Snowy wanted a story where Athena and Ramon timetravel and meet their future selves. I'm not the best at doing those, and i wasn't sure how i would be able to write it well, so i ended up writing this instead.

This chapter is dedicated to snowy for giving me the idea. thank you! :D

Please enjoy

L.L.A.P

~Laces

Athena sat next to Ramon as he drew on his paper. She was happy to be sitting next to him, but something was on her mind that was worrying her.

"What is it?" Ramon inquired, recognizing the distressed look on his friends face.

"Some people warned me that friendships don't last forever, and that some friends drift apart." She whispered. "I don't want us to not be friends anymore one day."

Ramon gave her a comforting smile.

"We'll never drift apart. You hold my hand too much for that to happen." He chuckled. Athena chuckled as well, but still looked a bit worried.

"Here." Ramon stood up and walked over to his closet and pulled out a shoebox.

"What are we supposed to do with a shoebox?" Athena inquired.

"We'll put stuff in it that reminds us why we're god friends. Then, if there's ever a day when we feel like we're drifting apart, we can look through this box and remember why we're friends." Ramon smiled, and Athena smiled back.

"What should we put in it first?"

~*~*~*~*~*~Sixteen Years Later~*~*~*~*~*~

Ramon sat on the bed with the shoebox on his lap, a small smile perched on his lips. Just then he heard the window open and Athena floated into the room, dressed as Power Girl.

"You should be asleep. It's late." Athena frowned.

"I can't sleep much when you're out. I just get worried." He informed, and Athena kissed his forehead.

"No need to be worried, Ramon. I know how to take care of myself." Athena stated, but then frowned for a moment. "Can you help me with the zipper?" She inquired, and Ramon smiled as he stood from the bedside and unzipped her costume.

"Thanks, Ramon." She peeled off the costume and went to throw on her nightshirt. As she made her way towards the bed, she saw the old shoebox.

"What's that?" she inquired.

"You forget, amor?" Ramon questioned, but smiled at her. "It's our memory box."

"You kept that? We filled up that box years ago." She sat next to Ramon, looking at the box.

"Of course I kept it." Ramon chuckled. "We never needed to open it though."

"Of course not. We never drifted apart."

"It's because you would never let go of my hand." He informed with a smirk as he looked down at their currently clasped hands.

Athena giggled, but then looked at the box again.

"Do you even remember what we put in there?" she inquired, and Ramon shook his head.

"Nope. But we could find out now." He grinned. The two put their hands on the box and slowly lifted the lid.

There was a picture of a rainbow inside and Athena chuckled.

"I remember this. I never saw one before and after we saw one together, you decided to draw a picture for me." she smiled. The next item they pulled out was a newspaper clipping that was an Ad for the Science and History Museum event that invited younger kids to join for some fun and games.

"We met here." Ramon smiled, and Athena nodded.

"Yes. And you wore those big circular glasses." She laughed as she pulled out said glasses.

"Man, I can't believe my mom let me leave the house with these things." He chuckled.

"Speaking of your Mom, here's the recipe to her rice and beans." Athena stated, and Ramon nodded.

"Yeah, because you loved it so much." He then took out a lollipop and a bag of skittles. "And we used to buy these all the time at the candy shop." Ramon smiled.

"What's this?" Athena inquired, holding up what looked like a crumpled bullet.

"It's one of the bullets that hit you when I found out about your Super powers." He informed.

"You actually kept one?" Athena questioned, shocked.

"Yup." Ramon nodded proudly.

They continued to go through the box. A bag of chips Ramon had when he was waiting for Athena to get better in the hospital. A small comic book that the two would read together. The lyrics to Bridge over Troubled Water. An Elvis CD. A picture Ramon drew of Puerto Rico.

Finally the two got to the bottom of the box, where there was a picture of the two of them.

Athena was holding Ramon's hand. She was a good inch or two taller than him and Ramon was very thin.

Nothing much had changed besides the fact that Athena was now four inches taller than Ramon.

On the back of the picture was Ramon's handwriting.

Dear Future Ramon and Athena,

Don't ever stop being friends. No matter what happened nothing can change how much we are good friends. We'll be there for each other until the end. We promise!

Sincerely,

Ramon and Athena

Athena chuckled.

"We were really close back then." She stated.

"Of course we were." Ramon laughed as he placed the shoebox onto the night table, then turned to look at Athena.

"I'm thankful I met you. I can't imagine my life without you, amor." Ramon stated seriously.

"Me neither, Ramon." Athena leaned in to kiss him, but he stopped her for a moment.

"There's one more thing in the box." He stated. "But I have to admit, it was just recently added. Ramon pulled out a small black box.

Athena looked at him confused, and Ramon knelt onto one knee. Athena's eyes widened and her grip on his hand tightened.

"Athena, I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you." He kissed her hand, and Athena's grip didn't let go of his hand.

Ramon flipped the box top off, not letting go of Athena's hand. There was a ring in the box.

"Will you marry me?" he inquired, and Athena's eyes watered.

"Yes!" she exclaimed and she started floating. "Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!" she exclaimed, hugging Ramon tightly, bringing him up into the air with her.

Ramon kissed Athena while he slipped the ring onto her finger.

They held hands like they always had. And they refused to let go.