Hey everyone! Thank you so much for all of your great reviews and alerts! You guys are awesome and I love the support! This flowed into my head tonight and I decided I should get it down. I'm so glad that I could update so soon because I look forward to all of your reviews. I also know how irritating it can be to wait on a story you like for so long. I hate waiting for updates! lol Anyway, thank you for all of the great reviews and support, and here is the last chapter of "If you're happy, I'm happy"! I am fairly pleased with this chapter, but I will wait anxously to see what you all think. Please review and let me know! :)

Eli's POV

Clare stared at me shocked, before her face turned into a mix of anger and confusion. She jumped up from the bed and threw her hands into the air.

"You can't. You can't just love me Eli! Everything that I've wished for can't just all of a sudden be falling into place. It doesn't work that way! This is real life, and this can't happen. It wasn't meant to happen! If Adam had never told you that I liked you, like I told him not to to begin with, we wouldn't be in this situation right now, and things would be going on like they should be."

I stood up with her, and took a step closer.

"But Adam did tell me Clare. Whether he was supposed to or not, he did. So obviously this was meant to happen. If it wasn't, Adam would have kept his promise to you not to tell me, and I may not be with the love of my life right now. Quite frankly, I think that we should be thanking Adam. We can both finally have what we want Clare, and that's eachother. So why are you so afraid of this? Do you not love me back?"

"How could you even say that Eli? I've loved you since I've met you. And I'm scared because I'm not just magically supposed to get everything I've wished for, and I'm afraid that even if I turn around for half a second, and look back, you won't be there. I'll realize that this whole thing was a figment of my imagination, and it'll tear me apart. So please Eli, please, tell me I'm not dreaming, and maybe I wont be so afraid."

"Clare, I promise you, you're not dreaming. I'm not going anywhere, and I promise you that if you turn around and look back, or even just close your eyes for a second, I'll still be here. I'll always be here, but only if you want me to be." I took a step closer to her and whispered in her hear sofly. "Go ahead, try it."

Her eyes were slightly damp, and I could see the hesitance, but she must have trusted me enough because as I watched her, she slowly closed her eyes.

We stood there for a minute or two, in the middle of her quiet bedroom, with me just staring at her as she kept her eyes shut tightly. I slowly reached up and put my hands on her arms for reasurance, letting her know that it was okay to open her eyes, that I had kept my promise and wasn't going anywhere.

"Clare, you can open your eyes, I'm still here" I whispered into her ear once again.

She began crying more and she furiously shook her head back and forth.

"No Eli! I can't! I can't!" She sobbed uncontrollably.

"Yes you can Clare, you can. Just open your eyes, I'm still here, you can hear me. Just trust me Clare, open your eyes."

She regained most of the control over her heavy sobs, and was left with a few short sniffles and deep intakes of breath. She stood there, as I watched her, and slowly but surely, opened her eyes. As soon as her eyes landed on mine, and she saw for herself that I was truly still standing there, she threw her arms around me in the tightest hug she'd ever given me, and began crying into my shoulder.

"Shh Clare, it's ok. I'm here."

"I love you Eli" she breathed out into my shoulder

"I love you too Clare" I whispered into her light auburn curls.

"Thank you for not leaving Eli"

"I told you I never will Clare, and I intend to keep that promise. By the way, since I finally got you to open your eyes..." I said to her while pulling back, but still keeping her in my arms.

"Yeah?" She asked

I gave a slight smirk and said "Since I finally got you to open your eyes, because I want you to look at me when I ask you this, you know, just so you can make sure it's real and all" I joked with her grinning and giving a slight chuckle.

"Oh shut up Eli" She giggled while giving my arm a slight punch.

"Okay, in all seriousness now Edwards, I am standing here right now, asking Clare Diane Edwards, AKA my best friend, if she will do me the biggest favor in the world, and be my girlfriend?"

She gasped a little, slighly shocked, but then smiled the biggest smile I've ever seen on her in my life.

"That's no favor Eli, I'd gladly do that any day"

I smiled back widely at her, and looked lovingly into soft blue orbs. I can't believe that I am finally dating my best friend. The best friend that I've been in love with since I met. The best friend who knows me better than anyone else, and who I will gladly spend the rest of my life with if she will let me.

I slowly leaned down, and captured her lips in a loving kiss. I couldn't have felt happier as our lips moved together. A mix of her soft lips with a slight hint of strawberry, and my rough but gentle replies. We worked together, we seemed to fit. My first kiss with Clare, and it was even better than I had ever imagined that it could be. I should have never imagined it in the first place I suppose, considering it does no favors to what the actually thing is really like. Bliss. I love you Clare.

As Clare pulled back, I held onto her tightly, and wrapped my arms around her in another hug. I can't believe that she's actually mine.

"Hey Eli?"

"Hmm?"

"Are you happy?" She asked, fixating her eyes on my own.

"If you're happy, I'm happy" I replied back with a smile. And it was true, seeing Clare happy, did make me happy, and being with her, was way more than I could have ever asked for.