Okay, so this is my first Noughts and Crosses fic. i hope you like it, it isnt going to be long. just until i feel thats its done.

I just wanted to write some nice fluff after finishing the third book.

XO - Callie

Mum and I sat on the couch, her arm around my shoulders, and we were just content to just sit in each other's company. It took me a minute to realise that mum wasn't watching the television, but me instead.

'You are so much like your dad,' she said in a soft voice, and for the first time in a long time, I was happy to hear it. I was proud of who my father was for the first time since Tobey told me the "truth" when I was thirteen. Now I know the real truth, and I have hope and life again. I was dead long before I planned to die.

Thinking about Tobey stirred something up in my stomach that confused me. I hadn't seen him since the day mum and I got locked in Nana Jasmine's cellar. I know now that those moments on the beach were real. That what he said he felt for me was real. But I hadn't quite decided what I felt about him. Yet now was not the time to worry about anyone else. I had my mum, and she had me. And we both had Nana Meggie.

'Are you really going to marry Nathan?' I asked, meeting mums dark brown eyes.

'Do you mind? Cos if you don't like him, I don't have to…' but I could tell by the way her eyes shone slightly when I mentioned him that I didn't need to be against this change. As much as I had loved Sonny, maybe he and mum just weren't meant to be. And this could be good for mum. Not replacing my dad in any way, just adding to her new found happiness.

'I don't mind mum. I know you'll always love dad, but I think he'd want you to be happy, and I can see that Nathan makes you feel that way.'

Mum just smiled at me, and pulled me close, kissing my forehead. When she finally drew back, she looked into my face, "And what about you? Are you still going out with Lucas?'

I shrugged, 'I don't know,' and that was the truth. I didn't know. I suppose that I still had feelings for him, but after knowing that there was someone else in my heart at the end, I no longer wanted to be with him.

Mum looked pensive, and spoke slowly, 'What about Tobey?'

'Yes, Callie Rose. What about me?'

I spun my head around to see Tobey standing in the doorway, and I sense my mum's smile rather than saw it. My heart leaped, seeing the compassion and tenderness in Tobey's eyes as they met mine.

'Didn't your mother teach you to knock first?' I asked, trying to sound defensive, but failing miserably. I should have known that Tobey and me couldn't simply go back to the on again off again friendship which we had for our entire lives. Things had changed. We had changed.

'Your Nana let me in actually,' Tobey said, never once taking his eyes off mine. I broke the stare, and turned to Mum, my expression begging her to help me. She simply stifled a laugh and stood up.

"I think its time I started on dinner. Would you like to stay Tobey? There's plenty to go around.'

'Yes, thank you Miss Hadley.'

Mum laughed, as she wasn't used to people being so formal, 'It's just Sephy,' and she walked out of the room, leaving me alone with Tobey.

I was speechless as he came around the lounge room and sat on the old tattered couch next to me. This just showed how different I was around Tobey than I ever had been with Lucas. I was always too embarrassed to have Lucas around at my house. It was so very different to his. So much smaller. So much more like a nought house than a cross one. Although Mum inherited Nana Jasmine's house, she just wasn't ready to live there. Not with all the memories it held.

'I'm glad you're okay Callie Rose. And I'm glad you and your mum sorted things out,' his voice was kind, just as I remembered it. I smiled a little, glad myself that things had worked out. But then my smile faded as I remembered the sacrifice that Nana Jasmine had made. Tobey understood perfectly.

'And I'm really sorry about your Nana. It must be hard on you and your mum,' and without warning, tears started to flow. Not because of the loss of my nana, but because she wasn't meant to die. That bomb was meant for me.

Tobey saw the water shining in my eyes, and gently pulled me into his arms. I felt like I should push him away, but if my life depended on it right now, I couldn't have. His hand softly smoothed my hair, and he just let me sit there, head buried in his chest, sobbing. I didn't know if Tobey knew about what I had planned to do that day, but he didn't seem to care right now.

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