A/N: Pleeease read&review! So far I only have one and ... well, it's just depressing.

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"Shawn," said Mimi, taking her hand back from Rex, who didn't seem to notice and turned around with a smile on his face.

"Shawn!" said Rex, looking considerably happy to see an old friend. "How are you, man?"

"Rex." Shawn responded, looking like he didn't believe it himself. "You're back."

"Um ... yeah. I had to ... settle some things." he looked back at Mimi with a grin, but she was staring at Shawn. Looking slightly puzzled, Rex turned back to the other guy and laughed slightly. "What, did I come at the wrong time or something? Why are you two ..." his words murmured off as he noticed the looks Shawn and Mimi were giving each other. "Hold on." He took a step away from being between the two of them, his hands up in a 'wait a minute' way. "What, are you guys ... are you guys ..."

"Together? Yeah." said Shawn, not taking his eyes off of Mimi. "At least, I thought we were."

"We are, Shawn." said Mimi, looking scared.

"You are, huh?" Rex asked quietly. He shook his head with a chuckle and looked at her for a moment before turning and brushing past Shawn to leave.

"No, Rex, wait!" said Mimi. "I didn't mean -- wait!" She began to follow him but was stopped by Shawn.

"You didn't mean it? You're going to leave me just because he shows up again? After all that crap you gave to me about Belle?"

"Shawn," said Mimi slowly and carefully, looking at him with almost angry eyes. "What happened with you and Belle is totally different than what just happened between me and Rex. But right now, I am not going to stand here like an idiot and watch him walk through that door for a second time and not do anything about it. I need to see him, so let me go."

He paused for a second, looking at her hard and intently. Then he let her go. She pushed past him and past the door and disappeared down the stairs.

Shawn stared at the empty apartment and fell to the ground, leaning on the wall and aggravatedly kicking the door so that it slammed shut.

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Rex stormed to the parking lot where his car awaited the long drive back to Chicago. Just as he had opened the car door, he heard Mimi shout from the entrance.

"Rex? REX! Rex, please stop!" she cried, running the best she could in her heels to the car. She put a hand on the car door so that he couldn't close it without crushing her hand.

"Go back to Shawn, Mimi." he said, taking her hand off the metal and dropping it. Before he could step inside, however, Mimi had grabbed him by his shirt and was shaking him.

"Don't you leave me again, Rex DiMera. If you do, for the first time in my life I'll hate you." She was on the verge of tears. "I didn't ask you to come back, but I'm so glad you did. Because every time I look in the mirror and turn around I expect you to be there. But you never were. I never forgave myself for doing what I did, but I also never forgave myself for letting you go. It was a bigger mistake than the lying and I'm not going to make that mistake again. So if you step inside that car ... I ... I'll ..." Tears streamed down her face and her face crumpled as she broke down right in front of him.

Looking heartbroken and unsure of what to do, Rex slammed his car door shut and tugged her in to a gentle, but firm embrace. As she cried into his shoulder, he stroked her fine, blonde hair and leaned in to take in the scent of her shampoo for the first time in years. She still used the same brand, still the same flavor.

"Shhh ..." he said, closing his eyes and tilting his head so his cheek touched her hair in a comforting closeness only he could have pulled off. "Don't worry. I won't leave."

This made her cry harder as she began to fall in his arms. "Mimi, just get up and I'll help you back to your place. You need rest." Her cries softened but she continued to slip downwards. "Mimi, please." She didn't desist. "Mimi?" Finally, her eyes fluttered shut and she fainted in his arms. "Mimi!" He grabbed her around her arms and turned her around so she faced up. Her head hung down in a shudderingly eerie way as he lifted her whole body and kicked open his backseat door. After carefully placing her on the seats, he closed the door and jumped into his driver's seat. Right now, he just hoped that Salem hadn't gotten rid of their old hospital.