EPILOGUE
( FELL )

     CARMEN GLANCED AT the crowd around her. It had seemed that an hour had passed- two, even. But the branded golden watch on her hand proved that it had only been minutes, and that she would have to wait a bit longer. Aurora began to tap her foot from beside of Carmen, seemingly more angry than her best friend.

"If I didn't enjoy the coffee here, I would've left when I saw the group," Aurora huffs in annoyance, crossing her arms over her chest. "Yet it's been long enough for them to disperse, and they haven't. What's going on up there?"

"Maybe Justin Timberlake is here for a pop-up performance," Carmen jokes like she had with her best friend once before, trying to lighten her new best friend's mood. But the scowl on Aurora's face only hardened.

"I wish. Anything would be better than waiting here for nothing. It's been what, a half hour? What could they be waiting on? We have to be back in a half hour or you know Zach will attack me."

"It's only been twenty minutes," Carmen corrects, before pulling her long brown hair into a ponytail. "We can leave if you want. I have no reason to be here."

"Yeah, well, I would," Aurora frowns. "But the door is on the other side of the crowd, wherever the front of it is."

"Then lets go," Carmen suggests, grabbing her hand. "Lead the way."

Aurora smiles, before shoving through the crowd. Carmen apologizes to nearly everyone they push past, only to get glares in response. When reaching the front of the hoard of teenage girls, Aurora lets out a sigh of relief, and sprints towards the mall exit.

Carmen tows behind, still being pulled.

But as the rush forward, Carmen trips over her own feet. But luckily- she caught herself in time, careful not to replay what had happened to her several months ago. She glances over to the boy band that holds the attention of the paparazzi and the crowd of screaming girl's.

She catches the eye of a blonde who had stepped forward to catch her before she fell- Brady Tutton she believed was his name. Carmen smiles, shooting him a nod as she follows Aurora to the exit.

"What was the hold up?" Aurora asks, checking her phone for the time.

"Nothing," Carmen whisks away her question, glancing back to the boy one more time. "I just remembered how Zach and I met, and . . . I'm just happy I fell into him."

"Me too, Carmen," Aurora says, her eyes finding those of the brunette's as she smiles. "Me too."

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