Wow, I seriously feel like crying from sentimental value of this. My baby is all grown up! The sequal, Those Three Words will be gracing your screen soon, but for now, with no ownership of Twilight Saga and affiliates, I give you the final chapter.
Epilogue
Over the next week, school was incredibly boring. Emmett was staying in the hospital for a few more days to make sure his bones were healing right and that his head injury wasn't causing any delayed problems. The freshman class made a huge 'Get Well' card for him, and everyone signed it and wrote little notes to him in it. When Bella and I brought it to him Tuesday afternoon, he and I had a laugh over the ridiculous things the preps wrote. I swore if I saw one more 'I love you, bestie!' I'd drag each of the bottle blondes that wrote it down the elevator shaft. Wednesday he was discharged, and he was able to come to school Friday. We all helped him carry his things from class to class, and we were even able to go to La Push that night.
The circle was complete for the first time in nearly a month. Leah and Emmett were both incredibly bright. Emmett led the game that night, and we were all wild with crazy-ness withdrawal.
"Okay, who wants to start?" he asked the group.
Little Seth jumped at the chance. His spin landed on Kim, who cocked an eyebrow.
"Um… Uh…" he looked nervous. "Um…"
Kim leaned over and whispered something in Jarrod's ear, who nodded, then Leah's ear.
"Go for it!" Leah said, then started chanting, "Kiss her, kiss her!"
Embry, Emmett, Paul, and Jacob joined. Of course Emmett encouraged insanity…
Finally, Seth plucked up his twelve year old pride and hesitantly moved toward Kim. She gave him a grin, then he finally just kissed her already. He turned as red as red can get when everybody started awwing, then scrambled back to his seat, smiling to himself. I wondered why Kim was so un-shy about it, then I realized that it was probably the kid's first kiss, and she knew that perfectly well.
Kim spun and landed on Sam, who made her admit who her first kiss was (some kid at daycare when she was four). Sam got Emmett, who beamed with excitement.
"I'll regret this, but dare," he said submissively.
"I dare you to go and get wet in the ocean, then roll around in the sand and stay that way until someone picks truth," Emmett said, smiling. Wow, was my guy a weird one.
"Okay," Sam said, rolling his eyes. He ran down to the water, then came back covered from head to foot in sand. Leah refused to touch him and everyone was glancing around at each other, making a silent deal. He didn't realize the hell he'd have to pay…
Emmett spun and landed on Paul, who grinned maliciously. He seemed to think he could top an Emmett dare… "I dare you to sing a song to Alice."
Okay, that was pretty close in absurdity… I know I turned bloody red. I was anxious to see what he would sing, but more so how bad he would butcher it(Bo Bice, he was not).
He cleared his throat, then started belting out 'Smile'. It wasn't as dreadful as I thought… It was actually really sweet. Except he cannot hit high notes. At all. Ever.
We all applauded him, laughing our butts off. Well, I was still bloody red and I just smiled at him. Paul smiled and spun, landing on Bella.
"Dare," he said. No one had ever asked Bella for a dare…
"Go hide somewhere and put your underwear on your head, then wear it there for the rest of the night," Bella said, making Paul turn a funny shade of pink. The rest of us were appalled that she actually could dare a decent dare. "And put sand down your pants."
Okay, that made everyone laugh pretty hard. Especially when Paul came back from the woods with white briefs on his head and walking with a limp. Bella's spin landed on me. I ended up daring her to bury herself in sand, which she did. Okay, I'm a lame darer, but Sam was getting jumpy and it was funny.
My spin, though. My spin landed on Emmett.
"Oh, how the bottle has turned!" Jacob said. Okay, cheesy much?
Emmett smirked. "So?"
I rolled my eyes before sitting on my knees and throwing my arms around his neck and kissing him hard, plain, and simple. Earning a few catcalls, I might add… But it was a comfort. It was a comfort that I was back in this place with these people, and the most comforting of all was the fact that I had my happily ever November. The future might be unclear, but I'd already experienced a lot, and I could handle it.
But hey, you have to when you're the girl formerly known as the single one.
