The morning of the last day of school, and her last day in Andalasia, Pocahontas went to John's house. There was one thing she had been putting off for a while that she knew had to be done now.

"It's time," John told her as they stood in his backyard.

Pocahontas nodded and opened the shed door. Meeko slowly walked outside and sat down by her feet. She picked him up and she followed John to his car. They rode to the woods in silence. Once there, Pocahontas had to use all of her strength to force herself out of the car. They walked out to the willow tree and then Pocahontas knelt beside it and set Meeko down.

"You have to stay here, Meeko," she told him. "You belong in the wild."

Meeko sniffed around and slowly started wandering further away from them.

"I guess this is what today is all about," Pocahontas said to John. "Letting go and saying goodbye."

John stood awkwardly next to her. "We're all gonna be fine."

Pocahontas nodded as she watched Meeko disappear into the woods. "I know we will."

They stood there for a couple more minutes before John finally said, "Come on. We should get to school."

"I'm going to apply to Andalasia University," Pocahontas told him when they got back to the car. "That way I can come back when I graduate."

"You don't have to do that," John said. "You don't know what your life is going to be like in a year."

Pocahontas sighed. "No I don't. I guess none of us do."

XXX

"Are you sure about this?" Ariel asked. "Won't we get in trouble."

Eric laughed as lowered the roof of his convertible. "I doubt it. It's the last day of school. Who's even going to notice?"

"Principal Clayton. I'm already on his radar with that whole drinking at prom thing."

Eric reached over and took her hand. He brought it up to his lips and kissed it. "Relax, babe. We'll be fine."

Ariel nervously bit her lip, but nodded and didn't argue with him. Eric had called her earlier that morning and suggested they ditch the last day of school and go to the beach instead. Ariel agreed without really thinking it through. But now that they were actually doing it, she was super nervous about starting senior year off with detention.

But as soon as they got to the beach and she was in the water with Eric, she completely forgot all about her worries. There was no one else there and Ariel felt like she and Eric were alone on a secluded island without a care in the world.

"This is the perfect way to kick off the summer," Ariel said, swimming towards her boyfriend.

Eric grabbed her hand and pulled her closer. "Something tells me this is going to be the best summer ever."

Ariel smiled at him. "Something tells me the same thing. What do you think it is?"

"This." Eric wrapped his arms around her and held her body tightly against his. He then bent his head forward and kissed her.

XXX

"I love yearbook signing day," Aurora swooned to Philip as she watched Pocahontas scribble her signature out next to her picture. "My goal is to get all of the juniors' signatures."

Philip nodded as he signed John Smith's yearbook. "I guess. It's kind of a silly tradition if you ask me."

Aurora spotted Aladdin and waved him over. "Aladdin, you have to sign my yearbook before you leave!" she called out to him. While he and Jasmine made their way over to her, Aurora turned her attention back to Philip. "It's not silly. We're preserving memories." She handed her yearbook to Aladdin. "When we get older, we're gonna want to look back and remember all the good times and the friends we had."

"I agree," Jasmine said, flipping to her picture in Aurora's yearbook. "Everything changes after high school. I mean the likeliness of any of us seeing each other again isn't very good." She signed her name, then gave the book back to Aurora. Aurora finished signing Jasmine's book, then handed it to her. "Well, take care, guys. I wanna have a little bit of alone time with Aladdin before he leaves."

"Of course," Aurora said.

Philip put his arm around Aurora. "I'm glad we're not going to be separated senior year like they will be. Everyone knows long distance relationships in high school don't last."

Aurora nodded. "Yeah. But, at least we don't have to worry about anything. Senior year is going to be perfect for us."

XXX

Esmeralda and Phoebus had absolutely no interest in partaking in the last day activities. As soon as they got the chance, they disappeared and locked themselves in one of the janitors' closets.

Phoebus nuzzled against her neck. "Once you become famous, will you remember the little people?"

Esmeralda laughed; partly because of his question and partly because of the slight tickle from him nuzzling her. "Some of them," she replied.

"Would that include me?"

"Of course. How could I forget you?"

Phoebus looked down at her with an arched brow. "You did forget about me-"

Esmeralda shook her head. "No. I forgot I slept with you. I didn't forget about you." She pointed at him for emphasis.

"Fair enough."

Esmeralda shrugged, then wrapped her arms around his neck. "Besides. You stuck by me in my worst moments. No matter what, I'll never forget that."

Phoebus smiled at her and kissed the tip of her nose. "I'm so proud of you, Essie. And everything you overcame and accomplished. You're tougher than most people give you credit for."

"It was hard," Esmeralda admitted. "And I couldn't have done it without you, Jasmine and Mulan." She paused to smile back at him. "So, thank you."

Hey, everyone. Only one chapter left. So, in the meantime I'd like to request a story for you to read to hold you over. It's a new high school story written by my friend, Rainbow and Arrow, called "Racing Against the Comets". Please check it out. Thanks, you guys. :)