#cole01

Not a whole lot has changed since he’s last been here. Yeah, maybe a few things every now and again - but that was for Lloyd to explore at a later time. For now, he only had one thing on his mind, something that he had been thinking about for...admittedly quite a long time, but hadn’t gotten the chance to really indulge in due to his duties of being a responsible leader that his friends could look up to. 

With a smile on his lips, Lloyd places his hands on his hips, his eyes staring up at the sign of the sweets shop he stood in front of. When was the last time Lloyd went and got something nice for himself? He couldn’t even remember. Without wasting another moment, Lloyd pushes the doors of the sweets shop open and makes his way inside, eager to look at what’s ahead of him.

Yet- what he comes to find instead catches him off guard, and almost makes his heart skip a beat.

The dark hair and muscular build of the individual in front of him feels all too entirely familiar with him. The fact that of all places he could’ve found the other in being a candy shop feels like it just isn’t a coincidence, either. Their eyes meet, and Lloyd is sure he knows who he’s looking at. He just...didn’t ever expect to be finding anyone from his home here, of all places. Yet, he can’t be too sure. 

Levi and Jayla got married, and are now living happily as the family that they have both always wanted. The kids call Jayla mom, and her kids call Levi dad. 

Dana, now 8, has never known anything different. She goes to father daughter dances with Levi, and already draws pictures of him walking her down the aisle someday. Which is adorable, even if she is marrying Kyle, now almost 24, in the pictures. “He’s the nicest guy ever, mommy. I love him.”

Ethan, Liam, and Sage are about to graduate from Willow University. They’ve spent their four years partying with Kyle and Aya Chen (their new bff from the dorm). Ethan wants to be a police officer, and Liam wants to be an IT guy (big dreams, we know). Kyle wants to open his own restaurant, which he plans to call McYummy’s. Every one has suggested other names, but he’s about as stubborn as it gets.

Luna and Luca have just turned 16, even though Luna acts so much older than that. Luna has dreams to open up her own shop and sell all kinds of art and musical instruments. She’s been spending a lot of time with Kyle, who she is giving free piano lessons to.

Luca spends most of her time alone at home, hiding in her room chatting online to people from all around the world. When she does leave it’s just to go to the dorm with Luna to hang out with Aya, who tells her stories about Shang Simla and makes her feel like she’s not a complete freak.