Chapter Six: Epilogue
Six Months Later:
"JACK YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE!"
Jack grabbed his jacket off of his desk chair and ducked down to look in the mirror. His hair wasn't too bad. He shrugged and smiled at himself, then ran down the stairs.
"Have fun Jack!" Jamie yelled from the kitchen, where he and Sophie were drawing.
Sophie had recently become enamored with the Easter Bunny, and Jamie in ancient myths. The two had also gotten closer (the older Overlands deciding that the eleven year old was old enough to babysit) and Jamie loved to read to his sister.
"Jack!"
"Hey Ems! Watch it, don't wanna be all messy for Punz!"
Emma laughed and smiled brightly, eyes no longer hidden by her bangs. She'd just gotten back from a friends house, and was glad she hadn't missed her brother on his way out the door.
In the past six months, Emma had broken out of her shell. After the fight with the bullies, she's become friends with a few other girls in her class - Pippa and Cupcake. The three met up at each other's houses and had really bonded. In fact, it was Cupcake who'd started braiding Emma's hair. With her hair back and friends at her side, Emma was a new person.
"Bye Jack!" A loud voice came from upstairs. MJ stuck her head over the railing and waved. Jack spotted a new plant under her arm. With Katherine starting a new job at the library, MJ had been able to cut back her work schedule a bit, giving her more time for herself. She was still the unofficial 'mother' of the Overland siblings, but now she was also just 'big sis'.
Katherine was still at work, but she'd been the one to pick out Jack's outfit that afternoon. She'd run through all the proper manners for his date, and even slipped twenty bucks into his coat pocket (for ice cream at Arendelles after).
The only person missing was his mom.
After their fight in the hospital, Olivia Overland had realized how awful she'd been to her children. The three youngest barely knew her as a mom, and the oldest were almost too far gone. She'd set down the bottle and quit her bar job, and was working through a local rehab program and night school so she could get a better paying job.
She wasn't perfect, but she was getting better.
Jack smiled brightly, and instead of a wash of fear, let the joy and love fill him up. He waved to his siblings, and ran out the door, where he pulled his bike out and pedalled up to the high school.
When he arrived, there were bright lights coming from the gym doors. He locked his bike and walked up, stopping once he recognized three familiar faces waiting for him outside.
"Took yeh long enough!" Merida teased, crossing her arms and smirking. She wore a light blue dress with a gold embroidered pattern at the edges, but her doc martens and scruffy jacket let her rebellious streak shine.
Hiccup smiled next to her, wearing an olive button up and brown vest. He'd been scribbling in his notebook while he waited, and there were familiar ink stains on his hands. A few tiny braids twisted into his shaggy hair, which Jack attributed to…
Rapunzel.
Now fully blonde with hair that hung in curls around her shoulders, Rapunzel Corona was brighter, happier, and six months clean of Sundrop. She wore a flowy lilac dress with a beaded pink ribbon around her waist, and a pair of white - but brightly painted - tennis shoes. A small white flower clip held two tiny braids at the back of her head, and Jack decided she had never looked more beautiful.
Jack smiled, took his girlfriend's hand, and walked inside.
Author Notes:
This is the end of Flurrying Family! It seemed that everyone who read it enjoyed the story, so I hope you'll stick around for my others!
In The Works: So much! Right now, I'm finishing a Bot Fighting Au, and a longer modern au is planned. That series will be called 'New Dreams'. Plus pirates, hogwarts, voltron, and a bunch of other original ideas! I'm currently finishing a Hiro x Riley oneshot (maybe two shot?) band au. And thats just the Disney/Dreamworks/RotBTD ideas.
Thank you for reading!