AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is the last chapter of I'd Lie. Thanks for all those who waited patiently for this. I love you guys, especially AdrienneMichelleHudgens, BellaLovesRypay, DizzyBaby, KlydelovesLucasGrabeel, LuCaS lUvEr aka GrAbEeLs GiRl, SierralaineWalsh, allie889, kilikiwi, mimi6555, wannabeurbaby, Stay Beautiful Forever, KatieMalfoy19, U.S. Princess, xxxjbrothersfan4evaxxx, ashleytisdale01, vlengel555, socialitegirl, justinina. And all those other people who read this and liked it but didn't want to comment, Thank you so much!!
Epilogue
I could tell you, his favorite color's blue
He loves to sing his songs, born on the twenty-third
His sister's beautiful, he has his father's eyes
And if you ask me if I love him, I'd Lie
Lucas and Ashley were sitting on her couch, watching another movie. He had his arm wrapped around her and she snuggled up to him. they have been in this position many times so Ashley didn't read anything into it.
"Umm, Ashley?" Lucas asked her pulling away and holding her hand.
"Yes Lucas?" Ashley mimicked.
Lucas laughed at her actions and smiled. He took a deep breath and said, "I love you too."
Ashley had no idea what he was talking about, so she said with a confused look on her face, "Uhh… I love you?"
He realized his mistake and pulled out a crumpled piece of paper and gave it to her.
"No, I Love You." He said emphasizing the last statement.
Ashley's eyes widened at he sight of the crumpled piece of paper Lucas gave her.
"Oh My God, Where did you get this?"
"Zac gave it to me."
Ashley remembered exactly what she wrote and what she did to this piece of paper.
Flashback
Ashley was writing in her dressing room when Zac came and sat down beside her.
"Whatcha writing?"
Ashley immediately crumpled up the paper and threw it in a trash can.
"Nothing, it's nothing." She stood up and walked out of her dressing room, expecting Zac to follow her.
End of Flashback
"I thought I threw this out."
"Zac told me what he did when he gave it to me."
Flashback
When Ashley turned the corner, Zac dove for the trash can, got the paper and neated it out. It read:
I could tell you, his favorite color's blue
He loves to sing his songs, born on the twenty-third
His sister's beautiful, he has his father's eyes
And if you ask me if I love him, I'd Lie
Zac smiled quietly as he read this. Ashley finally fully admitted her feelings for Lucas, even if it wasn't to Lucas. His smile even grew wider when a wild idea came to him. He got up and made a beeline to a certain person's dressing room. He knocked on the door and impatiently waited for the door to open. The door swung open and there revealed Mr. Lucas Grabeel himself.
"Hey, what's up Zac-attack?" Lucas joked, referring to the way Zac pushed past him to get in the room.
"Shut the door." Zac demended.
Lucas didn't have a clue on what was going on, but did as he was told. Zac sat on the lounge chair and pointed to the seat across him.
"Sit."
Lucas still had a confused look on his face, but still did it anyway.
"Here, read it and tell me what you think." Zac handed him the crumpled piece of paper. Lucas read it and looked up to him with a confused look on his face.
"They look familiar but I can't seem to remember."
Zac grabbed the paper back and said, "Okay, I'll try to sing it for you."
As Zac sung, a look of realization was on Lucas' face. When Zac was done, he looked up expectantly on Lucas and he looked like he was horrified.
"You… YOU have a crush on me!" Lucas said as he pointed to Zac.
Zac was appalled by the insinuation and smacked Lucas. "Gross! You are so idiotic and so clueless, man. That is just sick!"
"Well, if it's not you, then who is it?"
"You are a pathetic best friend! You don't even know your own best friend's handwriting!"
"Hey! I resent that! I know your handwriting!"
"Not mine, hers."
"Hers?"
"UGH! Lucas! How clueless could you get?!" Zac got up and grabbed a note that was pinned to the wall and gave it to Lucas.
Zac sat down again and watched Lucas compare both papers. After a long time, he looked up to Zac and simply said,
"Ashley."
Zac nodded his head and thought if it was right to ask him the next question he was about to ask.
"Now that we agree that Ashley loves you, the question is, do you love her?"
The question struck Lucas really hard. He zoned out and just thought of all the times he pent with Ashley. The first time he saw her, he, of course, thought she was hot but didn't see that he had a chance with her so he forced himself to like her only as a friend. The first time they went out (as friends), he thought she was gorgeous even thought she was only wearing jeans and a simple tee. But he again, forced himself to not like her. The first time he slept over and saw her in the morning after, her hair unbrushed and she was in her pajamas, he thought that she was the most beautiful girl in the world.
While all this was going on in Lucas' head, Zac saw that Lucas was thinking it through. He waited a few minutes. When he sensed that Lucas wasn't going to snap out of it anytime soon, he got up and headed for the door. As he reached for the knob, a voice broke the silence.
"I love her."
"What?!" Zac asked excitedly, as he turned around quickly.
"I love her." Lucas repeated, with an enthusiastic tone.
Zac punched his fists upward and whoo-ed. He proceeded to tell Lucas everything, from the Benz incident, up to the sleepover.
"Wow, it's been that long and I haven't seen it. How stupid am I?" Lucas said as he smacked his forehead.
A grin crept on Zac's face.
"You're not going to ignore it anymore, right?"
"I'm gonna tell her."
End of Flashback
"You see Ashley," Lucas said after he told her what happened. "I've loved you ever since day one, I just chose not to love you in that way 'cause I didn't want to ruin our friendship. I love you Ash, I love you so much that I feel like I'm going to explode with joy!"
Ashley's eyes were glistening with tears and she tried to hold it back but failed. Tears were streaming down her face. Lucas wiped away her tears, and slowly leaned in for a kiss. Their kiss was so sweet and so passionate that your head would ache because it was too sweet.
"I love you, Lucas."
Zac's phone vibrated in his pocket, so he put his book and took it out.
He looked at the message first before looking at the sender.
THANK YOU!! XOXO
He put his phone down. He didn't have to look at the sender. He already knew who it was.
THE END
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