8 (long) months later…

"Yes!" Finn yelled at the top of his lungs. He was clutching onto a piece of paper as though his life depended on it.

"What? What happened?" Sarah, Finn's sister, asked as she ran down the stairs.

"I…I can't believe it" Finn said, in awe of what had just been placed in his hand.

"It's called mail dear brother" Sarah said, not in the least bit amused that she had been near a heart attack for stupid Finn and the mail.

"Not just mail my wonderful sister" he replied.

"Wonderful sister?" Sarah said, raising an eyebrow "you sick or something?"

"It's from…her" grinned Finn. Sarah couldn't help but smile; for she actually liked the her Finn was referring too. "What…" Finn continued to grin as he glanced at his little sister.

"What'd she say?" Sarah asked, hoping for a good answer.

Finn grabbed Sarah, picked her up off her feet and spun around the room. "She's coming home!" Finn shouted as Sarah giggled at her brother's silliness.

"Really? I mean…great," Sarah said, as she forced herself to roll her eyes as Finn put her down.

"Oh don't give me that," Finn said, staring her down "you love Amanda."

"I know, just teasing," Sarah said, "When's she coming?"

"I don't know, I didn't finish the letter," Finn said.

"Well do so! Let me know" she said as she went back to her room.

"Wow" breathed Finn as he looked at the letter again. He hadn't seen Amanda since summer, which was eight months ago. She was offered an internship at Disney's California Adventure to work with animals, which was on the opposite side of the country from Finn. When she left, the two of them had decided to keep a long distance relationship, seeing as neither one of them could bear the thought of breaking up. Finn made his way to his bedroom to finish her letter. Although text and email as quicker, Finn had insisted on writing letters to make each other more patient. Once he was comfortable, he read his girlfriend's letter.

Hey hun!

Guess what? I'm coming home!

I'm finished with my work out here and they're going to let me continue, but in Florida!

This is the best news we could've hoped for!

I miss you so much, but I'll see you soon.

OH! And Philby and Willa are out of school so we should all get together sometime.

Frozen Marble?...just kidding.

I'll be home on the 15th.

I love you Finn.

Yours always,

Amanda 3

Finn's stomach was caged with instant butterflies, for the 15th was tomorrow!

"Tomorrow" Finn whispered to himself. "How am I going to wait till tomorrow?" he asked himself. Finn was beyond ready for Amanda to come home.

2 hours later…

Finn woke up suddenly, realizing he'd fallen asleep after finishing the letter, with happy thoughts of Amanda returning home.

"Hey Finn, oh, well good morning" laughed Sarah.

"What do you want?" Finn groaned as he laid his head back down.

"Aren't you supposed to meet Maybeck somewhere?"

Finn shot up at an almost inhumanly speed. "I almost forgot! Bye Sarah" he said as he raced out the odor and into his car. Maybeck had asked him to meet at the 'Frozen Marble', where else, to catch up. Maybeck had been off to college at the University of Florida for a football scholarship, while Charlene, his girlfriend, had been a cheerleader there.

Finn's car sped into the parking lot, faster than legal, but at least he was on time.

"Yo Whitman!" Finn heard a familiar voice call from the Keeper's corner booth.

"Hey man" Finn replied, meeting his friend in a hug.

"You got one for me too?" a small voice called behind the mountain that was Maybeck.

"Hey Charlie!" Finn said, giving her a hug, "how you both been?"

"Great" they answered at the same time.

"Well, I can see nothing's changed" Finn smiled at them. He had to admit, he would've never guess that Maybeck and Charlene would be in love but he also never thought he'd have a girlfriend himself.

"How's Amanda?" Charlene asked, grinning ear to ear.

There was a strand of silence as Finn's smile widen. "She's coming home tomorrow."

"Really? Oh Finn that's great!" exclaimed Charlene.

"Yeah…" Finn sighed. He couldn't wait to have all the Keepers together again. And he didn't have to wait much longer, for Philby and Willa walked into the ice cream shop and ran over to meet their friends.

"Charlie!" Willa screamed as she tackled her. Philby made his way over to the guys as they exchanged hugs.

"What's up Philbs? I didn't know you were coming" Finn said as Willa jumped up for a hug.

"Well it was kinda a surprise, Maydork's idea" Philby chuckled.

"Ok, I thought we were done with that when we graduated last year" Maybeck replied in reference to his nickname.

"It's too much fun" Philby shrugged.

"So what have you been up too Finn?" Willa asked.

"You know that job Disney offered me? It's awesome. Been working with Fantasmic and as a cameraman at the Studios" Finn said. He smiled as he glanced around the room at all his friends, well, almost all. "Too bad Amanda couldn't come home today…"

"Or could she…" Maybeck said as he nudged Philby, who was grinning like an idiot who knew something Finn didn't.

Finn's expression changed as he said "What?" Just as he said that, a bell rang from the door to signal that someone had just walked in. Finn didn't dare turn around, for fear of disappointment, but as he looked at his friend's faces, he knew it would be the smart thing to do.

"We decided to pick up an extra person on our way back…" Willa said. Finn's eyes widened as he stared at that girl who'd just said the most beautiful thing he'd ever heard.

"Well turn around you idiot," Maybeck said, waving his finger in a manner that he'd hoped Finn would understand.

Finn slowly turned around to see a person with the brightest smile and the most beautiful eyes he'd ever seen.

"Hey Finn" the figure said as she walked away from the door.

"Amanda…I can't believe you're here" Finn whispered loud enough for Amanda to hear as he raced across the place to capture his girlfriend in a hug that could suffocate cookie monster. Amanda wrapped her arms around Finn's neck as he lifted her off the ground.

"I missed you…so much" Amanda whispered in his ear as he gracefully let her down.

"I missed you too," Finn said as he wiped away a tear that was running down her cheek.

"I love you" Amanda said, as their forehead met.

"I love you" Finn said as Amanda brought his face down to her level in a kiss that froze all time in Finn's mind. Whether they were in that position for a minute, or an hour, neither one cared. But the moment didn't last for the one who was often known for ruining romantic moments spoke up.

"Woooo!" Maybeck said to bring the couple back to earth.

"You would" Finn said the second he and Amanda broke apart.

"You know it" chuckled Maybeck as Charlene slapped him. Everybody laughed as they squeezed into a corner booth. Finn couldn't take his eyes off of Amanda, who was doing the exact same thing. "Earth to lovebirds" Maybeck teased.

Finn thought he heard Maybeck make some remark but he didn't stir from his position, he was too entranced in the fact that his future fiancée was sitting in front of him.

"Give it up Maybeck" Willa said, "They're in love" she sighed.

"Aren't we all?" Philby chuckled as he kissed Willa on the forehead.

"Yeah" she smiled.

The Keepers continued their conversation without Finn and Amanda paying attention. Finn grinned as he reached his hand up to Amanda's cheek like he had the day she left. He placed his other hand behind her neck as she placed her hands on his. Finn mouthed I love you to Amanda before leaning in to give her a kiss like they'd shared in the car on the way to the bus station. The only difference this time was that neither one of them was crying. It was filled with the pure joy of being reunited at last. The months had been fairly good to them, but Amanda had once said that Finn's proposal helped her get through it.

"Yes" Amanda whispered as she leaned to kiss Finn again.

Finn raised his eyebrows, "Yes what?" he pulled back.

"Yes I'll marry you. I wanted to say it in person versus the nod I gave you on the bus last year" Amanda smiled which Finn returned as he kissed his future bride again.

"Are you guys done yet?" Philby asked as laughter filled the booth.

Finn rolled his eyes as he put his arm around Amanda, who gladly received it.

"So when's the wedding?" Charlene asked, anxiously.

"Not for a few years, wait till after college and internships and all that grown up stuff" Finn said as Amanda nodded.

"Well, I'm happy for you both. I'm happy for all of us!" Charlene exclaimed.

Everyone agreed with Charlene and her enthusiasm.

"It's like what Wayne said our last night in the park, we've all been through tough times but everything we've done, Keepers or not, it all happened for a reason. And here we all are, paired up and with our lives pretty well intact for our first year at what life in the outside world is like" Philby said. Finn could sense the pride he had in his voice at how far they'd all come.

They all smiled at Philby's speech as their visit started to wind down in the hopes of getting together all the following week.

Finn chuckled to himself as a thought came to his mind. "What is it?" Amanda asked as they got the attention of the Keepers.

"It's funny, about how this all started, you know?" he said. Finn received multiple confused looks from them as he continued by saying, "It was all started by a mouse."

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd that concludes this story! I do not plan on continuing unless I'm given an amazing idea. For those who asked if I'd write a 4th story about Finn and Amanda's wedding, read my story "you make me crazier." That was based on this story and was going to be the original epilogue but I decided it deserved it's own story.

PLEASE leave your final comments and let me know what you thought of this story and this series overall. It'd mean a lot to me if these comments weren't your average comments, but something meaningful I guess. Those are what get me to write better and more often (noticed I've been updating like a maniac lately lol). THANK YOU to EVERYONE who has commented! Ya'll are awesome!

-Amanda :)