UPDATE: Bristol and Levi have since broken up...again.

Although I openly wondered why Levi Johnston recently decided to apologize to the Palin family, I admittedly never saw this one coming. And if you say you did, you’re lying.

Despite all the drama that has transpired since son Tripp Johnston was born December 2008, 19-year-old Bristol and 20-year-old Levi have decided to end their war of words - and fights over child support - to get engaged. This news comes not only as a shock to everyone reading about it today, but to Sarah Palin. She had husband Todd just found out as well.

“We got engaged two weeks ago,” Bristol revealed to Us Weekly. “It felt right, even though we don’t have the approval of our parents.”

So what brought on this surprise reconciliation? Actual communication. The two began talking again about three months ago to set up a parenting plan for their baby. This brought back the old feelings they had for each other. “I really thought we were over,” Levi, the former Playgirl model admitted. “So when I went, I had no hope. I think we both just started talking — and then we took Tripp for a walk.”

Briston told People that if her mother had not run for vice president, she had Levi would probably have been married by now. “He would still have his [oil] job on the North Slope, and we’d be in a one-bedroom apartment, scraping by,” she claims.

In response to the announcement, Sarah and Todd issued this statement to NBC: “Bristol at 19 is now a young adult. We obviously want what’s best for our children. Bristol believes in redemption and forgiveness to a degree most of us struggle to put in practice in our daily lives.”

Wondering about that abstinence pledge Bristol made recently? Well, that’s supposedly still in effect. Levi and his fiancee don’t plan on having sex again until after they are wed. This, of course, may explain why they hope to exchange vows within the next six weeks.