What's going on? Gabriella spun around and saw Jake approaching her with a large bouquet of roses.
Is my crush... proposing to me?Am I dreaming? The woman rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
"Will you be my girlfriend?" Jake asked softly.
The others who were witnessing the scene smiled. At last, Jake found his soulmate, and Gabriella got the happy ending she'd always dreamed of.
Dustin hugged Abelyn tightly, Jory held Nancy in his arms, and Caspian supported a pregnant Jessica. They all looked at peace with the world.
"I will!" Gabriella cried.
The crowd erupted with cheers.
"I thought I didn't stand a chance," Gabriella said softly as her voice broke.
The thing about feelings was that they were unexpectedly magical. Before, Jake had thought that Joan would be in his heart for the rest of his life. Gabriella had taken her spot.
Jake had thought it through. His feelings for Joan were nothing more than a deep-seated dissatisfaction. He was dissatisfied to lose to Larry and unwilling to accept that Joan did not return his feelings.
At that point, those feelings did not matter anymore. He already had Gabriella, who was his everything.
"Congratulations!" Nancy said happily as she bounded over to them.
"May you spend the rest of your lives together!" Abelyn wished them in a soft voice.
At the sight of the happiness of all her well-wishers, Gabriella's heart swelled with gratitude. Her acquaintances with them had begun with hostile disagreement, but she soon grew so close to them that they gave her their blessing on the day she found love. She thought her heart would burst with joy.
Finally, all of them had reconciled their differences and became fast friends.
Nobody had any idea that Jake would work together with Larry. As for Dustin, he had managed to let go of Joan. Everybody was with the people they belonged with.
But the good news did not end there.
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