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Epilogue: There's always at least one party
"So, meddler," Taylor said as she sidled up next to Kaitlin, "did it all go according to plan?"
"Me?" Kaitlin returned, her eyes wide and innocent. "I have no idea what you're talking about.
"Sure. Don't think I don't know that you were in on this whole Taylor and Ryan reunion."
Kaitlin shrugged. "I was bored. What can I say?"
"Well your timing was way off."
"What do you mean?"
"Just look around," Taylor told the girl, hand waving toward the crowded Cohen backyard.
Frank and Sandy were standing at the grill, remembering every once in a while to look over at the meat cooking on the hot surface. Kirsten, Hailey and Julie sat at the patio table, Kirsten shaking her head as Julie pointed to various pages in the wedding magazines she'd picked up in the last few weeks while Hailey ignored both. Across the yard, Summer and Ryan sat on lounge chairs, Pancakes on Summer's lap as they discussed Flapjacks latest antics. The girls couldn't see Seth, but they could hear Sophie and Kevin shrieking with delight from inside the house, and had no doubt that he was putting one of the many skills he'd learned at camp Takahoe to good use.
"What about it?"
"Everyone's happy. This is a celebration for graduations, jobs and engagements. You have all summer to be bored now."
Kaitlin shrugged. "I'll think of something. Besides, I need an excuse to call Colin again, and my dad has been talking about how he's getting lonely in Hawaii by himself."
"What does that…" Taylor's voice faded as she followed Kaitlin's fixed stare until her eyes met Hailey's bored expression.
"I've only begun to have fun," Kaitlin told her with a wide smile before she headed over to the table of women.
Taylor laughed as she shook her head. "I think that's the case for most of us."