"I'm fine, Angela. I just...I think I need a break." Zack told her as he washed his face in the rain.

"Talk to Brenn. I'm sure she'll be fine with it. Cam too." Seeing the doubt in his eyes, she continued. "Do you want me to talk to Brenn? She can talk to Cam for you."

"Thank you, Angela." He told her. "I've just been thinking about things I shouldn't be --" Before he could finish, Zack saw something. Something he knew, something he cared for. Without another word to Ange. He ran off after it in the pouring rain. He was soaked within seconds and the pitter-patter of the falling water drowned out Angela's calls after him of where he was going and to come back. He ran after the thing he saw.

It had stopped at a corner; the rain was a veil, keeping it from him. He moved closer, through the veil, until he could see the back of a human with only a curtain of rain to obstruct. "Who are you?" He was afraid to know. When the person turned, Zack was frozen with pain and confusion.

Rose stood before him, soaked like a towel in bath water. He heard her sobs and stepped closer. She stepped back. "Don't!" She shut her eyes tight and covered her face with her hands. On her left hand was the ring, the ring he had given, the ring she had taken, the ring that pledged their love to one another, the ring that could never be forgotten.

He wanted to hold her, comfort her, do something to know she was real. "Rose?"

She threw her hands down to her sides. "I'm sorry. I never meant for you to see me. I just wanted to see you"

"What are you talking about?" Her words hurt him and caressed him.

"If they knew that you saw me...they'd kill us both." She told him softly. "I love you, so much." Her tears were hidden by the rain. "Don't tell Anyone. I'm not alive, Zack. Because, if I'm not alive, I can't ruin your life."

"But--"

"NO! Do you understand? I can't be alive...The death certificate was signed. If they find out that you saw me, my death warrant will be next, and so will yours."

"I Can't lose you again!" He shouted, louder than he wanted.

"You won't...I'm always watching...Hoping that one day we can have our wedding." Her sobs broke her words. "I love you, Zack. Don't make me lose you." With her words she ran off.

"When will I hold her again?" He sobbed. Not wanting to go back to the Jeffersonian, Zack walked home.

(Thanks for the reviews...Does Zack still live in the Apartment over Jack's Garage?)