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Epilogue: Goodbye Egotistical Grass Asses From This Alien Looking Creature
1 month later
"He won by a landslide," Taylor smiles. "I wrote an entire article about how it's been the biggest win since Hailey Green in 1998."
"I knew he was going to win," I smile.
"He's seriously pissed," Alex chuckles. "He told me he was going to kill you."
"I'm not scared," I roll my eyes.
"Are you sure this is a good idea Bair?" Pipper asks and I shake my head.
So Vincent won student government President! Yay!
He doesn't think it's a good thing, but us being such great friends decided to throw him a surprise congratulations party. We decorated the entire house and we're waiting for Josh to bring him.
"Pipper," I put my arm around his shoulder. "If I actually thought this was a good idea I wouldn't be doing it. The point of doing this is that it's a terrible idea because Vincent will be furious which in my head makes it a good idea. Does that make sense?"
"Sure," he nods.
"Janet's on the phone," Mick says before handing me his cellphone.
"Hey Shortcake," I smile as I put the phone against my ear and I hear her chuckle. "How's LA?"
"It's been good Bair," she says.
Ever since Pipper got released from prison and is being forced to be a part of Janet's program, they've been talking a lot. Janet says she has to keep tabs on him to make sure he's in his best behavior, but I think they've become good friends.
Anyways she started calling me Bair a few weeks into their friendship.
"I'm glad," I say. "Are you calling so that you can hear the results of your magnificent prank?"
"I was actually just checking up on you and Pipper," she laughs. "How's the head injury going?"
It's only been a month since my injury which means no physical activity.
"Fine," I explain. "I haven't had any side effects which is amazing news."
"That's great," she says and I hear a few harsh noises in the background. "I have to go Bair. Take care. "
"You too Shortcake," she hangs up and I hand Mick his cellphone.
"How's Janet doing?" Taylor asks.
"She says she's doing fine," I smile and then we hear three soft knocks coming from behind the door.
That's the clue Josh was suppose to give us before opening the door.
"Everyone hide," I say and they all run to hide behind some kind of furniture. I turn the lights off before hiding behind the couch.
"Vanessa was really trying to talk to me," I hear Josh say. "As if I would ever speak to her."
"She texted me yesterday," Vincent says. "I think she's just lonely."
The lights flicker on and we all stand up.
"Congratulations Mr. President," we all yell and I can see Vincent staring right at me.
"Seriously?" he scoffs.
"We have beer," I tell him and he shakes his head, but I see a small smile form on his lips.
"I'm still mad," he says "but that doesn't mean we can't celebrate."
"For the president," I yell.
"For the president," Alex yells.
"For the president," Josh yells.
"I hate you all," Vincent chuckles. "For the president!"
***
2 months later
"Are you boys ready?" I ask and I can see them glaring at me. "Hey, it's not my fault I won."
"Only because we keep our word," Josh glares at me.
"Let's just get this over with," Alex rolls his eyes. "I can already hear my team laughing at me."
"You're talking," Vincent says. "No girl is ever going to want to hit this ever again."
"Oh shut up," I roll my eyes. "I'm jealous of how good your legs look in that outfit."
"I do have nice legs," Vincent nods.
"Especially without all that hair," I smile. "And the painted toenails make a huge difference."
"Waxing is a bitch," Alex says.
"Halloween has never been better," I grin before we all step out of Vincent's car.
So, the guys told me that every year in halloween they like to dress up as characters from the movie Grease. I hadn't told them what my prize a would be after I won the bet so I decided that I wanted to spice things up.
We're currently dressed as the main characters from Mean Girls.
Vincent is Regina George and is dressed in a black leather mini skirt with a white tank top, a pink cardigan, a long blonde wig, and black sandals.
Josh is Gretchen Wieners and is wearing a brown with pink skirt, a long sleeve pink sweatshirt, a medium length curly brown wig, and pink sandals.
Alex is Karen Smith wearing a jean pink mini skirt, a long sleeve pink shirt, an ash blonde medium length wig, and silver pink sandals.
And I'm Cady Heron. I'm wearing the very popular man's pink polo with oversized jeans, an ash blonde long wig, and black with white shoes.
"Damn it," Josh growls. "My stupid skirt keeps riding up."
"My hair keeps getting in my mouth," Alex complains, as he sticks his tongue out.
"I think I missed a spot when I shaved." Vincent says, as he rubs his legs looking for any possible hairs.
"Stop complaining," I tell them "and embrace the pain of being a female for one day."
"I can't believe we're really doing this," Josh says and I grin as we step closer to the entrance.
We just arrived at the school's annual halloween party and everyone is supposed to be here.
"Elliana," Taylor yells and I turn to see her wearing a little red ridding hood outfit. "What the hell is this?"
"Can't you guess?" I ask, a big smile on my face.
"Mean girls," Pipper smiles as he makes his way towards us. He's dressed like robin hood.
"Nice legs Alex," Mick yells from across the room, he's with the football team and is dressed like James Dean.
"Thanks," Alex yells back before frowning. "At least my costumes original."
"Pose for a picture," Taylor says. "I bet you'll win best costume."
"Okay," I smile and we all stand besides each other before smiling at the camera.
"That is not a mean girls pose," Taylor frowns before going towards us and taking a hold of me. "Place both your thumbs in the hook of your jeans. Right foot face is towards the right and the left face it towards me. Slightly lean your hip towards the left."
"I see what you're doing," Pipper laughs.
"Josh," Taylor grabs his arm and places him slightly behind me. "Hands on your hips. Your left leg is going to face me and your right leg is facing towards the right, but make sure you extend that right leg. Now raise your pink sweater a bit to make it a crop top."
"You look stunning Josh," Vincent laughs.
"Come here Regina," Taylor takes a hold of Vincent. "Stand facing towards the left slightly behind Elliana and open your legs. Place your right hand on your thigh and turn your head towards me."
"Babe," Alex looks at Taylor. "I'd rather just smile at the camera from here."
Oh, did I forget to mention that Alex and Taylor are dating?
I did, well they're officially dating.
"No," she grabs his arm "Stand next to Vincent and put your right elbow on his shoulder. Lean your hips towards the right, right leg face it forward, and left leg towards the left."
"Are we good now?" I ask.
"Perfect," she grin. "Now pose and say we wear pink on Wednesday."
"We wear pink on Wednesday," we all say.
***
3 months later
"What the hell are you doing in here?" I hear a voice growl as I make my way past a group of half naked football players.
I'm currently shoving my way through the men's locker room because I'm looking for Alex.
"Calm down," I yell. "I'm not looking at your little dick."
I shove past two tall dark haired boys who keep glaring at me, but I'm too concentrated on finding Alex.
"Bair," I see Mick stand in front of me wearing boxers and his football jersey. "What are you doing?"
"I'm looking for Alex," I tell him and he nods.
"He's over here," Mick says leading the way towards the back of the locker room and I follow trying my best to concentrate on the back of Mick's head.
A lot of naked guys everywhere. Keep it together Elliana.
"Elliana," Alex stands up as soon as he spots me and I glare at him. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to kick some sense into you," I tell him. "Taylor told me what you told her about not thinking you were good enough to do this."
"I told her not to tell you," he rolls his eyes.
"I got it out of her," I cross my arms. "She's a terrible liar and I could tell something was up with you."
"It's the championship game and everyone is depending on me," he frowns. "I just don't want to let the team down."
"Give me your helmet Mick," I turn to him and he nods handing me his helmet. "Alex bring your helmet with you."
"What are you doing?" Alex gives me a confused look, but I grab his arm and pull him towards the exit of the locker room.
"You told me at the beginning of the season that when you learned to play football your foster parent use to help you calm your nerves," I say putting Mick's helmet on which smells like sweat and dirty socks.
The things I do for my boys.
"He use to warm me up on his own," he says. "I can't believe you remember that story."
"Put your helmet on," I tell him and he nods giving me a confused look.
"Before a fight when I would get nervous Lilo would put her headgear on and remind me why I was ready to fight," I tell him.
"Elliana this is not going to work," Alex rolls his eyes and I take a hold of his helmet's mask pulling his head towards me.
"Who are you?" I ask and he rolls his eyes. "You're the fucking team captain."
"I'm the team captain," he nods and I smack his helmet.
"Say it like you actually mean it," I glare at him. "Who are you?"
"I'm the team captain," he yells, a little more enthusiastically.
"Who?" I yell.
"The team captain," he growls.
"The fucking team captain," I growl. "You're the guy who has kept your team undefeated and united. You've been contacted by seven different schools for football scholarships. You've been training like crazy for this game. Don't sit there and say you're not ready!"
"I'm the team captain," Alex growls.
"You're the team captain," I growl back. "Now go kick some football ass!"
"Yeah," he says and I take the helmet off before handing it to him.
"Give this to Mick," I say "and tell him to figure out how to get rid of the disgusting smell."
He nods before making his way back into the locker room. I smile and start making my way towards the bleachers.
Mission accomplished.
"Ellie," I hear Alex yell and I turn back to see him running towards me.
"What is it?" I ask before he wraps his arms around me giving me a tight embrace.
"Thank you," he kisses the top of my head. "I don't know what I would do without you."
"Crash and burn," I grin.
***
5 months later
"I'm here," I run towards the group pushing a few people out of my way in the process. "Have they announced anything?"
"No the judges are still making a decision," Vincent shakes his head "but I'm positive my boy will get first place."
We're all gathered in the town library waiting for the results of the school science fair competition.
"Princess," Josh smiles as he spots me and I smile back. "I didn't think you'd make it in time."
So I started training again and i've been at the gym nonstop. Only one more month before I can actually fight again.
"How could I miss this," I smile. "I ran from the gym all the way here."
"More like I drove," Pipper says making his way towards us.
"Whatever," I roll my eyes. "Point is I got here just in time."
"Ladies and Gentlemen," our school principal announces on a microphone. "The judges have finally made a decision."
"Here goes nothing," Josh says squeezing his eyes shut and I take a hold of his hand giving it a reassuring squeeze.
"In third place with her project on DNA Fingerprinting we have Samantha Stevens," he exclaims and we all clap. "In second place with his Salt Oscillator we have Jonathan West."
"His was actually really cool," Pipper states and I nod.
"You didn't even see it," I tell him and he shrugs.
"The name makes it sound cool," he chuckles. "Salt Oscillator."
"Finally in first place," our principal smiles "with his natural biological saltwater filter we have Josh Summers."
"You did it," I exclaim wrapping my arms around him. "Congratulations!"
"Thank you to everyone who participated," our principal smiles before turning off his microphone.
"Thanks princess," Josh grins. "I can't believe I won."
"It was because of the rocks I got you," Vincent says.
"Sure it was," I roll my eyes.
"I didn't see you contributing," he glares at me.
"I bought him the bubbles dude from Nemo," I smirk. "He's the real champion here."
"Congrats man," Alex smiles. "You deserve it."
"Thanks," Josh smiles. "I'm going to call grandma Sally. She's going to be so happy to hear the news."
***
6 months later
"Come on Pipper!" I yell as he lays on the floor trying to catch his breath.
We're currently at the MMA gym where I've been attempting to teach Pipper how to fight.
Let's just say I haven't been very successful.
"Give me a second Bair," he glares at me. "I just got my ass kicked by you five times in a row. I need a minute to catch my breath. "
"We don't have a minute," I tell him. "Get up so we can keep going."
"I'm done," Pipper says before taking his head gear off. "I don't know what has gotten into you lately."
"We're not done," I take my head gear off. "We still have two hours left Pipper. We need to get you ready if you're going to be able to take care of yourself In LA."
"I can take of myself Bair," Pipper yells. "I've been doing it since I was born and I've gotten pretty damn good at it!"
"It's not enough," I scream at him as he removes his gloves. "You can't even beat me!"
"I'm already fucking nervous about going to LA," Pipper growls. "I don't need you to remind me that I am incapable of physically defending myself Elliana!"
"I need to remind you," I yell "because you always seem to forget when it comes to training hard!"
"What the hell is going on in here?" I hear a voice ask and I turn to see Josh at the gym entrance.
"I don't know," Pipper says as he looks at me. "Why don't you ask your girlfriend?"
"Princess," Josh says. "What is happening with you? All you do is go to school and then come here to train until night time with Pipper. Why?"
So, there's only a month left before school ends and that means Pipper will leave to LA with Janet.
Janet's gang.
"I was pushed down the stairs," I look at Pipper. "I'm the reason Bratt was locked up which means I'm the reason you were locked up. I'm the reason you have to go to LA and risk your life. . . .I just feel like the least I could do is teach you how to take care of yourself, but I couldn't even do that for six months. . .I guess I'm just trying to make sure you can stay alive Pipes and we don't have time for me to take it easy on myself or you."
"I didn't know you felt this way," Pipper says and I look down at my hands. "It wasn't your fault. None of this is your fault Bair."
"I just don't know what I would do if anything happened to you," I tell him.
"Nothing will happen to me," he says as he wraps his arms around me. "I promise I'll try my best to stay safe Bair."
"Please do," I say hugging him tightly.
***
"Look at me," I take a hold of his arm. "Look at me!"
"I can't," he slurs and I wrap his arm around my shoulder leading him towards the car. "I'm a big fat mess and you hate me!"
"I don't hate you," I tell him. "I just hate that you enjoy drinking, but you did call me to come pick you up. At least you're not driving anymore."
"I made you guys a promise," Vincent says as we move closer to the car. "No more drinking and driving."
"Thank you for keeping it," I smile and then I begin to see him start to bend over.
"I think I'm going to," he begins to say before bending down and throwing up.
"Throw up," I roll my eyes.
"Meow meow meow," he says as he wipes his mouth with his sleeve.
"Oh shut up," I tell him. "That was only cute the first time you did it and now you do it every time you screw up!"
"It always works," he smiles and I try to glare at him, but a smile forms on my lips.
"I'm going to make sure tomorrow is a very loud day," I open the back seat of the car before shoving him inside.
"Yes," he smiles. "Let's play loud rock music tomorrow!"
"How drunk is he?" Alex laughs as I open the passenger door.
"He wants us to play loud rock music for him tomorrow," I laugh. "That's how drunk he is."
"Well we never say no to a drunk person's wishes," Alex laughs.
"He's so going to regret this tomorrow," I smile.
"Yes he is," Vincent says. "Wait, who are we talking about?"
***
"Are you sure about this?" Josh asks and I nod taking a hold of the balloons. Big large colorful balloons.
She loved balloons.
"You don't have to Ellie," Vincent says placing his hand on my shoulder and I smile. A small smile.
"I didn't get to say goodbye," I tell them. "I don't even remember the last thing I said to her. . .I have to do this. I need to move on and finally put her to rest."
"Okay," Alex nods. "We're here if you need anything. We can help or-"
"No," I cut him off. "I need to this alone."
"We'll be in the car," Josh squeezes my hand reassuringly before they all walk towards his car.
We're in the town lake, which is the only place I can imagine Lilo truly loving about this town. If she could go anywhere to think, I'm sure it would be here.
Graduation was a few days ago and we're all officially high school alumni.
Josh and I are both attending the near by University of Woodale, which is the town's university. It's a pretty good school and we get to stay in the house.
My family wasn't too happy, but they'll have to deal with it.
Alex is going to go to UCLA on a football scholarship. I'm sad he's going so far, but it's an amazing opportunity for him.
Taylor is going to the Los Angeles School of Photography, which means she'll be close to Alex. I'm happy for them.
Vincent hasn't said anything about college, but I know he applied. I'm sure he'll tell us during the summer or when he's ready to do so.
Mick is going to UC Davis, which means he's going to be super far away from us. I was happy for him when I heard the news, but I wish he'd chosen somewhere closer to us.
Pipper didn't apply to college this year because he's going with Janet, but he wants to go to UCLA. Maybe after gang he can go there.
Anyways, I was feeling really upset about the fact that I couldn't share this moment with Lilo. I'm sure she's with me all the time, but I have to let her go.
It's why I bought as many balloons as I could and came here.
To say goodbye.
"Lilo," I take a deep breath. "I hope you can hear me. Life has been a rocky road without you and I'm sure you've laughed at the mess I've made. I made amends with our parents, I forgave Cameron, and I even allowed myself to fall in love with a great guy. But I can't keep avoiding saying goodbye. Now before you get all pissed off and moody, It doesn't mean I won't be carrying you with me everywhere because I will. I always will, but I have to forgive myself for not being there for you when you needed me. I have to finally make amends with the fact that you died too soon."
I stop and I can feel the tears streaming down my face.
"I, um, I remember when we were little you use to say I was stitch because we were both alien looking creatures," I laugh trying my best to keep myself from crying. "I use to get pissed off. . .How stupid it all seems now. . being angry at you . . .Anyways, I came here because i think you would like this lake. . . I call it my safe place. Maybe it's because I fell in love here for time or because it's the place I can picture you. I'm not sure, but I-"
I can feel my hands shaking and I take a deep breath.
"I love you Lilo," I say slowly releasing the colorful balloons I brought with me. "Thank you for all the amazing memories. Goodbye Lilo, rest in peace."
*THE END*
A/N: Hey everyone !!! I hope you liked this ending, I know it took forever to get here, but it finally arrived.
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May 25, 2018