Epilog*

Liz looked at her phone and slowly got out of the car. She walked around the car and opened the door. She undid the carseat and a 4 year old little girl jumped out of the car and stood by Liz.

“Mommy. What are we doing here?” She asked taking Liz's head.

“Adrienne, I told you. We came here to see Aunty Shelby.”

“Is that where I got my middle name?” She asked as the two girls walked up a slight hill.

“Yes it is sweetie.” Liz replied as they stopped at Shelby's grave.

It happened 5 years ago. 5 years ago on this day. Shibb was taken away from them in a split second and there hasn't been a day that has gone by where Liz didn't think about her.

“Mommy, what happened to Aunty Shelby?” Adrienne asked as Liz looked down at the grave.

“She...she was needed in heaven. They needed another angel to watch over you, mommy, daddy, and Uncle Lulu.” Liz said, not sure how else to tell it.

“Who's Uncle Lulu again?” Adrienne asked taking Liz's hand again.

Ever since Shelby's death, their group kind of split apart. Everyone pretty much went their own ways. Things weren't the same between them. They tried to stay together, they really did. But each one of them held a different part of Shelby, and they all couldn't take it anymore.

“You haven't seen him since you were a baby. He doesn't come around anymore, he's busy with his own little family.” Liz said, with a hint of annoyance in her voice.

“Oh.” She replied sadly. Adrienne looked down the hill and a man was slowly approaching. “Daddy!” She yelled running to meet him half way.

He grabbed her and picked her up, smothering her with kisses. Liz half smiled and watched them walk back up to her. “How are my two favorite girls?” David asked giving Liz a kiss on the cheek.

“It's been 5 years.” Liz mumbled looking back to Shelby.

“I know Liz. I was there.”

“I feel like I lost them all that day.”

“You tried to keep them together. You tried to make sure they didn't drift apart. But you couldn't do it. It wasn't your fault Babe.” David said putting his arm around Liz and holding Adrienne in the other arm.

Liz looked to her right and 3 dark figures walking up the hill toward them. It was Daniel, Mike, and Lexi. Daniel looked at Liz, and then at Adrienne. “Is that your little girl?” He asked, appearing to actually care about Liz.

“Yeah. Adrienne Shelby Payne.” Liz said with a smile.

“She looks a lot like you.”

“Thanks Daniel.” It was the first time in almost 5 years that they had seen each other, and they were actually getting along. Things were crazy.

“Who's that?” Daniel asked looking behind Liz as 3 people walked up the hill.

“That's...” Liz stopped as they got closer.

“Hi guys.” Izzy said awkwardly. He looked at Sasha, hoping that she had something to say.

“Hey Boo.” Sasha said looking from Liz, to David, to Adrienne.

“Oh. This is Adrienne.”

“Hi.” Adrienne said with a big smile on her face.

“Hi sweetie. I'm Sasha. And this handsome little boy is Michael.” Sasha said crouching down to Adrienne's height. She looked at the little boy holding her hand and smiled.

“You and Mike had a baby?”

“Yup. He's 2.” Sasha said with a smile on her face.

“He looks just like you.” Daniel said looking at him.

“Thanks Daniel.” Sasha said looking over at Lexi and Mike. “Have you heard from Chanel?” Sasha asked turning her head toward Liz.

“I haven't heard from her in years.” Liz said sadly.

“Me either. Last time I heard she moved down to New Hampshire with Norland.”

“Yeah, I seen that on facebook.” Liz said.

“Are you bitches talking about me?!” Chanel yelled rushing up to them. She was acting as if nothing ever happened with them. As if everything was okay.

“Actually we were.” Sasha said giving her a hug. She turned to Liz and gave her a hug.

Chanel took a step back and looked at everyone, as Michael stepped behind Sasha. “That's not...You had a kid!” Nellz yelled with a smile on her face.

“Yeah, Michael Junior.”

“And is that?” Nellz asked looking at Adrienne.

“My baby girl. Adrienne Shelby Payne.” Liz replied with a smile.

“And wheres your baby?” Nellz asked as all eyes went on Daniel and Lexi.

Lexi lifted her sweater and revealed her baby bump. “16 weeks.” Lexi said looking at them.

“And look.” Daniel said holding up his hand and showing a wedding band.

“Married and a baby on the way? Daniel, Shelby would be proud.” Liz said, not sure if she should be happy for them, or sad that Shelby missed it. She missed out on a lot of things. On Liz having her first baby. Sasha and Michael finally getting the baby they've always wanted. Daniel and Lexi finally tying the knot, after all the years where people doubted Daniel.

It just wasn't fair.

Slowly 4 figures appeared next to Liz. She looked next to her and found Ace, Drew, Keith and Ruga standing there with smiles on their faces. “It's like a fucking reunion.” Ace said laughing.

“Yeah, we're just showing off our kids.” Lexi said laughing.

“It don't look like you got kids.” Ruga said with a confused look on his face.

“I'm expecting. 16 weeks.”

“Ohh, good looks.”

“We got a lil Bunk out here guys!” Keith said taking out his wallet.

“What? You finally got your boy?” Sasha asked picking up Michael.

“Yup, and he's way cuter than your boy.” Keith said laughing.

“Yeah, as if.” Sasha said as Michael put his head on her shoulder.

“That's your boy?” Ace asked looking at Michael.

“Yeah, Michael Junior.” Sasha said with confidence in her voice.

“You wanna see my boy, and girl?” He asked walking next to Sasha. He opened up to his pictures and showed her a few of a little boy, 2 and a girl, 8. “His names Alex.” Ace said with a smile on his face.

“He looks like such a Maldonado!” She said as Ace showed everyone else his son.

“Look.” Keith said showing Sasha his boy. “I call 'em Lil Bunk. But she named his Christopher.”

“They're so cute.”

“Who's she?” Drew asked looking at Adrienne.

“You're cousin. Adrienne Shelby Payne.”

“Damn Boo. She looks just fucking like you!” Drew said as David gave his a look. “Sorry.”

“Where's your kid? You're getting kind of old, don't you think you should have at least one by now.”

“Carmen's about to pop actually.” Drew replied fixing his hat.

“Really?” Liz asked. Drew wasn't much of the fatherly type.

“Yup. She's due next week. With twins.”

“What!?” Liz and Sasha asked, shocked.

“Yup. Two girls.”

“Damn.” Liz mumbled as Denny walked up to them.

“5 years. It took yall muthafuckers 5 years to come here?” He asked, showing no emotion on his face.

“I come here every year for her anniversary, birthday and on 4/20.” Liz said, baffled that Denny would even think that she would ignore this.

“I come every Friday night.” Daniel said looking at his watch.

“I make sure I come once a month.” Sasha replied looking at Denny as if he stole her cigarettes.

“I come whenever I can.” Chanel said, disappointed in herself.

“I was here just last week with my daughter.” Keith said putting his hands in his pockets.

“I think the real question is why don't we ever see you here?” Ace asked looking at Denny.

“Last thing I said to Shelby was 'Then I'll just leave.'. And she kicked me out. That's the last conversation we had. The last fucking things we said to each other. She died and I never got to tell her how much I loved her. How much she meant to me! It's not fair.” He paused and took a deep breath. “It wasn't fair. She didn't deserve to die. She was a good kid!” Denny yelled, tears streaming down his face.

“We all miss her Den.” Liz said trying to comfort him.

“But she wasn't mad at you. She was mad at me. All because of fucking Monica!” Denny yelled putting his head down.

“You didn't know this was going to happen. None of us did.” Sasha said moving Michael to her other hip.

“I should have been there. I should have done something.”

“There was nothing you could do. Lulu tried, but by the time we realized what was happening the house was beyond repair and we couldn't go in.” Keith said as everyone's mood changed.

They all started thinking about that day. About the day where one of their closest friends was taken away from them and killed. And for no real reason.

“Did they ever find who started that?” Ace asked looking around the circle.

“They tried. For a week or two. But the house was so fucked up they didn't really have a case. All they knew was that a beer bottle started it, and it was thrown through the window.” Daniel said cracking his knuckles.

It was a scary thought. Knowing that someone intentionally killed Shelby. That they intentionally threw a bottle into the window to start the fire. And they never caught the person who did it. They were all deep in thought when 4 people walked toward them. Drew turned around and seen Lulu, Bre, a little boy and a little girl walking up the hill.

“What are they doing together?” Izzy whispered to Sasha.

“I'd like to know the same thing baby bro.” Sasha replied eyeballing them.

“Hey guys.” Bre said sweetly.

“Damn.” Lexi said looking at Briana's stomach.

“I'm 8 months.” Bre said realizing what Lexi was talking about.

“Are you two...?” Denny asked looking from Bre to Lulu.

“Yup. And these are our two kids. Luis and Abigal.” Bre said with a smile.

“Wait...you two?” Sasha asked again, unable to take the news.

“Yes, us two.” Bre said again, looking at Lulu. “Why is that so shocking?”

“First you two go behind Shelby's back while she's alive and hook up, only to get pregnant with a baby. And now you guys are practically pissing on her fucking grave!” Liz said, unable to contain her anger.

“Shelby's dead. We had to move on and make the best out of the situation.” Bre replied tightening her grip on Lulu's hand.

“You're probably the one who fucking killed her! Just so you could get Lulu and have a happy little family!”

“I would never do that to Shelby!”

“You also said you would never sleep with Lulu. But you guys have 3 kids, I'm pretty sure you've slept with him.” Liz yelled as Adrienne took her hand.

“We're not going to stop living our lives because Shelby died. She was one of my best friends and I miss her everyday.”

“Yeah, I'm sure you do you pathetic whore. I'm sure you miss her every time you and Lulu fuck! I'm sure you miss her every time you look at Lulu.” Liz said, pausing for a second. “Just remember Briana. You'll never live up to Shelby. She'll always be a much better women than you. And you're just a replacement.” She took Adrienne, and turned to walk away. “He'll never love you like he loved Shelby. Never.”

“I love Briana.” Lulu said as Liz stopped dead in her tracks.

“Really Litho? You never loved her until after Shelby died. If Shelby was still here I would put money on the fact that you'd be with her. And those 3 kids you have, wouldn't be with Briana.” She looked at Lulu. “I understand that you have to move on. You can't stop your life because of what happened to Shibbz. But to move on to one of her best friends...that's low. Even for you. And for you to stand here in front of Shelby and claim your love for Briana is pure BULLSHIT!”

“You don't understand.” Lulu said looking at Liz.

“And I never will. I hope you have a good fucking life. And send me a post card from hell, cause that's sure as hell where you're going you dirty sonofabitch.” Without another word, Liz walked to the car with Adrienne.

“Sorry guys.” David said rushing to catch up with her.

“I think we should go.” Daniel said as he, Mike and Lexi walked down the hill to their car.

“Yeah, that's a good idea.” Sasha said as her, Michael and Izzy walked away.

“Bye boys.” Chanel said walking after Sasha.

“That's fucked up. Even for you.” Keith whispered to Lulu, as he, Ruga, Ace and Drew left.

“You don't deserve to be standing here.” Denny said kissing his hand. He then touched Shelby's head stone and walked away.

“Well that was interesting.” Bre said looking at Lulu. She could tell that he was upset, it's usually what happened when he went to Shelby's grave. “We'll leave you alone.” Bre said taking the kids and walking to the car.

Lulu bent down and sat in front of the head stone. He took a deep breath before he started talking. “It doesn't get any easier. I thought it would. I really thought that somehow living without you would get easier. But it doesn't. I think about you every day when I wake up. And every minute of the fucking day. I try and work things out with Briana, for the kids ya know? But it's not working. We fight all the time, and I know she wishes I was Dan. And I wish she was you. But no one can ever replace you in my heart Shelby. You have to know that. I could never love someone like I love you. It's impossible. You're legit the only woman I could ever love. I miss you Babe.” He dusted off his pants, and stood there crying in front of the grave of his one true love.