Penelope and Vetrix made eye contact, golden eyes piercing into golden eyes. They had so many emotions silently being passed between one another. Amelia smiled.

"No way...no freaking way," Penelope muttered out slowly. She gingerly raised her hand and placed it on Vetrix's shoulder. The small blond smiled and jumped from Amelia's hold. Penelope gasped and smiled open-mouthed. Maybe he was different, but he still acted like the man she knew. For Penelope, that was all that mattered.

Amelia giggled, deciding it would probably be best to leave those two alone for a while. She instead took her rightful place next to Durbe and laid against him. The Barian blushed, something Amelia wasn't used to seeing. Trey was staring at them intently. Twice the two sets of emerald eyes locked onto each other before retreating or getting distracted.

The pink-haired girl scooted up a bit, then blinked and put her head on Durbe's shoulder. She smiled up at him. He did the same back and took her hand. Amelia sat up all the way out of shock. The two pairs of eyes made contact for a while.

Now all the Arclights were staring. It was awkward, seeing how a human like Amelia and a Barian like Durbe got along, but it was also kinda cute.

Scratch that. It was really cute. Trey smiled. He knew something was going to happen that would forever be remembered by his family. He just wasn't sure what.

The question that floated around in the pink-haired boy's mind was answered much more quickly than he ever thought it would've been.

Amelia sat up and put her arms around Durbe's neck, and before he could react in any way whatsoever, she kissed him. Not on the cheek, on the lips.

Trey and Quinton gasped. Quattro and Penelope were wide-eyed in shock. Vetrix just sat there, motionless for a few seconds before passing out on Penelope. She chuckled and began to mess with his hair.

"Holy shit," Quattro whispered it in Trey's ear. He nodded and scooted a little closer to his older brother.

"It's shocking, I agree."

They pulled away slowly, Amelia's emerald eyes staring straight into Durbe's smokey ones. They put their foreheads together as Durbe chuckled nervously.

"I never admitted it Amelia but...I love you. I have since I first met you, in our first lives, whether you remember or not," Durbe whispered. Amelia blushed and smiled again.

"I love you too," The pinkette whispered and ruffled his hair. Durbe smiled sweetly. First time Amelia had ever seen it in a while.

The most gentle smile she'd ever given anybody crossed Amelia's lips. She stared into Durbe's smokey-gray eyes and giggled, messing with his hair again. He held her close, stroking her bangs and staring into her emerald eyes.

"Nyaha, what happened?" Vetrix sat up slowly and stared around. Penelope gently placed her arms around the blond's neck. "Well, you passed out after Amelia and Durbe kissed."

Vetrix went wide-eyed. "That actually happened? I thought I'd fallen asleep and I'd just dreamed that."

"Nope!" came Amelia's cheery reply. Vetrix gulped and nodded in understanding. He wasn't going to argue with her.

Penelope lifted Vetrix a little into the air as she stood up. He let out a startled squeak and held onto her shoulders. The multi-color haired woman smiled at him. She then raised an eyebrow and stared at him. Never before had she seen that mask.

"Whoa...since when have you had this?" Penelope asked, taking her pointer finger and sliding it down the metal slowly.

Vetrix flinched and shook his head. "Please don't take it off. You'd be too shocked."

"Hah! Byron, I was freaked out enough when I saw you this way the first time! I think I could handle whatever you hide behind your mask."

"I-I don't know, Penelope..."

"Pleeeeaaaaase?"

They stayed silent for a moment while Vetrix was in thought. When he looked up, the classic puppy-eyed stare Penelope was giving him was too much. Finally, he sighed and nodded. "Okay."

Penelope smiled and gently slid it off. She gasped in shock. Of course she wasn't expecting something normal, but she certainly wasn't expecting him to have a little more than half his face represent the galaxy. Penelope guessed it was from the little..."incident" Amelia had explained to her.

"Wow. Amelia was right, you look way different." Penelope watched as Vetrix turned away. She smiled gently and forced him to look back at her. "But I still love you."

This made Vetrix shoot up. He blinked a few times with his good eye, then leaned in a little closer to Penelope. "True?" he asked. She nodded.

"You know it." Penelope whispered it in his ear before leaning into a kiss with him.

Amelia let out a long, hushed "Awwwww," while the others just stared.

The pink-haired girl stood from her spot, taking Durbe by the hand and leading him outside. She wanted fresh air. Trey and Quinton followed, as did Quattro, Penelope, and Vetrix. Amelia jumped down in the grass. Patting a seat beside herself, she watched as Durbe did the same, and at the exact same time they laid in it.

Breezes were gusting by gently, making it the perfect temperature to just be outside. Amelia watched as Quattro scampered up a tree. Trey, with the help of the middle brother, did the same and joined him.

"So..."

Amelia broke the silence. Everyone's eyes dropped down to her. "I guess everything is back to normal now, huh? No more worrying about Vector, no more screwing around with fighting."

"Yeah. God, that was tough as hell. I honestly didn't think we were going to succeed," Durbe said, staring right at Amelia.

"It was. Thanks for the help."

"No problem. Although I wasn't really able to do that much..."

"Oh please, you did fine. You can't help it if Vector captured you at the last second!"

Durbe nodded. Amelia smiled. She was exhausted, having not worn her soldier gear in forever or one thing, the other being she hadn't used her Crest at full power before now.

But now it was all peaceful, and without Vector or Durbe, the remaining Barians weren't going to be very harmful. Amelia expected them to try petty little ambushes now and again, but it wasn't like they'd be much of a threat because it would be likely they were attacking blindly, without a plan for anything.

It was official. The war between the Barians and the Arclights was over. Amelia's family was finally back together, and what was even better was the fact she had a boyfriend now! Amelia sighed in happiness.

Finally, she could say she had a normal life.

END