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A/N: Hola. I got the name Cameron from my niece who might be reading this story. I heard her use it and the name kind of grew on me. Anyway, this is the last chapter (YAY). I was going to write a second story but I have no idea where my book is. Does anyone know where I could maybe read the book online or something? Anyway, Thanks to everyone whoever reviewed my story. I LOVE YOU GUYS! Anyway thats pretty much it. On with the story . . .

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Ch. 9 Happily Ever After (Well sort of)

1:34 a.m., Saturday, October 18

Felix just called. He said that after he and Lauren had searched a bit they had found the perfect girl. Well, not perfect but pretty close.

She's a transfer student from England. She's also really hot (Felix said this) with long dirty blond hair and light green eyes. She's on the honor roll, and is thinking about joining Computer Club soon. She's also really nice, helps out at homeless shelters whenever she gets a chance, she's asked her parents that instead of giving her an allowance they donate it to a non profit organization, she's a computer genius, hates politics, and thinks Josh Ritcher deserves to die.

I seriously don't think I deserve that good a date. I mean she's perfect. Even Mia has her faults.

Three in particular are that she likes Josh, is a princess, and thinks of me as her ex-best friend's nerdy older brother who helps her in Algebra.Not that the last one is exactly a fault per se. I mean it's more like a fact, that happens to be creating a problem whenever it comes to me and Mia.

But no Cameron Jane Smith (that's her name) is perfect.

No one can be that perfect can they? So I'm suspecting she has like a sixth toe, or has a split personality and then it would be like 'Me, myself, and Irene'. Only I wouldn't end up with the girl. I guess.

I guess I'll wear my tuxedo that my mom made me wear for my cousin Steve's bar mitzvah. For the dance I mean. And with my luck I'll go and Mia will look totally beautiful (like she always does) and I'll go to the dance with a phycotic. Huh, that'll show her.

Well, It's almost 1:40 and I have to go and meet Cameron at 2:00. It takes like 20 minuets to get over to Felix's apartment where Lauren's bringing my mystery date. I'll try to contain my enthusiasm.

4:23 p.m., Saturday, October 18

Well, it's worse than I thought. She is Perfect.

I went over to Felix's running a little late (some Hobo was convinced I was from this band called Rooney. I wish) and then was met by Lauren and this hot (my words not Felix's) tall blonde.

But, I'm not shallow, I mean just because Cameron is the hottest girl I've ever gone out with doesn't mean I like her any more than a friend. No the whole time we just talked about Buffy and Xena (those are her two favorite shows too). I even asked her who she want to spend the rest of her life with if she had the choice of me or Josh Ritcher and she said me. Plus she has that British accent which is a total turn on.

We laughed a lot (she was even wearing sandals so I could see if she had a sixth toe and she didn't). And we're going to go out with Lauren and Felix somewhere in the village for dinner before the dance.

But, Cameron and I would be better suited as friends. When I told Felix this after Cameron left (she had to pick up her little sister) he was all, "What how can you not want to screw her? Did you see her dude? The only people that wouldn't want to do her are gay!"

Lauren, I guess got really offended and snapped, "Do you want to go with her Felix?"

Felix realizing the mistake he had made said, "No of course not. That's not what I meant. Sweetie." He added the sweety as if in an afterthought.

"That's what you said!"

"Of course I'm not attracted to her. I have you, honey."

"Well, you said, 'The only people that wouldn't want to do her are gay!' Are you saying that you're gay?"

I found this a perfect time to step out and after mouthing the word bye to Lauren who waved a hand as if to say 'well what are you waiting for?'

I'm not worried about them they'll make up before dinner. It's me I'm worried about how am I supposed to make my date understand that I don't like her that way?

Man, only a couple more hours until I have to pick up Cameron.

6:10 p.m., Saturday, October 18

Wow. I just saw the greatest movie ever. (Okay not the greatest, but it was pretty good)

It was about this girl who's really pretty (CoughMiaCough) and she has this best friend (CoughMeCough) who she's never really noticed before. Anyway, She goes out this complete jerk (CoughJoshRitcherCough) and she figures out after a while that she is in love with her best friend who's been in love with her forever is already dating someone else (CoughCameronCough). Blah, blah, blah, in the end the girl ends up with the best friend.

I don't really know what it was called because I only saw the last fifteen minuets of it, but the movie reminded me of what's going in my life without the fact that the girl isn't fourteen and Mia really isn't my best friend and there really is no chance of me and Mia getting together.

I wish my life was a movie.

Only twenty more minuets until I have to pick Cameron up.

6:40 p.m., Saturday, October 18

I have to leave in like two minuets.

Even though I'm totally dreading this (I like Cameron but not like that) I have to say I look really good.

I'm wearing a tux, I smell like soap, and I've got my hair looking somewhat passable.

Oh crap, I have to go.

Early Sunday, October 19

Wow.

Wow. I just had the greatest night of my life (even greater than that one time my family went on vacation when I was 14 and Lilly was 12 and we were swimming in the pool and were playing around and Lilly went and pulled this total and complete strangers swimming trunks off I guess she thought it was me and was trying to pull me under). I am not kidding.

Let me explain the night in all of its glory.

First off when I came to Cameron's apartment (Amazingly she lives in our same building I can't believe I've never noticed her before) I was pretty nervous because I didn't want her to think this was a date.

So I knock on the door and Cameron answers it looking really beautiful in this long red dress with her hair pinned up in a bun. She smiles and invites me inside. Then her parents start to ask me all these questions (i.e., Do you drink (no) Do you smoke (no) how are you getting to the dance (taxi) you know stuff like that) and after a while Cameron finally convinced her mom and dad that we had better get going it was already pretty late.

So we left and when we were on the way to The Tapras Lounge (A/N: I've never been to New York-I wish- so I just typed in restaurants in Greenwich Village and picked a restaurant at random) where we were going to meet Lauren and Felix, and then we somehow got onto the subject of school.

She said she had heard about me and Princess Mia being more than friends. I said rather quickly that I didn't know what she was talking about. That Mia and I were friends and she was my little sister ex-best friend. She kind of looked like she didn't believe me for a second then changed the subject.

So we met Lauren and Felix (who were making out when we met them) and sat down and had dinner.

Then we were finally at the dance and I kept a look out for Mia (who still hadn't come the dance had started about half-an-hour before. She was probably having the time of her life with Josh) the whole entire time while talking to Cameron. She started to get suspicious though when I didn't ask her to dance. Even at the slow ones.

"Michael, do you want to dance?" She finally asked looking at me with her green eyes shining.

"Uh, I kind of hurt my foot while I was running and I can't . . ." I trailed off as Lauren and Felix came to join us after dancing.

"Oh." Cameron said looking hurt. I started feeling really guilty by now I mean Cameron was a really fun friend. But, that's just it, a really fun friend.

Lauren who could tell something was going on gave me a hard look. "Why don't you guys dance?" she asked.

I was expecting Cameron to tell her what I had said about my foot, because I knew that she hadn't believed me. But, she didn't.

She just smiled and said "I don't feel like it." Then when Lauren looked away whispered to me "Michael? I need to talk to you." she glanced at Lauren who was looking the other way, but staining to hear us, and Felix who reading some pamphlet he had gotten from a booth and laughing stupidly. "In er... Private."

I nodded and followed her to the least occupied corner of the room.

Then Cameron asked, "you didn't hurt your foot did you?"

I just couldn't lie to her. "No."

"You don't think of Mia as just your little sister's best friend do you?" she continued looking at me.

"No." I said a little awkwardly. I noticed it was really easy to talk to her. I had only known Cameron for a short while but I noticed it was much easier to tell her my 'secret' than it had been when I told Lauren or even Felix.

"I knew it." She muttered to herself. "Then why on earth would you have come to the dance with me?" She said a little angrily.

Suddenly the doors burst open and there was clicking of camera's and the faint yelling of, "Princess!"

Mia and Josh had just burst in the doors.

"Cameron looked and then said turning back to me, "Oh. I was like a last resort."

"I'm really sorry. I- Lauren and Felix kind of pushed me into it and- I wanted to make Mia jealous. I was going to ask her out but Josh beat me to it. I was desperate and- I'm sorry really." I said genuinely looking anywhere but at Mia or Cameron.

Suddenly we both heard Josh yell, "Jesus! It was just a kiss!"

Suddenly everyone was looking at Josh and Mia. The DJ had even turned off the music so we could hear the fight.

Mia whirled around and yelled, "It wasn't just a kiss. Maybe that's how you wanted it to look, like it was just a kiss. But you and I both know what it really was: A media event. And one that you've been planning since you saw me in the Post. Well, thank you, Josh, but I can get my own publicity. I don't need you."

Then Mia stormed out and after taking her journal from Lars went into the bathroom.

Then Josh tried to make it look like he hadn't just had a fight in front of most of Albert Einstein's student population and disappeared somewhere behind a large crowd of people (I did notice that Lars followed though).

Slowly the music turned on and I finally realized that that was why Josh had asked Mia out. He had wanted his fifteen minuets of fame.

"Well, I think that he's out of the picture." Cameron said interrupting my thoughts. "Look, it's okay. I see some of my friends over there and you can go and talk to Mia when she comes out of the bathroom."

I looked at her surprised and opened my mouth ready to object.

"No really. Go. I'll have more fun with my friends than with you if the whole time you're going to be staring at Mia. I won't take no for an answer."

Then she gave me a small hug and walked in the direction of the Japanese Anime table.

I then decided to get a more detailed account of what had happened from Mia's friends. Which means yep I was forced to talk to Lilly (shudder).

I walked up to her and asked, "Do you know what happened?"

Lilly turned around surprised (I guess she hadn't known I was at the dance) and said, "That was what I was just about to find out. Hey- Tina." She gestured to the girl Mia had been hanging out with all week. "Come on. We have to go talk to Mia."

Tina went looking at Lilly in disbelief (I guess Lilly had always ignored Tina before) and they both went into the restroom(A/N: I know in the book it says Mr. G asked them to check on Mia but I'm changing it around a bit).

After waiting a while I went to the restroom (I had had like 5 glasses of Dr. Pepper) and when I came out I found Mia and everyone else (Mia, Lilly, Boris, Tina, her date Dave, Shameeka Allen, Allan, Ling Su, and Clifford sitting on the Pakistani table. I joined them and told Mia I had no one else to really hang with (Which is true. The computer club banned the dance because Principle Gupta told them that internet isn't a culture so Lauren and I weren't even allowed to come. Lauren and Felix were off sucking face somewhere and Cameron would probably hurt me if I tried to come near her.)

So we all talked about different things and then a slow dance came on. It was the second one that had come on while Mia and I were talking and everyone else had left to go dance so I did it.

I asked Mia to dance.

And she said yes. So we got up and slow danced. We didn't say anything while we were dancing. Just moved our feet in time with the music and kept our arms around each other.

Mia smells really good. And she looked so beautiful in her dress. It was great.

So after the song ended we (Me and Mia) walked around and talked some more and every time there was a slow song on we would dance. And every time there was a fast dance on we would talk.

Then when the dance ended we all went back to our (Lilly and mine's) apartment and spent a lot of time playing End of the World until dad came in and made everyone leave (except Mia she was spending the night).

Just before Lars left though he pulled me aside. "I couldn't help but notice how friendly you and the princess got tonight." He said with laughter in his eyes.

"Well, I just think of her as a fri-"

Lars interrupted me and said, "I seem to remember your sister Lilly using the word 'libidinous' the other day? And how quiet you seemed when you learned that Josh was taking her to the dance."

I couldn't deny it when I noticed Lars gun bulging in his pocket. I nodded.

"I had a hunch." Lars said. And then he added. "Well you don't have to worry about Josh I took care of him."

Suddenly I realized why I had seen Josh earlier at the dance laying with his head down on a model of Krakatoa.

Then once everyone had gone and Mia and I were alone, I invited her into my room to show her something (I've just realized how sick that sounds)) and I played Tall Drink of Water for Mia.

I don't think she got it though.

Anyway, after a while all of us went to sleep. We were all way tired. Especially me.God, just a day ago I hated my life. I've now realized how lucky I am. Who knows maybe some day I'll go on a real date with Mia.

At this point, any things possible.

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Wow.. I'm finally done. I hope you guys liked it. Please review if you know some solution for my missing book. Heck, review even if you have no idea what I'm talking about because you haven't read anyone of my author notes. And can you tell me who you liked better as a friend Cameron or Lauren? You'll find out in my next story why I needed to know. Anyway, I LOVE YOU ALL, and until my next story, Adios Amigo's!