Part 11: Epilogue.

The service for Nate's funeral was simple, just as he had asked for: everyone in white, just his close friends and family. It was a somber yet hopeful atmosphere inside the Chapel of St. Mark's, a few minutes away from Nate's parents' house.

Joseph was late, like always, and gave the eulogy.

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Two years later, they all found themselves again at St. Mark's, this time celebrating Leah and Mike's wedding.

Gabriel was invited, but didn't come. He instead sent the couple a video message from his apartment building in New York City, apologizing that even it has been two years, he still wouldn't be able to look Evelyn in the eye at the wedding. They understood.

Their honeymoon was a week in Italy, full of sightseeing (whenever they left their hotel room) and magical moments they never would forget.

They named their first set of twins David and Nathaniel.

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Evelyn, after coming back home from the hospital that day, decided to move to California and start a new life. After the divorce papers went through, she immediately found herself excited but scared in San Francisco, finding a job across the bay at the University of California.

She and Gabriel never spoke again.

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David came out of the hospital fine; it was actually quite a miracle that he had no major fractures or internal bruises.

He heard from the nurses how Joseph would profess his idyllic love to him while he was comatose, and this didn't surprise him. Joseph would always hint at his attraction towards David, and David would always smile it off.

So David did what one would naturally do: he became Joseph's roommate.

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Right before he died, Nate wrote only three words on a piece of paper that he had clutched until his death.

It said, "Open your eyes."