Lightning stepped off the train to see a bright blue sky. She had traveled across the world and saw the sights that would amaze you, the fact of how much humanity itself could accomplish after all these long years. The strange stone henge or the beautiful sight of nothing but a sparkling blue ocean and dolphins leaping into the air. She saw Africa and the beautiful creatures that lived there, few reminding her of past creations. The amazon rain forest and its monsoon season. Rare exotic animals and tribes that would soon be lost and never seen again.

At first it was hard for her, all she knew was to fight and care for Serah. She felt it hard to stay in one place, so she decided to travel after a few days of silence. She would find Serah and snow again someday, and that itself was hope enough for her.

The bell rang and Serah looked up at her class. They tried to hold back their slight excitement as they waited for her to dismiss them and take them to lunch. A big grin grew on her face.

"Put your things away class. Ill take you to lunch." The kids jumped up and walked fast towards their labeled cubby holes, knowing that they would get chastised for running. They lined up in front the door, waiting patiently for her. She grabbed her room key and led them down the hall.

After the end of the old world her and her friends were reborn to the knew world. She hoped she would land close to snow, but after weeks of searching she had no luck. She was heartbroken, she had waited for too long to barely see Snow again then be ripped apart again. She had only managed to find a small two room house to live in for cheap and an old dusty couch that was no longer wanted. She tried her best to be happy and keep going, she tried to find a job to keep herself distracted. She had found a rather well paying job and aside from paying her house utilities and buying food for herself, which wasn't much, she had a rather large amount of cash saved. One night a knock came on her door. She opened it to find a friendly surprise.

"Yeul!" Serah wrapped her arms around the girls neck and hugged her as hard as possible. Even though she barely knew her, it was good to see a familiar face. She had invited Yeul into her home and they just stuck together. Yeul too had no luck finding Noel or any of the others. They were both relieved to see each other.

Later the day serah lugged her giant hulking bag of papers and books out to her car. She drove back to her house to find Yeul ordering a meal of pizza and bread sitcks. She had a slight experience in cooking, but she preferred to order fast food or run out to Mc Donalds.

"Hey Yeul." Serah said as she plopped her bags on the floor. Yeul had on a large grey sweatshirt and pajama pants that had penguins on them.

"Hey," she said as she changed the TV channel and tossed the phone onto the floor.

"So how was your day off?" Serah sat on the recliner and reached down to untie her boots.

"Great." Yeul smiled. "I bought a cake mix for you to make tonight. I also ran into a friendly stranger. He was funny and asked to take me out to get coffee!" Yeul was laughing so hard and slapped her thigh.

"Well that's nice," Serah smiled,"What did you say?"

"I think you know. I told him I was taken."

"Then what did this stranger say to that?"

"Asked if he was in the military. Of course I said yes then he left me alone. To be honest he seemed kinda conceited. Like body builder conceited."

"Hmm. Well I'm going to go change and make that cake, how long until the pizza comes?"

"About 30 minutes, they said something about having to make more dough and the oven being really slow."

"Okay." She walked into my room and slipped out of her jeans and into some shorts and a tang top. She then walked into the kitchen and pulled my hair out of its tight bun and shook it out. Looking she found the flour on the counter but no box of cake mix.

"Yeul, wheres the cake mix?" Serah asked.

"In the pantry." She shouted back.

Serah grabbed the bag of flower and walked towards the pantry closet. She grabbed the handle annd swung the door open. She was looking down at the bag to make sure it was properly closed when she heard someone clearing their throat. She looked up only to scream and throw up the bag of flower in surprise. It was snow! She heard Yeul running into the kitchen and looked up again to make sure she wasn't seeing things. It was snow. He was smiling even though he was covered in flower. He looked so... snowy standing there covered in flower.

"Serah!" His thick arms wrapped around her little waist and pulled her up into his flower covered chest. She could barely breathe from his force and her arms were stuck between his and his chest.

"Snow!" she managed to wiggle her arms around his neck and bury her face in the crook of his neck. His smell surrounded her and she could feel his heart pounding in his chest. Shes not sure for how long they hugged, but it seemed like time froze and so many centuries passed in that small time.

"alright guys. Talk already! I've been waiting all day for this!"Yeul said.

"Wait," Serah barely managed to peel herself away from snow.,"What do you mean all day?"

"You know that conceited stranger I told you about? Yeah that was him."

"Thanks for that lovely description of me." Snow piped up from behind Serah. She turned back to snow.

It was snow. The slight stubble, his now shoulder length, white blond hair. Those crystal blue eyes that could make her melt. He was here, the one she loved most and thought she would never see again. She jumped up and wrapped her arms around her neck again, planting a kiss on his cheek. He laughed and hugged her even harder but put his hands on her waist and gently pushed her back. Serah looked up at him, his eyes were soft and gentle.

"Serah, I have a question to ask you."

Serah felt slightly confused at this,"Yes? What is it?"

Snow bent down on one knee and grabbed her hand. Before she even realized what was happening he was speaking," I know I already asked you this, and we've been apart for quite some time... about a couple thousand years? I know I feel the same as when we were first together in cocoon, and I hope and most likely am right about how you feel, but I need to ask again."

Serah smiled and bounced on her feet,"Yes?"

"Serah Farron, will you marry me and make me the happiest, luckiest man in the world?"

"Yes! Of course ill marry you Snow Villiers," She shouted and tackled snow. He fell back onto the floor and laughed, Yeul joined in the laughter too and soon it quieted into a happy, comfortable silence. Serah and snow sat up and looked at Yeul. Serah noticed she was wiping at her face, trying to be descreet. Serah had an idea as to why.

"Don't worry, Yeul." Yeul looked up at Serah, her eyes watery,"We will find Noel. I promise." Serah scooted over to Yeul and put an arm around her shoulders.

"I know we will," Yeul said, smiling,"I just miss him so much. I'm happy we found Snow though." She managed a small smile.

Snow stood up,"Yeul I will find him. Ill search the entire world if I have to, I hate to see you hurting like this. Well find everyone else together."

"I know we will find him." She sighed and smiled a genuine smile. "Well, ill give you two some privacy now. I have to go to work early tomorrow anyways." She stood up and wished everyone a good night and went into her room. Serah looked at snow and he moved to sit by her. He looked back at her with his crystal sky eyes. Serah sighed a happy sigh, "Well, we better get to bed too. I have to go to work early too."

"Yeah, I can sleep on the couch tonight." he stood and offered Serah his hand. She took it and stood by him, reluctant to let go of his hand.

"Did you happen to be close to any of the others? Vanille and Fang?"

"No, no one except for Sazh and Dajh. I've been staying with them for this past year. Im not sure what I would have done without them. Dajh is a good kid, and Sahz has done pretty well making a life for them here. They're happy"

"Thats great!Are they far from here?"

"No, not too far. Ill take you to see them tomorrow. What time do you get off of work?"

"At 5. Im off on Saturday though." she led Snow towards her room. She was happy that he was here now, but what about the others? What about light? Was she okay? Was everyone else okay? Snow must have seen her worry.

"Hey," they stopped in her room and he lifted his hand to her chin and lifted it gently,"Im sure sis is okay. She is tough." He caressed Serahs cheek," Hope is smart, Im sure he figured out how to live in this world and got a fancy, top notch job. Noel is pretty tough too, Im sure they're all fine. Its just a matter of finding them." He kissed her forehead.

"hah, I know your right. It would've been so much easier if we were all just reborn together." She smiled up at him. "I miss light."

"I know, babe. I know. We will find them. Maybe sooner than you think."

"Maybe," she smiled. She noticed that snow was glancing down at her lips. "I missed you so much." she wrapped her arms around his waist and put her head on his warm chest.

"I missed you too." One arm wrapped around her waist and the other was buried in her hair. She giggled,"Your not sleeping on the couch tonight."

"Uh... okay?" Serah pulled back to look at him. He looked somewhat nervous. To be honest, serah was a little nervous too. She hadn't seen him in many, many years. You cant exactly just start kissing right away, its like starting all over again. She started to unmake her bed. The white covers were lined with pink and gold.(like what she used to wear in the old world.)

"Now, I don't think I have anything for you to fit in." She laughed then walked over to her dresser and pulled out a bright pink tang top and held it up. "Unless you want to squeeze into this." She laughed aat the image of snow in a very small and tight, bright pink tang top. Add some flowers to his hair and she couldn't contain herself.

"Hm, I do like that shirt. I could wear it, but I don't want to rip it because of these bad boys." He flexed and Serah laughed even harder than before. She went and sat by him. He had on a pair of Jeans and a black shirt. He wore his black trench coat over it.

"Aren't you hot?"

"Why, yes, I am. Im so glad you noticed." He smiled and Serah laughed again.

"No I mean wearing that trench coat? Its been hot the past couple of days."

"Oh, yeah. You dont mind if I get comfortable, do you?" Serah nodded and he started to take of his coat. He tugged his shirt over his head. Before Serah knew it he was kicking off his shoes and layed back onto the bed. Serah climbed onto the other side and laid by him. She saw the engagement necklace he wore and smiled even brighter.

"So..."

"So?" he replied. "What do you do for a living?"

Serah was slightly distracted by his shirtless and it took her a while for the question to register.

"Hm? Oh yeah, i'm a teacher for kinder gardeners."

"Oh, I see, meanie ." He smiled."And how do you like teaching?"

"I like it a lot, the kids are sweet at times."

"Oh, I see." He wrapped and arm around her waist and tugged her close to him.

"Yeah. What about you?"

"Nothing much. I worked at a hardware store." he nuzzled her neck. She giggled nervously.

"Oh." She wrapped her arm around his neck and tangled her fingers in his hair. They were quiet like that for a while then snow said,"to be honest, I wasn't sure that you would still want to marry me."

"Why?" He looked up at her.

"I just... i've failed you so much." he looked away from her." I should've been there, I could have saved you. I mean, Noel was there for you. Even Hope was, except for me. I should have been there." His eyes started to water. "When I heard that you... that you died. I didnt know what to do. I need you Serah, I needed you so much more than I thought. I realized that I cant even be half the man you deserve."

Serah brushed a strand of hair out of snows eyes."Now Snow Villers. I always have, and always will love you." He smiled as a tear rolled down his cheek. She caught it with her finger."You are all i've ever wanted and so much more. I know if you knew what was going to happen sooner you wouldve done everything in your power to save me. You wouldve torn apart a whole world and more just for me, and that is a lot to do for just one person. To be honest, if things had happened any different, we might not even be here right now." She pulled him into a hug and he squeezed her back. He pulled back and wiped his eyes then smiled and sat up.

"Thanks," He said. He put one arm under her legs and another around her back and lifter her onto his lap.

"I," he nuzzled her cheek and kissed it," Love you serah." She looked into his eyes. Her forehead rested against his and she looked down at his lips. He titled his face upwards just a little bit and she leaned in. Their lips met once and she pulled back in surprise,"Im sorry." She laughed and covered her face in embarrassment. Snow gently peeled her hands from her face. He led a trail of kisses from her collarbone up to her ear, then along her jawline and stopped. Serah leaned in and they kissed again. Their lips did not separate for what seemed like eternity. He tightened his grip on her waist and pulled her closer into his chest. Serah slowly wrapped her arm around his neck twisted the tips of his hair between her fingers. Her other hand rested on his chest over his heart, it was pounding. She was sure her heart was racing just as fast. She pulled back slightly and rested her head on his and smiled.

"I love you so much, snow."

"I love you so much more." He smiled back even wider.