Author's Note: Yup, I'm back! Okay...I didn't want to start this story until I had read all of FAKE so I would keep as true to the manga as possible. Luckily I did...and it is the best love story ever!!! I really hope there is a sequel. Sanami please continue...if you can't make an anime at least continue with the mangas. Where was I..oh yeah! Anyway..here is story 3 in the "No Ordinary Love" series called Situations and Surprises. If you haven't read story 1 (Only Hope) and story 2 (I Forever Do) please do so! But glad to be back on the boards! Lots of love! Enjoy!!

Love,

Jennifer K.

A young girl sits in a cold white room. Her body aches, she is tired and she is angry and confused.

"Why the fuck did this happen to me!?" She has mumbled for the last two days. "I don't deserve this!"

A woman in white pokes her head in.

"You'll be able to go soon. Are you ready?"

'No…I never was ready and I sure as hell am not now!' She thinks angrily.

She says nothing.

"You know…" The smiling woman in white says caringly. "There is help. People who would be glad to give you a hand."

'I don't need a hand.' She thinks. "I need a fucking time machine."

Again silence from her lips.

A little later on, she is walking furiously.

"Oh no way in hell am I going to do this." She says to herself. "I never wanted this! Yeah right, help, you don't know shit lady!"

She brushes angrily past people. She stands at a corner waiting for a light to change. Suddenly her eyes catch those of a handsome man disposing the remains of his lunch in a garbage can. A lightbulb goes off in her head.

"Baby, I need your lovin..

Got to have all your lovin..

Baby I need your lovin…

Got to have all your lovin.."

He sang happily as he perused the store aisles. Adding more items in the cart he sings to the Motown playing on the store radio…he always loved that tune. Especially now.

The chestnut haired man smiles. He's been doing that a lot lately. Well, being a semi-newly-wed can do that to a guy. Especially a guy like Randy "Ryo" Maclean-Laytner. He had been married for almost five months now to his true love, Dee Laytner, and their lives couldn't be better. They had just returned from their honeymoon and Dee was not feeling the greatest these last few days thanks to the jet lag, so Ryo decided to treat his husband to a romantic evening in.

'A nice meal, some pampering…some naughty bedroom playtime…whoa did I just think that?'

Ryo shook his head and laughed as he walked up to the counter. He really was growing out of his boy next door image thanks to his husband. Dee would pay for that later. After gathering his purchases, he stopped over at the coffee shop next door and grabbed a large cup o' joe to go. He was still kinda worn out himself, but being pretty much on the other side of the world in just two weeks can knock a person out. And if you had a husband like Dee, any honeymoon with him would mean sex at least twice in a 24hr. period.

Strolling across the busy Manhattan sidewalk, he paused. Autumn in New York was genuinely the most beautiful sight to see. He took a seat on a bench and sipped his coffee happily enjoying watching the multi-colored leaves sway in the warm breeze, the sun shining brightly through the clear blue sky. The hustle and bustle of New Yorkers racing through the streets in everything from Bohemian shawls to Armani suit jackets. Ryo loved living in the city, definitely the best place on earth.

Autumn also held a special place in his heart because the anniversary of when Dee had proposed to him was coming up. That and his 31st birthday. Dee had surprised him on his birthday by singing him a beautiful song in front of family and friends on his guitar and then getting down on one knee and proposing to him. The two of them cried like babies when Ryo happily said yes. It was definitely the best birthday he had ever had.

Checking his watch he figured he'd better get home soon to Dee. He got up and crossed the street. Realizing his cup of coffee was pretty much gone now, he looked around for a trash can to throw it in. Passing by a nearby bodega, he saw a closed dumpster. Putting down his purchases quickly, he opened the lid and threw his coffee cup in and closed the lid. Wiping his hands together he went back to his bags.

Suddenly, a noise ran through his ear drums. It was faint, but it sounded like a screech or a howl. Ryo figured it must have been a stray cat. He picked up his bags and walked no more than two steps when the sound increased.

"Man, that's one hungry cat." Ryo said aloud. Feeling bad for the poor defenseless animal he rustled about in his bags and pulled out a pound of fresh roast beef he had bought that day. He opened the wrapper and tore off a little slice. He figured that he could share his spoils since the cat probably lived on rotten meals and garbage.

He neared the dumpster once again where the screeching seemed to sound. "Here kitty kitty, who wants a treat?" Ryo said as he stood on his toes and opened the lid. He saw a bag rustling and figured the animal was trapped underneath it.

"Aww, having trouble there kitty?"? Ryo said sweetly as he leaned in and lifted the trash bag up.

His heart stopped cold in his chest.

"Oh my God…"