A/N : Final chapter...

(Disclaimer : see chapter 1)

Chapter 9 - The Happy Ending

3:02pm

She was two minutes late. Was she coming? Was this some kind of set-up? No, she would never do that to him? Or would she after last night? He wouldn't blame her.

Ray's mind rambled on as he waited, by the fountain in Jefferson Park, for his possible future girlfriend to arrive. He was excessively relieved when he saw her approaching, just as beautiful as she had looked when they were dancing together at the party, although possibly not as happy.

"Hi" he said as she reached him.

"Hi" she replied, "So..."

"I want to apologise" he interrupted her, "What happened was really stupid and I'm really sorry, but I would like you to know that I didn't plan it and Alicia did have something to do with it too"

"I understand that" Jenny told him, "and thankyou for the apology"

Silence took over for a few moments until curiosity finally got the better of the girl.

"Is that all you wanted to say to me?" she asked him.

"Yeah, pretty much" he admitted "What did you want to say to me?"

"Nothing really" she shrugged, although there were a hundred things she would've liked to have said, she daren't say any of them.

"But you asked me to come here" Ray looked and sounded confused, "You must have wanted to say something to me"

"Me invite you?" Jenny looked equally baffled, "You invited me" she said, pulling a letter from her pocket and showing him.

He read what was written there and then, shaking his head, he pulled out his own letter and handed it to Jenny. She took the paper that appeared to have been ripped and then taped back together and was even more confused after she'd read it.

"I don't understand" she said, "I didn't write this"

"And I didn't write this" Ray told her holding up the letter Jenny had received, "So who did?"

"Hold on" she said, suddenly smiling, "this is Nicole's handwriting - she set us up!"

"Are you sure?" Ray looked surprised as he took the two notes and compared them. They certainly were written in the same style but was it Nicole who had written them?

"Yes" Jenny was certain, "When she was helping me with my make over and telling me how to impress you she wrote down what I should do and..." Jenny stopped abruptly, realising she had just told Ray everything. She blushed a deep red and looked away.

"I can't believe I just told you that" she said, quietly, but he just smiled.

"Jenny, I already know about it" he said.

She swung around quickly, almost tripping herself up.

"What?!"

"Chase told me" he laughed a little, "a couple of days ago"

"I'll kill them" Jenny said, half way between anger and laughter, "I'll kill both of them for this"

Ray couldn't help but laugh and what his friends had done and Jenny couldn't help but join in.

"They meant well" he said finally.

"Yes, I suppose they did" she sighed.

"So, seeing as we're both here..." Ray started.

"You want to go for a cup of coffee or something?" Jenny suggested.

"Yeah, that'd be nice" he smiled.

They both turned to walk out of the park towards the road but they had barely moved a few steps when Jenny stopped and turned to face him.

"One more thing before we go" she said quickly.

Ray didn't have time to ask what the thing was because Jenny was kissing him, just like she'd wanted to for so long. He certainly didn't mind and it was a much more special moment than what had happened between himself and Alicia the night before.

When they finally broke apart she blushed.

"What was that for" he breathed.

"What would you say if I said I think I love you?" she asked, nervously, without looking at him.

"I'd say" he began, and she finally looked up at him, "that I think love you too"

As they moved in to kiss again a thought crossed both their minds. On the night of the Centennial Dance, all their friends seemed to have dates - everyone except them was happy, but now everything had turned out right because now everybody had somebody to love.

A/N : The end! Please review if you have read this!