I realized as I wrote this I had forgotten a very important scene….the kidnapping and one of the best hugs ever! A friend reminded me of it and I thought….I HAVE to include this little snippet - this is what I came up with! Hope you like it! Next up is Amanda's POV for this episode!

Lee started waking up and his brain felt like it was in a fog. He could smell her perfume. It made him smile. He murmured "My Amanda" and he heard her voice.

"Lee…Lee."

He felt her small hand on his forehead pushing back his hair. She was so gentle with him. His hands were hurting and he was sitting funny. He forced himself to open his eyes and it was dark out. Amanda was sitting next to him and she was wearing handcuffs. He blinked at her and he didn't register what was happening.

"Oh thank goodness! I thought you'd never wake up."

He formed the words but wasn't sure how he was. Amanda tried to get him to sit up. "Can you sit up?" She asked. Lee tried to shake whatever he was given. "He hit me with a hypo…something real potent." He looked around. They were in a limo. " It's night. Where are we?"

"I don't know. I think we are headed towards the Blue Ridge."

He tried to sit up. "We better get outta here before we reach the Atlantic."

She nodded. "Yeah. Do you have a half rake?"

He looked at her "A lock pick? In the double diamond of my collar stay." His wrists felt like they were on fire. Amanda reached over and started playing with his collar. "Oh it isn't going to do any good, Amanda. These things are so tight… I think my hands are dead"

She got the half rake out and started on her handcuffs. "We're lucky we got the seven percent of the bad guys that don't always cuff you behind your back!"

The handcuffs on her small wrists clicked and Lee looked at her in amazement. "Hey. Leatherneck's going to move you all the way up to safecracking."

She moved behind him and started working on his handcuffs. He focused on her perfume instead of the pain his wrists were in. She laughed at his comment "Yeah, what's he going to do to you?"

He sighed "I'd settle for Grand Theft Auto." He felt the cuffs loosen. He was able to get one arm out and pulled the other around. Amanda started working on the other wrist and Lee looked around to see how they were going to get out of the limo.

"This thing's locked from the driver's seat." He leaned over and looked through the bar and he only found a wine opener. He looked over at Amanda and said "This will have to do."

She looked at him with a blank stare and said "This is a car not a bottle of wine."

He chuckled and got to work on prying the door open. She kept a lookout making sure the driver never looked back at them.

Lee was able to pull the door panel off and tried not to make too much noise. Come on Lee. You have to protect Amanda from this guy. Take it easy. He kept telling himself. The last piece came off as the car started slowing down. Lee made eye contact with Amanda letting her know that they would have to jump out of the car. His thoughts traveled back to the case in San Angelo when Amanda jumped out of a moving car in her wedding dress. She really was something on that case, wasn't she? She was so beautiful…as a bride…my bride. He startled himself with that thought. My bride. He grinned at her as the car came to almost a crawl and she scooted in front of him and jumped out. He followed and rolled himself over her. He desperately wanted to kiss her but yet again it wasn't the right time. He whispered "Are you okay?" She nodded and he helped her to stand.

He put his finger to his mouth to signal for her to keep quiet as the car rolled to a stop. The driver got out and opened the back door. Lee went for it at that moment. The fight started. Lee got some good punches in but the driver pulled out a stick and gave Lee's arm a good whack. Lee fell onto the limo. At this point he saw Amanda come running up towards them. WHAT is she doing? She needs to get somewhere safe! He thought as she waved a big branch in the driver's face. It distracted him long enough for Lee to get the upper hand. Lee went for it and just kept punching the guy. He finally knocked the guy out and he fell to the ground.

Lee leaned up against the limo and Amanda came running over to him. She slipped her arm around him and she touched his arm.

"OW!" Was the only thing he could say. "Sorry…" She whispered.

He looked at her and they both smiled at one another. Amanda wrapped her arms around Lee and they hugged. Lee felt he could stay in her arms forever.

"Hey…thanks. That branch was a good move. I know I keep telling you this but you really are getting pretty good. Thanks partner!"

She smiled and they hugged again. She relaxed in his arms and for a brief moment he felt like they were the luckiest two people on the face of the earth.