Chapter number 23. The impossible love triangle.

"Oh my goodness" Martha exclaimed, putting down her glass. Her face turned from shock to happiness and everything just clicked in her head 'how could I forget about him?' she asked thought, 'I've been free, and I didn't even think to go home to him' she told herself furiously, but she snapped out of her frustration quickly, returning to happiness that stood in front of her, the one she loved.

"Martha" her father's voice interrupted.

"Yeah" Martha replied turning around.

"You know how the other week you were saying that you were ready to meet your real mum?"

"Yeah".

"Well, I sent out an extra invitation and-".

"Really she's here?" she exclaimed, feeling butterflies in her stomach, now she knew why she had the feeling that tonight was going to be a good night, first Jack, now her real mum,... 'wait, so that's what Jack was doing here, dad probably wrote "you and your family have been invited" on the invitation' she thought, but she wasn't complaining at all.

"Yes, and she wants to see you too" Brett told her moving out of the way so Martha could see Beth standing about five meter's away with Tony, Lucas and Matilda behind her.

"Hey" Martha greeted her running to give her a hug.

"Hey" Beth said excitedly, giving Martha a hug too.

For the next little while Martha, Beth, Jack, Tony, Brett, Lucas and Maddie were all talking about anything and everything, like what other people where wearing and even had a bit of a laugh about the girl on the dance floor who had tried to stick her tongue down just about every guys through she could.

In some ways Martha wished that they would all just leave her and Jack alone for at least a few minutes, she could feel his presence next to her, all she wanted was to feel his hands on her again, the way she used to, and feel his mouth moving under hers.

Jack could feel Martha's presence too, it was warm and comforting. Half of him wanted to be angry with her for not coming back, but the other half just wanted to gab her in his arms and plant kissed allover her. The impossible love triangle that had been going on in his head for weeks was over, the way he felt for Rose wasn't love, he'd been out of love for so long he'd forgotten what it was and he'd mistaken friendship with it.

He knew Rose didn't love him ether, they were just good friends now, nothing more, nothing less. It had taken Jack longer to stop feeling for Rose then the other way around though, he'd been jealous for a while, seeing her with her boyfriend that she had to leave after her family all died, and they had been united earlier that week.

"So is Maddie and Lucas back together?" Martha asked looking over onto the dance floor, some how they'd managed to sneak off quietly.

"Were not sure actually" Tony told her, "Well they probably are, we walked in on them the other night and lets just say that if we had walked in there a few minutes later we would have been scared for life. Anyway I'm just going to go and get another drink, would anyone else like one?"

"No thanks mate, I'm just going to go and talk to senator Bishop over there ok" Brett said.

"Ok, anyone else?" Tony asked.

"No thanks" Martha and Jack said at the same time.

"I'd love one, how about I come with you?" Beth replied.

"Ok" Tony answered, then they walked off leaving Jack and Martha alone.

"You want to dance?" Martha asked, the sound of Maria Carrie, We belong together was playing in the background, it had been one of the songs she'd chosen that hadn't gotten a lecture about how this was a coming up party not a hormone driven disco.

As angry as Jack still was at her, he couldn't say no to that face, "yeah sure, why not" he answered leading he onto the dance floor.

Next time:

Martha and Jack? To be or not to be?

Next time's the last chapter.