Sorry this took so long. I lost motivation to write when I learned Niall won't be in the Christmas episode (Jaime himself answered my question on twitter). I'm sure it will be phenomenal but still disappointed that we have to wait until July before we get any new Zane/Jo stuff.

Carter, Henry and Grace stood on one side of the infirmary talking to a confused Zane.

"I'm really worried about her." Zane said running a hand through his hair. "She acted like she didn't know we were dating let alone engaged. Did she hurt herself recently?"

Carter shook his head. "No, she's fine. But did you hit your head or anything lately?"

"Why?" Zane looked even more confused. "Not that I know of, but I remember her Carter but she doesn't remember me." Zane frowned, feeling sick at the thought of losing Jo.

The look of worry bordering on fear that was plastered to Zane's face made Carter's heart clutch. Had the group made the wrong decision about bringing Zane in on the time travel incident? The man was hyper observant, insanely curious and unable to leave a problem unsolved. Zane had a glimpse at their mystery with the ring and Carter had no doubt that the younger man would have gone to almost any lengths to solve that mystery. A small smile tugged at the corners of Carter's mouth, Donovan would have made one hell of a detective if he hadn't chosen the other route instead. Somehow, deep down Carter knew that Zane could be trusted with this ultimate secret and maybe Jo could be happy again.

"Something is definitely wrong here Zane we just need to figure out what." Carter sighed and took off to the partitioned area where Allison, Jo and Fargo stood. Their faces expectant when he came into view.

"What did he say?" Jo asked apprehensively.

Taking a deep breath Carter started "That he's worried about you, afraid that you can't remember your life together."

Fargo pushed his glasses further up his nose, "is he faking?"

Shaking his head again Carter said, "Doubt it. I've known Zane for years and he's not that good of an actor. I'm not sure what's going on."

Jo bit her lip. "I just don't understand how he knows though. Yes, my throwing the engagement ring at him was a pretty huge clue and maybe if he was faking to get us to tell him about the trip..."

Allison laid a hand on Jo's arm. "Hey, we will figure this out. There is always an explanation. And if he is faking we will all take turns kicking his butt for putting you through this."

Jo let out a small laugh as Carter's phone beeped in his pocket. "Crap, I have to go and take Zoe to the airport. I should only be a couple hours. In the mean time, let's question our resident felon some more to figure out if he's really faking or if this is something else."

"And if it is something else?" Fargo asked.

"Then we work backwards; retrace his steps over the last few hours or days or months if we need to. Most importantly we keep it between us to minimize the damage this could cause."Jo added having regained some of her composure.

Carter gave her an encouraging smile. "Exactly, now I have to go deal with what I'm sure is going to be a very angry teenager." He turned and left, stopping to whisper something to Henry on his way out.

Jo closed her eyes and took a few calming breaths. "I need to talk to him. I think we can figure out what's going on if I can talk to him, alone."

Allison nodded " I'll send him in and then we will give you two some privacy."

She pulled a reluctant Fargo out from the curtained area and led him over to the other group. "Zane, you can see her now. I know Jo wants to talk to you."

Without hesitation Zane strode off in her direction.

Once Zane was out of earshot, Fargo turned to Grace and Henry. "So?"

"He doesn't seem to remember the last few years the way I do."Grace said. "But he accepts the changes. He didn't question that Henry and I are married, or Allison as medical director."

"It's like he has hand picked the parts of his life in Eureka that he remembers." Henry added. "Jack thinks that, whether or not he's faking, we need to tell him the truth before Zane's investigative work lands us in trouble."

"What? Why?" Fargo sounded almost indignant.

Henry shrugged his shoulders. "We keep saying that on the deepest levels we are all the same people we were before. We spent years trusting Zane, most of us considered him a friend and yet here we don't give him the same chance we want everyone to give us. Jack's right, it's time to trust him."

"But this Zane is a criminal, a smart ass and loves to push authority to it's breaking point." Fargo counted off the differences on his fingers.

"Is that really any different then the Zane we knew, at least when we met him?" Allison let a smile escape her lips. "He was trying to escape through an air vent at FBI head quarters when I first met him. He used Jo to get out of the handcuffs and escaped the jail cell then too. Sorry Fargo, but I agree with Henry and Jack on this one."


The worry in Zane's eyes as he stepped into the partitioned area made Jo's heart melt. It was a look she had seen many times during the past few years, mostly when her job put her at deaths door and in the infirmary. Zane would sit sentinel at her bedside his eyes filled with that look of worry. She had caught a glimpse of that same look when she had woken up after the bullet was removed from her chest. But this Zane had quickly erased that look and replaced it with a one of indifference. Unable to help herself a bright smile lit up her face.

The moment she smiled Zane's eyes softened and he rushed towards her locking Jo into a warm embrace. Gently he placed his lips on hers as if searching for answers. Jo's body melted into his and her lips responded to his unspoken questions. Sparks flew between them before Zane pulled back and rested his forehead on hers. "Jo, what the hell is going on?"

Looking into those blue eyes she knew oh so well, Jo took a deep breath. "I really want to tell you but first I need to ask you something."

"Anything, babe."

Flicking her tongue over her slightly swollen lips Jo asked. "You remember Julia right?"

"Fargo's girlfriend who stole your DNA to make herself look like you" Zane said nodding.

Her stomach leapt further into her chest, another piece of information he really shouldn't know. "Exactly, after that, we came up with code words right?"

Again Zane nodded, now looking even more confused. "So that if one of our identities was ever questioned again, we would have a quick easy way to tell if the other one was the real one" His trademark smirk crossed his face. "Like in Harry Potter."

Jo laughed, that was exactly the way Zane had explained to her why he wanted the code words in the first place. How on Earth was this possible? How did this Zane know about Julia or code words or engagements? Looking down Jo noticed she was still wearing his grandmother's ring on her hand. It had felt so right on her finger, so much like it belonged there that she hadn't yet bothered to remove it.

Placing her left hand, the hand that bore his ring, over his heart, she quickly said a silent prayer that somehow he would know the correct code word.

"Seriously Jo, what is going on? What aren't you telling me?" That familiar worry once again filled his eyes.

"I promise I will tell you everything as soon as we give our code words. I'll start okay?" Her eyes still locked on his. "Caspian" she said almost as a whisper.

Zane smiled and uttered his word "Gatsby."

Unshed tears filled Jo's eyes as his lips spoke the correct word. She really didn't know what the hell was going on and at the moment she really didn't care. Somehow, some way this was her Zane holding her right now. Her Zane whose lips she now sought, momentarily forgetting that she had promised him a story. One she would tell him, eventually, right now though all she wanted was this moment. Everyine and Everything else could wait.