And my second finished solo non-one shot in so long and the first that doesn't have a sequel! I'm so happy to have this story done! Now, get ready to laugh and cry. Since this is an epilogue, it is much shorter than the other chapters.
Disclaimer: I do not own Happy Tree Friends or any of the characters but Lucky. All rights go to Mondo Media.
"You've reached the voice mailbox of Petunia, Handy, and Lucky. Sorry I couldn't make your call but just leave me a message and if this is Giggles, stop calling me! I don't want to talk to you!"
Beep!
"Petunia, please, it's been twenty years and you can't stay made at me forever. I know what I did was wrong and I've regretted it every day since I started lying to you. I should have had more faith in our friendship and now there isn't any to have faith in. Please, I just want to hear from you."
I hung up the phone with a heavy sigh, staring at the floor. I guess it shouldn't still bother me as much as it does but she was such a big part of my immortality and even life before it that I couldn't help but miss her. I screwed up even more than I thought I did.
I walked away from the phone and back to my bedroom, not really expecting a call back after how many calls I've tried to make to her over the past twenty years. I brushed my fur and pulled the top of it, which I let grow out, into a high ponytail and slipped on my legwarmers.
Everyone knows about Disco Bear now, I told them. Besides Petunia, as you already know, everyone was pretty groovy about me liking him. They took some convincing to realize I was serious but no one laughed like I was worried and Petunia's the only one avoiding me.
That also meant that I could finally break up with Cuddles and get him out of my immortality forever. That really is a relief after what happened. That wasn't the only good thing that came out of this either. It took a long while but the knock on my door told me it was time.
I did my best to shove the thoughts of Petunia in the back of my mind and put on my best smile as I went and answered the door to find Disco Bear on the other side, except, he looked almost completely different than he did twenty years ago now that disco's "too mainstream" for him.
Instead of in an afro, his orange mane was straight and parted down the middle, stopping just when his head started to curve down. He also wore a tee-shirt, overalls with one strap down, and hi-tops. He says to give it twenty years, which I find hard to believe but I had to admit that he did have the seventies pretty straight on.
"'Sup?" Yes, along with that, I now have a whole new set of slang terms, something I'm definitely still working on this time. "Let's bone out for our date." I had to admit, there was a lot to get used to but I've changed a lot, too and I quickly and easily found that I still loved him and I'll literally spend the rest of forever with him if we never die permanently.
As we headed out, I spotted Petunia and Handy walking on the other side of the road with an orange, child skunk that had to be the Lucky she mentioned in her voicemail. I hadn't actually seen her in many years and she has changed as well. Coincidentally, taking a style very similar to my own, not that either of them were very creative anyways and she did still have her petunia and air freshener.
I thought about calling out to her but kept my mouth shut. This proved futile as Lucky spotted me. I figured it was no big deal as I'd never seen her before that day but clearly she had somehow seen me before or been told enough about me because she pointed right at me and shouted, "Stay away from my mommy!"
"Lucky, what are you…?" Petunia started to ask but looked over where she was looking and her face turned hard in a way that just shattered my heart. "Come on, Lucky, let's leave the bogart." She dragged the child along, Handy sending me an apologetic glance but did follow her.
"Petunia, please, I'm not a bogart!" I called after her with every bit of strength left in me but she was too far gone, but she didn't go far.
And I hope y'all enjoyed my very surprisingly popular story. I love you all and thank you so much for reading. Please review and flames are accepted and expected. *lights story on fire* Don't worry, it's HTF. It'll be back.