"Oh!" DJ exclaimed in surprise. She glanced around and saw Steve hiding behind a bush with a finger put to his lips.

Matt stopped when DJ spoke and was looking around trying to find the source of his girlfriend's outburst. "What? What is it?"

Thinking quickly, DJ reached to her ear and pulled out the earring and then turned to show Matt the naked lobe. "I seem to have lost my earring. I'm going to go back up and see if it's up there on the balcony." Hoping Matt wouldn't notice the piece of jewelry clutched in her hand or Steve crouched in the bushes and would just swallow her story, DJ smiled innocently.

Matt seemed to believe her and turned back to the small set of steps. "Here, I'll help you."

DJ groaned internally, of course he wanted to help her. "No, no, you head on down. You're the Best Man after all. You should be downstairs. I'll go look for it and be right down."

Matt smiled, "Okay, I'll see you down there." With that he gave her a quick peck on the cheek and bounded down the long stairway.

Seeing his back turn the corner, DJ turned sharply back toward the bush to see Steve standing fully upright and gazing at her.

"Hey Deej." He smiled slightly and reached out his hand to help her up to the small seating area he was standing in, cordoned off by the bushes from the rest of the roof. DJ took the proffered hand and lightly stepped up.

"Why the secrecy? Why are you up here?" When Steve didn't respond right away, it hit her that he was likely hiding because he had been up here a while. "Did you just see Matt propose?" Her heart sank. She knew that Steve still had feelings for her and helping him propose to CJ had been extremely difficult. If Matt hadn't returned that night, she probably would have gone to bed crying. She didn't want Steve to feel the same, the night before his wedding of all nights, from seeing Matt propose to her.

Steve put his hands in his pockets. "I did. And I saw you turn him down. I want to know why you did that DJ. If the only reasons are what you told him, then we can both go back downstairs and sit down, you next to Matt and me next to CJ and we'll continue with our lives." He took two steps toward her, putting himself within inches of her. "But, if any of that reason for you turning him down was because of your feelings for me, then we need to talk. Here. Now. Before either of us makes any more life changing decisions."

Steve took a deep breath and reached for DJ's hand. "I was sitting next to you on the plane when you had your blindfold on." Of course, DJ already knew this, but she was willing to let him confess. "I heard you say that you love me and that you think I might be your soulmate. I need to know what that was. If it was pre-wedding jitters, flying on such a long flight nerves, altitude sickness- I don't know! If it was anything other than the absolute truth, I need you to tell me now."

DJ looked up into his eyes and put her hands on his shoulders. "Steve, of course it was the truth. I do think you might be my soulmate. But you're getting married. You've planned a wedding, to a wonderful girl, and I can't let you throw that away for me."

Steve got one of the fiercest looks in his eyes that DJ had ever seen him have. He turned his back to her and ran his hand through his short hair before turning again to lock his eyes on hers. "DJ, that's not your choice. If you love me, if you want to be with me, then you need to tell me. Forget everything else going on in my life or in your life. This. Us. It's too important and it's been put on hold too many times for you to keep this from me. We were great in high school. We were even great for a little while after high school. We had the chance to be after both of our marriages ended, albeit for different reasons, but I chose CJ because I thought that I needed to get over you one last time. And it is the last time. If we walk away from each other again tonight, there won't be a next time for us. I need your answer." He took a deep breath and all of his strength seemed to leave him. He collapsed into a chair.

Gathering her mental power, DJ walked to the adjacent chair and sat across from him. "Steve, we both have someone downstairs who loves us. They are great people. They both want to spend their lives with us. If we don't, it's not fair to them. But we need to be sure, before four of us end up with broken hearts on this trip."

Steve looked up and took DJ's hands in his. "I'm so sure about you, Deej. If we have a chance here, we have to take it."

Feeling the tears welling up in her eyes at having another conversation with Matt, and at the thought of what Steve was going to have to do with CJ, DJ locked eyes with the man she knew she truly loved, "Okay. Let's take it."