I wake up to a tap of my shoulder.

"Wake up, silly!" the voice tells me.

I wake up to a piano. Monika is singing her ending, "Your Reality."

It almost makes me wanna cry.

She ends the song.

Before we fade away back to Seal Beach, I shout, "Wait!"

"What?" Monika asks.

"I learned guitar and singing a year ago," I told her.

Sayori then chimes in, "I learned bass."

Natsuki then also chimes in, "I learned drums."

Then all three instruments appeared, almost like it was made for us.

The guitar had the design of waves and the flag of Mexico.

The bass had flowers and rainbows on it.

The drums had a pink and black design pattern on it.

We look at Yuri.

"I learned vocals..."

"Whoa.. what?" Sayori wondered.

"What, you thought I only read school shooting books?"

We just start our songs.

We play four songs, one for each new Literature Squad band member, and Yuri.

We start with Yuri's.

I hear the drum intro, then soon I'm playing Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana. I'm singing too, and my voice is okay.

I feel the whole energy, and I'm practically shouting.

Then there was Sayori's theme, which was Basket Case by Green Day.

Again, I was singing.

Then there's Natsuki's, which is Say It Ain't So by Weezer.

Then there was mine.

I didn't know what to sing.

I remembered.

The song I was known for.

I played Self Esteem by the Offspring.

If you want, listen to all four on YouTube, you'll get why it's our theme songs.

After that we all pass out.

I awake to Sayori and the rest of the squad and Conrado back at the Literature Club.

Yuri and Conrado sneak out holding hands. Oh shit, I suspect some unholy desires rising in them.

"...The hell?" I said weakly.

"Oh, Monika used her fancy laptop to teleport us back."

"Everyone's safe?" I asked her.

"Everyone's safe." Sayori reassures me.

Sayori and Monika talked for a bit and eventually made an announcement.

"We found out who's gonna be president and Vice President!" Monika announced.

"So... we decided I'm going to be Vice President..." Sayori announced.

There's a long pause after that. Everyone's dying from the suspense and just how crazy this all is.

Natsuki goes over to the end and reads manga called Parfait Girls and the Cisco Kid.

"And we've decided the president is going to be..." Monika announced.

We got even more suspenseful...

"Rivers!"

Everyone was cheering for me.

"No... not me. Um..." I stuttered.

Monika whispered, "Don't worry. Now we're a normal, not crazy club."

Then my best friend Evan walked in.

I walked over to say hi, but the first thing he did was kiss Natsuki.

"What? I thought...you and Monika..." I stuttered.

Then I realized Monika wasn't dating him anymore.

Then I realized, other than Monika, everybody has somebody.

Natsuki has Evan.

Yuri has Conrado guy.

Sayori has me.

Poor Monika.

Me and Sayori walk home. Just like good old times. I check the mail.

"Hell, yeah!" I shout.

"What?" Sayori asked. I showed her the mail. I got accepted to the college.

She starts crying.

She grabs me and hugs me.

"I'm gonna miss you." she sobs.

"Don't."

"What the fuck?" she says, "Why?"

I hand her the other paper. I secretly got her in.

"Rivers, how the fuck did you-"

"I had both of us under the same address."

"But my mom would never approve. She hates you."

I let her come inside and I explained to her the plan. It seemed like she was super happy, we wouldn't just fall apart in a heartbeat.

So, it went something like: see if her dad can drive me to the airport, then once they're out of sight, Japan Airlines and Alaska Airlines is in the same terminal, so throw away the Japan flight and go to Alaska.

Later today.

Her dad likes me. Her mom don't. We get driven by both of them, and I thank them and walk down to Alaska Airlines. She gets Japan Airlines. Once she's at the front, they drive away.

She runs over, and we both get our tickets.

The wait was one of the happiest places in my life.

We would both be together.

We got on the plane about an hour later.

I love that feeling of taking off. The forces, the power.

I fall asleep.

I dream of how me and Sayori will be in Alaska.

Happy.

Forever.

Or maybe she'll find a sancho and cheat on me.

Shut up, me.

The last thing I feel is the gentlest tap of my shoulder.

"Wake up, baby. We're here."