Tony was an old man now. He knew that his time was coming soon. His health had been failing for some time now and he knew it was the end. He had endured a lot in his life. Losing his mother at a young age and being abandoned by his father as a child. Growing into a man and losing his first wife to a horrific car accident. An accident that nearly took his children and nearly destroyed his friendships. Finally remarrying only to have his son die a horrible death from cancer. How the family fell apart after that.

Maggie had reached old age as well. She knew just as well as Tony how close he was to the end of his life. Tony and her had fought through everything over their marriage. They had struggled to survive the loss of their son. They had endured their children's struggles as well. Of course they went back to what they promised after Jack died. They focused more on the good things. They cherished the great memories that they made with each other and with their children.

Claire went to business school. Though she had learned just about everything during her time at the restaurant. After graduation she held a few management jobs. Her last being Shirley's Diner. After two years she took over the diner, from Shirley's nephew. She changed the name to Jake's Place but kept the retro motif. She met and married a truck driver who stopped into the diner every morning. They had two children together. A son named Jacob David and a daughter named Caroline Arizona.

Jake flourished at the academy. He made straight A's and made many new friends. He entered and won numerous local art shows while studying there. Unfortunately things went south after graduation. He was accepted into Brown University but soon suffered from burnout. He started stealing his roommate's Riteline and picked up smoking again. One party was all it took to awaken his inner alcoholic. He was kicked out before the end of the first semester. He moved back in with his parents but was kicked out after a week. When he passed out drunk while babysitting for his younger siblings. He moved in with his dad but after a physical altercation with his step-sister. He was out of there as well. He ended up on the streets and that's where things really got bad. He abused any drug he could get his hands on. He ended up contracting HIV from a prostitute who he had also gotten pregnant. They worked together to get a life together for the baby. They moved into a shelter and began trying to get jobs. His fiancee developed complications in the sixth month and fell into a coma. Their son was born HIV positive and three months premature. The doctors did all they could but he had the same infection as his mother and did not stand a chance. Jake's fiancee died two days later. After that Jake got back into drugs. He ran out in front of a school bus high on Angel Dust and died before help could arrive.

Annalyse followed her true passion. She graduated high school and then went to college to study child development. She worked as a nanny to pay for school and until she got a teaching job. She did nanny work and over the summer to earn extra income. She briefly dated the divorced father of one her her charges but they quickly decided that was weird. The man did however set her up with a college friend of his nephew. They hit it off right away and were married after dating for three years. Annalyse was only able to have one natural child. A little boy who she called Anthony Miguel but they adopted three children. Twins Susan Michelle and Dennis Parker and infant Rachel Bright. They fostered countless others over the years.

Tali struggled for years with the loss of her brother. She spent most of high school in a deep depression and almost didn't it to college. It was only the aide of a kind teacher that got her back on track. She went to community college for a year to catch herself back up. Before going to veterinary school down in Alabama. She graduated with honors and soon got a job at a local clinic. She worked their for a year. Before moving to Kentucky and opening up her own practice. That was a rocky start and she spent the first three years just trying to keep the business afloat. She managed to get things running and soon it was a top ranked clinic. She fell in love with a farmer who she had helped raise a colt whose mother had died giving birth to him. After they married she moved out to his farmer and opened a second office closer to her new home. They had to try for a few years but were eventually rewarded with a perfect baby boy who they called Jackson Damon. Three years after that they were shocked to learn they were expecting another. Tali gave birth to a set of twins Wyatt Jacob and Hannah Anne Grace.

Austin spent most of his childhood just trying to make sense of life. He was diagnosed with a high functioning form of autism in kindergarten and that only added to the confusion. He had his ups and downs throughout school. He ended up graduating and took a job at a local store. He went to college after two years and worked his way up to manager. He met and married a girl from his support group but they had chosen not to have children.

Clara was a happy child. In school she was one of those people that everybody adored. She was friends with everybody she met. She was an average student but always gave it a hundred and ten percent. No matter how bad things got. She went to college and studied to be a preschool teacher. She was currently engaged to a man she met in school.

Lucas was the shyest of his siblings. He was as shy as Clara was bright. He was a straight A student all through but never had many friends. He was accepted into Brown but remembering Jake he took a gap year. He traveled around and got to know himself. He eventually went to Brown and studied to be a therapist. He had just begun at a local practice and was no longer the shy boy he once had been. He dated the girl who ran the floral shop next to his office. So far they were just dating but he was planning on asking her to marry him.

A/N: Well that's it. A lot of good but also a lot of heartache. Thanks to all who read, followed, favorited, and reviewed. Please leave one last review.