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Wow. Where to begin?

I can honestly say that, even though sometimes this story and I don't get along, I'll definitely miss it. After all, it was my first ever story, and, no matter what, it will always be that. Wow. Look at me. I'm getting emotionally attached to A STORY. Oh Well.

Dedication time. Okay, well first, I'd like to thank every one who's reviewed. Seriously. Without you guys, seriously, I don't know. I just wouldn't have had any inspiration, and I couldn't have done it without you.

Okay. Specific Thank you time.

PullMeIntoTheDark- I know that you haven't been too hapy with my updates recently, but I still have to thank you. You've reviewed every single chapter since chapter one, and, no matter what, I'll always be thankful for that. So thank you, and I hope you don't hate me too much!

KitKat0219- Damn, where to begin? You've helped me an innumerable amount of times, and I don't even know what to say. I would have been even worse with the updates without your wonderful ideas and help. So I don't even know what to say besides Thank you. Thank you, thank you, a million times thank you.

DreamGreen16- Your reviews are SO sweet. And you always take the time to review, even if the chapters suck. So thank you so much!(:

Wow, I ramble way too much. So, here's the final chapter, and thank you all for being the BEST readers ever. I LOVE YOU. K. Well here it is:

Living his life without Clare was hard for Eli to manage. He missed everything about her, from her smile, to the way she always reacted to one of his sarcastic remarks. He missed everything.

Even his family missed her. Thomas missed walking in on them, Bullfrog missed making her feel awkward, and CeCe just missed the happy Eli that Clare had made him. She missed the Eli that didn't exist anymore; the Eli she assumed would never exist again. Not after losing Clare.

Eli walked into school one morning, around two weeks after the accident, hating the world. He wanted to hurt someone; he just needed to find a reason to do so. But, of course, the one morning he really needed to let his anger on someone out, he was never given the opportunity, because, for some odd reason, no one was coming up to him and being obnoxious this morning. In fact, the only person that even bothered making eye-contact with him was Adam, and he was Eli's best friend. No matter how much Eli's life sucked, he wasn't going to make it worse by lashing out his best and only friend… again.

"Eli, man, what's up?" Adam said, as he approached Eli in the hallways. Eli did his very best to put on a look that didn't say, "I really want to punch you in the face right about now." He wasn't sure how that plan worked out for him, but, at least he was even trying.

"Oh, nothing. I'm just wallowing in self-misery, the usual. Oh, and trying my best to not murder everyone in this school." Adam sighed and nodded, before putting his hand on his best friend's shoulder. Eli knew Adam felt sorry for him, but right now, that's not what he wanted. So, Eli shrugged Adam's arm off, and stalked down the hallway, not even bothering to give his very best friend a look back.

While dealing with his self-hatred, Eli didn't even bother watching where he was going, and he ran straight into a person. He rolled his eyes and bent down to pick up his dropped books. "Watch where you're going next time, okay? Some people are just trying to walk." Eli said. He said this even though he was totally aware that the collision was completely and 100% his own fault.

"God, Eli, could you be any ruder?" Clare spoke, her words like ice. He cringed, because he hadn't realized who he had been talking to. If he had known it was Clare that he ran into, well, he would have done a thousand other things. Like ask her how she was doing, or tell her she had pretty eyes, or drop to the floor and beg for her forgiveness. Yup, any of the previously stated would do.

"Clare, wow, I'm sorry, I didn't notice it was you. Uh, how are you? You look fantastic." Eli said, obviously rambling due to nerves. He didn't know what happened to his confident self. He guessed that, when Clare had dumped his ass once and for all, it just left him, kind of like she did.

"Yeah, well, maybe you shouldn't be that rude to anyone. Then this conversation could have been avoided completely." She said, before rolling her eyes and starting to walk away from him. But he wouldn't let her walk away. He wasn't going to lose her. Not again.

"Clare, wait," Eli said, while pulling her arm back to him. "I'm sorry. I should never have suggested we take some time off. You're the one I want to be with, I was just afraid at how much I wanted to be with you. I care about you so much, Clare, and the thought of you not returning the same feelings with the same strength, well, it terrified me. I imagined that I would get too close to you, depend on you, need you at every hour of the day, and, well, and then you would get tired of me. I had no idea that the day I chose to say those awful words would be the day that you would happen to get hit by a car. I'm so sorry. I just love you so much, and I'd do anything to have you back in my life again. Whether that's as a girlfriend or a friend, I don't care. Well, I mean, I'd obviously rather the first, but I'd be totally okay with the latter. You're amazing and I love you. Please think about it. I've barely been able to function for the past few weeks, you know, living without you. I just love you so much, Clare, and I hope that you still love me too." When he finished talking, Eli started walking away, just waiting for Clare to call out his name.

She didn't.

So, he went through the rest of the day miserable, just wishing that he could die so this would all be over. So this pining after Clare would all be over. So this living without Clare would be over. But he didn't, and it wasn't.

Eli decided not to take Morty home today, he just wanted to walk. He wanted to enjoy the peace and quiet, and try to get his mind off the beautiful Clare Edwards. But that wasn't really working out for him, because the only thing that seemed to occupy his mind were those beautiful big pale blue eyes, or those short, soft, auburn curls. God, he wanted to hold her so much it made him sick.

When Eli arrived to his house, he ignored his Mom's questions about his day. He ignored her pleas of trying to get him to talk to her. He just grabbed a cold piece of pizza out of the refrigerator, and stalked upstairs to his room. He got to the door and sighed, before opening it and seeing one big pair of blue eyes staring up at him.

Eli's POV

"Clare?" I asked, almost not able to believe my eyes. "What are you doing here? I mean, not that I don't want you here, believe me, I do, I just wasn't expecting you. I didn't know you were coming." I was rambling like a complete idiot, but, honestly, I didn't give a shit. Clare was standing in my room, and she looked like she actually wanted to speak to me. That was definitely an improvement from this morning, when she was being so harsh on me.

"Eli, I came here because I love you, you idiot. I didn't stop feeling that way just because we broke up. I still love you, and, even though I'm upset with you because of what you did to me, well, I still want to be with you. You're just going to have to be super nice from now on." She borrowed one of my smirks, which looked lovely on her face, and then it switched to a smile. Well, that was enough permission for me.

I walked towards her with such eagerness, and crashed my lips to hers. I wasted no time moving my lips to her neck, her stomach, and then lower and lower. Somehow, we were so overcome with passion and love, that, neither of us could stop. Neither of us wanted to stop. We were so in love, and, after a few more moments, we really portrayed our love in the best way possible: by making love.

So, to this day, Clare Edwards is the love of my life. She's funny, smart, talented, and truly the most beautiful girl you will ever meet. She makes her living as a book editor, and I make my living writing novels. Well, I practically made enough money for the both of us in eight lifetimes with one particular novel. It was a story about a girl, named Clary, who found, and truly saved, a lost boy named Ethan.

There's a reason that book sold so many copies: Everyone loves a happy ending. And that's exactly what we have. Clare, me, and a lifetime forever. The ideal happy ending.