Ok this doesnt follow on from what Mia did with Vince, it isn't mentioned because if i were to do a sequel it would be to do with that so for now no one knows but Vince and Mia. Ok enjoy! Cant believe this is the end (cries uncontrollably)

CHAPTER 35 – Ending 1 – Roman

A FEW MONTH LATER…

Jade drove to Roman's and Olivia's and honked her horn as she pulled up outside, CJ had given her strict instructions to pick Ty up and then meet her at a restaurant on the outskirts of town. Jade had asked why but CJ refused to tell her anything until Ty was there to. Ty and Olivia had been in Miami for a few months now and CJ hadn't really seen Ty or spoke to Roman. He refused to give her the time of day, she had tried everything to talk to him, she even bribed him with food which didn't work!

Ty came out of the house Olivia walking him to the door and waving as Jade drove off once Ty had fastened his seatbelt. "So where we goin?" Ty asked excitedly as Jade drove out of town.

"We're meeting CJ, she wants to talk to the two of us" Jade explained taking the right which would put her in the right direction of the restaurant.

"About what?" Ty inquired, wondering why CJ hadn't just come round to the house and told him, it's not like his dad or mom had banned CJ from seeing him.

"Wouldn't tell me?" Jade explained pulling in to the parking lot.

CJ sat at the table rubbing the scar on her right wrist. She was nervous, well nervous was an understatement. The waitress had been over to her four times already to ask if she was ready to order, CJ had just replied a simple no and gone back to her thoughts but the fifth time CJ snapped at her telling her to leave her alone she would order when she was ready. She sighed and put her head in her hands and thought about this being not such a great idea after all. She saw Ty and Jade enter the restaurant and knew there was no going back now. Ty was the first to notice her and walk towards her. Jade followed her belly now evident that she was carrying a child. "Hey" CJ said smiling and standing up to hug Ty and Jade. They sat beside each other on the other side of the booth.

They made small talk until their food arrived and then Ty asked "what's this all about? Cause I know your nervous you keep rubbing your scar!" Damn you Roman Pearce! CJ thought knowing Roman had told his son about her nervous habit.

CJ put down the fork she was using to slowly eat her fries and sighed "I don't know how to say it, so I'm just gonna say it…" Jade and Ty both stopped eating "I'm moving to Manhattan with Joss" she closed her eyes not wanting to see their faces when they both got angry with her.

"What?" Jade asked softly "you're leaving me, us?"

"guys you gotta understand I've lived my whole life with Roman by my side, good times, bad times, hard times, everything, I haven't been through anything without him and now I'm lost, I don't know what to do with myself! I got no reason to get out of bed anymore…" they both looked at her as if to say it wasn't their fault so why was she punishing them by leaving? "I need to start fresh, get my own life not the CJ and Roman life I use to know"

"CJ, my Dad loves you, he's IN love with you not my mom! They sleep in separate rooms for god's sake, he wants you but he's to stubborn to tell you that" Ty said "please stay, you can make it right with him"

"No kiddo I can't. You only know half the stuff me and your dad have been through and I think it's finally taking its toll on him, I'm not mad at him or upset I understand it, I expected it I knew it was going to happen and I have to deal with it now!"

"So your answer is running away?" Jade asked tears falling.

"I'm not running away Angel, I'm starting over"

"That's bullshit for running away!" Ty said before standing up and taking off.

"Ty wait please" CJ said running after him and grabbing his arm "I couldn't stand you to be angry with me, just please sit down and we can talk"

"Remember the conversation we had when we first met? About being honest?" she nodded yes "well be honest with me now, are you in love with my dad?" he asked. She sighed and looked at her feet.

"More than you'll ever know" she said looking up at him

"So tell him!" Jade said from behind her "go round there and make him listen to you, tell him how you feel and stay here in Miami"

"It's not that simple" CJ said walking back to sit in the booth, Ty followed her.

"Why isn't it? Why do you always have to make things harder then they are?" Ty sighed.

"Look can we just not do this?" CJ asked annoyed they didn't understand that their relationship was different to a normal one. Jade and Ty both gave each other a look knowing they were going to need to intervene to get them together.

"when are you leaving?" Jade asked

"Saturday morning"

"That's like the day after tomorrow!" Ty almost yelled out "talk about late notice"

"Who else knows?" Jade asked

"Just Tej, I had to let him know so he could find someone else to do my job" they all spoke for a while longer and then Jade took Tyrese home and CJ went back to the boat house she had been staying in.

"I just gotta go see Jesse before we go out" Jade said getting out of CJ's car. They were outside Tej's garage "he's playing poker with the guys tonight" Jade explained the reason as to why they were at Tej's. They were spending CJ's last night in Miami together along with Ty, as no one else knew that CJ was leaving Jade and Ty wanted to give her a good sending off. Jade disappeared in to Tej's garage, CJ and Ty sat in the car making small talk about school and if CJ was looking forward to going to see Joss.

"What the hell is taking so long?" Ty asked casually, they had been waiting 20 minutes for Jade, CJ had honked the horn a few times but still there was no sign of Jade. "Maybe we should go in and see what she's doing?"

"Ty is this some kind of a set up?" CJ asked turning to look at him in the back seat.

"No"

"Ty I swear if I go in there and there's a party in my honor, I'm not gonna be happy"

"I swear" he said crossing his heart.

"You lying to me now?" she asked eyebrows cocked. Ty avoided the question and exited the car walking towards the garage to find Jade. CJ got out of the car and locked it walking a few paces behind Ty "so fucking predictable" she mumbled to herself as Ty entered the garage her following close behind to be greeted with a "SURPRISE" roar. Everyone was there, everyone knew she was leaving thanks to Jade and Ty having big mouths, she knew they only did it with her best interests in mind but she just wanted to leave Miami with no fuss, no explaining her reasons to everyone but now she had to.

Ty and Jade had tactically avoided CJ for most of the night, CJ had spoke to mostly everyone at the party, just saying goodbye and take care to people she knew but nobody really important, she still had to talk to the team explain properly to all of them her reasons for leaving Miami. Roman was there but he kept his distance, he left a room if CJ entered or changed direction if they were walking towards one another, his behavior made her want to leave sooner.

"Rome" Jade said walking up behind him whilst he spoke to Jimmy and some of his friends.

"What's up Angel?" Roman asked turning around. Jade walked away from the people Roman was talking to and Roman followed knowing it meant that Jade wanted to talk to him alone.

"the team are gonna talk to CJ outside, I gotta go get her, I know you wanna know why she is leaving just as much as they do so if you wanna know I suggest you get your ass out there" Jade told him before walking away to find CJ. Jade didn't need a smartass remark or a macho 'I don't give a shit' from him, she was sick of his attitude when it came to CJ so she walked away before he could reply. Jade walked off in to the crowd of people to search for the girl of the hour. She found her talking to Suki and her girls and pulled her aside. "The team wanna talk to you"

"Here we go" CJ sighed following Jade. Jade walked out of the back door of the garage and CJ followed to see Vince, Leon, Jesse, Dom, Mia, Ty and Brian standing on the doc next to her boat home. The boat house was empty, she had already packed everything in to boxes and they were in her car ready to go to Manhattan with her. She looked at her feet as she closed the door, feeling a little ashamed that she was leaving then looked up losing the feeling. She wasn't ashamed, she knew in her heart she was making the right choice, of course it was hard to leave her family, but she had to do this. She had spent the better part of her life taking care of everyone else and now it was her chance and her turn to have her own life, although given the chance she would stay and keep her old life, but that old life was gone, it left through the door the moment she made the choice to go out with Dwayne. No one spoke a word, there was a mixture of emotions, sadness that she was going, hurt that she wasn't going to tell them, confusion as to why she was going, anger from Ty because she was leaving him, Mia was relieved with CJ out of the way her and Brian could be happy.

CJ looked at everyone and then stared at the sky tears began to fall from her eyes Dom hugged her and then everyone followed it was one big team hug. CJ sobbed in the middle of the huge hug that had formed around her. She wasn't fazed about leaving until now it felt like the next step but now she was here, saying goodbye to everyone, it upset and hurt her more than she imagined. The hug slowly broke up and CJ was still stood where was wiping away the tears with the sleeve of her white shirt.

"Why?" Leon asked breaking the silence

"I got nothing here any more" CJ said softly "I know I got you guys and a job but it's not the same without Rome. I've been in Miami my whole life with Roman and now he…" the next words hurt her to say but she had to explain, she owed it to them "hates me I got nothing, I'm totally lost, I don't know what to do with myself. To me Miami isn't Miami without him. I know it must sound dumb to you guys cause he's just a friend but he isn't he's part me I'm not me unless I got him and I haven't. I need to start over and I've tried to here but I can't. Every where I go he's there or something reminds me of him and it hurts too much I just really gotta get out of here" she had been sobbing the whole time and her chest was beginning to ache.

"So tell him" Ty blurted out "tell him how you feel"

"Ty we've been over this" CJ began. The team knew they needed to be alone so they all walked in to the garage after telling CJ they would be around early in the morning to say goodbye. Ty sat down on the doc dangling his legs by the water. CJ sat beside him and put her arm around him and pulled her closer to her. "I know you don't want me to go but you understand why I have to don't you?"

"Sort of" he sighed "I just don't get why you can't just say sorry and be together again?"

"Me and your dad have been through so much Ty, so much that sorry would never make it better, I wouldn't even know where to start and he just can't be there for me anymore. I don't blame him for it and I'm not angry with him. It's like a candle it burns for a long time and sometimes wind might make it sway or flicker but still it burns then other times it blows it out, but eventually it has to go out, we just had a big gust of wind"

"Why can't you relight it?" Ty asked. CJ chuckled he was determined if nothing else.

"Believe me babe there's nothing I want more but unless your Dad gives me a reason as to why he would want me to stay I'm leaving tomorrow. I can't handle this anymore and I feel worse knowing I hurt him and now you"

"What if I tell him what you said?" Ty asked hopeful.

"Ty he has to do it cause he wants to not cause you want him to"

"I know" he sighed "but I still want you here, I just wish things worked out"

"I know Ty, I am sorry things are going like this for you. I am sorry that you got thrown in the middle of a relationship that never should have had kids. And I am sorry that I promised you things that I am not going against, but I do promise that I will and I'll come back and visit or you can come up to visit me, no matter how much me and your dad are fighting, I know he would never hurt you like that"

"I know but it's not the same as living with you, I have some great and happy memories being with you guys, they never would have been the same with out you"

"You've managed it for a while now and you'll get use to it. I know that may sound harsh and it may make you feel like I don't care, but I do and this is why I am doing this. You need stability not two people that right now have nothing out side of great sex, pardon me being so blunt. Stop being sad, and stop trying to get me to stay, I'm sorry but I have to do this for me and this is for you as well, Now go an enjoy the party"

He sighed knowing her mind was made up "you coming?" he asked standing up helping her up.

"I'm gonna stand out here for a while, I need some time" he nodded and entered the garage. CJ sighed and looked up at the sky. She heard a noise behind her and shot around to find the source of the noise. "Who's there?" she asked aloud. Roman held his breathe and held his body close to the garage out of the light. He had gone outside when Jade had told him to but he left from the front entrance and walked around the back out of sight and listened to the conversation. CJ walked back in to the garage after getting no response.

Vince placed the last of CJ's boxes in to the back of her Honda and walked over to Dom, Leon, Jesse, Tej, Brian, Suki, Jade, Ty, Jimmy and Mia who were stood a few yards away from the car saying goodbye to CJ. She was hugging everyone and crying.

Vince hugged her and she sobbed lightly in to his shoulder. "I really gotta get going" she said coming out of the hug and looking at everyone one last time.

"We know" Jade said hugging her again.

"I'll be back when the baby's born" she told her wiping her tears away "and Jesse you call my nephew or niece Jesse Junior there will be trouble" CJ said pointing at him, he shrugged his shoulders and laughed at her.

She got in to her car and closed the door widening down the window to say goodbye one last time "later guys" she sighed. They waved and smiled or said goodbye then she reversed off the drive. She quickly stopped as Roman's car screeched to a halt behind her. He exited his car and walked towards her, she got out of her car pissed off he was being an ass to her today of all days. "It not enough that I'm leaving you trying to kill me now?"

"Don't go" he said quickly "please stay"

"Real funny Rome now move your car before I move it with my car" she said going to get back in to her car. Roman grabbed her arm stopping her. She got out of the car properly and stood in front of him "just can't let me leave without giving me some more shit first huh? Fine let me have it"

"Damn it CJ stop being so stubborn and listen to me!" he raised his voice "I want you here, I want you to stay. Olivia left last night, she said she knew I wanted someone else not her and she's right I want you! You've been all I've thought about since I kicked you out and I feel like a total ass for doing it but the truth is I did it cause I was jealous" he was tired of holding back his feelings, he didn't care that everyone was watching them or that he had tears streaming down his face either, he needed to tell her this at any cost and he was going to.

"Why in the hell would you be jealous?" CJ questioned

"Don't you get it? CJ I'm in love with you, have been ever since you moved to L.A and came back I was just too stubborn and had too much pride to tell you! You're the woman I want, the person I wanna spend the rest of my life with, I wanna be the guy you come home to, the guy you go to bed with every night, I wanna wake up with you every morning, I wanna be the guy to make you smile."

"Do you mean it? Or are you just messing with me?"

"I mean it with everything I am, Casey Jane Messenger" Roman began getting down on one knee and producing a small black box with a platinum setting that had the most beautiful heart shaped diamond she had ever seen "will you marry me?"

well here it is people! Hope you like, don't be mad at me for finishing it here, I've left it open for a sequel if I decide to write one so I had to finish it somewhere. Let me know what you think.

Huge thank you's go out to Rana and Cheer, this wouldn't have been possible without either of them so thanks girlys!

Thank you to all of you who reviewed its much appreciated and kept me going with this so thank you so much!