“…Now, I only pray when it all goes down, I’ll be surrounded by all of the ones I’ve loved and cared about, and then burn! It! Down!” I jumped back, bounced on my toes, punched my fist into the air. I screamed.

The song was perfect. Perfect enough for me. I finally felt good about the new album, confident enough to release the rest soon. Performing this song, letting the words from my chest, was relieving and exhilarating and I felt on top of the world.

And even after this high of performing went away, I was going to hold on. Life was a joke sometimes, but I was going to make it, surrounded by all these people that I loved and who loved me back. No matter how much I mess up, burn things down, or take way too desperate measures in the worst of times, I was going to hold on. For Mike, for Tony, for Jaime, for the fans, the family, Alyssa.

And most importantly, for myself.

Notes

I figured that, after listening to the divine zero so many times and letting the words soak into my brain, that this would be a nice way to end this story.

Yes, this is the end. I'm so sorry that this last chapter is so short, but I think it all sums it up okay, yeah? Life's going to be a continuous struggle, ups and downs, highs and lows, but hold on. Guys, Idk, I feel this song so much, this is my tumblr post about it, I just wanted to share that with all of you. It's so important. And with that said, I can't keep dragging this story out forever. I don't have many more ideas for it and I'm not trying to get too dramatic, I'm happy how it's ended on a positive, hopeful note, even though there's going to be hard times ahead and personal struggles all over the place, just hold on. Just hold on.

Im sorry the ending isn't well written, I just feel myself becoming burnt out from this story unfortunately. But I loved this time writing these characters, from Innocent Blood all the way to the end of this story, it's truly been a journey, and I'm happy to finally put it all to a rest. Thank you all for following it, and I hope you're not mad at me for how I ended it so abruptly, but, hey, at least it's not a viscous heart wrenching cliff hanger like last time, right?

Hope everyone's doing okay. Message me if you ever need anything, I'm here. Love you all xoxo