AN: This is my alternate ending to Miss Congeniality. I've written it because I, along with many others, was very disappointed with the fact that there was no romance in it all. So here it is. Enjoy!

NB: This takes place from where Cheryl and Stan have just got free and Gracie is still stuck in the bottom of the ship.

Cheryl stood at the edge of the water, waiting more and more nervously for Gracie to appear.

"What's going on?" Said a voice from behind her, making her jump. She turned around.

"Eric Matthews?" She said, shocked. "What are you doing here?" She looked slightly suspicious. This man had dumped Gracie, her best friend, for no apparent reason. He wasn't someone she trusted that much. He shrugged.

"We were brought in as back up." He said casually. He looked around, and his expression changed from casual to concern. "Where's Hart?" Cheryl became even more anxious. It had been almost 10 minutes since she came out, and she guessed about 4 or 5 minutes since the boat had filled up with water.

"She didn't come back up." She said, trying to hold back the tears. He looked appalled.

"And no one's gone down there?" He asked. She shook her head, and without a second's hesitation, he dived neatly into the water.

Gracie felt her own eyes begin to fill with tears as she realised that the situation was hopeless. She stopped tugging on the feather boa, and closed her eyes, waiting for death to take her. She thought back over the last couple of years, grinning at all the happy memories that her world famous undercover mission had brought her. She thought about when she had stopped Cheryl being blown up, and nearly laughed out loud at the irony. She had survived shoot outs and potential bombs, and now here she was, dying because of a stupid feather boa.

Suddenly, she felt a warm hand on her shoulder, and she turned round sluggishly to find herself staring into Eric's eyes. He let go of her quickly, and looked around. Gracie realised that he didn't know what was trapping her down here, and she quickly tugged on the feather boa, showing him how it was trapped beneath the canon. He nodded briefly to show that he understood, and in one swift motion he pushed the canon off the boa and she was free.

Gracie let Eric take her by the hand and pull her through one of the portholes. They swam up to the surface, Gracie's limbs numbed from the lack of oxygen, and her lungs feeling as though they were about to burst. Her head broke through the water and she gasped for air, feeling herself sink beneath the water once more.

She felt strong arms grasp her waist, and she was suddenly yanked out of the water.

"Hang in there, Hart." Whispered Matthews in her ear, as the world became blurry, and then everything turned black…….

What dya think? Should I continue? I have a couple more chapters planned, but whether I actually post them depend on the reviews. So please, leave me your thoughts, and as usual I will reply to every comment.