It's been a good while since I've updated this story. I forgot the route I was going initially so I just improvised with this so I could get out a quick chapter within the few hours I got today free and decided to write. Let me know your thoughts as usual _

"Maya! Seriously, what could possibly have you dragging me around the Station like this?"

"Like I said it's an emergency. We're all in shock and well you're the only one who can de-escalate the situation." By now I was getting worried. Everyone was supposed to be on their best behavior especially with everything we're trying to achieve. I just hoped it was something that could be squashed without causing an uproar.

As we got to the bottom of the staircase, I heard a voice I hadn't heard in what 5yrs. I stopped abruptly wondering what he was doing here. Maya realizing I had stopped came to pull me out of my thoughts bringing me face to face with the one person I thought I'd never see in my life again.

A few from the team stood in the vicinity as well as Brown and I knew this was not good. Maya was still holding on to me, she probably by now had felt how tense I had gotten, it's like I was living in a nightmare. "Oh hey Andy" Vic said as she saw us. "This random 'friend' of Brown's came looking for you. Weird right? Apparently you have a history and.." Vic was cut of by the strangers voice "No need for introductions, Rose and I go way back. I'm sure she can recollect those memories. I was just updating your friends"

By now I was livid. He had no right to be here and bringing up the past. "Oh. I see you still don't know when and how to shut up."

"Come on Rose. What's with the hostility? I just came to catch up with my buddy over here and he happens to tell me he knows you and I mean we need to talk."

I looked at Brown, clearly fuming "Says a lot about you" and I walked over dragging the person who apparently is intent on ruining my life. What happened next was what I never expected and will haunt me for the rest of my life.

"Says a lot about me, it says way more about you!" Brown shouted. I looked back clearly confused. "Yes, you're the one who's HIS WIFE! For Christ's sake what kind of woman are you? Leaves your husband and now he can't even start a new family because he's still married to you"

It took me a while to process what he just blurted out and from the looks on the faces of everyone, that's what the big chaos was about but they were even more shocked when they heard it again and it registered. I could see Maya searching my face trying to get answers...Answers I couldn't give. Not because I couldn't, that was a period of my life where I was in the dumps and I'm certain I've shoved most of those memories deep into my subconscious. Me preventing him for starting his family? What kind of twisted lies was he spreading about me?

Finally catching up with reality I snapped "What?!?! You know what, Xavier outside now!" I looked at Brown and rolled my eyes "You, Whatever respect I had for you it's gone. I can't even look at you. It's best if you stay far away from me"

I turned and headed for the door. I glimpsed Robert in the corner of my eye but I was so upset that whatever clarity with him and the others couldn't be done here and now.

I walked to the outside steps near the station and as Xavier stood I paced before him "What the hell was that?! Seriously, have you lost your mind?

"Hey, I wasn't trying to cause fuss okay. Brown's my dude and guys chat. You must've pissed him off for..."

I chuckled "oh yea, I pissed him off? He's your guy yet you talk about me openly at my job in front of my friends, my family about the past. Spreading all kind of lies!"

"Look it was just in the moment. We seriously have a problem though."

"You're right about that. We have a serious problem! Its you tarnishing my reputation! You coming into my life and ruining everything again!"

"Rose.."

"Stop calling me Rose, I'm not your rose anymore. It's Andy." I looked at him "I don't get it, how am I preventing you from starting your family? How could I possibly do that when I haven't seen you in over 5 almost 6 yrs?"

"Because we're still legally married. You remembered that drunken night when a bunch of us went out and we went down to the courthouse. Yea that's apparently still valid."

It took me a minute but I recalled that night. We were fresh out of high school My life was a mess, my mom had upped and left me and my dad. My dad busted all his energy in work to conceal his pain. My best friend had left to go college in a different country while I was stuck here. I mean we didn't even last long after that because he was a shitty boyfriend and whatever I needed to feel to become whole, I wasn't getting that with him.

I didn't even remember we had done something so crazy back in the days. It still didn't add up, atleast not on all levels and the extreme to which Brown just accused me. "Right, that. So you let Brown degrade me just because of one drunken night and we did some crazy shit. If you wanted to move on, why not look for me and let's sign a damn annulment or get divorce or whatever."

He looked at me and I knew exactly why he didn't. Still I managed to read him even after all these years. "Oh I see what this is, you didn't want to get serious before so you always had an excuse about your 'wife in the way'. I laughed to myself, great just great. "Yet now you've potentially ruined my life even more than it already was because well you're in love and ready to move on."

"Look I'm sorry. I didn't mean for it to go so far. I really just wanted to ask you to sign the papers."

"You've done the damage, no turning back. You can leave the papers and come pick them up in the morning. I've had enough of you for one day"

He walked to his car and that's when I saw his 'family' or I assumed they were. He came back with the papers and then as I walked off he grabbed my arm "Don't! Don't touch me!"

"Andy I really am sorry."

"You know what, enough of the apologies. They can never be enough with you. I sincerely hope you don't treat that girl the way you treat me even now and she doesn't suffer the way I did.

You know what, tomorrow just send someone else to collect the papers, not sure I'll be able to look at you"

I probably should've listened more to him but I'm blinded and deafened to whatever genuine words he has by all his insincere acts in the past. Fooled me once shame on me, but he won't fool me twice.

As I made my way back in I saw Maya looking out. As much I was mad, I knew she was just trying to understand the situation and looking if she could help. I had some serious explaining to do and curve whatever rumors it is that Brown was by now spreading.

As I walked in the door, Maya came beside me "So are we talking about it?"