End Of The Line

End Of The Line is the thirteenth and final chapter of You Bring The Summer.

Summary
Frank, Joey, the Louds, and the Bailey Boys' vacation draws to a close.

Story
The next day was the last day Frank, Joey, Lynn Sr., Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn Jr., Lucy, Lana, Lola, Lisa, Bailey, Jonny, Dice, Hudson, Henry, and Freddie's vacation, so after breakfast, they all packed their bags, and then met James outside the hotel. He had a sad look on his face as he took them to the station to catch the train back to Colorado.

"I really wish you didn't have to go back," James sighed.

"Me too," said Luna, "but all journeys do have to come to an end at some point."

"Yeah, I guess so," said James.

Soon, they arrived, and found a purplish-red, light gray, and light blue streamlined engine whose name was Caitlin thanks to her nameplates, waiting for them.

"Well, James," said Luna, "I guess this is goodbye."

"Thank you for everything you've done to make our trip pleasant," said Frank.

"Yeah," said Joey.

"It was my pleasure," said James.

Just then, Caitlin's whistle sounded, and the vacationers were just about to board her coaches when they heard Peter Sam's whistle. When they looked, and found him coming towards the station with a parcel in his hands.

"Hey, Peter Sam," said Frank, "What's that you got there?"

"Oh, just a little parting gift I made," said Peter Sam.

Peter Sam handed Frank the parcel, and when the latter opened it, he found that it was a wooden plaque with "The Hardy/Loud Family" and his, Joey, Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, the twins, and Lisa's names burned into it. Frank smiled when he saw it.

"This is nice," said Frank, "Thank you!"

"No problem," said Peter Sam.

Peter Sam then left, and James watched as Frank, Joey, the Loud Girls, the Bailey Boys, and Lynn Sr. boarded Caitlin's coaches and set off for Colorado. Luna waved to James, who waved back.

"Goodbye, Luna," James said, "have a safe trip home!"

James then sighed. Edward, Donald, Douglas, and Emily, who just so happened to be in the vicinity, went to James.

"Hey, man," said Edward, "Are you doing alright?"

"Yeah," said James, "I'm just a little sad that Luna had to leave."

"And you know what," said Edward, "that's okay!"

"Yeah," said Emily, "It's okay to feel sad."

"But, hey," said Edward, "at least you know they had fun, right?"

James started to feel better.

"Yeah, they did," said James.

Meanwhile, back at home in Colorado, a few days had gone by, and Luna was relaxing in her and Leni's room when Frank knocked on the door.

"Come in," said Luna.

Frank opened the door and gave Luna a red envelope.

"You've got mail," said Frank.

When Luna opened the envelope, she found it was a letter from James. The letter said:
 * "Dear Luna,
 * I hope you arrived back home in Colorado safely and that you and your family enjoyed your vacation to Winter City! I really hope we can do this again sometime. Who knows, maybe we can do it again next year or so.
 * Your friend,
 * James.
 * P.S. CJ and the others wanted me to tell you that he really enjoyed meeting Bailey and his friends in the park."

Luna smiled when she read the letter.

"Maybe this will happen again sometime," said Luna.

Just then, Luna heard Frank calling her to dinner, so she put the letter down and joined the others at a cookout at the home of their next-door neighbors, Steve and Joe Burns, Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Aviva Corcovado, Melody Valentine, and Fred's adopted younger sister, Karen, who were all told of their vacation.

"Sounds like on heckuva vacation," said Steve.

"Yeah," said Joey, "I think we should do it again next year. How about you guys?"

Everyone else agreed.

The End