Last chapter guys, it's pretty short but I hope you guys enjoy it anyway. I probably should have just made the last chapter extra long, but oh well. I think at one point I had more that I wanted to go into this chapter. If I did it left my brain and hasn't come back.

Anyway, please enjoy the last chapter.

Ch.4 All My Heart

(CLARE)

I walk down the stairs and see Eli on the other side of the exterior door. I pause at the bottom of the stairs, a little unsure if I should open the door or call the cops. I bite my lip and look at him, he doesn't look angry and he's not glaring, his eyes aren't narrowed, his neck vein isn't bulging. Still I'm not sure it's safe to open the door.

"What are you doing here Eli?" I ask through the glass door.

"I just want to talk, please let me in Clare," Eli pleads.

I take a deep breath and open the door, hoping I'm making the right decision. We walk into the living room and I stand with my arms crossed.

"What is it Eli?"

"I came to apologize Clare. I don't like that you left for me Drew, I really don't get what you see in him, but I want you to be happy. If that's being with Drew then…I can accept that."

"Really Eli?"

"I'm not happy about it, but I can accept it, it's going to take some time, but if he's who makes you happy that's what I care about. As much as I hate to admit it, I watched Drew with you all day and you were happy. Drew really does care about you, and I'm sorry for everything. After Caitlin and Joey talked to my parents they talked to my therapist, and she set me up with tests, and a new medication. I am bipolar, which is a little scary, but at least now I know what it is and there's ways of dealing with it."

"I'm sorry Eli, but it's good that you know what's going on now."

"Yeah, I don't feel so much like I'm losing it. I'm sorry for everything I put you through, for scaring you, getting angry. My emotions were out of hand, there was no middle, and I couldn't let go of things."

"At least you know now, and with time, counseling, the right medications I know you'll do great Eli. I know you're not happy that I'm with Drew now, but I appreciate that you're accepting us together. He really does make me happy, but you will always be my first love Eli," I tell him and kiss his cheek.

He gives me that smirk of his that made me melt in the first place. Gives me a small hug and then leaves. I feel like a weight's been lifted and wave to Eli as he drives off. After locking the door again I return upstairs to finish my homework. My homework is done and I'm about to go downstairs when my cell rings. I smile when I see it's Drew calling and answer.

"Hi, are you done at work?"

"Yeah, just leaving, it was good. I didn't see Asher once."

"I'm glad, Eli came by this afternoon a…"

"He did what? Are you okay?"

"If you had let me finish Drew I would have said he came by to apologize. He's accepted that we're together now, he's not thrilled about it, but he's accepted it. He knows you make me happy, and he is bipolar. He's on new medication, and we're okay now."

"That's good, does that mean we don't have to worry about him glaring at us anymore?"

"I think so, he wasn't exactly thrilled about losing me to you, but said he accepted it. I feel like a weight's been lifted from me. Now we just have the weight of Asher left," I sigh.

"Yeah, that will probably weigh on you for a while unfortunately, it's going to take a while to go to trial. At least you don't have to see him anymore, and you have a co-op internship that you really like."

"Yes, that I do. I love working for Caitlin," I grin.

Drew and I stay on the phone until he gets home, and we say goodbye. Over dinner I tell my family about Eli coming over to apologize. They're all happy to hear it, I also tell my mom I have a date with Drew Friday night.

Drew calls me again later that night and we talk until we're nearly asleep. Thursday and Friday are much better days at school. Eli doesn't exactly come and talk to us, but he does at least smile at me, and even nods to Drew. Drew of course has work after school Friday, but I do not, so I go home and begin getting ready for our date.

"Wow, you look amazing," Drew grins when he picks me up for our date. "Should I go home and change, feeling sort of underdressed now," Drew comments as I close my door and we walk to his car.

"No, you look great," I smile.

Drew grins and starts driving, he talks about work on the drive, I don't mind. He has a passion for his work and Martin is a great boss the way Caitlin is. We have dinner at a lovely, delicious, and pricey romantic restaurant with an amazing view. We're at the restaurant for over two hours as we eat slowly, talk and just enjoy being together. After dinner we walk down to a bakery, get dessert and drive to a nearby park. Drew gets a blanket from his trunk, and we lie it out under the grass, eating dessert, watching the stars and each other. When the dessert is gone Drew lies down and puts his arm out, I lie with him my head on his chest looking up at the stars.

I feel warm and safe in Drew's embrace, loved, nurtured, beautiful. I look up at him and smile and he grins back at me. Our lips meet for a softly sweet, loving lustful kiss.

"I love you Drew," I exhale when our lips part.

"I love you Clare, with all my heart."

(DREW)

"I can't believe after two years, two months and ten days it's finally over," Clare remarks as we leave the courtroom. I put my arm around her shoulders and she puts her arm around my waist.

The two of us spent the last four days of our lives at Asher's trial. It took over two years to even get to trial, and there's been many times in the last few years that Clare wondered if it was worth it. There were a few times we thought it may not get to trial, especially in the beginning. However, other interns were found that had been assaulted by Asher, they could no longer press charges, but it was more evidence to back up Clare's case. Eventually, there was enough for pre-trial proceedings to begin. It's not the only thing to have consumed the last two years of our lives, but it was a large part of it.

Clare and I went to senior prom together, she saw me graduate. Eli did graduate too, but didn't walk with the rest of the class, he'd been offered a job as a P.A. on Brett Barnett's film. He couldn't pass up that opportunity and he left as soon as exams were done. He's still in New York and going to NYU film school, and from what I hear from Adam and Clare he's very happy. He's living with his bipolar disorder and working it, and he and Clare were able to find friendship again.

I've been attending Centennial since graduating and will be going to U of T next year for a marketing degree, and I still work for Martin. It hasn't been easy sharing an office with Asher the last two years, but I've done what I can to avoid him. I love my job and I wasn't going to give it up, although I have had to restrain myself from punching Asher in the halls a few times.

Clare and Adam both graduated last year, and both had a choice to make. Stay in town or go away to school, they both got several offers from very good schools. The decision wasn't that hard for Clare, she'd have to leave me and her family, and her job with Caitlin. Yes, she kept the job and was even maid a paid employee after her internship was over. She also would have had to come back to Toronto for the trial. She decided to stay and has been attending Ryerson this year. She's getting a masters in English and a bachelors in broadcast journalism.

The decision was harder for my brother, but he decided to stay as well, he's also attending Ryerson for a broadcast journalism degree. He's got a job at the same radio station Bullfrog works at. The three of us share a modest two bedroom apartment, it's not the best apartment, but we like it and it's all ours. Adam and Maya broke up the summer I graduated. At the beginning of this school year Adam met a girl in his drama class, and they've been dating ever since.

Jake stayed in town too, attends Centennial with me and is partners with his dad in Martin construction. He did move out of the Martin-Edwards home and shares an apartment with Mo. We see Jake, Helen and Glen quite a bit, dinner every Sunday night and of course holidays. Jake and Katie stayed together even after she moved to California to go to school. It only lasted a few months before the long distance became too much and they broke up. None of us kept in touch with Katie, but Jake's been dating a girl he met at Centennial for almost a year now.

Bianca isn't far away at Wilfrid Laurier and she often comes home to visit every few months. Dallas was recruited to a hockey team in Japan, he loves it there and they broke up amicably when he left. He's dating a Japanese girl now, and Bianca met a boy in one of her law classes. Alli is attending Cal-Poly and dating a new guy every few months. Jenna we've all lost touch with, and Connor is at Yale. Dave stayed in town and is going to U of T now, he's been dating a nice pre-med student the last few months. He and I still get together to play basketball on occasion. Owen was given a football scholarship to University of Nevada in Las Vegas. We stay in touch and see him when he comes home, and he's always talking about his new girl, he's even dated a couple of show girls. He loves Vegas and keeps saying we should come visit.

"Finally over, but somehow a five year sentence doesn't seem like enough, he could be out in two with good behavior. We'll still be here," Clare remarks.

"Yeah, but you won't have to see him and he's been convicted now. That's going to follow him, there's a chance that the paper won't keep him," I assure her as we get in my car with my brother.

"That's true," she nods.

"Hey, he's been convicted, it's over and you won, let's go celebrate," Adam comments.

"Yeah, it's a victory two years in the making, we deserve to celebrate," I smile.

"I'm glad you were both here with me," Clare smiles. I grin and take her hand as I begin driving. I take us to her favorite restaurant, she was kind of spaced out during the drive, but when I park she gives me a big smile. Before we go inside she gives me a passionately salacious kiss. "I love you Drew."

"I love you too Clare," I grin, "with all my heart."

Well that's it, as I said I should have just made the last chapter longer. Instead you get a very short last chapter. I considered also posting the first chapter of "You Ought to Have Me on Your Mind" which is replacing this. I decided against it however, I'm sure people are excited for that one, but it hasn't gone up yet and it's not like people are waiting for the next chapter. So, the next story to be updated is "In No Particular City". Keep an eye out for the premier of "You Ought to Have Me on Your Mind" coming soon.