"Hey."

Emily looked up from her pillow, and blinked a few times to shake the sleep from her eyes. Kaylie was sticking her head through the doorway, with a kind, semi-sad look at her face.

"What?" asked Emily. "What's wrong?"

"How are you feeling?" asked Kaylie, coming in and shutting the door behind her.

"Weird," said Emily, as Kaylie sat on the bed. "What's wrong?"

Kaylie was playing with the blanket. Emily noticed she had something in her other hand. It was whitish, and looked a bit like an envelope, although Kaylie was holding it behind her leg, so it was mostly hidden, so Emily couldn't be sure.

"You've been asleep a while," said Kaylie. "It's almost one o' clock. Mom though you might just be really tired…"

"I'm fine," snapped Emily, even though she actually did feel a bit feverish. "What is wrong?"

"Uh…" said Kaylie, fiddling with the thing in her hand. "You know the Tucks?"

"No," growled Emily darkly, "who're they?"

Kaylie didn't look up at Emily. And suddenly, Emily just… knew.

"They're gone," she said quietly, lying her head back down on her pillow.

Kaylie nodded, slowly.

"Matt found this on the doorstep this morning," said Kaylie, handing Emily the thing she'd been holding.

It wasn't an envelope. But it was paper. It was just a normal sheet of paper, folding in threes, with Emily's name scrawled across the front in blue ballpoint pen. Slowly, Emily unfolded it.

Dear Emily, it said, I'm sorry I couldn't give this to you in person. You have no idea how sorry. I broke my promise. That guy from the fireworks show last night got a bunch of people together and tried to attack us while we were packing the truck. I thought people were over the whole mob thing, but I guess I was wrong.

We're running out of town right now, and we're going to swing by your house and drop this off. Again, I'm sorry I can't see you—if we stop for long, the mob will catch up to us, and I don't want to make trouble for your family.

I don't think we'll ever be able to come back here, Emily. And before you hate me too much, please keep reading. Before I left, I took the trip up to the spring, and I drank the water. We're all mortal now. And last night, we decided that we're going to live in Woodbury, Minnesota.

"Oh my god," said Emily, her eyes getting wet. At first she thought she'd lost Jesse. Losing him and getting him back again so quickly was creating an emotional storm inside her.

"What?" said Kaylie. "What does it say?"

"They're going to Minnesota," whispered Emily.

"Oh my god," said Kaylie.

Emily went back to the message.

I know summer's going to be over for you soon, and you'll be coming back to Woodbury. I'll be waiting for you. Don't think I'm a stalker for remembering where you live. I think you only mentioned it once.

We're coming to your aunt's house now, so I have to leave. I'll see you soon, I hope.

I love you.

-Jesse.

"Oh my god," said Emily again, this time with a very wide smile on her face as tears ran down her cheeks.

Jesse was right. She and her mother would be leaving in less than a week. In less than a week, she would see Jesse again. And after that, she would never have to lose him again.

A/N: It's called Last Chapter, but it's not over! Check for updates!