First Meeting, Again

FBI Agent Audrey Parker driving in her rental car had just crossed the town line and entered Haven, Maine her destination and site of her next assignment. She wasn't sure why but this was the third out of state assignment she had gotten from Agent Howard in the last month. It was almost like he was trying to keep her out of the office, in fact it seemed like he was trying to keep her out of Boston.

She had always thought it strange that her supervising Agent would make house calls on her to brief her on her missions but in the end no matter how curious she was she was an FBI Agent and her job was to catch killers and if she had to go to Maine to make it happen then so be it.

She heard the radio announcer start a song and she went to change the station, she never reached the dial though as she saw a huge crack appear in front of her lane gaping wide open large enough to swallow her car whole. She let out a startled yelp and instinctively turned the steering wheel sharply to avoid the crack, not realizing that she had turned towards a fifty foot drop down to the ocean. Her car broke through that crash barrier and went down a small slope. Audrey closed her eyes fully expecting her car to go down until a jolt forced her to open them.

The car was teetering on the edge of the cliff seesawing on the rock barrier. She took in several deep breaths not being able to believe that she was still alive. As the car rocked forward again she leaned back trying to counterbalance knowing full well that she barely weighed anything significant enough to stop it from falling. Only then did she realize that the radio was still on and a clichéd folksy song was playing.

Audrey rolled her eyes. "No way am I dying to this." She said and leaned forward to turn off the radio causing the car to rock forward again. She leaned back again chastising herself mentally and trying to calm herself down; she looked at the radio again. 'At least that's off.' she thought to herself.

Just as she was gathering the courage to open the door and somehow leap off the car someone knocked on her passenger door startling her. It was a man about her age with light brown hair and blue eyes. Audrey's eyes widened for a second when she saw him as he looked oddly familiar to her.

Detective Nathan Wuornos had just been down at the beach looking over the body of Jonas Lester. The chief had already ruled the death as an accident but Nathan wasn't so sure, he was heading up the road to see the point from where he had been launched off the cliff, the man had been too far away from the cliff base to have just fallen.

As he drove up the road he saw a red car swerve away from the road and break through the crash barrier, Nathan pulled over and ran up to the barrier. He saw a huge crack in the road and figured that was what had made the driver swerve. Nathan ran down the slope to when he had seen the car go all the while calling in the local PD to rope off the cracked zone to avoid any more accidents.

He was relieved when he got there to see that the car hadn't gone over the edge. Nathan slowly walked up beside the car and knocked on the passenger side door. The woman on the wheel looked to be about his age, very attractive with blue eyes and golden hair that was pulled up into a bun. She looked relatively scared but not as much as he would expect from a person about to go off a cliff.

However what really shook Nathan was that when their eyes locked he could feel something twinge inside him, his mind went into overdrive trying to figure out where he had seen her before. He shook his head, now was not the time. "Hey, need some help?" he asked her.

The woman rolled her eyes and shook her head at him. "No, no I'm alright," She said sarcastically causing him to smile to himself a little. Nathan checked himself, he rarely ever smiled like that but somehow someway her sarcasm seemed familiar.

Nathan nodded. "Okay then." He said walking back around the car, knowing that she would be annoyed with him.

He walked up to her side to see her shaking her head at where he had been standing before. He knocked on her door successfully startling her again and causing him to smile again. She unlocked the door and he opened it. He took her hand in his and pulled her out of the car as it went tumbling down the cliff, but in that instance something happened that hadn't happened in over three years. The few seconds that her hand was in his he had felt her. And not only could he feel her he had visions flashing in front of his eyes; the first one of her kissing him on his cheek while they leaned on the side of his Bronco, her kissing him on the lips and him being able to feel it and then her kissing him again in front of a large Barn.

He shook his head as he looked down at his hand and the up at the woman who was looking down at her hand too. Had he really felt her? And what about those visions? He has had fantasies about women before but these seemed much more than that. He tried to shake it off. He had come across weirder stuff in Haven before; he ignored the tingling in his hand and looked down at the car.

"Shame about the car. "Nathan said drolly to her. She looked up at him weirdly for a second.

Audrey had been so relieved to see the man in the brown leather jacket but had been annoyed when he had seemingly left her to die. Him spooking her by coming round the car had only served to annoy her more but all that had gone away when she had held his hand in hers. It was all off a split second of contact but felt like everything. The tingling still hadn't subsided, but feelings aside the visions had really thrown her for a loop. She had seen him holding her hand, telling her he could feel her and her only, she had felt his lips on hers as she kissed him for the first time, and she had felt him again as she kissed him again but it felt as if it would be the last time.

She looked up into his face and saw that he was staring at his hand too; she looked back down at hers but decided to shake it off. She had had vivid fantasies about men before and this guy wasn't bad to look at but she couldn't help but feel as if those visions were something more.

She was shaken out of her reverie as Nathan spoke, wait Nathan? He had barely said anything to her and she knew his name? This was definitely not normal. "Its-uh-it's a rental," She said in regards to his comment about the car.

But then she was forced to go from disoriented to alert as he pulled a gun on her.

"Whoa, " She said pulling out her own sidearm and training it on him, all the while in her head something was screaming that this is wrong and she shouldn't be pulling a gun on him." FBI who are you? "She spat out.

"Haven PD, who are you?"He responded.

Audrey quirked her head a little, feeling a little like she was having Deja vu." FBI, are you deaf. "She said but what astounded her was seeing him mouth her words as if he too had had this conversation with her.

She saw him shake his head. She recognized the gesture as a subconscious way of getting his bearings.

"How - how do I know that. "He stammered confused.

"Well for starters I'm wearing my gun on my belt, "She said and watched as he mouthed that too." government issue nine millimeter... "She trailed off in confusion realizing that she had said this before but picked up her speech again." and they gave me one of these, "she said reaching into her jacket pocket somehow knowing what was coming next.

" Hey. "He paused looking at her closely. She was smiling a little waiting for him to continue." Keep - keep your hands where I can see them.

Audrey couldn't help but grin at him not even knowing why. "Okay what am I going to do pull out another gun?" She said laughing a little. This seemed so familiar to her.

They both looked at each other for a few moments trying to memorize each other's facial feature before realizing that the already knew how they looked when they smiled, laughed, cried or got angry.

Nathan and Audrey both let go of their guns at the same time, dropping them by their feet and waking up to each other. They were barely a hairs breadth away; Audrey brought up her hand and softly brushed her fingers against Nathan cheek. His eyes closed at the feel of her and he barely suppressed a moan at her touch.

"You can feel that?"She asked.

Nathan nodded." You know I can. "

"N-nathan? "She said hesitantly.

" Aud-audrey. "He said uncertainly.

And they both launched themselves at each other. Her arms went around his neck making certain he could feel her touch and he gripped her waist in his hands as their lips met in a mind blowing kiss that shook them to the core.

Vision upon vision assaulted their minds as their previous lives made itself known. Their memories were returning full force, from their first real meeting to their last kiss outside the barn. Everything returned, the Troubles, Duke, the Colorado kid, James, Sarah and Lucy, the chief, the barn, the hunter. All of it returned to them, the good and the bad but they kept on kissing, reveling in the feel of one another. The thing that they had denied themselves for so long, for no reason at all. When they finally had to break apart it was for air only.

Nathan rested his forehead onto hers and looked into her eyes as they got their breathing under control.

Audrey spoke first. "Nathan is this really happening?" She asked him.

Nathan smiled at her. It was a wide, glorious and loving smile that she rarely if ever saw him give. "I think it really is Audrey."

She leaned into kiss him again and when they broke apart she laughed out loud. "Oh my god." She yelled. "I can't believe this." She said to him. "I never thought that I would get to touch you again, to make you feel me and only me, to tell you what I should have told you so many months ago." She looked into his eyes. They had been given a clean slate, no Jordan, no Chris, no Duke, this was them and she was going to say it. "I love you, Nathan Thaddeus Wuornos, more than anyone in the world I love you. I'm not afraid to say it and I'm not afraid to hear it anymore. You are the one Nathan and I'll be damned if I ever give you up." She smiled up at him watching his face split into a blinding smile as he kissed her with everything he had.

"I love you too. "He said pulling back." I may not be as eloquent as you but it is still true, I do love you and I will do everything I can to keep you Audrey Prudence Parker. "

As they went to kiss again his walkie crackled."Hon that back up your requested is on their way, ETA ten minutes."

Nathan met Audrey's eyes and put the walkie to his mouth. "Thanks Laverne. Listen tell the chief I'm calling in a sick day. I'll be back tomorrow."

"Are you alright love? "She asked.

"Just fine Laverne, something came up." He said pulling Audrey close to his side and kissing her hair." Tell the chief to check the vics jacket pocket theirs some evidence we missed."

"OK will do, feel better Hon. "She said and cut the line.

"Nathan?" Audrey asked.

Nathan smiled down at her." Conrad and Marion aren't going anywhere tonight and if I recall correctly last time around you woke up in Dukes bed tomorrow morning. I plan on fixing that error. "

Audrey smiled at him." Oh and how do you plan on doing that? "She asked lacing her fingers with his and waking toward the Bronco.

"I plan on waking you up in the morning in my bed." He said pinning her to the side of his car and kissing her deeply. He trailed kisses down the column of her neck and heard her moan at the sensations. The feel of her skin on his lips was enough to make him take her right there and then but he pulled back.

"Audrey I have wanted you since the moment I met you and loved you well before I knew I could feel you. I want to give you everything if you would have it. "He said earnestly bringing all of his feelings to the surface wanting to impress upon her that this was real.

Audrey ran the back of her hand along his cheek making him close his eyes at the sensation." Nathan I want everything, all of it and I want to give you the world. "She said to him." I wish I could make you feel again but if you have to feel someone, I'm so glad that it's me. "

She kissed him again and pulled back deciding to lighten the situation." So, I believe you promised to wake me up tomorrow in your bed. I think we might have a problem making that happen. "

Nathan looked at her curiously. He knew he had been a little forward but he also knew that they both wanted this more than anything. However if it wasn't for her playful demeanor he might have been worried." Oh "He asked her." What's the problem? "

"I don't think we'll be getting any sleep tonight so waking me up will be a problem." She said brushing her fingers on the side of his jaw as she leaned in to whisper the sultry statement in his ear. She pulled away and got into the cab of his truck." Now come on, I'm waiting for you to see through to your promise. "

Nathan smiled at her." Thanks for not crushing my fingers this time. "He said as he got in the driver's seat.

She grabbed his hand as he pulled out to the road." I have wanted to make you feel me in every way that you can ever since you told me that you could feel me." She looked down at their joined hands. "I'm so sorry that I pushed you away Nathan."

"Hey." He said to her lifting their joined hands to kiss hers tenderly making her melt inside." I told you we are okay. I love you Audrey and while I hated those two months I have put it behind me. I just want to love you like I've always wanted to and I'm starting right now. So no more serious talk okay? Save that for later. "

Audrey nodded." Okay, "She looked at him slyly." So can I pick the station? "

Nathan laughed out loud." God I've missed you so much Audrey. "

Audrey smiled and said." I'll take that as a yes. "And she proceeded to annoy Nathan with the weirdest choice of radio stations she could think of.

Yes this was a unique situation, yes somehow time had been reset, whether this was in their favor or not remained to be seen but what they knew now was that they had been apart for two months and after that had barely talked before the barn came into play. Before anything could be done they needed to feel each other. To affirm that yes they were here and they had another chance. They could save the world tomorrow; right now they needed to save themselves.