A/N I know I said before that I would no longer post this story here, however after thinking about it for a couple days, I've decided to finish. I hate leaving things unfinished and I also feel that I owe it to all the faithful readers to finish posting the conclusion of this story. Like it, or hate, just be kind with any reviews. Also, I'm not sure if it matters or if anyone cares or will notice, but I did change my user name. Hopefully there isn't any confusion. Anyways, I do hope that y'all are still able to enjoy this story. There is only one chapter after this one, however, there is a second part to this story so DON'T expect everything to be resolved until then. :)

Chapter 20: The end

Once through the security line, Onica checks her ticket and makes her way to the terminal. She finds an empty seat and sits down. She can't stop thinking about the kiss. She thought he would push her away or something, she never expected that he would kiss her right back. He didn't even attempt to pull away.

She tells herself that she needs to stop thinking about this. She's married, she should not be thinking about how another man's lips feel against her's. What is she going to do? She should tell Mark, but what would she tell him? Tell him that she loves him and he's the only one for her? Or tell him that she has another man on her mind?

It's not like she can leave Mark and run straight back to Jack. There's no future with him, she knows that, he had made that fact abundantly clear. But can she stay with Mark when part of her heart belongs to someone else? Even if that 'someone else' doesn't want it. It doesn't seem fair to Mark.

Oh Mark, he's been nothing but kind and considerate and loving towards her. He deserves so much better. And Sam, what has she done to her? They used to be so close, and now Onica doubts that Sam will ever speak to her again. Suddenly she wonders if Jack will tell her about their kiss. Will she tell Mark?

She decides that she needs a distraction from her own mind so she reaches into her bag and pulls out her cell phone. She finds the number she's looking for and dials.

"Hey, Tiffany, how are you and the kids?" Onica asks.

"Oh hey, yeah, we're all good. Mark called yesterday, said he was getting home early." She replies, sounding a bit confused. Onica assumes Mark didn't go into detail about things with her.

"Yeah, there was some mix up with our flights and he got bumped to an earlier one." Onica explains.

"Oh okay, I hope your visit went well." Tiffany replies.

"Any chance I could talk to Luke and Aubry?" She replies, trying to change the subject.

"Sure, I'll call them in." Tiffany says, then Onica hears her hollar the kids names.

"Mommy, mommy." Both kids say at the same time.

"Hey babies, are you behaving for Miss Tiffany?" She asks them.

"Yes, we've had a great time." Luke answers.

"Me and Maddie have been playing tea party and Miss Tiffany has been teaching me how to bake." Aubry says, then adds proudly, "I made cupcakes."

"That's wonderful sweetie." Onica says smiling.

"I'll make some for you too when you get home mommy." Aubry offers.

"That sounds wonderful." Onica answers.

She talks to her kids for a few more minutes, then thanks Tiffany and promises to come visit after she gets home. That was just what she needed, hearing the voices of her children filled her heart. She loves those kids, no matter what happens with Mark, she will always have them. Her smile fades as she suddenly remembers telling Jack that her son was named after him. Why did she say that? Her son's middle name is Jonathan but, she honestly hadn't even thought about Jack when she and Mark decided on the name. Jonathan was Mark's friend's name.

Maybe she's not really in love with him. Maybe just seeing him again after all these years confused her. That kiss though, she definitely felt something with that. She shakes her head and puts her phone back in her bag. While placing her phone in the pocket that it sits in, she feels something cool press against her fingers. She wraps her fingers around the object and pulls it out. He heart skips a beat when she sees that it's the heart shaped emerald necklace. She saw it sitting on the table this morning when she woke up and put it in her bag. She gazes at it for a while, Mark will be angry if he finds out that she still has it.

She should just throw it away and be done with it, but she can't bring herself to do it. She knows she can't hide it, she can't lie to Mark about it again. She looks at it for a moment more and places it back in her bag, she'll figure out what to do with it once she's home. Then her mind drifts back to the man that gave it to her. She thinks back to what he told her, maybe he's right, maybe they weren't meant for each other. Though a part of her thinks that they might have been. Maybe she was just too young when they met, maybe she wasn't ready for such a huge commitment, maybe he wasn't either.

Onica is so lost in her thoughts that she never heard the boarding call for her flight. It wasn't until another passenger asked her if this was her flight too that she shook the thoughts from her head and got in line. She boards the plane, stows her carry-on and takes her seat, it's a window seat. She glances at the seat next to her, the one Mark was supposed to be in, and wonders who will be there instead. She doesn't have to wait long, a short chubby man plops down in the seat and starts slurping down a drink. Onica just turns and stares out the window, this will be a long flight.

The flight was, indeed, very long. The chubby man started crunching on chips then he fell asleep and started snoring. She was never so happy to get off of an airplane. She makes her way to the parking garage, Mark had told her that he would leave the car for her and that he would take a cab home, then use the car he normally drives to go get the kids.

Onica gets in the car and just sits there. She has no idea what awaits her at home. This weekend went way worse than she had anticipated. Everyone is mad and miserable, and it's all her fault. She wishes she had said something as soon as she realized that Sam's Jack was once her Jack, this all could have been avoided.

She thinks about that kiss again, she can almost still feel his lips on hers. She will have to tell Mark, this whole mess happened because she lied, she can't do that again. She wonders how she'll feel if Sam really does break up with Jack like Mark told her to do.

With one last deep breath, she starts the car and puts it in gear and starts on her way home. She should have called Mark to let him know that she had gotten off the plane safely, but she was too scared. He had said he wanted to talk, but she's not sure she's ready to talk.

She thinks about Jack again, man he looked good. She wonders once more why he kissed her back if he's so in love with Sam. A part of her is happy that she still has some power over him, another part is sorry for the hurt she's caused. She thinks about Sam, they were so close, like sisters, and now it might all be ruined. She thinks about her children, she loves them so much and doesn't want them to worry about their parents. She thinks about Mark, such a wonderful man. He's given her so much, two beautiful kids, a nice comfortable life, all the love she could ask her. All she's given him are lies.

Tears start to fall as she thinks about all these things. All the lives and relationships she's damaged, or maybe destroyed.

She was so lost in her thoughts that she never saw the light turn red, and she never felt the impact in the driver side door.