Truly Forgiven(adopted by Jennifer Lawrence/ final book)

Ch. 23: Home

~Jade's Pov~

"Stop right there!" I hear a voice say. My breath catches in my throat until I realize that it's Ashton. Geez, I need to get a grip. "Hey." I laugh. "Hey." He smiles. "Want to have a seat?" He says motioning to a chair. I stop and think. What am I doing here? I'm too young for a relation ship and I'm here to recover. I have to keep in mind what's important. "Um, no thanks. I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for reassuring me that everything was going to be alright." I give a faint smile before turning around to leave. "Well, thank you. For giving me something to hold on to. I leave tomorrow."He says. "Hope to see you around then." I laugh before heading out. 

The next couple of days go by quicker than anyone could imagine. Dakota was gone by day three. Cory by day two. Day three was just a lot of Dakota complaining about missing Cory, but soon enough they'll meet up. It's finally my last day and I'm just waiting on Mom to get here. 

I finally hear my name on the intercom system and my face lights up brighter than ever. Home. I walk through the closed door that was locked only seconds before and am surprised when I see Dad. It's a happy surprise. I jump into his arms and breathe in his familiar scent. "I missed you so much." I hear his voice crack during this making me transform into a puddle of tears. "I missed you too, Dad." Eventually, we let go and go home. I still wonder why Mom didn't pick me up, but then again, I haven't seen dad since the night of my what could've been death. 

We get to the huge house that I never thought I'd miss so much and I run to the door and start knocking. I hear the squeal of Willow and Mom moving towards the door. The door is opened and the familiar scent of the house welcomes me and soon I am engulfed by Mom's embrace. She's crying, but it's not her ugly cry. It's tears of happiness. 

"I've missed you so much, baby girl." She says. I can't help but cry again when Willow grabs me around my leg. Mom gently strokes my hair and lets go so that I can hold Willow. "I love you, Jay." She says, but in baby talk so it's more like, "I wuv woo, Jay," but still it's the cutest thing ever. 

I see pizza boxes on the table, and I'm actually hungry. I can tell Mom has been waiting to eat because she's over there tapping her foot waiting for Josh to lock the door back. I didn't even notice he came in. We all laugh and go to eat the pizza. I thought it'd be awkward coming home, but I've never been so comfortable or happy. The conversations are endless and hilarious and the pizza is extraordinary. I'm so happy to be home.

A/N Hey, sorry for the long update. This chapter was completely different and I didn't like it, so I rewrote it. I have a question though so answer honestly, has any of these books ever made you cry? I'll admit I'm a cry baby and cried like twice while writing this one alone. I'm just interested in knowing. And I would love it if you guys wrote reviews for this story so I could put them in the synopsis and stuff, so yeah comment :) Thanks so much for reading! Till the next chapter. xoxo ~ JlovesPizza