AN: Thank you all for the encouragement and love. All in all I'd say that I am very happy with my first story and I can't wait till I start writing my next. Sadly that will be a bit of a ways out as I need to take a break for health reasons. I hope see you all there on the next one. Enjoy.

Chapter 15

Epilogue

"Class dismissed." Lucien called out to the gathering of first years. "And remember, I want that paper on my desk tomorrow."

He knew the signs by now, a smattering of nods, a few groans, the majority of students simply ignoring him. He was going to be giving a lot of late grades tomorrow. Packing up the mess of papers that sat on his desk he readied himself for the short flight home from the edge of Patch to Vale. In the past year he had gotten very good at making the trip a short one, always anxious to get home to his apartment in Vale.

A knock on the door frame interrupted his packing, looking up he saw the man he was forever indebted to. The tall blonde man stood in the doorway, an apprehensive look on his face.

"Hello there Taiyang. What can I do for you?" Lucien greeted the fellow teacher.

"Hey there Lucy. So I'm supposed to be taking some second years out for some field training, but my kids are coming home for the week so I wanted to be at the airfield to greet them." Taiyang explained.

"Man, I got a wife waiting for me at home." Lucien complained, knowing what his fellow teacher was about to request. "But I'll do it. I owe you."

"Lucy how many times do I have to tell you. It was nothing, putting in a good word for you was one of the best things I've done here."

"Yeah, sticking your neck out for me wasn't risky at all."

"Nah man, the headmaster here trusts me. No reason you wouldn't get the job if I vouched for you."

"Ya ya. I'll take the kids out to the field. You go pick up your daughters tell them I say hi."

"Tell you what. Why don't you stop by with Glynda for dinner sometime this week?" Taiyang offered.

"Yeah, that'd be nice. We'll do that. Now get going. You're gonna be late." Lucien said, waving the now exuberant man off.

Taking his bag and hanging it up on the hook inside the doorway he headed out to the field where the students gathered in preparation for field training. He greeted the second years and asked what they were supposed to be doing. After he got all the pertinent details he led the student into the woods that surrounded the school. As he supervised the training exercise he continually checked his watch. Growing more and more aggravated as the minutes ticked by. Eventually the exercise was over and he led the students back to the school. After he checked that all the students were there he stripped off his shirt and took to the air, relieved to be heading home.

Landing on the roof of the apartment building he phased straight through the roof and directly into the living room of his top floor apartment. Landing silently he scanned the room, seeing that his lovely wife wasn't there he stalked silently towards the kitchen where a faint humming could be heard. Walking up behind Glynda he quietly snaked his arms around her waist, feeling her tense momentarily before he got a swat on the arm.

"I told you not to surprise me like that." Glynda chastised as she spun around in his arms, placing a soft kiss on his still bare chest. "You're freezing. Did you fly at top speed again?"

"Hmm… Yeah but I think I can shave another thirty seconds off of it is I phase after I get to altitude." He muttered as he picked up the tune she had been humming.

"Are you going to let me go or would you prefer the food got burnt?" She questioned as he gently started to spin her around to the tune he was humming.

"By the way, happy anniversary." He whispered into her hair.

"Happy anniver-" She began to ask before she remembered the date. "How did I forget?! It's our anniversary!"

"Yes it is." He murmured as he continued to spin her around. "Now as much as I would love to take you out to a fancy dinner, whatever you are cooking smells delicious, so I think we should stay in."

"I couldn't agree more." She said quietly as she struggled to pull herself from his grasp.

"I'll let you go if you give me what I want."

"And what do you want?"

"This." He answered as he leaned in and gave her a passionate kiss. "I love you Angel."

"I love you too." She whispered back. "Lucy."

"Don't call me that."

"Whatever you say."

"Yes, whatever I say." He whispered into a deep kiss, a slight whiff of burning food drifting up to their noses.

"Well I guess we are going out to dinner anyways." Glynda said with small laugh.

"Or we could just stay in…"

"I like that idea."

"We'll have quite the mess to cleanup tomorrow."

"I don't think I care right now. Happy anniversary my love."

"Happy anniversary my angel."

~Fin~