AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello peoples! I'm terribly sorry for the delay, but I do have an excuse, several actually. A: The whole song thing took me a while getting suggestions from different sites and friends, I ended up choosing one I'd already thought of due to several suggestions of it. B: My freakin' Internet connection thingy messed up and there was no dial tone so I haven't been able to get on since Friday the 15th. And C: I just started a new job on Friday. I'm a Concessionaire at Regal Cinemas, it's my first job. I'm so excited! (Yes I know what you're wondering, why is a 17 year old girl just ::now:: getting her first job. And I'll tell you why.... Because I'm lazy).

Anyways, the good thing about the delay is that this chapter is extra extra long. After my homework I've been typing away furiously at the computer. I have a feeling you'll like it, and to all those who suggested Collin give Jax a run for his money, here it is. I hope I didn't make Jax too mean...? Humm, well one more thing, my keyboard has been sticking lately so not all the letters show up, I tried to correct it but some things are misspelled. Oh well, on with the chapter! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!

Hours after the group of rescuers on a mission had checked into the West Dublin, and fallen into a deep slumber in their beds, Skye lay awake staring out the window at the Ireland dawn. The sky was an array of colors ranging from bright red to baby blue, a truly beautiful site. She could see the distant hotel grounds, rolling hills of emerald green grass, and watched the early risers as they went about on various adventures.

::Ireland is such a beautiful country:: she thought as she watched the comings and goings. ::I'll have to bring Dawne here one day, she'd absolutely love it:: With that thought brought a wave of unwanted emotions. She felt angry, confused, frightened, distraught and helpless all at once.

She glanced over her shoulder at Jax and frowned. He'd fallen once again into a deep slumber about ten minutes ago as soon as they'd finished making love for the second time that morning. His arm was snug across her waist, pulling her closer to him and his leg draped awkwardly over her legs. She was beginning to become uncomfortable and restless. She wanted to get up and walk around, or go for a swim, or a ride -she'd seen horses galloping across the grounds- anything to keep her busy and stop the nagging feeling that Dawne was hurt.

She breathed a silent sigh of relief when Jax moaned and rolled over, letting go of her in the process. Quickly and quietly she jumped out of bed and pulled on a pair of black slacks and an emerald green sweater. She threw her hair in a ponytail and slipped her feet in a pair of black loafers and made for the door on her tiptoes.

She froze as Jax tossed in his sleep, and glanced over her shoulder at him. She grinned when she noticed the sheet had fallen off the bed in his tossing. He was spread-eagled across the bed in all his naked glory. She couldn't help herself when she noticed her camera sitting on top of the clothes in her suitcase. She snuck over to it, snapped a quick picture for later blackmail -of course, and left the room quietly.

The honeymoon suite was on the top floor of the hotel, and as far away from the elevator as possible, which annoyed her to no end as Jax had refused to help her carry her suitcases to the room. He'd even paid the bellhop not to help her justifying it by the fact that if she'd insisted on three suitcases she was gonna carry them herself.

As she finally found her way to through the maze of halls to the elevator she punched the button for the 8th level, one floor below. Both Collin and Jason's rooms were on the eighth floor, right across the hall from one another. She found Collin's room easy enough, it wasn't far from the elevator at all.

"Lucky bastard," she grumbled as she knocked on the door. She waited for several seconds before she knocked again. There was still no answer or sounds of movements from within. She groaned and checked her watch, noting it was barely 6 AM.

::Collin's an early riser:: she thought as she looked up and down the hallway. ::He should be up by now:: She debated on whether or not she should wake Jason up and ask him if he knew where Collin was, and decided against it. Even though he'd agreed to come with them on the search for his niece, she still wasn't completely comfortable with her little brother. They hadn't quiet come to the stage in their brother/sister relationship where it was okay to wake the other up for little things like wondering where a friend was.

She sighed and headed back to the elevator and punched the button labeled 'Fitness Level'. Back at the PC Hotel Collin had woken up early every morning to go for a swim in the hotel pool, she hoped this was where she'd find him this morning.

On level six the elevator stopped and a young redheaded woman in a jogging suit entered the elevator. Skye nodded politely and moved to the other side of the elevator. The other woman gave her a large smile and pressed the already lit 'Fitness Level' button. "Top of the mornin' to ya'," the woman said in a thick Irish accent.

Skye couldn't help smiling. "I didn't think the Irish really said that."

"'Course we do," she replied. "'Tis traditional."

"Well, top of the mornin' to ya' as well," Skye answered in a fake Irish accent.

"Ya' do tha' pretty well," the woman observed. Skye shrugged and tightened her ponytail. The woman's eyes grew huge at the site of Skye's large diamond engagement ring. "Sweet Jesus, tha's huge!"

Skye held her hand out in front of her and examined her former engagement ring. "My husband went a little over board," she replied.

"How rich is he and does he 'ave a brother?" the woman asked seriously.

"He's a billionaire," Skye answered as if it were nothing. "And yes he does have a brother...."

"Hello, my name's Cathleen O'Riley," Cathleen introduced herself and held her hand out to Skye.

"Sk- Grace Johnson," she corrected herself quickly and took the woman's hand.

"Nice ta' meet ya'," Cathleen replied. "'Bout this brother-"

"I'd love to introduce you, Cathleen, but I have yet to meet the man myself," Skye answered truthfully. She'd never before realized that she hadn't met Jerry.

"Really?" Cathleen frowned as the elevator doors opened. The two women stepped out into a large work out room sporting high tech equipment and three more early risers pumping iron. "Well, was nice ta' meet ya'. Maybe I'll see ya' 'round?"

"Possibly," Skye nodded and headed off to the pool when Cathleen had made for a treadmill. She found the pool after several minutes of fruitless search and when she did she found Collin swimming laps. She smiled at the sight of his lean body cutting through the water in nothing but a black Speedo. He'd always had a great body.

She looked around the indoor pool for something she could use to catch his attention and spotted a basket of children's toys by the door. She grabbed a few and tossed them at Collin's swimming form and missed four out of five.

When the last one finally hit his back he stopped swimming and wiped the water off his face before looking at her. "Well good morning Sleeping Beauty," he said with a goofy grin.

"I've been lookin' all over for you," she said.

"I've been right here for the last twenty minutes or so," he answered. "What's wrong? We leaving already?" She shook her head. "Then what? Heaven knows you don't wake up before eleven unless you've gotta," he observed.

"I couldn't sleep," Skye answered with a sigh. She squatted down next to the edge of the pool and he swam over to her. "I can't stop worrying about her, Collin. She's all alone and scared to death, God only knows how Trystan's treating her...."

"I know it's completely useless to tell you not to worry, because even I can't stop worrying," Collin answered after a moment. "But I can tell you to think of other things, happier things. Like when we find her, I'm going to pick her up and throw her in the air and smother her with kisses.... Think of what you wanna do."

"I wanna hold her forever and never let go," Skye answered in a voice that sounded to Collin as if she wasn't quite with him.

"That's a good plan...." Collin answered with a nod. "But you do know that you will eventually have to let her go, how else am I gonna throw her in the air and smother her with kisses?"

Skye looked down at him and laughed. "I guess I could let her go for a few seconds for you, just you though."

"That's right, just me," Collin agreed. "See you got your mind off it didn't you? You laughed and joked, that's certainly better than wallowing."

"I can't ever get it out of my mind Collin," Skye said shaking her head sadly. "When I laugh I can't help but think that I shouldn't be having a good time while my daughter's been kidnapped. It just feels wrong."

"Laughing is good for the soul," Collin told her. "And besides, if you and Dawne's places were switched, would you want Dawne to worry about you day and night? To not laugh or have fun?"

"Of course not Collin-" Skye began.

"And I bet you a million- no wait, that's pocket change to you isn't it?- a trillion dollars," he corrected, "that Dawne wouldn't want you to be sad on her account. As long as she knows we're looking for her, she's still got hope," he said.

Skye's eyes filled with tears. "How does she know we're looking for her? What if she thinks we're just gonna' leave her there, that we're not gonna find her-"

Collin grabbed the hands she was waving around angrily and held them in his hands. "Hey, hey, look at me," he demanded. Finally she turned to him with hot tears trailing down her cheeks. "Dawne doesn't think that-"

"But-"

"No Skye," he cut her off once again. "Dawne doesn't think that way. Dawne is a bright, shinning, beautiful little girl that is always filled with laughter and hope. She will never give up because that is ::not:: how you and I raised her." The tears continued to course silently down her cheeks so he continued. "She has the gift Skye, I never told you before, but she's got the gift. I knew it from the first moment I held her in my arms that she was one of us, she is special. Mom saw it too, she says Dawne's gifted, perhaps more so than even she is. She just hasn't discovered it yet."

"She's got it?" Skye asked after a few seconds. "H-how?"

Collin nodded and smiled when he saw her eyes were no longer filled with tears of sadness, but tears of happiness. "Mom didn't pass it on to Trystan, he's the only one of us that doesn't have it -as it should be.... but somehow she got it."

Skye smiled.

"That's it," Collin squeezed her hand. "Now, after all this crying how about we cheer you up..... Maybe a quick tumble in the sheets, we can sneak off to my room, no one will ever know-"

Skye laughed. "I hate to disappoint you Collin, but I'm afraid Jax beat you to it. Maybe next time though."

Collin frowned. "Why does he get all the fun?" He sighed, but his face quickly lit up again. "Well I know something else that'll cheer you up for sure."

"What?" Skye asked still smiling.

Collin gave her a sly smile. "Come a little closer," he whispered. "It's a secret."

Skye pursed her lips in suspicion. "What is it?"

"If you wanna know you've gotta lean forward," he taunted. Slowly Skye leaned forward, staring at him suspiciously. "A little bit closer," he said. When he finally got her where he wanted her he leaned up and whispered in her ear: "Take a deep breath."

Skye didn't have time to think, and before she knew what was happening she was flying over Collin's shoulder, head first into the water. When she came up sputtering curses in between coughs she found Collin holding his aching sides with laughter.

"What the hell was that for!" she exclaimed angrily. "You're an asshole Collin, you know that! No, a damn bastard is what you are! I'm gonna kill you! Come here you little-" She couldn't swim, had never learned, so she pushed her way through the water at an excruciatingly slow pace. He never stayed more than five feet in front of her, taunting her with his incessant laughter. "This isn't fair!" she whined. "I don't know how to swim!"

"Bet you're wishing you'd paid more attention in swim class, huh?" he taunted from a few feet away.

"Not as much as I was when Carly locked me in that sinking boathouse, that's for sure," Skye answered and kept trying to grab hold of the foot he was purposely leaving just out of her reach.

"She certainly doesn't seem like the same Carly does she?" Collin asked. "Oh come on Skye, you can do better than that."

"No I guess-" Skye froze staring just over Collin's shoulder. "Trystan," she breathed.

Collin whirled around, searching frantically for his elder brother. He saw no one and just as he felt Skye's weight baring down on his shoulders he realized she'd tricked him. He locked his knees quickly and no matter how hard she tried she couldn't dunk him. "That was cheating," he complained as she tried to throw all her weight on him.

"I'm a cheater, what can I say?" she grunted. "Why won't you go under!" she exclaimed in frustration.

Collin sighed as if he were bored and let her continue to try and dunk him. "Call Uncle."

"Never," she replied stubbornly.

"You never could, and never will be able to dunk me Skye, give it up," he answered.

She threw all her weight in him three more times and gave up. "Fine, Uncle," she growled. "But next time," she wagged her finger in his face as he turned around.

"Next time you still won't be able to dunk me," he answered laughing at her pouty expression. "Even when we're 95 years old and ugly and wrinkly and have to use canes to get around, you still won't be able to dunk me."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," she shook her head and couldn't help laughing herself. They laughed long and hard at their child like games, leaning on each other for support. It was one of those times when you laugh so hard and long that eventually you forget what was so funny but can't stop. "Oh Collin, I love you so much, you always know exactly how to cheer me up," she said and wrapped her arms around his neck comfortably.

"I love you too," he answered softly. "I always will."

Slowly her face fell as she took his expression and the complete sincerity and love in his voice. It wasn't a friendship kind of love either, it was the real thing for him. She'd never heard it there before. "Collin-" she began not knowing exactly what to say, "You- you're not in love with me, are you?"

"I've always been in love with you Skye," he answered. "Always."

"I-I-" she was at a loss for words.

Swiftly Collin silenced her with a kiss. It was a kiss different than any they'd ever shared before. All others had been friendly little pecks on the mouth, for her, but now she wondered how Collin had felt during those friendly little pecks. Was he telling the truth? Was he really in love with her? His arms tightened around her waist and he pulled her closer, deepening the kiss.

* * * * *

Jax froze, his hand on the doorknob, staring at the scene unfolding in front of him on the other side of the glass door. Skye and Collin, in the pool, soaking wet, kissing.

::This can't be:: he thought in disbelief. ::Not even thirty minutes ago I was making love to her myself, and now here she is making out with her best friend::

She's in love with him, the thought dawned on him suddenly. He'd known since Collin had shown up that he was in love with Skye, but he'd never before thought she returned those feelings, so he'd never felt threatened by him.

Now, as he watched Collin lift her sweater over her head and toss it into the shallow end of the pool, he was consumed by rage and jealously. He found himself clenching his fists together, fighting the urge not to punch something. The urge got the best of him and he whirled around and punched the wall behind him so hard it left a large hole and his fist throbbing in pain. He growled loudly and walked off in a simmering rage.

* * * * *

A loud, slightly muffled sound caused Skye to come to her senses and suddenly pull away from Collin. "That was-" Collin began with a soft smile.

"It was wrong," Skye cut him off as she used her arms to cover herself.

His face fell. "What do you mean?" Collin asked after a few seconds.

Skye felt tears rise up and she fought not to let them fall. "Collin.... I- I love you so much-"

"I love you too," he smiled.

"No Collin," she shook her head sadly. "You're my friend, my best friend in the whole world.... But nothing more. I don't love you like you love me. I- I love Jax, I don't think I'll ever stop. I'm in love with him."

Collin's face fell once again at her words. "I know you are," he said softly.

"Then why did you kiss me?" she asked.

"Because I thought maybe I could change your mind," Collin turned away from her. "I thought I could get you to love me the way I've always loved you."

"Collin-" she made a move to touch him and he backed away.

"No," he shook his head. "Go. Go to Jax."

"But-"

"GO!" he shouted angrily.

She stood staring at Collin's back for a few seconds before she turned and waded over to her sweater. She slipped it over her head and picked up her two floating shoes and climbed out of the pool. She walked over to the door, throwing one last glance at Collin over her shoulder before she ran out of the room.

She ran blindly towards the elevator, as she thought over all that had happened in the last five minutes. She still couldn't quite believe it had happened. Nothing like that had ever happened to her before. She never believed it possible to have two men in love with her at the same time.

* * * * *

Jason stood, quietly waiting in the shadows as he watched his sister leave the pool room. Man it felt so odd to call her his sister now, after all these years it had never felt right and now it did. Even though Emily had forgiven her, he never had and probably never would simply because his pride wouldn't allow it.

Even after what he'd just witnessed he was still willing to call her "sister". A woman kissing a man other than the one she was in love with usually wouldn't sit well with him, but he'd seen and heard everything they'd said. He knew Skye hadn't knowingly provoked Collin to kiss her and had even stopped him, had told him it was wrong and that she was in love with Jax.

Kudos to her.

But what Collin did also deserved some recognition. He'd tried to change her mind, but hadn't forced her to make a decision. From what he knew of the guy he would probably respect her decision, if not he'd have a few words with him, nothing Skye would ever have to know about.

And as he watched Skye disappear down the hall he couldn't help but feel sorry for Collin as he looked back at the guy. He'd held himself together for the most part before she left and even refused to show any emotion now as he stepped out of the pool and dried off.

Jason shook his head, as Collin pinched the bridge of his nose. Maybe he wasn't going to end up holding himself together, either way he didn't really want to see another man get emotional. Just as he decided to leave the man alone a movement caught his eye. In the alcove next to him, a man in a gray business suit stepped out.

Jason slipped back into his own alcove and waited a few seconds before peering down the hall. The man was running down the hall, checking behind him every few seconds causing Jason to remain hidden in the hideaway. This was exactly what he'd been looking for.

A spy. The same guy he'd seen at the airport early this morning. There was no doubting it either. He definitely knew a spy when he saw one, having spied a few times himself for Sonny. This guy, however, wasn't a very good one. Jason waited until the man turned the corner after Skye before running down the hall in the opposite direction. He'd take the service elevator and get to Skye and Jax's suite before the other guy.

He made it to the top floor a full minute before either Skye or Trystan's man did and hid on the other side of a corner not far from his sister's door. He watched as Skye entered and the man, completely oblivious to him, snuck up to the door and stood beside it listening.

He stood there for a few minutes listening before he pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number. Jason took the opportunity and quietly snuck up behind him. "Sir? Mr. Jacks caught our girl kissing your brother.... They're in their suite now arguing.... Yes sir I'll keep you informed." The man whispered into his phone and promptly turned it off.

As soon as the man ended the call Jason swiftly put him in a headlock. "Now how exactly did Bryant expect you to follow my sister without getting caught by me?"

* * * * *

Dawne sat huddled in the corner of the small closet-like space she'd been thrown in three days earlier. With her knees drawn to her chest she rocked back and forth singing to herself her favorite song. "If need me, call me, no matter where you are, no matter how far, just call my name and I'll be there in a hurry-"

"Shut the fuck up!" an angry male voice called from above her and stomped on the floor in an effort to quiet her.

Dawne flinched but continued. "On that you can depend and never worry-"

The door above her was thrown open and the man's face appeared. She shut her eyes instantly at the harsh light and cried out at the pain it caused. "Shut up!" he roared and dropped two slices of bread and a cup of water in the hole.

She made a grab for the cup, but missed and the water inside spilled out on to the ground. Tears stung her eyes as she watched the thirsty ground instantly soak up the water, she hadn't had anything to drink for two days and was dreadfully thirsty. She picked up the cup anyway and held it over her mouth trying desperately for even a drop and was rewarded with a few small drops.

Satisfied since it was more than she'd had before she picked up the bread and dusted them off. She looked at them hungrily but set them aside and looked up at the man above her. "I have to go potty," she told him.

"So go in the cup," he answered and started to let the door fall shut.

"I have to go number two!" she shouted.

The door slammed shut and she was enveloped in darkness again for a few seconds. The door reopened and the man looked slightly pissed but nodded. "Fine, give me your hand," he grumbled.

Dawne stood up on her tiptoes and reached as far up as she could. Her hand, stretched out as far as she could possibly get it was probably three feet from the top of the pit.

The man lay down on his belly and let his hand dangle down a few mere inches from hers. "Oh- can't reach, darn," he said sarcastically.

He started to pull away but Dawne jumped and caught hold of his hand. The man groaned and pulled her up. He set her beside him and pushed himself up off the ground. Dawne took the opportunity and pushed him so he'd fall into the pit and ran for the door.

She reached the handle before the man grabbed a hold of her now very messy ponytail and yanked her back. She yelped in pain holding her head as he let her fall onto the ground. "You little bitch!" he shouted. "I go out of my way to be nice to you and what do you do? You try and run away! Is that anyway to treat your kidnapper?"

Dawne shook her head furiously and refused to let the tears stinging her eyes fall.

"Get back in the pit," he ordered and pointed to the hole in the ground.

"I have to go potty," she argued.

"You lost your chance," he replied.

"But I really have to go!" she yelled as he picked her up by her arms and began to drag her over to the pit. "Please I won't run away!"

He stopped and growled frustrated. "Fine, but if I catch you trying to run away again there won't be any bread for diner."

He picked her up holding her collar and forcefully led her out of the small one room cabin into the forest. He took her in the woods just beyond the cabin, but kept it in site and pushed her at a tree. "Here, now go." She frowned and started to walk around to the other side of the tree. "Where the hell do you think you're going?" he demanded uncrossing his arms and taking a step towards her.

"I can't go if you're watching!" She exclaimed.

"Fine," he snarled.

"How do I know you're not gonna peek?" she asked him suspiciously.

"I'm not gonna peek damnit," he yelled impatiently.

"I don't trust you!" she yelled back.

He opened his mouth to yell at her further but gave up and turned around angrily.

Dawne stepped around behind the tree and made rustling sounds as she moved leaves out of the way and picked up a handful of dirt.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"I'm making a little hole to cover it," she answered. She looked up as he came around the side of the tree. "You're looking!" she yelled. He opened his mouth to reply and she threw the dirt in his face, aiming for the eyes.

She turned and ran as fast as she could in the opposite direction hearing his yelling and cursing as he wiped his eyes free of dirt and took off after her.

* * * * *

Skye entered the Honeymoon Suite slowly and closed the door carefully behind her so as not to wake Jax. She soon realized Jax was already awake when she heard yelling from the bedroom and curiously walked over, opening the door.

"I don't care how long it takes to fuel the damn jet and get it here, I just want it here!" he yelled into the phone. He waited a few seconds as the person on the other end of the line answered before yelling again. "You're fired!" He flipped the phone shut and turned around to find her standing in the doorway.

"Are we leaving already?" she asked eagerly.

"::We're:: not," he answered his rage fueled once again at the site of her innocent face.

"What!" she exclaimed. "You can't leave me here! I'm not just gonna sit around here and wait for you three to come back with my daughter! I'm going too!"

"Maybe you misunderstood," he informed her with a viciousness that caused her to instantly back away from him. "::I:: am going. Not you, not Jason and definitely ::not:: Collin. Me, myself and I are leaving!" He answered and furiously turned to search for his suitcase.

"You're right, I don't understand," she said slowly, careful so as not to anger him.

"Why does that not surprise me?" he replied with a malicious smile fit for Trystan.

She took another step back from him. "Jax, you're scaring me.... What's going on?"

"What's going on?" he repeated and smiled once again. "Let me tell you what's going on, I'm leaving."

"But why?" she asked.

"Why? Because about twenty-five minutes ago I woke up to find that you were no longer in my bed. So, wondering where you are I call the front desk who happily informs me that you've gone to the fitness level... Or did you not know that the hotel makes it a point to know exactly where their customers are when they leave their rooms?" He stopped packing his suitcase and had turned towards her during his speech.

Skye paled slightly at his words but shook off the nagging feeling that he'd seen her and Collin together.

"So here I go traipsing down to the fitness level looking for the woman I love, and where do you think I found her?" he asked but didn't give her time to answer. "Yes that's correct, the pool and, she's not alone -oh no, not alone at all." He wagged a finger at her as he stepped forward.

"Now imagine my surprise when I find that she's not only ::not:: alone, but she's also half naked, and making out with her so called "best friend"." He was now only a foot or so from her and she was backed into the wall. "Come on Skye, imagine my surprise," he repeated and blocked her in by placing an arm on either side of her head.

"Jax I love you-" she began.

"Oh save your bullshit for someone who cares Skye," Jax answered angrily and pushed off the wall away from Skye. He turned around waving his hands at her. "What did you think I wasn't going to find out?"

"I didn't know he felt that way about me, Jax!" Skye exclaimed.

"Oh come on Skye, you're not blind!" he exclaimed and turned away from her. "Even I saw it! The man's madly in love with you!"

"But that's just it!" She exclaimed and came around to force him to look at her. "He may love me, but I love you! You! Don't you understand that!"

"Were you planning on telling me?" he asked. "Or did you think you'd just pull a Brenda?"

Skye slapped him. "Don't you ::ever:: compare me with her again."

They stared at each other a few seconds, Skye daring him to say another word when the door to their suite flew open and an unfamiliar man was pushed in followed by Jason.

"Not now Jason, we're busy," Jax yelled.

"I think this is a bit more important than you're damn lovers spat," Jason answered. He grabbed the man's collar and forced him to stand. "I found him following you Skye, Bryant sent him."

Skye looked at Jax and he looked at her. "Leave me out of it, I'm done with this," he answered and turned back to his suitcase and began to put the few belongings he'd taken out back in.

Skye made a move to stop him, then turned back to Jason. "Can you give us a moment?" she asked. "Take him down to your room and make him talk or something."

Jason nodded and pushed him towards the door. When the man resisted Jason pulled his gun out of his pants and pointed it at him. "Move," he ordered. The man immediately began to cooperate and walked obediently out the door.

Skye marveled at Jason's strange talent and silently wondered how he'd gotten the gun into the country as she walked back in the bedroom and closed the door. She turned to Jax as he zipped up his suitcase. "Jax, please don't do this," she said, her voice now calm and pleading. "It's all a big mistake-"

"Answer me one question. Do you love him?" he cut her off.

Skye paused. "Of course I love him-"

Jax nodded. "Then I won't stand in your way." He picked his suitcase up and made for the door she blocked.

"You didn't let me finish," she replied.

"You don't need to finish I know what you're going to say," he shook his head. "Please move Skye."

Skye didn't budge.

"Skye, I'm asking you nicely, please move," he repeated.

"I'm not moving until you agree to hear what I have to say," she answered. He stared at her a moment then sighed and waved his hand for her to continue when he realized she really wasn't going to move. "You asked me if I loved Collin, and my answer was yes. I've known him since I was six years old and we lived next door to each other... Do you know that I don't know how to swim?" she asked.

He shook his head.

"That's because when I was six years old my mother pushed me in the pool. She told me I needed to learn to swim and walked off with a bottle of Vodka. Collin saved me. He jumped into the pool and saved my life. He's actually saved my life on numerous accounts and has been my best friend -sometimes my only friend- since I was six... So of course I love Collin.

"But I'm not ::in:: love with him. I once was, or at least thought I was, but that was when I was in my early twenties after my first husband left me for Barbara. We even planned on getting married, but I fell in love with Dr. Kinder," she shivered, "and God knows how that turned out...."

"How did that turn out?" he asked. "I know nothing of your previous husbands."

Skye sighed. "I don't have time to give you my life's history right now Jax, but let's just say he's moved on to a better -no worse place.... I'll explain later," she added at his confused expression.

He nodded. "So you and Collin planned on marrying but you fell in love with another guy?"

"Right," She nodded. "As I told Collin he's my best friend in the world, but that's all he is to me. A friend. I'm in love with you, Jax. I never stopped loving you even when you left me for Brenda and treated me like a piece of garbage, I still loved you. God knows I should've stopped, that at this moment I should hate your guts. But I don't. I love you with everything I have in me and I always will. I've never loved anyone like I love you Jax."

Jax dropped his suitcase, wrapped her in his arms and kissed her passionately. After he finally pulled away he whispered. "I love you too Skye. But I thought I'd lost you and I went crazy. I was so jealous... I punched a hole in the wall."

Skye smiled. "I'm glad to know I'm worth a hole in the wall of an extremely expensive hotel."

"You're worth a hell of a lot more than that Skye," he answered seriously. "But that was the first thing I saw and it looked just to damn perfect."

Skye laughed and kissed him once again, thanking her lucky stars that she hadn't lost him for good. And maybe those lucky stars would lead her to Dawne as well.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Okay so there is my extra extra long Chapter 15. I hope you liked it because I was satisfied with it and you know me and my insecurities. I'm barely satisfied with anything. Oh well, again I'm sorry it took so long to get it out. It would have been out Monday the 18th for sure (that's when I finished it) but for my Internet connection going all screwy on me. Oh and I've moved my estimate up to 18 chapters. Anywho, I'm done with my little monologue. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!