Epilogue Jade never had a boyfriend. Eric used to have tons of girlfriends. Jade doesn't want to experience love.

Eric happens to fall in love with her. Jade is never the maiden in distress. Eric wishes to be her prince on white horse. Life is unfair.

Dear Diary, Have you ever pictured this scenario? You were in deep trouble, and like any fair maiden in a happy story, the maiden is in distress. And the boy of your dreams turn up, and WOO H, he comes and save you from the mi!hty evil. o corny that it makes your skin crawl. "ut !ladly, reality isn#t. $o boy is %&%' !onna turn up if you happen to meet disaster. "elieve me. (hat#s why ) swear )#ll $%&%' be a maiden in distress. %ver. I sighed, lingering my pen on the last word. Writing my diary brings mixed feelings, but I'm pretty sure when I wrote this I felt ealous. Wait. Was that the word I said! Jealous! "ell yeah. Jealous of how the female character in a fairy tale always manages to have a prince on white horse to save her. Jealous of how that character can experience how is it li#e to be rescued by a boy of your dreams. Jealous of how they manage to fall in love after that. $his sort of crap will never ever happen. %ever ever. &eriod. Little brother is clinging onto my pants. I have to get him sweets from the nearby grocery store if I don't want my pants pulled off. Jade.

Dear Diary, ) was (H) close to havin! you revealed to *osh. $ot like )#m embarrassed of you, but *osh wouldn#t understand why does someone need a diary. He thinks that a boy havin! a diary is sissy. Whatever. Anyways, have you ever pictured this scenario? You were ridin! a white horse, a sword clasped to your side. (hen suddenly, you heard someone scream. You bravely unsheathed your sword and rushed towards the source of the scream. And when you reach there, you see this most beautiful !irl standin! in the midst of !an!sters. You fou!ht the !an!sters and won. "oth of you fell in love and went to dates. +et married. Have children. "ut sadly, that isn#t reality. (he !irl that ) liked never happen to be the main character of my love fantasy, where ) could bravely swoop in and save her. How can ) ever be her prince on white horse if she doesn#t want to be the maiden in distress? And its obviously not hard for me to be the prince. We even live close to!ether, but ) ,ust can#t !et close to her. Which ,ust sucks. %ric.