a/n it took forever… yes, I know. And I apologise!! The last installment, of 2. I appreciate the reviews! They mean so much!

“Grace, why did you come find me? It’s been 6 years. That’s a long time.” James said and I nodded,

“It is a long time. But I was looking at my school photos and remembered racing you to school, I decided I had to apologise. I felt horrible. I was never like that. I think it was because Deb was coming up and… I’m making up excuses.” I stopped myself before I said something really dumb. James directed me into his quaint living room and told me to take a seat on his sofa. He went to make us a cuppa and I took the opportunity to look around.

“That’d be my younger sister. She’s a sweetheart, heaps better than that other slut.”

“I take it you aren’t on speaking terms with Bianca.”

“Are you kidding? I stopped talking to her around 5 years ago now, same time I stopped talking to her father.” he sounded almost proud. He set the cups down on the coffee table and we talked more.

“You seem to be doing pretty good for yourself,” I noticed,

“Yeah, I suppose. I wouldn’t say I’m rich, but I’m comfortable, ya know.”

“Yeah.”

“What do you do for a living?”

“I’m working as a secretary… Nothing glamorous…” I never did good at school, I don’t think I could have gotten a better job than that.

“I thought you’d be modelling, isn’t that what you always wanted to do?”

“I wanted to model, yeah. Turns out I’m not attractive enough, aka I’m not skinny enough.” I shrugged,

“You’re gorgeous. I don’t know how they think you aren’t skinny enough.”

“Thank you, James. But I’m happy.” We both smiled and we chatted some more. When he lifted his hand to caress the side of my face, it shocked me. He moved a piece of hair out of my eyes. I was looking directly into his eyes. He moved in closer and my eyes naturally shut. I didn’t know what to do when our lips met. Well, I knew what to do; I just wasn’t sure how to react... I wasn’t expecting it. The kiss was slow but short. It felt… natural.

“James…” I said slowly, pulling away reluctantly. I kept my eyes closed and I felt him move with me. His breath on my lips.

“What Grace?” he asked, sounding a bit annoyed.

“Why now?” I asked. It felt good, but I needed answers. It’s been 6 years and here I am in his living room, kissing him!

“It’s more than overdue.” He stated then began kissing me again. I smiled into the kiss. He was just a great guy.

-

It is safe to say, I am one happy girl. James is as great a guy as I remember. He could possibly be even more attractive… actually, yeah, more attractive. But looks are definitely not everything.

“What are you thinking about?” James got my attention by speaking and squeezing my hand.

“How cute you are.” I smirked, and he smiled at me. I laughed wildly when I saw Sam Cousins, a girl from high school, walking around with a 5 year old child on her hip. She was smoking and looked absolutely horrible.

“At least you didn’t end up like that.”

“Yeah. I got something a whole lot better.”