Barbara was running around like a crazy person ever since Dinah and Reese had shown up with Helena in tow. The blast had knocked her unconscious, but if it hadn't been for Cole, she would have been dead. No one was looking forward to her waking up, they didn't want to tell her that Cole was gone.
Reese hadn't left her side all night. No matter what either of them said, they were both still madly in love with each other. The problem would be admitting it, not to mention Helena had just lost Cole.
Reese wondered how much more she could take, they'd all been through so much, and now Helena had lost yet another person she cared about. How long would it be before she broke down for good?
Helena started to wake up. As she opened her eyes she noticed she was at the clocktower, and probably very lucky to be alive. She then noticed Reese, who was asleep in the chair next to the bed. He then stirred awake and seen that she was awake too.
"Hey, look who's awake. Welcome back to the land of the living. How you feeling?"
"Hmm, lets see, like I've been run over by a semi truck and lived to tell the tale." She said, trying to smirk a little, but not quite.
"You got lucky this time, not to mention you scared the shit out of us."
"Yeah, guess so. I actually thought I was going to die, if Cole hadn't…" Helena started, but as she said Cole, her memories came rushing back to her.
"Helena… I'm sorry."
"I know he was supposed to kill me, but he didn't. That has to count for something right."
"Yeah, of course it does. He saved your life, and in my book that means a lot. I know he fell in love with you, hard not to though. Well, I'm gonna go get Barbara and Dinah, guess they should know you're awake."
Reese turned to leave but Helena stopped him.
"Reese…Thanks. And I know he loved me, he told me that." She said, but after a seconds pause, she continued. "Only thing is, I didn't love him, not yet anyway. Don't get me wrong, I'll miss him a lot, but I think I was just running away from the truth."
"What do you mean?" Reese asked, thinking he knew where this was headed, at least hoping it would go there.
"I don't know, I guess I'm probably too late now."
"Too late for what?"
"Too late to get you back"
"Helena, you could never be too late for that."
"Does this mean I get another chance."
"Yeah, under one condition"
"What's that?"
"No matter how bad things get, you won't push me away again."
"OK, I promise."
"Good"
"So, can we start over?" asked Helena.
"I don't think so, because then we'd have to forget everything we've been through. I say we just start where we left off."
"Yeah, that sounds good." She said.
Reese then leaned down to give her a kiss on the cheek.
"I'm gonna go, let you get some rest. I'll send Barbara in to check on you in a bit."
"Thanks"
"No problem, I'll see you later"
"Bye"
Reese then exited the room.
1 year later:
Reese's apartment, morning:
Things had gotten back to normal with everyone. It had been one year since Cole had jumped in front of that energy ball to save Helena, and whenever she looks back, she sees a friend who saved her life. Maybe things would have been different if he would have lived. Maybe she would have had a harder choice to make between the two men in her life, but no matter how that went; she knew where her heart was. It had always been with Reese.
Helena awoke to the smell of breakfast, which to her was odd, since she was in Reese's apartment after all. She got out of bed and headed to the bathroom to freshen up a little. She looked in the mirror and decided to pull her hair up for now. It had gotten much longer in the past few months, and she had gotten used to it, actually she seemed to like it a lot. As she went to pull it up, she noticed the object on her finger. It was a ring. She looked at it in shock, then walked out of the bathroom and into the living room, where Reese had just come out of the kitchen and was walking towards her.
"Reese, I uh…"
"Wait, before you say anything. I know this seems crazy and all, but I didn't want to wait any longer. Helena, you're the most important thing in my life, and I don't want to wake up another day without being married to you. I don't want to risk waiting, because in our line of work, we don't know if we will still be here tomorrow. I know your not big on fairy tells, but if you were, I'd want to be the one who sweeps you off your feet. I want to be there for you and love you for the rest of your life. I want to be the shoulder you lean on whenever you feel like breaking down. I can only do that on one condition though, you have to be my wife." Reese took a breath and took Helena's hand as he went down on one knee. "Helena Kyle, will you please marry me?"
Helena was in tears, and the only thing she could do was nod and mumble a yes as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
They got married that summer, and for the first time in her life, she didn't worry about what would happen next. She had Reese, and she had Barbara and Dinah. She had a family.