Notes: Sorry the update took so long. I wish I could make this even longer, but a plot twist would only add to the confusion of this story. So, this is the last chapter. I honestly can't think of another chapter to add though. Everyone will make an appearance. I'm really sorry if I haven't included your character lately. I hope everyone likes this chapter.

I saw Scooby Doo 2 yesterday. It was really good. The only bad part of today was SATs in the morning. Everything else was good. My boyfriend came over to the movie with me...and my dad, who insisted on accompanying us. Luckily, he sat a few rows back. It's so much better than the first one. It's a lot funnier.

I would have updated yesterday, but I was talking with a friend on the Internet and lost track of time. Besides, my boyfriend was over from around 2 to 9 last night. He's so nice. He brought me flowers for my b-day, a new journal (which I've actually been needing), a card, and one of those huge Hershey's Kisses. It's so cool that my entire family likes him, even my dog. Then today, I had a party. We went out to eat and then to see Hidalgo. It's good. Lots of birthday plans the last three days. I made a Monkey Newsie at the Build-A-Bear at the mall. It's really cute. My friend and I named him Racetrack.

Hey, if any of you ever want to talk or something, you can e-mail me. Remember the address is trybottlealley@go.com Leave a message. I'll be glad to answer any questions you might have. I also have AIM as MatchingLaces and MSN as my old address, justus2003@charter.net You can still contact me through this e-mail address too. I would like to talk to any of you.

Shout-Outs:

Jocelyn Padoga – Congrats on getting your license! I'm happy for you. Yes, I'm serious about the concert. It was wonderful. What's your fave song? I love them all. Guess what? My friend and I met his bodyguard in the lobby(I guess you could call it), but he wouldn't get us autographs from Clay. That man is much taller in person. I really hope I'm not related to Elijah too. I've been taking a bunch of obsession quizzes about him and guess what? I'm obsessed!!! That would make it really weird if we were related. Even weirder, our first names even sound kinda similar...if you really think about it.

Wisecracker88 – I would love to continue this story, but a plot twist would only add to the confusion. Besides, I have a lot of stuff to do and don't have the time. With my b-day on Friday and SATs on Saturday and then my party on Sunday, it's gonna be kinda busy. Plus, there are the projects that I have to do for photography and english. Love the classes, hate the work. Man, now I wish I had done Elijah Wood for my research project. He's led a pretty interesting life.

NadaZimri – Now that I think of it, maybe Alaska should have stopped. I mean, if twenty hot boys were after me...I probably would be too busy staring. But then, what kind of plot would that be? Unfortunately, I've dragged this story out as much as I can. It's ending too soon to my liking too. Hope you've enjoyed it anyway.

GeometryGal – It's ok that you didn't review last time. I don't expect everyone to review for every chapter. Wow, I'll have a lot of stories to tell you if you want to hear about my guy. It's almost like he's too 'perfect', I guess, sometimes. He's definitely the nicest guy I've ever met. E-mail with some things that you'd like to know.

Written Sparks – It's nice to hear from you again. My computer is starting to like me again too, well not entirely, but close enough. I've missed getting reviews from you. I'm glad you still like this story. Looking forward to getting your next part.

I'll Make You Mine Tonight

I woke up the next morning to pure silence. I guess since I had been up late telling my story the girls decided that everyone deserved to sleep in. Everyone had a lot of questions for me, wanting to know all about my family and what I remembered about them. I guess a lot of them don't remember that well or not at all., since so few of them had families. I had passed around the locket so that everyone could see the pictures. I guess it was my own way to show them how important it was to me. They didn't leave until Medda finally kicked them out. Not that I wanted them to leave, but that I was too tired to do any more talking.

When a light knocking sounded on my door, I looked up reluctantly. I decided to not say anything and see if the person would go away. Just my luck, a few seconds later the knocking came again.

"What," I called out, not bothering to hide my annoyance in the morning. I didn't receive an answer and sighed, "You can come in." The door opened silently and I saw Jaws standing behind it. She entered and closed the door quietly behind her. I sat up to make room for her to sit down.

"Hi," she said quietly.

"What's going on," I asked her, "Did your date go well?" I noticed that her face immediately lit up at the thought of Snoddy.

"It was great," she told me, "I never thought dancing could be fun before." I smiled at her, glad that she had a good time, "I'm surprised though."

I looked at her in confusion, "About what?" What she said next however wasn't what I would have expected.

"Why did you tell everyone about the locket," Jaws asked, "And about your family?"

"It was bound to happen sometime," I replied, "It just happened sooner than I thought." I paused when she didn't say anything, "Do you need anything?"

"Uh, no," Jaws answered, "We're about to meet the guys for lunch. Wanna come?" I gave her a strange look, "It's almost noon." I groaned, never having slept this late before.

"Yeah, I'll be there in a while," I told her, "I'll get ready and meet everyone there." Jaws nodded and stood up to leave the room.

I was just about to get ready when another knock sounded. Sighing and fully expecting another of the girls, I called out, "I'll be there in a second. Hold on."

"Alaska," a voice asked and the door opened a crack. Instead of any of the girls, Mush was standing there.

"Oh, hi Mush," I greeted him, slightly embarrassed at him seeing me at my worst. I could literally feel my hair sticking up everywhere. I quickly tried to flatten it out. Mush laughed when he saw me. I must look really bad, I thought to myself. I smiled nervously at him, "Excuse me a minute."

He laughed again, but left the room. I changed quickly, putting on a hat when I realized that my hair was not going to cooperate with me right now. I came out a few minutes later to find him waiting outside the door, "Ready to go," he asked. I nodded and followed him outside.

When we arrived at the popular diner, I realized that everyone was there already. I turned when someone called out. I spotted Dreamer waving us over from her table. I noticed that Spot was sitting next to her. I hadn't really been introduced to him yet, but I'd heard plenty of stories from Dreamer about him.

"Hi," I greeted them quietly, not really comfortable around someone I didn't really know. I smiled though when Mush grabbed my hand and gave me a quick smile, as if to say that it would be okay.

"What'll it be," Jinx asked, walking up to the table. I noticed the teasing glances she was giving me and Mush.

"What are you lookin' at," Mush asked her, mock glaring in her direction. Jinx rolled her eyes at him. It was obvious that they were good friends.

"Just the people who haven't given me an order yet," she answered, "What do you want?" We quickly realized that everyone else at our table had ordered and did so ourselves. Jinx walked back to place the order.

"What took you so long," Spot asked.

"I just slept until noon," I answered, talking more to myself than to him, not really noting my own sarcasm. Right after I woke up was not a time to ask me questions.

"It's okay," Dreamer told me, "I slept in too. Medda gave everyone the day off. No one has stayed up that late at a party before." Spot was glaring at me slightly, but I guess he decided to lay off on me. I'm sure he wasn't a morning person either, but it was only a guess.

"Medda usually does that," Snow cut in, showing up beside our table. We moved over to make room for her and Blink, "She gives us a least one day off a month, or every two weeks if we're lucky. She knows that we get overworked sometimes." I nodded, the only signal she would get that I was listening.

"How long were you working on that routine," Blink asked us.

"About a week," Snow replied, shooting him a teasing glance, proud of herself for keeping that one secret to herself. Blink pretended to be mad at this fact, but failed miserably. Instead, he playfully pushed her, causing her to knock into Dreamer.

"Hey," Dreamer called out, but laughed and reached over to push him back. This soon caused a small fight to go on. Everyone was staring at the table, wondering what was going on.

"Cut it out," Britts called out, walking over. She jokingly rolled her eyes at us, "You're scaring away all the customers." A quick glance around showed that most people were staring at our table in confusion or looking around for an opening to leave. One guy slipped out the door, "Oh well, he didn't get anything anyway." We all laughed and promised to at least try and calm down.

Jinx came back with our food. We quickly finished and were told that everyone was going to the lodging house next. Since we had the day off, we figured that we had the time. I guess no one was in the mood for selling either. Swifty and Specs stayed behind, promising to meet up with us later.

"Wanna play poker," Race asked the second I stepped foot into the building. Flare looked at me from his other side.

"Don't do it," she told me.

"Let her make her own decisions," Race cut her off, mock glaring at her. He turned back to me.

"And let me help her," Flare suggested, giving him a friendly punch, "Get out of here while you still can."

"Leave her alone Race," Ears commented, seeming to come from the shadows behind him. Bumlets was right behind her. Race nearly shrieked upon seeing her.

"Let's go Flare," he said suddenly, taking her hand. Flare laughed and Race just glared at her as they walked off to play poker far away from Ears.

"You can play with us," Ears invited, pointing off to a smaller group, "We don't usually bet, just play for fun." I agreed and walked over to join them. I saw Mush in the group, with Snitch, Swoosh, Scout, Dutchy, and Robin. I took a spot next to Mush.

Robin was looking over Dutchy's shoulder. "Can I play," she asked, glancing at the cards in his hand.

"Sure you can play," he told her and then moved over to make space, "No betting this time guys." The others nodded in agreement and he dealed out the cards. Robin glanced at her cards and then nudged Dutchy slightly.

"Now what," she asked. Everyone laughed as Dutchy started to explain the rules of the game. She traded two cards after getting instructions from her brother. The rest of the group exchanged cards and one by one put them down.

"Beat that," Swoosh exclaimed, putting her hand on the floor. She laughed as everyone stared at her full house.

"I'm out," Scout announced, putting down the hand she had. A few others did the same. Dutchy didn't say anything the whole time. He was talking to Robin. He grinned as she put down her hand, looking slightly confused.

"I think she just did," he told Swoosh as Robin revealed her straight flush.

"What," Swoosh yelled, "but she's just a little kid. She's never played before."

"It looks like she beat you," Scout said, not bothering to hide her amusement, "Imagine that."

"Don't you guys say a word," Swoosh warned them.

"Scout's honor," Scout promised her. Swoosh just gave her a strange look.

"You're not even a scout," Swoosh said, "Just don't say anything."

"I don't have to," Scout replied, pointing out that every head in the bunkroom was directed at them, "They just heard every word. They've been paying attention ever since you yelled." She smirked at Swoosh, who looked like she wanted to pretend that the whole thing never happened.

"I won then," Robin asked, still confused. Dutchy laughed and then nodded. I glanced around at all the people in the bunkroom, laughing and joking with each other.

As Mush silently took my hand and gestured that he wanted to walk, I noticed one thing. Everything felt different for once. All that I could ever have dreamed of had just come true. And suddenly...I didn't feel so invisible anymore.