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Please be so kind and read until the end of the page after it says 'The End'

Epilogue

Amy walked over the grass towards the table she had seen part of the Halliwell family. She carried a large bowl with dessert. Kids were running around playing and parents stood or sat talking.

She placed the bowl on a table where a lot of food was already standing before she approached the family.

"Is everything alright in the restaurant?" Piper asked.

"Piper, leave the girl alone, she just arrived here," Victor scolded his daughter.

"No, that's fine. Everything is alright. It was quiet busy this morning but we found time to check on the frozen peas just like you asked for."

Since Leo was retired, Piper decided to take it slow in the restaurant as well, so they could spend more time together. Therefore she was really happy that Amy was ready and clever enough to manage a lot on herself.

"Amy, look at my costume," Josh called and came running to her dressed in a bright yellow corn costume.

"Oh my, you look amazing. I could put butter on you and eat you," she said hugging him.

Josh frowned. "Eat me?"

"But I won't. Of course not."

The now 5 year old nodded. "You better don't. They need me at the play."

Right in this moment a bell rang announcing that the play would start any second. Everyone started to walk inside. Josh ran with his friend's behind the stage.

Wyatt was waiting for his family. "We sit in the front row. Because my brother is famous," he grinned.

"Wyatt, it's only a kid's play," Leo told his son.

They took their seats in the first row where Chris was already waiting for them. "Finally. Did you bring the desert?" he asked Amy.

"Hello, to you too. Yes, I did." She kissed him on the cheek.

Nancy entered the stage and spoke to the microphone. "Good afternoon, I welcome you all to our annual celebration. This year we are glad to show you a fantastic play written by the aspiring author Chris Halliwell, who also happens to be one corn's father. Let's welcome our little actors with a loud applause."

The kids came onto the stage all dressed as various vegetables, as teeth or candies. It was a little play with the white teeth becoming friends with the candy instead of the vegetables. In the end one little tooth got really sick and needed a bandage and all the other teeth decide that the vegetables are much more fun to play with. The kids were all so cute and of course got tons of cheers and applause.

"But I got the most," Josh said. "From daddy and Amy and grandma and grandpa and great grandpa Victor and Aunt Phoebe and Uncle Coop and Uncle Wyatt and Rachel."

"You were the best corn," Wyatt told his little nephew and Josh nodded proudly. He was eager to play with his friends and once his daddy told him to get a drink first and then he could go, he ran off not looking after his family twice.

"I have to tell you it won't be long until you guys have to attend someone else's kindergarten parties per year," Rachel said.

"You are pregnant?" Piper asked surprised.

Rachel nodded. "I took the test yesterday."

"Oh my God, that is so great!" Phoebe exclaimed, although no one else seemed to think that.

"Congratulations. Excuse me, I have fans to satisfy," Chris said. He took a think hard covered book and walked to an area on the playground of the kindergarten were little red chairs were placed in a circle.

Amy came back with drinks for everyone. "It's such a great weather isn't it?"

"You think?" Wyatt asked and motioned for a little boy with a water gun that smirking used it against Amy. She shook her head at the large wet part on her t-shirt. "Hey, why at me?" she asked the little boy who ran away laughing.

A young woman walked towards the Halliwells. "Excuse me, you are Josh's mom, aren't you?"

"Well, no, actually not," Amy replied. "But that's okay."

"Oh, I see, it's just we search for another mother to help us draw things on the kid's faces."

"I can do that. No problem. Or a little problem. I can't draw but I think it'll work."

"I like this shirt," the woman said when they were walking away.

"Thank you. It's from my friend's boutique. It's called 'tres chic'."

"Of course, I know that place. I love it."

The main thing happening on the celebration was eating and talking and for the kids to play. So, it was a really relaxing afternoon and evening. Chris took his grandfather and his aunt and uncle home. After Phoebe and Coop went inside to meet their daughters, Victor remained sitting.

"Probably the last kindergarten party of Josh I attend," Victor said.

Chris shook his head at his grandfather. "You don't know that. And you are doing fine."

"I know, I mean because he will be in school soon."

"Oh, yes. But then you can go with the next generation."

"I'm looking forward to it. Although, I fear I won't meet all of my great grandkids." He winked.

"They will know you one way or the other." Chris had told his grandfather of the other little boy he would father sooner or later.

"Time passes so quickly, Chris. Make something out of it. I don't want you looking back one day thinking that you wanted to do so much more. Every moment counts."

"I know. But I don't think that will happen. I mean I have everything I want so far. There is only one more thing. But it'll happen."

"I'm sure. And then you do nothing but enjoy what you have. There is no need to run after more all the time. You can be content with what you have."

"I am perfectly content. I really am."

"Good, that's all I wanted to hear. I better go now, you have somewhere else to be, don't you?" Chris nodded. "You won't take Josh?"

Every other Friday Chris would go to the cemetery with or without Josh. One time he had even been caught by a photographer making book sells increase. It only was an unexpected side effect but a welcomed one and it didn't make him feel bad at all as it was exactly what Kat had wanted.

"Not today. I need to be there alone for a while, you know. Trying to figure out what I'm telling him. We go again at the weekend. He had such a great day today and I don't want him to be sad. And I know she wouldn't want him to either."

"How can you be sure that he will be sad? Maybe he is happy to learn something about her."

"But it all ends the same sad way."

"Every end also means a new beginning." Victor said climbing out of the car.

"And when one door closes another opens, I know."

"Right. So, lean back and relax and wait to see what door opens for you next. Appreciate whatever it is."

The End

Writing this story was really difficult form e sometimes. I had a lot of problems with my eye sight due to an infection, that still isn't healed completely. There were times I couldn't write because I couldn't see anything on my computer. To make things worse it also was a really busy time as it was my final semester in university. I know my readers had to wait for some chapters for a long time and I'm truly sorry for that but I hope the above mentioned reasons explain it a bit.

It also happened that I had to search for new betas more than once and that's how it came that four people corrected parts of this story : Laura, Katie, Angela and Ann. I thank you all for doing your parts.

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