A few weeks later, Snow Miser, Nina, Heat Miser, and Melvin sat on a beach. They had set up a nice picnic and were all sitting together, facing the ocean.
"This is the life!" Heat Miser exclaimed, laying on his back on a beach towel. "I wish it was a lot warmer, though."
"Well, we had to make a compromise. I'm not fond of beaches," Snow mentioned.
"You have to admit, the ocean is beautiful," said Nina. "There's nothing like it in the whole world."
"Just like you, angel," Snow Miser told her, lovingly. "You're one of a kind."
"Oh, get a room, you two," Heat scoffed, though he wasn't actually angry.
Melvin sat, quietly, munching on a muffin Heat Miser had baked. Heat looked over at him and asked, "Are you okay? You've been awfully quiet since we got here."
"I'm just shocked you guys asked me to go with you, I mean, after what I did and all." Melvin looked down.
"Hey, everybody has messed up pretty bad at least once in their lives," Snow told him. "If you're lucky, you get a chance to make up for your screw-ups."
Nina agreed. "And you've already found a lot of the kids you affected and are doing a great job at turning things around. It'll take some time, but it will be okay."
"Besides," Heat said, "I couldn't come here alone and watch these two make goo-goo eyes at each other the whole time. I needed some good company." He smiled at Melvin, who gave him a tiny smile in return.
Addressing Snow, Heat asked, "By the way, oh brother of mine, what was it you wanted to talk to me about?"
Snow Miser swallowed a bite of a sandwich and said, "I want you to be my best man at the wedding."
Heat Miser was skeptical. "You want me to bake your wedding cake AND be your best man? What's next? You want me to officiate the ceremony, too?"
Nina giggled. "We already asked someone else to do that."
"Fine. But don't ask for any more favors for the next thousand years," Heat told them.
Snow Miser burst out laughing, and then, the others joined in, even Heat. Their laughter filled the air, and no other group of people in the entire world was as content as those four were during those few moments. No matter what dangers or hardships would befall them in the future, it would not erase the joyful times they would experience.