Epilogue (The End)
#15 of Eric's Schooldays
_And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make._
Hey everyone. I had hoped to put up another chapter before posting the epilogue but in all honesty I don't see it working out so well so I'm cutting to the chase and ending it here. To all of those who did want to read it then I am terribly sorry but it was such a big mess when I honestly thought about it. So anyway this will be different as I intend to write it in first person style from Eric's point of view. I want to thank you all for having the patience to read through my work and hope that you've had fun trying to know my characters. If you happen to have any questions for either me as an author or for any of the main characters (I'll be mainly answering questions directed at either Eric, Chris or Alex but I'll also try and answer those for Carla and Adriana) then post them in the comments below and I'll try and get to you as soon as I can. Remember that I also do non-canon stories as well and I'll be answering questions in the context of the story canon. So yeah that's it from me and I'll be writing more soon I hope.
Eric_S
Shortly after Leaver's week (that is the designated week for school leavers to simply party their arse off after exams) we all awaited for our results to come back from our TEE exams, which would determine which university course we would enter. I personally had my doubts about how well I did and it was only through immense pressure that I did lighten up just in time for when the results eventually came online. Both Alex and Chris had been a real help during that time and I guess I still have to thank them for getting me to shut up about my whining, complaining and um... I guess you get the picture already.
But I want to briefly talk about the other people who have had an impact on me during my days of high school.
I never really managed to hear from Carla much after our Ball and it was only recently that I had managed to understand what had happened. Turned out that her parents had changed jobs and that she would end up having to study in another high school. She had been so busy with her studies that she forgot to tell me when this had happened which disappointed me to no end. We sorted things out and it probably was the best idea that we did go our separate ways when we came across the problems. She's seeing somebody else now from what I can piece together and I can only hope that her new relationship is more fruitful than what we had going on. She's doing something associated with journalism I think.
I never got around to figuring out Adriana. It would probably be in my best interests not to ask why she and Alex didn't work out but I can't help but wonder. I never really heard much about her apart from that mention I got from Alex when I mentioned her at Leavers week. Perhaps it was ignorance basically on my part. She disappeared from my mental radar a long time ago. She's still single from what I know and that's all I know at this point.
Chris surprised me when his results came out. He never appeared to study and yet his results were only slightly worse off than mine. This was taking into account the fact I typically spent a few hours every day cramming for my exams, which sort of worked, and here he was coming around having barely looked at a book and scoring equally as well. I wanted to give him a good punch on the nose considering his results and what little work he did to get it but that would be very bad of me. He managed to get into law at a different university to me so I didn't really see much of him when university started but I hear he's off to a good start and actually studying for once. He's still single from what I know but he could have found another guy and I wouldn't be any wiser.
Alex on the other hand didn't surprise me all that much but he still did relatively well considering he put in a similar amount of work compared to Chris. We're all smart kids really but his results were a little lower than what I had expected of him. He still managed to get what university course he wanted so he wasn't one to complain. The lucky bugger also managed to nab a scholarship as well although not on academic reasons. Despite that he and I still at the same university campus I don't get to see much of him at all. He's always nagging me to go see movies with him and the others but I'm usually so exhausted by the time I get back from university that the first thing I want to do is go to sleep.
But what about me? My results ended up being better than I had hoped and I was thinking of looking into a medical degree... that is I would have but I didn't take the compulsory exam required which effectively tests whether or not you are the right person for the job or something to that effect. In the end I ended up choosing something which would satisfy my desire to help others and put my relatively good chemistry and biology scores to an actual use. Pharmacy wasn't my top choice, I really wanted to do medicine but I believed my score would be too bad to do it, so as a second choice it wasn't all that bad. After all if I did become qualified I would have access to the things which could easily cure or kill. A great responsibility perhaps but that is something which I have to go and learn somehow.
So um... yeah thanks for reading and uh... don't judge me too harshly will ya? I'm just still a kid at heart.
Eric Stevenson