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Part X

"Will! Wait up!" called out Cornelia running to catch up with the red head. Will rolled her eyes in amusement as Cornelia huffed all the way over to her.

"Maybe we should extend practice hours?" mused Will with a twinkle in her eyes. Cornelia made a face at the thought.

"Only if you want a slow death, Will Vandom. How'd you do on the English test?"

"How am I supposed to know? I just took it."

"Yeah, yeah, I did my essay on why Juliet shouldn't have drunk the poison."

Will frowned. "I thought you didn't like Juliet."

"Yeah, well, a girl can change her mind. 'Sides, Romeo wasn't even that hot," replied Cornelia waving her hand flippantly in the air.

Irma snorted as she joined the girls on the sidewalk. "This coming from the girl who wanted to kill Elyon for casting that spell on Will and Caleb in the first place."

"That is so yesterday. Besides, Caleb isn't half as cute as Jack," retorted Cornelia hotly.

"You've only known the guy two weeks," pointed out Taranee as she and Hay-Lin came over to the group.

"Well Elyon says he's my soul mate."

"Elyon also said that Matt was Irma's soul mate, and look how that's going," said Taranee evenly. Irma groaned.

"How is it going with Matt?" asked Hay-Lin curiously.

"Don't even asked," muttered Irma darkly. "He got himself invited over to dinner tomorrow night."

"That's not too bad," started Will with a shrug.

"My parents will be there. They're already planning a wedding." Irma shuddered at the thought. "Whose bright idea was it to let Elyon explain things to Matt? He's just like Cornelia—he believes in all the soul mate crap too!"

"It was either that or let Matt and Caleb duke it out over Will," chuckled Taranee.

"God, that was awful! I thought I was going to have to join a convent," moaned Will.

"Like it would have mattered," sighed Cornelia. "We all know that Caleb would have won. All we would have had to do was bring Blunk along—that would've been more than enough to knock Matt out."

"I'm just glad things are back to normal between us," announced Hay-Lin with a smile. "It got old seeing Will and Caleb making out—and then seeing Cornelia faint? Wasn't nearly as funny as I thought it should have been."

Cornelia flushed a bright red. "Hey, I was under emotional duress."

"Emotional duress my ass," replied Irma. "You freaked out and couldn't handle the pressure of letting Caleb go. The only reason you decided it was okay for him and Will to hook up was because you took one look at Jack and we couldn't get you to stop drooling."

"I don't drool."

"Do too."

"Do not!"

"Do too!"

Irma and Cornelia continued to argue as they walked down the sidewalk. Will sighed contentedly as she, Taranee, and Hay-Lin followed suit. "It's nice to be normal again," she said with a deep sigh.

"Yeah. So are we going to watch Tuck Everlasting first, or should we watch The Wedding Planner?" questioned Hay-Lin.

"The Wedding Planner," answered Taranee and Will together and then they burst into giggles.

"Hey, wait up a sec," said Will pausing mid-step. Taranee, Hay-Lin, Cornelia, and Irma stopped in their tracks to look at Will. The red headed girl dashed across the street to where Caleb could be seen scuffing his foot on the sidewalk.

"We totally should have brought a video camera," teased Irma as they watched the couple hug and kiss briefly.

"Only so you could take notes for you and Matt," mumbled Cornelia with a twinkle in her eye.

"Take that back!" shrieked Irma as her eyes widened.

"Make me!" taunted Cornelia. Irma began to chase after Cornelia as the blonde circled around Hay-Lin and Taranee.

"I think I've missed this too," remarked Taranee to Hay-Lin.

"Yeah, maybe we should have brought popcorn for the occasion—it's not often that we get two shows for the price of one," agreed Hay-Lin.

"Right you are."

Across the street Will and Caleb paused mid-kiss to glance over at the ruckus Cornelia and Irma were causing. "Well," started Caleb with a chuckle. "It's nice to see you guys all friends again."

"Yeah, it is, isn't it? Have you heard how Elyon's doing with her delegation?"

Caleb made a face. "She made Blunk her Royal Advisor."

"Please tell me you're joking."

"I wish I was."

Will rolled her eyes. "I take it Elyon has finally remembered that she was allergic to poppies?"

"Yeah," nodded Caleb. "And because of it she doesn't mind having Blunk around all the time since she can't breathe in his stink."

Will giggled and stood up on her tip-toes to give Caleb a kiss on the lips. "I love you," she whispered.

"I love you too. Remind me to thank Elyon for casting the wrong spell on us."

"We don't want to encourage her to use magic again, remember?" pointed out Will.

"How could I forget?" murmured Caleb with a large grin on his face. He leaned down and captured Will's lips in another soft kiss.

"Will! Would you stop making out with your boyfriend so we can go watch movies!" shouted Irma from across the street. She had finally given up chasing Cornelia, vowing to herself that she would get even with the blonde while she slept. It had been a while since Cornelia had gotten a hair cut.

"I better go," said Will quietly.

"Okay. I'm coming over to meet your mom tomorrow, right?" Caleb reluctantly let go of Will who nodded.

"Yeah. I'll see you tomorrow." She gave him one last kiss before returning to her friends.

"Finally!" exclaimed Cornelia as they continued walking down the street and towards Hay-Lin's house.

"Look who's talking!" replied Will with a chuckle. "We're always waiting on you whenever we take a trip to Meridian!"

"Its common courtesy to look nice when visiting others," muttered Cornelia. Irma snorted in derision.

"Last time we went we were helping clean out the stables," pointed out Taranee.

"Well…at least I was dressed nice."

"Up until the point when you slipped on some manure and fell in the water trough," agreed Hay-Lin. At this the girls burst into laughter. Friends truly were the greatest gifts on earth.

A/N—Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed this story. You guys were awesome. Sadly, this is the end of the story. I hope you liked it.