Author's Note: Well its taken me three years but this fic is FINALLY finished. When I originally wrote it there was going to be a sad ending and a sequel but now I've decided to leave it behind, so the ending...well, read on and see!

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"You," Charlie commented as Adam returned to their room, "Are a total idiot."

"Excuse me?"

"I was only saying all that shit to piss you off! To make you angry so you would admit how you feel about her!" Charlie couldn't help but laugh at the look of horror on Adam's face. "I'm sorry, Banksy, I didn't think it would end like that."

"I honestly don't know whether to hit you or hug you," Adam replied, sinking down onto his bed with his head in his hands. "I mean, you made me admit how I feel. But now she hates me, she's never going to speak to me again."

"Of course she will," Charlie replied reassuringly. "Just explain it to her. I'll back you up, tell her it was my fault."

"You had better tell her it was your fault," Adam muttered, throwing a pillow at the boy before leaving the room.

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Melissa walked back into her bedroom, stiff with rage. Her eyes were filled with tears but she was blinking them back furiously. She refused to cry for him. She couldn't believe those words had come out of Adam's, her Adam's, mouth.

Julie and Connie were waiting, looking at her expectantly. She shook her head, not daring to speak.

"What happened?" Julie asked, reaching out to her.

As quickly as she could Melissa relayed what had happened. By the end of her tale she was sobbing uncontrollably, Connie holding her as she cried. Julie was just staring at her in disbelief.

"There is just no way Adam would say those things," she insisted.

"I heard him Jules, he said it." Melissa stood up, wiping her cheeks with her sleeve as the phone rang. She scooped the receiver up. "Hello? Yeah, it is. Okay, thanks, I'll be down in a minute." She hung up. "Cab's here." She slung her handbag over her shoulder then paused by the desk, running her fingertips over the photo of her and Adam. With a sudden surge of anger she ripped the photo from the scrapbook page and dropped it on the floor before tucking the book into the pocket on the front of her suitcase.

Saying goodbye to the girls she left the room, dragging her suitcase behind her.

"I refuse to believe Adam would say that," Julie repeated. "He just wouldn't."

Connie shrugged. "She said she heard him, Jules."

"Well she must have misheard him!" Jules stood up. "I'm going to ask him."

Connie followed her out of the room. As they walked down the corridor they ran into Adam, who came barrelling around a corner.

"Where's Lis?" he asked as soon as he realised who it was.

"What the hell were you thinking, saying all that macho crap?" Julie returned.

"I didn't!" Adam protested. "Well, I did, but I didn't mean it. Charlie was winding me up about her and I was mocking him, I was doing an impression! I wasn't saying what I thought!"

Julie and Connie stared at him. "You," Connie said slowly, "Are a muppet."

"I know! Now are you going to tell me where she is?"

Julie bit her lip, looking nervously at Connie. "She's, er, gone."

Adam stared at them. "To the airport?" The girls nodded. "Right."

He took off, running back the way he had come. "Girls like flowers!" Connie bellowed after him.

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Adam skidded to a stop as he reached his dorm room. "Charlie, I need you to drive me," he gasped as he ran into the room.

"To where?"

"The airport, Lis has gone already."

"Where's your car?"

"In the garage! Come on Charlie, stop wasting time." He was jumping impatiently from foot to foot.

"Fine," Charlie grumbled, standing up and snatching his keys from the desk.

Adam hustled him out of the room and to the parking lot, where they jumped into Charlie's car. As they drove down the main street towards the highway Adam spotted a store with flowers in buckets outside.

"Stop the car!" he ordered. Charlie screeched to a halt and Adam jumped out, buying the biggest bouquet of flowers he could find.

Before long they reached the airport. Yelling his thanks to Charlie for the ride Adam jumped out of the car and raced into the building.

He searched the departures board for the correct flight and found the gate number. Looking around furiously Adam spotted the arrow that pointed him in the right direction and sprinted off.

As he reached the barrier to tried to dodge through the entrance but the security man stopped him.

"Do you have your boarding pass?" he asked.

"No, I just need to see someone before they get on the plane," he replied desperately.

"I'm afraid I can't let you through without a boarding pass, sir."

Adam was about to protest when he caught a flash of red hair down the corridor. "MELISSA!" he yelled, as loudly as he could. The girl span round and stared at him in shock. "Mel, please, just hear me out. Give me a minute."

The girl walked back up the tunnel towards him. "What do you want?" she asked coldly.

"Lis, you've got this all wrong," Adam told her. "All that stuff you heard me say, I was mimicking Charlie! That's the way he was talking, not me. And he was only saying it to get a reaction out of me, he wanted me to admit that I liked you."

Melissa was staring at him. "Did you admit it?" she asked quietly.

Adam nodded, not taking his eyes from hers. He offered her the bouquet of flowers and she took it with a smile. "I've always liked you," he said honestly. "As more than a friend, I mean. When Luis kissed you I was so jealous, it scared me. And then when you said that kiss on your birthday was a mistake…"

"I only said that because I thought you were going to let me down gently!" she replied. "I was so happy that we kissed that night."

Adam stared at her. "You know what," he said slowly. "We're both idiots."

"Oi!" She slapped his arm playfully. "Who are you calling an idiot!" She grinned sheepishly. "It's true, though."

Adam grinned and reached out, tucking a stray curl behind her ear. "I love you, Mel."

She smiled up at him, eyes sparkling. "I love you too." Standing on tiptoes she planted a kiss on his lips then drew back, smiling. "I need to catch my flight."

"I'll see you when you get back?"

She nodded. "I can't wait. And I'll call you."

Adam kissed her again. "Bye," he said softly, and watched as she walked down the corridor.

He turned and walked through the airport, unable to wipe the smile from his face. As he left the building he let out an involuntary whoop. "Finally!" he cried aloud with a happy grin.

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FINITO! The End! Complete!