A/N: Hey again! This has been in my head for SUCH a long time, way before I got this account on here. Like, you have no idea. Hope you like! I will try not to make it too sad and stuff. This could be a few really long chapters, and if so, try to stick it out? lol. We'll see. Enjoy! Xoxo

Tori POV

I walked into Hollywood Arts. For most people, this was just another fairly normal day. We go to school, have the time of our lives, then we leave for the summer and come back next year. But oh no. not for us seniors. This year, we all know we're not coming back next year. This year is when life on our own really begins. This is when we go our separate ways.

As I found my friends, it took everything I had not to let the tears in my eyes fall.

"Hey," I said, my usual perkiness not there.

"Hey," everyone replied.

Cat was toying around with something on her bookbag. Usually, in sad situations, she doesn't quite get it. But this time, she completely got it.

After a minute or two of silence, Beck spoke.

"Come on guys. It's our LAST DAY together here at HA. Let's not mope around. Let's make it the best day EVER," he said. He lifted up my chin, after doing the same to Jade. He did the same to Cat.

I smiled. He was right.

"Let's make the best of this," I said. Everyone put on a smile. Even Jade.

The bell rang, and we headed to Art Class.

I tried to stay calm and not feel sad, but it was tough. How can you be ok when you know this is most likely the last day you get to see your friends for…maybe even a year? It's hard to live without my friends over the summer. How am I supposed to make it through this?

"Good morning students!" said our art teacher, Miss Brenswick. We chorused our good mornings back.

"Alright, today you will be drawing with pencils and colored pencils only. I want you to draw something for someone or some people who mean a lot to you. Pour your heart into it. Make it mean something. Do your absolute best. It's senior year. Make it shine the brightest yet. When everyone is done, we will present at the front of the room," said Miss Brenswick.

When she said Make it Shine, I heard Cat give something that was like a stifled cry. I could tell how much this was affecting all of us.

I got to work. I was going to draw us together, then write something on the side. I wanted these guys to know how much I loved them.

Jade POV

I stared at my blank canvas, a normal pencil in my hand. I'd never admit it, but I didn't want this day to end. I'm not ready to go out on my own. I need these guys, ya know? All these years, I've known I had them by my side, just a glance to my side away. Now? We'll all be Merlin knows how far apart. I'm not ready to face my life alone.

I started to draw the memories. The day Tori got here. When we pretended to be a Ping Pong Team, and the performance Andre and Tori did. Cat and I singing Give it Up. Us as the Diddly Bops. When Tori got that woman to fund my play, and she helped me prove to my dad that acting was a good career. All those little moments between me and Beck. Writing a song with Andre.

The more I drew, and the more memories I recalled, the more I teared up.

It takes a lot to bring me down, let alone cry. These guys though….we all have a friendship that can't be compared to anything else. Even Tori and I have something special.

They've been here for me, and we've been here for each other, since the day we met. I always felt safe whenever all of us were in a group together, and I longed for them when we weren't. I never thought about how I was going to get on with life without them by my side once we left HA.

I continued to work on my drawing, which I was doing my absolute best. I felt I had completed what was worth being considered my finest masterpiece.

Cat POV

I finished up the last line of what I was writing and looked up at Mrs. Brenswick, who was getting ready to have us present.

"Alright….Cat, I want you to go first!" she said, smiling at me. I returned her smile weakly and headed up to the front of the room with my drawing.

I set it on the easel.

"What I did was I drew each person that meant a lot to me here, and wrote a little bit about them. First, jade," I said. I felt like my throat was slightly constricting, but I didn't care. I just kept talking.

"Jade, you have been my best friend for as long as I can remember. I know it seems odd, because we're complete opposites. But like they say, opposites attract, ya know?" I began.

Jade smiled and nodded.

"You were always the one standing up for me when someone made fun of me, calling me crazy or something like that. When no one else was there for me to just simply talk to, you were always right there. I'll always love you for that Jade," I said. I felt tears pricking in the corner of my eyes. I wasn't ready to let go of these guys. Not yet. Not so soon.

"Tori," I said. Tori looked up at me.

"We've been friends since the day we met. I even remember the first thing you said to me. I remember how I had gotten all 'WHATS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?' when you had compared the name Cat to cats in general, and I still laugh at myself when I look back on that. And yeah, we may have had our ups and downs, but one thing I know for sure is you'll always be one of my best friends," I said. Tori looked at me with a watery smile plastered on her face.

I talked a bit about the boys, and by the time I had finished talking, it was really hard for me not to cry. The more I talked like this, the more the reality of today sunk in.

Tori POV

"Next…Tori!"

I already had tears in my eyes from what Cat said, and after this I was sure I was gonna be crying. But I knew if I did, so would everyone else, so I had to keep my cool and go with the flow.

"Cat," I began, figuring I would start with her.

"Cat you are the funniest, most cheerful person I have ever met. You bring light into every situation. You have a way of boosting spirits at the worst of times. Like you said, we may have had our ups and downs, but doesn't every relationship? There's no way that I will EVER be able to forget you, and I really hope you make it far in life Kitty," I said, my voice nearly cracking at her nickname. I could see a silent tear slide down Cat's cheek. Just one.

The next person was going to be a little difficult.

"Jade," I said. She straightened up in her chair and looked at me, expressionless.

"Jade, I realize that we haven't gotten along at all throughout these four years. I mean yeah, we had our moments, but overall it's just been fighting. I swear, if I could go back and change anything, I'd undo whatever it is that I did to make you dislike me. But even though you seem to hate me, I don't hate you at all. I can't, Jade. Because believe it or not, I feel like you are one of the closest people to me," I said, almost in one quick breath. I wasn't sure how she was going to respond, so I just waited.

To my surprise, Jade's face got a little red, and I could see tears in her eyes. All she was able to do was smile and nod at me.

I gave short messages to the boys (Andre's especially long since I kind of liked him) and then sat down by Cat, who grabbed my hand as though she never wanted to let go. Secretly, I didn't want her to let go. I also did want Andre to move his hand off my shoulder, where he was resting it in a sort of sympathetic way.

Jade POV

"Jade, your turn."

I grabbed my drawing and put it up on the easel. I could see the smiles and memories come flooding back to everyone when they saw my stills of the scenes I could remember. I was glad that I could refresh their memory of the past four years.

"Alright um…Cat," I said. Cat looked up at me.

"I couldn't agree more with what you said. The whole 'opposites attract' thing. I would have never guessed that we would be best friends. But look where we are now. Cat I…I seriously don't know how I would have made it all this time without you. I mean…you have always listened to me and never complained when I went into my rants, you just nodded and agreed, and hugged me to calm me down. Kitty I really do love you like a sister," I said, and it took everything in my power not to just lose it right then and there. I could see Cat shaking with what I guessed was a suppressed cry. She just smiled and nodded, wiping unshed tears from her eyes.

"Tori," I said, well more like croaked, considering I started crying then.

"Tori I am SO sorry for how I treated you all these years. You were always so nice to me, and I had to just be such a jerk back to you. If I could fix all those times when I was just ruthless to you, I would. I wish we could have had a better friendship than what we had, and I guarantee I do NOT hate you Tori. I consider you a sister," I said. Tori smiled at me.

"Jade?" she said. I looked at her.

"You and I have something special, you know that? We've got a frenemyship. Sometimes we have each other's backs, sometimes were stabbing them. But deep down we know we both care Jade. I wouldn't want it any other way," she said. Her voice shook, and I could see tears streaming down her face.

I reached out my arms.

"Come on, love me, love me now? Yeah you do, give Jade a squeeze," I said, using one of Tori's lines from a while back.

Tori came up and hugged me, and I heard Cat and the others go "Awww!"

I finally let go of her a little while later, and I tried to wipe away some of my makeup. I seriously shouldn't have worn makeup if it wasn't going to be waterproof today.

After that, I said a whole lot to Beck, and I was probably just babbling the whole time. But Beck seemed to really like it, no matter what I was saying, because he knew that it all meant "I love you."

I said a little bit to Andre and Robbie, then sat back down.

I said down with Cat and Tori on either side of me. Cat had her head on my shoulder, and I wiped away the tears on her face with my thumb. Tori was just sitting close to me, and I put a comforting hand on her knee. She sort of side-hugged me, and I gladly accepted it.

How on earth am I supposed to let go of these guys?