*Drum roll please!* Here is the first chapter of the sequel to Collide. Please R&R!!!

Chapter 1

Trish walked up to Matt and gazed at him sadly. She tilted her head to the side as her long, wavy blonde hair cascaded down her shoulders. She looked at him and felt the tears begin to brim at her eyes. Matt instinctively wrapped his arms around her slender body as he pulled her tightly towards his own body.

"How's Jeff?" she asked, tears in her voice.

Matt shook his head. "He's a mess. He can't face it. He won't face it. We tried everything… he doesn't want to try anything. I don't know what to do." He said, now with tears in his voice. "Dad suggested he go talk to someone, but he won't. He said that until they find something of her, he'll always be looking for her…"

Trish wiped the tears from her eyes. "She was his whole world… her and the girls. I can't even imagine how he must be feeling…"

"I loved… love… I will always love Megan… but it's been almost 6 months and they haven't found anything. Not a shoe or anything… it's like she disappeared into thin air! I don't know what to do because when she disappeared my whole world went dark. None of us are the same. None of us!" he screamed, tears trailing his face. He didn't care about crying in front of Trish. He knew that she understood.

Trish tried to smile, "Meg was the light of our lives. She never did anything but love us. Even our quirky attributes. She was my best friend…" Trish cried.

"Dad blames himself. He feels that if he hadn't called her, she never would have been in the storm. Jeff blames himself for not being at home with her… or at least being at the show with her and Jay…. It's a mess. Shannon is completely cut off from everything…. Jeff doesn't want to come back to work… even just being here reminds me of her. Every time I pass the medical tent, expecting to see her…. I can't take this anymore. It hurts too much." He said finally breaking down into complete hysterics.

Trish tried to comfort him by placing her hand onto his shoulder as he cried into his hands.

"Shhh…. Matt, it'll be ok…"

Matt's head shot up as he looked into her eyes. "It's not ok! It's never going to be ok! I am trying to have hope that maybe she's out there but I highly doubt she's alive!"

Trish's eyes widened with shock.

"And that! Your reaction makes me feel like such a dick for thinking it! Seriously, Trish! She was in labor and she was alone! The thought of her dying like that makes me feel physically ill!" he sobbed as Trish clutched his body close to hers.

x-x-x-x-x-x-x Elsewhere x-x-x-x-x-x-x

"Babe, you ok?" Ethan called to Hope.

She raised her head and looked at him. She shrugged her shoulders. "I have a headache."

Ethan nodded his head. "How are the princesses?"

Mentions of the girls made Hope smile, she loved her daughters. She was beginning to feel love for Ethan also. Over the past 6 months, he'd taken her and her infant daughters into his home and had done everything in his power to find her family, which was an extensive task since she couldn't remember anything about herself or her past. Unfortunately, a month after being with Ethan, he'd told her devastating news. During the hurricane, she'd been separated from her family and her family hadn't survived. The thought of being alone and not knowing who she was devastating to her. Raising two infants who would grow up without knowing their father upset her greatly. Ethan had told her that she and the girls could live with him for as long as they needed to. That was 4 months ago. Over the months, Hope, had begun to feel something inside of her which she wasn't sure if she should feel or not. She depended on Ethan for everything and he was great to her and the girls. As the months pressed, she felt herself loving him. There was always something in the back of her mind that made her stop every time Ethan tried to kiss her. He'd been respectful about it also. Never rushed or pressured her for anything.

"Hope, you ok?" he asked as he bounced Bianca on his leg.

She looked at Ethan and smiled at her daughter's laughs. She looked down and scooped up Bianca's identical twin sister, Cameron and held her in her arms.

Cameron… she knew and loved this name but she couldn't remember why…

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