Chapter 17

Julie and Emily both walked up to the mansion…for the last time. They had been dreading this moment all week, especially Julie. As they were going, Julie stopped. "Emily, can we make a quick stop," she said staring at Chase's house. Emily nodded. She went over to see their dog while Julie walked up to the door. She rang the bell and Chase's mom took her to Chase's room.

"Chase," she said knocking on the door. "Your friend's here to see you," she said. "Tell her to come in," he said. Julie stepped in and Chase's mom left them alone. Chase was sitting at a little desk, reading something. "I'm leaving soon…I just thought I'd…bye," she said in a shaky voice.

She turned to leave. "Julie," Chase said. She turned around. He was walking towards her with his arms open. She went over and gave him a huge hug. She started crying. "I'm sorry," he said stroking her hear. After a few minutes, he let go and so did she. She gave him a small kiss on the cheek. "Don't forget to call, and visit." He said as she was walking out. "You, too." She said. He walked her down to the door. They hugged one more time before she left, waving good-bye.

"Now can we go to Edward's?" Emily asked. "Yeah," Julie replied. When they got there, they stayed in the garden for a few minutes. They wanted to just enjoy the beauty of it one last time. When they were done, they slowly made their way to Edward's room. "Edward," Julie said. He turned around, and smiled. It faded, though. He knew that they were here to say goodbye. Emily went first.

"Edward," she said in a small voice. He leaned down to her so he could see her eye to eye. She reached her arms around him and gave him a hug. He carefully did the same. She then pulled away and reached into her backpack. She pulled out one of the dolls she had played with the day they met. She still had the haircut. She walked over and put it on his bed. She walked back over to him. "You can keep her. I have a bunch of them." She smiled. She gave him one last hug, and small tears came from her eyes as they parted. "I'll miss you," she said. He nodded. She gave him a small kiss on the cheek and stepped away. Now, it was Julie's turn.

Julie stepped closer to him, and looked down at Emily. Emily nodded, getting the message, and started down the stairs. Julie looked into his eyes, and tears started to come from hers. "I'll miss you so much," she said. He nodded and replied, "I'll miss you, too." Julie wrapped her arms around him for one last time, and he did, too. They kissed, for a long time, considering it was their last time. Julie slowly pulled away as more tears flowed down her eyes. When she looked into his eyes, she saw a few little tears coming from his. "I love you," he said. "I love you, too." She replied softly. She slowly went towards the stairs. "I'll visit, some time." She said and he nodded. And for one final time, she waved good-bye to him.

When she got outside of the room, she buried her face in her hands and cried. She couldn't stop. She wished so much that she could stay, but knew it was impossible. After a while of crying, she went down to the garden and found Emily.

Emily was sitting on the stone edge of the bed of flowers surrounding the huge hand in the middle of the garden. She had finished her crying, like Julie. Julie grabbed her hand and they walked back to their house.

When they got there, the moving van had left and their mother and father were waiting for them. They took one last look at the house that they had grew up in and got into their father's car.

"Off, to daddy's house!" their mom said and the girls smiled at their parents. Julie looked behind her as the car drove away. She took one last look at the mansion. She pulled the statue out of her bag and hugged it to her chest. Tears streamed down her face as she waved good-bye to Edward, even though she couldn't see him. And in her heart, she could feel Edward waving good-bye, too. She rested her head on the window and let the tears flow from her eyes, and knew she would always love him, no matter how far away she was.

And so ends, another chapter of Edward Scissorhands….