Count Me In (Sequel to Why We Said Goodbye) Sara was slightly puzzled when she felt a warm weight across her stomach. She looked to her right and saw that Shawn was cuddled up to her and had his arm thrown across her middle in a protective fashion like he used to. Sara gently traced his tattoo with her fingertips, she had a smaller, similar one on her right shoulder, and it served as her only memory to days that she had wanted to keep forgotten not that long ago.

"How long have you been awake?" Shawn asked in a deep gravelly voice as he cuddled closer to her.

"Not that long." Sara answered, lightly pressing her lips against his. "I guess it's time to talk."

"Yeah . we already got the other stuff out of the way." Shawn said with a small smile on his face. He picked up Sara's hand from his arm and kissed it softly.

"I want to give you a second chance, Shawn, I swear that I do . but I don't want to hurt again."

"We can rewrite the past Sara." Shawn said with a slight edge of fear in his voice.

"Then why do you sound so afraid?"

"Because I don't want to lose you."

Could there be a different ending. To the same old story. Cause you're not the first to say. You're gonna be there for me. I need to know what's in your heart. Can you finish what you start? How can I be sure I won't be sorry?

Sara looked at him seriously. "This time we both win."

"I'll marry you if that's what you want." Shawn said quickly.

"Slow down." Sara answered with a laugh. "Obviously we still have our chemistry but I don't want to force you into anything . like marriage. When the time is right, we'll know."

If heartaches and tears and shadows of doubt. Are part of the deal, you can count me out. But if you're talking about a game I can win. You can count me in.

"I want to marry you, I will marry you, but we'll take it one day at a time." Shawn answered.

"Don't make promises that you can't keep Shawn." Sara said softly.

"I'm not." Shawn answered. "We've always needed each other, you know that."

"I want to believe that, Shawn. I want to believe that so much." Sara answered.

When you tell me you're the one. I've always needed. You don't know how much I'm wanting. To believe it. But I've heard it all before. Now I'm needing something more. A promise is no good if you can't keep it.