Saving Him • editing/rewriting

epilogue-if i'm james dean you're audrey hepburn

Hunter... Well now here's where it gets really interesting. He took a gap year too but not to travel or anything, he stayed in Sydney. No, he said needed time to figure out what he really wanted to do with his life. I know it meant a lot to him to choose the right path because he seemed to think he wasted the first bit of his life.

Before I go into what he decided to do after we graduated, let me just tell you something that I'm really proud about. Okay, so after you passed away, Hunter vowed to go to therapy and actually make an effort to get better. He opened up to his psychiatrist, he did everything he was told to do. I was really difficult for him at first. Remember how long it took for him jusy to open to us? But he told me, "I can't just sit here being a pathetic excuse of a human when my best friend just died. I need to stop being such a fucking pussy and do everything I can to fix my life. I want to do things that will make Tom proud of me."

It took him an agonising two years of therapy but now he's a changed man (I'm laughing so hard because I called him a man HAHAHAHA he's not quite there yet) ( I told him what I wrote and he threw a pillow at me). He has a more positive look on life, he smiles a lot more, he's become so good at controlling his temper and is overall just happier. I guess you're proud him now, aren't ya? Because I sure am.

Now, what career path did this new and improved Hunter take, you ask? Well in that year he took off, he started busking around the city and doing gigs at bars and pubs. I tried to go to as many of them as I could in between study and my university courses and I supported him right in the front row. He's amazing Tom, you gotta hear him. He writes his own songs and does covers as well but it's so good! And I'm not the only one who noticed as well *insert me wiggling my eyebrows here*. One day, this guy came up to him after a gig at one of the well known pubs and asked if he'd like to sign a contract with Universal Music. He got a record label!!! He's recording songs in the studio almost everyday these days and I'm so excited for him. Who knows? He might be the next Gerard Way (joking no ones as good as the majestic Gerard) ((don't tell Hunter I said that)).

And me? Well, I decided I wanted to become a child physiatrist so now I'm studying my ass off. I love it though. University is so much more different to high school. The environment and the people. Of course, every one's more mature, everyone there wants to learn and wants to be there. And I met some really nice people who are interested in the same thing I am.

Sadly, Hunter and I broke up after we graduated because we thought it would be better that way. He met some singer/model girl at one of his gigs and I met this gorgeous guy called Romeo who looks like a Greek God with rock hard abs and a jawline that could cut you. So much better than Hunter, I gotta say.

I'm trying to imagine what your reaction would be and I'm sensing it's not a very pleased one. Like the one Hunter's giving me as he reads this over my shoulder. Oh crap he just said, "Katie..." In a really I'm-about-to-rip-that-letter-in-half way. Okay, okay, I better tell you that I was joking about the me and Hunter breaking stuff and the singer girl and Romeo (he sounds quite hot even though I just made him up on the spot) before he threatens to eat my donuts or something. We're still happily together, don't you worry. He treats me like a princess and he's the sweetest boyfriend ever. I'm so glad that we both got to stay in Sydney otherwise I don't know what I would've done.

Some exciting news, to end this letter. I know we're still only young but Hunter proposed to me. We're not going to get offically married until I've finished my degree but that's besides the point.

I know I messed up, dating you when I clearly still had feelings for Hunter. And then I broke your heart by breaking up with you and going after him again. I'm so so sorry for that. I was such a stupid, young girl who didn't know how to handle her feelings. But Tom, if it makes things any better, I'm in love with Hunter. I think I was all along. And I know you're absolutely ecstatic up there for us for finally working things out. I'm proud of us too.

Well, until next time Tom. We miss you and love you more than you can ever imagine.

Love Katie xoxo

A/N

GUYS!!  My first completed book that I'm actually satisfied with! I'm gonna cry. Okay so I don't want to go into my annoying A/N and ruin the epilogue so I'm going to do another update just for that. I'm not gonna force you to read it but I hope you will!

Thank you so much all of you who read this book. I really cannot thank you enough.

Please leave your thoughts about this chapter or the book as a whole, I'd love to know what you thought!

~Nina