a/n: finally able to update... christmas was a blast and I feel my birthday will be too... (hopefully :)

Yami was unsure about the gasp of a response his nerves were shot.

"Yes... I will" she managed. He stood once again and placed the ring on her hand. Everyone was smiling, this had been one of the best Christmases they'd ever had as a team.

Yami hugged Téa warmly, this was better than he'd expected, he felt like this was right, this was where he was ment to be,

He looked at Téa, she had tears falling, she couldn't believe that he'd asked her to marry him, and she'd said "yes" and now had no doubt that this marriage could work. Yami wiped away her tears.

"This is the best present you could ever give me" she said "I knew that you cared for me, but I felt like, maybe... I didn't ... I wasn't as pretty as someone else... I mean, I..."

He cut her off at that "Téa, you are the one person who made me feel whole, I felt like my life could never be complete if you weren't in it... with anyone else I only longed for you" he paused to look into her eyes again, "you are beautiful, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!" he guided her back into his arms.

"Thank you..." Téa could feel a warmth flow through her, a soothing magic that seemed strongest from Yami himself, the power to soothe a person's very soul.

Mai and Kaitlin exchanged smiles and Serenity shrank out of sight. Tristan took notice that Serenity seemed uncomfortable in her curent position and had gone into the kitchen. He followed her.

"Serenity, what's wrong?" he asked

"I-I seem to be the only girl this holiday season who doesn't have a boyfriend," she turned her back to Tristan, "I mean: Mai has Joey, Kaitlin has Seto, Téa has Yami ... and who do I have"

"You, have me" Tristan paused and placed his arms around her waist "I love you Serenity and you know that"

"I love you to Tristan... but Tristan, you know how Joey is about me"

"Yeah, I know" he paused "I also know that Yami wasn't too thrilled when he found out his sister was married to Kaiba, but you saw how he handled it, he just tried to get along with Kaiba for her."

"Yeah, but that was Yami, he's a lot more level headed than Joey" Serenity protested "Yami can hold back his anger, Joey doesn't have that kind of self control!" she began to cry... alerting Joey, he came into the kitchen a little more than aggravated.

"What did you do to her?" he demanded.

Tristan let go of Serenity so he could put his hands up in a surrender position "I didn't do anythin' to her!"Tristan said "but there is somethin' you could do for her... back off and let her make her own choices... like whether or not she wants to have a boyfriend!"

"Serenity... what is he talking about?" Joey asked her softly trying his best to comfort her at the same time.

"Joey, I want to be with someone, but not just anyone, I love Tristan... I know you'll find this difficult to grasp that I want to be with your best friend, but I do... I love him and he loves me!" Serenity cried and went to Tristan who willingly pulled her into a loving embrace.

"Joey... I know you want to protect your sister, but it's time you let her make her own mistakes" a voice said "how can a girl ever learn if she isn't allowed to make a few of her own mistakes to learn from."

"Mai, what are you talking about?" Joey looked back to see Mai standing in the doorway.

"What I mean is, you've got to let her be a little more free, but yet, be there if she gets her heart broke." Mai said "That is what she needs from you"

"Yeah, you're right" Joey said

"That's it Joey, there may be hope for you yet" Kaitlin laughed

"Hey, just because your Yami's little sister doesn't mean I won't get you for that!" Joey said playfully, they all knew that if he even tried to hurt Kaitlin he'd first have to face Kaiba and then if he survived that he'd have to face a very ticked Yami. Joey started towards her.

"Uh-oh!" she shrieked and ran, she knew he could out run her... she had asthma and he was faster than her so she'd be caught, unless she could figure out a way to lose him.

Yami saw what was going on and chuckled for a moment than stopped them.

Téa laughed watching he fiancée break up a fight between his own sister and best friend and she could see it wasn't too serious seeing all three were smiling and laughing. She felt this could work, she loved him and knew he loved her.

The future looked bright for them and she hoped everything would go better than expected.

The End

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