Author Note: I decided to write a new season story but this time with Manifest. I really wish that they would put Jared and Mick together. I was a little disappionted by the new season and how they kept Zeke and Mick together instead of putting true love back together. I was not going to start this story until December but I decided to post it early.

Chapter 1: Pilot

It had been a few months after Evie's death, Jared knew that they could just a bit of happiness right now. He had been planning to asked Mick if she would marry him around the time of the accident but decided to hold off. He finally decided that tonight would be the night that he was going to do it. He just needed Ben and Grace's help to surprise her so he went over to the house.

"Hey, guys." Jared called out to Ben and Grace to know that he was there.

"Hey, bud. What are you doing here?" Ben asked his friend.

"I decided that it might be time to ask Mick the important question and I need your help to pull off my surprise." Jared responded to them with a smile.

"Are you sure that it's not to soon?" Ben asked him. "Don't get me wrong, I am happy that you have finally decided to ask my sister to marry you but I am worried that it might be too soon."

"I have asked myself that same question but the facts remained that we love each other and we belong together." Jared responded to him.

"Okay, let's get down to planning it." Grace responded to him with a smile. They decided that the best place to do it was at the park.

Later that night, Jared knew what the plan was. He was going to take her out for a nice dinner and then head to their spot at the park.

"Mick, you are the love of my life and I have a very important question to ask you. Will you please do me the honor and marry me?" Jared asked her.

"I can't say yes or no. I just need to think about it." Michaela said to him.

Jared was a little confused about it. He knew that she loved him and they had talked about getting married but why this answer. It was not a yes or a no.

A few days went by since the proposal and Michaela was still unsure about her answer to his question. She was not sure that she had the right to be happy after what happened with Evie. The accident was her fault no matter what they all said. She should have called an Ube but couldn't because Evie did not want to leave her car there that night.

They were getting ready for their trip and Michaela was getting ready to say goodbye to Jared. He was not able to take any time off from work since they were so short staff.

"Are you sure that you don't want to come with us?" Michaela asked him with a smile. "I think that getting away will do us some good."

"Babe, you know that I would love to come with you but someone has to stay here and make sure that everything goes smooth with work." Jared responded to her with a smile before they loaded up into the car to take Mick to the airport. "Just promise me one thing that you will have an answer for me when you come back."

"I will." Michaela responded to him while not knowing that this would be the last time that she would see him in person for five and half years.

Ten days later and it was time to go home, Michaela was still not sure about what her answer would be. Her entire family were trying to convice her to say yes but she was not sure that Evie would approve of her getting her happy ending without Evie there. There was a sign for Flight 828 that would change their lives forever.

Grace and Michaela were enjoying some girl time at the spa with Olive. She was busy getting her nails done while the girls talked.

"So what about the proposal?" Grace asked her sister-in-law. She knew that Michaela was getting annoyed with everyone asking her if she was going to accept Jared's proposal.

"I don't know still. There is a big part of me that wants to say yes but the rest of me wants to say no because of Evie." Michaela revealed to her sister-in-law what she was feeling.

"I get what you are saying and Mick that is the farest from the truth. Evie would want you to be happy and stop blaming yourself over what happen. You did everything that you could." Grace pleaded with her sister-in-law."

"I know that but I just need time to think." Michaela said to her with a smile.

Michaela knew that it was almost time to go home and she was still no closer for answer on what she should do. While they were at the airport, an choice was made to wait for 828 giving her chance to think about what she was going to do.

"You know that he is not going to wait forever for you." Ben said to her.

"I know that is what everyone keeps telling me." Michaela responded to him as they got settle on the plane. Neither one of them knew that this flight would be five and half hours long.

Meanwhile in New York, Grace, Olive, Karen and Steve had just made it in to find out that Flight 828 just went missing.

"I need to go call Jared." Grace said to Ben's parents. She knew that he needed to be there.

Five and half years later

Jared walked out of the bedroom. It was a long night for him because all he did was dream about Michaela and what their life should have been. He wanted nothing more than go back in time and be with Michaela in her last few days with them but there was nothing that he could do.

He was not paying attention when Lourdes came into the house on her weekly check up on Jared. She knew that is what Michaela would want her to do since he was having a hard time.

"Jared, what are you doing?" Lourdes asked him.

"I am going to try to find her body and bring her home. Her dad needs closure and so do I. We lost her and we still don't know where she is." Jared responded to her.

"Jared, they looked for her for many months and still could not find her." Lourdes revealed to him.

"That is why I need to do it for Steve. He lost both of his kids and then lost Karen. I need to bring him his children and Cal if it's the last thing that I do for this family." Jared responded to his friend.

Before Lourdes had a chance to answer, Jared was called in for work. He was there for about an hour when he got a text message from Grace saying to get to the airport. He responded back that he could not get there due to a case.

Grace, Olive and Steve were able to meet their family at the airport. Michaela looked around for Jared but did not see him.

"Where is Jay and mom?" She asked her father.

"Jared could not make it since he had to work and there is something that I need to tell you about your mom." Steve said to her as Ben and Cal walked over.

"What is it, dad?" Ben asked his father.

"I am so sorry that I have to tell you this now but your mother is gone. She got sick shorty after you left." Steve said to his children as Michaela broke down.

Meanwhile, Jared was working on something at his desk when he got word that Michaela was alive. He was shocked but did not know what it meant for them. A few hours went by when Michaela walked into the police station to talk to the Cap to see if she could return work.

"Hey, do you want to talk about anything?" Jared asked her.

"Not right now. I have a lot of things on my mind with coming back five years later and my mom's death. Why were you not at the airport?" Michaela asked him.

"Mick, I wanted nothing more than to be at the airport with you and the family but I have to find these missing girls." Jared responded to her.

"Can we talk later?" Michaela asked him.

"Sure." Jared responded to her as he watched her get ready to leave.

The next morning, Jared walked into the office and knew that needed to talk to her about the dogs.

"What in the world made you released the dogs? Now I have to clean up your mess before I can search for the girls?" Jared yelled at her.

"I know and I am sorry for that but I thought that the dogs were in trouble." Michaela said to him. She knew that she was going to have to explain what happen but right now all that matter was the girls and finding them.

"We need to go and save your carrer." Jared said as they walked out of the building together and got into Jared's car. "You know that you can talk to me. I just want to make sure that you are okay."

"Jay, I am okay. I just need sometime on figuring out what is going on." Michaela said to him with a sad smile. They were able to find the girls.

Later that night, Michaela was at the church that her mother loved to go to. She still could not believe that her mother was gone.

"I knew that I would find you here." Jared said to her as he sat down next to her.

"I just can't believe that I lost five years with everyone that I love. I am just trying to find where I belong." Michaela said to him.

"You belong here with me and your family. We love you, Mick." Jared responded to her. "Come, let me take you home."

Jared was hoping that he would be able to take her home to their place that he got for them but he knew that she was not ready for that. He dropped her off at Ben and Grace's house.

"How was the church?" Ben asked her as she walked into the house.

"It was okay. I was trying to find answers about what is going on with us." Michaela said to him.

Before Ben had a chance to say anything, they both got a calling to head to the airport. While they were there, the plane exploded leaving more questions than answers.

Author Note: That is the end of the first chapter. I hope that you enjoy it. I will be back soon with a new chapter of this story. If you have a twitter, make sure that you follow me on there as Carson34ff where I update all the time.