Okay now this is the last chapter and I hope you like it.

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The next morning I got up and walked downstairs. The smell of pancakes lured me down to the kitchen. "How are you feeling honey," Mrs. Bolton asked me.

"A little better, I don't really know what came over me, I have to go and talk to my mom." Troy wasn't downstairs and I wasn't sure when he was going to be.

"Here have some food, you must be starving."

"Thank you so much," I said as a plate of hot pancakes was set in front of me.

"No problem."

"Oh my god, where did Haley sleep last night? I took her room."

"Don't worry she slept in the guest bedroom." I nodded and smiled at her. I quickly ate and excused myself to go and thank Haley. The door was halfway open, she looked like she was asleep but I knew better.

"Haley, thank you so much for letting me use your room last night. I could've just stayed in here," I said. She turned over and smiled at me.

"How'd you know I was awake?"

"Your not snoring," I said laughing a little at her face. "But seriously thank you." I reached down and gave her a hug. "I've got to go talk to your brother."

"Good luck." I walked down the hall and looked at the door, it was a plain white color but on it was a bright red Wildcats sign from when he was younger.

Pushing the door open I could hear him breathing and knew he was asleep. I didn't want to wake him so I sat on his desk chair and waited. It was about forty minutes before he started waking up. I stayed quiet.

"what?" I jumped and looked at him. He had sit up and was staring at me. I had been looking at everything around his room, the tone of his voice scared me.

"I'm sorry," I said. There was no other way to put it. "I messed up, my mom had me so mad, I had been lied to for a year. It doesn't excuse what I said but I just wanted you to know." He hadn't moved but I knew he was listening to me. I stood up at looked at him one more time. I do love you." With that I walked out of his room.

"What happened," Haley asked when she saw me walking down the stairs.

"I talked, and he listened. And now it's up to him," I said. We sat down on the couch and just waited. Not once did Troy ever come down, I could've sworn that I heard footsteps but they quickly faded.

"You should get going," Haley said, "I'll tell you if he comes down at any time."

"Kay, I guess I'll go home and change, and face my mother." I let the words come out of my mouth but I didn't move. "I have to go now don't I?"

"Yeah kind of," She said laughing.

I turned my head and looked at her. "Don't laugh at me, I am going through a crisis!" She stifled her laughter and nodded at me. "Haley!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you're right. It's not appropriate for me to laugh at this moment in time," She said hiding a smile. My eyebrows raised as she spoke.

"Who knew you would ever actually say that sentence, who knew you would ever put a proper sentence together?" It was my turn to laugh as her face formed a glare within the eyes and a frown in the mouth. "You know I love you."

Her face brightened up as I leaned over to hug her. "I know!"

"Thank you for everything, I'm gonna go and talk to my mom." She nodded and gave me one last hug.

I walked back to my house contemplating my options, ring the doorbell and force her to answer, walk in an find her, hoping she'll talk to me or just go in and not talk to her at all. The third one was out for sure, so I chose the second one. The house was silent when I walked in. "Mom?" I walked further in looking in her room, she wasn't there. I heard footsteps behind me and they were getting closer.

Turning around I found Mitch standing there looking a mess. His hair was everywhere, and the bags under his eyes were awful. Clothes wrinkled, breath reeked, and he needed to shave, badly.

"Your mom's been up all night, she finally fell asleep about twenty minutes ago." I nodded not making eye contact. "I'm sorry if you don't like me, but I love your mother."

My head moved up so I was looking at him. This guy had stayed up all night with my mother after I hurt her to make sure she was okay. "I'm sorry if I judged you too quickly, I know that everyone makes mistakes but lying to me for a year?"

"I would've done the same thing," He said. I gave him a small smile. "So do I have your permission to marry your mom?"

"Sure, but if you ever hurt her, I will make sure that every single woman you meet knows what kind of person you are, if you ever do anything," I said. "Does that make sense."

Going over what I just said in his mind he nodded. "Kind of, just a little confusing, but I got the basics, no hurting your mom. And don't worry I wont."

"Go home and get some rest, I'll call you when we're done talking," I said. He smiled at me and started walking towards the door.

"Wait don't you need my number?"

"I'll use my mom's phone. It should be in there." He grinned at me and walked out the door.

Walking through the house I finally found my mother in one of the guest rooms fast asleep. Mitch had coveredher with a old blanket we had and put a glass of water by the bed. Laying down next to her I let myself just relax for a couple hours, escape everything that was happening and go to paridise.

Sadly, I came back from my paradise and my mother was not next to me anymore, so I searched the house again. This time I found her in her own bathroom trying to fix up her face. "Can we talk?"

She turned around and looked at me. "I think that's a good idea." We sat down at the edge of her tub not saying anything.

It was obvious that she wasn't going to be the first to speak so I started. "I'm srry for what I said, about Mitch and about dad. I was so mad, I didn't even know the guy and I find out he's going to be my new step father?" I said it as a question to myself but still speaking to her.

"I'm sorry about that. Mitch always said we should tell you before it got to involved, and I always said I would but I could never work up the courage to do it. To tell you that I'm finally moving on from your father. I didn't want you to think that I was forgetting him." Tears sprung into my eyes as I listened to her. "I do love him," she said. I looked at her and smiled. That sparkle in her eyes had been gone for so long, but it was back, it wasn't as strong, but it was back.

"I know and I'm glad you finally found someone. Are we good?"

"Yeah, we're good. I love you."

"I love you too mom." We hugged for a minute and then she pulled back.

"Now what was with you and Troy yesterday," She asked.

"That's a long story," I said taking a deep breath. I hadn't gotten a call from Haley telling me that her brother had come downstairs so he's probably still locked up in his room, doing who knows what.

"I think we have time," my mom said. I smiled at her.

"Okay but lets go somewhere more comfortable and with food, I'm getting hungry. We walked into the kitchen and grabbed ice cream before sitting on the couch and getting comfortable.

"Now, start." I told her the whole story, from start to finish, from when Troy broke my heart 'til now.

"Honey I am so sorry, but you really have to just wait and see what happens, if Troy wants to talk to you then he'll come around. Come on, let's go get some air." We walked outside and sat down on the small bench.

"How long do you think I'll have to wait," I asked. "It's not fun." I let my head fall into my hands as I groaned.

"About twenty seconds," My mom said. I looked up and there was Troy, walking up the sidewalk looking at me. "I'll be inside if you need me." She patted my back and then walked inside closing the door.

"Hi," I said as he was sitting down.

"Hi."

"Haley was supposed to call me when you came downstairs," I said.

"I took her phone away from her," He said pulling out the pink, sparkly phone. I gave him a small smile. "I thought about what you said earlier, and you had the right to say you weren't dating anyone, because we weren't."

"I never really thought of it that way, but I nguess your right. And I suppose you'll never want to date me again." My head fell back down a little as I stared at my knees. I felt his rough hand under my chin pulling my face back up. "What?"

"You're wrong, I meant what I said back in my room, I love you and nothing can stop me from doing so." He grinned at me waiting for a reaction. "Gabriella?" His smile fell as he watched me.

My face must have broken out into a grin because so did his. I leaned over and jumped on his squeezing him as hard as I could. "I love you too," I whispered in his ear.

So Troy and I got back together and have been together ever since. My mom is still planning her wedding. I actually sat down and talked to Mitch, he's a pretty cool guy, good enough for my mom. And I even forgave her for lying to me for a year. But I was going to be the maid of honor, so I'm happy.

Both basketball teams won their championships, actually everyone did. The Science club wasn't to happy with me when they saw what I did but they got over it.

And other than that, everything is perfect.

"Hey you ready?" Troy asked. I turned around and looked at him smiling.

"Yeah, let's go. I'm so excited!"

"I can't believe that our parents let us go alone," He said.

"That's true but I kind of guilted my mom into it. But hey at least we haven't been mugged yet," I said. "that should make them feel better. We laughed going down the elevator.

"I still can't believe that you didn't take Taylor," He said.

"there's no way I would take Taylor over you. When you were the one who actually got the tickets," I said leaning up and giving him a kiss.

"Come on, let's get a cab." Our parents had actually let us go to New York by ourselves for the trip. We were so happy, well I was for sure, I almost baked a cake but the batter never made it to the oven.

"I love you Troy," I said.

"I love you too."

"I know," I said happily.

"You don't know everything," Troy said.

"Yes I do," I said. "I know that you're thinking about how much shopping I did yesterday and wondering how much money I spent. And I also know that you're thinking I don't know everything.

"Maybe you do know everything." He said. I laughed.

"Maybe but just about you," I said. We laughed and sat back enjoying the crazy New York cab ride.

The End

Just incase you forgot they're on the trip that Troy got the tickets for. But I'm so sad now because now this story is over too. Please review!

Amanda!