AN: So I know the title is the same as one of the recent episodes, but i love the song and i think it fits you'll see.

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After everyone had finished eating their cake and dinner, they all went their separate ways, leaving only Hailey, Addison and Matt in the room together. As soon as the room was empty, Addison fell asleep, exhausted from all of the earlier excitement.

"So are you sleeping here at the hospital, at Morgan's or at the hotel tonight?" Matt asked picking up some of the empty bags.

"I'm not sure. I need to talk to Derek though." Hailey said helping him clean up.

"That you do. I think you might need a good night's sleep before you speak with him though. You do not want a repeat of what happened this morning now do we?"

"I guess you're right."

"I am," Matt opened the door for Hailey as she stepped out. The halls of the hospital had quieted down tremendously. "What time does your flight leave on Friday?"

"I am not going to leave while mom is still here."

"Yeah you are, you've got school on Monday, and you need the weekend to get back on Eastern Time. I know you Hails, it takes a while for you to get acclimated to a time zone. Remember when we went to Chicago? You slept the entire day and they're only an hour behind."

"What if we compromise? I leave on Saturday instead." Hailey suggested

"What about Friday."

"Daaad," Hailey whined.

"Here me out Hails, you can schedule a later flight on Friday. That is my only offer."

"Fine then. I'll look online to see if I can change my flight. Who's going to pick me up? Mom and I were supposed to get back together."

"You could take a cab, or the subway. You are a New Yorker Hailey." The pair had been walking around the hospital throughout the conversation and found themselves outside sitting on a bench.

"I don't want to go back to the house. I hate being there by myself." Hailey explained.

"You can stay with your grandparents."

"I guess so then. When are you coming back?"

"As soon as they say it is safe for your mom to travel." Matt said.

"I just wish I could stay here with you and mom."

"You still have the last half of your semester. They say this is the most important time of year. If you allow your grades to slip too far, the colleges can withdraw your admission."

"I know."

Hailey and Matt were sitting outside when Derek saw them through the hospital window. The two looked as if they were just enjoying the night together. He was about to keep going when something inside of him told him to go out to the pair and talk with them.

Hailey looked up at the sound of footsteps coming toward them. "I thought you left already," she said confused by Derek's presence.

"Yeah, well I was on my way out the door when an ambulance came in with a woman with a knife in her head. It was surprising she wasn't dead. We had to rush her into surgery once we got her stabilized." Derek explained.

"Oh," was all Hailey could say.

"Are you heading out now?" Matt asked.

"Yeah, just have to get changed why?"

"Could you give Hailey a ride? I'm staying here with Addison tonight." Hailey glared at Matt. She was not quite ready to talk with Derek yet.

"Sure, are you ready now?"

"Umm, I've got to get my things from mom's room. Could you meet me there?"

"Of course."

Thirty minuets later Derek and Hailey were getting into his car together. "Where exactly am I taking you?" Derek asked.

"I guess back to the Burke's place. All of my stuff is there."

"Okay."

The first ten minuets of the ride were silent. Neither Derek nor Hailey knew how to begin the conversation they knew they needed to have. Hailey did not want a repeat of that morning, and Derek did not want to upset her.

Finally, after five more minuets of complete silence, Hailey spoke up. "Derek, this morning I was upset and I took it out on you. I'm sorry I really am I didn't mean what I said. I do want you to be apart of my life." She said as she looked at her fingers in her lap.

"I was hoping you didn't mean it. I understand you were not completely yourself this morning." Derek said.

They sat in silence for a few more minuets before Derek decided to say something. "I did love your mother Hailey. For the longest time she was my best friend. When our careers picked up we got distracted, or at least I got distracted from what really mattered. And well, we both did stupid things to hurt each other, then after that, there was little we could do to fix what was broken. So, your mom left."

"I know that. I know the entire story, trust me I know. She told me that at one point you two were inseparable and that you two did love each other, but I kind of always thought it was her way of making things easier for me. I guess I needed to hear it from you too. Mom wasn't the only one who tried to reassure me that you loved her at one point. Aunt Nancy did too." Hailey explained.

"You know Nancy?" Derek asked.

"Yeah, of course I know Nancy. She and mom are best friends. You would think they were more competitive considering they're in the same field of medicine. But nope best of friends. She used to watch me all the time. One year mom could not get off New Years Eve to spend with me, so Aunt Nancy took me to her parents' house. I met all of her nieces and nephews. For some reason they adored me. I really hit it off with Chloe, even if she was twelve years older than me. I followed her around all night. She's kind of my role model." Hailey said.

Derek shook his head and laughed to himself. He had ostracized himself from his family for years, calling only on holidays and not having very meaningful conversations with them. He couldn't remember the last time he spoke to Nancy. She was not very happy with him for just allowing Addison to leave. He remembered that conversation very well. It consisted of his older sister yelling at him on the phone and then telling him she would not speak to him again until he formed some semblance of a friendship with Addison. She had even given him her address and phone number. Needless to say he never contacted his ex-wife. "Nancy is one of my older sisters."

Hailey was shocked. She never thought the dead beat brother her favorite of her mother's friends always talked about was her father. "You're kidding right?"

"No I'm not. I haven't talked to her in years. I guess now I know why she wanted me to call your mom." Derek explained.

"Yeah I guess you do." They had pulled up to the house, but Hailey remained in the car. She was looking through her bag for something. When she finally looked up from her expedition she held a square shaped envelope in her hand. "Here," she said handing it to Derek.

"What is it?" He asked.

"It's my graduation announcement. There are only two tickets in there, they only gave me four but I was able to convince one of my friends to give me two of hers. Her family is in Japan and they were not able to get tickets to come over for it. If you don't want to you don't have to come. I just… um yeah. Good night Derek." Hailey opened the door and got out of the car.

Derek watched her ring the door bell and wave once she got into the house. Long after she'd gone inside, he sat staring at the announcement:

Harrow Academy

Invites you to celebrate the commencement ceremonies of

Hailey Danielle Montgomery-Shepard

On the 28th day of May

She wanted him to be apart of her life.

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AN: So only one chapter to go. I made up the school name so don't shoot me and umm… yeah so any last requests for the last chapter. I know how I'm going to end it but suggestions for what she happen before the end/ in the last chapter would be nice. As always thanks for reading and please please please review. Bye