"Oh, come on, Ulrich, how much longer?" Odd said impatiently

"Two minutes" Ulrich replied

"Can we head on?" Yumi asked

"No, we have to wait" Ulrich said

Then Jeremy called and had them meet him outside the dorms immediately to see him standing there alone with nothing special there with him.

"Hey, Jeremy, I thought you said there was a surprise" Ulrich said

"Yes, Ulrich, there is" Jeremy replied "Aelita"

Aelita walked out from behind a tree.

"Aelita!" Ulrich, Odd and Yumi said in unison. Then Alex stepped out and placed his hand on his sister's shoulder

"Okay, it's time for an explination!" Yumi said

"Yeah, Jeremy, explain" Ulrich said

"I found an antivirus for Aelita and brought her and her brother here and shut Xana down"

"Okay" Yumi said "and you didn't tell us this because..."

"I wanted to surprise you three" Jeremy said anxiously

"Oh, okay" Yumi smiled slightly "good surprise Jeremy this defiantly wasn't what I was expecting."

"None of us were expecting her" Odd replied with a smirk.

Later that day it was just Jeremy and Aelita in the park near their passage to the factory.

"Jeremy, maybe we shouldn't have surprised them like that"

"You may be right, but you can't change what has already been done"

"That's true, Jeremy" she paused "and besides, I'm just glad to be back here, to stay"

"I'm glad you're here too" Jeremy said and walked up behind Aelita and placed his arms around her waist. "I've never said this before, but I love you Aelita"

"I love you too, Jeremy" she turned gently in his embrace and he gladly allowed her to move she slipped her arms around his neck.

"You'll never know how happy you've made me" she whispered

"Not half as happy as I am"

They slipped apart enough to look into each other's eyes and before anything could be said they kissed. It began innocently enough but it became a very romantic moment. They broke the kiss and Jeremy couldn't believe his luck, he had managed to find the greatest girl in the world and she was now standing in his arms. Aelita smiled and laid against Jeremy (he's taller than her), they had defiantly taken the long way to get there, but they got there and she was happy that they did.

"Jeremy, thank you, for everything you've done"

"You're welcome, you're very welcome" he smiled and held her close.

The End