A/N - I am so sorry for abandoning this. When all my files corrupted, I just sort of lost all inspiration. It didn't help that the film was canned in the show either. So this isn't the end I had hoped for, and I know it's a sudden end. But I figured that a sudden end was better than no end at all.

I will try and work on another OTH story, maybe something for around Christmastime. I want to write it in full before beginning to post, so as not to leave myself and you fabulous people for reading, hanging and disappointed.

So thanks for reading thus far, and I'm sorry this isn't great.

Please review and let me know what you thought of the story as a whole, and if you have any suggestions of what kind of OTH story you'd like to see.

Thanks -K

Chapter Seven - Tric Celebrations

Tree Hill High returned to normality before things really got to begin. Ravens turned out to be a love story that couldn't avoid the current economic crisis. But maybe it doesn't matter. Maybe it was enough just to bring a little bit of hope to the people of Tree Hill. If we look to the core group of the story, we see all the heartache and pain and despair, and the knowledge that if you have the strength to ride it out that maybe things will turn out okay in the end. Or maybe they'll turn out to be better than okay.

Sitting at the River Court, the signatures sprayed onto the court all those years ago have faded, been covered by words and a comet. But there's an undeniable sense of hope. To my left, the cheerleaders are sitting in the bleachers, giggling away about something or another. The entire senior class is scattered around the court in the usual groups, some unlikely groups merging together.

An Unkindness of Ravens is part of our history. The party girls have to grow into the adult Brooke Davis now, become the next amazing women of this world. The tutor centre can no longer be a safe haven for those who spent a majority of their high school life…they will go onto college and achieve great things, I am sure. The athletes, football team, basketball team…maybe they'll go pro, maybe they'll fall in love and become great fathers. They can learn from their coaches not only what they have been taught on court, but also off it. They're smart enough to listen.

For me. Well maybe I'll come back from my summer internship and have it all figured out. I can look to the words from Ravens, and hope for a love like the boy and the comet. I can hope for a success and happiness that others have found from being around this court. The court where the story of Ravens truly begun, and a fitting end for me.

I read over the final that I would be submitting by hand on Monday in New York. Although the film never got passed filming once scene, my preliminary work had been enough to get me the place I wanted. It was my dream, and it was coming true.

I glanced up at the people around me. In a few days we would all be going out separate ways and although sad, I was also full of hope. Hope for all the possibilities of the future. I knew there would be a struggle, perhaps major setbacks, but I knew that I had it in me to get there. I would fight for what I wanted like Haley told me to. "You finished?" I looked up to find Chris hovering over me.

"Yeah. It's done. And now we can party."

He held out his hand to help me up, and didn't let go as we walked from the River Court to Tric. Peyton and Lucas were throwing us a party in their absence. It was meant to be the wrap party for the movie, and Haley suggested that we use it for our grad party. At midnight, we would be deleted from the school's computer system. Tonight was the end of our senior year.