(This chapter is dedicated to Anya, because Jasper forgot to mention her. XDD 3)

Anya POV Two weeks later

Things are getting better, Chloe's out of hospital and back in school, Remus soon followed Tom's example and gave a promise ring to his Saffron, I'm still waiting for mine from Jasper. He tried to get away with asking me casually over breakfast, no fucking way! He should know me better than that by now! So, until I get a better promise to propose, I'm not talking to him.

It's Saturday, and Chloe just ambled out of her room, crutches clicking, looking sleepy, wearing a pair of denim short shorts and a rolling stones t-shirt, her hair totally wacky and last nights makeup still smudged across her face, she had a date with Tom and apparently they stayed up pretty late, Chloe wanted something normal so they went to a few clubs where she likes to Dj, didn't hear her walk through the door till three in the morning.

"Morning sunshine!" I said with a giggle, she just gave me a glare and walked over to the counter where I had already set out a bowl of cereal and some vimto for her, she took a huge glug of vimto and a bite of the lucky charms before smiling at me "So, what time did you and Tom get back last night?" She thought for a second and replied in a groggy voice "One in the morning, near enough"

HA! Gotcha. "So, I'll presume you spent two hours making out with Tom on a bench or something..?" Chloe just takes another sip of her vimto and gives me a sheepish look.

Tom walked in, looking just as tired and walked over to Chloe, giving her a kiss before wrapping an arm around her waist "Morning angel" She just smiled and nodded, still too lazy to form words if it wasn't needed. Next came Remus into our little 'home' and Saffron walked out to greet him, then Jasper, who I still wasn't talking to. Everyone had a mischievous look on their face and I wondered what was going on.

"C'mon you guys, it's a great morning, lets go sit outside a while.." Something is going on here, but regardless we all file outside, sitting down on various marble benches dotted around. Music? There's soft music playing in the background, Carrie Underwood, my favourite. Jasper sits next to me and pulls a rose from his bag, handing it to me "I'll love you until the last petal falls off this rose." When I take it I realise it's artificial, the petals can't fall off.

When I look up to Jasper again he's got a ring box in his hand, and he flips it open, showing a promise ring similar to the one both Saffron and Chloe have "Anya, will you promise to marry me in the future?" Bless him, I know how much he hates grand gestures, and he'd go to all this for me, because I love them. I pull the ring from the box and slip it on my finger, giving Jasper a kiss "Of course I will silly!" I exclaim with a giggle, this is exactly how I pictured it, perfect.

There's a flourish of clapping around us, and I know that everyone had helped him plan this.

In this kind of cliché moment, I can't help but look around and realise that everything is pretty much as good as it will get, Saffron content holding Remus' hand, Toms arms around Chloe's waist, me and Jasper sat on the bench, me snuggled into his side, everyone happy and smiling.

Moment ruined by resident klutz as Chloe lost her balance and landed on the floor with a thud. She looked shocked for a moment, but then laughed along with the rest of us as Tom helped her up.

Three hours later, Anya POV

After our little celebration, we all bundled into our cars and Chloe took us along to her private little beach, set up there was a whole picnic for all of us with plenty of drinks, and a stereo, we were having a great time. Okay, so maybe we're a little tipsy, but Chloe was clever enough not to bring enough alcohol to get us that bad.

She had carefully arranged a few random think logs around a pile of driftwood, a fire waiting to be lit, surrounded by chairs.

Five hours later

It's now eleven pm, we're all sat on the logs, roasting marshmallows on our blue flame driftwood fire, chatting lazily about the future, and what we'd do when we were older. Chloe had a smile on her face, and when we got to asking her what she planned to be she stood up and pulled Tom with her, he was wearing an identical smile and we all knew something fun was about to happen

"When I'm older, I'm going to be a cowboy!" she yelled out, and jumped onto Tom's back "High ho, tinfoil!" she exclaimed, nudging him in the side with her good leg, and they galloped around the sand before Tom swung her off his back and gave her a quick kiss before they joined the rest of us as we laughed around the fire. Then they looked at me "So Anya, what are you gonna do when you're older?" She asked, a question I had always hated "I dunno, maybe a vet or a doctor or something, who the fuck really cares at the moment anyway?"

Jaspers arm winds around my waist and he whispers in my ear "Well said love" I just shrug and snuggle closer to him, glad that our relationship is back on track, because I really did miss him when I wouldn't talk to him. I scan my eyes around the campfire to our happy friends, to find Chloe's eyes zoned out and cloudy, not dark filled anger eyes, but something else.

She abandons her crutches and runs into the forest, not bothering with explanations, seemed pretty urgent to me. Tom quickly ran after her limping form, but she still stayed a little ahead, and we all got up and walked after them, curiosity the main feeling discussed.

When we caught up to them Chloe was lifting a rock off a small vine snake trapped underneath, when it got out it slithered up and onto her hand. She lifted it up to eye level and it was clear they were communicating, and she probably wasn't hissing just because it freaked the rest of us out. She nodded her head occasionally and smiled. When she lowered it to the ground it disappeared back into the forest "So, apparently snakes can send SOS calls directly to my brain now." She deadpanned, making us all laugh. Tom wrapped his arms around her waist and supported her weight as they walked back; it really hurt her leg when she walked on it.

One hour later Saffron POV (Let's face it, I neglected her. XD)

It's twelve pm and we're winding down, Chloe bought three tents along to her beach and a sleeping bag for each of us, just in case we got too tired to head back, it was good thinking.

As we each settled down in our tents, we talked to each other, all easily able to hear everyone through the thin material, and eventually we drifted off into a quiet sleep, and I was confident that soon, everything would be all sorted out in our lives.

(Yay beach party!)