𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐖𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭 - 𝐋𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧: 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏/𝟑

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟖: 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭

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Friday, November 18th, 1994
Last Day of School For Emily
Alex's POV:

"Dude, c'mon we have to go! We're gonna be late." I say to Luke as both Reggie and I try to drag him out of bed.

He's been upset recently because today is Emily's last day at Westside and he isn't really looking forward to it.

"No, I don't wanna go. I don't wan't to say goodbye." He says as Reggie and I both look at him confused. "What're you talking about? You still have a month and a half with her." Reggie says as Luke finally gets up from his bed.

"The time's going by so fast, I know that before I know it, she'll be off to New York, and I don't want to face that." He says with a frown.

"Look, we wasted enough time already, let's just go to school and enjoy our last moments together at high school, alright?" I say as Luke agrees and gets dressed.

We wait for him outside his house and soon enough, we head off to school.

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"Do you think they're here?" Reggie asks as we look around while in front of the school to try and find the two girls who decided to walk together today. "Not sure. Maybe-" Luke says before he was cut off by two hands wrapping around his waist from behind in a tight hug. Two hands wrapping around Reggie's waist as well.

"Luke!" Emily says as she rests her head on his shoulder. "Hey, you alright?" He asks as we all notice that she was starting to cry. "Yeah, yeah. It's just...it's kinda crazy how this is my last day." She says as we all look amongst each other.

"Look, let's just make the best of the day that we have together, okay?" I say as everyone agrees and we head inside.

After we grab our stuff, we head to Emily's locker last. She grabs her books and puts the extras away as we hear a familiar voice call out to us.

"Guys, I'm back!" Bobby says as we all turn around, surprised to see him here.

"BOBBY!" The guys and I say as we give him a group hug. "How've you been, man? Feels like we haven't seen you in forever." Luke says as they do a little handshake.

"Just been with my family, our grandparents got pretty sick and we went to visit them to make sure they were okay." He explains.

"Oh wow, how are they?" Reggie asks. "They're doing better, thankfully."

"It's nice to see you Bobby." Emily says as she goes to give him a hug. "Thanks Emily. Felt kinda lonely without you." Bobby says as he winks at her, making Luke wrap his arm around her shoulders.

"Sorry Bobby, she's all mine." He says as we all look at them awkwardly.

"Since when?" He asks, looking a bit shocked. "Let's just say a lot happened while you were gone." She says as I see Bobby frown a bit, but immediately replaces it with a nonchalant look.

"Cool. Well besides Luke and Emily, what else happened while I was gone?" He asks as Reggie chimes in saying, "Betty and I are dating now!" Both of them smile as Bobby congratulates them, saying how cute they are together.