One more day before my birthday. So, I decided it is now the right time to post the last chapter. Thanks for all of those who supported me with this fic.

Oh, and get ready. This chappy will be full of feels. Hopefully.

Disclaimer: Gah.

Chapter 6: You Get What You Give

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"I mean, I won't mind if it's an actual kiss," Sadie blurted out. "Because I don't really hate you."

Anubis stared at Sadie, his face growing really red. Sadie noticed that and turned red as well. "W-why did you suddenly turn red?" Sadie stammered, pointing at my cousin.

"Sh-shut up!" said Anubis. "You're red as well! Why'd you say those words in the first place?"

"Those words?! What did you say?!"

"Isn't it about time we stopped them?" I whispered, motioning to Jaz.

She nodded and sighed. "Yup. This isn't going anywhere." Jaz spoke a bit louder, trying to make her voice be heard over the argument. "Sadie? Where are you?"

"J-Jaz!" Sadie turned quickly and stood up. "I'll be right there!"

Sadie got ready to run when Anubis said, "H-hey, wait!"

The girl looked back and said, "Um, later." Then she ran away.

Jaz left, and I looked at Anubis, who looked like he was just dumped. "What the heck..." he muttered, standing up.

I left my hiding spot and laughed at him. "Ha ha! Looks like she got away!"

"W-Walt!" he exclaimed. "Since when did you get here?"

"Just now, actually," I lied. "But you've got guts, touching a girl's hair like that."

"Liar! You were here from the start!"

"Ha ha ha!"

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I handed Anubis the attendance book, as he'll be in charge of it for the month. "Hmph," I pouted. "Take this. It's the attendance book. Amos told me to give it to you."

"Oh," Anubis said quietly, taking the book.

"Y-you're on duty!" I stammered. "Why didn't you get it yesterday?"

Anubis quickly turned, pulling his jacket on tighter. "I know. Sorry you had to bring it to me." He walked away.

"Wait..." I called after him, but he was too far to hear me.

I slammed my head against the window. I'm such an idiot! Saying I don't mind if it was an actual kiss is almost the same level as confessing! No wonder he was acting so distant a while ago!

I pulled out the ornament and glanced at it. I still don't understand why I said that, as I still like my first love.

"Sadie?" said a voice, entering the now-empty classroom. I turned around and saw Walt standing at the door, staring at me. He approached me and stood next to me. "You okay? You don't seem as energetic as usual."

I stared at him, took a deep breath, and asked him the question I've been meaning to ask him. "Walt? Are you my first love?"

Walt remained silent, staring at me as if I asked him if he was an alien with a mission to spy on humanity. I ignored his silence, pulled out the ornament, and feeling my voice grow louder, I said, "Answer me! Did we meet eight years ago? This ornament... You don't remember it? Think back! Something must've happened. Tell me the truth, please!" My voice broke a bit at the last word.

"Sadie," Walt said calmly, closing the hand holding the ornament. "The answer isn't necessary anymore, right? Isn't it already in your heart since the beginning?"

"In my heart...? What do you mean? Tell me!"

Walt smiled at me. "Try thinking about it first. No matter what your final answer is, I'll support it all the way!"

Walt?

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"Sadie, it's your turn to shower!" I said, opening the door to the bathroom. Then I noticed Sadie curled up and crying in her blankets again. "This again..." I muttered.

"Jaz!" she said, her face popping out of the sheets. "I finally had the courage to ask Walt but he didn't answer me!"

"What are you talking about?" I asked her as she hugged me, her tears wetting my pajamas. Sadie explained everything to me, pausing every now and then to rant more.

"Waaa-!" Sadie wailed. "Why was Walt unwilling to answer me? Maybe... Maybe he found out I'm not his type!"

"Childish," I sighed and sat Sadie infront of the mirror. "Why don't you look at yourself more closely?" I pointed at the reflection of her tear-streaked face. "The Sadie now is avoiding her true feelings."

"E-eight years!" she stammered. "I had an unrequited love for eight years! But tell me, Jaz. Are a person's feelings easily changed?"

"What are you thinking?" I smiled, stretching out my hands. "For a person to hold your heart for eight years... He must be a great person, right?" Sadie looked at me. "Listen, Sadie. You don't always meet a wonderful person like that... So this time, don't let him slip away from you!"

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I was resting under the tree near the river when suddenly a girl wearing a hood came. She stretched out her hand, staring at something, then quickly closed her hand to a fist. The girl held her hands to her face after putting the thing in herpocket and yelled, "THANK YOU!"

The girl was Sadie. I could tell it from her voice. She continued yelling THANK YOUs and THANKS FOR THE GOOD TIMES! and I felt myself growing deaf. So I yelled, "HEY UGLY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"

Sadie turned, and I noticed she was crying. "Why are you here?" she asked. Suddenly, a wind blew, taking Sadie's hood off her head.

I saw her highlights, the one she said she values do much, were no longer there.

"What's going on? Your hair... Why?" I said, pausing a lot.

Sadie pulled the hood back on and covered her hair. "Sh-shut up! Don't bother me!"

"How can I not bother?"

"Why?"

I blushed. "N-nothing."

Sadie glared at me and pulled her hood off. "Fine! I'll tell you! I did it because... I wanted to tell you that I like you! So I decided to say goodbye to my past self..." She pouted and turned her back at me. "Any objections? This is what's going on."

I stared at the girl in front of me, searching for the right words, and found them. "Eight years!" I said. "For the past eight years, I lived with regret in my heart."

Sadie glanced at me, but I continued. "Eight years ago, I met a girl here. It was June 7. She cried because she removed the red highlights in her hair for her best friend... Since that day, I've always wanted to see her again. After I made a 'to see you soon' wish, I gave her an ornament of Isis' symbol. But the wish was never fulfilled for a long time, which made me think, 'If only I told her at that time how much her plain hair suited her."

Sadie sniffed and wiped her tears, then turned to look at me. "Thank you."

I approached her, and she said, "I already liked someone else because you made me wait too long."

I scratched my head as I moved closer to her. "Actually, me too," I admitted. I stopped in front of her, putting my hands on her shoulders.

"Who?" Sadie whispered, looking up.

"Sadie Kane," I replied. "A girl who looks just like you."

I leaned in, and pretty soon my lips were on hers, right where they should be.

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For the past fifteen years of my life, the first love I have been entrusted on Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, finally changed from childhood doubt to beautiful memories.

"You ready yet?" Anubis called from the dorm entrance. It's the school Christmas party, and we were running late.

"Wait a minute!" I said, putting the ornament in my pocket.

"Why don't the two of us just go ahead, Jaz?" Walt asked, turning to Jaz, who was wearing a white dress.

"Sure," Jaz replied with a shake of her head.

They both headed to the exit, and Walt said, "I think you should try going out with me."

"Don't even think about it," Jaz said coolly, shrugging.

"Done!" I said. "Let's go!"

Anubis nodded, and we held hands as we head to the exit.

I made a new wish that day. I wished we could always stay together no matter what.

Fin.