Miranda threw the last few things into her suitcase and zipped it up. It was five minutes till six and the taxi was already outside waiting for her. She had half the mind to call her parents but abandoned that idea quickly. She wasn't ready for that sort of confrontation yet. She sighed, sweeping the room with her eyes one last time, and walked down to the lobby. After she checked out Miranda went to the taxi and gave the driver Paolo's address. She fell back against the seat looking out the window at the buildings that rushed by in a semi blur.

They pulled up by Paolo's place and Miranda asked the driver to wait and she proceeded to the door. Miranda knocked and waited patiently. She twisted her hands a little nervous. The door opened and Miranda came face to face with a girl around Paolo's aga. 'His girlfriend' Miranda thought bitterly biting her lip.

"Hi, I'm Miranda" Miranda started.

"You want to see Paolo right?" the girl said with only a slight accent.

Miranda nodded.

:Polo, sweetheart, Miranda's here!" the girl called and then turned back to Miranda. "I'm Allie. Do you wanna come in."

"No thank you" Miranda declined awkwardly.

Paolo, then, appeared at Allie's side and she went inside instantly. Paolo stepped out and closed the door behind him. "Here. This is your ticket. Your plane leaves in two and a half hours" Paolo explained handing her the ticket.."

"Thanks" Miranda murmured taking it from him. She was reluctant to meet his eyes so she looked down.

"Do you want me to drive to the airport?" Paolo offered attentively.

Miranda shook her head. "No I got a taxi. I'm fine."

There was an awkward silence. The Paolo broke it in a reluctant tone "So I guess this is goodbye."

"Yea." That was all that Miranda could manage. She finally looked up and into his eyes.

FLASH BACK

They swayed to the soft music with Paolo's arms around her waist and his dark eyes looking into hers. He spoke words that she drowned in like she was drowning in the music. He pulled her closer and kissed her lips gently. A soft kiss and then another.

Miranda felt like she was falling as she started kissing him back. The spots of candle light blurred and the music in the background blurred into a melody that she was a part of. The notes blended and she felt herself loose control. She felt Paolo unlatch her bra but she couldn't fight him. She new that they would soon become one and with that realization all memory was erased…

END FLASH BACK

'Why do moment so sweet have to lead to something so bitter?' Miranda wondered. "Bye" Miranda said abruptly and turning away from her love she ran back to the taxi.

Paolo starred after her and tried to shake off the guilty feeling that just wouldn't go away. Allie came out and walked to his side. She wrapped her arm around his waist and pulled herself closer to him. "Are you alright?" she asked looking up into his face, concerned.

"I just hope she is" he said after a small pause. "I didn't do what I should have!" he declared suddenly as Allie led him back inside.

"What do you mean?" Allie asked worried. She shut the door and leaned against it, subconsciously afraid that he might run after the pretty brunette.

Paolo, however, continued dejectedly in to the living room. Allie followed. "I wasn't that we didn't talk about the baby. We did. I'd manage to bring it up. I was sure she's except something. But she always wanted to keep it. She thought that I would loe her. That I did love her. I suppose I didn't help by the way I acted. I mean I took her to all these playses and we had all this fun together and… But I couldn't. I had you and that's all I wanted. And then she just decided to leave." He looked over to Allie for comfort and then blurted out "I should have offered to help financially!"

"Paolo think! How could you possibly do that? Yes you still have money fro your singing career but that wont last for long if you use it to support yourself and the baby! And what about college? And this is your senior year anyways! You won't have time for a real job for years. The only way to get the extra money is your father-"

"No! I don't wont to drag my father into this ok? My dad won't give a shit!"

"Don't say that! I'm sure he loves you."

"I doubt it" Paolo cantered stubbornly. "Either way all I know is that I acted like a cad."

"There's no use beating yourself up over it now" Allie told him pulling him into a comforting hug.

Miranda sat in the airport waiting area waiting for boarding to start. She finally decided to call Gordo. She thought of calling Lizzie like she tried to do but abandoned that thought. Miranda stalked over to the pay phones and called Gordo through 1-900 collect. "Hello?" she herd Gordo's voice on the other side of the line. "Hello? Miranda?"

"Hi Gordo yes it's me" she finally gushed.

"Miranda where are you? Lizzie told your parents that you went to Rome and they've been frantic. They even bought a ticket to try and find you there! We've all been trying to reach you!" Gordo sounded urgent.

"I'm in Rome but I'm fine" Miranda reassured Gordo" Tell my parents not to come after me."

"Miranda that might be kinda hard to do."

"Gordo I'm at the airport" Miranda explained, her voice disposed of emotion" I'm coming home." 'With nothing' Miranda added sadly to herself.

Half an hour later Miranda sat in the airplane as in took off. It was the bird of doom, to Miranda anyways, that soared high into the sky above the Eternal City. It soared above the clouds and into the glowing sunset.

In a couple of simple weeks fates changed, lives altered, and people matured.

It was altogether a new beginning.

END

STARING

Hilary Duf

Yani Gellman

Lalaine

Adam Lamburg

Courtney Draper

A/N: Hey you guys! So it's the end and i'm realy thankfull to all of you who reveiwed. To Anyone who is reading this please reveiw! It will mean so much to me! Any thoughts at all I'd like to hear them! Anyone up for a sequal? Lol ;)