It's the final chapter! Enjoy!

SENIOR YEAR

TO: Eve Torres
FROM: Brooke Shane
SUBJECT: Heyyyyyyyyyy :) reply

Evieeeeeeeeeee!

OMG, I know – how have we gone so long without speaking? Sorry I've been so out of contact (super busy couple of months I'll have to tell you about!) although I did try and call you earlier this summer and your mom said you were in Miami with some friends? Sounds amazing, I want to hear about it at some time! A bunch of us cheerleaders went on a weekend trip to NYC this summer – soo much fun! And the guys are so hot on the East Coast. Definitely reconsidering my college locations!

A lot has been happening here. Abby and Dan are still together, although it all kicked off when they got drunk and had sex at Jodie's Halloween party and apparently Abby cried afterwards because she wanted to save herself for marriage and she was worried her parents would find out and kill her – think she's managed to keep it secret from them, haha. Tina's parents didn't divorce in the end, they tried to stay together for the sake of her little brother, which is good, I guess. And omg, how have I not told you about Danielle? Pretty much straight after Kofi left, she hooked up with some guy from the University of Denver who gave her a little lingering present she didn't want...if you know what I mean! A couple of trips to the clinic and it was all cleared up though, hahahaha, the whole thing was hilarious, particularly when her parents sent her away to a Catholic girls school afterwards! BTW, we're not talking about Bobby. The douche bag cheated on me with Stephy Matthews and I spent a week of my summer break listening to Christina Aguilera ballads and burning photos of him! So glad he's going to Michigan for college so I don't have to see him for senior year.

Sorry this is so short – Toby keeps bugging me for the computer so he can go on Facebook... You remember how annoying my brother is! Can we start having long weekly phone calls again? I miss you girly!

BIG LOVE

Brooke xxxxxx

"Eve, Ted's here!"

Her mother called to her and Eve closed down her inbox and glanced at her reflection in the mirror. She was ready for senior year; her make-up and her were done and she was dressed in a pair of dark skinny jeans and a simple white lace peasant top. She grabbed her bag from her bed and jogged down the stairs to answer the door to her boyfriend. "Senior year, here we come." She gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "Nervous?"

"When am I ever nervous?" He turned to greet Eve's mom as she came to see them. "Good morning, Carol."

"Good morning, Ted. God, I can't believe you guys are in your last year of school." She held a hand to her heart; she wasn't overly emotional like some mothers were but knowing this was her daughter's last year of school really hit her. "It seems like just yesterday I was dropping Eve off at kindergarten, a Barbie doll in her hand–"

"Mom!" She laughed. "Isn't it a little early to be taking a trip down memory lane?"

"Maybe, but let me have this one last time. I'm going to grab the camera so I can get a photo of you before you leave."

As she disappeared into the living room, Ted said "If Kofi wants a ride, he'd better come now because it's way too early to capturing Kodak moments."

"Kofi! Ted and I are leaving in a sec so if you want a ride, you'd better get moving!" She called up to her step brother.

The sound of bedroom door opening drifted out before Kofi came down the stairs, his backpack over one shoulder and a lazy smile on his face. "Let's roll."

"Not until I've got a photo of you guys!" Carol appeared again, this time holding a camera, earning her three groans from the teenagers. "Just one!"

The trio grouped together, Eve in the middle of her boyfriend and brother, and they smiled as the flash went off, blinding them in the process. "Definitely too early for a light that bright." Ted winced, rubbing his eyes. "Carol, why don't I get one of you with Eve and Kofi?"

"That'd be wonderful." She stepped in-between her daughter and stepson, telling them both "I'm so proud of you guys," before Ted took the photo. "The three of you had better get going – you don't want to be late on your first day."

"See you later, mom." Eve gave her a kiss on the cheek before they headed outside to Ted's car. Just as they were about to climb in, they saw Kelly coming out of her house, walking towards her own car, oversized sunglasses blocking out the bright sunny morning and earphones in, unable to notice her friends just a few feet away.

It was Ted that called over to her first, asking "Need a ride, Kells?"

The blonde took out her earphones and lifted her sunglasses to look over at them, although her gaze mostly seemed fixed on Kofi. "Sorry?"

"Get in, we're giving you a ride to school." She looked at them cautiously, but Ted wasn't taking no for an answer. "Well, there's no point two of us making the exact same journey. Plus, it saves you gas."

She looked cautious but couldn't refuse without them thinking she was rude, so she walked over and got in the back seat next to Kofi. "Hi." She said shyly to him. What were they meant to talk about? "How are you?"

"I'm alright. How're you?"

"I'm not too bad." Ted and Eve were chatting away happily in the front of the car, leaving Kelly and Kofi with each other. Actually, the blonde had a lot on her mind and her ex was the person she really wanted to talk to about it. "Can't believe this is my last year at Bev High. I've been at this school for four years and it's weird to think this is the last time I'll come back in September, ready to start all over again. Like, this time next year, I'll hopefully be at college somewhere on the other side of the country. That's scary."

"I know, right? I don't feel old enough to be making big decisions about my future. The closer it gets... man, I don't know."

"Your heart's still set on Morgan State?"

He nodded.

"Well, good luck. It's a great school so I'm sure you'll love it there."

"And you're still looking at schools down in Florida?"

"I've barely considered looking at colleges anywhere else. Despite everything that happened this summer, being in Florida just felt right... like it's where I'm supposed to be."

"If it's where you want to be, it's where you want to be." Silence came between them but Kofi knew what had was supposed to say; since returning from Miami, the remainder of his summer had been spent thinking about Kelly and if he didn't act now, it would be wasting his time. "So what are you up to after school?"

"Nothing. Why?"

"I thought maybe we could grab something to eat and talk properly without a certain someone eavesdropping." His eyes darted over to the passenger where Eve was clearly listening in.

"Your my brother, she's my best friend – I'm going to find out eventually!"

Kelly chuckled at Eve's protests. "My mom's at work and my brother's going to his friend's house – why don't you come over and we'll order in?"

Kofi smiled, taking his cell phone out from his pocket and proceeding to send a message. There was something he needed to say, without his sister's prying ears, and he didn't think it could wait. A minute later, Kelly received his text.

I've missed you. I still care about you and I want us to move on... together.

Walking down the hallways of Beverly Hills High, the stares of most students were on the hand-holding pairing of Jack Swagger and Tiffany Terrell. It seemed difficult for them to put the couple together; the most popular guy in school was dating a girl who had been practically invisible for three years? How did that happen?

To them, however, it felt completely natural.

"You look beautiful today." He told her as the paused at Tiffany's locker. "Wait, did I already tell you that?"

"Yes, but it doesn't hurt to hear it again." She beamed at him, standing on her tiptoes to steal a kiss from him. Opening up her locker, it was empty after she cleared it out at the end of last year, only a picture of herself, Kelly and Eve remained, the three of them in their prom dresses after spring homecoming. "Time for a little freshen up, maybe?"

"What?"

He watched as she went into her bag and pulled out two Polaroid pictures before attaching them to her locker door with Blu-Tack; one of which was of their whole group of friends on a night out in Miami, the other was of her and Jack, taken on the plane home. This summer, Tiffany had much more than just a pleasant vacation; she gained a group of friends for life and the boyfriend she'd always wished for.

"Have I told you how adorable you are?"

"A couple of times, but keep going."

He slung an arm around her shoulder as they continued down the hall, ignoring the surprised stares of students, looking their way. "The way people were staring at us, you'd think we were brother and sister or something."

She chuckled. "Well, I guess it's a little weird to accept."

"How so?"

"You dated Maryse for two years and you guys were like, king and queen of our class. Then you two break up and you start dating Eve, who comes to our school and becomes popular pretty much straight away. Now you're dating me and let's be honest, I'm not as cool as either of those two. I'm not a cheerleader, I spent most of my free time studying, I'm not as hot as they are–"

"Are you kidding me, Tiff?" He stopped her when they reached the classroom door. "You don't need to compare yourself to those two! You don't need to be like them because there's a reason I'm with you now and not either of them."

She kissed him again, completely ignoring their surroundings. "I have to return this book to the library before class – see you there?"

"Absolutely." They parted ways and Jack headed down the hall towards his own locker, where he met up with Dolph and the two high-fived. "Senior year, Ziggs! I don't know about you but I'm excited."

"I know, me too, but all I keep hearing about is this new girlfriend of yours." Dolph joked, leaning back nonchalantly against his locker. "Anyone I know?"

"She's blonde, about 5'6, one hundred and twenty five pounds, you might know her, you lived with her in a beach house all summer?"

"Oh, her! I probably can't remember because you didn't share the intimate details from the sack like you usually do with your conquests. I'm assuming you and Tiffany have done the deed?"

"I think this is one conquest I'm going to keep under wraps."

"She was bad?"

"Not at all, but to me, Tiff's more important than just another sex story to share with the guys. Sometimes, as hard as it may seem to believe, there's more to a relationship than just what happens in the bedroom."

Of course, at that very moment, Nikki came through the doors and breezed in front of them, sun-kissed, tousled and sexy as she strutted past without a second glance. Maybe she was ignoring Dolph or maybe she simply didn't see them, it wasn't clear, but either way, it hurt.

"Actually, I think you do know that, don't you?"

Dolph turned back to Jack and shrugged. "Well that's my senior year off to a disappointing start."

"Hey, you can't stay bummed out for long. It's senior year," Jack laughed as they headed towards their first class of the day, "you know what that means? Plenty of sexy transfer students roaming the halls. Check out that hot brunette over there – she's obviously new because I would remember an ass like that–"

"You know me well, my friend."

"Look, I'm sure Nikki will give you a second chance eventually. If I've learnt anything from Tiff, it's that chicks think things over a lot longer than we do. It's a slow burn thing."

"What do you mean?"

"If a guy punches you, what do you do?"

"Punch him back."

"Right. If a girl gets punched, she won't react straight away – she'll stew over it and think of every possible way she could get back at them and it's like that in all situations. They'll always work out the options, not to mention when it comes to guys, they enjoy making us suffer."

"And that's what Nikki's doing to me? Thinking over her options whilst making me suffer?"

"Exactly."

"Dude," Dolph chuckled as the two entered the classroom, "chicks are evil."

Jack saw Tiffany sat at the front of the room, her smile lighting up when she saw her boyfriend arrive. "Not all chicks."

"...so the photographer was like 'First day back – smile for the camera' and I was like 'bro, hold up, you got a mirror?' I had to check the spikes were..." Zack's voice trailed off as he tried to find the appropriate end to his sentence.

"Spiky?"

"Exactly! Take care, spike your hair. Whoa, that's my catchphrase for senior year!"

He continued to enlighten Rosa as they left their history class and made their way towards cafeteria towards the lunchtime rush. There was no doubt that their usual lunch table would be occupied by their friends, talking away as if they hadn't seen each other in years.

Rosa thought back on this time the previous year. Maryse and Jack were the school's power couple, Eve and Kofi were the new meat, Tiffany was invisible, Kelly was the cheerleader that had fallen from grace, Mike had been sent away to an all-guys boarding school for his bad behaviour, Ted and Cody were bad boys on the outside whilst the couplings of Brie and Montel and Dolph and Nikki had barely even been seeds planted.

In fact over the past year, the only thing that had really stayed constant was Rosa and Zack. Their relationship had been the only rock amongst all the drama that had happened and as she looked over at her goofy boyfriend with his spiky hair, bright t-shirts and cringe-worthy catchphrases, she couldn't imagine that ever changing.

"I don't tell you I love you nearly as much as I should do." Rosa leaned over to kiss him on the cheek. "Because you really do mean the world to me."

He raised an eyebrow, her affection coming out of nowhere. "I love you too."

There was a lot of love going around, Rosa noticed as she and her boyfriend entered the cafeteria. Inevitably, there was Jack and Tiffany along with Ted and Eve, all being their usual loved-up, cute selves, but now there was Maryse and Mike to get their heads round; inevitably the new power couple of the senior class. Then there was Cody and Dolph, laughing as they eyed up a new female student by the vending machines, and Nikki and Montel sat by Brie, also laughing about something or other. Even Kelly and Kofi seemed to be bonding, deep in conversation and hopefully mending their broken relationship, which was all everyone wanted for them.

There was one person missing, however. "I spoke to Alicia last night." Rosa told Zack.

"Oh yeah? When's she coming back?"

"Actually, she isn't. She'd decided to finish up senior year down in Florida. It's her first day at Miami Beach Senior High School tomorrow."

"Wow. Do the others know?"

"I'm not sure – although it looks like Kelly and Kofi are finally getting back on the right track so I don't know if this is the right time to bring it up."

"I just assumed she'd spend the rest of the summer there and come back for school."

"So did I but she said after what happened, she said she wants a fresh start and she thinks she'll get that in Miami." Of course Rosa was sad that one of her best friends was gone but if it meant Alicia would be happy then all she could do is hope it works out for her.

"I think senior year will be a fresh start for everyone. I mean, look how much is different already."

"I'm excited."

"Woo, woo, woo, you know it!"

She laughed and the pair sat down to join their friends. It was then that Rosa realised this was where the fun began.

Aww, and there it is!
In regards to the possibility of a sequel, it's definitely split as to those who want to see senior year/in ten years time so I'm going to put a poll on my profile so if you vote on that, I'd be very grateful.
A sequel won't be coming immediately - as it says on my profile, I'm super busy - but potentially after Christmas? We'll see!

In conclusion... thank you to everyone! A special thanks goes to the people who've consistantly read the story and given feedback - they know who they are and I love them dearly for it! Hope you've enjoyed the story and please review for a final time! Big love, Melissa xx