Ivana peered out from the closet in the band room, and boy was she outraged. She felt like grabbing the stand and throwing it at Lilly, thinking she should be the one kissing Zack's precious lips. 'That's it!' she thought, 'Lilly's going to get it now!' Ivana attempted to push the door open dramatically, but something on the outside was blocking any passage leading out.
Just as Lilly gave in to Zack's desire, her arms dropping to her side in defeat, Bernard ran out from his hiding place and yelled, "Stop!"
Lilly's P.O.V.
I felt myself give in to his power; the seduction was too great to bear. As he pressed his thin lips to mine, I gave up, seeing no way of escape. A single thought drifted to my mind: Bernard. Just a whisper of a thought, because his love was forever more gone from my reach, and my life. I feel I should cry, since it only seems fit, but everything feels cold and numb, just like his lips, except that (unlike his lips) I didn't feel chapped. Deciding against fighting, I thought I might as well go along, this might be the only future left for me, and I closed my eyes and drifted in grey. I barely registered the patter of foot steps as I began to pass out, but then there came a powerful, demanding voice yelling, "Stop!" Wait a minute I'd know that tone anywhere! Could it possibly be…?My eyes snapped open as I broke the kiss to turn and confirm that it had been the voice that had consoled me so many times. I heard a small gasp and realized it was mine, as I took in the sight of Bernard. He was absolutely breath taking. He just looked so….professional by the way he stood his new clothes, his ivory skin and dark brown curls. Then I met his gaze and I don't think I've ever been so paralyzed in my life. His cheeks had lost their baby fat, his eyes brows weren't as unruly, and his lips….oh his lips! But what really caught me was that in all his glamour and glory, Bernard's eyes looked hurt and desperate. Not only that, but shadows surrounded those hazel orbs. His voice drifted to me then, "Lilly can we talk?" he pleaded and I willingly obliged.
End Lilly's P.O.V.
Zack desperately glanced back and forth between Lilly and Bernard, panic rising in his chest. One word, one look, and Bernard had made Lilly his again. Lilly just started walking towards Bernard as if she was hypnotized, eyes glued to him like nothing else in the world existed, and all Zack could do was stare helplessly at her. Now face to face, Bernard placed his hands upon Lilly's shoulders and looked her deep in the eyes. "Lilly, I'm truly sorry for what I did. I was a wretched fool I tell you….and…and…." Bernard had promised himself he wasn't going to stutter but seeing Lilly swoon to Zack had broken any confidence he had left.
"No Bernard, don't be sorry, if anything I'm the one who should be apologizing. I acted without thinking and assumed and I'm sorry, I just…..wish I could turn back time…" Lilly sobbed as a single tear rolled down her cheek. She looked away trying to hide her face from Bernard. With the utmost gentleness he could muster, Bernard tilted Lilly's face to meet his, looked her in the eyes and said, "I love you Lillian Marie Wonka de Zing. Always have and always will." At that moment, Lilly knew somewhere deep inside her that she as well did love Bernard and there was no room for another in her heart. She stood on tip toe to attempt to kiss Bernard but he stopped her with a hand between their lips and said, "I'd honestly really love to kiss you right now but I'd rather not get a taste of Zack in there…" Lilly giggled and turned to see Zack, with an insulted look on his face, storm out of the band room in a robotic run. He ran so fast that he didn't notice the tinsel hanging from the doorway to the rest rooms and got tangled in it from his momentum. "Oh well this is just great!" he said briskly as he hung upside-down, arms folded across his chest.
Zack heard a chuckle behind him and turned to see Seth standing there cracking up. "Smoothly done Zackary," Seth teased. Suddenly Zack said, "You have really nice eyes you know that right?" Seth was taken aback by this, he'd heard rumors that Zack had 'converted' but had never believed them. "WHAT?!" Seth exclaimed. Zack outstretched his arms in invitation of a hug and said, "We must finish what we started my dear friend…." He winked with a malevolent glint to his eyes. Seth literally ran out of the…well he ran into the band room in search of the love of his life, Stephanie.
Once he got there he informed Lilly and Bernard (where they together again?) that Zack had gotten caught in the tinsel. AGAIN. Lilly shook her head and made her way to detangle the broken hearted Zack. Bernard chased after her, still feeling a tad bit apprehensive of Zack. Once there, they silently and awkwardly detangled Zack, who fell with a thump on the floor, and just as they were heading back to the band room, they heard a strange noise coming from the naughty and nice center. Was that the sound of…..freezing metal? Lilly in the lead, they made haste towards the odd clanks, and who else should be tampering with the machines but Jack Frost. Hearing the sound of footsteps, Jack attempted to make a run for it but was too late as the three elves stared at him, each with a different expression on their face. Bernard's was of outrage; Zack's was confused; and Lilly just said, "I should've known he was behind this."
"Well this. Is. Awkward." Jack said standing there, caught red- handed. E.L.F.S. came; arrested Jack and Bernard's name was cleared. Therefore, he could now resume his place as rightful Arch-Elf of the North Pole.
So now my friends it is due time this story come to emends, and though it is corny, cliché, and cheesy to say so, everyone lived happily ever after…..Well almost everyone…
"Hello?! Is anyone out there??? Hello?!?!?!" Ivana shouted from inside the band room closet for what seemed like the millionth time that night, and as the clock struck midnight, she knew there was no hope for her. As for our young lovers, Stephanie and Seth had been having some issues but they figured it out in the end; Feline managed to hook up with the sadistic Vladimir; Zack and Briana hit it off the moment they started talking; and our protagonists Lilly and Bernard reunited and (even though they didn't know it yet) they would be together for the rest of their near immortal lives, unchanging, happy, and love bound for eternity.
FIN