Author's Note: Merry Christmas! Okay, so this is the last chapter of my story, thank you for reading and hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

Disclaimer: I do not own Recess or any of its characters.

Christmas Day

"Vince, I'm a little worried now," Gretchen whispered to Vince as they sat on her couch, his arm around her and her laying her head on his shoulder.

"About the engagement?" he whispered back. Gretchen simply nodded. When they had gotten back last night, the others had already gone to bed, so they had decided to wait until opening gifts on Christmas day to tell the gang of the engagement. But, after lying in her bed for a few minutes, Gretchen had become worried that this really wasn't going to work out, because they were so far away. No matter what Vince said.

"Look, baby," he gently told her, to where she was the only one who could hear, "I didn't want to tell you this yet because I'm still working out all the details and stuff, but I feel as if you should know so you won't worry about this as much. I am being drafted to a team closer to hear so we can actually see each other occasionally. It kind of just happened and I learned about it around three days before I left. It is definitely a miracle of Christmas."

"Really?" Gretchen asked excitedly, forgetting to keep her voice low, the other four friends turned to look at them. Spinelli and TJ were wrapped up in a blanket on the floor, cuddling while Gus and Mikey were each sitting in an arm chair.

"Somebody must be excited about their engagement," Spinelli teased her.

"How did you know about it?" Gretchen accused, looking at Vince, who just shrugged.

"Oh please, when Vince asked Teej and I to help deliver gifts for you I totally figured it out. Its not like I'm dumb or anything," Spinelli rolled her eyes, "but it is really exciting!"

"So you knew Vince wasn't cheating on me all along," Gretchen stated, now understanding why her friend hadn't taken the accusation against Vince more seriously.

"Of course I did," Spinelli once again rolled her eyes, "and if these guys would have thought about it they would have realized it too. In fact, you probably could have realized it too."

"Well, we'll just see if you know when you're getting proposed too," Gretchen said haughtily. TJ seemed to choke on his soda at that.

"That will definitely not be for a while," TJ managed to get out, "we are not ready for marriage."

"You guys were born to marry each other," Gus dismissed, before turning to the happily engaged couple, "so, how is this whole long distance marriage thing going to work out?"

"Gus!" Mikey scolded him, "we should give trials a day of rest in the midst of such joy for this happy couple."

"It's okay," Vince laughed, "its all worked out. We're going to start planning the wedding tomorrow and then I'm moving up here in the spring because I got transferred to a different team that's around here."

"I'm so excited," Spinelli squealed an uncharacteristic squeal, getting up from the ground and giving her two friends hugs. The other three followed her lead, as happy for the couple as Spinelli was, "okay, now you have to open my gift."

Spinelli picked up her gift and handed it to Gretchen, smiling at the girl.

"I can't wait since this is apparently the most awesome gift ever," Gretchen laughed.

"Well, looks like I can't top that one with the engagement ring you already have," Spinelli pouted.

"Well, I won't count that one," Gretchen reasoned, opening the package. Inside was a card, which Gretchen began to read aloud, "Dear Gretchen, This is a pass for you to call on your dear friend, Ashley Spinelli, when you find the time to go visit Vince. She will pay for your flight ticket there and back, along with two night's stay in a hotel of her choosing. Merry Christmas! Love, Spinelli."

"This was before I knew Vince was coming up here," Spinelli explained.

"No, its absolutely great," Gretchen smiled at her, giving her a hug, "this way I can visit Vince before he has to move up here. And we can spend some more time together."

"Thanks Spinelli," Vince added in, smiling down at his fiancee.

"By the way, that's your gift too Vince," Spinelli cheerfully said before turning to her boyfriend, "okay, TJ, I'm ready for my gift. And it better be good."

"I have to warn you, its not that good," TJ honestly said, handing his girlfriend a box, looking anxious. Spinelli slowly opened the box and then let out another squeal.

"A trip to Italy for two! This is so amazing!" she screamed, jumping up and hugging her boyfriend.

"I got the idea when you decided to give Gretchen a visit to Vince," TJ admitted, "I realized that you had never really been on a real vacation before, so over your spring break, we are definitely going."

"We have the best boyfriends in the world," Spinelli informed Gretchen, sitting next to her as TJ and Vince walked into the kitchen, "well, actually, you have the best fiancee and I have the best boyfriend."

"You're going to propose to her in Italy," Vince accused TJ in a whisper as soon as they entered the kitchen, so nobody could overhear them, "don't think I didn't notice that gleam in your eye."

"What can I say?" TJ shrugged, "it's about time for both of us to make our ladies our wives."

"That it is, that it is," Vince laughed as they finished refilling the cups and went back into the living room.

The group couldn't help but feel as if everything was right as they sat around the Christmas tree. Vince and Gretchen had resumed their spot on the couch, Gretchen examining her ring as she leaned into Vince. Spinelli and TJ had also resumed their position, huddling together and talking in very low voices about Italy. Gus and Mikey were now sitting on the floor and playing what seemed to be an intense game of Go Fish. Yup, thought the group, this was definitely the right way to spend Christmas.