered Frank and vice versa. They now lead a happy life together, traveling the US and Canada with Frank's book tour. They are occasionally seen pacifistically protesting beauty pageants for young girls.
Richard and Sheryl managed to successfully fix their marriage after Dwayne returned to Albuquerque to live with them. They are still happily married, and they still live in the same house in Albuquerque that they lived in with Dwayne and Olive. Richard never did get his nine step refuse to lose plan published, though he never did give up on that dream. Sheryl continued to work, and never did learn to cook. She continued to serve the family Dinah's fried chicken almost every night.
Cody and Melanie broke up because neither of them could manage to remain faithful to each other. Shocking everyone, Melanie gave up drugs, and got married to the biggest geek in school because she came to terms with the fact that she had fallen in love with him. Cody became a professional football player for about half a minute. He was arrested for illegal possession of Marijuana, as so many professional football players are, and for driving his car in to a chicken coop while trying to get away from the police. He never got married, and ended up working the rest of his life in a gas station.
Britta left Albuquerque, and became a porn star, which surprised no one. Neither Dwayne nor Joanna ever heard from her again. Joanna however, sought out counsel for her problem. She continued to work at Starbucks for quite some time. She smiled at Dwayne every time he went in there to get something. A few years later they tried going out together for awhile. It simply didn't work out, mainly because it was too awkward after what they had been through. However, they remain in contact as acquaintances, but not exactly friends. They are on each other's Christmas card lists, and share a phone call once every couple of months.
Dwayne is not married yet, but maybe some day he will be. He, Julia, Roxanne, Crystal and Carson, and what they hear of Emilie, are still best friends. Olive and Dwayne are still very close to each other, but are both quite afraid of attempting to raise a family. Neither of them wanted to impose what happened to them on anyone else. Eventually, they may settle down, but for now, both are very much single. This disappoints several boys and girls that they know. Frank and Dwayne are still very, very close. They understand now that they both helped each other out a great deal. How Marcel Proust Ruined My life was dedicated to Dwayne, and the self help book that Frank wrote was dedicated to Olive, who Frank is close with, but not as much so as he is with Dwayne. Steve remarried eventually to a woman whom he worked with. She was a good person, and treated Dwayne well, and with the respect that he deserved when he stayed with them. Frank and Steve also remain quite close friends.
And as for me, Havah Kinny, I continue to write. You can expect another Little Miss Sunshine fanfiction to be posted in a couple of days, it will be a Drama, Romance type thing, though not necessarily with a happy ending. There will also be a comic Little Miss Sunshine one shot, as well as a Girl Next Door fic, an Emperor's Club fic, and possibly an Angels in the Outfield fic. Alright, here are three things that I need to say.
ONE: Some of the characters in my story are based off of people that I know, though some more loosely then others. Julia, Roxanne, and Emilie really exist, though names have been changed, as have some personality traits. Mr. Brick Wall is also a real person, though he has a name, and it is not Brick Wall. I need to thank my friend Tree for inspiring me to write that character in to the story.
TWO: I would like very much to thank Puck and Cons for helping me to write my story, and for laughing with me when I called them at obscene hours with ideas. My friend Erin needs to be thanked for giving me my big ass thesaurus, which I used when writing about half of the story, as the other half was written at my dads house, where I did not bring the thesaurus. Tree was also a huge help, aside from the Brick Wall thing, she talked to me, laughed with, and at me, while I wrote, even though she had not seen Little Miss Sunshine. Also, I need to thank the Magic Hat, onto which I have pinned movie stills from Little Miss Sunshine. Lastly in number two, I need to thank the authors, cast, and crew of Little Miss Sunshine.
THREE: If you have read this story, even if you did not review (honestly I'd just assume you read and enjoy it), I LOVE YOU! SO MUCH! Link me to some fic that you have written, no matter what fandom or genre, because I need some fics to read. Thank you very much.
Love,
Your Author in Training,
Havah Kinny