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*update in A/N on the bottom for those interested 8/7/11

Chapter 19

The Ants ended up staying a whole week after the party. They had continued staying in London's Suite, but there were a few adjustments to be made. More Ants had to share rooms now because London wanted more room for her new clothes.

As for Fletcher – well - he had a great time the rest of the week. The only problem was that he didn't spend any time at all with Chyna.

He spent practically all of it with his new girlfriend, Janice. They spent a great deal of their time together in the pool. Janice had stopped pretending she was a wimp at swimming, and was swimming circles around Fletcher all the time now. It didn't bother him at all though. Watching her swim amazed him.

As he got to know Janice, Fletcher found that he really liked her company. He thought she made a good girlfriend. She happened to have a quirky sense of humor, like Olive, and she was probably just as confident and stubborn as Chyna, maybe even more so. He couldn't understand what everybody's grumbling about her was about.

If Fletcher wasn't spending time with Janice, he was spending it with Angus and Tyler at the arcades. A week was more than enough time for the three of them to attain the necessary 35 billion tokens for the grand prize – five total times.

He didn't need five grand prizes though. Just the one. And he had his eye on it the whole time.

The Ants boarded the plane to go back home all at the same time. Even Janice was there. All the Ants glared daggers at her the entire flight home.

The rest of the summer before school went quietly, but quickly. Before he knew it, it was time for the first day of classes tomorrow – and the start of his "senior year." He didn't know how he felt about his "senior year." He wasn't going to turn 15 until a few more months from now. It felt too soon to be a senior in high school. And then college was around the corner!

He didn't know how he felt about that.

But what he did know, was who he wanted to spend the last day of summer with. He picked up his phone, and made the call.

Chyna Parks met up with him at 5:45 pm sharp, by the boardwalk where she had given him "the talk," all those weeks ago. She was dressed simply in a shirt and sneakers. Just the way he'd always liked her. She gave him her trademark ear to ear grin. His heart didn't swoon, but it did flutter a little.

"So what's up, Fletcher? Long time no see."

Fletcher smiled and shrugged. "I just wanted to hang out."

"Cool," China said. She pointed to a spot behind him. "What's that?"

Fletcher winced. He was hoping she wouldn't spot it right away. But, he figured he might as well give it to her now.

He walked over to the bench, bent down, and produced in his hands, a Gibson-Hummingbird Acoustic/Electric guitar.

Chyna marveled at the sight. "Oh no, you didn't!"

"I did," Fletcher said.

She hugged him, tight. She'd never hugged him this long and hard before. Her hair smelled of peaches.

"This is great!" She beamed. "How'd you manage to buy this?" She held the guitar in her hands, studying it the way he'd study a work of art.

Fletcher decided to be honest. "I didn't. I just spent all week playing at the arcades trying to win enough tokens to get the grand prize." He paused, "Tyler helped, a little."

"Oh wow," Chyna said. But then a thought seemed to occur to her, "Why didn't you use the tokens you saved up for Janice?"

"I thought about it. But then I realized that I didn't want to give her a present. I'd always thought about you, the whole time I was playing for the prize."

Chyna's eyes grew impossibly large and sparkled. Her lips formed a silent "aww."

Chyna hugged him again, even longer than a minute ago, and when she turned her head to face him, Fletcher's brain felt like shutting down. She was so close. Her large eyes fell on his – they were so large, and dark – he wished the moment could've lasted forever, but it was over before he knew it. She nestled her head on his shoulders as they both looked to the horizon.

"You better never let Janice find out about the guitar. I'd bet she'd have a fit."

Fletcher laughed. "Maybe."

"We'll always be friends, right Fletcher?" she asked.

Fletcher smiled as he stared at the sun. "Always."

The End.

A/N:

A few tidbits I'd like to share with you about this story, for those who might care:

-I wrote 90 percent of the story before I posted the first chapter. That was how I was able to upload everything so fast

-The 10 percent of work I had to do after posting the 1st chapter was actually surprisingly, painstakingly hard. It was a chore and it gave me newfound respect for writers who do this for a living. If a novel had taken one year to finish, I'm sure now they probably spent at least half that time on re-writing. Nevertheless, I'm sure if I were to comb through the story again RIGHT NOW I'd probably still find things wrong with it so I'm not going to fret over it anymore. It's just my hope that I've done enough to make my work nice, clear and easy to read.

-This is only the second story I've ever finished – EVER. The first time shouldn't even count because it was a short story I had to do for a school project many years ago. So I feel really proud of this fanfic!

-I left an opening for a sequel, but I haven't the faintest clue how to start. And I'd probably only do it if I discover a great plot. I don't want to do a sequel if it's not going to be at least as good as the first.

-I don't know if you guys can tell, but I found Skidmore the easiest character to write, by far. After that, it was Fletcher, and then Cameron (maybe it was cuz Cameron's role in this story was so tiny). Chyna was fine, but Olive was hard! She's way funnier in the show than she is in my story! (The Phantom Locker episode is probably still my favorite episode to date, with The Informants close behind).

-It was my original intention to find cameo appearances for CeCe and Rocky but I replaced them with London and Maddie. They just fit in the plot way better.

-I hope you guys aren't disappointed that Fletcher and Chyna didn't kiss. I tried not to mislead you guys by labeling the story under genres friendship/ humor.

-Final note: I hope you guys enjoyed the story, cuz I enjoyed writing it!

*UPDATE* I already have 7 chapters written on the sequel. I already know where I want to take the story, but I'm slowing down and won't be able to write as fast now because I've gotten busier at work. So I don't know when I'm going to start uploading the sequel. Take care.