Weeks had passed by, y/n sat alone at lunch now, she was even quieter than before as well, the only time she would leave the house was for school and work, Paddy would still go over to her house for help, reporting that she was still missurable. Everyday, Tom would leave a bouquet of her favourite flowers at her front door and everyday she would throw them out. Until one day, she had gone over to the Holland house, before she could even knock, Tom had opened the door "y/n-" she sighed and handed him his english packets "good job, i just did some editing, but all in all you'll do just fine on the exam" she sent him a tight lipped smile. "Wait, hey" his hand had caught hers pulling her to his chest. "I'm giving back all the money y/n, i know that, that doesn't reverse what i did,and i am so, so sorry i-"
"I know, i heard you.. when you were talking to my dad few weeks ago" she began to walk away, "I'm not going to give up!" he yelled after her, and silently, she smiled and thought please, please don't give up just yet. She knew that she'll find it somewhere inside her to forgive him, all she needed, was time.
So that's what he had given her, that and flowers, chocolates, and stuffed animals. Now, when Paddy came back home after his tutoring, he'd report that she's becoming more happy, that the old y/n was starting to come back. "She's almost her old self Tom! I think she's just about ready to forgive you" he smiled at his brothers words "thanks Paddy..and as much as i'd like to think about getting y/n back, i gotta focus on this english exam, or all the studying i had done with y/n would be for nothing, plus i'll get to show everyone how much i've changed and..and how much of an impact y/n has done to me.." his eyes casted to his feet, Paddy gave his oldest brother a hug "you got this, you'll nail this exam, and you'll get y/n back" Tom let out a heavy breath "i hope so Paddy.."
The first day of the english exam came quickly, and Tom has been practicing writing faster, and reading over his words quickly that on the first day he was almost finished both packets that day. Lucky for him, the topic was love, the questions were basically freebies, most of them were opinion questions, and the first picture was easy for him to read

Tom had written something along the lines of 'Love is like a rose, it's always so beautiful, but it comes with its thorns, that's how you know it's real'
And on his second day, he had read the final packet. He had to write an essay or a short story about anything he loved, his inspiration was sitting just across the room from where he sat, everytime he got frustrated with his writing, or needed some kind of help, he'd look across and see her, he'd watch the concentration on her face as she wrote, and he'd remember all the times they had shared, before the big mess called high school happened, then when he was happy with the details he had added in the first part of his story, he went on and wrote about the time he had first let her go, and how he got her back but lost her again, and finally, he wrote the ending that he had wished and dreamed for. "And thats time! Good job everyone," the teacher had called, collecting students papers. Slowly, Tom cleaned up his things "uh..hey" an angelic voice called from in front of him "y-y/n?" a small smile was evident on her face "you..got some time for a coffee run?" he nodded "for you, always"
"so.. " "i.." "oh! You..you can go first" Tom said while they took their seats "well, i think..i think i've had enough time alone and i...i missed you Tommy" he licked his lips "yeah?" she nodded, subtly wiping away a fallen tear "yeah, those uh, the exam made me think of us, and the picture of the rose.." a trembling smile graced his lips "love is beautiful"
"But it has its thorns and it hurts.." she finished "yeah. You know for uh..the short story at the end, i..i wrote our story" she laughed lightly "well shit, so did i."
"I wrote the ending i hope would happen," he cleared his throat "yeah?.. So did i, do you wanna know how i ended it?" he looked her in the eyes and nodded "it ended, right here, us going to our first 'date' with Paddy third wheeling, and..and us making up because you complete me Tom" he smiled brightly "i guess our endings are quite similar" y/n looked at him,
"Well come on, don't keep me in suspense" he chuckled "my ending, was..we went back to the tree-- our tree, and thats where you..you forgive me and take me back and its not perfect but i ended up with you, so it was as close to perfect it'll get" y/n quickly stood up "hey, where are you g-going?" Tom began to panic don't leave me again..please don't leave again.
"Lets go make your ending a reality" she smiled, reaching out for his hand.
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At the tree, Tom was hesitant to hold her hand like he had written "so.. What now Holland?" he scratched the back of his neck "uh..why ask me?" she giggled "because you're the author of this part, we're the authors of our lives and i'm letting you write this part of mine" he nodded, taking in a deep breath "y/f/n y/m/n, i..i messed up, i messed up big time and i cannot tell you how sorry i am for that, but you..you complete me 'nd i know i don't deserve your forgiveness, but i promise to be better and that you do forgive me and take me back.." she was quiet, avoiding his gaze, Tom began to panic again, "shit..i'm. That was bad wasn't it..oh God, i'm sor-"
"Shut up" she mumbled against his lips, pulling him closer until he finally relaxed in her touch. "I'm gonna do everything o make it up to you i swear-" y/n smiled, before pushing her lips against his again. "I know you will, but for now can you shut up and kiss me. Please" she smiled innocently at him. "We should tell our parents--"
"They'll figure it out later" she mumbled into their kiss "what about Harrison and Jacob?" Tom pulled away at the thought of is two best friends "So will they"
"Chris and Maddison.."
"Shut up Tom"
"yes ma'am" all his attention went back to kissing his girl. To kissing his y/n.

Was very tempted to make this a sad ending...but nahhh ahaha thank you guys so much for reading and sticking with my book ily😩🥰