Well, here it is. The final chapter!

This is probably one of my favorite chapters in this story too. This chapter was just so fun to write!

But anyway, here it is for the last time, the very last chapter of Stuck with you! (Don't worry, I'll do a thank you note at the end)

2 weeks later...

Cheer practice had just ended, and as usual, the girls and I would resort back into the change room and talk. That was normal, but I could tell that ever since Alvin and I returned home, my friends were starting to become a little suspicious, much like my sisters. 2 weeks ago, when Jeanette and Eleanor had asked me if I was dating Alvin, I knew I had to lie my way out. Not only did I not want anyone to know, but Alvin and I promised each other to just keep our relationship a secret for now.

But it's been a whole month since Alvin and I returned, and keeping our relationship in the dark, and not being able to be with each other out in public for this long was starting to make me insane. And it's only a matter of time before someone actually finds out the truth.

And to be quite honest, I didn't want to keep this a secret anymore. I'm done with keeping it away from everyone. I cannot go one more day pretending that Alvin and I aren't together.

"So, Britt..." Noelle asked me, as we entered the changing room after practice. "What's the scoop?"

I looked at her. "What do you mean?"

"Oh, come on. Stop pretending like you don't know." She said. "I'm talking about you and Alvin!"

I felt my cheeks turn red. "Okay. What about it?"

On the side, Vanessa laughed and came over to me. "Let's be real, Britt. It's so obvious that there's something going on between you two! We've seen you guys together after school like, all the time."

"That's because he drives me home after practice because we literally live across the street from each other. He's been doing that for a while now. I thought you guys knew that." I said, trying my best not to show the nervousness in my voice.

"We know, but you two have been acting...differently around each other lately." Said Vanessa.

"Yeah. You guys are always talking, laughing and smiling. I mean, ever since you two returned home from getting lost in the forest, you and Alvin have been acting really close." Said Trixie, who just finished changing out of her uniform.

"Well, he is my friend. He's been my friend since we were kids. Of course we're close." I said.

"But lately, you two have been acting really close..." Trixie said.

Courtney, who was sitting right beside me, said, "Yeah. And none of us have seen you guys argue in a long time. And trust me when I say this, Brittany, but you and Alvin argue a lot."

Noelle looked at me teasingly and said, "Did anything happen between you and Alvin while you two were lost?"

My cheeks began to burn in embarrassment. "What? N-No, I-"

"Come on, Brittany. We're your best friends. You can tell us anything. What did happen between you and Alvin?" Courtney asked.

I sighed deeply to myself. I knew I could trust them. They're my friends, and I've trusted them with almost everything, but it was things like this where I didn't want to tell them. But at the same time, I knew that I wanted to tell someone. It's been a month since Alvin and I came back, and I didn't want to hide this any longer.

I sighed again and looked at them. "Just don't freak out, please." I sighed.

"Okay." Courtney said.

I took a deep breath, feeling my heart race suddenly increase. "Okay, well, Alvin and I are sorta, kinda...together."

"Sort of?" Asked Vanessa.

I sighed exasperatedly and said, "Okay, fine. We are together."

They all started to squeal like excited 5 year olds. I just rolled my eyes at them. I knew they would react this way, and I knew that I was never going to live this down.

"Oh my gosh, I knew it!" Trixie said.

"Brittany, I told you that you and Alvin look cute together! I mean, you two were bound to be together!" Courtney exclaimed.

"How did it happen?" Asked Noelle.

"Tell us everything." Vanessa.

I couldn't help but laugh, though my cheeks were still red. "I would, but he's kinda waiting for me outside." I said, still quite embarrassed.

"Oh, of course. You wouldn't want to keep your boyfriend waiting, Britt." Vanessa teased playfully, as the other girls giggled in the back.

I rolled my eyes. "You guys..."

Noelle tried to hide her laughs. "Sorry, Britt. But we actually are happy for you. I mean, it's about time you and Alvin got together!"

"Yeah! There was way too much sexual tension between you two." Courtney said.

My jaw dropped as I looked at her. "Courtney! God, you guys are so humiliating!"

Courtney laughed and said, "But it's true! Anyway, you should get going, but promise us that you'll tell us everything. We need details, girl!"

I sighed but smiled as I picked up my bag and swung it around my shoulder. "Okay, okay. Anyway, I'll see you guys tomorrow, okay?"

They nodded as we waved each other off, but as I walked out of the changing room, I could still hear them giggling and saying things like 'I knew it' or 'They're so cute together'. I sighed to myself. Knowing them, it's going to take a while before they settle back down.

I entered the hallway where I found Alvin leaning against the wall, waiting for me as he usually does. I smiled when I saw him, instantly feeling my mood go up. He looked up when he heard me approach him and smiled.

"Hey." He said. Since we were still inside the school, we weren't able to kiss each other without having the risk of someone we know walk in on us.

"Hi. How was football practice?" I asked him.

"Good. How about you? How was cheer?" He asked.

"It was alright." I said, before we began to walk. We soon got to his car, where we both threw our sports bags in the back, before he got into the drivers seat, and while I got into the passengers seat. Alvin was allowed to have his car back, but only for school purposes.

The moment Alvin turned his car on, loud music came blaring out of his speakers. I rolled my eyes as I turned the volume all the way down.

"Alvin, when are you ever going to learn to quit playing music so loudly?" I asked. "I mean, you've been doing this for ages now. Ugh, you never change, do you?"

He smirked as he continued to watch the road. "Britt, just because we're together now, doesn't mean that I have to turn the volume down just for you."

I glared at him. "You're so mean."

"I love you too." He teased.

We soon arrived at my house. Alvin pulled into the driveway and turned off his car, but I stopped him before he could get out.

"Alvin?" I asked.

"Yeah?" He answered.

I sighed deeply and looked at him. "Don't get mad at me, okay?"

"Wait, why would I be mad?" He asked before looking at me carefully. "Britt, what did you do?"

"Nothing. Well, it's just...I told my friends...about...us." I said slowly. I just wanted to tell him as soon as I could.

He looked at me. "Oh. That's fine with me."

I raised my eyebrows. I was not expecting that reaction from him. "Wait. Really? I thought you didn't want anyone to know about us." I said.

"At first, but people are starting to notice. It'll only be a matter of time before everyone finds out." He said.

"So you're okay with this?" I asked.

"Yeah. It's about time we told people, anyway. My friends have been asking me about us constantly, and I'm tired with telling them that we're not together." Alvin said.

I smiled, but then frowned when I remembered something. "But you do know that our siblings will find out eventually, right?"

He looked at me for a while before saying, "Wanna just tell them right now?"

"Now?" I asked.

"Yeah. It'll be better if we tell them ourselves, rather than have them find out from somewhere else." Alvin said.

I groaned and sighed. Telling my friends was simple, but I knew that telling our siblings would be a bit more challenging...

I sighed. "I don't know, Alvin. I want to, but at the same time, I don't know how they'll react."

"Britt, who cares about how they'll react? They're my brothers, and your sisters. They'll have no choice that to deal with us." He said, and I laughed. "Just as long as we're happy with each other, nothing else matters."

"I guess you're right...but still!" I said.

"Come on, Brittany. It's not that bad. It's not like we're telling them that we're getting married, or that you're pregnant." Alvin said.

I looked at him teasingly and raised my eyebrows.

He smirked as he leaned in closer to me and whispered, "Because those will come later in the future."

I began to blush madly as unavoidable giggles of embarrassment escaped my lips.

"Alvin!" I exclaimed, although, I did like the ideas of it...

He laughed as he gently kissed my cheek before getting out, with me following right behind him, still blushing from his comment. He held my hand in his as we intertwined our fingers together before we entered the house.

"Jeanette? Eleanor?" I called.

"In the living room!" Called Eleanor.

Alvin and I let go as we both made our way into the living room, only to find Jeanette, Eleanor and Simon and Theodore sitting in the couches with a bowl of chips on the coffee table in the middle of the room.

"Hey guys. What are you two doing here?" Alvin asked his brothers.

"The girls invited us to watch a movie. Anyway, what are you doing here?" Theodore asked.

Alvin and I glanced at each other for a quick moment before he spoke up and said, "Actually, it's a good thing that all 4 of you are here because Brittany and I have something to say."

They looked at us weirdly.

"What?" Asked Jeanette.

I gulped. "Okay, I'm just going to get to the point, so, um...well, how would you guys feel if you found out that...Alvin and I are...dating?" I asked slowly, looking at them.

Silence. Complete silence.

"Really?" Simon asked us.

Alvin chuckled nervously. "Well-"

But before Alvin could finish, Eleanor turned to Simon and Theodore and said, "See? I told you they were going to tell us soon."

I looked at her, suddenly feeling confused. "Wait, what?"

"Come on, Brittany. It's no surprise. It's so obvious that you two are dating. We all knew that." Answered Eleanor.

"What? Really?" I asked, looking at the rest of them.

Jeanette nodded. "Britt, remember when Elle and I asked you if you guys were together, and you said no? Well, we were just testing you. We all knew that there was something going on between you two, the moment you guys returned home."

Alvin turned to his brothers. "You guys knew, too?"

Theodore nodded. "Of course we knew. You haven't complained about Brittany's nagging in ages, and you're always spending time with her."

"And besides, it was pretty obvious that you two were trying to hide it from us." Simon said.

Eleanor laughed. "Yeah. I've seen the way you two have looked at each other at school. Though you guys are barely around each other during school, I could still see how you two are always looking at one another."

"Speaking of that, though, if you two are actually together, how come you two never seem to be around each other during school?" Asked Jeanette.

"Well, obviously, we didn't want people to know." I muttered, but then I shook my head. "So, wait, so if you guys knew about us the entire time, then why didn't you say anything?"

"Because all you did was deny, Britt! Even though you tried so hard to convince us that there was nothing going on between you and Alvin, we could all still see that there is." Eleanor said.

"So you guys don't think that us dating is weird?" I asked.

"Well, it was sort of odd, seeing you two together. But we can see how happy you guys are with each other." Jeanette said.

"The 4 of us all knew. We were all just waiting for when you guys would actually admit it." Simon said.

Jeanette laughed and nodded. "Yeah. So the next time you two decide to hide something from us, try a bit harder."

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, yeah."

"Oh, and a word of advice, the next time you two decide to lock yourselves upstairs in a bedroom, can you please make sure that you two are the only ones in the house when you do?" Eleanor asked.

Simon laughed. "Same applies back at our house, Alvin. There are a lot of things we don't need to hear, especially when they come from the inside of your bedroom, coincidentally at the same time Brittany is in there."

I felt my cheeks burn again with more embarrassment and humiliation than I can even fathom. I looked over at Alvin, who looked just as flustered as I am. I knew that all this teasing was just the beginning of it, and I knew that our siblings aren't going to let this advantage slip through their hands.

But I pushed that away, even though I knew that our siblings were never going to get tired of teasing us. I'm just so glad that Alvin and I finally told everyone, and that we didn't have to hide our relationship anymore. It was just one less thing to worry about, and it was such a relief.

2 months later...

It was now mid-August. Miss Miller and Dave both decided that our punishment went on long enough, and they decided to unground us both. Alvin got his car back, and was able to use it for as long as he wants, and since it's Summer, we're now able to go anywhere and do anything we'd like.

It was around 6pm, and since it was deep into the Summer months, the sun was still pretty high in the sky. But since it was August, the temperature just seemed to increase more and more each day. It was probably around 107°F and even though I was wearing shorts and a tank top, I still felt like I was about to melt.

I was at Alvin's house, sitting on the front steps of the porch, watching him examine and inspect his car, whom he had to pay $500 for, just to get it towed out of the forest from 3 months ago. But as I watched him, I was starting to get annoyed. This weather was killing me, and sitting here for the past hour didn't help at all.

"Alvin." I groaned.

"What?" He asked, cleaning the side mirrors, not even bothering to look up at me.

"It's so hot." I complained.

"Well, it's Summer, if you didn't already realize." He said.

I rolled my eyes and said, "Can we do something that doesn't involve me sitting out in the sun while watching you check out your car a thousand times in a row?"

He laughed as he looked up at me. "Now what fun would that be?"

I groaned again, more impatiently. "If you haven't noticed, your girlfriend is going to die not only from this weather, but from boredom." I snapped.

Alvin laughed again as he walked over to me, looking at me with that dark, handsome smile that always gave me that butterflies-in-your-stomach feeling. He looked at me in the eyes and said, "My girlfriend, whom I am very much in love with, has spent 9 whole days out in a forest. I'm pretty sure a little heat won't kill you."

"A little heat?" I scoffed. "Can we at least go inside where it's a bit cooler?"

"You can go inside, if you want. I'll stay out here." Alvin said.

"And do what? Alvin, you've checked out every inch of your car about a trillion times." I fired, before crossing my arms over my chest. "You're acting like you love your car more than me."

Alvin groaned. "Of all the things to get jealous of..."

I sighed. "Alvin, I would have gone inside where there's air conditioning, a long time ago. But because I love you, and because I'd rather be out here with you, I stayed. But this is getting ridiculous!" I snapped.

He sighed deeply. "Okay, okay, fine. What do you wanna do, then?"

"Something fun." I said, fanning myself with my hands. "And something that'll be able to cool us off."

"Hmm, okay then. Stay here. Let me get something." He said, before he walked back into his house. He returned shortly, with something in his hand.

"What's that?" I asked.

He held up his hand and dangled his car keys in front of him. "Let's go somewhere." Alvin said.

"Where?" I asked.

He shrugged and said, "Anywhere. I have my car back, we're both ungrounded, and it's Summer. We have the freedom to finally go wherever we want."

I laughed and said, "Alvin, remember what happened the last time we went somewhere together? Do you want that to happen again?"

"Are you talking about getting lost in the forest?" He asked.

I laughed again. "What else would I be talking about?"

Alvin chuckled softly and said, "Even if we do end up getting lost in the woods again, at least we know what to do."

I laughed. "Seriously, though. Where are we gonna go?" I asked him.

"Let's just drive around and see where we end up." Alvin said.

I rolled my eyes, but I couldn't help but laugh. Alvin was right. It was Summer, and we have the freedom to do whatever we want. Knowing me and Alvin, we were bound to get into trouble, but as of now, that was the least of our problems. And besides, we needed to spend some time with each other anyway.

"Alright then." I said.

"Really? You actually want to?" Alvin asked.

I laughed and nodded. "We've done worse things before, after all."

"So you trust me." He stated.

"I do." I said.

"Even though we're probably going to get into loads of trouble if something goes wrong?" Alvin asked.

I laughed. "What's the worst that can happen?"

"Even if we get lost in the middle of the road?" Alvin asked.

I nodded and smiled.

"Even if we somehow end up lost in the middle of a forest again?" Asked Alvin.

I laughed to myself and nodded.

Alvin laughed and smiled before leaning in to kiss me gently, yet passionately. "You're crazy for trusting me, you know that?"

"I know." I said, smiling.

"Then again, I'm crazy for listening to you." He said.

I laughed. "That too."

He laughed gently before reaching over to push a few loose strands of my hair away from my face to smile at me.

I smiled back before walking closer to him and wrapping my arms around his neck. I looked into his gold eyes and said, "Alvin, I don't care where we go. I don't care if we end up on the other side of the country, for that matter."

He laughed softly as he leaned in to press his forehead on mine. "Really?"

I nodded and smiled. "Even if we somehow get lost again, at least I'll be stuck with you."

Alvin laughed again before moving in closer to fill the gap between our lips, to kiss me once more. Once we pulled away, we both hopped into his car, turned the music up, and began to drive off, following wherever the road will take us. It was just me and him, with all the freedom in the world, and I couldn't have asked for anything better. The list is endless.

Knowing us, this will be quite an adventure.

Who knows what'll happen next?

THE END

And there you have it! The end of the story!

Thanks to EVERYONE who had read and reviewed this story! Although it wasn't as long as some of my other stories such as 'Afraid of falling in love with you', I'm still very happy that a lot of you enjoyed reading this one. I had an absolute blast writing this fanfic. Out of all of my stories, this one was probably the most fun to write, and I'm really going to miss writing this story, so thanks a TON for giving me your time to read it :)

Up next, I have another story, which will most likely be quite lengthy, much like 'Afraid of falling in love with you', so watch out for that. I'll try to get started on it ASAP. (I am SO VERY excited to get started on this one btw)

But anyway...thanks again for reading and reviewing Stuck with you. You guys never fail to amaze me with your quick reviews :)

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