A/N: Last (real) Chapter! There's going to be an epilogue and I've already started on the sequel! I hope you liked it! Thanks to the reviews and even if you didn't leave reviews, thanks for reading!
There was a knock on the door and Joe quickly opened his eyes. He heard the door open and the mumbled voices of Kevin, Nick, Amber and Katelyn. Joe looked at the time, 7:00. The images of last night replayed in his head. The song, the ring, the breakup, the crying.
"Joe, hunny what happened?" His mother asked concerned when he showed his face at the hotel once again. He knew his face was red and covered in tear stains. He pushed his mother away when she tried to hug him.
"We're through," he whispered the announcement to the table, before walking back to the hotel.
"Aw, I'm gonna miss you Kev!" Amber's voice squealed as she hugged Kevin tightly, Katelyn hugging Nick.
Joe slowly rolled out of bed. He was dressed in just his boxers, his hair a mess. He walked over to the others, avoiding all eye contact with Katelyn.
"Hey Joe," Amber gave him a sad smile, she opened her arms, and Joe gave her a big hug.
"I'm gonna miss ya, squirt," He chuckled, trying to hid his true feelings.
"I'll miss you too," Amber patted his arm comfortingly, "Call me sometime."
"I will," Joe smiled, leaning against the wall, still not looking at Katelyn.
"And put some pants on," Amber joked, smirking at him. He laughed back, shaking his head.
"Bye Kev," Katelyn's voice was quite and Joe looked over to see her giving Kevin a hug, his heart breaking all over again.
Amber gave Nick a bear hug, squeezing him tightly, "Best friends," she whispered.
"Best friends," he whispered back.
"Joe," Katelyn nodded, she had forced his name out of her mouth and it was everything she could do to not cry.
"Katelyn," Joe nodded. Katelyn stared at him a moment before turning, she and Amber said one last "Goodbye," and they were out the door.
"I'm sorry man," Kevin gave his brother a hug.
"It just wasn't meant to be," Nick added patting his brother on the back. Joe just shrugged them off, grabbing some clothes and walking into the bathroom.
"Bye Frankie," Katelyn smiled at the little boy, giving him a huge hug. Amber doing the same. Then it was Paige's turn.
"Bye Frankie," Paige cried out, squeezing him, she had tears running down her face.
"Don't cry," he spoke comfortingly, "We'll see each other again soon!"
"Ok," Paige smiled. Frankie would grown up to be just like his brothers, Katelyn knew it.
"You better call me," Denise said to Amy, giving her hug, "I'm so glad we met!"
"Me too!" Amy said, a smile on her face, "Call me when you're in town and we'll meet up."
"Of course," Denise gave Amber and Katelyn hugs.
"You girls are lovely," Denise smiled to them. Amy and Rob had already said bye to the three boys.
"It was great meeting you," Rob gave Paul a stern handshake.
"Well have to go fishing sometime," Paul added, chuckling.
"You know it," Rob nodded.
"Bye Papa J!" Katelyn and Amber cried out at the same time, giving the man a hug.
"Bye girls, we'll see you soon," Paul gave the girls hugs, and then they were on their way.
The Taxi ride to the airport was quiet. Both girls had silent tears running down their faces.
"Flight 203 to Los Angles, Now boarding," the voice announced over the intercom.
"That's us," Rod spoke, each person grabbing their carry on's and Paige in her fathers arms. They boarded the plane, taking their seats. After being in the air for about 45minutes, Katelyn decided she would listen to her iPod. Amber was asleep, Katelyn had tried to sleep but couldn't, there were too many things on her mind. Pull her tote bag into her lap, she rummaged through it until she saw the same blue box Joe had presented to her the night before.
"What...?" she pulled it out, confused, and opened it. Along with the ring, there was a small note. She unfolded the paper and smiled as she saw Joe's messy handwriting. She figured he had gotten Amber to slip this into her purse. Silent tears fell down her face as she began to read:
"Katelyn-
I know we're done, but I want you to keep this ring. Now you can always remember what we had. You're always going to be on my mind Katelyn, and I know we're never going to be able to be just friends. I can't be friends with someone when my heart wants more. Please don't forget this:
You know when the sun forgets to shine
I'll be there to hold you through the night
We'll be running so fast we can fly, tonight
And even when we're miles and miles apart
You're still holding all of my heart
I promise it will never be dark
I know we're inseparable"
