The final chapter! Whoo!
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Trent's eyes widened when he saw us leaving the hospital.
"…Cody…!?"
"Yeah?" I grinned, pretending not to notice that I had new clothes on. Trent blinked.
"What are you wearing…?"
"Oh, this?" I grinned wider. "It's my Christmas present!" Trent looked at Gwen, and shook his head.
"You two really are good for each other…" We all laughed as the two of us got into the back of his car. We buckled up, my arm around Gwen, and drove off.
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The ride wasn't very long; not even 10 minutes, really. So we didn't speak much. Gwen had rested her head on mine, closing her eyes. Much to our embarrassment, Lindsay took a picture of it… But in the end she gave the photo to us.
We got out of the car, walking into the large, dark, building. It was some type of country club, obviously being used for a big Christmas party.
We walked into the main room, where all the lights were off.
"What's going on?" Gwen asked. "I thought this was a party…"
The doors shut.
What was going on…?
There was silence. Alright, now I was getting suspicious…
"Trent? Lindsay? What's happening?" I heard some movement and muffled laughs.
"Cody…?" Gwen grabbed me, a little frightened.
The lights turned on.
"SURPRISE!!" A chorus of greetings yelled. Gwen and I both gasped at the sight before us.
Everyone from Total Drama Island, minus Chris and Chef, and Heather, were in front of us.
"What's going on?" I asked again, both ecstatic and surprised to see my old friends.
"Well… Word got around about what happened…" Trent said. "It was on the news. So, a few of us got everyone here together and well…"
"Wow… I don't know what to say…"
"Don't say anything! Let's just enjoy ourselves!" Gwen laughed. I smiled, and walked off to catch up with some of the guys. Gwen did the same.
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"Dude, Cody!" Geoff, a lampshade on his head for some reason, pulled me over. Ah, Geoff… you could never be mad at this guy.
"Geoff, buddy… How've you been?" I high fived him.
"Awesome, man! How cool is this party!" Good ole' Geoff…
"Hey, where's Bridgette?" I asked, a bit surprised they weren't making out.
"She's talking with some of the girls… Hey, come on dude! Everyone wants to know what happened!"
"What do you… Woah!" I was dragged off by Geoff to a group of familiar faces.
"Cody!" I was overcome by a warm, soft feeling as Owen picked me up into one of his world-famous guy hugs.
"Uh… Nice to see you too Owen…" I grinned, recovering myself as he put me down. Owen was a cool guy, but sometimes I felt he liked guys a little TOO much… Still, great to see him again.
"There he is!" I felt a little pain in my back as someone patted me rather roughly. I could already tell who it was.
"Duncan," I waved, seeing the convict behind me.
"Man, and I used to think you were a wimp… Bullet in the spine, not bad…" He smiled half-heartedly, which meant a lot for him.
But wait…
"They let you out of juvie to go to a party?" I asked. His smile dropped, and he growled as Geoff and Owen snickered behind me.
"Not exactly…" He held his arm up, where a strange bracelet-like device was on it. "If I try to leave the building, this thing shocks me," The other two burst out laughing. "Yeah yeah…" He shook his head, but smile slightly again. "Nice duds, by the way…"
"Oh… Heh, yeah…" He looked over at Gwen.
"And I see you finally won her," He pointed out.
"And all it took was a near-fatal wound…" We both laughed. Duncan, while I wouldn't consider a real friend, was still a funny guy to be around… But sometimes he could be scary.
I just hoped his girlfriend wasn't around…
"There you are!" I cringed. Too late… Courtney came up behind Duncan, glaring at him. "I told you to wait for me at the snack table!"
"Sorry, babe, but I was just catching up with the war veteran here," He smirked. She rolled her eyes, not seeming to notice me.
"Come on, I want a drink," She said, dragging him off. He simply shrugged at me, a smirk on his face. I sighed, shaking my head.
How did he put up with her?
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I quickly got dragged into a conversation with Bridgette and Leshawna, who wanted to know everything about what had happened with me, Trent, and Cody.
"Oooh, that two timin'…"
"No, it's fine Leshawna… I told you, he apologized," I shrugged. "Besides, I got someone else…" I said absent mindedly, watching Cody. I saw Duncan getting dragged off by Courtney, and blinked. "Are they still dating?"
"Sadly, yes," Bridgette shook her head. "What does he see in her…?"
"Who knows…" I looked to see Izzy and Beth nearby. "Hey, I'm gonna go say hi to those two…"
"Careful, I don't think Beth's gonna like you dating Cody," Leshawna warned. I nodded, walking over to the two.
Izzy was going on about one of her insane stories, to which Beth listened, looking a bit frightened at points.
"Hey guys," I greeted, smiling. Granted, I didn't really like them, but… They were still nice.
"Oh hey Gwen! I was just telling Beth about the time I got stranded in the Rockies," She giggled to herself. "Wanna hear about it,"
"Uh… No thank you…" I said as politely as I could.
"Suit yourself," Beth remained silent, looking at me somewhat angrily.
"Hey Beth…"I smiled weakly. She simply stuck her tongue out at me, and walked off.
"What's her problem?" Izzy asked.
"Cody,"
"Oh my God that's right!" Izzy shouted. "You guys are dating now!"
"Yeah, we…"
"I remember my first boyfriend. Or, well, it was a dog. A coyote, actually. But he was a good kisser and…"
"Izzy, please… Not now…" I said, backing away a bit. "So how's Owen…?" I wanted to change the subject.
"Oh him?" She frowned. "Well… It didn't really work out…" She said rather seriously.
"Really?" I was kind of surprised.
"Owen didn't seem that interested in me after awhile…"
"Can't imagine why…?" I thought back to the island… Owen seemed rather, um, noticing of Justin…
Good God.
"Oh but don't worry! I got someone else!"
"Who did you…" My eyes widened when I saw Noah appear behind Izzy, hugging her.
No. Way.
"…Noah…? Is that you…?"
"No, I'm really Spider-Man in disguise," He rolled his eyes.
"Nice to see you too…" I opened my mouth to ask why Noah and Izzy were dating, but I stopped myself.
Did I REALLY want to know?
"I was on a sugar rush and asked her out," Noah practically read my mind. "Turned out she was cooler than I thought… I decided to stick with it,"
"How did you…"
"Do you know how many people have asked that?"
"Oh…"
"Well, if you'll excuse us, we've got a dance floor to go to," With that, he and Izzy walked off.
What the hell…?
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After getting reacquainted with some of the others, I walked off to find Gwen. I saw her the punch bowl, eyes a bit wide.
"Gwen…?" She shook herself.
"Oh… Hey…"
"What's wrong?"
"I'm just getting over the fact that Noah and Izzy are going out,"
My jaw practically hit the floor.
"What?"
"I know, I'm confused too…" I processed that seemingly impossible information.
"Um… Wow…" I blinked.
"Yeah," Deciding to change the subject, I grabbed her hand.
"Want to dance…?" I asked. She lit up.
"Yeah…" She said happily, as we moved to the dance floor. Currently, the music was being switched, so there was no music playing.
Then the song started.
"Oh my… I love this song!" Gwen said, glowing. I looked at her.
"Really?"
"Yeah!"
"I thought I was the only one…" Gwen looked at me.
"YOU like Paramore?"
"Of course! It's the greatest damn band around!" Hallelujah by the previously mentioned band was playing as we spoke. I put my hands on her hips, inviting her to dance. She smiled warmly, putting her arms around my shoulders. As the song continued, we simply swayed from side to side, staring at each other lovingly.
The lyrics really affected me.
"You know… This song really makes me think of us…" I said quietly.
"…Me too…"
"You know what…?" I knew what I was about to say would be corny and cliché, but did it anyways. "This should be our song…"
"I figured you'd say that… Most guys do…"
"But I'm serious!" I assured her. "This song just reminds me of you and me so much…" Gwen leaned her head against me.
"Alright… This is our song now…" We continued to dance in silence. After awhile, Gwen looked at me. "You know, I agree with the singer… I really do want this to last forever…" She kissed me gently. I smiled warmly, holding her closer as we danced. I kissed her forehead.
"I love you Gwen…" She sighed happily.
"I know… And I love you too, Cody…"
The words sank in slowly. Gwen seemed to know it would take me a moment to process this, as she was silent.
The most perfect, smartest, funniest, most beautiful girl in history…
And she loved me.
"……Gwen….." I whispered lovingly.
"Cody….."
We kissed once more, all other senses drowned out by nothing but sheer love.
Her words echoed in my mind.
I love you too…
Truly, this was the greatest Christmas ever.
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IT'S OVER!! Thanks for reading everyone! Don't worry, I'll have a new story out soon enough!