Chapter 10: How it all ends

Alright this is the last chapter. I hope you liked the story!

"okay I assume you all know why you are here" Marco said pacing back and forth in front of his friend who were sitting on a couch. Ellie, Hazel, Spinner, Ashley, and Jimmy were all crammed together on one couch.

"Dude, you just called us and told you to meet you here ASAP" Spinner said.

"right…" Marco said "okay well as you know Alex and Paige are having some issues and we're here to help them."

Alex got up from the chair she was sitting in beside Marco. "listen, guys, thank you so much for helping me, you have no idea what this means to me"

"it's alright, we know that you two belong together" Ashley said.

"now I've got a plan, it's going to do down this Friday, but it's going to take a lot of work. So this is what we're going to do…" Alex started

…

On Friday everything was set up everyone was they were supposed to be and Marco was on his way to meet Paige, or so she thought. Marco and Paige had planned to go to for an early movie, but Marco claimed he was running late and for Paige to pick up her pre-ordered ticket at the ticket booth.

"I'm here to pick up a ticket please" Paige said to the girl behind the glass at the ticket booth.

"name?" she said

"Paige Michalchuck"

"oh okay, here you go" The girl said as she bent down and got an envelope with a rose taped to it and passed it to page through the little hole on the counter.

"what's this?" she asked. The girl behind the counter just shrugged and yelled "next". Paige stepped aside and opened up the envelope. The note read

On the steps of Degrassi, you will find two friends

Get what they give, and we will soon make amends.

Paige didn't really know what was going on but she knew that Alex had something to do with it, and her friends were in on it too. At that moment she figured why not go along with it, it's not like she was going to do anything else. Within a few minutes Paige pulled into the parking lot at her old high school and saw two people standing on the steps outside of the school, it was Jimmy and Ashley. Paige got out of her car and walked up to them.

"hey, what's going on?" Paige asked. Jimmy and Ashley didn't say anything they just smiled and handed Paige another envelope with a rose taped to it. She opened it up and key fell out. The note read

Now that you have the key to my heart

Go to the Dot, we'll no longer be apart

There you will find more familiar faces

Don't be so hesitant for there will be more places

Paige looked at the key in her hand. It was a bronze key, nothing too special about it really. But she knew it wasn't just the key to Alex's heart, it was an actually key used to open and actual lock. She just didn't know what it opened.

"to the dot it is" Paige said to Jimmy and Ashley who just stood there. Paige got in her car taking one last glance at her two friends which were still watching her leave, and then drove down to the dot. Once Jimmy and Ashley saw Paige leave the parking lot Jimmy pulled out a walkie talkie.

"Desperate Tiger, this is Fine…" Jimmy started

"-and dandy" Ashley said pulling the walkie talkie closer to her mouth

Jimmy pulled the walkie talkie back "phase one is complete. Hot Fox is on her way to phase two with Java and Joe" he said.

"That's a 10-4 Fine and Dandy, over and out" said Alex as she changed the channels of her walkie.

"Java, Joe, Hot Fox is on the way" she said

"10-4" a male voice answered

Jimmy and Ashley started to walk to Ashley's car. They pulled out of the parking lot and drove in the opposite direction that Paige had.

Paige couldn't help but think about how much planning Alex must have gone through to make all of this happen, but she didn't know if it was worth it. Paige walked into the Dot and instantly saw Spinner and Hazel. She walked up to them about to say something until Hazel handed her another envelope with a rose. Paige was looking around thinking she would see Alex there but no such luck.

"Another one?" Paige asked Hazel and Spinner as she ripped open the envelope. Another note read

hurry up and grab a hot cup of joe

but do not drink. You have one more stop before I'll show

Head on down to your favourite store

Some more faces will be waiting by the door

Paige looked up from the note to see Spinner already holding a cup of coffee ready to go.

"I'm guessing you two won't tell me anything either, will you?" Paige asked taking the coffee from Spinner's hands. Hazel and Spinner just smiled at her and said nothing.

"yeah, I didn't think so" she said and turned around to walk out the door. Spinner pulled out his walkie talkie and put it in between him and Hazel

"Desperate Tiger, this is Java and Joe phase two complete." Spin said

"Hot Fox is on her way to phase three." Hazel said and waited for a reply.

"Java and Joe this is Depsperate Tiger saying thank you and goodnight" Alex said and once again changed the channels.

"Red, homo, come in, this is desperate Tiger" Alex said with a smirk

"This is red" Ellie said

"I don't get it, I'm gay, you're gay, yet I'm the one being teased?" Marco said

"Red, super Homo, Hot fox is on her way"

"10-4" Marco said unenthusiastically.

Once Paige had left the parking lot Hazel and Spinner got into Spin's car and drove off in the opposite direction of Paige. Paige was thinking for a second to her self my favourite store… my favourite store. Then it hit her, she always told Alex her favourite store was American Eagle. Paige headed down to the mall and surprisingly enough she saw Marco and Ellie standing outside the store waiting for her.

"somebody better tell me what is going on!" Paige said forcefully. Marco and Ellie just smiled as they handed her the last envelope and rose. "I'm getting tired of this you know, I've been driving around Toronto for the past 45 minutes" Paige said as she angrily ripped open the envelope.

From Marco and Ellie you will receive a map

Follow the directions and you will be there ASAP

Remember not to drink the now cold cup of joe

You will need it soon for a place with no go.

This is your last and final clue

I hope you enjoyed the game, I bid you adieu

Alex looked up and Marco handed her a map, it was an underground subway map for downtown Toronto. It already had Paige's route highlighted and pointed out what time's she had to get on it. Paige noticed that her final time was coming up soon, so instead of interrogating Marco and Ellie she just ran off to her car. Once Marco and Ellie saw that Paige was gone he pulled out the walkie talkie and turned it on

"phase three complete. Hot Fox is on her way desperate tiger" He said and released the button

"come on let's go" Ellie said as they hurried to Marco's car. Paige was running down to the nearest subway station, she ran down the stairs, got her ticket, walked through the gate and quickly onto the subway which was just about to leave. By the looks of the map she had about 4 stops before she would get off, she had no idea where the map lead her but all she knew was that she had a key, a cold cup of coffee, a map and three roses. What was it all for? Soon enough she would find out.

Paige got off at her stop and walked up to the street. It was starting to get dark soon, and Paige was getting a little scared. She noticed that there was no more directions on the map and she had no idea what to do. That was until she saw a limo parked outside of the subway station. Everyone walking by had no idea why there was a limo outside of the station but didn't really care. Paige saw a man in a black suit and tie holding up a sign that said 'Paige Michalchuk'. Paige noticed this and walked up to him.

"I'm Paige Michalchuck" she said. The man looked down at a photo he had behind the sign to confirm it really was Paige.

"Hi Miss. Michalchuk" he said as he opened the door for her.

"where are you taking me?" she asked.

"I'm sorry Miss, I am on strict orders not to reveal anything" he said as Paige got in the car. The inside of the limo was perfect, everything was so clean and new. Paige was afraid to touch anything in case she might wreck it. After about 20 minutes of driving through Toronto, the limo finally pulled up to an old looking building which was probably closed for the night. The limo driver ran around the car to open the door for Paige. She stepped out to see she was facing a door.

"what now?" she asked.

"knock." He said. Paige walked up to the wooden door and knocked a few times. Soon enough an old man opened the door. He was obviously the care taker for the building.

"got my coffee?" he asked Paige. Paige quickly handed him the coffee. He took a sip to make sure it was to his liking and then let Paige inside the building. To Paige's left was a door, and forward of Paige was a staircase. The janitor closed the door behind Paige and pointed to the stairs. Paige didn't say a word she just kept walking. Paige had already walked up about 4 flights of stairs and not once had she passed a door. She looked up to see how many more stairs she would have to climb, and she saw there was a lot more than her eyes could see. She gave out a heavy sigh and continued walking.

"I'm going to kill who ever made me walk up this much." She said to her self. Finally she made it to the top of the stairs to see one door. She went to open the door thinking all her friends would be on the other side, but to Paige's disappointment the door was locked. She had climbed up hundreds of stairs, that lead to god knows where and the door was locked. She was about to turn around when she realized something. She still had the key that Jimmy and Ashley had given her. Maybe she thought, just maybe the key might fit in this lock, of all locks in the world.

And of course it did. Paige opened the door to reveal a rooftop. But not just any roof top, it had a red carpet surrounded to rose petals and candles which all lead to the side of the building. Paige walked down the carpet all the way to the end of the building revealing the most beautiful sunset you could imagine with the most beautiful view of Toronto and Lake Ontario ever. It was so amazing that it seemed fake. Paige was absolutely lost in the view she had completely forgotten why she was there. That was until she heard someone call her name.

"Paige?" someone asked. Paige turned around to reveal none other than Alex Nunez.

"you planned all of this?" Paige asked throwing her arms up to kind of point to the view and the sunset.

"yeah" she said walking up to Paige.

"everything? The notes, the roses, the key, the coffee, the map, the limo, all of it?" she asked making sure of it.

"yeah" Alex said trying to maintain her breathing.

"why?" Paige asked ignoring everything else right now.

"because of you Paige" Alex blurted out. Paige couldn't say anything, she was speechless. Alex saw that Paige couldn't speak so she decided to.

Alex faced Paige and stared her right in the eyes. "Paige when you were in the hospital, it hit me. In one quick blink of an eye you could disappear from my life. Now, that day you hit your head, you might not have disappeared to me, but I disappeared from you. You forgot who I was and what we were. You'll never know how I felt at that moment. The love of my life had forgotten who I was. It just simply blew my mind. And I knew once you found out what really happened you would be unhappy but I thought we were going to get through it. Needless to say I tried, I really did. And then a few days ago when you said that if I really cared about you, I would have told you the truth. Well the truth is I really care about you. I love you, and I don't care if you forget me for the rest of your life, I will always be there reminding you who I am, who we are and how much I love you. Because Paige, I don't just love you… I am in love with you."

Paige couldn't speak before and she certainly couldn't speak now. But she didn't need to she just let her lips do the talking for her because she pulled Alex into a kiss. It was one of those moments where everything was perfect. The sun was just setting and Alex and Paige were madly in love. After kissing for a few seconds Paige broke the kiss, she needed to breathe sometime. But at this point Alex was willing to pass out just to kiss Paige a little longer.

"I love you too." Paige said pressing her forehead against that of her girlfriends. Alex gave out a laugh of relief. Her plan had worked, it took all she had but it was worth it, she was finally back with Paige and she determined to make sure they were never a part again. Paige was going to kiss Alex again when Alex stopped her.

"wait" Alex said.

"what?" Paige asked. Alex smiled and pulled out her walkie, but not once did she take her eyes off of Paige. She called someone on the walkie and said

"This is desperate tiger, no longer desperate" Alex said and hung up the phone.

"what was that all about?" Paige asked.

Alex looked to her left and pulled Paige "come on" she said. They walked over to the other side of the roof top and stared at Lake Ontario for a minute.

"what are we looking at?" Paige asked Alex.

"shhh" was all Alex said as the two waited there in silence. With in seconds fireworks started to explode. Alex turned to see Paige's reaction and her face lit up. She was once again speechless; her girlfriend had gone through all of this just to be with her. She was the luckiest person ever. Alex didn't even bother to watch the fireworks; all she wanted to do was look at Paige. Paige managed to pull her self away from the fireworks long enough to look at Alex who was just looking back at her. Neither of them needed to say anything, Alex pulled Paige in closer and looked at her with love in her eyes, and Paige just looked back with the same amount of love in her eyes, if not more.

THE END