I am sooooo sorry it took me so long! I have the attention span of a goldfish! I'd sit down to write, but then I'd think of something else that I'd have to do! I meant to get this chapter out during Thanksgiving break, but as you guys can see, that didn't happen. So I'm going to finish this story up with this final chapter and then get started on my next story. More info at the end! Hope you like it! *^-^*

Duncan sat in the waiting room at the hospital. Shortly after Gwen had been taken off to the hospital, the school had dismissed and Duncan and driven straight over to see her. The doctor had told her that he would have to wait to see her after she got out of surgery. They had assured Duncan that she was going to be fine and that the bullet didn't hit any of her vital organs and was easy to get out. Duncan was relieved. For a moment, he thought he was going to lose his childhood friend and his true love. Tear were stinging in his eyes, but Duncan was trying his best to hold them in. There had been enough crying done in these past few days to last a life time. Duncan was lost deep in thought when he felt a hand touch his shoulder. He opened his eyes to see Gwen's mom standing in front of him. Mascara tear marks stained her face.

"My baby! How's my baby?" She asked, unable to control herself.

"I don't know" Duncan admitted, "they won't let me go inside to see her until she's through in surgery."

"Is she going to be OK?" she asked.

"They told me she was. They said that there was no serious damage done, just a lot of blood loss" he said.

"How could I have been so blind?" she asked as she sat down next to Duncan. She rested her head on his shoulder and let the tears continue to fall.

"What do you mean" Duncan asked the woman.

"I should have seen the hints. Every bruise I saw on Gwen. I should have known he was doing this to her. How could I have been so stupid. I'm a terrible mother" she cried.

Duncan wrapped his arm around the frail woman and hugged her small frame.

"This isn't your fault, ma'am. No one knew what was going on except Gwen and Trent. Gwen was afraid that Trent would kill her if she told. That's why she kept this all to her self. I didn't know either. I assure you, none of this was in any way your fault" Duncan said.

"David knew" the woman admitted.

Duncan gave the woman a confused look.

"Gwen's little brother," the older woman continued. "When he heard what happened. He broke down. He told me about the time Trent punched her, right in front of him. Trent didn't know David was looking. David said that Gwen make him promise not to tell me. He said he could do anything to upset his big sister. So he agreed."

Duncan remembered the black eye Gwen had when she came to school one day. He remembered the confession she made that night while they were alone in his room. The night of their first kiss.

Duncan's thoughts were interrupted by the opening of a door. The doctor walked out of Gwen's room holding a notepad. He stopped in from of Duncan and Gwen's mom.

"She tired and needs her rest," the doctor said. "Ten minutes, and then we're refusing visitors unless it's parents. It's for her own good."

"You go in first, Duncan. Since I'm her mother, I get to stay anyways. I'll leave you two alone" Gwen's mom said.

Duncan nodded and walked into the room. Gwen didn't look like the girl he knew. She was paler and sickly looking. He figured it was from the massive blood loss. As he got closer to her, she turned to face him. Her lips lifted up to a weak smile.

"How are you feeling?" Duncan asked.

"Never better. I could turn a few cartwheels right now if it weren't for this machine I'm hooked up to."

Duncan laughed at her sarcasm and propped himself up on the side of the bed.

"The doctor said you're fine. Just a little tired" he said.

"I wouldn't be so tired if it weren't for all these damn pain killers the doc's keep giving me" Gwen said.

Gwen's eyes were growing heavier and heavier by the minute. Duncan could tell.

"You might want to stay awake a little longer. Your mom's waiting outside and you know she's gonna have some things to say" Duncan said.

Gwen laughed a weak laugh and then looked Duncan in the eyes.

"Trent?" she asked.

"He's locked up. From what I hear, he's gonna be in there for a while. He won't hurt you anymore, I promise."

Gwen smiled and Duncan leaned in for a quick kiss. Gwen's eyes became to heavy to bare as she closed her eyes. Gwen drifted off into a deep sleep and for once in her life, she felt safe. Nobody could hurt her as long as Duncan was there. And he was going to be there for a while. Or at least ten minutes.

YAY! What a happy ending! Now let me fill you guys in on my next story. It's gonna be about my fav video game (I swear I'm not a nerd!). I'm not gonna tell you what it is yet though :P but before I start on it, I need to know something. Do you guys like OC (original characters) being added into a story, or do you think it makes it lame. Please tell me and be honest. Because I don't want to write something that people don't like, you know what I'm sayin'. Welp, that's it on this story. I hope you like it! RXR! Thank you all for your kind Reviews!