EPILOGUE

A few weeks later after the show had come to a close and things were seemingly back to normal,well as normal as they could be in Sparkyville,Christine and Freida were both sitting on the former's bed one evening and looking through her scrapbook of foster families with Diana by their side,and they couldn't help but notice that in each family photo they glanced at,Christine appeared to be drifting further and further away from the kids and even staying out of one photo entirely,not to mention that she also appeared to be dressed in a much more formal and fancy dress than usual.

"I can't believe you've had to go through so many foster families Christine. It's kind of heart wrenching if you ask me." Freida sighed and somberly remarked as Christine closed the scrapbook and slid it under her bed before the girl shrugged and tried to brush it aside "Well it could have gotten worse,I could still be cooped up at the orphanage and be missing out on this stuff over here." to which Freida nodded her head and couldn't help but agree "Yeah you got a bit of a point there,so how you are feeling about finally going on your first date with James?"

"Nervous,not my old kind of nervous,but still nervous." answered Christine with a clear hint of nervousness in her voice before she continued a little more upbeat and cheerful "You all should have seen how shocked we were when we told each other how we felt after the show. We literally felt the exact same way to a tee,that's rarer than blue moons." to which Freida smiled and happily retorted with a light chuckle "Well I'm glad you two are deciding to come together like this,and I'm very happy that you have overcome your anxiety too. Doesn't it feel good to be rid of it?"

*Nakama from Naruto Shippuden starts to play.*

"Yeah,it does,it's like that feeling you get when you're finally able to properly breathe after being sick for so long." Christine nodded her head and happily answered Freida's question to which the curly haired girl cheerfully responded while she began to help her friend out with her hair "That's good,you've been with us for so long but it's also taken you so long to…...talk to us due to your anxiety,but now look at you,you have friends,you're happy and now you're finding love. It almost reminds me of how things used to be before me and Charlie came together,looking back everything seemed so…..dull and vanilla." before Christine scoffed and playfully lamented in response "Oof,then I definitely don't wanna see what life here was like before,and if I were being perfectly honest,I do kinda like the craziness here."

"Me too,when it's the fun kind of crazy at least." Freida chuckled and couldn't help but agree with Christine's statement when the two girls suddenly heard a knock coming from the front door to which the latter immediately bolted off to answer it,and afterwards she was instantly greeted by the sight of none other than James in a black tuxedo smiling at her which prompted the girl to blush and happily greet the boy "Hi James,you look great." before James blushed as well and politely greeted her back "Same to you,you look lovely Christine."

"Hi there James,you're looking quite handsome." called out Freida as she joined the two kids at the doorway and got a look at James's duds for the night to which the boy respectfully showed his gratitude for the compliment "Why thank you Freida." before the curly haired girl politely wondered out of curiosity "So are you two gonna be able to make it to the sleepover at Violet's tonight? Everyone's gonna be there and we'd love you to come Christine."

"Sure thing Freida,we'll make it." Christine gave a thumbs up and enthusiastically reassured Freida that she and James would make it to the sleepover while the latter nodded his head in agreement before he happily suggested in response "So whatta you say Christine? You ready for a date?" to which the girl looked up at the boy and cheerfully obliged while the three kids walked out the doorway "You don't even need to ask that." and once the kids seemed to have made it to the sidewalk,Freida happily called out while she walked down the left side and James and Christine walked down the right side to their date "Have fun you two! We'll be waiting for you at Violet's!"

"Don't worry we'll be there!" reassured Christine as she and James each waved a hand in the air while the two of them slowly walked off into the sunset,and later on they were both sitting at the city edge of the city docks where the river was and were staring off into the horizon together as the slowly setting sun caused the water to sparkle brightly,all while the two kids wrapped their arms around one another.

The End