The Love That Matters Forever

Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring!

Fry struggled in his sleep. The phone was ringing, but at what time? His eyes opened up to see that his arms were wrapped around Leela's belly, as she laid in front of him facing the other direction. She also woke up as well, but Fry's console never left around her stomach. They must have fallen asleep after making love.

"Oh... what time is it?" Leela asked as she sat up.

Fry adjusted his eyes to the clock on Leela's table. His eyes were tired but his eyes focused on the numbers of time.

3: 34 a.m.

Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring!

"Who in the hell would call at this time of night?" Leela asked.
"Maybe the DNA tests are finished." Fry said.

Leela reached over to the phone to answer it. The ringing stopped as she brought the phone to her ear.

"Hello?" she asked tiredly. "... Oh, hold on." She covered the speaker and looked at Fry.

"It's the Professor. He wants us to come to the lab." Leela said.
"Now? It's three in the morning!" Fry exclaimed.

"Oh, and I guess that someone doesn't want to find out who robbed their girlfriend's apartment!" the Professor yelled through the phone.

"We'll be over there in an hour." Leela said as she hanged up the phone.

She sighed.

"I can't wait until we drop the charade of someone robbing your apartment." Fry said.
"No doubt... By the way, how can it be 3:34 in the morning? We left the Planet Express Building at 6." Leela said.

"... Maybe we made love longer than we thought." Fry said.
"Figures-" she said, but suddenly clutched her stomach in a small moan.

"Leela! Are you okay?" Fry exclaimed as he jumped off the bed and faced her on the other side of where the table was.

"I'm fine, Fry. Lily just kicked." Leela said.
"... Can I feel?"
"Sure."

Fry gently put his left hand over her belly. He just right now see Lily's face. Her orange hair so beautiful and silky as her mother's. Her two eyes looking straight at her dad, smiling at the coming to the world. He suddenly felt a bump from inside Leela's belly. It was Lily. It was as though she was speaking to him.

"God, I can't wait until she's born." Fry said.
"Me neither." Leela said.

Fry let go of her belly, and stared into Leela's eye. Gosh, if there was one person living in this world he would die for, it is always her. It was always okay for him to admit it outloud, besides keeping it a secret. He didn't care what anybody says. He loved her. No, he loved her with every single piece of his soul. Fry didn't know how to describe is true feelings to her. They were so powerful. He never new... that the best thing that was ever great to him...

... Was winning her heart at last.

"... You know, that night, when we slept together, it actually made me think how much I loved you. Every single kiss we made was like a symbol of our own love. I didn't actually know why I turned you down in the first place, after seeing our child, and thinking about what kind of perfect father you would be. It was so foolish of me. Turning you down when you asked me for hours and hours to go out with you, getting the divorce when time skipped-" Leela stopped for a moment when she said the word divorce.

She knew that Fry's heart was broken the moment they found out that they were separated from their marriage. Fry looked down at the memories he risked ever forgetting...

"-Divorce is final."
"What?"

"Look, Leela. I know there's some perfect, amazing thing I can do to make you love me. And when I figure out what it is-"

"Fry, stop. I don't want to hurt you, but there is absolutely no way that you and I will ever, ever-"
"-Man and wife. You may kiss the bride."

"You tricked me into marrying you, didn't you?"
"No, of course not!"

"That's how I must have done it! I moved the stars themselves to write her a love note in the sky!"
"Detonation in 3- 2- 1..."
"NO!"

"I don't know what perfect, amazing thing I did to make you love me, but whatever it was, we're married now."

"Did you see it? Did you see it?"
"The explosion?"
"No, not the explosion!"
"Then what?"
"... Nothing."

"... Leela, about the wedding, I don't know what perfect, amazing thing I did to make you love me. And I don't think I tricked you into it... but maybe I did. And if I did, I'm sorry."

"It's okay. You know we'll always be friends, right?
"Yeah. But I guess nothing will make you feel the some way about me that I do about you."
"... I guess not..."

"I did something so great it won Leela's heart... And I'll never know what it is. My life is empty..."

"... Fry... I... I didn't mean to say-" Leela began.
"No, Leela. This is something I found out after time stopped skipping." Fry said.

Leela stood up from the bed and motioned Fry to sit next to her. He did, and after that, he took both of her hands in his and looked at her sadly. Leela prayed she didn't upset Fry, but she would find out soon.

"Leela... when I was taking the ship out in a safe distance, I took a closer look at the stars. It was probably the most wonderful thing I ever saw. I moved all of those stars to create a love note in space. It said I Love You, Leela. Oh, Leela, I wish you could have seen it... because that was the perfect, wonderful thing I did to make you love me." Fry said.

"... Fry, why didn't you tell me this before?" Leela asked as tears were in her eye.
"I thought you wouldn't believe me. Or worst yet, reject me again." Fry said.

"... That's all you needed to do, Fry. Even if I didn't believe you, I would understand otherwise. You would rather write your personal feelings for me in the sky to make time skip than to lose me, would you?"

"Of course I would. You're everything to me. I never felt so empty inside after we got the divorce. I never been so heartbroken..."

Tears were flowing harder on Leela's face.

"Oh, Fry... I'm so sorry..." she cried onto his shoulder as she hugged him.

Fry patted her on the back as he held her close.

"... But you..." Fry began as he faced Leela. "You were the one who repaired my heart after what happened that night. The night where I found you in the cold. I thought that I didn't deserve you and you thought you didn't deserve me. But we were both wrong... Leela, I would kill myself right now if you were hurt or heartbroken. Because everything I do, I do for you. You're an angel that led me into a place that I would never forget... In your heart." Fry said.

Leela smiled and wiped away a tear, before Fry kneeled down on a bended knee.

"I truly want to be here with you and Lily for the rest of our lives. I want to be a great father to Lily, and a wonderful boyfriend to you. I want to make you happy, no matter what. My life has always been great and amazing because of you, and I really don't know what I'd do without you. You're everything I ever needed in my life... And nothing in the world could change that..." Fry said.

He reached into his pocket and slowly took out a small purple box. He slowly opened it and revealed it to Leela as she gasped.

"Leela... My heart and desire... Will you marry me?" Fry asked sweetly.

It was a beautiful diamond ring. Leela's tears were overflowing with happiness. She looked in Fry's eyes smiling in a way she never smiled before...

"... Oh, Fry... I will..." she said.

Fry smiled with unimaginable happiness. He stood up and put the ring on her finger. They slowly, but tearfully, kissed each other. Oh, how Fry has never been happier to hear Leela accept Fry's proposal. They broke the kiss but continued hugging for their everlasting love. Leela's tears finally washed away, but she really wanted to cry more to express her feelings more to the man she was holding in her arms.

"Fry... You already made me happy from the day you became my best friend... But nothing could get better than this..." Leela whispered in his ear.

"... No divorce this time?" he asked sheepishly.
"No divorce." she said.

As soon as Fry and Leela got to the Planet Express Building, the Professor was sitting at the conference table holding a piece of paper.

"Bad news, Fry and Leela. It seems that the DNA sample on the bottle only sampled that the robber has faux hair. No more than just one organism." the Professor said.

"What? How can we find anybody with fake hair?" Fry asked.
"I guess some friends of ours can research it." Leela said.
"Yeah. Friends." Fry said as he winked at Leela.

"Well, I tried all I could. But it seems that the mouth of the bottle was wiped off of some velour cloth. Cloth that I'm not sure what kind of moron would wear." the Professor said.

"Hmm. Well, I guess it's someone with a tiny sense of style." Fry said.
"Tell me about it. I guess we'll need to take the DNA results to our friends." Leela said.
"I say, who are your friends?" the Professor asked as he handed Leela the paper.
"Um... Friends we met on the planet Epsilon 7." Leela responded.
"Yeah, um, they were the only ones on the Planet who gave us the surprise." Fry agreed.

"Oh, well, good. You take care of Lily, now. Good day!" the Professor exclaimed as he walked out the door.

"I wonder what Nibbler will think about this." Leela said.
"Only one way to find out..."
"Oh, and um, Fry?"
"Yes, Leela?"

"... Well, soon after Lily is born... I think we're gonna have a son."

TO BE CONTINUED...

Cerulean Shadow's Note: Surprised, kinda? Don't worry, they're still gonna have Lily. BTW, maybe YOU can find out who the culprit is. Now be aware that some clues around previous and future chapters will be found to who the culprit is!

You shall know... But you might need to figure it out for yourself! Who is it? I'll kinda give you a couple of hints:

He is in the Futurama series, and the clues were found in "Song", "Protect", and this chapter.

Good Luck!