Simple Parts  Epilogue- A Thousand Years  Heart beats fast
Colors and promises How to be brave How can I love when I'm
afraid To fall But watching you stand alone All of my doubt
Suddenly goes away somehow   They were there, and then they
weren't.  Young Quinn and Rachel had disappeared like a bubble
popping, but soundless and without so much as a shift in the
air, and in their wake they left the stillness and quiet.  Alex
was the first to break the silence. He pulled away from the wall
he had held up for the last ten minutes, arms still crossed over
his chest. "I have homework to finish," he muttered as he ducked
past his mothers, head hanging so his hair fell over his eyes.
Quinn reached out to tug at a lock gently as he walked by, but
she didn't stop him.  Alice sighed beside her mothers. "And just
like that's it's over."  Rachel's shoulders drooped. "Yeah."
"I'm gonna miss 'em."  "We're standing right here."  "It's not
really the same." She smiled sadly. "You used to be . . . I
don't know. You're both m