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MINI POV

I said it. Oh God I said it. My mind wasn't functioning. I was standing there with absolutely nothing in my head. Everything just...

s t o p p e d .

FRANKY POV

She just stared at me but I don't think she was seeing me. Her eyes were glazed over and she looked horrified. We still stood facing each other but her hands had drifted away from my cheeks and now just hovered in front of her, like she was afraid I might bite. I lifted my hands to her arms and gently pulled them down, hoping it would spur her back into life.

MINI POV

As soon as she touched me all thoughts and feelings flooded back into my mind at once. Electricity radiated from where her fingertips touched my skin. I blinked as feeling began to seep back into my limbs. As my eyes focused again I realised that Franky was staring back at me. Think quickly you idiot. But I couldn't. My mind was blank. It was as if now that the words were out of my mouth I was incapable of lying any more.

FRANKY POV

I watched and waited. Words were bubbling around in my mind, desperate to burst out but I clenched by jaw willing them to stay inside a while longer. Mini needed to speak first. She was getting closer. I could see the struggle in her eyes as she undoubtedly battled with the voices in her head. Her eyelids flickered slightly and she finally broke our gaze, casting her eyes downwards. She took a deep breath. I watched the way her collarbone rose with the breath. In the silence surrounding us every minute detail seemed so exaggerated. She lifted her head again and opened her mouth but did not speak.

"It's okay," I said finally, softly. A look of gratitude flooded into her eyes. She took another deep breath.

MINI POV

She had broken the silence. It was all I needed. I had decided that I couldn't lie. Whatever it cost me now I was going to tell her the truth.

"I...I was going to say that I didn't mean it, that I was just sorry for being so horrible," I stammered. I couldn't look away from her eyes. They were so trusting and kind. Their softness was drawing me in. "But that would be a lie. I did mean it. I don't know when it happened...but I feel like I need you. And when I saw you with Matty, well, it nearly broke my heart. I wanted to scream and I hated you, both of you, for making me feel like that because I didn't understand it. But I think I do now. No one has ever looked at me like you do, like I'm something special. No one has ever been so kind to me when I was so horrible to them. When I'm with you I don't feel like 'silly Mini' and even now, when I should feel terrified and stupid and embarrassed...I don't, because you are here and you make everything seem alright."

Big brown eyes gazed at me back, unblinking. I held my breath and found myself biting my lip, waiting for her to say something. Anything.

She frowned. Okay, that may not be the best start. Her eyes studied my face as if trying to tell if I was joking. I waited.

"Mini...please don't be fucking with me," she said a pained expression on her face. My eyes widened in surprise.

"No! God no. No..." I struggled for words. I took a deep breath to calm myself. She studied me seriously for a second longer then suddenly spun away from me furiously, running her hands through her hair. When she turned back to look at me her eyes were wild, desperate. She took a few ragged breaths, trying not to sob. Closing her eyes she composed herself before speaking.

"I don't feel scared with you Mini." I frowned, about to interrupt her but she shook her head cutting me off. "Everyone else...it's just so difficult. When they brush up against me or grab my hand or something I feel sick, like I can't control anything anymore. But that never happens with you. I don't have to think about it. I trust you."

The words hovered in the air between us. I knew what a big deal trusting was for Franky, what a big deal it was to let anyone in. She still seemed like she was about to burst into tears any minute, her breaths catching as she held in the sobs.

"I trust you," she said again, clearly turning the thoughts over in her head. "And I like being with you. This is not...I never thought...I don't really know what happens here."

I smiled nervously. "Well I don't exactly have a map either." She returned my smile, ever so slightly. Taking a risk I decided to move towards her, stepping hesitantly as if she were a timid animal. When she didn't resist I moved up to stand in front of her, so close I could feel the energy pinging between our bodies.

FRANKY POV

I didn't want to breathe in case somehow this moment all came shattering down. When I had walked up those stairs and through this bathroom door this was not what I had expected. Shouting, screaming, fighting, yes. But this? No. And yet now I was realising that it hadn't come from nowhere. Had I really been that blind? My mind flicked back to all the times Mini's hand had rested just a fraction to long on mine, how she had looked when she saw me with Matty in the club, the way I sometimes caught her looking at me...

All these thoughts were buzzing around in my head as she moved in closer to me. I could see that she was waiting for me to bolt like I usually did but I realised that I didn't want to. Somehow, in all the fucked up craziness out there, this seemed right. And I hadn't seen it. The universe had practically been screaming at me. After all, Mini was the only one who could ever touch me, everyone else sent shivers up my spine. I had been trying so hard to make myself feel right with Matty that I hadn't even noticed that all along it was already alright with Mini.

It was as if there was a magnetic force between us. Mini glided closer to me and I could feel myself moving in. Slowly our bodies pressed together at thighs, hips, stomach. She still moved slowly, waiting for me to panic, but I wasn't going to.

"Is this...alright?" she asked hesitantly. Looking up into her blue eyes I couldn't answer. I nodded mutely, barely even a movement but she noticed. A smile broke her lips and it was beautiful. I found myself, irresistibly, smiling back.

As she leaned down towards me my hands moved of their own accord. They trailed a soft line down her cheekbone and she closed her eyes in ecstasy. I revelled in having this power over someone else. When she opened her eyes they gazed at me honestly and openly, all secrets and lies forgotten.

We moved at the same time and softly, painfully yet deliciously slowly our lips touched.