I felt like I was going through déjà vu'. The same thing happened back when I was in Fox River and I thought I would never see him again, but once again John Abruzzi was standing before me. My eyes were bugged out of my face and my jaw was starting to cramp from hanging open. I stepped forward slightly and Tweener loosened his grip around my waist.

"John," I half-whispered.

"Ciao Bella." He said.

I smiled at the sound of my old nickname. He hadn't said that line to me since we had been out of prison. Other than that, he was nothing like the old John Abruzzi. He was dressed in a navy blue suit that was probably more expensive that anything I ever owned. Everything was fancy even down to his shoes. His hair had been cut slightly and tightly slicked back. He had rings on nearly every finger and black shades hiding his eyes. I laughed to myself at the thought that he really did look like a mobster.

I grinned at him and started to move forward, but I stopped when Tbag cleared his throat. His hat was titled on the side of his head and he was staring icily at Abruzzi. I swallowed a dry lump in my throat at the tension between the two.

"This little reunion is all fine and dandy, but you all have shown up at the worst possible time," he spat.

Abruzzi smirked at Tbag not fazed.

"Well the three of us just thought you guys could use I hand. I know you could, right Theodore?"

Tbag growled and stormed right towards John. That was the last thing we needed to cause commotion so I hopped in between the two. I gave him a warning look, but Tbag only gripped my shoulders tightly and threw me to the ground. Tweener was by my side pulling me to my feet instantly and the others were trying to restrain Tbag. I brushed the dirt off of me and opened my mouth to shout at Tbag when the door opened. We all stood up straight and my eyes widened as the woman stared confused at our additions. I was hoping that she wouldn't notice.

"Who are these men?" she asked slightly annoyed.

"I…uh…" I stammered, "this is my brother John Fitzpatrick," I finally said pointing over to Abruzzi.

The others looked at me like I was insane, and they would never forgive me if I got our little plan busted. The woman looked curiously at John, and seemed to be satisfied that he was wearing a suit and tie making our "business" look slightly professional.

"This problem must be serious if they brought the owner down to check it out," she said flirtatiously.

"That's right, and we have a lot of work to get done," he said gesturing her to the door.

She smiled at him and shook her hips back into the house. I exhaled a breath of relief and ran my fingers through my hair. I felt like I was back in Fox River, and everything we did was risky. I smiled over at John, but was met with an icy stare from C-note.

"Why is she still here?" he spat.

I knitted my eyebrows together at C-note. That wasn't a very nice thing to say. I thought everyone was happy to see each other and work together again, but I could sense the tension looming in the room. And all of the eyes were on me.

"She is here on her own free will," explained Michael, "she wanted to help."

I nodded my head excitedly at C-note.

"And you trust her after everything?" he asked skeptically.

I dropped my eyes to the ground in embarrassment. I was really not expecting to get degraded right now. I looked over at Michael and he just shrugged his shoulders not really sure of what to say.

"I'm sure she told you that she was sorry for everything and that she wanted to help us get away." C-note scoffed. "She has never lied to us before though right?"

I opened my mouth to try and defend myself, but C-note cut me off clearly not finished.

"It was her fault we almost didn't escape, and now that we are out a fed knows our every move, and I find that a little convenient."

I was angrily breathing in and out. I didn't have to stand here and be insulted so I lifted my chin the air trying to keep my lip from trembling and stormed out of the garage into the backyard. C-note had no right to just attack me like that, and I was not plotting against them with Mahone. I was pacing in circles around in the yard and I heard the door open indicating that someone had joined me. I expected it to be Tweener, so I was surprised to see John standing there.

"You know that's twice now you have cost me Fibonacci."

Great now it was his turn to start ragging on me. Well you know what I was not going to let him make me feel guilty for probably saving his life.

"That's where you're wrong because Fibonacci was never there. But obviously you know that if you are here." I said like a smartass.

He smirked at my statement.

"I got your message if that's what you mean Bella."

I folded my arms across my chest and slowly stepped towards him. It was hard with him looking this way because I was so used to seeing him in his prison uniform not this business suit.

"What happened to your family?" I asked.

John massaged his forehead.

"I relocated them back home to Italy. I didn't feel that it was safe for them to remain here."

My eyes softened slightly. I knew how hard that must have been for John to send his family away. One of his major reasons, besides Fibonacci, for busting out of Fox River was so he could spend more time with his family. I dropped my arms down at my sides.

"Why did you leave me that message? Not so long ago you were going to let me rot in the prison while the others escaped, and then I get a call with you helping me escape the feds."

"Mahone wasn't going to arrest you; he was going to kill you. I don't know why, but he is playing this game dirty."

Abruzzi covered his heart with his hand and gave me a fake smile.

"It means a lot to know you care so much." He said.

I rolled my eyes.

"I know it's probably hard to believe, but I do actually care about you guys. Yes, I was sent into Fox River to bust you on some more charges, but I never thought that my emotions would get in the way."

Abruzzi pouted his lips at me and opened his arms out for a hug. I shook my head and pushed him on the shoulder.

"Stop making fun it's the truth, and if other people took the time to separate the inmate from the human being they would make the same decision too."

I smiled to myself when I remembered that not too long ago Melanie was able to make the distinction and she helped us out. I felt this tightening in my chest when I realized how we would never be able to look back on this moment and laugh about how foolish we were. It was times like these I needed her more than ever and I would never see that beautiful, smiling face again. I looked back up to John with stinging eyes.

"That night in the medical wing you knew who I was, how?"

"I suppose it was still when I was in the hospital, and I did search you. Remember I knew it was your birthday."

I smiled at that memory. I had almost completely forgotten that day in our cell. He had seriously freaked me out because he said that he knew stuff about me, but he had just got me a birthday present and didn't know my secret (or so I thought).

"You knew that whole time and you never said or did anything?"

"And you knew how long about the escape and you never said or did anything?" he countered.

I bit my lip unsure of what to say. He was right of course and he gave me a small smirk.

"You just said that you wanted other people to separate the inmate from the person, and you have to do it too Bella," John explained. "We aren't just crazy guys that think about killing all the time. I figured you deserved a small chance for keeping our secret for so long."

I was staring at John in shock. This was exactly what I was expecting from this conversation. It was hard to see him admitting that he wasn't going to hurt me for trying to betray him on the escape. He seemed to be reading my thoughts.

"Don't get me wrong I thought that the second I was out I was going to slit your pretty throat and watch you bleed out, but I could see that you really wanted us all to escape even if you wouldn't admit it."

I opened my mouth to argue, but I had nothing to say. Abruzzi smiled at me and I opened my mouth to speak, but the door opened yet again. We both turned our attention to Michael standing in the doorway.

"Laney we need your help."

I raised my eyebrows and folded my arms across my chest.

"Oh I see, earlier I was a liability and couldn't be trusted, but now you need my help so you trust me."

Michael looked slightly embarrassed and looked back inside the garage. Abruzzi looked over at me and he told me to quit being a bitch to Michael. (Truthfully it was all C-note's fault). I exhaled and started to move closer to Michael. He attempted a grateful smile and stepped back into the garage. Abruzzi was right behind me. The others all had their eyes on me, and Tweener was giving me a worried look. I looked over and smiled at him letting him know I was ok.

"The woman, Jeanette" began Michael, "she keeps bothering us and we need someone to keep her preoccupied so we can dig."

My mouth literally dropped. They couldn't be serious. They seriously wanted me to go inside and keep that woman….Jeanette… whatever… entertained. I immediately started shaking my head in refusal. Tbag stepped closer to me.

"Come on Laneykins, we all have to contribute somehow." He said.

"How will you contribute? I seriously doubt you can dig with one hand." I said before stopping myself.

A few of the others were snickering and Tbag looked like he would have killed me eight times over if the others weren't standing there. I sighed and dropped my head to the ground before moving towards the house. They were going to owe me big time for this. As I passed Tweener, he grabbed ahold of my wrist and pulled me into his embrace. I breathed him in and he titled my head up to look at him. We both leaned in to kiss each other, but a clearing of throat made us stop. I pulled away annoyingly and looked over to see Sucre and a few of the others grinning at us.

"You should probably get in there," said Michael.

I rolled my eyes and stepped away from Tweener. He looked disappointed, but didn't argue. I stepped to the door and quickly moved inside without looking back.