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When the day was over, Ollie, Lucy, Cloda and Jemma returned to the music classroom to see Martin and Zoe sharing a piano stool as she played.
"Just saying; you're not doing a very good job at keeping your relationship a secret." Laughed Ollie, sitting on a desk beside Jemma.
"Hello Oliver, is it time to drop you all home?" Asked Martin, ignoring his statement.
"I'm ready when you're all ready. No rush." Ollie replied, "you guys settled down after earlier- Mrs Watson leave you a note?"
"Yeah, sorry about that. But she'd have wanted us to be happy." Said Martin, standing up and turning off his computer, grabbing his coat, "You ready Mrs Flynn?"
"You're very subtle with your 'Mrs' dont think I'm not noticing." Said Zoe, collecting her phone from the table.
Martin chuckled, walking towards the door of the classroom before exiting the school, back into the car park towards the van.
"I'll drive, I think you've done enough today." Invited Zoe who walked a few paces behind Martin but ahead of the band.
"You sure?" He asked, going to place his hand on her arm before remembering he was in school.
"Yeah, you were falling asleep with those junior classes." She replied, taking the keys off him and opening up the van.

Zoe moved the seat forward slightly and smiled at Martin as she adjusted the rear view mirror.
"You good to go?" She asked, looking back at the four students who looked emotionally back at each other.
"You guys alright?" Asked Martin, looking back at them too.
"Last day was today." Said Cloda, sadly smiling.
"What?! Really?" Asked Martin.
"Yep." Sighed Jemma, "guess this is goodbye to Rustrike."
Martin sat back in his seat and bit his lower lip, "god I'm losing too much today." He murmured, Zoe heard him and began to drive along the road, as Martin prepared what he was going to say to them.
"You know what." He began, "you guys are the nicest and most.. incredibly talented group of people I've ever met. I'll never be able to thank you enough for coming into my life, on to that trip, for sticking with each other and sticking with me. You honestly will never ever know what you've done for me."
Zoë smiled sadly after hearing him, Lucy had reached over and squeezed Martin's shoulder.
"Mr McCafferson, you're a legend." Said Ollie, "ain't gonna forget you in a hurry. You too Mrs McCafferson."
Zoe pulled up outside Jemma's house as it was the closest, everyone got out to bid their farewells.
"I'm gonna miss you guys so much." Jemma told them all, hugging Cloda before moving to Lucy then to Zoë,
"Thank you so much, Miss. You're amazing! And good luck with all those kids!" She told her,
"Oh gosh I'll try! Zoe Giggled, hugging her closely before Jemma looked to Martin and ran into his arms.
"Ello!" Laughed Martin, surprised as he wrapped his arms around her shoulders.
"How are you?" She asked him quietly, looking briefly to his abdomen,
"Fine, thanks to you." He replied, kissing her quickly on the cheek, "I'll miss you, Jem."
"I'll miss you too, take it easy, sir." She said,
"Keep playing that piano!" He told her, splitting apart the hug as she walked towards Ollie.
"Hey big guy, I think I'll be seeing a lot of you before I go." She said, breaking him into a hug, "you better call me, I hope everything goes alright with your parents tonight."
Ollie nodded, "I will." He promised before she kissed him quickly on the lips and he smiled.
"I love you." She said quietly,
"I love you too." He told her, watching her walk towards her front door and unlock it slowly before waving and closing the door behind her.

Cloda was close to tears as she was dropped home, receiving a quick peck on the cheek from the boys with enormous hugs from everyone else.
"Take care of yourself, Clodes!" Called Martin as she began to walk towards her rather stingy looking apartment block.
"-and when you go back to Ireland you might be able to see Charlie's 'cock' in person!" Shouted Ollie.
"Shut up I have neighbours!" Giggled Cloda, untangling her house keys from her earphones, "love you all so much!" She called back.
"Love you too!" Lucy replied as Cloda entered the small and damp atrium to her block of flats before climbing the steps to the third floor, opening the door and seeing her small and cramped two bedroomed flat before falling against the wall and sliding down, bursting into tears.

Ollie lived relatively close to Cloda, and was especially nervous for coming home today.
"God I hope this isn't some kind of trap." He murmured as he exited the van and slowly took a few steps towards his old front door.
"When's the last time you stayed at home?" Asked Martin, patting his shoulder,
"Two months.." he took a deep breath in and out, "listen... sir.. thanks for everything. You put so much into that trip and.. god you're just a bloody good guy."
They hugged each other in a friendly manner albeit both of them had become so close over the course of the three weeks, knowing how close both of them had been to suicide.
"Keep going, Ollie." Said Martin, softly, "there's always gonna be a reason."
Ollie looked Martin right in the eyes before a tear began to protrude from his own.
"See you around." Ollie said, walking over to Zoë and hugging her, saying goodbye and finally to Lucy before he knocked on his door and was greeted by his mother who broke into tears when he saw him and embraced him lovingly.

"And then there was one." Said Martin, turning around to Lucy who smiled at him, "gonna be honest, not looking forward to seeing what's across the road from your house."
They climbed back into the van and Zoe slowly drove towards the road where Martin used to live with Emily and Martha.
Martin suddenly felt unbearably sick.

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