The chapter title is actually a book title, it's a great story I read when I was little :)

so this is IT! the LAST chapter :D I am so not ready for this haha! jokes :P

There will be a kind of epilogue, so stay tune for that! I will also be starting a new story, a science fiction/fantasy, I will post a taster chapter for that at the end, so watch out for that too!

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thanks My_Poker_Face for the cover (it's on the side!)

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I shifted my weight from one foot to another nervously, and kept smoothing out the non-existence creases on my shirt. It was the end of the school day and I was standing next to Andy's locker waiting for him to arrive. He somehow managed to run with inhuman speed away from me after maths and disappeared out of sight through lunch. Even with the help of Alison, Hannah and Aidan (whom Alison filled in and was more than willing to help).

Not that I wasn't glad, it would had been pure awkward to try and talk about this in between lessons or at lunch. Look at what happened last time Aidan requested to talk to me, I would never want to put myself through such embarrassment again.

Alison had been hovering around Andy's locker the entire day and swore that she hadn't seen him approach it, therefore he must come back to put his books away or carry them all home (since Aidan, in an attempt to help told Andy that he couldn't catch a ride with him).

So I was left with no choice but to wait for him next to his locker.

At least there were much less people around, otherwise I might have backed out of waiting here altogether. Speaking of which I had been standing here since the bell signifying the end of school rang, which had been 20 minutes ago. Where on earth was Andy?

Five more minutes. I thought to myself, then I am out of here. I stared unfocused at the corner of the hallway, my mind drifting off somewhere else entirely. Maybe he had gone home, rather walking with all the books, or he had managed to hitch a ride with someone.

Just then Andy rounded the corner carrying a large pile of books, he must had been in the library. He was looking in one of the books in his hands and hadn't spot me yet. My heart started to speed up, my stomach in knots, I had to talk to him.

Andy looked up from his book about two meters away from me, he froze, as if contemplating if he should turned and run or not. The atmosphere around as tense as he finally decided to stand his ground. 'Hi Anna, what are you doing?' He said, sounding uncertain, I smiled at him, trying to look nonchalant while inside I was screaming run! Run!

'Andy, we need to talk.' I said, my fingers tying knots around each other in an attempt to calm myself. Andy looked grim, but not surprise, he walked to his locker and shoved the books inside.

'Okay.' He said, turning to look at me, his face a picture of calm. 'Where should we go?'

'Let's go to the back of the school.' I said, remembering the benches. We walked in an uncomfortable silence towards the back of the school. I really wanted to know if he was feeling the same things I was. Confuse, nervous, not sure of myself and at a complete loss for words. I had no idea what to say, and I had thought about this before hand. With my head whirling with things to say we had arrived at our destination. Andy dumped his bag next to the nearest bench and I followed the suit.

'You have been avoiding me.' I said rather pointedly, having no more idea about how to start this conversation than to drive a plane. Andy looked a little uncomfortable and guilty, but made no attempt to speak. I raised my eyebrow at him, seriously, was he not going to talk to me at all?

'I am sorry.' He said, I resisted the urge to roll my eyes.

'Why are you sorry for?' I asked, feeling like he was on a completely different plane to me. It's like we were talking about completely different things.

'I erm...didn't mean to make you uncomfortable.' He said, scratching his head. He looked adorable, but I tried to ignore it and remain on task.

'I just want you to know that I had been avoiding you too.' I said quickly, before I could back out. Now Andy looked surprise, but I pressed on. 'I didn't know what to make of the situation, I didn't know what to do, but...I do now.'

So many emotions flickered across Andy's face that I didn't know what to make of it. But I swore I saw a glimpse of fear. I took a deep breath and opened my mouth, ready to confess when Andy stopped me.

'I love you.' He said, and surprisingly loud too. My eyes widened to the size of saucers, not sure if I heard it right. It must had shown on my face since he laughed a little before repeating it again, looking relieved to get this out of his system before launching into a monologue.

'I sent you the chocolate.' I gathered as much. 'and I had always liked you, since we were little, I know that we never spoke much, but we knew each other for a long time. I guess I just never worked up the courage to tell you. Then you started going out with Will and I thought, maybe I could just be friends with you, I mean, who can compete with Will Knight? But then you two broke up and you started getting close to my brother again, I didn't know what to do. So I thought I would sent you the chocolate to see how you react, but you guessed it was me, and I didn't want to loose you, so I started avoiding you. I knew that it wasn't the best thing to do, that I should just man up and tell you. And now you know.'

He finished, took a deep breath and then just looked at me. Waiting for me to respond, he looked so vulnerable. I was completely lost for words, I never, never guessed, let alone knew that Andy had liked me for so long. I felt like my heart had taken a ride on a roller coaster and filled bubbles in my head. I should had confronted him earlier, because this feeling was just other-worldly.

Realising that he was still looking at me, I quickly composed myself, I was shaking with relieve and happiness. 'I love you too.' I whispered, I always had, maybe not real love, love, but close to it. I was never aware of it, but now I knew. Andy frowned for a second, probably trying to process what I just said. His face lit up and he beamed at me, which I returned with a slightly tearful but happy smile.

And, to my utter surprise, he closed the space between us in one stride, scoped me with one arm pulling me against him and closed his lips on me.

I could lie and said that I felt fireworks, that it was infinitely better than kissing Will, the truth was, even though it did felt completely different to kissing Will (I mean, they are different people), the emotions I got from kissing him was the same, maybe more intense. That was probably because that this time, I knew with all my heart that Andy Owen loved me with all his heart, and he had loved me for what had been forever.

We broke apart form air and smiled at each other. Andy beamed at me and kissed the tip of my nose, tickling me making me wrinkled my face.

'I didn't expect you to just come out like that.' I said. 'It was like you just let go of all your built-up emotions over the years all in one go.'

'Well, I guess I did.' Andy smiled thoughtfully and said, making us both laughed. 'What I never expected was that you like me too.' He said.

I make a face and told me about the torn page from my old diary and the conversation I had with Alison and Hannah yesterday. He laughed and said that he should really thank them for that. I didn't tell him about my talk with Will, I guessed I just want to let that chapter of my life go now.

'So I guess the question now is, Will you be my girlfriend?' asked Andy, looking at me with those beautiful blue eyes that I was so obsessed with on his brother. I had to say, it looked even better on him.

'Yes.' I said, throwing my hands around his neck and kissing him again.

So this was it, my story for you. Of course, the whole story didn't end there, but it's irrelevant to the point after this. What happened between Andy and me afterwards you might ask, I can safely said that we are going to be a happy couple, for the next few months at least. What happened after that will be anybody's guess. We might get marry one day, or break up, drift apart, fall in love with someone else. The truth is, love comes and go, and it can appears in the mostly unlikely of places. You can fall in love at first glance, or it might take you years to fall in love. What I am going to say is, when it comes, grab and hold on to it as hard as you can, because you never know when you will get another chance again. You don't want to let it go and regret it for the rest of you live.

You only ever live once. And right now, all I know is that I am completely, utterly in love with Andy. No one knows what the future might hold. Trust your heart.

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Love how cynical Anna is, eeeek <3 you guys