A/N: Sorry, it's a little later then I wanted, I had to double check some things. Here we are at last. Last bit of Frozen. An epilogue and it's over. I must say I'm in no hurry; I don't enjoy finishing it. Thankfully, a sequel is in the works. No promises on when it'll be up but it will be up at some point in the hopefully near future. Enjoy.

A week passed.

The Science Club sat outside in the courtyard, enjoying the warm weather. Corrine and Josie sat at a table across from each other, Vaughn and Marshall sat across from each other accordingly and Lucas sat next to Marshall. Z preferred to stand, leaning against the building near the table.

Technically, they were supposed to be discussing recent weather patterns, but the topic had faded out.

Professor Z had also slid out of the conversation. He leaned more fully against the wall and closed his eyes, enjoying the cooling breeze across his face. He'd talked to his mother everyday for the past week on the phone. She was still set against him visiting, but mentioned that she was feeling better and the doctors said it shouldn't be too much longer before they let her out.

Zachary opened his eyes and smiled at the students before him. Josie was laughing at something Marshall had just said and Lucas was looking at her with a slight smile on his face. Z sighed, neither Lucas nor Josie had said anything, but the group knew something had passed between them.

Josie was more carefree and openly together with Vaughn. Lucas was a little quieter, but even he acted as though something had been lifted from his shoulders. Z observed that everyone in the Club was less tense. It seemed that everyone had known about the conflict subconsciously and it had affected them, though they hadn't always noticed.

"…what do you think Professor Z?" Corrine's question pulled him back to reality. Z realized that he hadn't been listening to the conversation at all.

"W—what? I'm sorry, I was…thinking."

The kids before him laughed. "Of course you were," Josie grinned, "do you ever do anything else?"

Before Z could respond, Principal Durst came up to him with an uncharacteristic smile on her face. "There you are Professor Zachary. I've been looking for you. There's someone here to see you."

The Science Club looked to him as a whole and Z shrugged. When he turned back to the door, however, a disbelieving expression filled his face.

The woman standing in the doorway was a few inches shorter then him, but years older. A blue summer hat covered most of her short gray hair. She had crinkles near her eyes that hinted at laughter and a smile lit her face. She was dressed in a simple black skirt and light blue shirt.

"Mom?" Z asked incredulously.

Katie laughed. "Is that how you greet your mother? No hugs?" She opened her arms invitingly and Noel quickly crossed the distance between them.

They stayed together for a solid minute and when they finally broke apart, both had wide smiles and wet cheeks.

"Well," Katie said with a small laugh, "it's good to see you honey, I missed you." She delicately brushed a tear from her eye.

"I missed you too Mom." Professor Z said doing the same and removing his glasses to clean them on his shirttail. His tone changed to mock scolding. "Now, what are you doing here? The doctors said it would be another few days at least, before you were released." He replaced his glasses and looked at her expectantly.

She laughed, "Yes, well, what do they know? I felt fine and," she shrugged and said with a smile, "they let me out on good behavior."

"So you're sure you're feeling better? No headaches or anything similar?" Z looked at her concerned.

"Hey, who's the mother here? I'm fine, really. They got my head screwed on right." She tapped one side of her head. "Though I have some bandages and a beautiful bald spot to show for my troubles, thus the hat."

Zachary smiled, it's a small price to pay, and then remembered the Science Club. He turned to find them still sitting there, seemingly in a conversation, but he could see some glances shot in their direction and the grins on their faces.

He led his mother over to the group. "Here they are. The Science Club." He smile as the kids looked up. He pointed to Josie, "This is—"

"Wait!" Katie interrupted him. "Let me guess." She ran her eyes over Josie taking in the stature, the red hair and the skateboard on the ground next to her. "This must be Josie."

Josie nodded and Katie went on to Corrine. Doing the same, she noted the neat notebook and pristine uniform. "Corrine."

Corrine smiled and Katie next saw Marshall and the Magnet 360 poster he'd brought out to show the group. "Marshall."

He nodded and she switched her gaze Vaughn. She took in his height and build. "Vaughn."

He also nodded and she moved on to Lucas. She noted his glasses, his scraggly brown hair and the book under his arm with a large picture of a spaceship on it. "You must be Lucas then."

He smiled and nodded as well.

After being introduced, they all visited together for a while. The students found Katie, as she insisted on being called, a very easygoing person and subtly uncovered similarities between Z and his mother. They both had the same smile and laugh. When the conversations slowly died down everyone was comfortable in the silence.

"Well, it's good to know Noel has found friends among his students." Katie smiled. "I'm not sure I could've shared my life as openly as he apparently has."

The Science Club shared a look and a grin. Z ducked his head guiltily.

Katie looked around. "What?" She asked curiously.

"Actually, we had to find out for ourselves what was wrong…" Lucas explained slowly.

"Not that it was hard. He didn't hide it very well." Josie grinned and Z looked reprovingly at her before letting out a half smile.

Katie laughed and clap her hands. "Noel never was very good at keeping secrets. I could never trust him not to give away surprise birthday parties."

Another glance was shared.

"He's better at keeping secrets then you think." Marshall said.

The table went silent, but it wasn't as comfortable as the one before had been. Katie noticed and sighed, standing up. "Well, I should probably check into the hotel." She smiled, "It's been wonderful to meet you all. Now I know why Noel speaks so highly of you."

They all agreed and thanked her for visiting. Professor Z walked her to her car and then headed back to the table. The Science Club waited for him. The conversation didn't revive and after a few minutes, they disbanded and said they'd all be at the next days meeting.

Noel slowly walked toward his office with mixed emotions. He walked in to find the Janitor at work in the many puddles of water.

"Feeling better?" He asked without looking up.

"Yes, very." Z said slowly.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course!" Professor Zachary paused. "I am…my mother's better. I'm more open with the Science Club…they're taking the information well…."

"Are they?"

"They seem to be…well, they're a little confused I think….it's a lot of important information…" Z trailed off and sighed. "I don't know. I'm hoping they forgive me for lying. They all said they did…"

"All of them?"

"Yes! But if they really do or not, I'm not positive. They don't talk to me as much…Well, they do, but…it's hard to explain, they don't seem to trust me like they did…"

The Janitor was silent and Z more or less forgot about him as he explored farther into what he was feeling.

"I think they might be worried about me keeping more secrets…I'm not though! I have nothing else to tell!"

"Maybe you should tell them so."

Z paused. "…You're right. If I confront them and tell them that I have nothing more to tell them…" Z shook his head slightly. "If I explain that I'm not hiding anything else. They'll know they can trust me, and we'll be closer. We sure need it. Figuring out what's happening here is going to take friendship and if we don't have that…" Z shrugged.

"There is always good in a situation. Maybe this is it."

The Janitor picked up his mop and walked out the door without another word.

Z watched as he left then sighed again and sat down at his chair.

As he corrected papers, he failed to notice the potted plant that sat in the windowsill. The frosted ivy plant was standing as cold and silent as ever.

A/N Here it is the ending of Frozen. Thank you all for your support I appreciated it constantly. A special thanks to all who reviewed: 2HPCousins, Proops, Rebka, Kelly, araym, Toreshi-san, Tahra, BHHfanatic, xXbittersweettearsXx, AbbyTownsend, poplarindian4, smob1487, and Haley.

I hope this is a satisfactory ending for Frozen, but enough foreshadowing for the sequel. Once again, I can't say when it'll be up, but don't hold your breath, I might take a brake and just read some of the many brilliant other BHH fanfics.

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