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Summary: Five years after a broken engagement, Andros visits Tommy and his new team. What he finds there, he couldn't even imagine in his wildest dreams.

Phantom Rogue: Glad you liked the flashback, it was supposed to be sweet! NO, Andros is not going to fall in a great sinkhole!.

XRachX: Thank you SO much. I'm so glad you like my story. Yeah, Jason will be in this story, Callie is his daughter. :-P

Juzblue: Yeah, but that would ruin the story! She's supposed to get back in some chapters later! Just don't know exactly when yet.

Arwennicole: Well, not soon, but they might get together again, yeah.

The real vampire: I love to torment Conner!

Jenny: You tell me why the review was so short and you weren't online? Okay, so I wasn't online either, but I came in about 10 minutes after! I was out with a friend for a moment.

DizneeDol: Glad you liked the Conner thing, I hope it would turn out funny!

Serenitylovegod: I'm not really being nice to Conner, am I? Oh well, if it makes people love… Conner, beware, I'm after you!

Mz. Daydream: There'll be a lot of more flashbacks in this story. I'm going to have so much more fun in the future with Zey, just wait.

Not Always The End

Chapter 5

Andros slowly walked through the woods. His thoughts were madly dancing crazy circles. He and Ashley had been so happy together. After he proposed it was all she could talk about for the first month or two. They had started talking about their future together, seriously this time. Marrying on Earth, then going to live on KO-35… and after that…

A sigh escaped his lips. They had started discussing the possibility of a family of their own. Ashley had been a bit careful about bringing up the subject at first, but once he had managed to assure her there was nothing he wanted more, she had been more than happy to talk about it. They had even already decided what to name their first child.

He had never been more crushed when her ring had been returned to him while he was on KO-35 for a few months. It had been sent to him with a short note, telling him she couldn't be with him anymore. His heart still ached whenever he thought back to that day.

He had been stuck on KO-35 for another month and when he returned, Ashley had disappeared without a trace about a month earlier. He had tried everything, but finding her had turned out impossible. After three months of searching, he had faced the undeniable and given up hope of ever finding her – and ever loving again.

Andros kept walking for an hour before finally returning to Tommy's house. It was empty, but Tommy had left a note on the fridge telling about Randall, the headmistress, wanting to speak to him urgently.

With a sigh, Andros dropped down on the couch and turned on the radio to drown out the silence. After a while a new song started, the lyrics immediately catching his attention.

You're gone
I've lost count of how long
Once you were mine
Now you're hers divine

But you're still here
And you won't go
It's hard to know
But you're gone

I turn and see
A face in the crowd
I see you and look again
But you're gone

Everywhere I go
Everything I do
You haunt my heart
Never leaving me alone
But you're gone

I moved on
Put you behind me
Yet at night I cry
And you're gone

I live now
But my heart lives back then
I shiver at your touch
But you're gone

I can't help but wonder
Where are you now?
Do you ever think of me?
But you're gone

At night I pray
Hoping for a better day
But you're still gone

My heart broken
I close my eyes
My breathing slows
But you stay gone

Misty tears filled his eyes as he listened. It struck too close to home and he couldn't help but wonder. Where was Ashley now? Had she found someone new to love? Did she ever think of him? Did she even remember what they had?

He knew one thing would plague him till the day he died. What had made her leave so suddenly? They were going to get married as soon as he got back from KO-35 and she never ever showed any signs of wanting to get out of it.

Angrily he rubbed the tears out of his eyes. What was the use of dwelling on the past if it wasn't going to bring Ashley back anyway? Ashley was probably happily married already to some bloke and had the perfect little family, maybe even with a bouncing kid, but she would surely be expecting one.

And where was he? At a friend's house, hiding from the perfect little family his sister had formed, missing Ashley whom left his life five years ago. Not even trying to find himself a new love.

He already dreaded the moment Karone would go in labour to deliver her and Zhane's second child. Then he would have to return to KO-35 and get the life he could've had rubbed under his nose again. He knew they didn't mean to and that they couldn't help wanting him being part of their kids' lives, but sometimes her truly hated his brother and sister for being happy and wanting to include him.

A small smile started to form on his lips as he thought of his nephew. The kid was a menace, just like his daddy, there was no denying that, but he had his cute moments. Andros clearly remembered the day Zey said his first word. He had been there too. 'A-doos', he had said, clearly trying to speak his uncle's name as he had reached up to Andros to be held.

Andros leaned back and let his head rest on the back of the couch, his eyes sliding shut.

Dream

He looked around, unsure of where he was. He seemed to be on KO-35 somewhere, but he had never seen the place before.

"Daddy!" A little voice called.

As he spun around he noticed a three-year-old boy running his way, his arms stretched out. His brown hair was streaked with blond locks and the sparkling eyes that were fixed on him were a mixture of deep brown and hazel.

His mind panicked. He didn't know this boy. What was he supposed to do! But when the boy reached him, he seemed to move automatically, scooping the boy up in his arms and hugging him as his small arms slipped around his neck.

"Hey Nate, where's mommy?" He heard himself ask teasingly.

"She's coming." The boy replied, not loosening his grip. "Is today going to be just the three of us?"

"Until your sister comes out of school, yes." He replied, placing a kiss on the side of the boy's head.

When he looked passed the boy his breath caught in his throat as he spotted an angelic figure staring at him and his son. A soft bright smile played on her lips and her hair was softly picked up by the wind.

"Andros…" A voice was calling from far away. "Andros… Come on man, wake up."

End dream

"Andros!"

Andros eyes snapped open and he looked straight in Tommy's face.

"Oh, good, I though you were never going to wake up." Tommy was saying. "I've been trying to wake you up for about ten minutes straight."

Andros snorted.

"Sorry, I guess the journey exhausted me more than I thought." He replied, his mind still clinging to the dream he had been awoken from.

What did it mean? If it meant anything at all, of course. He knew it had been Ashley staring at him. She looked different somehow, older, more mature. And Nate, that wasn't the name they had agreed on if they ever had a boy. Or maybe…

It was as if a stone was dropped in the pit of his stomach. Maybe the boy wasn't hers at all, maybe someone else had granted him the boy. But he'd never betray the memory of how happy they had been together, right?

"Hey, are you okay?" Tommy inquired.

"Yeah, I'm fine, just thinking. Give me a minute and I'll be fine. Just had a bit of a disturbing dream."

"Want to talk about it?" Tommy asked, sounding concerned.

"Nah, I'm fine. So what did Randall need you for?"

"Oh, the usual bull."

And when Tommy started to elaborate, Andros knew, relieved, that he had successfully diverted Tommy's attention.

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