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It'd been three years since the fall of Cocoon and since then she'd been living peacefully in the town of New Bodhum on Pulse. Three years and Snow and Serah weren't married. She loved him so much and it hurt her for him to be away for so long. He'd been away for almost a year.

Then the night Noel Kreiss strangely appeared in New Bodhum and the chaos was over, Snow came back. She ran into his arms and told him how much she missed him.

"Did you find Lightning?" she asked, looking into her fiancée's eyes. He shook his head no. Her heart dropped. She wanted her sister back.

"It's okay," Snow reassured her. "I'm going to leave in a couple days so that I can start looking for her again." Serah nodded and left the bedroom.

"Hey boss," said Maqui.

"So is anyone gonna tell me what the hell happened?" Snow asked.

"Well there was this meteor and then a whole bunch of monsters sort of showed up. Weird things happened… Like part of New Bodhum was in the future. Does that make sense?" Lebreau said.

"No. Not really," Snow said and looked at Noel, who was quietly sitting on the couch. "And who's this guy?" Noel rose and came forward to Snow.

"My name's Noel," he said, pointing at his chest. "Noel Kreiss." Serah wondered if she should believe him. All those things he said about Lightning being in a place called Valhalla. Deep down inside she did believe him. She felt like she could trust him. And why would he make any of that up? How would he even know that Lightning was her sister in the first place? He had to be from the future. He just had to be.

Then he and Snow went outside to talk, probably about the meteor. Serah was exhausted, so she took a shower and got ready for bed. As soon as she closed her eyes, Snow joined her. "Hey there, beautiful," Snow said, gently kissing her neck. Serah smiled and responded with a kiss on his lips. She took off his shirt, revealing his very muscular torso. "What are you doing?" he whispered in her ear.

"It's been a year, hasn't it?" Serah said and continued kissing him. Snow nodded and took Serah's shirt off as well. He pulled off Serah's pajama pants and panties. She was completely naked and Snow was down to his boxers. She looked so perfect and she was all Snow's. He reached for a condom in the drawer. Serah shook her head and giggled. Then she sat on top of him and kissed him some more. Then she whispered in his ear, "I want a baby, Snow."

"A baby? I don't think we're ready for a baby, Serah."

"Why not? Every time I bring up having a baby, you always brush it off. "

"Look, Serah," he said, sitting upright. "We can talk about this later."

"You always say that. It is later, Snow."

"I don't want any kids, Serah."

"So I'm just supposed to stay with you? You don't even want the things I want," Serah said, clutching her engagement pendant. She removed it and put it in his hand. "I can't do this anymore." She started crying.

"Serah… Please. Don't do this," Snow said desperately.

"Get out!" Serah screamed. He didn't say a word. He picked up his clothes and quietly dressed in the corner before leaving the room, shutting the door behind him. Serah didn't bother to put her clothes back on. She was too upset. She took the condom and threw it across the room in frustration. It was over between her and Snow. If Snow wouldn't give her a baby, someone else would. She just had to figure out who that someone would be.

She loved Snow so much. She didn't want to break up, but how could she live the rest of her life with him if they didn't want the same things? How could you be with someone like that? She'd live the rest of her life without hearing the words, "I love you mommy." She wanted that badly.

The next morning she decided that she would go away with Noel, traveling through space and time to find Lightning. She'd know what to do. She never really liked Snow anyway. "So you're leaving me to go with this guy?" Snow demanded, running toward the time gate with the rest of NORA.

Serah nodded. "Yes. I am," she replied.

"You sure about this?" Noel asked. Serah nodded. She looked back at Snow one last time and stepped into the time gate with Noel, holding onto his arm.