A/N: Hey All! I'd just like to say a huge thank you to all the wonderful reviews. I'm so glad that you're all enjoying this story as much as I am enjoying writing it. With that said, it is my sad duty, as Author, to announce that I have written the first copy of the last chapter of this story…so unfortunately, it will end soon.

On a happier note, I wish to Dedicate this chapter to my wonderful friend, xActDanceWritex and to wish her an amazingly happy birthday tomorrow‼! Love you Heaps Tash‼! Have a great day tomorrow.

The next morning, Natalie woke up freezing. She looked outside her window to find it completely frosted over and covered in snow. Rubbing her arms, she mentally kicked herself for not wearing an extra jumper that night. She quickly jumped out of bed, got dressed and threw on that warm jumper that was practically calling her name. As she left her room she prayed to god that the kettle was boiling downstairs.

Lucky for her, Helena had a cup of warm coffee waiting for her when she arrived. Nat smiled and gladly accepted the steaming mug from her mother.

"You're a lifesaver, Mum, really." She smiled, feeling the warm coffee run down her throat, warming her up instantly. She sat down at the table just as Charlie was just packing the last of his books into his bag.

"I'll see you all after school." He said. After saying goodbye, he gave Natalie his walkie-talkie and then left for school.

"Hey, have I got my old skates here?" Nat asked.

"yes dear, I think they're upstairs." Noah said. Natalie nodded and drained the last of her coffee before heading upstairs. The family could hear sounds coming from upstairs, telling them that Nat was frantically looking for her skates. She returned a few minutes later with them hanging around her neck.

A buzzing noise was heard from her back pocket. Nat reached back and pulled out the walkie-talkie.

"Willy?"

Hey, we kinda have a serious situation down here.

"what happened?"

A few of the machines in the inventing room have gone a bit haywire.

"but how? We only checked them last night."

I don't know what happened…but its big.

"well, do you need me to call stay. I can call Connor and tell him we can't make it."

No, it's alright. You guys go ahead and I'll meet up with you as soon as I can.

"are you sure?"

I'm sure, Natalie. Go have fun without me.

"alright then. I'll see you later. I love you."

I love you too. The line went dead. Natalie sighed and rested her head in her hands.

"everything alright dear?" Helena asked.

"there are some problems with the machines in the inventing room. Willy's being held back for a while." Natalie explained.

"I'm sure everything will be alright, Willy knows what he's doing." Grandma Josephine said.

"yeah, you're right, Grandma." Nat said. she said goodbye to her family and headed off outside. She could see Connor waiting at the gates for her.

"hey…where's Willy?" he asked.

"complications with some of the machines. He's gonna meet up with us a little later." Nat told him.

"I hope it's nothing serious." Connor thought.

"he did sound a little panicked. I don't know what could be wrong, we only checked them last night." Natalie said.

"don't worry, I'm sure its all fine. Come on, let's go." Connor said.

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they arrived at a little pond that was completely frozen over. The two sat on a fallen tree and tied up their skates. Connor fell on his back a few times but they both got the hang of it after a bit of warming up. After all, it had been a long time since they had skated.

"you know, this would be a perfect day…if only it was a little warmer." Nat joked. Connor smiled weakly and continued skating quietly.

"do you ever think about what happened?" Connor asked, catching her off guard.

"I used to." Nat admitted quietly, continuing to skate around the pond.

"what went wrong Nat?" Connor asked.

"you told me you loved me and wanted me to leave my family to see the world with you." Natalie said. "Then when I said no, you left without a trace and broke my heart."

"I came back for you didn't I?" Connor said.

"six years too late!" Nat said. "if you had really loved me, you never would have asked me to leave. you knew I would never do that to them."

"I just thought that you would have waited for me." Connor said.

"Conner, I didn't know what happened to you. I never knew if you were ever coming back so I moved on." Nat said. they were both quiet for a long time, just skating around together.

"I still love you Natalie." Connor said. Natalie stopped skating suddenly and looked up at him incredulously.

"what?"

"I said I'm still in love with you." Connor said. He skated over to her and pulled her into his arms and kissed her. Natalie tried her best to fight him, but no matter how strong she was, he was stronger.

Suddenly, the noise of a twig snapping was heard. Natalie pulled away and turned around, seeing a horror-stricken Willy standing there, a mixed look of anger and sadness on his face. He looked away angrily and stormed off into the trees.

"Willy! Wait!" Natalie called out, prying herself from Connor's grasp, but it was too late, he couldn't hear her or it could have been that he didn't want to.