Tommy went upstairs to Becky's room, and was shocked. She'd set it up all very "ceremonial". The bed was surrounded by candles which bathed the darkened room in an eerie glow, and covered in petals, with Barry White was playing on the CD player.

Becky was wearing this white lace-up bodice with a sheer, clinging skirt, her hair tumbling about her.


Tommy immediately wolfed-out and hefted her gently into his arms, carrying her to the bed...

~*~

Meanwhile, Lori had gone with Al, Sam and Merton to the Quantum Leap headquarters.

"You mean this mountain is really a secret laboratory?" she asked loudly.

"Yes, now hush?" Al sighed.

"Donna!!!" Sam exclaimed suddenly, rushing towards her and bending her back to kiss her passionately.

"Sam! You're in the wrong body?"

"Oh, right, sorry, Al..." he flushed. "Honey, I'm back, I'm back... all we gotta do is leap Merton back into himself, and me into *myself*, and since we're in the same room..."

"Just might work..." Gooshy said in quiet awe.

"Let's keep our fingers crossed, everybody..." Donna said, leading them to the accelerator, and helping Ziggy with the coordinates.

There was a flash of blue lightening surrounding Merton and Sam for the merest of moments, before it stopped and they started looking at their hands and each-other excitedly.

"I'm me! I'm me!" Merton said, hyper.

Lori laughed and bounced into his arms, giving him a big hug, causing Al to smile.

"There's maboy..." he said, ruffling his hair.

They looked over to congratualte Sam, but he and Donna were too caught-up in their own world to notice, so they decided to slip back home...

~*~

When they got back, Becky and Tommy were already dressed and back in the kitchen, snacking on something.

"Merton!!!" Becky exclaimed, practically tackling him with a hug.

"I told her." Tommy explained.

Merton smiled and kissed her forehead.

"Dude... glad to have you back?"

Merton smiled wider and put a hand on his best friend's shoulder, letting him know everything was okay; a feeling of peace washing over him. He was home...


~*The End*~