Ok, so this fic starts exactly where Blue Noon left off. I was not at all happy with the ending of the series, and I'm sure most people who read it hated it as well. I've wanted to write this ever since I read that stupid ending. Anyway, I really had a different ending in mind for the five midnighters, so I decided to write it down and post it. I hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I don't own The Midnighters(though it is a great series)

Jonathon, Jessica, and Beth landed on the ground, and saw Dess and Melissa waiting for them over by the car. Beth let go of Jonathon's hand, while Jessica kept his other one. Jess looked at her watch, and saw that midnight was already half over. She sighed as they started to walk over to the car. For the past few days, every second during midnight that she wasn't doing something with the other midnighters, she had felt like she was wasting her time. She hadn't really been able to spend any time with Jonathon yet tonight, but seeing Beth had definitely been worth it.

Beth still had a rush of adrenaline from the flight. It had been a lot of fun, but the excitement started to wear off as she glanced at her watch, and saw that she only had half an hour to spend with her sister.

As the three of them reached the car (and Dess and Melissa), Jonathon frowned as he thought about his conversation with Dess earlier. He was sure she knew, being the math genius and all, exactly how much slower Jess would age than him. He knew it had to be a lot slower, since she only lived one hour a day compared to his twenty five. Jonathon thought about asking Dess, but the idea depressed him too much, and he didn't want to think about that right now, not while the precious minutes of midnight were slipping away. Even so, something in the back of his mind told him he couldn't avoid the subject forever...

"Enjoy the flight?" asked Melissa, a slight smile on her lips.

"Yeah," said Beth a little distractedly, but trying to sound excited.

"Well, as you know, we can't move the car, so we're pretty much stuck out here until midnight ends," said Dess. "So we can do whatever you want."(A/N: Right? Or can they use electricity on the blue time now? I wasn't quite sure.)

Beth thought for a minute. She really wanted to spend as much time with her sister as she could tonight, but she had also seen how Jonathon had been looking all night. "Go ahead, Jess," Beth whispered to her older sister. Jessica smiled down at her, tugged at Jonathon's hand, and they took off into the blue sky.

Beth looked at Melissa and Dess, and saw they were smiling at her. "What?" she asked, confused.

"That was really nice," Melissa said. "You let your sister go with him, even though this is your last night with her."

"Yeah, well…" Beth said, embarrassed, as she looked at her feet. "I could tell they wanted to spend time with each other, and it's not like he'll be getting to see her that much now either."

"Still," said Melissa, thinking that she wouldn't have been that generous if she had been Beth and Jess had been Rex. "So anyway, what do you want to do?"

"I dunno," said Beth. "Could you just tell me, like, about midnighters and stuff?"

"Umm, sure," said Dess. "What do you want to know?"

This question seemed to open Beth up, and questions began to pour out of her mouth much faster than Melissa and Dess could answer them. "How do you become a midnighter? Are you born with it? Are you guys the only ones? How did you find each other and figure out you were all midnighters? Who was the first one of you to be one? What-"

"Woah there, slow down, we can't answer all those at once. Plus, all the questions coming out of your mind towards me are driving me crazy," said Melissa. "Calm down, and we'll tell you our story. Here's how it happened…"

Jessica felt her spirits lift as she soared through the sky with Jonathon. She gripped his hand as they effortlessly flew across the land, barely having to move in order to guide each other in perfect harmony. Jessica gazed out across the blue, barren landscape. Though she didn't like Bixby too much, now that she was leaving, the thought of never seeing it again saddened her. She didn't want to leave her family, or Dess or Rex. At least Costanza is gone, she thought, so I don't have to regret leaving her, too.

Jessica gently pulled Jonathon's hand in the direction of a bare tree that was coming up on the horizon. Their jumps slowed and shortened, and before long they landed at the top of the tree. Jess sat down, and tugged Jonathon down with her, wrapping her arms around him as he dropped down onto the branch next to her. "I missed you," Jonathon said as he hugged Jessica back.

"You've said that every night," Jessica giggled slightly.

"Well, that's because it's true," Jonathon smiled as he kissed her for the first time that night.

When they broke apart, Jessica sighed and leaned her head against Jonathon's shoulder. They sat there for a few more minutes before they both knew it was time to head back, for midnight would be over soon. They stood up, but before they took off, Jonathon pulled Jessica to him, and kissed her hard. They didn't break apart for a while, and when they finally did, Jonathon whispered in her ear, "Don't worry, we'll figure things out. It'll be fine. We'll be fine."

He smiled at her, squeezed her hand, and jumped off the tree, taking her with him. Jessica was somewhat reassured by his words, but part of her kept wondering what would happen to them, with her aging so much slower than him. Jonathon wouldn't want to waste his life for someone who might not even finish her teenage years before he dies. He might not realize that now, she thought, but sooner of later he will, and then what will we do? Jessica was thinking more and more about things like this every midnight. I need to stop, she told herself. This will only make me depressed and not able to make the most of the time I do have with Jonathon and the others. Even so, Jess couldn't help thinking about it, and she couldn't help wishing that there was only a way to bring her back to daylight time…

Ta daa! What did you think? This is my first Midnighters story, so I would love as much feedback as you're willing to give me. Please review, especially if there is something you want to criticize. I won't bribe you with a new chapter if you review a lot or anything, because to tell you the truth, chapter 2 will probably get out at the same time if I get a billion reviews as it will if I get zero. But if you've written stories, you know how much reviews are appreciated, so I hope you take the time to write me a short review. Thanks, and I promise not to make you wait too long for the next chapter!

P.S. – Also, if you have any ideas about where the story should go, feel free to tell me. I especially need help with deciding how Jess is going to get back into regular time.