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Simon groaned as he stirred his head. His head felt like lead and his mouth dry. He tried to open his heavy eyes. Blurry. His glasses were off. A lot of white. A hospital room. With a heavy head he looked around. Then he saw her. His angel, Jeanette, who was watching out a window.

"How long was I out this time?" Simon grunted.

Jeanette quickly turned around. Tears sprang from her eyes as she lunged at Simon.

"Simon!" she yelled as she threw her arms around him.

"Easy." Simon said. "Easy."

"Sorry." Jeanette said, wiping away some tears. "I'm just s-so glad you're awake."

"Another coma?" Simon asked. "How long this time?"

"A month. And well, it wasn't really a coma." Jeanette said, taking a chair and sitting next to Simon. "You just …didn't wake up and after the surgery we all thought that…."

"What, wait?" Simon interrupted. "Surgery?"

Jeanette bit her lower lip. She was clearly nervous.

"Jen, what was wrong with me?" Simon asked.

"A tumor." Jeanette whispered. "There was a tumor in your brain and that caused you to …slip into that mini-coma."

"A tumor?" Simon gasped. "A-am I …going to …?"

"NO, NO." Jeanette quickly said. "They removed it before it could do any real damage."

Simon's hand went to his head. His heart started speeding up, afraid for what he might feel. Then he felt it. The place where they performed surgery.

"After your hair grew back you don't even see the scars there anymore." Jeanette said. "And even so, it never really that noticeable."

Jeanette gave Simon a long look.

"What?" he asked.

"Do you feel …the same?" Jeanette asked.

"What do you mean?" Simon asked.

"Well, the doctors had to remove the small part of the brain the tumor had infected and they weren't really sure if you would …be the same."

Simon closed his eyes and tried to notice something different in his memories or ways of thinking. He opened his eyes and smiled. "Don't worry, Jen." He said. "Nothing seems to be different."

Jeanette threw her arms around her boyfriend, crying. "I'm just so glad you're awake."

"You already said that." Simon smiled, running his hand through her hair, taking her scent in him.

She quickly got up and reached for her cellphone in her pockets. "I'm going to call Dave and the rest to tell them you woke up." She said, tears in her eyes. "You have no idea how worried they were."

"I think I kinda do." Simon said with a sad face. "I'm sorry that you had to go through all that worrying. All of you."

"You couldn't help it." Jeanette said, as she placed the cellphone to her ear. "Now, shush. Dave? He's awake. …okay, see you in ten minutes."

"That was short." Simon grinned.

"What more needed to be said?" Jeanette said. "You're awake and that all what matters."

"No, you know what matters to me?" Simon asked, taking Jeanette's hand.

"What?" Jeanette blushed.

"When I woke up, you were there." Simon said, kissing her hand. "And I want that for the rest for my life."

"S-Simon, what are you saying?" Jeanette asked, her heart speeding up.

"Will you marry me?" Simon asked.

Jeanette remained silent for a moment.

"Jen?"

Surprisingly to him, Jeanette began to laugh. "No, Simon."

His feelings hurt, tears in his eyes, Simon asked. "Why not?"

A warm glow shined in Jeanette's eyes as she wrapped her arms around Simon. "I mean, not yet, Simon. Off course I want to marry you, but just …not yet."

Relieved, Simon wrapped his arms around Jeanette. "Again, why not?"

"We're too young." Jeanette simply said. "We're still in college, live with Dave and your brothers in the same house, don't have a living yet, …Do I have to continue?"

"No, you made your point." Simon sighed. "Too bad."

"I know, I know." Jeanette said, pecking his cheek. "I wished we could marry so soon, but ..."

"…Not just yet." Simon said. He remained silent for a moment. "Can you wait for the right moment?"

"Simon, I waited three years for you." Jeanette said, a single tear flowing from her eye. "I can wait a little longer."

"As long as you are by my side …" Simon said. "I can wait too."

Not long after that, Dave and the others arrived, overjoyed that Simon was yet again awake. Simon and Jeanette had agreed not to mention their conversation earlier to the others. Knowing Jeanette's sisters and Alvin …wouldn't be a very good idea.

Off course, the media was again there to cover the story of Simon's second Rising, as they called it, but soon, that also calmed down and thing were back to normal.

Simon and Jeanette got back to college, and succeeded in their first year, with flying colors.

And so two more years went by and lots of things happened.

They boys were old enough to live on their own and with all the money that the boys had earned in their youth and their jobs, they could afford it.

Alvin was the first to leave the house, swiftly followed by Brittany, who took residence in Alvin's house a few blocks away from their old house that conveniently was signed on both their names. Neighbors still complain about that rough, loud first night after Brittany moved in

with him.

Alvin took a job in the music company they always worked with, with Brittany as his lovely assistant.

Simon and Jeanette, who got their doctorates with flying colors, were the second couple to move out the house. They had bought a house on the other side of town, to be close to their job. They both worked in the biggest scientific company of California.

Theodore and Eleanor moved out as last, took a house not to far from their old house and opened a restaurant, like they always dreamed off. It had a bit of a rough start, but eventually it became the most popular restaurant in town.

They still visited Dave as many times as they could and each time it seemed that all three couples did that at the same time. The boys suspected their girlfriends, who always decided when to visit Dave, had something to do with that. But they didn't mind, they always enjoyed their time together.

And so two more years passed after that. And Simon decided it was time for a drastic move. He liked Jeanette as a girlfriend, but that wasn't good anymore. He had got enough of the boyfriend-girlfriend thing a long time ago.

Simon stood in front of the mirror of his room, as he and Jeanette still had separate rooms. Although they mostly both spend the night in one of the rooms, it was sometimes needed, like after a fight.

"You can do this." He said to himself. "Just go to her and tell her. She'll understand. Here we go."

Simon walked out his room and to the living room. Jeanette was sitting on the couch, watching TV.

"Have you seen the new commercial about Theo's and Ellie's Restaurant?" She asked.

"Y-yeah, it seems …great." Simon stuttered.

"Simon?" Jeanette asked, noticing the mood Simon was in. "Something wrong?"

"Well …" Simon said. "K-kinda."

"Is this about that fight we had yesterday?" Jeanette asked with a concerned face. "I said I was sorry, I was overreacting."

Yesterday they had a fight, well more an argument after watching a romantic movie, where the guy runs away and leaves his bride at the altar. Jeanette had commented that the guy was a jerk for leaving her, but Simon said that he might be right for leaving her standing there, that he didn't feel ready yet.

Jeanette didn't agree with that and said that only guys could be so rude. Simon didn't agree with THAT and said that girls can do crueler things than what any guy can do. And so the argument began. Simon didn't really remember what they all had said, but it ended with the both of them storming to their rooms and locking the door behind them.

After an hour or so, both of them decided to say sorry and ran out of their room, bumping into each other in the process. After the stars disappeared, they quickly apologized to each other and made up.

"I know that, Jeanette." Simon said. "But it made me think. About …us."

Jeanette didn't like where this conversation was going to. "S-Simon, w-what do you mean?"

"I can't see us as boyfriend and girlfriend anymore." Simon said. "for a long time now."

Tears jumped from Jeanette eyes and she buried her face in her hands. She didn't just hear that. She didn't just hear that.

"Jen, open your eyes." Simon's voice said.

Jeanette opened her eyes and gasped as she saw Simon, kneeled down on one knee, holding something behind his back.

"I can't see us as boyfriend and girlfriend anymore …" Simon said " …because I think we are so much more than that."

He revealed the thing he held behind his back. A little black box.

"S-Sim-mon" Jeanette said, as the tears ran down her cheeks.

"Jeanette Miller, from the moment I laid eyes on you, I knew I loved you. You complete me in so many ways. You are smart, beautiful, kind, warm and so much more. I can't imagine my life without you anymore. And to fulfill that promise we made four years ago …"

"S-Simon." Jeanette said, knowing what was gonna happen.

Simon opened the black box, revealing a ring with a blue sapphire on it. "Jeanette Miller, will you marry me?" Simon asked.

Jeanette remained still for a moment. Then she smiled, got of the couch, kneeled down and wrapped her arms around Simon. Then she planted her lips on his'. For at least five minutes, they kissed, with Simon still holding the box in his hand. Both smiled as they parted.

"I guess that's a 'yes'?" Simon asked with a smile.

Jeanette nodded. "Yes." She said. "Yes, Simon Seville, I will marry you."