Hi everyone. I hope no one is too upset with me over the last chapter. This chapter is the last chapter of Serenity, but don't freak out yet. I'm going to write another story. Sort of a sequel/alternate ending to Serenity, but with a happier ending. I really wanted a happy ending, but I think this one needed to be written. It just wouldn't stop bugging me. So, look for the second part of Serenity, I'm thinking of calling it, "Love it, let it go, and it will return." I just started a Labyrinth fanfic, but I will try to juggle both.

Disclaimer: Do I even need to bother? Don't you lawyers looking to sue me out there get it yet?

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Heero stopped outside of a small elementary school and looked in at the children playing in the school yard. It had been four years since he walked out of Relena's apartment and out of her life, although he'd still look in on her every once in a while, just to make sure she was alright.

A few months after he left, she quit working at the club and finally started college. She finished in record time, earning her teaching degree in just four years and immediately started working as a first grade teacher in Boston. That was where he was now, outside of the school she worked at, looking in on her once again.

He watched as the children laughed and chased each other, full of innocence and hope. He felt his heart give a painful tug. That tug worsened as he looked up and saw Relena, crouched down in the center of the yard, talking to a little girl.

Heero watched as Relena laughed at something the little girl said and hugged her. She practically glowed with warmth and happiness, a striking contrast to the cold, sad girl that she had once been.

Heero couldn't help but wonder if he was what had caused that sadness inside her.

Out of the corner of his eye, Heero noticed a young man approaching Relena. Relena smiled when she saw the man. Heero watched as she stood up and kissed the other man softly on the lips. He looked away as he felt his heart drop into the pit of his stomach and a lump form in his throat.

He had lost her. He had lost the only person who had ever loved him and the only person he had ever loved.

The Gundam pilot glanced back at the couple, seeing how Relena smiled and laughed when she was with that other man, two things that she rarely did when she was around Heero. He looked down at the tattoo on his wrist. Suddenly, he smiled. It was a soft, sad smile, but it showed the emotion and love that Heero had never been able to show before.

"Okay Relena," he whispered. "This is my last visit, I promise this time. I could never give you what you needed, as much as I wanted to. You deserve so much better than me. You deserve to be happy, and I know that this guy will make you happy.

"You're my serenity Relena. You're the only thing that has ever brought peace into my life. I know that you think that I broke my promise, but I never did. I've always loved you and I always will. That love just didn't come soon enough did it?" he smiled again. "Goodbye Relena."

With that, he turned from the school and walked away, away from the candle that had guided him out of the darkness of his heart. But that was okay now, because daylight had finally come for both of them.

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Yay!! It's finished!! I can't tell you how hard this chapter was to write. I knew what I wanted to happen, but I just couldn't get the words to come out right. I must have listened to the song "Breathe" by Melissa Etheridge about fifty times, trying to feel inspired.

I know that this wasn't the ending that you all wanted, but remember, I'm writing another one. If I don't start on that soon, e-mail me and yell at me to get my butt in gear. Thank you so much to all of you who have reviewed. There hasn't been a lot of reviews, but more than I've gotten on my other stories, so the few that I've gotten are just wonderful to me. So, to unearthlyangel89, animerockstar, mT96, Kai'sLover, Skydancer1, Konomeitsuki, and anyone else who read this story, I bid you adieu and keep reviewing.