A/N:This is the last ch. of the story,I will be putting a time gap between what actually happens in season 2,3,etc. b/c I don't know what all happens so I will be skipping about five years to when Trixie's 18 and has just graduated.It won't mention a ton of her past and after this story,I won't be writing for ADJL until more second season info is released or it airs in the U.S. either way.My one-shot Never Say Goodbye is where I offically will pick up from and using the siutation season 2,begin work on a new piece probabley sometime this summer.So here we go!

Continuing:Five years in the future...

Theair was still humid and warm,even after the light summer shower that morning.All across New York,a heart wave had entered Tuesday and now it was Saturday afternoon.Trixie noted absently as she drove over the bumpy and gravel-scattered road,up into the Mountains of where she had had her greatest weekend ever some five years earlier.The only reason she was going back was because it was a chapter of her life she was ready to seek again before closing and going off to college.

It's been so long,I bet he's moved some place with that secret corporation of his.She thought a bit ruefully,a part of her had always wanted to go back and try to keep in contact butwhat with the Huntsclan and other times her friend's connection with the Magic world there was never any telling what could happen.But,she alloweda small smile to creep onto her face.Jake and Rose have finally settled things,Spud's got his life started as well,Dad is finally back home with Mom so I won't have to be and Grandma...

Trixie struggled to swallow back a lump of tears wedged in her throat,as she made sharp left turn and continued her ascent.She had been trying hard to get other the departure of her Grandmother since the October of last year and now it was April.Which meant it had been seven months of an unintermittentable battle to keep her Mother from losing it.Only the news a month later that her Father was finally returning home permanently,meant that life and it's ups and downs would go on.Trixie kept that in mind as she pulled up in front of the seemingly deserted Ski Lodge in her bright,crimson truck and shut of the ignition.For a few moments she just stared out to get a feel of it,sighed with purpose and reluctantly got out to go up and get a better look at it.

"Wow,it's sure different then I remember..."She said admiringly,as she approached the dark wooden lodge slowly,"...Maybe even bigger."the loamy Earth crunched withthe stepsshe made,as she came up to one of the front windows and squinting her eyes,she leaned forward."Hmm..."

"See anything that just literally fills you with excitement?"

The deep male voice startled Trixie so much,she almost tripped sideways as she whirled around and there standing before her,was a younger man around her age or older.At first she couldn't tell who it was and was about to snap at him for surprising her like that,when he started to take a few more steps from some shadows casted down by clouds above and his face came into view.He had short-trimmed red hair in tiny spikes with a singlebang lying long on his forehead and he wore conservative clothing.But although taller,more built and a little more aged,the thing that caught her attention was his pierecing emerald eyes...it was Teige.

Trixie blinked a few times as if she were nescient of his presense."I don't believe it..."she whispered in disbelief,although she had wanted him to be there,it hadn't actually occured to her that her daydream would suddenly shift into reality."It's you.I...I don't believe it's really you after all this time."

"Alive and in person."He kidded her with a chuckle,taking a step forward with his palm upturned and out for her to grasp."Although I wouldn't say I'm movie star quality or anything..."his words feel into an immersion of her when she took it lightly and thetwo stepped backwards into the light of the bright,xanthous sun,he finally smiled thoughtfully after a short time had gone by."Wow,five years and you've changed in a bunch of ways."

Somewhat self-consciously,she glanced down at herself.It was true that she had grown quite a bit in the past half decade,her raven hair now fell loosely in traditional corded braids all the way down to her hips,she had added four-and-a-half inches making her 5'7,she wore a strapless deep blue tubetop,khaki cargo shorts and black flip-flops.Grinning a bit at his game,she returned his challenge back coolly with her hands on her hips,

"In some ways more then others actually..."a thought crossed her mind and she allowed her umber burnt eyes to scan him head to two,then she smirked slightly at the corners of her mouth and prodded him quizzically when he had let his guard down."Yo,what's up with thebuisness get-up?Did you manage to get into the head of that organization thing of yours?"

Teige frowned briefly."Eh,it wasn't really there for me."he shrugged it off nonchalantly and motioning for them to walk as they talked,smiled when she nodded and the two started out into the forest."I've actually been planning on going into a law firm for the last few years,since everything else hasn't been going so hot and my Father got pretty steamed when I wouldn't take over as manager and owner of the Mountain lodge so he could retire to some nice little condo out in the Bahamas,I thought that following my own path would be interesting for a change."her quietness diverted his attention to her and he questioned her with equal curiousness."So,Trixie,what have you been up to for all this time?"

"Nothin' much.I've been in and out of relationships way too many times to count,my parents are finally getting back together,I've graduated and am gonna start college in the fall,my Grandma passed awaynot longago and everything else..."Trixie trailed off intentionally as she realized they had reached the base of the Mountain to the alite cave they had been to together so long ago."This is it..."she gazed up and locked onto the small-appearing entrance,saying with a hint of determination."...Isn't it,Teige?"

He nodded his head gradually."You want to climb it for old times sake?"

She turned unsure eyes to see him and was instantly captured by the deep and heartening way he looked at her,which always seemed to allocate a sense of courage in her that she'd sometimes had been afraid of before.Willing herself a bit,she smiled and cupping one another's hands,they both started up the now much easily advancable Mountain side and finally after a few minutes they found themselves on the outside and looking in,didit startto set in on Trixie as they just stood there,what did this all mean?She'd simply come here to take a last look at an important part,she felt,to her past and here she was ironically in the same place,with the same guy she hadn't heard or seen for years.Sucking in her breath through clenched teeth to stifle a haunted shudder,she turned.

"Teige,"She told him softly,hesistantly slipping her hand from his and struggling to begin when he turned to look at her,as if knowing she was going to say something in protest."It's really great seeing you again."with some effort,she tried to offer a pleased smiled but failed,so she continued on calmly."What I mean is...my life is starting to change again now more then ever and the only real reason I came in the first place,was to get this place out of my mind.I know that's why you must be here too but you see...I'm trying to start my life anew and this seems,if you don't mind me sayin',that this is just freaky.It's like history is doomed to repeat itself!"

"It seems that way,doesn't it?"He smiled kindly and digging his hands in his pockets,rotated his eyes skywardand spokemusingly."You know...I always thought that I'd become a great,rebellious defender of the Magic world.Just like those before me and yet..."his gaze went back to her and he went on honestly."After I met you just for that short time,nothing was ever the same.Like you,I've been out with alot of girls and I've been through alot to where I am today but..."he took a step up to her and told her more in eyes then anything gently,reaching out to stroke her cheek once."Nothing and no one has ever changed theway I feelabout you.I tried forgetting sometimes,knowing you had you're own life and that it was ridiculous to keep hope.I never told anyone my reasons for quitting or turning down different parts of my past.I...I could never get another girl to take you're place but I wanted to give you as much time as you needed.The truth is Trixie,I want to spend the rest of my life gettingto know you better,there's just something about you I've never gotten over."

Wordlesslly,she slipped into his arms and murmured under her breath."I've missed you."

He held her close and finally repiled back in a breathy voice."Same here,Trix,same here."

Eventually,they released and only stared at each,long and lingering.As thoughts and memories flooded Trixie's mind,she was surprised to find that she didn't feel like she had to traverse them,she could actually embrace them.What she thought had brought her back to the lodge wasn't just a longing to push out the past,it was destiney making it's way for the future.A future with the first person whom had opened a whole different world to her,a person who had given up something incredibley important just for her benefits and someone...who she had,even if she hadn't realized it at the time,also had never forgotten.They were both in love,there was no more denying anymore.

"Come on."She told him with an ear-splitting grin,her dark brown eyes sparkling with ambition as she grabbed a hold of his hand and dragged him along with her,as only once place in particular was centered on her mind."Let's go see for ourselves if it's still there."

He raised an amused brow as she pulled him along."Sure you're up to it?"

Trixie didn't look back but replied wholeheartedly."For all the days of my life I've been through..."she then turned to say to him eagerly."You 'better' believe I'm up for anything.

The End.