Chapter One = 1 Year later

"Hey Georgie you home?" Dillon called as he entered the apartment they shared in New York on a Thursday afternoon. Looking around he noticed no real changes but empty. Georgie wasn't there. Well, it was the middle of the day so she was probably in some lab at NYU Medicine School or studying at school.

Dillon hadn't been back in over 6 months and it was only the third time he had seen Georgie since school started. God, he missed her so much while away but he wouldn't give up the WSB and Georgie understood which made her so great. Unlike some others. One of the guys he trained with at the WSB, his wife had filed for divorce due to his working for WSB. But Georgie, she understood him and his life. Walking into bathroom, Dillon stripped off his clothes to step into shower. He stood there enjoying the sensation of water and remembering what he and Georgie had done in the shower when they first got the apartment. He closed his eyes with a moan, god he couldn't wait until she got home.

At 7pm Dillon started to wonder where she was, at 9pm he started to worry by 11pm he decided to call her friends if she wasn't home by midnight. Where the hell was she? At 11:50 Georgie walked in the door of the apartment talking to a girlfriend.

"So let's order in some food, I have some beer and we'll gab. Maybe we'll call Ethan and those guys see if they want to come over-" She stopped mid sentence when she saw him in the middle of the room. "Dillon?"

"Hey Georgie," Dillon replied calmly trying not to relay what he felt inside. "Where were you?"

"Oh, I went out for drinks with some people from school after class then Sheryl and I decided to come back here. Umm, Sheryl this is Dillon. Dillon Sheryl." She waved back and forth. "So, how long are you here for?"

That was the first question she asked him? Plus why not introducing him as her boyfriend? "Just a couple of days but I-"

"Listen," Sheryl said, "I'm going to go. Let you guys talk and whatnot. I'll see you in class tomorrow Georgie. Let me know if you are still up for tomorrow night." With that Sheryl turned and left the apartment while they stared at each other in silence.

"So, you're back for a couple days huh," it was more a statement then a question from Georgie. She didn't move towards him.

"What no hug and kiss?" He walked over, wrapping his arms around her. "God I missed you. C'mon what do you say I show you." He lowered his head to kiss her, at first she was hesitant but then responded. Picking her up, Dillon carried Georgie into bedroom and laid her on the bed.

"God, I missed you so much. I can't believe we haven't been able talk in 3 months it drove me crazy. I love you Georgie." Dillon lowered himself down on top of her and Georgie just let herself get lost in the feeling. Not wanting to think too much.

Two Days Later Georgie sat on the couch in the apartment watching Dillon get ready to go. They hadn't really talked since he got back and now he was leaving. She had to tell him. This wasn't fair to her or to him. Dillon loved the WSB and she didn't. God, she hated those initials. Hated what they stood for, the guns, the violence, the not knowing where he was or if he was alive. The WSB had kept ripped her family apart when she was a child and she refused to live through that again. For Georgie nothing good was going to come out of this, just heartbreak.

That was why she had to do this. No matter the cost because in the future it would cost more.

"Georgie girl, I'm ready to. What's the matter?" Dillon walked over to the couch with a worried expression. "Baby, what's wrong? I won't go that long again without contacting you I promise."

"Dillon, I can't do this anymore." Georgie stood as she spoke, gaining courage as she stood on her feet. Away from Dillon. She couldn't be touching him while she did this. "I can't do this. I can't sit and wait for you to come home, wondering if you're hurt or dead. I, I did that for my dad and he never came back."

Dillon stared at her not processing what she was saying. Of course he would always come back to her, how could he not? He loved Georgie more then anything in the entire world and she loved him, this wasn't making any sense. "Georgie what are you talking about?" This couldn't be what it sounded like; she wasn't breaking up with him, was she?

"I think we should break up." Dead silence entered the room as Dillon stared at her.

"I'm sorry I don't think I heard you right. Did you say you wanted to break up with me? Why would we break up?" Now he was just confused. Yeah, it sucked at the moment but it would get better. Not enough reason to break up. They loved one another.

Tears started to role down her checks. God, she didn't want this but there was no other way. Dillon needed to do this adventure thing and she, she didn't want or need to be a part of it. Georgie knew she wasn't an excitement girl, what she wanted was to get married, have kids and pay taxes. Dillon might want that eventually but what if he didn't? Then what would happen? She would spend her life waiting for him but never able to move on like her mom always waiting for Frisco to come back. And he didn't.

To be honest, she had been thinking about it since she found out Dillon was going to be in the WSB. It scared her. She didn't want to be left alone again, she wanted to start their life together and that, at the moment, was impossible. Georgie had talked to Mac, after he promised to be impartial, and he told her about what life had been like for her mom. When she had told Mac about her decision and he told her it was the most grown up thing she had ever done. So why did she want to crawl into bed with her teddy bear and cry?

"Georgie, what's going on?" Dillon's world had stopped when the words "break up" left her mouth. They weren't breaking up, not now, not ever. "C'mon, we don't have time for this before I leave. I know you're upset about but don't be ridiculous. We love each other."

"I'm not denying that Dillon but I can't do this. I can't wait for you to maybe come back. It's too hard."

"Georgie, you don't mean this. Any of it."

"Yes, I do."

"No," Dillon could hear the desperation in his voice. He could hear in her voice that she meant it. That she wasn't going to be there when he came back. She wasn't going to want him back. "Look what if I don't go. I'll stay." He came off the couch to hold her in his arms but she pushed him away.

"No, Dillon, you have to go."

"I don-" but before he could continue she interrupted him. "Dillon, you love adventure, it gives you a thrill that nothing else can. You need this and I-I need to let you go to do it. I love you, I will always love you but I can't live like that. Waiting for you to maybe come home or find out your never coming home. Please don't ask me too." Now the tears were coming freely down her checks as his began to tear.

"Then don't do this. We can make this work." Dillon pleaded staring at her in disbelief. How had this happened? They were supposed to be together forever, him and Georgie against the world. She sounded so sure, how could she? Unless . . .

"Have you met someone else? Is that what this is about? You met somebody else and didn't have the guts to tell me so are taking the easy way out?" Anger started to rise, there had to be an explanation for this, one he could accept. Not accept but to just break up with him because she couldn't handle it. That was not good enough.

"No Dillon, I haven't met anyone else. I just can't live my life like that, I need more than this." Just then the buzzer rang, the cab arrived. "That's your cab."

"You can expect me to leave? Not like this, Georgie, we can work this out." Dillon attempted to reach for her again. "I'm not leaving."

"I'm sorry Dillon but you have too. I have a study group in an hour and I have to get ready." Georgie slowly started to gather herself. She wasn't going to let him change her mind as the buzzer rang again. Dillon ignored it. "You better go."

"I'll get another cab. We aren't done."

"I'm done Dillon, so you should leave." He didn't respond to her instead reaching to her bring his mouth down on hers. Tongues intermingling and for a few moment Georgie forgot but not completely as she put her hand up to his chest and pushed him away. "Dillon, no. You have to go."

"Georgie, I love you." Dillon pleaded desperately. If only he could start kissing her again then she would change her mind. "You don't want to do this."

"I have to Dillon because if I don't eventually we'll just make each other miserable. Eventually we won't love each other anymore. I don't want that to happen. Please just go."

Dillon didn't know what to do. He had to be back at the office today, there was no choice. He started a mission tomorrow on the other side of the world. They could fix this but it would have to wait until he came back. The buzzer rang again.

"Georgie I have to leave but this isn't done. We aren't done. I'll call you. We are NOT broken up. I love you, more then anything. I won't let you throw this away." Dillon grabbed her for another kiss then walked out the door. "I love you," he said at the door before shutting it behind him.

"Then you wouldn't leave," she said to the empty space before collapsing in tears. "Then you wouldn't leave."