The next morning Sab walked into an empty HQ. She had come in early to try and get some work done. As she headed for the Operations Board she stopped to think. She thought about the time when Cody had chased her around the room when she took his package from him. The thought made her laugh. She then thought about the fun they had playing video games, when they were supposed to be doing work. But the thought of him and Maria together kept coming back to her, too.

She walked into the Operations Board and turns on her computer. As she set down her case that held her laptop, she noticed a plastic case sitting by her computer that she had never seen before. She picked it up and stuck to it was a post-it note that read: 'PLAY ME'.

Sab looked around to see if anyone was around but she was alone. She popped the CD into the drive and waited for it to load. When it was done, a play list loaded and music began to play. Bryan Adams 'Please Forgive Me' played through the speakers. Sab looked through the play list to see that it's every song that she and Cody had always listened to. That brought a tear to her eye that she wiped away. She leaned back into her chair listening to the music.

Cody approached the doorway; he stood there waiting for a reaction from her. As the song ended, Sab stopped the CD and leaned back into her chair.

"You don't have to stand there all day," Sab said, without turning around.

"Sab, I'm..." Cody began as he walked over to her.

"Don't." Sab interrupted him. "You did what you did. There's nothing you can do to change that."

"But nothing happened," Cody said as he knelt in front of her.

"But what would've happened if I didn't walk in?" Sab asked, looking at him. "Would you have done it or what?"

"I don't know. I don't even know why I did what I did," Cody replied. "I'm so sorry."

"You have no idea on how much you hurt me, Cody. I wanted to be everything that you needed and I thought I was," Sab said as more tears came. "I guess I was wrong."

"No! You weren't. Sab, you're everything that I want. There's nothing more that I do want," Cody told her.

"You know if I could, I'd change the past, but as you said. What's done is done. I just hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me."

"I don't know anymore, Cody," Sab said as she got off her chair. "Maybe we just weren't meant to be." She walked out of the room into the main area. As she walked away Maria walked in. Sab stopped in the middle of the room to stare her down.

"Well if it isn't the little girl friend," Maria said, stopping a few feet from her.

"Not anymore. You won," Sab said, walking by her.

"I won?" Maria asked turning to her.

Sab stopped to face her. "Yes, you won. Now just go have Cody all to yourself, as you always wanted." Sab said as tears came to her eyes. She couldn't believe what she was saying. "I hope you two will be happy together."

"We probably would, but I'm not going to find out," Maria told her.

"What do you mean?" Sab asked in confusion.

"Meaning, I never did want Cody back," Maria explained. "Hell, I don't have any feelings for him, at all."

"I can't believe you. Cody and I were happy together," Sab said, getting furious with her.

"Honey, I did you two a favor," Maria replied.

"A favor? Why on earth would you do that?" Sab asked.

"I just wanted to stir up some trouble. What's better then seeing your ex split up with his girlfriend? I never did want Cody and really don't care much for him," Maria replied, with a yawn as if she was bored. "It was so easy, too. I had a talk with Elaina a few weeks ago; she told me how she was enrolling you guys into the program for a refresher course. That's when it hit me that I could have some fun."

"What?" Sab was amazed by what she was hearing.

"I enrolled myself into the program. When I heard that Strickler assigned the teams for the project, I changed his list with my own," Maria explained. "You two were supposed to be paired up, and me with that guy. I switched it around, so that I'd be alone with Cody. It was actually harder then I thought it would be. I tried putting the moves on him in the library, but nothing happened. I knew that when we were in the room it would be my last chance. And what do you know, it worked."

"You little bitch!" Sab yelled as punched Maria right on her left cheek. Maria stumbled back holding her mouth. She removed her hand to see some blood from her bleeding lip.

"You'll pay for that," Maria said in anger.

"Hey!" Cody shouted before Maria could make a move. "What's going on?"

"Your girlfriend here just attacked me for no reason," Maria said going back to her innocent voice. Cody turned to Sab and stared at her. Maria gave Sab a look that said 'He's gonna believe me'.

"Sorry, I do believe you deserved that," Cody said turning back to Maria.

"What?" Maria asked in shock.

"I heard you two arguing and what you said," Cody turned to Sab. "Let's get some ice for your hand."

"Hey! I'm the one bleeding here," Maria whined.

"There are some tissues on the desk over there," Cody said as he and Sab walked into the lunchroom, away from Maria. "Just sit down."

"I don't need your help!" Sab snapped as she grabbed a bag for her ice.

"Then at least let me look at it," Cody said moving out of her way.

"It's fine," Sab replied as she opened the fridge door. She picked up the ice tray with the hand that she punched Maria with and dropped the ice on the floor.

"Shit!"

"Let me help." Cody said picking up the tray. He put it on the counter and looked at her. "Are you going to let me look at it?"

"Fine," Sab held her hand out for him to see. Cody looked at it to see a bruise slowly forming. He took it in his hand to check for any sprains. "Ow!"

"Sorry, I think you sprained it," Cody said as Sab took her hand back.

"I'll be fine," Sab said as Elaina walked in.

"Why are you two making so much noise?" Elaina asked. "And why are you here? I gave you the weekend off."

"Sab hurt her fist on Maria's mouth," Cody replied as he put ice in a bag.

"I was coming in to do work to get my mind off things, but Cody was here, then Maria showed up," Sab explained.

"Well, I now know why Maria ran to the bathroom," Elaina commented. "I want you two up in the office, now."

"Alright." Cody replied as he handed Sab the ice bag. He followed Elaina to the office. Sab stood in the lunchroom for a second before leaving. As she headed up to the office she saw Maria leaving. Her mouth had stop bleeding, but she was still furious. She didn't even look at her as she past.

Sab walked into the office and sat down in the other chair next to Cody. Elaina shut the door and leaned against the desk.

"As we've told you before, we don't want your personal problems to interfere with your work," Elaina began. "Neither of you are leaving, till you work this out."

"What is there to work out? He cheated on me, I'm upset, and that's it," Sab replied looking at the floor.

"No, that's not it," Elaina insisted. "You two work this out. I'll be downstairs."

She left the two to talk. They just sit there in silence. "So are we going to talk?" Cody asked turning to her, breaking the silence.

"About?"

"Why you won't give me an answer about forgiving me," Cody replied.

"I don't know," Sab replied, still not looking at him.

"Sab, listen. You know how I feel about you. You know I'd never intentionally hurt you," Cody said. "What else is bothering you?"

"There's nothing else," Sab replied turning to him. "I'm just hurt that you did that."

"There's something else. I know there is," Cody said.

"There's nothing."

"Sab..."

"Fine! I'm scared, ok?" Sab said as the tears returned. She got off her chair to walk around.

"Scared? Of what?" Cody asked as he followed her.

"Scared that I'll lose you. That you might hurt me again. You have no idea what you made me feel when we were together," Sab replied through her tears. "You've been the only one, I have actually loved."

"Sab, I love you with all my heart. Nothing can change that," Cody said as he wiped her tears away. "But if you don't want to be together, I understand. If that's what you're saying."

"I don't want to be separated from you," Sab said as she kissed him. "But then I also don't want to be so close." She pulled away from him again.

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying, I think we should hold back on moving in together and work things out," Sab replied.

"Alright, I can agree to that," Cody said. "Should we tell Elaina that we worked a few things out now?"

'Yeah,." Sab said as she walked for the door. They both walked down the stairs to find Elaina and Frank sitting in the nest.

"So I see neither of you found the guns in my office," Donovan joked.

"No, but we worked a few things out," Cody told them.

"And?" Elaina asked.

"We're gonna stay together, but take things slow again," Sab replied.

"That's good. So we won't have any more problems here?" Elaina asked.

"No more problems," Sab replied. "Or I'll go looking for those guns."

Elaina laughed. "Good enough. Well, since you two are here, I'll let you in on your results."

"You got them back already?" Cody asked.

"Yep, but the rest of the team won't find out till Monday. This is just another load off your shoulders." Elaina replied as she opened a folder. "Sab, you and Travis received 96% on your assignment. Cody, you got 93%."

"That's good. Would I be able to tell Travis of the mark, or does he have to wait too?" Sab asked.

"You can go ahead and tell him," Elaina said with a smile. "Now go get some rest this weekend."

"Bye." Sab and Cody both leave HQ.

Elaina and Frank watched them leave together. "I hope they make it through this rough spot."

"I think they will in time," Frank said.

"Now all I have to do is track down my cousin. Have a nice long talk with her, though I doubt that it will do any good," Elaina commented.

"Just leave your gun with me when you go. I really don't want to have to bail you out of jail," Frank joked.

"Very funny." Elaina sat down in his lap and kissed him.

*******

"So...what would you like to do?" Cody asked as they reach the parking lot.

"I have plans," Sab replied.

"With who?" Cody asked.

"Travis. We're going to go see a movie and some other stuff, while he's in town."

"Going out behind my back?" Cody asked, getting a bit upset.

"Relax Cody. Travis really isn't my type," Sab replied as a car pulled up in the parking lot. It was Travis.

"He's not huh?"

"Nope, he's actually more your type." Sab said, smiling as she walked over to his car.

"What do you mean by that?" Cody asked in confusion.

"You figure it out. See you on Monday," Sab said as she hopped into the car. The two left the lot with Cody thinking about what she had just said.

The End

******** Artist : Bryan Adams Song : Please Forgive Me

It still feels like our first night together It feels like the first kiss and it's gettin' better baby No one can better this I'm still holdin' on, you're still the one The first time our eyes met - it's the same feeling I get Only feels much stronger - I wanna love you longer You still turn the fire on. So if you're feelin' lonely.don't You're the only one I'd ever want I only wanna make it good So if I love ya a little more than I should

Chorus: Please forgive me - I know not what I do Please forgive me - I can't stop loving you Don't deny me - this pain I'm going through Please forgive me - if I need ya like I do Please believe me - every word I say is true Please forgive me - I can't stop loving you

Still feels like our best time are together Feels like the first touch We're still gettin' closer baby Can't get close enough I'm still holdin' on - you're still number one I remember the smell of your skin I remember everything I remember all your moves - I remember you ya I remember the night - ya know I still do So if you're feelin' lonely.don't You're the only one I'd ever want I only wanna make it good So if I love ya a little more than I should

Chorus

One thing I'm sure of - is the way we make love The one thing I depend on Is for us to stay strong With every word and every breath I'm prayin' That's why I'm sayin'.

Chorus