So I feel really bad… I wanted to have a lot of this done by now, but things don't always work out as planned. I wanted to have this started and be on at least the third chapter (AKA finish writing what I outlined) by the time I went back to school and tomorrow is the last day of my first school week. I got sick the day before I went back to school so I haven't done much of anything other than go to school, do alittle reading, and sleep. But now that I'm feeling kinda better, I intend to be proactive and change things. So I'm posting the part that I have written (mainly I found a good cut off spot that I flows) and I'm updating cuz I haven't in a VERY LONG TIME… So, I hope that you still like it and that you're still interested and when I post the next chapter people aren't mad at me (I promise drama and a very interesting twist that might upset some people, depending on what side you're on in the whole Reid/Kelsey/Pogue situation)

Reid and Tyler pulled up to the Danver's estate and met Kelsey and Brooke at the door, the two of them in dresses with their cap and gowns on their arms. "What took you so long?" Brooke asked as they walked over to the hummer and Tyler sighed and pointed to Reid. "Overslept again?" Kelsey asked and Reid nodded and kissed her forehead. "You know you'll flunk out of college if you keep doing that." She said and Reid shrugged and smirked. "I'm not at college yet, Baby Girl." He said and Brooke snickered. "How you even got into college in the first place fascinates me." She said as Tyler wrapped his arms around her. "Where's Caleb?" He asked and Kelsey sighed. "He's gonna meet up with Sarah and Pogue and meet up with us in the quad before the ceremony." She said and Brooke rolled her eyes. "What is your issue with Caleb, B?" Kelsey asked and Brooke sighed. "Yeah he's been at the top of your shit list since the Christmas Party, Brooke." Reid said with a smirk on his face. "Caleb and I have our issues. That's no secret." Brooke responded and Reid chuckled to himself and Kelsey hit his shoulder. "Let's get going. We don't want to be late for our own graduation." She said and Tyler nodded. "Especially since we have the Salutatorian with us." He said, giving Brooke a kiss on the cheek and she shook her head. "Yeah they consider her to be special but not special enough to let her give her speech later in the ceremony. " Kelsey said and they laughed. "That's because they're sending Brookie a message. She may be special, but Caleb is more important than you." Reid said and Brooke gave him the finger as she got into Tyler's Hummer and Kelsey hit his shoulder. "That was rude." She said and got into the car as Reid began to stammer an apology out so he wouldn't be on his girlfriend's bad side. "It's okay Kels. I'm just glad Reid is graduating with us. For a long time there, I had my doubts and I was worried I was going to have to convince you to dump him because it's embarrassing to be in college and date a high school boy." Brooke said and Kelsey and Tyler laughed as they drove off and headed to Spencer Academy for the last time.

"I can't believe this is the last time we're gonna be at this place." Caleb said walking around the quad with Sarah and Pogue. "I can." Pogue said and Sarah chuckled. "Spencer means a lot to me Pogue. I wouldn't have met you guys if I hadn't transferred in." She said and Caleb put his arm around her waist and kissed her head. "That's the good part of this." He said and Sarah smiled and looked up at him. "What time are they supposed to be meeting us?" Pogue asked as he looked down at his watch. "Kels said 8:30 but since Reid is probably driving, they should already be here." Caleb said and turned around, hearing Reid and Tyler screaming for them and seeing Kelsey and Brooke walking towards them. "Pick your jaw up off the ground." Pogue whispered to Caleb who was staring at the Brooke in her very nice dress. "You too." He said when he noticed Pogue's eye got big when he saw Kelsey in hers. "You girls look gorgeous." Sarah said, walking pass them to hug her friends. "Well we figured that since it's the last time we'll be seeing these people, we might as well give them a show." Kelsey said and Brooke chuckled. "And it's the last chance to make most of these girls hate us even more for looking way hotter than them." She said and Kelsey laughed and nodded in agreement. "I can't believe this is the last time we'll be students at Spencer." Brooke said as they all started walking towards the auditorium. "I'm just glad we're all going through this together." Kelsey said as Reid took her hand. "We almost didn't Miss 'I'm gonna go back to London because I think I'm causing too much drama for everyone around me'." Reid said and Kelsey hit her boyfriends' arm. "Shut it Mr 'The only reason I'm graduating is because my girlfriend forced me to actually do work and shock all the teachers by showing that I actually know stuff'." She said and everyone laughed. "I'll still never forget when Reid got an A on his English exam and our professor made him take it again to make sure he wasn't cheating." Pogue said and Reid shrugged. "At least it's over and done with now. College will be a whole different ball game." He said and they all nodded. "I still can't believe you two didn't get into Princeton." Sarah said, seeing the slight disappointment on Brooke and Kelsey's faces when college was mentioned. "It's okay Sarah." Kelsey said and Brooke scoffed. "Come on B, Yale isn't exactly a horrible school." Kelsey said and Brooke sighed. "I know. It's just that we've been talking about going to Princeton for years. My whole academic career has been based around us going to Princeton and we didn't even get in. I feel like a loser." She said, hanging her head down and Caleb chuckled at her over-dramatics. "You're being silly, Brooke." He said and Kelsey shook her head. "You'd be more heartbroken than me if you didn't get into Harvard, Caleb so don't even start." Brooke said and Kelsey nodded in agreement. "You'd be fetal Caleb and you know it." She said and everyone else laughed. "Let's just accept where we're going now and move on." He said as they all stopped walking once they got to the auditorium building. "We're about to start a whole new chapter in our lives. Let's not dwell in the past." He said and they all nodded. "Let's go graduate."

At the end of the ceremony, Kelsey lingered behind her now former classmates as everyone rushed out to the front yard to meet their friends and families. She walked slowly and was greeted by Brooke standing in the doorway waiting for her. "What's on your mind Kels?" She asked, wrapping her arm around Kelsey as she guided her outside. "It just hit me that we just graduated high school." She said and Brooke chuckled. "That's kinda what that 2 hour ceremony we just sat through was for sweetie." She said and Kelsey smiled and shook her head. "That's not what I meant B." She said and Brooke raised an eyebrow. "I mean look at how different things are from when I first came home. Things are relatively calm; peaceful even. That's a rare but surprisingly good thing to be able to say." Brooke nodded in agreement with her friend as they got outside and reached Sarah, Tyler and everyone else.

"What took you two so long?" Caleb asked, looking back and forth from Brooke to Kelsey. "Kelsey was having a 'Not-even-a-quarter-of-life' crisis." Brooke said and Reid laughed. "Seriously?" He asked and Kelsey lightly hit his shoulder and rolled her eyes. "I was just thinking about how different everything is now from October." She said and they all nodded. "I mean we just graduated from high school. In less than 2 months we're going to college. Tyler finally made a move on Brooke. Caleb actually has a girlfriend." Kelsey said, making everyone laugh and Caleb shake his head. "Reid's not a whore anymore." Brooke said, smiling at Reid and he brushed it off. "Pogue dumped the drama queen and grew a pair." She said and Reid laughed. "Brooke is still a bitch." He said and Brooke smiled at him and gave him the finger. "And Kelsey is actually still here." She said and Kelsey laughed. "With everything that happened to you, I thought you would've packed your shit and went to like Dubai or something by now." She said and Kelsey laughed. "I've thought about it. But I'd miss you too much." She said, giving her best friend a hug that Brooke returned. "If you ever want to go to Dubai, say the word and I'll go with you." She said and Kelsey pulled away and looked at Brooke surprised. "Seriously?" She asked and Brooke just nodded her head and smiled. "What about Tyler?" Kelsey asked and Brooke shrugged. "He'll deal. He probably won't like you for a while but whatever." She said and Tyler nodded. "She's right. I wouldn't like you for taking her away." He said and glanced at both Pogue and Reid. "Don't do anything to make Kelsey want to leave the country. She'll take my girlfriend with her." He said and everyone started laughing. "This is nice. I like it when we can all laugh together. No magic, no psychotic stalker ghosts…" Kelsey started and Brooke butted in. "No trying to steal other people's girlfriends…" She said and put her head on Tyler's shoulder. "No drama. And that's how it should stay." She said and most of them nodded. "Kelsey's right. I mean yeah, some of us are going to school together, but it's gonna be a while until we all get together like this again. We need to make the most of this time we have left." Caleb said right as their parents walked over to greet them. "Picture time." Evelyn said and they all sighed and groaned. "We were kinda in the middle of something." Caleb said and Pogue's mother waved it off. "You can finish whatever it was later at that party you guys are going to. Now it's parental gratification time." She said and the other mother's agreed with her. "This is what we paid all that money for in tuition and dues." Tyler's father said. "You all owe us hundreds of thousands of dollars just for putting you through high school. Not to mention the money we're gonna pay for you to go to your big shot Ivy League schools. The least you can do is stand with each other and take some pictures for us to brag to our co-workers with to make them feel bad because their children aren't as smart or good looking as you guys." Brooke's stepfather said, making Kelsey laughed. "I love you Alec. It's time for the model face." She said and Brooke and Sarah both laughed and nodded in agreement as they all gathered around and began taking tons of pictures with their parents.

So there it is. I said that the chapter was gonna be split in half (graduation and grad party) but it kinda changed to graduation, grad party and aftermath. Grad party and the aftermath will probably be the next chapter (or I might split them in half and it'll be chapters 2 and 3).

I explained Brooke's parental situation in the one-shot (that I STILL haven't posted) but the jist of that tidbit of info is: her Dad is gay, walked out on her and her mother when she was 8 and moved to Montecito with his boyfriend. Her stepdad is Alec. They got married when Brooke was 9 and she sees him as her dad in "every way that matters".

I'm gonna try and post more when I can sit down and write but Junior Year in college = a whole lot of work so far and it's only been three days… But you gotta make time for the things you like and I can't study and watch two hours of tv all the time (I live tweet when I watch tv, so I can't hide that I do that instead of writing)...

Let me stop rambling… I think I've wasted enough space with Author Notes. I always make these long and I don't know why… ANYWAYZ… Leave me some feedback, tell me what you like, what you don't like, what you would like, if you want spoilers of next chapter… I'm pretty flexible with what I give away and only if you REALLY want it.

Until the next update…