Two Years Gone

Chapter 10: True Friend

Here I am, Miley Cyrus, 5 months later, waiting. Waiting for my time, my time to walk, waiting for the song to begin, for everyone to see me in all white, the ring on my hand. The most important day of my life to date had finally come; Graduation! I so fooled you guess, don't lie. Yep, today is graduation. I'm wearing all white because I'm graduating as one of the top 10 of my class, I'm number 5 and the ring on my hand, my class ring, Class of 2007, my name about to be called, then…

"Miley Cyrus." cheers coming from different parts of the auditorium, the loudest section though, Todd and my parents, ok, mostly Todd. I walked across the stage, shook my teacher's hands and heard plenty of congratulatory remarks, then walked off the stage.

I know my life sounds like it's pretty good, right. Not completely. After everyone found out that I had ratted out Justin, there was outrage. Not from the girls, but from the guys. I was called, slut, whore, almost any name in the book, thousands of times a day. Guys hit on me all the time which led me to get a bodyguard for the last 2 months of school. It was definitely hard, but in the end it was worth it. I now had a full ride to Florida State with a degree in Clinical Psychology, after the Justin incident, I realized that I needed to help other people that went through the same thing as I did. Todd was joining me there as well, majoring in Mass Media. Todd and I were taking things slower, trying not to freak out at the slightest problems; we had now been together 2 years and 8 months and were happier then ever.

I reached my seat and sat down, waiting for everyone else's name to be called. After another hour, everyone's name had been called and it was time to go back to my house for our graduation party. It was just my family and Leslie's family, but that's all we needed for it to be absolutely perfect.

"Congratulations babe." Todd said, hugging me tightly.

"Thank you Todd. You ready to party it up?"

"Yes I am." Todd said, letting go and going up to hug Leslie. "Leslie!"

"TODD!" they hugged each other then Leslie came over to me. "Miley,"

"Les,"

"I'm going to miss you Miley."

"I'll miss you too, but we have the whole summer to deal with that, we need to spend our time thinking about something else." I replied, Leslie was going to Washington State, all the way across the country. I was going to miss her but I knew our friendship would last forever.

We reached my house a little later and it was already decorated. We ate chips and dip, danced to music and talked in endless conversations with our family. My mom and dad may have been divorced but at family gatherings they tried not the act like it, they didn't hold hands or anything, but mutually got along. The graduation was over at 5 and it was now 10, time for everyone to go home. Leslie was spending the night, Michael wasn't leaving until around 1 and Todd was staying here until we left for school, so it was like one big sleepover.

Once the last person left, Todd pulled me over to him and whispered in my ear, "Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Les, excuse us." I said to Leslie, Todd taking me to the back porch.

I walked out and the porch had been completely redecorated. My favorite flowers, white roses, were placed all over the ground and a trail of red roses was leading to a new bench now in the middle of the flowers.

"Todd, what is this?" I asked.

"Your graduation gift."

"I didn't need one."

"Yes, you do babe. Sit down."

"Ok, I'm sitting."

"Miley, I just wanted to say thank you, thank you for letting me explain all the times I shouldn't have been aloud to. You keep me in check, you keep my feet on the ground, prevent me from doing things that I would have done without you because I never want to let you go. I never want to hurt you, not like I did. I've loved you since the moment I met you, and you are the best thing that has ever happened to me. I wish that the things that took place the last year or so never happened, but they did and it made me realize how much you truly mean to me. I've told you things, no one knows and I know you'll keep them forever. Miley, I promised that I would wait for you and I will wait until your ready for marriage, but when you're ready, I'm ready." he then stood up and did something I had been waiting for since the day we met, he got down on one knee and said, "Miley, will you marry me?" I couldn't answer, I was speechless. "Are you not ready baby? It's ok if you're not. I still want you to wear this ring though, until you're ready."

"I'm ready." I choked out, tears running down my face.

"You are.", a huge smile coming to his face.

"Yes."

"Then let me ask you one more time, Miley will you marry me?"

"Of course I will." I said, both of us now standing and giving each other a kiss.

"This is yours," Todd said, slipping the ring on my finger. "It will be yours forever, Miles."

"I love you Todd."

"I love you too, were you expecting this tonight?"

"Does it look like I was?" me wiping tears from my eyes.

"No, but I thought that as soon as you saw the flowers you would know."

"I'm oblivious to everything Todd; it wasn't obvious at all, until you got down on one knee."

"Man," he said snapping his fingers. "I knew that would give it away."

"I love you."

"Love you too babe." he said, sitting down and me following. "Come here." he said wrapping his arms around me, my back now to his chest, Todd kissing my forehead. "You just made me the happiest guy in the world; I'm marrying the only woman I'll ever love."

"You made me the happiest girl in the world; I'm marrying the only guy I'll ever love."

"Then it's perfect."

"Todd, you have no idea how perfect it truly was."

"That's how I hoped it to be. You ready to go inside?"

"Yes but one question. Did you ask my family?"

"You're the only one that didn't know this was going to happen."

"Are you kidding me?"

"No, this has been planned for a month."

"Todd," I said, hitting his arm

"What?"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"It would have ruined it. You know that you didn't want to know."

"Maybe…but you don't have to say it out loud."

"Haha, one last kiss Miles." he said, me kissing him ever so lightly. "I remember our first kiss Miles."

"I remember it too." and as if on cue, You and Me began to play. "What?" I said, looking around, seeing Leslie in the window. "She was in on it too?"

"We'll answer that later, we're missing our song." he said, wrapping his arms around my waist, my head on his chest. We stayed like that until the end of the song, no words, just each other, the most peaceful dance of my life. "Miley…" Todd said, as the dance ended and just like our first kiss, I looked up at him and he kissed me. All of the pain that I had been through, all of the pain he had been through, melted away, ceased to exist, because finally there was no one to hurt us any longer.

"Todd…thank you, for changing my life."

"No, thank you, for being in mine." he then brought me back inside, Leslie and Michael sitting at the island as we walked in.

"Well if it isn't the lovely couple." Leslie said.

"Shut up Les."

"I haven't seen the rock yet though."

"Fine." I said, smiling running over there to show her.

"It's stunning, Todd you have good taste in jewelry. Congrats Miley." she said, giving me a huge hug.

"Thank you Les. I need to talk to you later."

"Todd, I knew I'd get in trouble."

"Sorry…" Todd said.

"Miley…" Michael said, tapping my shoulder.

"Yes, Michael…"

"I didn't get a hug…" he said, pouting.

"Would your girlfriend mind?"

"Nope." Leslie interrupted. "You're engaged, why would I be?"

"Ok." I said, giving Michael a big hug.

"You give good hugs, Miley." Michael said as we let go.

"Michael…" Leslie spoke.

"Les, I said good not great, great hugs are saved for you."

"Thank you." she said, kissing him.

I had already walked over to Todd, "Aren't they so cute?"

"Yes they are Miles."

"I'm going to go talk to Les for a minute. Be right back." I said, grabbing Leslie's hand and pulling her up to my room.

I never thought stories ended the way they started, but here I was again in my room, 2 years and 8 months later, engaged, happy and all thanks to the girl standing in the room with me.

"Thank you Leslie."

"For what?"

"Getting me and Todd together."

"I didn't know it would turn out like this though Miley. I just knew he was a good guy."

"Well, thank you. I knew you always looked out for me."

"Anytime Miley, I know you'd do the same for me."

"But I don't have to, you have Michael."

"I know…but if Michael wasn't around, I know you would have set me up with him."

"Haha Les, you're such a nerd and always make me laugh."

"No, I'm your best friend!"

"That's the truth. Thanks for sticking with me, through all of this, all the ups and the downs."

"That's what friends are for Miley."

"I know, I know but you've done something none of my friends have ever done."

"Being what?"

"Changing my life." I said, giving her a hug, I had met my fiancé because of her, I really liked that word, fiancé, it sounded so right, so perfect and it was all because of a blind date. Letting go I said, "You, Leslie you are a true friend."

(A/N): That's the end of Two Years Gone. I really hope that everyone liked it. Please Review and let me know what you thought of it; it would mean alot. Thank you for reading and the last story in the trilogy To Mend A Broken Heart's first few chapters should be up by Monday, but most likely Sunday. Thanks once again.