A/N: Sorry for the really short chapter. I just wanted to post something because it's been too long, so for those still reading thank you for your support. I will try to post more frequently but cannot promise anything.

Chapter 57

"Hey Charlie," she smiled standing to give him a hug.

"Hi, how are you?" He smiled and sat across from her. "Have you eaten?"

"Yes, we ate at the mall before I got home. You?"

"Not yet, do you mind if I order something?"

"Not at all." She smiled.

"I was so happy when you asked me out. I was getting worried; I didn't want Prom to be awkward. We haven't really hung out." He said rubbing the back of his head.

"I know what you mean, that's what I was thinking…." She said looking down.

He smiled brightly. "So navy blue? Is that the only hint I get?"

"It's long and Greek styled." She smiled looking up.

"Great?" He had an amused smirk on his face before he chuckled.

A waiter came up to take their order and left to get their drinks.

"So I was wondering if you would like to go to Gabe's after Prom party. Everyone is going to be there."

"Can I tell you later. I'm not sure what my schedule is for Sunday, so I don't want to go to bed too late."

"Why didn't you just ask for the weekend off?"

"I could only get Saturday."

"That sucks; I'm going to have to work with my dad over the summer. He wants me to know how to run a restaurant."

"That's great, you'll be spending time with him."

"I'd rather stay home and spend time with my friends. Besides I know he's going to be harder on me." He softly smiled. "At least it will only be for about half of it." He shrugged.

"Why only half?"

"Thank you," they told the waiter, who brought his soda and her iced tea.

A guilty look came across his face. "We're moving to California. I got into a really great college." He said sadly. He cautiously looked up at her but he couldn't read her.

"That's great, which college did you get into?" She smiled happily and she was happy for him.

"Stanford. Mr. Darcy helped my father get me there." He admitted.

"That's great, at least you'll have Will there." She stated remembering Lizzie mentioned he was also going to Stanford. She said taking a sip of her tea.

"They're together, right?"

"Didn't he tell you?" She asked shocked. She knew it was a secret but she didn't think it was that big.

"I actually haven't spoked to him." He rubbed the back of his head. "I punched him the last time I saw him and I don't know how to apologize."

"Saying I'm sorry is a start." She smiled and then got serious. "I-I stopped speaking to Lexie when Lizzie told me why you actually broke up with me. I didn't speak to her for about four months." She huffed out. "She said somethings that made sense. They just made me feel all the more horrible, like I had burned a bridge-" He was going to interrupt but shook her head no. "I felt even worse when she sent me an email wishing me the best and telling me that I was the best person she knew. I apologized and she forgave me. We've been speaking ever since."

"We've been emailing for about a month now but I learned from Cat that had I just apologized sooner, I wouldn't have lost my relationship with her. Yea, she would have probably still been angry and would have probably taken awhile for her to talk to me. But all she wanted was an apology. Because she knew she didn't do anything wrong," she smiled.

"I'm so sorry Jane. I-I dint' know how much pain and trouble I caused you and that explains her reaction when she saw me after Christmas."

"Lizzie told me that Will felt really bad for what he did. He apologized to me but he didn't actually do anything wrong. I understand, if Lizzie had told me at some point that she didn't feel like you liked me I would have done the same thing. Well not exactly." She said tersely.

"I was afraid that I was going to get hurt because I'd never felt this way before. I shouldn't have tried to sleep with you but I believed if you had given me something special it would mean you loved me. But I know that was wrong, it's something I truly regret. You deserve better than that."

"Thank you Charlie. It's in the past, there isn't anything we can do about it. Just have to keep looking forward. Besides, I don't like talking about it and there are only so many times you can say you're sorry," she smiled.

They spent the rest of time catching up and speaking about school, Prom, and more about what they planned to do after they graduate. They avoided the topic of their relationship status. For now, they were just two friends catching up and hanging out, something she was glad for. This way she'd be able to figure her feelings out, knowing he was planning on leaving at the end of the summer.

"Have you sent Will a picture of your dress?" Carla asked her as she put hers away, she was just more excited about Prom now that she had a date.

"No I don't want him to see it." She smiled, "So I just sent him the color."

"I told Adam that my dress was white but that I wanted a bright red rose for my corsage." She smiled. "If I'm going to be his last minute date, we're going to do things my way." She stated proudly.

"I'm sure you weren't last minute; we still have a whole week." She giggled.

"It's barely Tuesday and I saw his Promposal to Veronica Wilks yesterday." She stated, "It was nice and he's a cool guy." She shrugged, "Plus I really didn't want to go alone or be the third wheel."

The thought hit her out of nowhere, how was she getting to Prom? Was Will going to pick her up or would it have been better to go with Jane and Charlie? She hadn't thought about any of these things and neither had he.

"Hey," he smiled and leaned in to kiss her. "I missed you."

"Hi," she smiled hugging him. "I missed you too, how was your day?" She asked buckling up.

"It was great; I spoke to Georgie who was excited because a lot of the upperclassmen at her school paid her to take pictures of them for the dance they had over the weekend."

"That's great, speaking about dances what did you want to do this Saturday?"

"I was thinking of picking you up around six so we could go eat. I figured we'd get there at 7:30, why?"

"You know you'll have to deal with my mom right?" She asked.

"I'm prepared; it's not like we'll be there all night." He stated. "I figured she'd want to take some photographs."

"Ok, I was thinking that you wanted to avoid her."

"Lizzie, she's your mother, I'm willing to go against my family for you, I'm more than willing to put up with her for a couple of minutes."

She smiled and leaned over to kiss him. "I love you," she smiled.

"And I love you." He smiled showing his dimples.

"Hey Will," Charlie came up behind him.

"Charlie," he stated surprised, stopping.

"Look um." He rubbed the back of his head. "I'm sorry."

"What?"

"I'm sorry. I just wanted to apologize for my behavior. I've been a horrible friend to you, when you were nothing but a great friend to me." He admitted humbly.

"You forgive me?" He asked a bit shocked.

"Yes. I asked for your opinion and you gave it honestly. I mean, you're going out with Lizzie, there'd be no way you wouldn't be ok with Jane and I dating or you'd be a hypocrite."

"So you forgive me?" He clarified.

"Only if you can forgive me for hitting you and being a bad friend. I was just in a really bad place and I wasn't myself." He held out his hand.

"I understand what you mean." He said accepting it.

"Great! How about we hang out sometime this week before Prom?"

"How about on Friday? Lizzie has to work," he suggested.

"Sure sounds great, I'll see you at lunch?" He asked uncertain.

Will's lips twitched in a smile, "Sure."

A/N 2: I am sorry for not posting to this story, I was working on the rewrite because I wasn't too happy with my grammar. It's not too different from this original, some tweaks but no major changes. (Though to be fair I did notice some major misshaps on some chapters.) But life gets busy and writer block happens. I wasn't too sure how I wanted Lizzie and Will's Prom to go but I already have it written for the most part but don't know when I'll be able to post it. Again thank you for your continued support.