1 more chapter till the story ends :) anyone excited? hehe

I love this song - about you now, and I had been wanting to use it and this seems to be the chapter to be it!

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They arrived about half an hour later, looking concerned and completely baffled about what was so important that I called them to come immediately. I didn't know what would be the best way to tell them, so after leading them to sit down in the living room I decided that I would just break it to them bluntly.

Alison bared the news surprisingly well, giving me an I-knew-something-was-going-on look. Hannah, on the other hand, didn't take it so well. She looked at me, shocked evident in her face. 'Why didn't you tell us earlier?' Hannah asked, looking a little betrayed, but I knew that this little news was too big and her excitement over it would power over that.

'So you guys are just avoiding each other now?' Alison asked, she caught up to the situation much fast than Hannah, who was still giggling over the secret admirer slash stalker incident. I nodded, pacing up and down the living room in agitation.

'Yeah, I didn't know what to do, my feelings are all in a jumble.' I said honestly, Hannah rolled her eyes at me.

'Julie, what are you waiting for? Jump that guy.' She exclaimed, Alison and me shared a look. I turned and put my hands on her shoulder.

'Han, are you high?' I asked, making Alison burst out in giggles. Hannah gave a fake laugh and pushed me off.

'No, and I am serious. You like him,. I can see it. I just never thought that he likes you too, but I don't really know him. ' She said, I stopped pacing and gave her a dirty look, but she stared back right at me. 'Really Julie, I have been friends with you for aeons, I think I know it when you like someone.' She said, crossing her arms over her chest. A sign that show she was dead serious about what she said.

'To be honest, sometimes it does seems like you like Andy.' Alison chipped in, I gave them both an incredulous look. Hannah shook her head at me, as if she was explaining one plus one equals two to a thick-headed child.

'But I don't, I mean, I don't feel it myself.' I stuttered, so now my two best friends are in agreement with my 6 year old self, leaving me on my own in this argument. I felt like banging my head against the wall to clear my thoughts.

'You said you are confuse about it, right?' Hannah began, I nodded. 'And you had always like Andy, in a friendly way.' I paused, but she added the last bit quickly, so I nodded again. 'You know that you practically don't ever talk to guys, right?' I shook my head, glad to find a part where I could defence myself.

'I talk to Jake, and Luke.' I said, Hannah tutted at me.

'They don't really count, Jake is like a girl, and Luke, he is permanently attached to Melissa, so that kind of make him sexless.' My eyes bulged at her exaggeration, only she could be so mean to her own brother, but Hannah waved my astonishment aside and continued her absurd theory. 'Think about it, you never show any signs of interest in guys, you said you had a crush on Aidan and you got over him rather quickly. Will, well, you guys were kind of in love, but not now.'

I put my hands on my hips and shook my head at her, because seriously, that was one of the lamest argument in the history. Alison sighed and lifted her legs off the coffee table.

'This isn't working, let's try reasoning with her in another way.' She said to Hannah, who gave me another you-are-such-a-difficult-toddler look. Alison tapped her finger on her chin for several seconds before beaming at me, and whispered something to Hannah.

Then they both turned to look at me with a mischievous smile on their face. I took a step back involuntarily, this did not look good, what had I gotten myself into? Alison couched forward in excitement. 'So you wouldn't mind if Andy is seeing someone?' She asked.

I stared blankly at her for almost a full minute before my brain managed to process what she said. An unpleasant image of Andy with some random girl (in my mind, somehow she managed to look a lot like Tori) laughing together and holding hands. I felt an urge to vomit, or scream, then it hit me, I was jealous, which could only meant that I.....

'See, you like him.' said Hannah triumphantly, having read all my emotions on my face. I slumped into the sofa nearest to me, now that I admitted it to myself, I couldn't believe how long it took me to realise it, it was like I didn't want myself to realise it. I felt like someone had been putting a mute button on my feelings towards Andy for years and now it had just been turn back on. Loud and clear.

'You were in denial, sweetie.' Alison said, probably in an attempt to cheer me up, but it didn't work. 'And you were clouded by good looks.' She added, again, not helping.

I stuffed my face into a cushion. What was I going to do now? I still had feelings for Will, but I found out that apparently I like Andy too, god I am such a slut. I screamed into the cushion hoping it will relive some of the tension I felt.

'You need to talk to Andy.' Hannah said, I felt the sofa dipped next to me and some one patted me on the back. 'You can't drag this any longer, it's been what, a month?'

'I know, but I don't want to.' I whined, I heard they both sighed. I knew I was acting like a kid throwing a tantrum, but with all the things that I had gone through lately, you can't really blame me.

'Anna, don't be a ostrich and hid your head.' Alison said, evidentially amused by me with my head still buried in the cushion. I shook my head vigorously, I needed more time to deal with this, not go and talk to Andy now.

'Alright, you don't have to do this now, but you have to talk to him eventually.' Hannah finally said, I guessed she realised that I wasn't going to come out of the cushion any time soon.

'What if I got it all wrong, what if he didn't actually like me?' I asked, the headache had came back. I knew the answers to this question already, but it didn't stop me from wondering. I guessed the prospect of laying my heart out there waiting for some one to reply was too terrifying to me.

'Julie, you were the one who told me that you need to grab hold of every opportunity you have.' Hannah said, taking my hands. 'You were the one who said that it doesn't matter if you get hurt, because in the end, when you looked back on it, you will regret not having done it, wondered what would have happened. You told me if you have tried your best, then the outcome wouldn't have mattered, because you had fight for it.'

I looked at Hannah and saw that she was smiling at me. I felt like crying. I remembered when I said that to her, it was just after the Christmas Ball when she had called me asking me what should she do with Oliver. And that's the exact words that I told her, because that's the reason why I decided to went out with Will, and truth be told, I was glad I did. Despite the heart break he had caused me, I had the best time with him.

I whipped my eyes and smiled back at Hannah, I guessed what people said was true, that the person who is outside the situation sees more clearly than the ones inside. I watched Hannah and Alison exchanged a look of relieve, and felt ever so lucky that I had the two of them in my life.

'So when are you planning on having THE TALK with Andy?' Hannah asked tentatively, I sighed. Now that I knew how I felt, I should most probably go and talk to him right away. But being me, I would much rather not do that.

'Anna, you can't drag this on forever.' Alison said sharply, I sighed knowing she was right.

'We go back to school on Monday, I will talk to him then.' I said, I just talked to Will today, I wasn't emotionally stable enough to have another talk. Hannah was about to say something but Alison stopped her. She gave me a stern look.

'You have to, okay? We are going to make sure of that.' She said, I nodded. The two of them then began to bombard me with plans of how to corner Andy, or where was the best place to talk.

I started to mentally brace myself for what was about to happen. I hoped that it would turns out well. But like I said, if I had tried everything, at least I will have no regret.

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Eeeek down to the last chapterrrr! It's already written, so no worries, I will upload it in 2 or 3 day's time