A/N: The secrets out! Well, not to imply that Fearless' empathy had been a secret before this point. I am not gonna waste too much time on this note. Read on!

As I stood outside Anna's door,my brain raced with questions. What would I do now? What would Anna do? I breathed in deeply to calm myself. When the door finally opened, I almost lost my breath.

"Anna, please. I can explain everything." She pulled me in the door. "You don't have to. I just got off the phone with Jordan. I can't believe that you were dealing with so much emotional torment." Her hug felt cold. "That still didn't give me the right to be as vague with you as I have been. I left out all of the gruesome details, things that I hadn't come to grips with until Jordan asked me to explain the whole thing." I sat down and cupped my head in my hands. "I'm really sorry about all of this."

"Fearless, regardless of everything that's happened, I got to tell you that the fact that you picked me to love, despite your reasons for it, was rather sweet. It was the first time since Duke that I felt a connection to someone." I chuckled "Really? What connection are you referring to?" Anna motioned me to follow her.

As if I didn't already know where we were headed, I was still surprised when we were seated on her bed. "Listen Fearless. I know that, up until now, a large part of you has been a mystery; part of you still is. Like your real name or where you come from. But none of that really matters right now. If what you're here for is to move on from your past and start over again with me, then I'm happy to fulfill that role. But apart from that, I can't help but feel a strange attraction to you." My breathing hitched. "I'm going to ask you a question. Are you a virgin?" Her eyes sparkled with desire.

"Well, I... I," I stammered in disbelief, "Yes I am." I finally answered to which Anna laughed before leaning in to kiss my lips. Within moments we were in the throes of passion. Anna guided me through the experience, being vocal about what she wanted done to her. My head spun at the sounds of pleasure coming from her mouth. Both of us slept soundly, still romantically entangled.

The next morning I woke to Anna's serene face, though I was the one absent when she stirred. I left a note beside her that read:

Dearest Anna, what a wonderful experience last night turned out to be. To think I lost my virginity last night to such an amazing woman is almost too good to be true. I'm at the Floating Rib having a drink with Sam and Jason.

Sleep well, love, Fearless

"So, Sam, Jason, that's the whole story. I apologize profusely if I caused any alarm." I finished my third drink and waved to Lulu for another. "Well, we're just glad that you're finally sharing some information with Anna." Sam said

"Not to mention that she seems to think that you're quite the catch." Jason laughed softly. I waved him off, feeling embarrassed. "No, that is definitely not the case." I sighed happily at the thought of the night before. "Somebody at this table got lucky last night." Sam sang while looking from Jason back to me. "What makes you say that?" I asked

Sam laughed, "Oh come on Fearless. First, you're smile says it all. Second, I can smell Anna's perfume from here." She giggled Jason smiled as well, "How was it man?" My mouth dropped momentarily, "No way man. I don't kiss and tell, I will say that Anna is a very special person by principle." My grin never faltered. "Which means," Sam said, her smile growing larger with each word, "That Anna was your first! Anna took your virginity! Aw, that's so sweet!" Her smile began to make me feel slightly uncomfortable. "Can we please change the subject?" I asked timidly.

Anna laid in bed, relishing in the last few hours. She felt content. She read my note over again and kissed it. She wrote beneath my message a response.

Despite everything, last night was perfect.

She shocked herself with the last strokes of the pen to the page.

I love you.

A/N: Well,what began as basically an "excuse" chapter just to get a love scene in [which pains me because while I find myself attracted to Anna for reasons I've stated in the first chapter of this fic, (also I'm a sucker for Finola Hughes' accent) my number one sexiest woman as I've mentioned countless times on Twitter is Kelly Monaco aka Sam Morgan. But for the fans' sake and my reputation as a JaSam supporter, I left Fearless' attraction to her out of the story.] it actually evolved slightly into a more touching, light hearted section of this tale. Plenty more to come! Please read and review!