A/N: Sorry it's taken me forever guys! I hope you all had a great NYE, and I wish you all the best for 2011! Keep the reviews coming, I love them!


Nora and Ethan were walking in the park with Emma. They had been spending a lot of time together, the three of them, as a family and Nora didn't want it any other way.

"So, have you spoken to Jesse?" He asked and she looked at him. She shook her head. "Don't you think you should?"

"No, actually," she said as she continued to push the stroller. "Despite the fact that I miss Jesse, I'm really happy with everything else in my life," he looked at her. "I have a beautiful baby girl, a family that loves and supports me and I have you," she said and he smiled. "It's hard to miss someone when you have so many other great things in your life, you know?"

He nodded. "I guess you're right."

"What about you?" She asked. "Are you happy?"

He looked at her. "It's like you said," he shrugged. "I have everything I need, I can't complain."

She smiled and then stopped the stroller. "I'm going to go take Emma to the swings, those are her favorite," she said and he laughed, watching them go.

"Everything I need," he whispered to himself, "Except you."


That night, in Rome, Jared and Sophia were meeting Massimo and his sister, Isabella for dinner.

"Is she really a supermodel or were you just trying to make me jealous?" Sophia asked, as they walked to a bistro a few blocks down from his dorm.

"No, I was serious," he nodded. "I've seen pictures," he said and she narrowed her eyes at him. He laughed. "Don't worry, nobody compares to you," he said, caressing her cheek with his hand. She smiled and held onto his arm.

"Do you think this was a good idea?" She asked and he looked at her. "Us coming here?"

"Of course," he nodded. "Don't you?"

"Yeah, I just," he looked at her. "I just kind of feel like we ran away from our problems," she said and he sighed.

"What problems?" He asked and she gave him a look. "So, he had feelings for you, it's not a big deal unless you feel the same way about him, which you've made perfectly clear that you don't," he said and she nodded. "So, I don't see the problem."

She nodded. "I guess you're right," she said and he smiled, kissing her forehead. "I love you, okay?"

He smiled. "Me too," he nodded and they walked into the bistro.


Andria was at yet another beach party that night when she ran into Vince.

"Where have you been?" He asked and she looked at him. "You haven't been answering my calls."

"I've been busy," she shrugged and he raised an eyebrow.

"Okay but I thought we," he stopped himself when she sighed.

"Why does this feel like a deja-vu?" She mumbled to herself and then looked up at him. "Look, Vince, I really care about you, okay? And I want to be there for you as much as I possibly can but I've been down this road before and I promised myself I would never go there again, at least not for now," he stared at her. "I like what we have, so why mess it up by putting a stupid label on it?"

He swallowed. "Um, yeah, you're right," he nodded.

She smiled. "So, I'll see you later then?"

"Yeah, sure," he nodded and walked away.


Ethan went to his parents' house that night to see Jade. With Casey still in prison and Jen and Aidan in California, he tried to spend as much time with her as possible.

He unlocked his door and was surprised to see Molly standing before him.

"Ethan, hi!" She said, just as surprised as he was.

"Molly," he stared at her. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm home for a few days," she nodded. "I just thought I'd visit with Jade," she explained and he nodded. "So, how've you been?"

"Good, I guess," he shrugged. "What about you?"

"Oh, everything's been great," she nodded. "I just recently signed with this really great record label and…" she stopped herself. "You probably don't want to hear about that stuff."

"No, of course I do," he nodded and she looked up at him. "I'm really happy you get to live your dream, Mol."

She smiled. "It's really good to hear you call me that again," she whispered and he smiled. "So anyways, I know this is long overdue but I'm really sorry for everything, it was just, horrible of me to do."

"It's okay, really," he shook his head. "Andy and I weren't really going anywhere anyways, that was all you."

She smiled. "Hey, maybe I can stay for a little while longer and we can catch up?" She offered and he looked at her. "I'm dying to see little Emma!"

"Well, she's actually with Nora right now," he said and Molly pouted. "But I wouldn't mind telling you all about her."

She smiled at him excitedly.


Andria stumbled to her car that night and fumbled with her keys. She was drunk and found it hard to even see straight, let alone drive.

"What are you doing?" She looked up and jumped when she saw Vince.

"Are you like, stalking me or something?" She asked and he gave her a look. "You just pop up whenever, and it's really creeping me out!"

"Andria," he walked over to her. "You're not driving."

"I can do whatever I want!" She exclaimed and he took her keys. She turned to face him. "Hey!"

"Come on," he shook his head. "What's going on with you?"

"Nothing," she rolled her eyes. "I just had a little too much to drink, that's all Nichols," she explained. "I don't need a knight in shining armor okay? So stop trying to be one."

"I'm not," he shook his head. "I'm trying to stop you from getting in a car and killing yourself."

"Well, maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing!" She said and he looked at her. "Come on, I hurt everybody that comes into my life."

"That's not true," he shook his head.

"I hurt you, didn't I?" She said and he sighed. "See, it's just what I do," she shrugged. "So, you might as well walk away before I hurt you even more."

"No," he said, walking closer to her. "I'm not going anywhere."

"Vince, stop this crap, please," she groaned. "I don't need this, okay? I don't want this."

"Let me take you home," he said and she shook her head.

"I'm staying at my aunt's, she'll murder me if I go home drunk," she said and then leaned on him. "But I wouldn't mind going back to your place, just the two of us."

"You're a walking contradiction, you know that?" He said and she looked at him.

"If I weren't drunk, I'd know what that means," she said and he laughed. "But right now, I don't so I'm just going to take it as a compliment."

"Come on," he said, walking her to his car.


After spending a few hours with Jade, Molly and Ethan were sitting in his room, discussing old times with a bottle of champagne.

"It feels like so long ago," she shook her head. "When we were together,"

"Yeah," he nodded. "It's weird to think how much has changed since then."

"Well, not too much," she shrugged and he looked at her. "I think this might be the champagne talking but… I miss you Ethan," she whispered and leaned in to kiss him but he pulled away.

"I can't," he shook his head but he looked at her. Truthfully, he missed her too. He took a deep breath and kissed her back. She got up and straddled him and they started making out. It was only until she reached for his belt buckle that he realized what he was doing and pulled away. "No, I'm sorry, I can't do this."

"It's okay," she sighed and pulled away. "It's not like I can't have meaningless sex with anyone else."

"It wouldn't be meaningless and you know it," he shook his head and she looked at him. "You just told me you missed me, Mol," he said and she lowered her eyes. "And I know your first single was written about me, how does it go again?"

"Okay, we don't need to go there!" She said, hitting him with a pillow. He laughed. "I write about stuff that I'm feeling and if I miss you, I'm going to write about it," she explained. "You were a big part of my life for a long time Ethan, I can't ignore that," she said and he nodded. They were quiet for a few minutes. "You're in love with her, aren't you?"

He looked at her and sighed. "What gave it away?"

"No guy would pass up sex with his famous singer/actress girlfriend if he wasn't still carrying the torch for someone else," she said and he sighed. "And there's the fact that you light up whenever you talk about her."

"I don't know what to do," he shook his head. "It's complicated."

"So un-complicate it," she said and he looked at her. "Tell her how you feel, it's that simple," she told him. "Take a chance, and if it doesn't work out then it wasn't meant to be but you can't keep that inside, Ethan."

He swallowed and lowered his eyes. "I guess you're right," she looked at him and smiled. "Thanks Mol, I never thought I'd be talking about this kind of stuff with you but… I'm glad you're here."

She smiled. "I'm glad too," she nodded and took his hand.