For the most part life seemed to be moving smoothly for Wes and Sky; it had been almost two months now. It had taken a lot of adjustment on Wes's part to become a father, fully unprepared for it; but his father had been with him every step of the way, guiding him and even relearning what it means to be a father all over again.

"He's getting better," announced Collins, walking up behind his son who had been watching Sky work out, doing little kicks and punches that Wes had taught him over the past few weeks. Sky was definitely a quick learner and very eager and determined to learn and practice any chance he got.

"Yeah, he's a natural." Wes smiled as he watched his son go over the little routine he had taught him. "Just like his mother." Wes felt his father grip his shoulder, knowing that it had been hard for him learning about Jen and having to finally move on with his life. It hadn't been easy, but with each day that passed it hurt a little less. He would always love Jen, nothing would ever change that, but he was beginning to feel at peace. "I'm okay, Dad."

"I know, but I'm here for you if you ever need to talk."

"Thanks."

He looked at his watch. "Well, I need to be heading to the office, big meeting today."

"Okay, see you when you get home." Wes waved to his father and watched him enter back into the house. He turned back and watched his son move so quickly and gracefully, full of skills beyond his years; not just any five year old could move the way his son did and he could already see improvement of Sky being able to control his powers. At first, like any parent, it scared him to death when he first witnessed the few occasions of his son using his ability, but he soon saw that as young as his son was it didn't scare him and through that Wes was able to overcome his own fears. In time Wes knew his son would be able to harness the power and with it do great things, maybe even save lives.

"How am I doing, Dad? exclaimed Sky.

"You're doing great, son, keep it up." Wes smiled and continued to watch as his son went over the moves like he could go on forever, just like his mother. Wes just hoped that his son would learn to have a little fun too. Though Sky had a special gift and would be attending the SPD Academy when he was older for schooling and then training to be an officer and one day a ranger; he wanted Sky to have as normal of a life as he possibly could. He didn't want his son to spend all his time working on becoming stronger.

Wes remembered when he first met Jen she was all work and no play, but with some pushing, on his part mostly, he was able to get her to unwind. Jen… Wes sighed. Sky had only spent five years getting to know his mother, before she died. Wes considered himself lucky he had been eleven beflre his mother tragically passed away. He found it almost ironic, like history was repeating itself. Although this time around things were more complicated, maybe even more heartbreaking…

"Not too bad, for a little guy."

Wes snapped out of his thoughts. I know that voice. Wes turned around and was face to face with an old friend. "Conner." Wes exclaimed as he hugged the young man and patted him on the back. "It's great to see you. What are you doing here, not that I'm not happy to see you?"

"Well, I was back home visiting Tommy for a couple of days." Conner bit his lip and suddenly felt uncomfortable. "He told me what happened. I'm sorry." It nearly broke Conner's heart when he heard about Jen, just a year ago he had been the one rooting for Wes and Jen to be able to stay with each other, but it all turned out to be wishful thinking. "I know how much you both loved each other."

"Thanks. That means a lot. It's hard, but I've got to go on with life." Wes knew he couldn't spend the rest of his life hung up on Jen. It wasn't healthy, life goes on and you can't spend the rest of your life wishing for what could have been.

"Yeah." Conner glanced over at Sky. He still couldn't believe that Wes and Jen had a son, especially considering the fact they had only gotten together a year ago and here was this five year old boy. It was mind bottling just thinking about it. "Especially for him."

"Yeah. He's a pretty good kid."

Conner nodded his head. "Oh, before I forget, Dr. O wanted me to give you this. Alex had left it with him. He was going to come out here this week, but something came up." He pulled the box out of his bag and handed it to Wes.

"You're still calling him Dr. O?" Wes grinned giving Conner a bit of a hard time.

"Old habits die hard," Conner replied. It seemed strange when he tried to call his former teacher by his first name. It didn't feel right somehow, perhaps one day.

"Ain't that the truth." Wes set the box down on a table and started to open it. "You know what it is?"

"No, he wouldn't tell me."

Wes opened the box and found an urn, which right away he assumed held Jen's ashes.

Conner's eyes widened. "And now I know why he didn't tell me. No offense."

Wes didn't answer; he was too content with the contents in the box. He set the urn down and then reached down and found a small object in the box. He held it in his hands just staring at it for what seemed like forever. It was the ring he had given her when he had asked her to marry him.

"Jen's ring."

"Yeah," answered Wes softly.

"Looks pretty worn, she must have never taken it off."

"Yeah," Wes sighed. "Hey, could you keep an eye on him for me, there's something I got to do." Before Conner could say another word Wes was gone, taking the ring and urn with him.

"Great, how do I get myself into these kinds of situations," Conner muttered as he walked up to Sky. Might as well go meet the kid. "Hey, sport!" Conner announced as he went to introduce himself.

Sky stopped his routine and searched around. "Where's my dad?"

"He had to go do something, but he'll be right back." Conner then bent down to eye level. "In the meantime we get to hang out, I'm Conner."

"I know who you are, I watched your soccer games on TV with my dad," answered Sky as he shook Conners hand.

"Really?" Conner grinned. "What do you think?"

"I think you need to work on your kicks and angle them a little better," answered Sky not even baiting an eye as he told Conner how he needed to improve his game.

"Great, a little Alex, just what I need," mumbled Conner under his breath.

Sky looked at Conner, confused. Who's Alex? But before he could say anything Eric and Hayley came walking up to them.

"That's my nephew all right," announced Eric having heard Sky little critique comment about Conner.

Conner turned around. "You're just happy that Junior has picked up some of your attitude," remarked Conner.

"It's real nice to see you too, Connor," answered Eric as he patted him on the back.

"Oh, will you two stop it, we haven't even been here for two minutes and you're already going at each other throats," exclaimed Hayley rolling her eyes at the two.

"I guess that's because he's missed me so much." Conner grinned and crossed his arm against his chest.

"Yeah, missed pushing you around!" Eric got right into Connor's face, having a stare down.

Hayley sighed and took Sky to the side. "Come on Schuyler, let's go start lunch. Those two haven't seen each other for a while." Sky and Hayley walked into the house, leaving Eric and Conner to catch up on lost brotherly arguing.

Wes walked along the beach until he came upon a spot where he could sit down and just stare at the water, watching the waves hit the shore and the birds flying over it. It was a beautiful sight, much like how it was above on the clock tower.

In his lap he held the urn with Jen's ashes and in his hand he held tightly onto the ring. Having these significant items of belonging to her, made it all the more real that Jen was truly gone. Up until now he could just pretend she was fine, that she was in the future, just like she always was, but now… There would be no messages from the future, no one coming to stop some mutant criminal or stop something that could change the timeline. This was really it.

"I guess I should say something meaningful, but..." Wes sighed, staring at the ring in his hands. "I never thought this would happen, at least not any time soon. I guess I always thought I'd see you again." Wes stared off into the water. "I should have known better." A breeze of wind blew by and a piece of paper that had been taped to the vase blew off, but before it could get too far Wes caught it and unfolded it.

Dear Wes,

There's so much I wanted to tell you back then, so much I still wanted to do. First off I should tell you how sorry I am, for not telling you the truth about my pregnancy and for lying to you when you asked about Alex. I only hope that one day you can find it in your heart to forgive me. I only wish I could have told you all of this in person, but as we both have learned, sometimes things don't always work out the way we want them to.

I guess that's how life is, you never know what's going to happen in the future and sometimes no matter how hard you try you can't always change the inevitable. I want you to know that I only married Alex to help protect Sky, to protect our son. I'm sure Alex told you, but I thought you should hear it from me. I needyou to know that a day didn't go by that I didn't think of you or stopped loving you. And I'll wait for you until we can be together again, this time forever, but until then you need to raise our son. He's going to need you when I'm gone and Alex is no longer in his life.

I know it's a big responsibility and that you have missed out on a lot, but as time goes on I know you'll make a great father. You were always kind hearted, loving, and always willing to help others, no matter what the cost. I know you'll do just fine and that your father and Eric won't be too far behind to give you a hand.

I wish you the best life possible, Wes, all I want is for you to be happy, to find someone who will help raise our son and will love you both as much as I did. I'll love you forever.

Love,

Jen...

A few tears ran down Wes's cheek; in some ways the special letter brought ease and joy to his heart. They might not have been able to say goodbye to each other face to face, but he would always have this, knowing that in her last moments her thoughts were of him and the love they had once and would always share.

"Hey," Wes turned around and found Lisa standing behind him. It was beyond him why she kept sticking around, after all that had happened between them. He felt he didn't deserve her friendship, her kindness or even her love.

She smiled at him. "We've got to stop meeting like this."

Wes grinned. "Or I've got to come up with a different spot to sort out my feelings."

Lisa sat down next to him and her eyes fell onto the things Wes was holding onto, the urn, the note and the ring. "Is that-"

"Yeah." Wes's eyes fell onto the note and he began rereading it once more. "She wrote me this before she…well you know."

"What'd she say?"

"That she was sorry for the way things happened. That she still loved me, wanted me to take good care of Sky. And wanted me to be happy, move on, maybe even find someone else to spend my life with." He stopped and stared her right in the eyes. He would always love Jen, but there was a part of him that had always loved Lisa, he was just still so much in love with Jen to see it.

"How do you feel about that?" She knew this was hard for him. She knew she would never be able to take the place of Jen. Wes would always love Jen more, but that never stopped her from caring for Wes. There was just something very special about him.

"I-I don't know." He sighed. "I just need a little time, to figure things out and with Sky." He wasn't ready to jump into anything yet, especially now with having Sky. It wouldn't just be him anymore. There was a little boy involved now and he took priority.

"I understand." She took Wes's hand in hers. "Take all the time you need, I'm not going anywhere."

"Thanks." Wes smiled and squeezed her hand gently. Perhaps things hadn't worked out for them the first time for a reason, maybe at that time he needed to have his time with Jen, bring Sky into the world and had to learn what it meant to let go of something he wanted so much. "Would you like to come to my place for dinner tonight, so you can get to know Sky a little better?" They would take things slow, maybe just start things off as friends and go from there.

"I'd love to." She stood up, slowly letting go of his hand. "I'll see you later tonight."

"That'll be great." Wes watched her leave and then turned back and looked at the ocean. It was a big step to a new beginning, but at least now he was finally moving on with his life. He would never forget Jen, she was his soul mate and always would be, but until they could be together again he knew she would want him to be happy and go on with life, even if that meant spending his life with someone else.

Wes held the urn with her in his hand. "I'll love you always."

A few months later, Wes and Sky stood out on the beach on a bright sunny day. Wes handed his son the urn with Jen's ashes. In his heart Wes knew this is where she would want to be, their special place, the place where they both had declared their love for each other. Very few words were said, as they spread her ashes along the beach and ocean shore.

Up above at the top Lisa watched from a distance, knowing they needed to be alone for this moment. She had never met Jen, only knew her from the few pictures Wes had of her and from what Sky and Wes had told her about Jen, but she felt like she knew her. And a overwhelming feeling came over her, knowing she would be the one to look after them until they would be reunited with Jen; she wasn't sure if she was up to the challenge. It was a big spot to fill, she would never be Jen, she would never be able to replace her, but maybe she could help see them through and help them go on living.

Wes picked his son up and they stared off into the ocean blue, watching as birds flew high above.

"Dad?"

"Yes."

"Do you think Mom watches over us?"

"I know she does."

"Dad?"

"Yes, son."

"I like Lisa, she's nice."

Wes smiled. He wasn't sure how his son would react to having her around, him spending time with her. "I'm glad you feel that way."

"Do you think that maybe someday, she could be like my mother?"

His son seemed to be taking things better than he was. "Maybe," he answered softly. "You would be okay with that?"

"Ah uh, Mommy said she wanted you to be happy. You're happy when Lisa's around."

It wasn't until now that Wes realized his son was right. He did seem happier when Lisa was around, and as the days had gone by he was starting to feel less guilty about spending time with Lisa. Wes turned around and found Lisa still standing where they had left her waiting by the truck. "Why don't we see if she wants to go out to lunch with us and then maybe a movie?"

"Yeah. That be great!" Sky's eyes lit up with joy and happiness. Wes set him back down on the sand and Sky went racing over to Lisa. "Lisa, you want to go to lunch and a movie with us?"

Lisa smiled and glanced over at Wes, who gave a nod and smile. "I'd love to."

"Yeah!" Sky turned around to face his father. "Did you hear that, Dad?"

"Yep, I sure did." Wes smiled, life might not have worked out the way he wanted it to, but maybe life had something else in store, something better. "Come on, we should get going before the lunch rush hour." Wes opened the back seat and got his son situated in the back and then he walked Lisa over to the front seat and helped her in before getting into the truck himself and started their journey.