As soon as I'm awake, I go to the Pathway's End to see Todd.

Good mornin', Todd, I think. It's Christmas soon... Lee and Wilf are getting everything ready. Do you remember them, Todd?... Do you even remember anything? I sigh. I don't want to think about that, about that fear that he might not remember me, that maybe even after all we've been through he could have forgotten who I am.

There's going to be a big Christmas party in a few days. Everything is ready for it, there's lights hung up everywhere, and decorations all over the place. It's going to be amazing... wake up, Todd. It won't be half as fun without you.

I stop for a moment because I think I can hear Noise. Todd ?

Could it be- ?

Is he waking up ? I hear it louder this time, like he's asking 'Viola?' and I suddenly see myself in his Noise and yes-

This is it-!

He's waking up for real, this is actually happening-

'Todd ! TODD ! You're awake !'

And then I realise that I'm not just hearing him, but he's also hearing me, as if I had a Noise and he could hear it, and I wonder if it's possible, that I could be the first girl ever to have a Noise, and Todd is listening to me-

I put my hand on his arm and try to wake him-

Come on, wake up Todd-

And I see myself again in his Noise, a bit shorter than I am now, but it's me, he remembers me-
He tries moving his hand, and a moment later he's holding mine, and I can feel the air filled with so much happiness and he's moving his other arm, and then suddenly, he opens his eyes-
I see his eyes. I hear his Noise going ' I swear nobody has ever been as beautiful as you are in this moment' and I'm blushing, and I think of how much I've missed him-
I think of the last few weeks, waiting for him and calling for him and reading his ma's book to him, and all the hope and the fear of hoping, and all those times I doubted he'd come back for me-
And he tries to pull himself up, so he can sit facing me, and he manages to, but then he tries standing up, his legs aren't ready to hold him up yet-

I catch him and we both tumble to the ground in a fit of laughter and stay there for a minute. I help him up and he stays up this time, holding my hands for support. He's just staring into my eyes, like this is the first time he's seeing me, and I must be doing the same, and my mind goes blank because there's no words I could think of that would make him understand what I feel for him-
And I lean towards him, and and we kiss-
And it feels like the most natural thing ever, even though it's only our second kiss.
And we just stay wrapped up in each other's arms for a while, and I hear :

'My one in particular' coming from his Noise, and I have so many feelings for him, and I never want to be seperated from him again, so I tell him with my Noise :

'Don't you ever leave me Todd, not ever again.'

To which he replies :

'No, I won't.'