(Last chapter guys :] This is the end of the road for now, but I was thinking of doing a sequel. What do you guys think? Leave ideas in the reviews if you want one :D)

Connor wasn't at school all day, so I told him to meet me at the orchard.

I waited there for hours. I was about to go home when I finally saw Connor walking towards me. Well he looks fine, but there's something off about him. I thought as he walked closer.

"Where have you been?" I asked when he sat down next to me.

"At school, why?" He asked, a bit defensively.

"Liar." I say, casting a sideways glance at him. "I was looking for you all day. I texted you at three, and have been waiting here since."

"I lost my phone." He mumbles.

"You texted me yesterday." I point out.

"Yeah, I lost it today, is it that hard to understand?!" He snaps.

"Just tell me what's wrong Connor." I say, ignoring the small pang in my heart. He's gotten mad before, sure, but it just hurts when he snaps.

Connor sighs and looks at me. "I'm sorry for yelling. It's just been a hard day. I was worrying about you all night, so I just got high to relax. And then at some point I thought it was a good idea to steal something from my parent's liquor cabinet."

"And then what? Your dad found out?" I asked.

"Well I kind of went to the bridge, and drank the whole bottle of alcohol." Connor sighs again. "D-Don't hate me for what I'm about to tell you, Okay?"

I scooted closer to him and put my arm around his shoulders. "I'm never gonna hate you."

"W-Well I was leaning over the edge of the rail, and then I just...I wanted to let go of the rail. I just felt the urge to jump over and..." He stopped and looked at me.

I didn't know what to say. Connor had gone to the river, that's why he wasn't at school. He was at the river alone, and he wanted to jump off of the bridge. "What stopped you?" I asked quietly.

Connor smiled a tiny bit and glanced at me, then at the sky. "You. I just kind of pictured you standing next to me like the first time I brought you there. And you were smiling. And everything was perfect. But then I realized you weren't there with me. But you were still here, you know? You weren't with me on the bridge, but I just couldn't leave you like that. I couldn't do it."

I hadn't realized I was crying until Connor wiped away my tears.

"I'm s-sorry I j-just..." I had to pause and clear my throat. "Don't ever leave me, or think about leaving me ever again." I say, then I tackled him into a hug.

"Okay, I promise. I won't do anything like that again." He says, laying back and holding me in his arms.

I nod and rest my head on his chest. "Okay."

"The stars are pretty." Connor says. "There's so many."

"Yeah, But those are just the new ones." I say

"What does that mean?" He asks. I smile and sit up a little, then look at the sky.

"It's simple. Some stars die, but there's a million others. When one dies, a new one takes its place. But we never notice."

"Oh." He says. Then he smiles and stands up, holding out his hand. I take it and stand up with him.

Connor pretends to raise a glass towards the sky. "Here's to all of the dead stars, who no one noticed. But we're noticing now. Doesn't that count for something?"

I laugh a little and pretend to raise a glass too. I mean, he's right. We're noticing them now, isn't that better to never being noticed. It's funny in a way. I always thought I would go through life never being noticed...Yet here we are. I'm smiling with my perfect boyfriend, on a perfect night. Nothing could go wrong this way. Ever.

"Here's to all of the stars."