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*Derek's POV*
A week after finding out that Vanessa and my dad are no longer wanting to take any part of this whole Leah and Dean thing, I'm left alone in this whole thing. I understand their reasons for wanting to get out of it. There was nothing left for them when it came to it, they felt and they didn't believe that anything was ever going to come out of it. But I have come to far into this to back out of it now. So what if there was three weeks left of our summer vacation? So what if Leah and I were going to two completely different schools for college. I had put this much effort into it so far, why the hell did I have to stop now?
"Hey." Said Vanessa as I got out of my car and walked up to her.
"Hey. How you been?" I ask.
She nods. "I've been okay. You?"
"I've had better days. Thank you for meeting up with me today." I say.
"No problem. So what did you want to talk about?" She asked as our cars were parked next to each other's in the mall parking lot.
I thought about how to say what I wanted to say without making it pointless and something not worth listening to. "I wanted to clear some things up."
"About what?" She asked as she leaned against her car.
"Are you and dad sure that you want to just give up everything we've worked for towards Leah and Dean?" I ask her.
Vanessa sighed and I couldn't tell where her eyes were looking behind her dark sunglasses. She crossed her arms and looked like she was thinking for a moment. "We're absolutely sure. I've told you these reasons over and over again since the day that I suggested that we should give it up. I find no reason for it anymore. I'm tired of it. It's too much work and too much effort that goes into not liking somebody and wanting to bring them down. I never even had anything against Leah and Dean until that day that we started all of this. I made myself have something against them and for what? The two of them have been nothing but good to me and look I treated them. I lost my friendship with both of them and now I don't even know if I'll ever be able to get it back. Don't screw things up for yourself by being so caught up in this."
"But you got me into this, Vanessa." I tell her.
"And I am sorry for that. I shouldn't have and it's my fault." She tells me. "I'm here to tell you that it's okay to stop and to move on. So please move on, Derek. It's time that we do. About three weeks, give or take a few days. That's how much time we have left until the next chapter of our life starts. Don't begin that new chapter with all of this Leah and Dean stuff. We've tried so many things over the last few months to break them apart and they're still together. It's not worth it. How much longer do I have to say it for you to really understand what I'm trying to tell you?"
"I do understand." I tell her.
"Do you, really?" She asks. "Because we're still having this conversation and I'm not going to let much more time pass before I say that's enough and I'm quickly getting there. This bullshit has been going on for too long. It's done and over with. Let's enjoy the rest of our vacation without any problems or drama. I'm not trying to start college with it and either should you. We're going to have grey hairs by the time our first day of school comes around."
"What if I return the favor?" I ask.
Vanessa looks at me. "Return what favor? And for what?"
"Remember all those times when you gave it to me? Maybe I can return the favor." I tell her.
"Derek, you have an idea of what's going on between your dad and I." She says.
I give her a look. "Did that matter to either one of you when you tried to use sex to keep me interested?"
"I'm not going to give you any more sex." Vanessa says in the most serious tone that I've ever heard her speak in. "Just because I gave it to you, doesn't mean that I'll give it to you forever. It's not yours. It's mine and so I'll give it to whomever I want. Are we done here?"
I looked at Vanessa and knew that she was officially, 100% done with all of this and there was no changing her mind. "Yeah, we're done here."
"Okay." Was all Vanessa said as she walked away towards the mall. I should have known that if this was to happen, I may have been left by myself in this.
*Leah's POV*
I walk up to Dean after work and smile when he takes me into his arms and gives me a kiss. He smelled of soap and a hint of cologne as I curled his hair around my finger when I snake my arms around his neck.
"How was work today?" He asks, keeping me in his arms.
"It was good. A bit slow today, but good. How was yours?" I ask him.
Dean gives me a soft kiss. "It was good, but I was miserable. I still feel bad for the other day."
"It's okay. We were both in the wrong for that." I tell him softly.
A few nights ago, Dean and I had gotten into a really bad argument. We were both in a bad mood and we took it out on each other instead, which was a horrible idea on both of our ends. We went the next two days without talking before we couldn't take it anymore. I hate not talking to him, even when we're upset.
"It's not okay, because it was wrong." Dean says softly as he looks down when his hands reach my waist.
"Can we stay up all night and eat ice cream and watch television?" I ask him.
He gives me a smile and nods. "You and your staying up late."
I laugh softly and kiss his nose. "You never complain though."
"Because there's nothing for me to complain about." Dean says as he grabs my hand. "How has it been since you told your supervisor to not let your mom come by?"
"It's actually been pretty good. She hasn't said anything to me about her, so I'm not sure if she's seen my mom." I said as we slowly walked around the mall.
We're looking into the stores as we calmly pass by them and spot John with Vanessa about to enter one of them. They spotted us, but John looked like he wanted to avoid us instead of being an asshole like he always was. Vanessa told him something as were walking by and then came up to us.
"Hey." She said softly.
Dean and I both looked at each other before turning our attention back to her. We both gave her a small smile, but we didn't say anything to her. What was there to say?
"I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for everything that has happened." Vanessa said.
"What is it that you're sorry for, exactly?" I asked. There was a lot that has happened and I want to know.
My former friend looked at me before looking down as she played with her hands. "Can I talk to just Leah for a bit?"
Dean looks at her before looking at me. He kisses my cheek before walking away, giving us some privacy. I look at Vanessa, wondering what she had to say and hoping that it was good.
"I wanted to start off by saying that I am sorry." Vanessa began saying. "I'm sorry for everything that I have done and said to and about you. For the things that I tried to do against you and against your relationship with Dean. I know you may not believe me right now and I don't blame you for that. I haven't been the best person to you and Dean. But at least know that I really am sorry."
"It really is hard to believe that you're sorry, Vanessa." I told her. "You were my friend. Someone that I could trust and look at what you did. All for what?"
"I don't know." She says.
I gave her a look. "Yes, you do know. Don't go doing and saying everything you that you did and said for as long as you did and then say that you don't know why you did it. There had to be reason for it."
Vanessa looked at me before getting an embarrassed look on her face. "It's the stupidest reason in the world, it seems."
"How am I supposed to know if you don't tell me?" I ask.
"You already know that Dean and I have known each other since before you came to our school." She said and I nodded, agreeing. "What you didn't know was that I liked him as more than just a friend. When you mentioned that you liked him, I got jealous because I then saw that the two of you had a better chance at being a couple than him and I did. When John told me about wanting to break the two of you up and wanting to get you to himself, I thought it was a bad idea at first because I didn't want to ruin our friendship."
"Did you ever think about our friendship, all those months?" I asked.
"Yes." Vanessa tells me. "But I didn't ever stop it. I didn't ever take myself out of it at least to try to repair our friendship. A friendship that should have never been broken because I truly cared about you. You were my best friend and a hell of a good one at that. Leah, you were the one person that I told everything to and the one friend that I could always turn to and go to when I didn't have anybody else. When I felt like I didn't have anyone else. I ruined all of that and I'm sorry."
I looked down and sighed. I didn't know what to say to her or change the fact that there was so much damage done between the two of us. Looking past Vanessa's shoulders, I see John walking towards us and it didn't take long for Dean to notice and walk up to us as well. Standing slightly in front of me, Dean had me slightly behind him and I held on to his arm.
"John, what are you doing?" Vanessa asked.
"I'm not going to do anything." He said as he looked at Dean. "I just wanted to apologize."
"Apologize for what?" Dean asked.
John looked at us before talking again, seeing that Dean wasn't going to let up on him anytime soon. "For everything that happened between us. I think we should go, Vanessa."
She looked over at me and gave me a small smile before walking away with the guy that I despised. I kissed Dean's shoulder and rested my cheek on it.
"I'm just ready to go." I say softly.
"So am I. Come on." He says, grabbing my hand and intertwining our fingers together.
*Dean's POV*
There was now two weeks left until my surprise for Leah and I was getting nervous. I didn't know what to expect and I didn't know if she would like it. It wasn't always easy to get her to like something, yet I wanted to give it all to her regardless of whether she liked it or not because I wanted her to have it all.
"We have everything we need for the party yet?" I asked Roman as we were looking through a few things.
"Yeah, so far we have everything." He replied as he looked through something on his laptop. "I want to make sure of the number of people that have responded to the invite. I want to at least have an idea of how much food and drinks we should have."
"Don't forget about the list I gave you this morning." I told him as I looked through my phone.
I looked through my emails, not hearing if Roman had said anything or not. I looked up at him a few moments later when I felt a pair of eyes on me.
"What has your mind another world right now?" He asked.
"Nothing, I'm just making sure that everything is set for Leah." I reply.
"Dean, I'm sure everything will be fine." Roman said with a smile.
I let out a sigh. "I know, but there's two weeks left and I want it to go right."
"Two weeks for what?" Asked Leah as she walked into the kitchen with her hair in a braid. She wore a shirt with no sleeves and shorts with sandels. Everything showed her tanned body, but I couldn't help but look at her.
"For the party in two weeks." Roman told her, making the save. I looked at him and mouth 'thank you' to him without her noticing as she got something to drink and sat down next to me.
"Can I help with anything?" She asked.
"For now, everything's good, so there's nothing to worry about." Roman told her with a smile.
Leah and I hold hands underneath the table and I stroke her hand with my thumb. I felt at peace with her by my side.
The next day...
"Dean?" Someone asked from behind me. I looked back, only to see Vanessa standing behind me. I was at the beach with Leah, Roman, the twins, and their girlfriends as we walked on the boardwalk. We were about to head for the water to begin our day at the beach.
"Did you know I was going to be here?" I asked her, as everyone stepped away a bit to give us some privacy.
"No, I'm here with a few of my friends." She tells me. "Can we talk?"
I looked at her before looking away. "I'm with my girl and with my friends. Do we really have to do this now?"
"We're going to have to talk at some point." Vanessa says to me. "I just wanted to apologize for everything. That's what I was trying to tell Leah yesterday. That I'm sorry for everything that I said and did to and against the both of you. It was wrong of me to do so."
"We were really good friends, you and I, Vanessa." I tell her. "And you ruined all of that. I literally had days where I wondered what I ever did or said wrong to mess anything up. Thinking that it was my fault that our friendship went down the drain. Thinking that it was my fault that you and Leah didn't work out."
Vanessa looks down, clearly not happy about what was done. "I really am sorry, Dean."
"I know you are, Vanessa. And you know how I know that you mean that apology?" I asked her. Seeing her shake her head, I answered. "Because I look at you and I still see that Vanessa that I became friends with. I still see the girl who never had a problem with what I did or how I was. Who was always happy to be my friend. She's still in there, Vanessa. I can see it in you that she's still there. You just allowed whatever it is that John put into your head, change all of that to make you become a different person. Was it the sex and don't lie to me about having sex with the guy because you know that Leah and I know."
"The sex was great. But I was stupid enough to never stop him or myself from all that I have done." She replies.
I look at her and think about what she's saying to me. "And so what happens now? The summer's almost over and we all go our separate ways. There's been a lot of damage done that won't be fixed by the time we have to leave. I'm not staying here in Ohio, you know. I'm leaving the state for college and I'm not going to be anywhere near here."
"And neither will I." Vanessa says. "A lot of us won't be here after two weeks. A lot of us probably won't even come back here unless we have family here after we graduate. If we don't fix our friendship, at least know that I'm truly sorry and that I regret everything that I have said and done."
I don't know if I should ever forgive her. A lot of damage has been done and I don't know if things would ever be the same between the two of us. If things would be the same, period with her and anyone that she stopped being friends with in the process.
A/N: What did you think of Vanessa's apology? Do you think that she can repair her friendship with Dean or Leah? Was there any meaning behind her apology to the two? Is anybody surprised that Derek doesn't seem to want to let go of anything that they had planned against Dean and Leah? What do you think Dean has planned for Leah?