Chapter 6
I left two days later. Ben had left that night. Sally and Aimee apologized after Logan told them the whole story.
Logan was the hardest to leave. I knew deep in my heart that I loved him, but I couldn't face it right now. And I told him that. I didn't sink as far as I did the first time, but I still was upset. Logan reminded me of his offers. I told him not to worry. He kissed me at the airport, before I went into the terminal. He couldn't go any farther, so he figured it might as well have been goodbye there.
When I got back to my room, I saw that Ben had snuck in through the window again. There was a bouquet of daffodils- my favorite flower- sitting on my dresser. It had a note that read 'I'm sorry- for everything. Ever. Forgive me please. Love Ben'
I wasn't sure what I thought of it.
There was a week left before school started. I got all of my back to school stuff- my last shopping trip with my parents before I went to college next year- in the first two days.
I spent the next three with Ben. Talking. He realized the night of my going away party that we couldn't really be with each other. We both knew that it wouldn't have worked as well as we had both hoped. For all of our lives. It was a depressing concept at first- knowing that something you wished for for 6 years couldn't happen. But we both got over it.
When school started, we were swept up in a whirlwind of things to do. Between band and everything else- for both of us- we barely noticed the time rush by. I had gotten the trick lock in PE, which pleased Julia. It seemed like everything had returned to normal- like the entire summer had been nothing. We returned to our normal selves and our friends just thought we'd broken up over the summer. The year rushed unfairly by, only pausing every morning and afternoon when I gave Ben rides- the one thing that had changed between us.
Time slowed the last week of school. Our last week of high school. We were going off to different colleges next year. But one great thing happened- Julia, Alex, Sally, and Aimee and I were all going to the same college- NYU. Me, to write. Alex to teach. Sally to become a journalist. Julia to become a councilor. But we were all together. We got our room assignments the last day of school. Aimee and me. Alex and girl named Elizabeth. Sally and a girl named Lily. And Julia had gotten a single. Lucky her.
But I had a whole summer before I went to college.
A summer in which I went to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
A summer in which I told Logan that I really wanted to go out with him. That I loved him.
And he told me he was gong to NYU.
The End
Ok, so this is the last chapter (if you didn't get that by the big The End at the end). I really hope that you like the story. Thanks for all of you that reviewed- with the exception of a certian flamer. :-(. Anyway, now that this is done, go over and check out my friends Olly-Babachan and yet2bediscovered. Their stories are both incredible. (yet2bediscovered is here in MB and Olly is in Naruto under manga.) I am currently working on another story, so look for that when it comes out. I am not sure of the title yet, but it will be MB, and more MB than this one.
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