A/N: hello all! this is the VERY LAST CHAPTER of Another Day. i just want to thank everyone for reviewing and i'm glad that everyone liked this story. i am currently working on a Mark/Roger fic, so i hope to get that up soon.
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
(chapter title - Epilogue - Mark's Point of View)
It's been three years since I last saw my friends and a lot has happened. Caitlyn is now thirteen and Jason is five. Destiny died about a year ago from a heart attack and I miss her dearly. I've been raising the kids with Maureen and Judith's help. They bring the kids home from school and they also drop them off at school, which I'm so grateful for.
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Crystal and Roger welcomed their second child, Aaron Samuel Davis, into the world in the fall of last year. Three-year-old Angel is so happy to be a big sister. They don't live in New York anymore - they live in Florida, right near Disney Land.
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Jules, John, Eileen and Adam have graduated from Michigan State University and instantly got jobs - Adam, John and Jules are on Broadway in a musical called Beauty School Dropout. Eileen, however, got a job in a veterinary office right near Central Park. She and Adam are engaged, as are John and Jules, so I couldn't be happier for them.
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Even though Benny and his family are in California, that doesn't mean that they don't care about us. Benny sent me a wedding invitation for his son, Jacob's wedding, but I couldn't go to because of Destiny dying so suddenly.
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Along with celebration, comes death. Caitlyn's best friend, Cassidy, got killed in a drive-by shooting and died on the spot. She was only thirteen-years-old. Adam's sister, Lynn, suffered a heart attack when she was working with a horse. Brian, a good friend of mine, committed suicide after losing his job. Also, Anthony, a good friend of John and Adam's, died late Saturday night after overdosing on drugs. It's sad to talk about, but the kids always email or call me whenever something happens to them or one of their friends.
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I always think of the ones that we have lost over the years - Angel, Collins, Mimi and Joanne, and I wonder how they're doing. Do they miss us as much as we miss them?
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Oh, I forgot to mention, Hannah and Anna - Mo and Jo's daughters, have moved far away from New York. No, they're not in Michigan, either. Both of them are taking a year off school and are vacationing in Hawaii, but don't worry, they'll be back.
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I also forgot to mention that Joanne's memorial service was beautiful. I knew that Maureen would miss her dearly, as would all of us. Roger wrote a beautiful song for Joanne while Crystal, Maureen and I read some poetry that we had written ourselves. The kids put on a play written by Maureen and Judith about Joanne's life from the time that she was born until the time she died. Don't worry, I got the whole thing on tape.
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I miss everyone so much and I know that they miss me, but whenever I feel lonely, I just dig out Today 4 U: Proof Positive and watch that or listen to Roger's new and old CDs that he made.
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Five years later and so much has happened. I'll start with the sad and go to the happy.
Alexi - got drunk and fell off of her balcony on New Year's Eve.
Judith - accidentally hung herself.
Chris (Adam and John's old roommate) - committed suicide after his girlfriend broke up with him.
And now for the happy:
John & Jules - new baby - boy - Roger David Cohen
Eileen & Adam - new baby - girl - Naomi Anne Evans
Maureen & I (yeah, we got back together) - twins - boys - Nathaniel Ethan and Benjamin Raymond Cohen
Roger & Crystal - new baby - girl - Bridget Nicole Davis
Hannah & Ray (her husband) - new baby - girl - Heather Elizabeth Smith
Jacob & Erica (his wife) - new baby - girl - Joanne Meredith Coffin
As for me, job wise, I'm now the head of Buzz Line with my friend, Scott, as my assistant.
This is the end of the story, but just imagine all the happiness that we all encountered.
There's only us
There's only this
Forget regret or life is yours to miss
No other road
No other way
No day but today