Disclaimer: I do not own Uglies or any ugly, pretty, or special charactors. Even though it's insanely not happy-making for me, Scott Westerfeld does (sobbs). I do, however, own this story and any charactors I happen to come up with in here though. That is very happy-making for me.


Summary: Tally and David are alone together traveling through the wild, trying to keep history from repeating itself. With all the pretties waking up, and the new found freedom everyone has, will things go right back to the way the rusties had them, or will Tavid stop things before it's too late? And what happened with Tally and David's relationship anyway? Did Aya's words of wisdom have an impact in Extras? Will the ugly, and last special end up together, or more apart than ever?


Tally Youngblood stared out at the ocean before her. It gave her massive dejavu, which wasn't happy-making at all. Thinking about her non-special days always made her sad. Things were so much simpler then. It felt like every moment of her life was filled with what-ifs. What if I had never thrown the pendant into the fire? She would never have turned pretty. Right now she would be drinking tea with Maddy, Az, and David some place in the Old Smoke. What if I hadn't stayed with Zane when the Specials came? She would be in the New Smoke looking perfect through the whole thing in all her pretty glory. What if… no she decided. She was not going to think that. Not now or ever…

"Tally?" Said a questioning voice behind her. A small smile formed on Tally's lips. David.

"Hi."

"Do you want to camp here, or try to get a little more boarding in before we stop?"

"We can just camp here." Even though David was by far the most enduring ugly she knew, it was still hard for him to keep up with her special reflexes. While she worked better in the dark, David tripped on something. Tally laughed.

"What are you thinking about?" Her friend asked her. She heard the smile in his voice.

"Nothing." She rolled her eyes as she said it. It aggravated David so much whenever she answered like that…

"Really." He said with a hint of sarcasm noticeable in his voice.

Tally sighed. "What-ifs. The things that would've happened if we… if I hadn't made the choices I had." She said softly.

"But everything turned out okay, didn't it?" David asked, his concern evident. "We're together aren't we?"

"Yeah. We're together." She blushed. Tally silently thanked Aya Fuse for helping her to realize what she had. Even though Zane was gone, David wasn't. In all that they had been through with and without each other, she had never stopped loving him. Even though the mass of lesions, cures, and brain-damage that was her mind had tried to mask it, the love she held for him had always been in her heart.

David came and sat beside her, looking out at the now pink waves that pressed up against the beach. Sunset was the most beautiful time of day. The end of an evening was always peaceful. This particular sunset was the exact same color the one had been the night she had decided to go find Peris all those years ago. It reminded her of how much can change in five years. After all the horror and tragedy she had seen, this moment of light seemed unreal. It was beautiful. Not the gooey sort of glamour that being near a new pretty made you feel, but the natural feel of the world around her. The rusties must have been idiots to destroy something this magical.

Sitting there with David all the memories of everything she had done to him. All the hurt and grief she must have caused the man she loved was like a knife in her heart. She started to cry.

"I'm s-so so-sorry for everything David." She sobbed tearlessly. She would never have tears as long as she was special.

"Tally, there's nothing to be sorry about. Don't cry." He tried to reassure her.

"No. I-I was such an idiot. I'm sorry for all the things I've said. I'm sorry I ruined your home. I'm sorry your father's dead. I'm-"

"Please, don't cry. Nothing you've ever done or will do will change the way I feel about you. I love you too much. More than everything I've lost or gained. I love you."

Tally turned to look at him. "David I-" And then his lips were on hers. Tally was surprised, but didn't pull back. She clung to him tighter and dug her nails into the jacket he always wore. They rocked back and forth passionately holding each other until it was too dark to see. When they finally pulled apart, Tally rested her cheek on his chest.

"And I'm sorry I hurt you."