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The light coming through the windows woke me up at around seven the next morning. I gently lifted my head from Zac's toned chest and sat up and stretched, looking around. It felt like the end of the last trip we'd had with McFly.

Dougie was sprawled over his beanbag, his head lying on the ground, his mouth open, snoring loudly.

Tom was curled up, barely able to be seen in his huge purple beanbag.

Danny and Harry were using the same beanbag as a pillow, both on their stomachs and curled up and breathing heavily, probably almost suffocating in the beanbag.

Sophie was curled up right next to Nate on the same beanbag and Vanessa seemed to of stolen all of the pillows and left over beanbags and made herself some kind of palace.

I grinned as I looked around. They all looked so sweet and adorable sleeping. I then realised I wouldn't be seeing it again and the tears tried breaking through again. I remembered what Harry said and held them back as a door creaked open. Tommy was standing there looking quite sleepy as he ambled over.

'Morning Luce,' he whispered and I gave him a little wave. 'Wake these guys up for me, your plane leaves in an hour and a half,' he whispered and I nodded. As Tommy began to gently wake the others up I kissed Zac as gently as I could. He opened his eyes and sat up, pulling me into the biggest hug he'd ever given me.

'Today's the day,' I whispered and he nodded and closed his eyes, kissing me on the cheek and pulling me into another hug.

'It's gonna be okay Luce, I promise. We're strong, we'll make this work.'

I nodded again and he grinned.

'Catering's got your breakfast waiting for you. Your bags are waiting in the corner over there, so get dressed and we'll head to the plane,' Tommy said quietly as everyone sat up sleepily. He left the room as we all stretched.

'I can't believe it's over,' Danny murmured, stretching his neck.

'I can't believe I drank that much,' Dougie moaned, clutching his head.

'I can't believe we all fell asleep like this again. It's so uncomfortable,' Tom muttered, stretching his back and his arms.

'I can't believe we've got a twenty-three hour flight ahead of us today,' Nate sighed.

'Ah well, a good place to catch up on some sleep,' Harry yawned as he stood up shakily, rubbing his head and stumbling over to his bag.

'What time did everyone fall asleep last night?' Zac asked with an enormous yawn.

'You mean this morning right? I woke up at six and everyone was asleep, so turned the movie off and made my bed more comfortable,' Vanessa said, walking over and pulling out a little blue dress to wear home.

'I feel terrible,' Dougie moaned, his voice showing it all.

'We all do mate. But we'll have a sleep on the plane okay? We've got about twenty eight hours of sitting ahead of us,' Tom said, clapping him on the back as he got up as well.

By seven everyone was dressed and breakfasted, heading to the airport in two separate cars. Our last meal was pretty boring. Everyone was so tired, they couldn't come up with anything witty or funny to do, but Danny did manage to somehow end up with a Cheerio in his hair, which none of us still have any idea how it got there.

In the car I was with Dougie, Danny and Zac on the way. Dougie nodded off in the front seat, not five minutes after we left. Danny played Slaps with us, giggling the whole time. Zac was best at it and my hands ended up bright red from the slapping!

'I'm gonna miss this place,' Danny sighed as we drove past the beach.

'You're coming back though right?' I asked quickly and he nodded, laughing.

'Course we are. We love Aus.'

'How long do we have between flights?' I asked.

'Tom was saying earlier about ten minutes after we check in and stuff like that and get your parents to take your bags and things so you can come and say goodbye,' Danny replied, leaning back in his seat.

'Sounds good,' I murmured. I was so tired I was ready to fall asleep, right then and there.

We made it to the airport and it was a mad, sleepy rush to get checked in on time and onto the plane. We were the last passengers and piled on, stumbling up the stairs and along the aisle to our seats.

Soon we were up in the air. Everyone had their cameras out, trying to take as many photos as the four hour trip would allow. Dougie fell asleep as soon as we boarded.

'Hey, I've got an idea,' Tom whispered, leaning around Dougie to talk to us. We'd gotten a full line of seats to ourselves. Tommy, Tom, Dougie, Harry, Danny, Vanessa, Sophie, Nate, Zac and then me on the end next to the window. 'Anyone got some markers?'

Danny and Harry each pulled a Sharpie out of their bag for signing things.

'Dougie needs all your autographs,' Tom grinned evilly.

'Ooh, all those drinks last night made Tommy Boy a rebel?' Danny teased, handing him his Sharpie. Tom gently signed Dougie's hand which was hanging onto his side of the chair. Harry signed his forehead; Danny signed Dougie's cheek, as did Vanessa. Sophie put her squiggle on his nose; Nate put it on his leg, as did Zac. I did it right in the middle of his neck.

We all burst out laughing, taking photos and using lipstick to draw things like L's for loser, and other degrading words to the poor boy on his face as well, surprised he wasn't waking up. Soon, the tiredness caught up with everyone and soon only Zac and I were awake.

'I'm gonna miss you hun,' he whispered, squeezing my hand as we watched the movie (Madagascar 2).

'I will too,' I whispered back, kissing his cheek, biting back tears again.

'Get some sleep love, I'll wake you when we get there,' he murmured. I smiled at him and rested my head onto his shoulder. He stroked my hair as I fell asleep, not wanting the moment to ever end.

In the end, it was kind of disappointing we'd all fallen asleep. We could've been having fun. But it was okay. We'd had enough fun to last for our whole lives. As I slept, I dreamt about the trip. All the fun times. The shows, surfing, kayaking, Dreamworld, the bus trips, the times before the shows, the fun in the hotels, swimming, the walks, the sports, homework (funnily enough), movies, the gaol, the radio interview. Every single fun time we had whirled around my head as we flew over South Australia and back into Melbourne.

As promised, Zac woke me as soon as we made it. Everyone very sleepily ambled off the plane, everyone laughing at Dougie as we went. He caught sight of his face in the window as we walked past and squealed, trying desperately to rub all the lipstick off, knowing he wouldn't get the texta off. I grinned as soon as I rounded the corner. There stood Vanessa's family, Sophie's and of course, Mum and Laura. I let go of Zac's hand and ran to meet them, throwing my arms around them.

'Mum,' I grinned, starting to cry. Hey, Harry did say Tullamarine!

'We've missed you like you wouldn't believe,' she whispered, squeezing me so tight I thought my eyes were going to pop.

'And so have I,' I murmured, hugging her just as tight.

'Have you had fun?' she asked and I nodded so enthusiastically my vision went blurry.

'Thank you mum,' I whispered.

'What for?'

'For being there for me and letting me go.'

'No problem,' she smiled, letting me go and kissing me on the cheek. I moved onto Laura, giving her a big hug as well.

'Missed you kid,' she whispered.

'I missed you too,' I giggled. I turned and saw the six boys waiting awkwardly by their bags, watching, Dougie still trying to rub off the marks. I took mum's hand and led her over to them, Laura's as well.

'Thank you for taking them boys, I truly don't know how to say enough thanks. I hope they weren't too much trouble,' Mum said and Tom laughed, putting his hand out to shake her hand.

'They've been absolutely lovely. We'd be honoured to look after them again.'

'That's good; I hope they weren't too annoying.'

'They have been amazing. We're so proud of them. All three of them. They've got a lot of potential there,' Danny grinned.

'I know, that's exactly the reason why I signed her up for singing lessons,' she smiled, putting an arm around me.

'We've been very privileged to have them with us. We're sad to see them go,' Harry said, taking my hand and squeezing it.

'We'll keep in touch. You're going to be coming over for mine and Gi's wedding right?' Tom asked and mum nodded.

'Of course Tom. We'd never miss it for the world.' She turned to Zac. 'How are you Zac?' she asked and he grinned.

'I'm good. I just don't want to go home,' he sighed.

'Ah well, you'll visit and we will too,' mum smiled and Zac's face brightened.

'We'd better go and get checked in. Meet you on the other side?' Tom asked, picking up his bags.

'Aren't you going to have lunch?' mum asked.

Tom shook his head. 'Not enough time, we'll just eat on the plane.'

'Well alright then. I'll grab Lucie's bags and me and Laura'll take them out to the car and we'll meet you there Luce. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts again for looking after her for us boys,' mum said, shaking each of their hands.

'It's been no problem Ms Streeton,' Dougie smiled sweetly and she smiled back.

'Good luck and have a good flight.'

'Thank you, hope to see you soon!' Tom grinned and mum nodded, picking up my bags.

'We'll be out the front Luce,' she murmured, kissing me on the cheek before heading out with Laura. Sophie and Vanessa's parents thanked McFly once again and before we knew it, the boys only had half an hour to check in properly, knowing they'd close the check in desks in ten minutes. We rushed through the airport at top speed, through the check in desks and customs until we made it to the lounge, puffing and panting. It was then that it finally hit us all.

It was all over.

'We'll miss you girls,' Tom choked before grabbing us in a hug as we all burst into tears.

'Please don't go,' Sophie laughed, tears streaming down her face.

'We'll keep in touch, we promise!' Tom exclaimed, his tears falling onto the tops of our heads.

'Hey Tom, you gonna let us have any of them?' Danny teased, his eyes misty as well. Tom gave us one last huge squeeze and let us go, wiping his eyes and sniffing as he kissed each of our cheeks.

'Luce,' Dougie smiled, tearing up as he hugged me tightly. 'I'm going to miss you the most sweetheart,' he whispered.

'And I'll miss you,' I murmured, squeezing him.

'Take care,' he whispered, kissing me on the forehead.

'You too,' I replied, tears flooding my eyes once again. Harry held his arms out and I moved to him.

'I'll miss you,' he murmured and I felt his tears hitting me on the arms as he hugged.

'I'll miss you too,' I replied quietly, squeezing him tightly as well.

'Promise me you'll look after yourself?' he smiled, tears still running down his cheeks.

'Anything for you Harry,' I giggled and he laughed and hugged me close again. He kissed my nose and moved me onto Danny.

'Don't go Danny,' I sighed as I hugged him.

'I have to love. But I'll call you. And email you,' he laughed, his blue eyes filling up with more tears as he hugged and kissed my forehead.

'I will too,' I replied and he smiled and hugged me again.

'I think someone else wants to say goodbye,' he whispered, motioning to Zac standing sadly by himself. I hugged Danny one last time and started walking over to Zac.

'Take care of yourself Luce,' Nate said as I walked past, giving me a hug.

'You too Nate. We'll miss you,' I said, tears dripping onto his t-shirt as I hugged him.

'I'll miss you too,' he smiled, letting me go.

As if I hadn't been crying enough, as soon as I hugged Zac, I began to sob into his t-shirt, not ever wanting to let him go.

'Please don't go,' I whispered.

'I love you,' he whispered, hugging me even tighter, beginning to cry as well.

'I love you too,' I choked, squeezing him as tight as I could.

'I will always love you Lucie. Remember that. If you ever need me, text me, email me. I'll be there waiting for you sweetheart. I'll see you soon, okay?' he said, gently peeling me away from him and wiping a tear away with his finger. I smiled at him and he smiled back. I leaned forward and kissed him. I never wanted to let him go. I wanted to stay in his arms forever.

'Flight HY768 to London Heathrow Airport boarding now from Gate 47,' a call came through the speakers. Everyone looked at each other before running into a big group hug, tears and arms going everywhere.

'This reminds me of a song,' Sophie whispered.

'Oh yeah? What song?' Harry asked, tickling her in the ribs.

'The End,' she grimaced.

'It's not the end. We'll see each other again, I promise. And yes, if I break that promise you can hunt me down with a wand and turn me into a frog,' Tom said and everyone laughed.

'But are you wishing that you'd given more or that you could've done it better?' Dougie asked quietly.

'Of course not,' the three of us gasped, hugging everyone tighter.

'Well that's good. That's good,' Dougie murmured.

'Come on, we better get on this plane before they leave without us,' Danny smiled, tears still running down his cheeks.

'I love you,' Zac whispered desperately, kissing me again as the other five began to file through the terminal, hugging Sophie, Vanessa and I on the way.

'I love you too,' I exclaimed, hanging onto his hand as he began to walk through with the boys, who were all crying and waving and blowing kisses. His hand slipped through mine as he followed the boys, mouthing I love you at me as he walked.

'We've had an amazing time! Thanks for everything!' Sophie called, blowing a kiss.

'So have we! Goodbye girls!' Tom called.

'Thanks for coming! We'll never forget you!' Danny called, still waving and crying as they rounded the corner and out of sight.

'Well I guess that's it then,' Sophie whispered, beginning to cry harder. Vanessa and I put our arms around her and began to walk out of the lounge.

The sound of running footsteps made us turn around. The six of them were running back out; their arms open, still crying.

'We'll miss you!' Tom exclaimed, throwing his arms around me.

'We will too!' I laughed as Dougie, Danny and Harry came for their hugs. I kissed Zac one last time.

He gave me an adorable one look that said it all before the angry hostess began calling them back.

'Bye!' the six called, hugging and kissing each of us as they ran past and back through the terminal, waving the whole way. Sophie, Vanessa and I walked over to the seats in front of the window arm in arm and watched as the plane did its preparations.

The boarding part was taken away and it began to go down the runway. We hugged each other as it gathered speed before heading upwards into the clear blue sky.

'Goodbye boys,' I whispered and the other two nodded solemnly.

'They're gone,' Sophie whispered, standing up and taking Vanessa and I with her.

We walked out of the airport arm in arm, feeling sad but proud.

And I knew they were all thinking the same thing as me as we walked in silence out to the cars.

Those were definitely times we'd never, ever forget for as long as we lived.