Hey everyone... I know I have some explanations to give. This story finish is way overdue, way to drawn out and I want to deeply apologize to all of my readers, reviewers and supporters. You have all waited for the finish of this story and honestly I am not even for sure where I was going with this.

Like everyone on this site, you grow up and your writing gets better and you no longer have free time to do the things you once highly enjoyed. For me, Fanfiction was my outlet and I loved writing on here. However, my time lessened and I reflect back onto my writing and I am not proud of it. I find so many grammar mistakes, problems with stories, and the lack of clarity that really exists with the plot lines, characters, genre, etc. I hope that I am able to finish this chapter up to par and to your standards. My writing style has drastically changed and honestly I really am not a fan of this story anymore. It does not make much sense to me after rereading it. However, I owe everyone who has read and supported this story from the start a proper ending. I shall finish this story, the one story out of my list that I adored and loved.

To the new writer's on fanfiction, never lose your passion for writing like I have. It became a chore and eventually I became burnt out on it. I want to say good luck to all the new writers and I look forward to reading your stories whenever I get around to this site. I have had in mind to rewrite and finish Jars of Hearts, however I am not for sure what I will really be doing.

Anyways, here goes nothing. A multitude of awfulness combined in a page of words. I'll spare everyone and get this over with.

Chapter 18:

The clock hands spun rapidly around the clock, rushing time and before anyone could blink, the unforgettable summer was now preceding to end. Time had dispersed into thin air, leaving nothing left but an empty room, packed bags, and the deep sadness that the favorite time of the year was now ending. Riven had packed his last textbook into his book bag. Not that he would read it or open it, but he had packed it with him anyways. After all, textbooks made for great pillows after a long morning of soccer practice.

He flung his bag over his shoulder, preceding to head out the door to finish packing his Jeep up. He was only staying in Gardenia for one last night and he would be heading back off to college to further his education and play more soccer. The rate that he was going, he was bound to earn a spot on the Varsity team and expect a lot of playing time as a forward. He had really exercised his body and practiced soccer everyday for the last two months over the summer. With hard work, many things are achievable.

"Pack those college books?" Sky stepped outside the arms, stretching his arms over his head. Not long followed Brandon and Timmy both eating orange popsicles that they had snatched out of the freezer in the garage.

"Back to good ol' Uni we go." Riven grinned, giving his hatch one good close, securing the last of his stuff that he didn't need until he moved back in at the university.

"It's been one eventful summer, but it's time to head back. Too much drama- too much food- not enough beers or chicks-" Brandon toothed a grin out, expecting a reciprocal smile from his partner in crime. Instead he only received a head nod in agreement.

Riven was about to respond back to his friend's statement until a light bulb went off in his head. He had clothes in the dryer. "I'll be right back-" Riven cut the conversation short and darted inside, skipping the second and fourth step of his cement steps leading into the side entrance of his house. The attention shifted back to the trio Brandon, Timmy, and Sky.

"Don't you have a date tonight with Stella anyways? And you're all talk of more chicks. Pimp Brandon right over here lady and gents" Sky laughed as he shoved his phone away into the pocket of his cargo shorts after he finished responding back to Bloom's text messages. He kicked his shoes into the almost dead grass and winced as the sunlight was blinding him. He was internally cursing as he knew he should have worn his Oakley's outside.

Brandon raised his eyebrows, "A date? What is that? After this summer I think I need a twelve pack and a soap opera. So much drama, so many chicks, and still not enough booze!"

"Didn't you say there weren't enough chicks?" Timmy laughed, shaking his head at his idiot friend's behavior.

"I'm kidding calm down everyone. Yes I have a date with Stella. No I am not paying for her. She can buy her own dinner and her own ice cream. While she is at it, she can even take my car through the car wash." Brandon leaned up against a wall laughing as everyone knew he was kidding around.

"I don't think that is the wise route to go my friend" A girl laughed approaching them slowly on crutches.

Brandon spun around to see Musa standing outside of the garage with a piece of cloth in her hand on metal crutches. In the perspective of the vibrant sunlight, she had looked even more exhausted than she had in the hospital, her bruises were deepening, prominently showing on narrow face her face. Physically she was exhausted and worn down. However, there was this vibrant glow to her followed her around and she limped toward the group guys standing outside of the garage.

"Musa, hey!" Helia smiled as he walked down the steps next to Nabu.

"Hey how are you feeling?" Nabu reached over to softly hug her, careful not to knock the crutches out of her hand. "You look like you're feeling a lot better!"

Balancing herself up on crutches and wiping the sweat off of her face, before answering back. "I am feeling a lot better, however, my father is still angry with me and it is going to take quite some time for him to come around!" She laughed knowing very well that her father was scared to death when he had received the phone call that his daughter was in the hospital.

Brandon chuckled, "Well you're not dead and neither are we so the world is already a better place!"

"That's one way to look at it" Timmy pushed his glasses up his nose, joining the rest of the group.

"What do you have in your hands?" Sky commented, walking over to give Musa a hug as he had just stepped outside, Riven following not to far behind.

Musa hugged back, taking a wiff of his good smelling cologne. "You smell nice," She complimented. "Oh this is for you. You left it in my room awhile ago, and I had found it in my laundry room!" Musa reached out to hand Brandon his hoodie that she had since the beginning of the summer.

Brandon crinkled his eyebrows and realization hit him, "I have been looking for this forever. It's about time you give it back, you hoodie snatcher!"

"I see how it is, still wearing his hoodies" Riven teased walking over to Musa as he linked his muscular, toned arm around her petite waste. "I wonder how Stella is going to feel about that!"

Musa winked in Brandon's direction, "First I'm wearing your hoodies and then you decide you are going to take her out on a date and make her pay for herself, what kind of horrible monster, date are you?"

Brandon smirked, staring right at Musa and Riven, "A horrible one, especially one who spent an entire week convincing this one over here to not only go and see you but to man up as well. But sense I did you a favor... s now you do me a favor and hush hush about my comment. Stella will kill me!"

Musa laughed as Riven smirked tightly while holding onto his girlfriend. Brandon was right, if it hadn't been for him, he would have left for Uni a couple of days early and avoided Musa for as long as he could. If that meant his entire life, he was willing to go that extreme.

X-Flashback-X

"You need to go see her. And when I say that, I mean now!" Brandon snapped, his patience was running thin. He was a man, he knew how hard it was to express his emotions. He had been there throughout the entire summer fiasco and now it was just the last running bit that Riven was not willing to budge. It was wearing everyone down, including both parties.

Riven glanced at him, shifting his eyes back to this new Sports Illustrated magazine. After the silence was lingering in the air, Riven finally glanced up from his magazine.

"I can't do it okay?" He closed the magazine laying it down onto his bed. He was not good at talking about his feelings. He was so bad at talking about his feelings that he seemed great at not talking about his feelings. It was something that he had never been accustomed to doing.

"You can't do it?" Brandon growled, clenching his hands together. "Well too damn bad Riven. Get your ass out of bed and you are marching your ass over there right now. I don't care if I have to drug you and drag you out of this room. Mark my word, you will be over there TODAY!" Brandon barked, throwing his magazine across his room.

"Dude! What the hell?" Riven winced his eyebrows together, shooting a hateful glare in the direction of his best friend. Brandon was over killing it and overly violating their Bro-Code.

"What the hell? What the hell?" Brandon began on his rant, only for Riven to interrupt and to be yelled at once again.

"No Riven you do not get a choice anymore. I have watched you all summer linger your eyes on Musa and then all of a sudden you get the fucking opportunity to actually have a chance with her and you are throwing it away. I don't fucking get you-" Brandon began as Riven once again interrupted.

"I don't get why you're so damn mad. Brandon, we aren't good for each oth-"

"Riven god damnit!" Brandon shouted, hurling his phone across the room. "Riven you don't get it. I get it. I see what you two have. As your best friend, I have watched you struggle all damn summer. From the moment we came home for the summer and Musa sauntered into the back yard, you had your eyes set on her."

Brandon took a breathe shot Riven a warning look to not interject once again.

"You don't make any sense. Your face was a million shades of red when she kissed you in the scavenger hunt, you two flirted together and spent the entire beginning of the summer together, then all of a sudden everything changes when we about hook up at Mitzi's summer bash? It wasn't she who started dancing on me first. You were purposely dancing with Mitzi to make Musa jealous. I know you just as well as you know Musa. Don't even get me started about that night. You get pissed, punch me and yell at her for trying to seduce me, let me tell you that fucked up nonsense. Then you pull the I don't care card. Not only do you two fight for the rest of the summer, I have to pick up the pieces that you wrecked. I spent the time with her, got to know her, and I even fell for her. I fucking fell for her, but I backed off when I saw how much she meant to you Riven..." Brandon took a moment to take another breathe and he let the words keep on falling out of his mouth. He couldn't stop the words from spewing out of his mouth.

"She told me how her mother died and throughout the entire story, it wasn't her mother that she talked about or remembered about the story. The main gist was how great you were to her and how much she appreciates you for that. I see the way she fucking looks at you and you're over here reading fucking Sports Illustrated?" Brandon snatched the magazine once again off the floor and held it up in the air before throwing it down onto the ground. He was always dramatic when expressing his anger. It was do the dramatic or beat Riven's face into the carpet until he understood his point.

"Look" Riven growled, his patience growing slim and Brandon's rant was starting to irritate him. He did not want to hear how much Brandon liked Musa or how he and Musa they belonged together. He was tired of hearing it from everyone else. All he had heard about the entire summer was he and Musa belong together.

"I'm not done, now shut up." Brandon barked before returning his spiel. He was pacing back and forth of Riven's room, almost as if he was lecturing Riven and scolding him. "I don't get your problem. I really don't. You come home one night like a lost puppy dog and your only explanation was that you let your emotions get to far. Your emotions are attached and woven within Musa. That night when she disappeared, I had never seen you so genuinely worried and concerned about someone in my life.

"It's my job to be concerned Brandon. I would be concerned if you went missing Brandon" Riven stated, flicking his eyes up at his angry, shouting friend.

"No Riven that is not your job. As human nature you would be concerned, but I doubt you would jump into a thirty foot cave and hold onto me the entire night until paramedics could come and rescue me. You would tell me to suck it up and I would be okay. You were at the hospital every day and you never once bothered to go in there and see her. Do you know hard it was to answer her when she asked if you were going to come and see her today? First she was genuinely concerned about you, then the hurt started showing more and more and eventually she was over this whole game. She was beyond hurt that you didn't go see her and she has been home for two days and you have been avoiding her like the plague. She deserves an explanation at the least."

"And if you don't want to see her or want to love her, then tell her. She deserves to know the real truth at least. I'm tired of picking up the pieces Riven. Either let her go and give her the truth or hold onto her and never let her go. But pick one fast before you no longer get that option." Brandon growled turning around on his heel heading for the door. He was honestly over his moody, emotional best-friend.

"I can't go see her Brandon. I have done enough damage and even if I go over there now, it really is to late. She deserves someone who isn't me..." His voice lingered before he finished his statement. "...someone who doesn't sleep around at parties, someone who doesn't have a drinking problem at college, she deserves someone who will appreciate and love her and someone who can actually show affection. She deserves a guy like you, or Sky, or even Helia. Hell anyone but me" Riven laid down on his bed and turned away from his friend. This whole situation had wore and tore him down to pieces.

"You have been friends with her to long to just not love or her or never talk to her again... Just tell me you don't love her and you don't want to be with her or want her and I will drop the subject okay? We can go back to Uni and continue on with our old lives" Brandon exclaimed out of frustration and deep concern. He took a deep breath and moved towards the door. This was fighting fire with fire. It was almost as bad as punching an empty plastic bag.

With another glance at the silent Riven who was looking at the ground and couldn't even look up to face him, knowing the truth was inevitable. Brandon slightly smirked, "That's what I thought" and closed the door behind him.

XX

The silence had floated throughout the room and after ten minutes of replaying Brandon's rant into his mind, Riven had finally cracked. All of his stubborn behaviors and motifs had finally caved. The shield that he had been holding up to protect himself and his ego had finally shattered. His heart was aching to no point return. It was now or never. He finally stood up and before he knew what he was doing he was running. He hadn't even bothered to slide on shoes, because he was running as quickly as possible before he had time in those few moments to change his mind and quickly run back to his room and lock the door and not come out until he had go return back to school.

Riven had jumped over the sprinkler that was running in between he and Musa's houses. He weaved in and out of bushes and other assortment of things blocking his path. He quickly jumped over the pool fence versus opening the gate. He was darting up the porch steps, sliding the back door open and darting up the carpeted stairs. His longer legs skipped steps and he was plowing up the steps as quickly as possible. Once he arrived at the top flat of the stairs, he found himself wandering down the hall, taking as many deep breaths as he could before he arrived at her door.

With one last deep breath his adrenaline running wild and his heart was racing, he turned the door knob on Musa's door. He had been in her room a million times. Except this time it felt different- Scratch that, it was different. Never once in his entire life had he felt so nervous and sick to his stomach in his entire life until now.

He opened the door quickly shaking Musa out of her trans on her laptop. Her eyes widened and she froze, looking up at a disassembled Riven standing her doorway. His hair was in a ruffled mess, he hadn't shaved in a few days and his eyes were filled with a sorrow glaze. For someone who didn't have rocks collapse on him, he almost looked worse then Musa.

"Riven what are you doing here?" She asked weakly as she carefully got off of her bed, wincing in pain. Out of response she walked slightly towards him and then stopped when she realized that he was actually standing in her room. She had been trying to avert her attention onto the ground instead of looking at him.

Seeing Musa so upset with him, it made his heart drop. Hell she couldn't even look at him. He took a deep breathe and inhaled the idea that his best friend couldn't even look him in the face after everything they had been through. She was purposely averting her attention to the ground where she could keep her main focus on.

"We need to talk. I need to talk-"

"I don't think that is such a good idea." Musa smiled weakly, glancing up at him before letting her sad, smile slip into a frown. He hadn't come to visit her for a week and now he shows up. She was over the entire idea and was actually counting down the days until he left for college again. This summer was supposed to be an unforgettable one with her friends had turned into a dramatic summer full of lies, cheats, broken promises, underage drinking charges, hospital stays, and the list was continuing on and on. She hadn't had a free moment to breath since he and his friends had arrived. She knew she shouldn't be cynical towards his friends, they had been great the entire summer and to her. However, Riven on the other hand had just burned all bridges between her over the summer and she was not in the mood to rebuild them.

"Musa just hear me out please" Riven pleaded as he took a step forward towards her. She looked at him and shook her head in a no-like manner.

"Please Musa, please" Riven was begging at this moment. The look in his eyes was a look she had never seen before. Sure he had playfully begged for something, but she had never seem him in this emotional or physical state.

She didn't say anything, silently motioning him to continue with whatever he had to say.

"I'm sorry..." He looked down at the ground and paused, not knowing where to continue this conversation or if he could even continue on with the conversation.

She laughed bitterly, "You're sorry? You're sorry now a week later? You're sorry that you haven't bothered to see me. I've called you, texted you and you have yet to return my thank-you. My own friends have seen you more this past week then I have seen you in the last two months and you call me your best friend. But you're wrong. Best friends actually see each other, they don't come everyday to the hospital but avoid you. They don't avoid you when you come home. Actually they don't do anything that you have done the last two months." Her voice quivered and she chocked back the tears that were desperately threatening to fall.

Another silence passed and she had gotten even more mad. Without even thinking she once again snapped at him. "Actually the last two months, the last two months... lets talk about the last year and a half. You graduate high school, you date Darcy, I get placed on the back-burner. I saw you three times total over Christmas break. Once when you got home, Christmas, and the other time at the grocery store. You spent your entire year with Darcy. I had to text you multiple times for you to even respond... Our friendship is not salvageable. I don't have it in my heart anymore Riven" Musa's voice quivered and she looked down at the ground, attempting to salvage the last of the pride that she had.

He looked up, his heart falling all over again. It was now or never and he had to muster up the courage and save the last of whatever they had left. She was holding onto her pride and he knew it. He also knew that he had truly burned every bridge with her and there was no going back now. He took a step closer to her, only to find that she hadn't had much room to move. She wobbled back slightly, until her legs hit the edge of her bed. Riven moved in closer until she had no room to move.

"Why are you so close to me?" She quietly asked, her guard quickly slipping. Riven took his chance and moved in when her defense was slipping.

"Musa... I"m sorry. I am truly and utterly sorry for everything this summer. I acted like a shitty friend, I pretty much made you choose between Brandon and I. I gave you a hard time about everything, I said hurtful and unforgivable things and most of all I didn't even come see you when you needed me the most" Riven paused looking down at the ground back to her.

"You're right you were a terrible friend to me. Do you even care about me Riven? Was this summer a game to you? Play with my feelings and emotions until you win. Well congrats Riven, you win. I give up, I don't want to play this game anymore." She spat, letting her anger and frustrations get the best of her. The tears rolled down her cheeks.

"That's not true... I care more about you then anyone else in this entire world. When I couldn't find you and I thought something bad had happened to you, I freaked. And when I had found Stella and Bloom, I was scared beyond belief that something terrible happened and you weren't going to be okay. I would never have forgiven myself if you wouldn't have walked out of that cave alive. I jumped thirty feet into a dark area for you and I didn't even know what was down there" Riven knew there was no return after this point. He sucked in the last drop of courage he had left in his body and ignored the puzzled, unreadable look that was plastered on Musa's face. The expression written on her face was hard to read. He couldn't tell if she was speculating him and questioning if she believed him or not and that had hurt. He placed his hand gently on her shoulder and was shocked when she didn't smack it off of her.

"When you were hurt and barely holding on, you were holding onto me. There was no greater feeling then having you there in my arms, holding onto me. It had stung so deep and I never wanted to let you go. Remember at the beginning of the summer when you kissed me for the scavenger hunt? I didn't want that to end. That feeling was a feeling I have never experienced with anyone else. I came home from this summer still upset about my breakup and when I saw you, those feelings didn't matter. Every time I see you, my heart races. When Brandon came swooping in and you showed interest in him, it tore me a part inside knowing that I could very well lose you to my best friend. I acted like a jealous asshole and I'm sorry it has taken me how many years of being friends with you to realize how much I care for you. I care for you so much that I don't even know how to control my emotions. I have spent the last week trying to figure out how to tell you, so here I am. Rambling like an idiot and I just came here to tell you I'm in love with you Musa Pennington and it has taken every ounce of courage I have had to tell you this" Riven took a deep breath and looked down at Musa.

Before he knew what he was doing next, he grabbed her hand and pulled her into a deep pationate kiss. He rubbed his hand up and down her back and his chest relieved when he realized she was kissing back. He wove one of his hands into her fingers and the other raced up and down her back and through her the ends of her hair. Musa reached down and looped her fingers through his shorts belt loop and pulled him into a deeper kiss. The kissing continued on for a couple of minutes before either one pulled away.

Musa was the first to break the kiss and she sat down on her bed. She was feeling lightheaded and not just because of what had just played out within the last ten minutes in her room. She was not in any condition to be doing anything breath-taking for that matter. If you would have asked her how she felt ten minutes ago til now, her outlook would have been completely different. Her face was burning red and she hadn't felt that great in a really long time. She couldn't even deny her feelings for Riven, especially after he had just poured his heart out to her.

Riven shoved his hands in his pocket and casually swayed back and forth, smiling awkwardly into the room and once again broke the silence that had encountered. "Well that was the hardest thing I have ever had to do" He laughed and sat down on the bed next to her, placing his hand on her knee.

"Riven?" Musa asked, opening the verbal part of conversation for the first time since he had poured his heart out to her.

"Yeah?" He sat down next to her.

"I love you too" She smiled and then pulled her arm back and punched him in his arm.

"Ouch what was that for?" Riven sent her a playful glare and rubbed his shoulder where she had hit him.

"Ever act like an idiot again, I will make sure to leave a bruise next time" Musa grinned.

"That's fair I deserve it" He laughed, "But I'm really glad that you are okay... You look a lot better then the last time I saw you!"

Musa smiled, "Actually I feel better too believe it or not. Thanks for saving my life, I have really wanted to tell you in person. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be here today and I cannot thank you enough. It takes a true special person to do what you did..." her voice trailed off and before Riven could respond, she pulled him down onto the bed really close next to her. They had a lot of reconciling to do before he went back to college and to make up for the lost time in the last few months.

XX

Even though it was the last night that the boys would all be back in Gardenia for awhile, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. It was one last kickback before everyone continued on with their lives. Musa smiled and watched from afar as all of her friends were enjoying themselves. She wasn't able to enjoy much of the physical activity, so her night pretty much consisted sitting in front of the fire or sitting in a lawn chair.

For the first time since the beginning of the summer, everyone had seemed quite happy. Flora and Helia were sitting under the tree together, observing nature and taking in their surroundings. Flora smiled and blushed as Helia tucked a piece of her long hair behind her ear and kiss her cheek. To her left, Musa watched Timmy and Techna as they were playing a game on their handheld technological device. Techna cheered when she had realized when she beat Timmy in his game. She smiled and ruffled Timmy's hair and quickly kissing him on his cheek before challenging him to round two. They were made for one another.

The strangest relationship that had occurred over the summer was the strong bond that Sky and Bloom had developed. It was crazy to think that three months ago Bloom was dating her long-term boyfriend Andy and now she was making fall break plans to go to Sky's cabin and meet his family. They had a strong connection to one another. Musa smiled at Bloom as Sky had his arms wrapped around her and they were cuddling in a blanket roasting marshmallows. Once Bloom and Sky had discovered that they were the ones who hooked up with one another the night of Mitzi's party, it was all set in stone from there.

"How was your date?" Musa looked at Stella as she and Brandon had approached her. "Good, he didn't make me pay. Which I told him that you had told me that story" Stella shot Brandon a playful glare.

Brandon rolled his eyes and poked Stella in the stomach, "I should have made her eat, my gosh she can eat. And you weren't supposed to tell her. You're a traitor."

"Daddy always said never be a cheap date" Stella gushed throwing her arm around Brandon's waist. Musa smiled up at the two of them and was encouraging them to date one another. There will always be that 'what if' if she and Brandon had pursued a relationship. But they hadn't and she was perfectly okay with that. Riven was her number one and she didn't want anyone else in his place. Besides, she and Brandon were to much alike, they would have never worked out.

"Well schnookums, I am going to go mingle with all of my friends. I shall be back" Stella sent a wink towards Brandon and had headed towards Bloom's direction. The two had made up, sorting out all of their anger and problems. It was almost like everything was back to normal, before the summer chaos had began.

"I really like her and I can't believe how much of a traitor you are" Brandon flashed his smile and took a seat down on the empty bench next to Musa. He sat a bit of a distance away, leaving space between the two. It was still slightly awkward between the two. He had really grown attached to Musa and that was a bond that he knew could never be broken. Even if they hadn't ended up together, it was his goal to become a big brother figure to her.

"Yeah, I like her too!" Musa winked, getting a slight shove from Brandon.

"Watch it, don't hurt my girlfriend over here or I will have to hurt you" Riven declared, walking up to the two sitting on the bench alone together. Riven gave a smile and protectively placed a hand on Musa's shoulder.

"Well I'm glad you two had a good time" Musa rolled her eyes at Riven, but chuckled to his comment.

"Oh yeah, it was a really good time! She is coming to our first soccer match, I best see you there too" Brandon grinned and got up, leaving a spot for Riven to sit.

"Oh you didn't have to get up" Riven interjected as he motioned for Brandon to sit down once again. He didn't want to put Musa and Brandon into that tense, awkward situation.

Brandon glanced over at Stella and looked back at Riven and Musa, "I've got to go keep an eye on her and make sure that she doesn't make another fool of herself!"

Musa watched Brandon head towards Stella who was currently in the middle of an intense dance cff with Layla and Nabu. She was currently losing considering Layla could almost dance better than Musa. She was a wicked dancer who had a fantastic scholarship to Julliard and Stella had no coordination to keep a single, rhythm. Brandon and Nabu were filming the dance off on their phones and they were both laughing in hysteria.

"That's right babe you show off your moves!" Nabu cheered Layla on from afar awhile Brandon attempted to cheer for Stella. Her lack of moves made it hard to cheer for her.

"That's your friend" Riven laughed referring to Stella while sliding in on the bench closely next to Musa.

Musa rolled her eyes and laughed, "I am aware. I should go show both of them up. I've got dancing materials and moves for days!"

"Easy tiger, you know the doctor's orders. What are you going to do when I am back at school and you have to go get your own shit?" Riven laughed, placing a hand on her thigh.

She took her and and wrapped it around his and leaned in towards his ear, "When classes start back up for me, I am going to ask a cute boy to carry my bookbag for me."

Riven gave her a quick glare, "You better not. I'll come back and kick some ass!"

Musa titled her head slightly as a random thought had appeared back into her head. "Since you lost the bet, I guess I win and you have to come back and carry my books to classes that way, ya know, I don't ask another cute guy to do it for me!" She had forgotten all about the bet until it had randomly sparked back into her head.

Riven's brows raise when he realized what bet she was talking about. "Whoa, whoa, whoa- hold up!"

Musa laughed, grabbing onto his hand tighter. "We had a summer bet, that you weren't allowed to hook up with women and I had to find summer love. I found summer love which is you and you had hooked up with me the other night" Musa was felt her face grow hot and she looked down, trying to hide her embarrassment of saying that out loud. "Either way you lost, so therefore you owe me!"

Riven shook his head in disbelief, "I think after this summer the bet doesn't count!"

"That's crap, a bet is a bet and you shook on it!"

Riven leaned in closer, wrapping his arm around his girlfriend tightly. "Look we both know I can't come back and help, Columbia is hours away and soccer will eat up most of my time until November. However, I will see you on my fall break and I will make it up to you then. Decide what you want and let me know and then I will deal with the losing of the bet, which by the way is a bunch of bull!"

Musa shook her head back and forth and laughed, "Alright deal."

Riven had turned her face towards his and he kissed her long and hard.

Chaos ensued and everyone was enjoying the rest of their last night together for awhile. Together the group finished off the night sharing and retelling stories from the summer and reliving those moments that had permanently etched the rest of their lives. It was a great night to end the summer and start the incoming school year off fresh. Despite all the complications and imperfections, everything had worked out just the way it was supposed to. After all, Musa had the rest of the year to look forward too. She stared at the night sky one last time and whispered, "until next summer."

The End!

I know this was a ridiculously long chapter and I cannot tell you how long it took me to write. I probably spent a good four hours on trying to find the right things to say and not to say. Overall, I would say it was a decent ending. I still feel this entire story is a jumbled mess, but for everyone who enjoyed it, thank you. I didn't really know how to end this. I know this might not have been how everyone else had wanted an ending, but here it is. I'm sorry if I let anyone down and it wasn't the ending that you had depicted. Instead of trying to update and turn this into a couple of more chapters to fit the rest of the story, I crammed and condensed it into one last final one. It is over and and completed and I want to give a shout out to everyone who took the time to read, favorite, follow and review it. All of your support means a lot to me! You all rock!

Who knows, watch for a sequel in the future. I am not for sure if I even want to write one. Guess we will wait and see!