ANNA'S POV

I stood outside a familiar setting. The cars whizzed past the entrance of a neighborhood. My neighborhood. I was back in Georgia for the first time in four years. Nothing has really changed since I left. Hell, I wouldn't really be surprised if my dad left the place trashed from the party that night I left.

Flashbacks of when my friends...no...ex-friends, came to take me away. We were all on the roof of my house just outside my bedroom. I stared up at that spot a little longer, losing myself in those now painful memories.

"Anna?" came a voice from the house, and I looked to see my father staring at me from the front door. Fear started to take over me, and I stood frozen to my spot. I stood there even as my dad ran out towards me and...gave me a hug? What the hell?

"Dad, are you okay?" I asked suspiciously, but I was muffled by my dad's enormous embrace.

"It's been so long. You've grown up so much." he whispered to me, and I felt guilty. Did he really worry about me that much?

"John? What's going on out here?" came a woman's voice, and it didn't sound like the bitchy Evanna. My father and I turned to see a beautiful woman standing in the doorway of my house. My jaw just about dropped upon seeing her. Her black hair fell to the middle of her back, and her chocolate brown eyes shone with love and caring. Her slender figure looked so frail and familiar...she looked just like my mother. I ripped myself from my father's arms and ran up to her and threw my arms around her.

'It's not her.' I thought sadly. 'But still, it feels so good to remember...maybe even feel...what it's like to have her in my life again.' Tears where flowing from my eyes as I snuggled closer. I heard footsteps coming from inside the house, and I looked to see a new person.

"Hey there. You must be Anna."

DAI'S POV

It had been a couple of days since Anna had left, and for some strange reason...I didn't give the situation a second glance. Miyako and I were becoming closer...closer than I've ever been to anyone after Hina. It was strange, but every time I was with Miyako, my thoughts would drift to the memories of Hina walking off into the sunset with someone else afterwards.

My hands were traveling up her sides and up her shirt as our lips stayed locked in a fierce kiss. Our tongues diving in and out of each other's mouths.

Hina

Her hands moved over my chest, memorizing every inch of it as she took off my shirt.

Hina

We moved backwards...towards the bed, and I felt nothing. I was numb.

Hina

I couldn't take it. Her name was so haunting. I didn't want this pain, I couldn't take it.

"Stop." I said I wrenched myself from Miyako's grasp. She looked at me with her beautiful face contorted in confusion.

"Dai?" she whispered as she tried to reach out to me, but I turned my back on her and ran. It was just too much pain to face.

MRS. PEDROSA'S POV

"Manuela dear you look wonderful." I cooed to my soon to be daughter-in-law. Manuela beamed at me as she twirled around in her beige dress. The frills and curls swayed in every direction.

"Oh, Mama Pedrosa, I am so happy! I can't wait to finally be with Raimundo." Manuela squealed. I gave her a warm smile before leaving to see my son.

"Knock, knock!" I said as I walked into Raimundo's room.

"MOM!" he yelled, but I just gave him a sweet giggle before stepping into the room.

"Oh my little Raimundito, you look so handsome." I awed, but my son didn't look too happy. "You must be so happy. Manuela looks absolutely stunning in her dress. I am just so proud of you!"

"Yeah...thanks." Raimundo said softly. His face was pulled into a slight frown, and his eyes didn't hide his sad emotions.

"Raimundito, what's wrong?" I asked with a sincere voice. Raimundo looked away from me, and I started to worry. "Raimundito?"

"I miss her mom." he said, and I knew he was talking about Anna. "I really love her. I really do."

"But she was flirting with that Spicer boy!" I protested, but Raimundo continued on.

"I know!" he yelled, taking me by surprise. "I know. It's just that I still care about her ya' know? I just can't get over her."

There was a knock on the door to rip me from my son and the guilt I was feeling.

"Five more minutes Raimundo!" came the voice of the young monk, Master Dai. My little Raimundito sighed heavily before leaving the room to help make the final preparations of the wedding.

As my son left, the guilt came back to me like tsunami. I felt so terrible about taking away the one person in this world that truely made my little Raimundito happy. I had to fix this.

ANNA'S POV

I sat on the bed in my old room. Things really hadn't changed. It was just the same as four years ago. I played quietly with the old stuffed animals that I had left behind, remembering how my mother had gotten them for me when a knock on my door brought me to my sences.

I looked to see that it was my step-sister, Sanako. She was brought into the family through my step-mom, Helena.

"Hey." she said as she stepped into my room and sat next to me. "What's wrong?"

"What do you mean?" asked while trying to play it off, but my older sister gave me one of those looks that clearly said "C'mon, spill it"

After the story is told

"Well, that's what happened." I said as a single tearfell.

"That's horrible." Sanako sympathized, and I just sadly nodded my head. She suddenly got up and started to head towards the door. "Let's go." she said.

"What are you doing?" I asked and she turned to face me, a wide grin spread across her beautiful face.

"You rally love this guy, right?" she asked, and I nodded my head. "Well then, let's go win your man back! You're my little sister and it's my job to make sure that you stay happy." she said, and with that I followed her out.

Sanako was right, and thinking back on how mopey I've been lately, I noticed how stupid I was being. Okay, idiotic. I shouldn't let Manuela take me down that easily! I loved Raimundo, and nothing was going to take him away from me!

I accidentally ran into Sanako at the front door as I was spaced out. She stood there staring out at something, and when I maneuvered around her, I saw that Kimiko, Clay, Omi and Dojo were all standing in my front lawn with smiles on their faces.