Jane stepped off the train at New Haven and took a quick look around. From the other side of the platform she saw him. She smiled then blushed, even though there had barely been five days since they last saw each other she had missed his strong body his brown hair, even from this distance she could see his blue eyes shining across as his eyes clasped on hers. She squealed and jumped from the step and ran to meet him part way and their arms wrapped around each other.

"Hello beautiful." He whispered to her holding her close.

"Oh!" she exclaimed kissing him first on the cheek then on his lips quickly "How did I ever last almost five years without you!"

He chuckled in her hair then whispered "You have no idea." He pulled back and grinned at her giving her a small wink "I missed you too." They turned and walked down the platform arm in arm. " So how was your first week working at the newspaper?" he asked her.

"Oh its very interesting!" she admitted. "Have you ever been in a newsroom?" she asked him to which he shook his head "Oh you should! You'd love it, there's always such a buzz even when its quiet and everyone is writing their pieces." She smiled looking up at him "How about you? Mr Second year med school?" she said with a giggle with him.

"Gilbert warned it was a baptism of fire and he wasn't wrong! Back to back lectures in the morning and down in the hospital in the afternoons. Actual real-life case studies Jane!" he exclaimed lightly.

"You love it!" she smiled at him.

He chuckled. "I do. I can't help it! Is that insane?"

They arrived at the frat house and the boys all seemed to look curiously at Jane. Her brows furrowed at the realisation before on boy stepped forward.

"Welcome to the Frat Pack." He said with a grin to Jane. "Milady I am Ethan Wyle, you must be the reason our frat president has had a consent grin on his face since he came home from the island."

"Maybe he was just glad to have gone home." She said with a grin to him.

"I'll admit I did like being home but I do happen to enjoy courting you." He said kissing into her hair. A few of the younger members 'wooed' when he did. "Alright enough!" he said shaking his head. "Grand tour?" he asked Jane to which she nodded. "Gentlemen." He said with a nod. With that he took Jane around the house showing her the various rooms. Until he got to one door very high up in the house.

"Andy," she whispered "we must be…." She trailed.

"Going into the attic, my room is the attic room." He said with a swallow. "do you mind, if we go in?" he asked her "I'd love to show you my room." He told her.

"Okay." She agreed.

"I can get one of the boys to chaperone if you like?" he asked her.

"Oh you're so irresistible to me are you?" she laughed to which he joined.

"We're breaking about a dozen house rules." He grinned as he opened his door. Jane looked into the room before she took her foot and put it over the threshold of the door giggling as she did.

"You know how I like to break rules." She said with a giggle as she went inside the room.

Andy was too busy beaming to care what would happen if they got caught.

"So how come you get the attic room all the way up here by yourself?" she asked him looking around the room.

"President." He said with a shrug. "I get to pick." He said and he looked out the window in his room. "I can see for miles." He said looking out. "I love looking out over all the houses and the view..,"

She smiled. "Its inspiring!" in agreement.

She looked on the desk and saw a familiar set of glasses on the table. "You kept them?" she asked him picking them up and putting them on "Oh how come I can still see?" she asked before she turned to Andy "Oh!" she exclaimed as he was a big blur to her, she took the glasses off.

He grinned "I still need them for reading." He admitted quietly as she took the glass and started to put them on him "So unless you catch me rea…" he started before she pulled him in to her kissing him hotly on his lips. His arms flew out beside him in shock before he calmed himself and wrapped his arms around her hold her close to him.

She pulled back blushing "Sorry…" she whispered.

"Don't be." He said with a grin to which they both laughed "but why?" he asked her.

She looked up at him and played with his hair bringing it down on his forehead, he was confused as to what it was she was doing but still stood still watching her.

"You look more like him." She whispered, kissing his cheek.

"Who?" he asked.

"Andy." She whispered.

He physically laughed and looked at her sceptically. "I am Andy." He said to her.

"You changed," she whispered. "Physically so so much."

"No, I just finally hit manhood." He said to her.

"You're broader but, the glasses and the hair." She said playing with his hair again "Like this, you're more like the man I fell in love with."

He looked to her confused. "Jane it was only a few weeks ago…" he started confused.

She bit her bottom lip and looked serious for a moment "Do you really think I could have been wooed by a handsome face," she said quietly "if I hadn't fallen for the soul inside of him?" His blue eyes we wide beneath the glasses looking at Jane in amazement. She looked at him and gave a small chuckle before she reached for them again "You know I always thought your glasses magnified your eyes, I never believed they were really that big…" she said taking off the glasses "But they really are. Those beautiful big blue eyes." She whispered.

He swallowed and whispered "You were already in love with me?" he asked her. She giggled and bit her bottom lip and nodded. "When?!" he asked her.

"I don't know." She said with a shrug. Wrapping her arms back around his neck. "I suspect, I've always been in love with you, I just didn't know it." She looked up at him "I never let Trev make fun of you, not once, not in my presence." She said with a small kiss to his jaw "I called you a 'darling' and 'sweet' and I said you could stay in school, which was of course code for 'genius'." She said with a smile.

He closed his eyes and smiled "You were in love with me then."

"what are you doing?" she asked him.

"reassuring him." He whispered. "I know it's the past but he's still inside of me, so insecure, so afraid." He opened his eyes and looked at her. "You were with those boys and I knew you Jane, I knew you better than anyone but I hated Trevor!"

"You did?" Jane smiled.

"He was taking away my Janey from me." He said with a shrug. "and sometimes I feel like him still, not just over you, I've barely had time for it but, little old insecurities…" he laughed and shrugged "I guess being a man was more difficult then I thought when there's a little boy inside of me screaming about not belonging…" he said quietly.

"Like when you left for Yale." She whispered.

"Yeah." He admitted.

"But look at all you've done, look at what you've achieved, your rowing team is the top of the Ivy league board, you go out running, you're in med school! I mean med school! You found your dream and you grabbed it with both hands!" she said with a grin to him.

"And you Jane?" he asked her.

"I'm right here." She said with her nose upturning like it did when she decided something. "By your side." She whispered. "Where I belong."

He smiled and hugged her and keeping her close "Then I know I'm in the right place."

Andy's eyes were wide as he watched Jane come down the stairs. It was five hours later and they were readying to go to the 'Autumn ball'. The frat demanded it, although Andy certainly could change it he was never about to. Sometimes a little dance is all you needed to end the 'start of school' blues which often spread among the fraternity.

But today was the chance to take Jane. To walk in that room with the girl he loved on his arm.

And she certainly didn't disappoint.

The dress was form fitting silhouette and low décolleté with only small green flowers in a line over her shoulder the sheer overlayer is enhanced by the solid lamé underlayer and lace flounce at the hem. The whole dress was a green colour and the underlay cream. Her hair was in a bouffant, the back of her hair curled down her back.

"Hello Andy." She whispered with a smile to him.

"Wow!" he said in return which made her laugh.

"The dress was Anne's but she said I could have it and make it up all modern and with the most part of the dress made I could spend the money on the frills and the extras." She smiled.

"This was Anne's!" he exclaimed before he cleared his throat. "No wonder Gilbert fell for her." He said with dry a dry smile. "Shall we?"

Jane was highly amused by the change in Andy as he greeted his Yale friends. It wasn't a bad change exactly, just a more formal Andy then she knew. One boy had stood them for a full five minutes. Although Andy could see Jane didn't find him very interesting se stood sweetly and charmed him all the same.

"You ought to be careful Andrew." The boy had told him. "She's too good for you mate."

Andy had smiled while Jane looked horrified. "You don't need to tell me!" he exclaimed.

Another boy had joined in the teasing "You ought to get a ring on her."

Andy blushed. "Well we've only been courting a few weeks."

"But when you know you know." The first boy smiled.

"And after your career as a serial bachelor, you need a good woman to tell you what to do." The second said.

"And with that…" Andy said with a smile "Gentlemen I believe the first dance is looming, we ought to get on the dancefloor. Jane?" he said holding his hand out to her which she willingly took. They moved to the dancefloor where Andy took her in his arms as the band started.

"Can I ask you something?" Jane asked Andy.

"Go ahead." He said.

"Everyone here calls you Andrew." Jane said to him with a smile.

"Yes." He whispered. "It is my name." he said lowly.

She laughed "Yes, but we always called you Andy."

"Which is short for Andrew."

She slapped him playfully on his chest and giggled "Andy!" she exclaimed "Is it a Yale thing?" she said with a teasing tone "are you too proud to be Andy now?" she asked him.

"My dad introduced me as 'Andrew', I mean it's what he calls me, so it stuck." He shrugged.

She looked up to him and gazed "Which one do you prefer?" she asked him.

"Oh, I um…" he said confused. "I don't care." He admitted.

"Really?" she asked him.

"Yeah." He shrugged. "Either, or." He then looked at her "Oh but don't call me Andy in front of my mother." He said.

"What? Why?" she asked.

"'I named you Andrew not Andy'." He quoted.

"Okay." She said sounding terrified "No pressure!" she laughed.

He laughed with her. "I love you Jane." He whispered. "You fit in so well here love." He whispered. "And just so you know I fully intend on getting a ring on that finger."

Jane smiled and then whispered into his chest "I fully intend on saying 'yes.'"