A few days later, Andrew and Monica were sitting in front of the fireplace in Amy's living room. She and her parents had invited all the angels over for dinner, since they would be leaving in the next few days. The students had planned a goodbye party for Andrew and Monica, their long-time substitute teacher and trainer, and then they would move on to their next assignment. Tess had accepted the new level of her friends' relationship, and it seemed that everything was working out.

"Andrew? Are you ok?" Monica asked when he looked at the floor, distracted.

"Hmm? Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine, I just—I'm really going to miss Amy. You know? It's been so long, I've grown accustomed to having her around."

"I know." She moved slightly so she was sitting in his arms. "But she's going to be ok now. We helped her. You helped her. Be thankful that we were able to handle everything, but know that we need to move on."

"I know. I know…" He kissed her forehead. "I shouldn't have gotten attached."

"That's what makes you so good at this." She said, looking up at him. "I hope they don't have any more trouble."

"They'll be fine." He said, stroking her hair. Then he heard Amy calling and kissed her lightly, pulling her up. "Come on. Let's go."



"We'll miss you, Andrew! Sure you can't stick around?" Trina winked playfully and Monica raised an eyebrow, looking at him accusingly.

"Sorry, Trina." He said, wrapping an arm around Monica's waist. "We really do need to get going." He saw Tess in the corner with Christopher, playing with his feet. "If we can get Tess to drag herself away from her new toy."

Suddenly one of the girls found the right connection and the speakers blared to life. Andrew bowed to Monica.

"May I have this dance?"

"Of course."

Andrew smiled at Monica, then grabbed her hand and spun her into his arms, swaying her gently to the music. "I told you everything would be fine." He whispered in her ear. "Amy's fine, her parents are safe, I happen to know that Christopher is going to life a long, happy life… and you and I will be together forever."

"You have special sources giving you this information?" She asked teasingly.

"Don't need 'em." He said, and kissed her lovingly as the three angels disappeared, leaving only a dove to sit on the window and watch the world go by.