*EDIT: I swapped girlfriends. Morgan has been replaced with Christina.*

Four Months Later...

Nate slammed down the phone, before sitting down in his chair.

"You alright there?"

Nate looked up. "Yeah, I'm fine. Another stupid reporter, wanting to talk about what happened."

His new girlfriend laughed softly, planting a kiss on his cheek. "You can handle it. And I'm sure Mark can too."

"Thanks, Christina." Nate said.

"By the way, how is Mark anyway?" She asked.

"He's almost completely recovered from the stabbing. Just fighting off the last of the mental effects." Nate got up and got a ginger ale from the pack in the fridge, before sitting back down at the table.

"Right, I remember now. Has that man's son gotten new foster parents yet?"

"Yeah. He thinks that these might be the ones that officially adopt him. After the incident, we finally got in touch again. We talk every week. Turns out, even though he's in Idaho now, he and his girlfriend still try to keep in touch."

"Isn't she in jail?" Asked Christina. "Drug possession or something, right?" 

"More like she was part of a drug smuggling ring. Lot smarter than she looks." Nate laughed.

"Never underestimate the cute ones." Christina added. 

Suddenly, Nate and Morgan were caught off guard by the T.V. "Nathan Smith, still univalible for comment..."

It was another news channel covering the story. It was common knowlage at this rate. Matt died in that scooping room, that was it. No more to the story than that. "Why are they still covering this?" Nate said angrily. He reached for the remote, turning the T.V off. He was tired of seeing his face all over the news.

Christina placed a hand on his shoulder. "It'll be over in a little while. Let's just focus on the future from now on, okay?"

Nate smiled. He picked up his now opened ginger ale, and she picked up hers. "To the future." Then they clinked cans, and drank.

The End