"What about Jack?" Salene asks abruptly. She wants to know, anything to keep her mind off of Pride and Leigha. Leigha frowns. She cocks her head, thinking, remembering. She swallows and closes her eyes. She tries so hard to remember. Lex sighs. He's glad the talk of Bray is over, but it's taking way to long for this "Leigha" girl to remember. Leigha opens her eyes. A new light has opened in her mind. The memories are slowly coming back.

"They took him away the second night"

They all look at each other.

"The first night we were being transported to...somewhere. Jack kept talking about his family and everyone that he loved. All I had to talk about were Bray and Pride. How much I loved them. Jack kept assuring me that I would see them again. But I didn't believe him"
Pride takes a shallow breath. He thinks about all she has gone through during that time. "I should have been there, to stop them from taking you," Pride says. Lex rolls his eyes. Salene looks down at her tea. Leigha continues, as if she doesn't hear him.

"Then we got there. They took us out of the truck, into a big building. Before we went in, Jack grabbed my hand before they led him away. He hugged me and put something into my hand"

Leigha takes a scrap of paper out of her pocket. Before she can open the folded manuscript, Pride grabs it out of her hand. "Directions to the mall," he says, looking at Salene. "He said if I got out, and he didn't, to come here; he said I would be safe," Leigha says.

"Once we went in, it was just all dark. I couldn't see anything. I could feel them putting wires on me and I could hear voices. Someone kept saying the name Jay"

Leigha doesn't know what it all means, but the rest do. "Jay?" Lex asks, making sure he heard correctly. She nods. "How long did you walk?" Lex asks. Leigha shrugs.

"A day and a half, maybe two"

Lex thinks. "That means that they could have a station somewhere outside of the city," Pride says excitedly. They might have a chance in saving the others.

"Do you think you could find your way back there?" Lex asks. "I can try," she says. "We'll go tomorrow," Pride says smiling. Salene's face remains emotionless. Leigha tries to tell what she's thinking, but it's no use. Lex knows that if Leigha heard Jay's name he has to be involved in all this.

Lex stretches his arms over his head. "Well," he said, "it's getting too late and I'm going to bed, gotta be up bright and early to track down this place". Salene nods and stands up.
"Yeah," she says, "I need to go check on the others now"

She turns and leaves. Lex heads in the direction of his room. Leigha stares at Salene's empty seat, not looking at Pride, who is looking at her. "Are you mad at me?" he asks suddenly. She frowns and turns to look at him. "Why would I be?" she asks.

He slightly shrugs.

"For letting them take you"

She sighs and shakes her head. "You couldn't have done anything- I don't blame you," she says. "What did they do to you," he asks, softly. His touches his palm to her cheek. She looks into his deep brown eyes. For the first time in two years, she sees his eyes again, the same way she had seen them the day the left their tribe, full of sadness and eagerness to begin again.

"I don't remember," she whispers. Her hair falls over her shoulders.

Pride leans towards her. He lightly kisses her lips. She closes her eyes. A long forgotten feeling burns inside her. She pulls back and wraps her arms around his neck, her head on his shoulder. He places his hands on her waist and buries his head in her hair. She hasn't known him in two years, and this, suddenly, feels wrong.

"What's wrong?" he asks when she pulls away from him. She looks down. "I feel like I don't know you anymore, Pride. All the while I was gone, I don't know what you did or who you've been with or who you're with now...".

He frowns. He tries to speak, but he realizes he has to tell her the truth. She has done so much for him, he has to tell her.

"I have changed. I'm not as careless anymore".

That's all he says. Leigha slightly smirks. "You failed to mention that you've been with someone. But you don't have to tell me, I already know there's something between you and Salene".

Pride's jaw faintly drops. "What?" he asks, surprised she knows. She smiles now.

"I'm not blind, I can see the way she looks at you"

Pride shakes his head. "No!" he hesitates, "Well...we had something, but now we're just friends".

Leigha raises an eyebrow. "She still loves you," she says. He shrugs. "She knows how I feel". Leigha shrugs now. Pride reaches over and takes her hand in his. "And now that you're back, she should know that I still love you".

"Do you?" she asks with doubt in her voice. "You were only gone two years, even if you were gone an eternity, I would never forget how much you've done for me and how much I love you".

"So, get all cozy with your old girlfriend, now did you?" Salene inquires angrily. She's putting away the dishes when Pride sees her in the kitchen. Leigha is sleeping in his room and he is on his way to the living room, and the couch, when Salene yells at him.

"Excuse me?" he asks, offended. Salene rolls her eyes. "You don't know what you're talking about, Salene," he says, just as angry. He tries not the raise his voice. She laughs unnecessarily.

"You don't know who I was back then, Salene. Everyone I ever knew was taken from me and I didn't trust anyone. I never got close to anyone or let anyone get into my head. But I let her. She picked me up when I fell. She let me trust her when I couldn't trust anyone else. She understood me in a way no one else could. I let her into my head and my heart and she cared about me more than anyone else ever had. I survived those years with her only because I loved her and she loved me".

Salene opens her mouth to say something, but Pride cuts her off.

"You don't know anything about her, about us. You don't have any idea what she was, and still is, to me. You never lost someone, Salene, I did, and it's a miracle she's back and I am not going to change my feelings for her, ever".

He turns and goes back to his room. He needs to talk to her now.

She's sitting cross-legged on the middle of his bed, not asleep, but wide-awake. Leigha hears him come in, but all she does is look up. He goes around the bed and sits behind her, wrapping his arms around her upper body. He kisses the top of her head and rests his chin on her shoulder, leaning his head on her neck. She hugs herself, feeling his muscular arms that are around her. He sighs and she leans back onto him. He lowers himself onto his pillows, Leigha still cradled in his arms until morning.