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I arrived at the Tampa airport and took a car straight to Sarah's house. I had left that morning after talking to Dean. I was worried about her. I wanted to make sure that she was alright. I knew that leaving Elias wasn't a bad thing, but her friendship with John again raised some flags. I didn't want her jumping back into a relationship with him. They were so hot and cold to each other. I didn't want him to hurt her again. The Uber finally got me to Sarah's house near Dunedin. She had just bought it so I wasn't really sure what it looked like. I hoped that I was at the right house. I grabbed my bags, and walked up to the door. I rang the doorbell and waited. I got ready to use my key, but finally she opened the door. She looked tired, and weary. She launched herself at me, and I hugged her back.

"Seth, what are you doing here?" she asked me after she stepped away. She grabbed my bag and helped me inside.

"I wanted to come see your new house." I said as we walked into the foyer and she gave me a 'bullshit' look and I chuckled.

"I wanted to check on you. Dean called me this morning about you coming last night." I said and she sighed.

"Let me give you the grand tour, and then we can talk." she said and I nodded.

She showed me her new house and it was beautiful. She had a lot of natural light and windows. The house was nice, but not overly done. I loved her sun room, and backyard. She had a zero entry pool done in natural stone, with the rest of the backyard looking like a tropical oasis. She grabbed us some beers and we sat on the covered back porch between the patio and the sun room. The clouds were starting to gather for the afternoon storms as the trees swayed in the breeze.

"What happened?" I asked her and she took a long sip of her beer.

"I broke it off with Elias. He didn't seem to even care, but I still haven't told Dad." she said and I nodded. She was avoiding the main part of what I wanted to know which is why she showed up with John to Dean's in Las Vegas.

"He won't be upset... we all just want you to be happy." I said and she shrugged.

"What happened last night?" I asked her after she didn't say anything for a minute and she sighed.

"John invited me to dinner and we were talking about everything. We talked about why we didn't work, and how apparently everyone, but me and you, could tell that I had been madly in love with Dean since day one. He convinced me to be spontaneous and just show up to tell Dean how I felt. Dean had invited me this weekend anyways, but I had declined. I guess I figured it made sense. I had been denying it long enough." she said and I nodded.

"So you went... and?" I asked her as she drained more of her beer.

"And... she answered the door. John save me so it wasn't awkward, but I didn't even know he was dating anyone. I wouldn't have bothered him if I had known, but I don't understand why he invited me if he was with her." she said with her voice breaking with emotion. I could tell that it had bothered her to see Dean with someone else. I know that she waited to tell Dean, and that was something she would have to deal with, but I didn't want to see her hurt.

"He was going to introduce you to her. He thought you were happy with Elias, and moved on. He never knew why you were so upset that night in the locker room." I said and she looked at me surprised.

"You knew he was dating someone?" she asked me with shock and a slight edge to her voice.

"Yeah, I met her. She's nice." I said and she nodded. She was eerily quiet, and I knew that meant that she was mad.

"I didn't think that you would just up and go see him. I never actually thought you would tell him how you really felt again. He burned you the first time, and I thought you were done. I didn't realize that you really did still love him. I... thought you were done with that part of your life." I told her and she nodded as I saw tears slip out her eyes.

"I guess that I am now." she said almost bitterly.

"Sarah..." I was saying when she cut me off.

"Save it, Seth, I made an idiot of myself. I found out who is still there for me, and who isn't. I want to be mad at you for not telling me, but that's dumb. I get it... I'm just going to be alone right now. Life isn't a Hallmark movie... no matter how much you want it to be. I waited too long... move on. I'm trying." she said and stood up.

"I'm going to lay down." she mumbled and walked off. I sat there and twisted my beer bottle thought my fingers. I sighed and knew that I should leave it alone, but I wanted to make it better for her. She had made it better for me when I fucked up with Sarah. She was the only reason that Sarah was still talking to me.

Dean POV

I was sitting at home when my phone dinged. I figured it was Hope texting me, but it wasn't. I was surprised to see that it was from Seth. I had called him to tell him about Sarah coming to visit me. She was spontaneous, but this wasn't like her. John had been with her, and I was shocked that she had told me how she really felt. I had no idea that she and Elias had broken up, or that she would even consider talking to John again. I had to admit when they left I had been worried about her. I knew that we would always have feelings for each other, but even I believed that Elias might have been the one to make her think less about me.

You two need to talk... regardless of what's actually going on. ~ Seth

I sighed and wasn't sure how to respond. I didn't want to keep going in these cycles, and I did like Hope. I also knew that we needed to get everything out once and for all. No Seth, no John, no families, and no Renee getting in the way anymore. I just didn't know when we would get to have that conversation. I knew that schedules were getting crazy in the next few weeks. I was also coming up on my renewal... and I had no idea what I wanted to do. I was flying to Connecticut tomorrow to talk about it.

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