Hello! So, after seven exact months since the last update, I give you the final chapter of Reach for the Stars. I know I know I was going to make it longer, but I think that I should just end it here. I just always start something, and then *poof* writers-block, or I leave it hanging. I'm hoping that it'll be up to par with the rest of the story. And who knows, maybe I'll write a sequel? Ooh, I know! Maybe if someone wanted to co-write a sequel with me that would be really cool..? Then maybe you guys wouldn't have to wait so long. 

I'd like to thank those of you who love this story! And I like to thank all you who reviewed! I would also like to thank my beta, SeriouslyJes, who stuck by me through and through. I couldn't have done this without you. I had such a great time writing this, and I like how I can go back and read my chapters and see how far I've come with my writing.

Well, without further ramblings, I give you the final chapter:

Chapter 10: Fairytale Endings (Cameron's POV)

Today is the last day of my good times because tomorrow I leave for Princeton for the job I took when I thought that maybe, just maybe, I could have the fairytale ending I now know is impossible to achieve. I'll just have to suffer. Alone. Why couldn't I have gotten my wish?

"Allison! Time to get out of bed!" Shelby tried waking me up. "Don't make me throw cold water on you!"

"Alright, I'm up already." I mumbled, though I stayed with my face smooshed into the pillow. Shelby and I were back on speaking terms despite the fact that there was a fine line that we dare not cross.

One last day, I reminded myself. Then I wouldn't have to be around this place anymore, though I would miss Jarrod, Xander, Emma, and Becca.

*Back in bed*

This day was pretty rough. Seeing the kids say their goodbye's before their parents picked them up, participating in the activities with a smile on my face, seeing him, and thinking of what could have been…

Stop! I had pretty much avoided him at all costs, physically and mentally. I did not allow myself one moment of time when I would dwell, even if only for a second. I knew that if I did I wouldn't be able to keep myself in one piece. But today I let my mind wander, and I was paying the price. I was close to a breakdown, yet I stayed together knowing I'd just cry whilst asleep.

I fell asleep thinking that maybe, just maybe, I could have my fairytale ending.

I was putting the final belonging into the back of my car when he scared the living crap out of me.

"Cameron?" He asked tentatively.

How I missed him calling me Ally. "Yes?" I thought that this would give no inclination to the hope that was quickly spread throughout me, though I knew that House would have to do something very OOC for it to happen.

I waited.

And waited.

And waited.

"What did you want?" Frustration taking hold.

"You are looking exceptionally hot today." House said with a smirk.

All of my frustration and anger suddenly burst from me once he said that.

"How can you still be such a jerk after what you did to me?"

"After what I did to you? How about after what you did to me? He took one step closer to me.

"Me? If you weren't so afraid we might have been a couple!" Never one to back down in a confrontation (okay so maybe that's pushing it, but that's how I was before college) I advanced towards him.

"If you didn't give your so-called friend the task of situating the damn game, we wouldn't be yelling!" House progressed still.

"Oh, so now it's my entire fault?!?" After I took this step we were in each other's faces.

Both of us were breathing heavily; I know not if because of our heated argument, or if it was because we were centimeters apart. I only had to move my head just so, but I knew that he needed to make the move himself.

I waited for a couple of seconds and was about to pull away when his lips crashed onto mine. This kiss was even better than the one earlier. After what seemed like hours, but was only seconds we had to come up for air; after all our hearts were still pumping.

Slowly, a smile came to my face. House wore a smirk, but hey I'd take any form of acceptance right now.

"So, where do we go from here?" House asked.

"Well, I know that we need to be back for work, but how about we lengthen our stay to New York?"

He just smiled with a mischievous glint in his eyes.

We drove away from the place where we owed our happiness to. I'm pretty sure you can fill in the blanks of the next few days…

Maybe fairytales do exist…I was only looking in the wrong spot all along.

There's the ending. I do hope you enjoyed it. I'm sorry it wasn't longer, but I thought that a long ending would be futile.

-Jayne