A/N – The unthinkable has happened and I have finally updated.


Henry Morgan had died many times. He had accumulated a fair amount of research over the years; he had logged and examined every part of death that he had come across. Except for one detail, the finality of it. He had met death's door more than any human should; he had tried so hard to rid himself of his unbearable fate, to live life alone. He never allowed himself to be close to anyone other than Abe. Abigail had taken his romantic feelings away with her when she had disappeared. She was gone, and in his eyes so was any other chance to feel anything towards anyone ever again. But now he was faced with the discovery that he was no longer alone. Jo was immortal too, she shared the same affliction as he. She was, like him, destined to live forever; but not alone.

It was of no hidden fact that the two had grown close over the last few months of knowing each other. Jo herself had commented on how they were not that different. Damaged people have a tendency of gravitation towards those who understand how they feel. They had both lost someone very special to them, in somewhat extreme and sudden circumstances, and had had to try to come to terms with their losses. This effort to come to a sort of terms with the loss of their love ones had not entirely worked until they had met one another. When a person can see their own qualities reflected so clearly in another person, they will undoubtedly make bigger steps to change the things they don't like about themselves. Both knew that they needed to move on, and because of each other, they did. However Henry still didn't allow himself to get too close, and even now, with the knowledge that she was just like him, he couldn't shake the feeling of fear that he was going to get emotionally hurt once more.

The pair were sat comfortably on the plush chairs in Henry and Abe's home. Both had a cup of warm tea in their hands, which they stared into uncomfortably as they tried to think about how to approach the subject of their immortality.

"Why me?" Jo asked, her face displaying her anger and confusion "Out of all the people that man could have chosen to turn immortal, why me?"

"Because that man seems to believe in shaking up the natural order; he seems to enjoy watching people suffer, just like he has all these years." Henry replied, the distaste showing in his face as he discussed Adam's twisted mind set.

"But why me?" Jo asked again.

"I don't know, perhaps it's because he knows that I care for you…a lot. He seems to think he was doing me a favour by turning you immortal, but he should know that I wouldn't wish this on anyone." Henry replied.

"But, you care for Abe? Why not turn him immortal, surely that would be more of a favour to you?" Jo stated, she was still confused; she mentally shook herself for allowing her brain to settle more on the fact that Henry cared for her than the real question in hand. "So what can we do?"

"Nothing. There is nothing that you can do, other than learn to deal with it, and to get on with your now inevitably long life." Henry said, his voice laced with pessimism.

"How did you learn to deal with it?" Jo asked.

"It took me time, but then again I didn't have anyone to guide me. I'm always here for you Jo, if you need to ask any questions or discuss anything about this then I am here." Henry said, he felt the need to assure her that he would help her if she wanted him to.

"I don't want to do this alone." Jo said, for the first time since he'd met her she sounded more afraid then she sounded more afraid then she ever had before. "Henry, I'm scared."

"You don't need to be scared Jo, nothing can hurt you now."

"It's not about what might hurt me. It's not even about that man Adam. I – I'm scared that I might end up alone…forever." Jo admitted, she felt ridiculous saying it but she had to.

"You're not alone. I'm here." Henry said in an attempt to reassure her.

"Yeah but for how long Henry? You say that you're here, but even you can't promise to stick with me forever. You've kept this a secret for years, you've told so few people about your immortality, you never even told me. I thought I was your friend, I thought you trusted me." Jo practically shouted.

"I do trust you." Henry replied

"Then why didn't you tell me? If you trust me then why couldn't you trust me with this? Were you scared I might blow your secret, were you just keeping it a secret so that when you got bored of me you could just pretend you had died for good and disappear off into the night? Was I not enough of a friend for you?" Jo was out of her seat now, staring down at Henry, tears welling in her eyes.

"Where on earth did you get that absurd idea from?" Henry had also risen from his chair. He his stance defensive as he stared into her brown eyes, he could see the tears forming, but he didn't know what to say.

"Because nobody in my life has ever stuck around, everyone leaves me. I never allowed myself to get close to anyone after Sean because I knew what would happen if I did. They would leave me. Then you came along, and you were nice and friendly and you showed me that my life didn't have to stop just because Sean's had. So I took the plunge and I dated people again. I dated Isaac, I was even ready to go to Paris with him, but I couldn't! I couldn't leave because of you." Jo shouted.

"Why not?" Henry asked, he was so confused.

"A lot of reasons really but mainly because you had painted an image of what Paris should be like for me; and you also still confused me, you were an enigma to me Henry. I needed to figure you out, and I knew I would have missed you if I had gone. I would have missed you too much."

"This doesn't explain why you're angry with me Jo."

"Because if you had told me, maybe I could have helped you, maybe we could have helped each other more. But no, you decided to keep a barrier up between us. I always knew that you were keeping secrets from me Henry." Jo stated.

"No more secrets then." Henry stated simply. He couldn't lose her friendship over something like this. "If you want to know everything then I'll tell you."

"You'll tell me everything?"

"Yes, I'll start at the beginning. We may be here a while."


A/N – First of all, I am very very very sorry for how late this update is. I have been insanely busy and have not had the time to update. I am so sorry. But I have now updated and I really hope you enjoy this chapter. Please let me know. There will hopefully be more chapters to come soon. I am enjoying writing this and I hope you are enjoying reading it.

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Jess xxx