30. The Conclusion
((Rated G. Pretty short!))
((WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! It's the end! I actually finished a story! WHOA! Congratulate me!))
"Let me get this straight – you actually forgave the guy?" Larc laughed as her older sister puzzled. She spoke into the receiver, "As I said before, Jazz – he did it for love!" "You've read one too many romance novels!" said Jazz. "Anyway, Joey says hi to Vanessa. Call again at the airport!" "Alright. Bye Jazz!" With that, Larc hung up her cell phone and immediately turned it off. She didn't know if she was charged with roaming in the Bahamas.
It was 10 o'clock, and everyone was back on the ship. It was slowly but surely headed home. Only a few more days, and she and Vanessa would be flying back to Arizona. Vanessa, after talking with Larc, had let Patrick remain in their room, but he had left at 9:45 and wasn't back yet. Larc got up, dressed in actual pajamas (a red shirt that read "I'm a Pepper" with a picture of a Dr. Pepper can on it and gray draw-string capris) and opened the door. There was Patrick, sitting on the railing, just looking down at the sea. Larc walked up to him, saying, "I knew you'd be out here." Patrick looked up at her. Larc sat down by him, dangling her legs off the edge of the ship.
"Thank you," he said quietly. Larc looked him in the eye. "As I've been telling everyone, you did it for love. It wouldn't be right to punish you for being in love, even if you were a little drastic." "Only a little," laughed Patrick, staring back at the sea. Larc sighed. "Patrick, don't be too depressed. There are other girls out there. And believe me, Vanessa gets a little annoying after two years. I've known her for three, and boy do I regret it!" Larc joked. Patrick managed to chuckle softly, looking Larc in the eye. "Don't look at me like that!" she cried, scooting away from him. "What! I didn't do anything!" he cried. Larc laughed at him. "When I said you'd find someone I didn't mean me!" she said. Patrick said, "Well, I wasn't thinking that!" "Good," said Larc, standing. Patrick stood as well. "You're a nice guy, you know," she said. Suddenly, she gave him a swift kiss on the cheek. "Not for me though. Seriously. Not for me." Patrick looked at her and scoffed. "Women are so confusing!" "Look who's talking, Mr. Kidnap-A-Girl-To-Have-Someone-To-Hold!" Patrick said, "That didn't happen, remember?" Larc rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Good night, Patrick." She opened the door, then paused, looking back at him. "Seriously, that was just a sisterly kiss!"
Skye: sniff, sniff I can't believe it's over! Who wants a sequel?
Larc: I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU MADE ME KISS PATRICK! whacks Skye
Skye: HEY, leave me alone! I blame sugar! And Veronica! I blame her too!
Larc: NO SEQUELS!