*Sigh* Here it is. The end chapter. The epilogue. The last dance. The final frontier (nerd moment) O_o

I took lyrics from David Guetta and Sia. So nope, I don't own it.

Enjoy!


You shout it out,
But I can't hear a word you say
I'm talking loud not saying much
I'm criticized but all your bullets ricochet
You shoot me down, but I get up

Kendall sat in the waiting room of his therapist's office. This time, Carlos, James, and Logan had offered to go with him, and didn't leave Kendall any room to say no.

Kendall fiddled with his thumbs. He couldn't understand why he still gets nervous visiting Dr. Richards. He'd been doing this once a week for a little over a month now. So why did it still bother him so much?

Carlos was busy tearing out pages from magazines and folding them to make neat origami figures. He stopped when he looked up and saw the look on Kendall's face. "Kendall?" he asked in a small voice. "Are you okay?"

"Y-yeah, Carlos," Kendall replied, flashing a small smile. "Just a little nervous, that's all." He went back to averting his gaze down and playing with his thumbs.

I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium

"Well don't be," James cut it. "You have no reason to be."

Kendall scoffed. "That's what I tell myself every time I walk in here...but it doesn't seem to work."

"Kendall," a familiar female voice ended their conversation before anyone could continue speaking. Kendall looked up to meet the eyes of Dr. Richards. "It's your turn," she said to him once she had gotten his attention.

"It'll be alright Kendall," Logan whispered. "Your session will be over before you know it and we'll be right here."

Kendall nodded in response as he slowly rose from his seat. He walked the short distance from the waiting room to Dr. Richards' office.

"How are you today, Kendall?" she asked him as they both sat down in their respective chairs.

He shrugged. "I'm doing better, I guess...I feel like...most things are back to normal."

Dr. Richards' eyebrows perked up at this. "Oh? And what makes you think that?"

Kendall sighed, thinking back. "Well, for one thing, my mom isn't super protective of me anymore." He chuckled. "But in all seriousness, I haven't gotten to the point where I no longer have nightmares plaguing my sleep, and the guys eventually bought me a nightlight." Kendall chuckled at the mention of Carlos' idea of a gift. "But I'm moving on with my life if you know what I mean. My friends and I have continued our recording with Gustavo. They don't let me dance that much because they're afraid of me hurting my back again. It gets kind of annoying sometimes but they're my friends so I know they're doing it because they love me."

Kendall loved that day. Being back at the studio, dancing to his favorite songs. Singing his heart out. He couldn't ask for more.

Some nights, the four boys slept in the same room. On those nights Kendall didn't "feel good", those nights where he "had a bad feeling", or nights where he just couldn't stand the thought of being alone. His friends stayed with him. Those nights he woke up his friends because of a nightmare, they never got mad at him. Instead, they'll stay up with him until he fell back asleep. Sometimes it would be James singing a nice slow song, Carlos telling a few jokes, or Logan holding Kendall, telling him everything will be alright. James, Carlos, and Logan would do things like that to remind Kendall that there was nothing to fear. That they were there for him. And James wouldn't stop singing, Carlos wouldn't stop telling jokes, and Logan wouldn't let go of Kendall until their blonde friend was fast asleep. They lost sleep making sure that Kendall felt better.

And they never complained.

"I went swimming the other day," Kendall continued. "I wore a shirt, of course..." he mentioned, making a reference to the scars still visible on his back. "But just being at the pool. I loved it. It was so refreshing and relaxing..." he trailed off.

"That's wonderful news, Kendall," Dr. Richards replied with a smile. "You're making some fast progress I see? Do I have to bring your friends in here to make sure you're not lying?"

"You can if you want to," Kendall offered, a smile forming on his face. "But you'll just waste your time."


Kendall walked out of Dr. Richards' office. His friends noticed the bright look on his face as he walked towards them.

"Told ya you'd be fine," Logan said with a smile. He playfully landed a punch on Kendall's arm.

Cut me down
But it's you who have further to fall
Ghost town, haunted love
Raise your voice, sticks and stones may not break my bones
I'm talking loud not saying much

"So how'd go?" Carlos asked, carefully placing his well done origami figures on the table and leaving them there. He wanted the world to see his art.

Kendall shrugged. "Same ol'," he replied. "She said I'm making progress though." One foot in front of the other.

His friends nodded. They could agree with that statement. Kendall was trusting everybody again. He was slowly returning to his leadership ways. He was laughing with them. Cracking jokes. Pulling pranks. Talking back to Gustavo, something they all really wanted to see.

I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
I am titanium
I am titanium

"Up for lunch?" Logan offered, earning a nod from Kendall. "Good," Logan responded. "Camille and Amirah want us to meet them at that new Chinese restaurant downtown."

James was happy with that news. The waitress that worked there, Lynn, was extremely hot. Carlos looked over James. Upon seeing the starry expression coming from James' face, Carlos rolled his eyes.

Stone-hard, machine gun
Firing at the ones who run
Stone-hard, those bulletproof glass

As they walked to their car, Kendall replayed the last two and a half months in his head. They all survived it. Everything. They didn't let Gavin break them apart. They stuck by each others side. Where would they be if it wasn't for that? Kendall shook that question out of his mind. That didn't matter. They'll never have to go through this again. Everything was going to be just fine.

They had received a letter from Martin the other day. Him and Diana had started over fresh like they wanted. They're in Chicago now.

Kendall was happy for himself for being able to start over too.

You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
I am titanium


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