"Bye mom, thanks for looking after her today." "I'm happy to do it, but dear, think about what I've said, k," "Mom, we've been over this, until I graduate I have to continue working at the bar. See you in the morning mom." "K, bye hon. Take care." "I will..." "Oh, you may want to give Anya some in a bit, she had a bit of a fever earlier." "K. Thanks again mom. Bye dad." "See you later." Zoey smiled as she headed home, carrying her sleeping baby.

"Ha...home at last...oh, you awake?" "Mhm." "Well, we're home now...well almost, just have to up in the elevator." "Mommy, I'm still sleepy." "K, well, you can go back to sleep once we get upstairs, k?" "k, Mommmy." The little girl laid her head on her mother's shoulder as Zoey walked into the elevator. "Not long now," "Mm," "You asleep again already?" "No, mommy..." "Well, you can, but I'd rather you wait till we get you into you pjs, k?" "K, mommy, I twy." Zoey smiled at the cuteness of her daughter, and walked off the elevator.

"Alright, oh, honey, can you stand right here, while I get the keys out?" "Yes, mommy." "Thanks sweetie...now where are those keys...ah! Got them." Zoey quickly unlocked the door, and Anya walked in first, like normal, but stopped in the door way.

"Oh! Anya, honey, whats wrong?" "Who dat?" "Who is who?" "Him?" "Him?" Zoey didn't like the sound of that, and pulled Anya behind her, then stood and looked right at the him that anya had been reffering to, and her eyes went very wide, as the man approached. "Hey there, kitty cat."

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Zoey just stood there for a moment, looking at the approaching alien. "Kitty cat?" She shook her head, "Sorry, thought I was seeing things, for a moment there." He grinned that same grin. Same hair style, same green, same red bands, same everything. He seemed a bit taller then her had, and instead of the same clothes, he wore a sort of military uniform. She hand't minded the other clothes, but she liked these new ones.

Zoey suddenly remembered that she had Anya behind her. The little girl peeked out from behind her mother and looked at the man that was looking at her mother. Zoey sighed and lifted Anya to her arms, "Ah, take a seat in the living room, while I put her to bed." "Sure."

Zoey tucked Anya into bed, pjs and all. "who is he mommy?" "A...a good friend." "Oh, nite mommy." "Night sweetie." Zoey kissed Anya's head then left the room, turning on the night light and shutting the door slightly when she did. Zoey sighed and decided that, there was no other time to do this, she had to do this tonight.

"Hey, so, you still with that loser?" "Hm? Mark? No, he moved away around the same time the battle ended." "Oh...he didn't ask you to go with him?" "He did, but I said no." "Why? Thought he was your one and only?" "Yeah, well, a girl can change her mind..." "So...she your sister?" "Hm?" "The kid," "Ah...no, she's mine..." "His too?" "No." "Oh?" Zoey swallowed nervously. She hadn't prepared for this moment, she would have, but she didn't know if this moment would come or not, so she'd just left it, now she had no idea what to say.

"So, you have a new boyfriend now, huh?" "What?" "Well, she's not loser's so," "Yeah, well...I...after Mark left I didn't start dating anyone, I didn't have time, what with school, work, work, and taking care of Anya, and believe me, I don't regret any of it, especially not Anya." "Okay, so...she has to be his then." "No, see...wow, never thought I'd be in this situation so soon," "What situation?" "Mark and I never did anything, except hold hands baisically throught the entire relationship." "Oh...then how?" "Well you know that night we spent together?" "Yeah, of course, I'll never forget that night...why?" "Well, lets just say that you were my first and only in that department." "Ah...OH!" "You get what I'm saying now?" For a moment Dren just sat there staring off into space, like Zoey ahd when she'd found out the news three years ago.

"Wait, so..." "Yeah," "So I'm," "Yeah," "So she's," "Yes, yes and yes to all those questions." "Hm...even the one about me taking you away?" "I said yes to all of them, so yes to that one too." "Wha! Really!" "Yes, really...mmm!" The kiss came quickly, but lasted for a long time, until a knock came to the door.

Zoey went and answered it, "Hey." "Elliot...ah...what are you here for?" "I came to say sorry for tonight, I mean..." "No, its alright, really, you were just trying to keep Earth safe, so no appology needed. "No, thats not it...see...I..." "Hey about the work thing, don't worry, I havent gotten a break from there in a while, so its no biggy, really, now, its really late, and I'm trying to get Anya back to sleep." "Oh...I didn't wake her did I?" "Huh? No, she's till awake from coming home from my parent's, don't worry. See you tomorrow." "Ah...yeah, sure, see you later." Zoey sighed with relief as she shut the door after she made sure Elliot had gotten on the elevator. "That was close."

"So, no one suspects anything?" "No, they all think she is Mark's, but of course I know differently." "Right...what do your parents say?" "Well, they weren't impressed with me getting pregnant at 14, but they've come around since then, my dad is still kind of grumpy about it, but he's begining to come around." "Huh...and you?" "Hm? Well, I was of course surprised at the news, but I don't regret anything, or anyone." "Hm..." "You? What do you thnk?" "I'm thinking WOW!" "Ha, ha, not something you were prepared for huh?" "Ah, no, not at all, but I like it." Zoey smiled as the two embraced. "Hm...me too."