Chapter 11:

Kay and John separated from their kiss.

She noticed him looking deep into her eyes, trying to read her every thought and emotion.

"That was something," Kay grinned, exhaling as she turned to absorb what they had just done.

"Oh yeah?" he asked her, raising his eyebrows to add to the dazzling smile he was sending her way. He couldn't tell if she really liked their kiss or not. Her facial features made it seem like she did, but her words weren't positively correlated with the former.

"Yeah," she turned to stare at him, perceiving the look on his face. He seemed to want her to elaborate. "Something good," she gushed quickly.

He let out a suspended breath of air. "If you really liked it, we can do it again," John suggested flirtatiously.

Kay's lips curved into a widening smile and her eyes lit up in passion and delight, before their fingers intertwined yet again and she could feel his lips in ecstasy with hers.

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"Miguel, I love the idea of being your wife," Charity whispered in the airplane as they made their way back to Harmony.

Miguel smiled wholeheartedly at his bride, reaching over and pecking at her lips.

"This past week has been incredible," Charity remarked. "I love you."

"I love you, too," Miguel replied.

"Have you talked to anyone from Harmony?" she asked. "Do they know we're coming back today?"

"No and no," Miguel replied.

"I wonder how Kay is doing," Charity said, half to herself and half to her husband.

"Well on our wedding reception, I encouraged her to pursue John. And I think she did."

"Really?" Charity exclaimed, sitting up in her seat. His words had gotten her complete attention. "That would be great. Does he like her? I didn't know about this."

"He does. Theresa told me. Anyways, I hope things work out for her."

"Me too," Charity replied. "She deserves love, and that's what she's wanted all along. It's just that you couldn't give her that." She paused.

"But John can," they both said simultaneously.

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John and Kay continued to share kiss after kiss until her ringing cell phone interrupted them.

"Excuse me," Kay muttered, hating the interruption.

"Sure," John replied, taking his time to wipe his mouth free of Kay's lipstick residue.

"Hello?" Kay asked into her portable phone.

"Kay honey, it's me," her mother's voice rang out loudly. "Can you come over? The house feels so empty without Noah or Charity around."

"So why don't you call Jessica?" Kay bit off angrily. She didn't want to fulfill her mother's loneliness at not having her two favorite "children" around.

"I did. She's coming. I want both of you there. Where are you, by the way?"

Kay fumed. Why was her mother being so nosy? Kay was an adult for Christ's sake! "I'm with a friend. Why?" Kay replied after a moment of silence to calm herself so she wouldn't lash out.

"Jessica said she came over to pick you up from your dorm and you weren't there."

"Fine. I'm coming."

"Do you have a ride?" her mother asked.

Kay sighed. Cupping the receiver with one hand so Grace wouldn't hear, she turned to look at John. "Can you drop me off at my house, John?"

He nodded.

Grace smiled to herself. She was pretty sure that Kay didn't want her to know which "friend" she was with at the moment, hence the muffled voices coming from the background, but Grace was happy that her oldest daughter was attempting to move on past her feelings for Miguel and try to build a relationship with someone else.

"I'll be there soon, Mom," Kay said, returning to the call.

"Ok, honey," Grace replied. "And Kay?"

"Yeah?" she asked.

"I love you." Three simple little words but they meant so much to Kay. It seemed like her connection to her mother was turning into a positive one, from the negative one it used to be.

"I love you, too, mom," Kay replied without hesitation before she hung up.

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"Come with me," Kay insisted, once John and her arrived in front of the Bennett home. She wanted him there.

"Nahh, I can tell this is a family moment. You go ahead. I'll see you later."

"Come with me," she repeated, but with more force and pleading. Her eyes hypnotized his mind, body and soul and he shut off the engine and proceeded to enter the house with her.

"Hi!" Kay's mother greeted them both, surprised to see Kay had brought a guest.

"Mom you remember John, right? From Miguel and Charity's wedding?"

"Yes," Grace nodded, shaking the young man's hand. "Speaking of the wedding, guess who arrived here five minutes before you did?"

"Miguel and Charity?" Kay guessed playfully. It didn't seem to hurt as much. John's kisses and touches seemed to lessen her resolve to get Miguel, or to even think about him.

"Yeah," Grace answered.

"Let's go say hi," Kay said, taking John's hand and walking inside to the living room.

"Hi, you guys," Kay replied, giving over and hugging the newlyweds.

"Hi, Kay," Charity smiled at her cousin.

"Is there something you're not telling us, Kat?" Miguel questioned, his eyes reverting from hers, to John's.

"Yes," She smiled, taking John's hand in hers. "But I think you can figure it out on your own."

Miguel's eyes twinkled happily for his best friend. She had taken his love advice from a week ago, and more importantly, she had used it.

"I'm happy for the two of you," Miguel said, hugging Kay again and punching John playfully on the shoulder.

"But you better watch out, man," Miguel chided, his voice a whisper. "Kat here is as spunky as they come. You have to keep her on a leash."

John and Charity laughed, while Kay uttered revenge for Miguel's statement and proceeded to get it by chasing after him around the house. The way they used to do as kids.

Miguel smiled as Kay kept on tracking him down. Things were finally the way they were supposed to be. He and Kay were friends again to the end, he had found true love, and now he was happy to point out that she too had finally done the same.

The End

{I hope you liked this fic overall. I did. It was up there with one of my favorite fics by myself, next to Kay's Story and Hindsight. Anyways, Review and tell me what you thought of the whole fic.

You probably won't be seeing me much on the site anymore. I am currently working on a long fic, which I want to complete and perfect before I post it up. Right now I am working on the 8th chapter of it; based on my outline it will be 42-44 chapters long. Look out for it sometime in the future. Thank you to all reviewers. Good luck on your stories.}