Figuring It Out

"Another one?" A bar attender approached Rey who was sat at a bar, having finished her first drink waiting on her date. She of course had fake ID and she knew she probably looked older than what she was which had helped her get served for the past few years.

"I shouldn't." Rey sighed, running her finger around the top of the empty glass. She'd agreed to go on a blind date set up by her friend. Apparently he wasn't interested in something serious according to Joanne, which was perfectly find with her.

"You waiting on someone?" He asked her as Rey nodded.

"Blind date." Rey shrugged, "Probably saw me and left." She shook her head.

"You kidding? You're gorgeous." He shook his head as Rey smiled.

"You just want me to buy another drink." Rey scoffed as he laughed a little, "Which… I will." She nodded, sliding across her empty glass.

"Coming up." He nodded to her, walking off down the bar to fetch her another drink.

She'd gotten dressed up to make herself feel better. Nothing too over the top but enough to make her feel good. She had a tight black dress on with a leather jacket, as well as some doc martin boots. She just couldn't walk in heels. She always wound up taking them off and walking barefoot, which wasn't exactly a good look on these streets.

"There you go." The bar attender walked back over to her with her drink as she paid him and smiled, "If he doesn't show up, let me know. I get off at 10." He said as Rey smiled and nodded.

"So your type is girls who get stood up?" Rey laughed a little.

"I'm just saying… you got all dressed up, you look great. It'd be a shame to waste all that effort." He smiled.

"What's your name?" Rey asked.

"Whatever you want it to be." He smiled as Rey laughed.

"Yeah, ok pretty woman." Rey nodded, "What's your name?" She asked seriously.

"Josh." He nodded, "And you?" He asked.

"Rey." Rey nodded.

"And what's that short for?" Josh asked, leaning over the bar as she smiled.

"It's not short for anything. It's just Rey." She smiled as Josh nodded.

"It's a nice name. Suits you." He nodded.

"Honestly, you… you don't have to try this hard with me." Rey assured him, noticing him trying to win her over, "I'll go out with you if my date stands me up." She promised him.

"Yeah?" Josh nodded as Rey smiled.

"Yeah, why not." Rey shrugged, "You should probably serve the other people waiting though." She pointed as he turned around.

"Right, yeah." Josh nodded, walking back down the bar as Rey shook her head, looking around the busy place filled with couples and groups of friends. She took her phone out of her purse and text Joanne, letting her know that she had pretty much been stood up. Joanne of course replied with a casual 'wtf' which made Rey roll her eyes and toss her phone back in her bar.

"So where are you taking me?" Rey asked as she watched Josh walk back down to her side of the bar, "Honestly, we can just go back to my place I don't mind." She shrugged as Josh laughed a little.

"No, we can… we can go out. I'll take you out." He smiled as Rey nodded slowly, impressed. He had a kind face, a sweet smile, and some impressive triceps that she kept watching flex as he pulled pints. Maybe being stood up wasn't all bad.

"How mad would you be if my date showed up?" Rey smirked.

"Oh, I'd be so mad." Josh shook his head as Rey smiled, listening as her phone began to ring.

Bob was lying in the hospital bed, calling Rey whilst he watched Punk snore on the chair beside him, fast asleep with his neck curved to the side and his legs hanging off the edge. No doubt seeing his ex-girlfriend, the woman he still loved had really taken it out of him.

"Hey, Rey." Bob smiled as she answered right away, "You couldn't do me a favour, could you?"

"Of course, what is it?" Rey asked through the phone.

"Could you go back to my place and bring me something?" Bob asked, "It's just a t-shirt but it's loose so it's better for all the wires being attached to me, you know?" He said.

"Oh, of course." Rey smiled, "Where will I find this t-shirt?" She asked.

Bob turned to Punk, sighing to himself. He didn't want to open all of these wounds, for him or AJ, but he couldn't stand it much longer, "You'll find it under my bed. Look there." Bob nodded.

"Ok, I'll go just now." Rey nodded, "Do you need me to get anything else whilst I'm there?" She asked.

"No, just that." Bob nodded, "Thanks, Rey."

"That's ok." Rey smiled, hanging up on the call as she looked over to Josh, "I'm sorry." She frowned as he nodded, "A friend is in hospital, they need me to pick something up." She said, getting down from the stool as Josh just nodded.

"Is everything ok?" Josh asked.

"Yeah, he's ok." Rey said, "I'm sorry." She nodded to him, rushing off.

"Hey, what about your number?" Josh questioned, but she never heard him as she budged by the busy bar towards the door.

He sighed to himself, leaning over to take her empty glass, grabbing the napkin that was sitting on it which had a number written down on it, smiling to himself and nodding as he slipped the napkin in his back pocket.

Rey made her way down the busy strip, dodging her way around the drunk guys and heading towards Bob's apartment. She liked Josh, he was kind and seemed sincere and actually interested in her. She hated to run off but she hoped maybe he'd call her.

She walked into the apartment building, still having the spare key which Bob had given her, walking into the apartment and closing the door over behind her, kicking her boots off and sitting her purse down.

She rushed into his bedroom, rubbing her hands together from the cold outside as she knelt down by the bed, sticking her hand under the bed to search for a t-shirt which she was supposedly set to find, thinking nothing of it of course.

Her hand accidentally swiped what appeared to be a picture album as it flew out in front of her. She was about to push it back under when she saw a note left on the top of it which had 'for Reylissa' written on it.

She shook her head with confusion, opening up the photo album to the first page where she saw a picture of the same two kids that was on the fridge, shaking her head with confusion, looking on at all the different pictures of them. Bob appeared to be in some of them. They looked happy.

As she skimmed the pictures, some which were taken in this very apartment, some outside, some in Bob's store, she started to notice something about the girl, who appeared to be getting progressively more pregnant as the pictures went on.

She closed the album back over, making sure the note on top of it really said what it said, opening it back up and looking at the pictures, standing up with the album as she flicked through the pages.

She felt like she was on some sort of journey through the pictures, waiting for something, eventually turning the page as she saw a picture of a baby.

"Bob, what the hell is this?" Rey shook her head, flicking through the pages, looking on at the picture which Bob had taken after AJ had given birth, which appeared to be the last picture in the photo album.

She couldn't figure out why something like this would ever be for her. She wasn't sure if this was something Bob wanted for her to take to him in the hospital, if it was his family, she couldn't work it out, and she couldn't work out why the young boy in the pictures looked so familiar.

She flicked back and forth to the pages before, looking on at the girls smile in the pictures which for some reason made her smile. They looked young. Young to have a baby. And she wondered why the pictures suddenly stopped.

She flicked back to the last picture again, taking it out of the slot that it was fitted into, looking at it more closely as she began to notice writing on the other side of the picture.

She turned it around, looking on at what was written on the back of the picture, swallowing the lump in her throat as it appeared to read her full name and birth date on it. She stood up, the album falling out of her lap as she stumbled back a little, starting to hyperventilate a little as she suddenly heard someone walk in the door.

"Bob, you gotta give me a little more explanation than, it's just a t-shirt?" AJ questioned as she walked into the apartment, using the spare key that she knew Bob kept under the welcome mat, "Oh, it's big? Is that really a description for me?" She shook her head, "By the way, your door was left open." She told him through the phone, pausing when she saw a purse and a pair of boots sitting by the door, "Uh… Bob." AJ spoke on the phone, suddenly watching as a young girl appeared out of Bob's bedroom door.

AJ hung up the phone and tossed it over, "Who the hell are you?" AJ shook her head.

Rey looked across at her, looking down at the picture she was still clutching tightly in her hand. Identifying the young girl in the picture as the now woman standing in front of her. She was starting to think someone had spiked her drink and this was all just a dream.

"Uh… hello." AJ hummed as she girl appeared to be staring at her in some sort of trance, "Why are you in this apartment?" She questioned.

Rey quickly ran by her, picking up her boots and purse and rushing out of the door.

"Hey." AJ called, running out of the door after her and watching as she sprinted down the stairs and out of the building.

Rey ran down the street barefoot, stopping in at a bus shelter and putting her shoes on, looking on at the picture she had taken, shaking her head. It just couldn't be. It couldn't be this close to home.

She looked up, placing her hand on her forehead, looking across at the car garage she appeared to be standing in front of, placing her hand over her mouth suddenly as she looked back down at the picture, staring at the boy in it, looking back up at the garage.

"Are you ok, dear?" An older woman standing waiting on her bus asked as Rey turned to her, "You're shaking." She noticed as Rey just nodded, drying her tears.

"No, I'm… I'm fine." Rey gasped.

"Are you sure?" The older woman asked curiously as Rey nodded through tears.

"Yeah, sorry. I have to go home." Rey cried, rushing by her and running home.

A/N: We're almost there! Thanks for the reviews!