Last Chapter!!! Thanks to everyone who reviewed and went along this little ride of a story with me, it's been fun, lol. God, I hate to see this one end. Lots of fluff!!! Like, lots!!! Anyway, enjoy!! [Oh, and sorry for any OOCness. It's 1 a.m. right now when I'm posting this, lol.]

"Oh shit, I just said that. Freaking meds. Okay, forget what I just said, and forget what you said. It just wouldn't work, I mean…"

"How will we know if we just don't try? Mary, we've been best friends for how long now? Years. That's longer than most relationships last. And you just used the "L" word. If that's how you're feeling, then you can't just to tell me to forget about it. How can I when it's how I feel?" He was smiling now.

"But they'll separate us. Make one of us transfer. I can't handle that." Mary finally looked at him, looking vaguely like she might cry.

"Mary. I can't speak for you, but I've felt this way for a pretty damn long time. If they haven't caught on and separated us yet, I doubt they will now."

"How long?" There was the slightest hint of a smile on her face.

"Let's see… Pretty much since the first time you told me to shut the hell up. Romantic, I know."

Mary laughed. Then she got serious again. "Marshall… You know I'm not good with serious relationships."

He nodded. "I know. And I can deal with that. We'll take this one day at a time, or whatever speed you're comfortable with. Just please don't make me go back to pretending I'm not completely ass-over-head in love with you."

"Oh wow, Marshall. That is so sweet." Mary said sarcastically.

"Well, you're not into that mushy stuff. You want me to go mushy? I can go mushy."

"No! No, that's okay."

He grinned.

"Or I could do 'ultra-cool'. You and me babe, how about it?"

Mary groaned. "Oh please, no more Dire Straits references."

Marshall laughed, and said "Okay. I'll stop torturing you, as long as you do me one favor."

"Name it." Mary said with a chuckle.

He leaned forward slightly. "Let me kiss you, and don't freak out about it."

"What? You mean you haven't gotten your fill of kissing me?"

He narrowed his eyes playfully. "Mary, that one earlier did not count. That was a distraction kiss. And as for in the barn? That was smearing lipstick. Totally different."

"Okay, you've got a point-"

"Would you shut up a moment and let me do this?" he asked impatiently, but with a smile. She closed her mouth obediently, smirking.

"Thank you." he muttered softly, rising up from his chair to lean over her more efficiently.

The hand holding hers moved up slowly to cup her face, his thumb brushing gently over a small bruise on her cheek. He leaned in smoothly, with more finesse than Mary would've expected from her geek-tastic badass of a partner, and instead of going straight for her lips like she expected him to, he placed a gentle kiss on her bruised cheek.

It was so sweet, caring and touching that for a moment she couldn't breathe.

Then his hands were in her hair, and his lips were melded to hers, making her head go foggier than any amount of pain-killers ever could.

Her good hand moved up to his shoulder, and gripped at his shirt. Besides that, all she could do in response was hope that her lips were as skilled as his. She'd had some good kissers before, but Marshall was just… damn.

Eventually, after he had successfully reduced her IQ considerably, he pulled away and muttered against her lips "Now that was a kiss."

"I couldn't agree more. And though this might seem shallow, that just gave me a whole new motivation to give this thing with us a try."

Marshall pretended to sulk. "I knew it! You only love me for my amazing kissing skills!"

Mary rolled her eyes and lightly thwacked the back of his head.

He just smiled at her, his blue eyes dancing playfully. She rolled her eyes once more, and muttered "Doofus.", before pulling him back down for another kiss.

She wasn't sure how she'd handle this new relationship they had started, but she figured she had a three week vacation coming up. She had plenty of time to figure things out. For now all she was concerned about was his lips, and what she had been missing out on for so long.

Fin.

Yes, it's really over now. Thanks to all readers and reviewers! Oh, and I got the title from the song "Light Up The Sky" by Yellowcard. It's not exactly a song-fic, but I was listening to that song and "Only One" by Yellowcard a lot while writing this. Basically anything with the dramatic love story theme has been on repeat on my playlist, lol. And, just because I feel the need, I will put up the lyircs!

"Light Up The Sky" - Yellowcard

You're making a choice to live like this
In all of the noise I am silence
We already know how it ends tonight
You run in the dark through a firefight
I would explode just to save your life
I would explode

(Chorus) Let me light up the sky
Light it up for you
Let me tell you why
I would die for you
Let me light up the sky

I can't find a wall to pin this to
They're all coming down since I found you
I just wanna be where you are tonight
I'll run in the dark looking for some light
And how will we know if we just don't try?
We won't ever know

(Chorus)
Let me light up the sky
Light it up for you
Let me make this mine
I'll ignite for you

Let me light up the sky
Just for you tonight
Let me help you fly
'Cause you won't have time
To cover your eyes and get your disguise
They won't ask you why, they'll just watch you die

And it's still so hard to be who you are
So you play this part, and the show goes on
That you come this far with a broken heart
Yeah, you come this far and you're broken...

(Chorus)
Let me light up the sky (Let me light up the sky)
Light it up for you (Light it up for you)
Let me make this mine (Let me make this mine)
I'll ignite for you, I'll ignite for you

Let me light up the sky (Let me light up the sky)
Light it up for you (Light it up for you)
Let me tell you why (Let me tell you why)
I would die for you (I would die for you)

And it's still so hard to be who you are
But you come this far with a broken heart
And it's still so hard to be who you are
But you come this far and you're broken

Light up the sky
Let me light up the sky