Greg,

The easiest way to do this is to write this way I won't forget anything. I wish you hadn't been such a pig earlier when I found you. I wish you hadn't pushed me away after the lab accident. I wish I had gotten the chance to tell you I was pregnant with your baby and I wish I hadn't had the miscarriage. Who knows where we would be now, but I have to say my favourite life rule. "Everything happens for a reason".

If the last few years had been different I would not have moved to New York with Michelle and opened a couple of bars. Our business is successful and I make enough money to be completely independent and I couldn't imagine y life without that. A million things have happened since I left Vegas, some good, some bad, but all were a part of my life that have made me who I am.

Breaking up with you was the hardest thing I ever had to go through because you were everything to me. I was so far from home and I counted you as my boyfriend, my friend and my family and you were the first person I thought of when I needed to talk or when I wanted to go out and have fun etc.

It was hard not waking up beside you and not being told how loved I am everyday. Even harder was the fact that you didn't seem to care for me at all those last few weeks and it just hurt like hell. I promised never to give you the time of day again but then you turn up here…

I wasn't prepared for seeing you, I reacted quite badly and I'm sorry for telling you to go. I know you Greg, I know you are hurting and I know you blame yourself for ruining our relationship but I am just as much to blame. I should have fought harder to make you realise that you were worth more to me than you thought. I know at the end of the day you didn't feel like you were good enough for me but you were, maybe even too good.

But I am willing to be friends again Greg, I can't make promises about a relationship because anything could happen but Michelle and I are moving to Vegas to open a bar in a few weeks and it would be nice to be able to see you there. I do love you Greg, I always have. Just think about what you want and we can talk.

All my love,

Katie.

x

Katie crept downstairs after everyone had gone to bed and found Greg still sleeping on the couch. She had stuck the letter in an envelope and wrote his name on it. She placed it on the coffee table in front of him and went back to bed.

Greg was pretending to be asleep as the person crept near the couch. He didn't want to have to answer any more questions or listen to anymore of Nick's disappointment. When he was sure they were gone he opened his eyes and straight away saw the envelope with his name on it, in Katie's writing. He grabbed it greedily and ripped open the envelope. Curling further under the duvet he turned the light on and read it. When he had finished he read it again and then a third time. He wanted to be sure he hadn't missed anything. He had done nothing but think all day and he wanted Katie back. He was willing to settle for just friends at the moment if that was what she wanted.

Greg hobbled around the room before finally finding a notebook and pen and he sat back down to write a reply.

Katie,

Thank you for writing the letter, I know this is hard for you having to see me after everything. I can't apologise enough for all the awful things I have done to you and the way I spoke today was uncalled for. You deserve nothing but happiness and the best from life and you're right after the accident I didn't think I could give you what you needed. You can't blame yourself for any of this because you tried your best. Nothing would have changed my mind back then, but now things are different. I had some counselling after you left and I worked through everything.

Right now I know that I am willing to do whatever you want just to have you back in my life in whatever capacity you want. You say you just want to be friends right now so I can do that. It will give us time to get to know each other again and time for me to prove how much you mean to me. I want to prove to you that if we did get back together that nothing would ever tear us apart again.

You are right that everything happens for a reason I have realised that you are the most important person in my life and I want to spend my life with you. I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you when you lost the baby Katie. I should have been. I sometimes think about what things would have been like if things were different too. You and me would have our little baby, Greg Jnr. of course. But things weren't different and here we are. But I would like to think that we could have that in the future, our family and our home that we talked about.

I'm always here for you Katie, don't ever forget that, you just have to call and I will come running. It has been a really long day for you, 2ong days for me, so get some sleep and we will talk face to face tomorrow.

Just remember I love you always Katie,

Greg

X

He decided to see if she was still awake and hobbled up the stairs, smiling when he saw the crack of light under her door. Slipping the paper under the door he felt the urge to knock but held back and crept back down the stairs. He heard the footsteps as Katie walked across the room and picked it up and he finally he felt like he could sleep.

It was early when he woke the next morning and he made some coffee. Holding two cups he started the slow hobble up the stairs taking care not to spill any. He tapped gently on Katie's door and heard her quietly say, "Come in" and he opened the door.

Greg watched as Katie stared out the window knowing well she didn't want him to know she was crying. But he did know, he knew the body language; he had seen it enough times after the lab explosion.

" I don't even know where to start Katie, I really don't." He felt tongue tied but seeing the tears spill from Katie's eye's made him suddenly start say all the things he had been feeling.

He stood by the bed and willed himself to touch her but he was too scared of her reaction. "I have spent the last few years wondering if I would ever see you again. I'm so sorry for everything. I just want you to know that. I really and truly am sorry. I was so messed up after the explosion, I felt like a child I couldn't do anything and you had to help me wash and eat. My scars were hideous and I wanted more for you. You deserved better than me and I kept pushing you away because I didn't want you to end up hating your life or me. I know now that I was being irrational but I was depressed. It took a long time but I'm over all that now. I don't know where you are in your life but I want you to know that I have never stopped loving you and I have never stopped thinking about you. You were everything to me."

He watched as she turned away and held her head in her hands. Her shoulders were shaking and he knew the tears wouldn't stop anytime soon. Greg sat beside her and put his arm around her and she melted in to him.

" Seeing you today has brought everything back Greg. I feel like I'm going crazy. I've spent the last few years wondering what you were doing. I don't know what to think Greg. I know I should be mad at you and hate you but all I feel is relieved that you are here and you're sorry."

--

While they were talking the rest of the house started to wake and Nick was first to the kitchen, shortly followed by Michelle.

" Where's Greg?" Michelle asked suspiciously.

Nick looked at her wondering why the question "On the couch"

" No that would be a pile of blankets"

Nick looked in and saw she was right and he walked over to the couch.

" It's cold so he has been up for a while, maybe I should go check outside. Man if he did it again I'll make him pay"

Nick grabbed his jacket and walked out to the yard. The weather was awful and he couldn't see much. Coming back in he saw Michelle walking up the stairs.

" You think he's in Katie's room?" He asked her.

She shrugged and he followed her up to the bedroom door.

Michelle quietly turned the doorknob and peeked in. Nick heard her take a deep breath and pop her head back around, she was grinning, "Look"

When Nick looked in he saw Greg and Katie curled in to one another, fingers interlaced and Greg's face almost buried in her hair.

He quietly pulled the door back out and smiled to Michelle as they crept back downstairs.

" That was seriously adorable." He said to her when they got to the kitchen.

" Yeah, it was. Oh man, I hope they get back together, she has been so miserable since they split."

" You know he hasn't been out with anyone serious the whole time I have known him. He always held a candle for her."

" Fingers crossed so" Michelle filled him in on what she knew and vice versa.

Nick nodded and they went about making breakfast as she explained that they owned a couple of bars in NY and were in the process of opening one in Vegas. They ideally wanted to open a chain of them but it was hard work. " That's why we are here in the middle of nowhere. We needed some time to recharge before hitting Vegas. We will be worked to the bone when we get there."

" So you guys are moving to Vegas to live?"

" Yeah, in about 4 weeks time."

" Well maybe when you get settled I can take you out for dinner?"

" Maybe. Ah okay I'd like that. I can give you a call when I get there. Hopefully those two will work out their problems and be happy"

The rest of the team had joined them in the kitchen now and Nick had explained what was going on. A few minutes later Greg walked in with a noticeable twinkle in his eye.

"Greggo, did you sleep well?"

" Yeah I did, I haven't slept that well in forever. Now give me coffee." He grabbed two cups and filled them.

"Where's Katie?"

" Shower. I'm going to take this up with some food I think we will be doing a lot of talking today."

Everyone shared a smile after he left the room. " About time he had some good news"