A/N: I'm back! lol thanks for all of you who read, and specially to those of you who reviewed! I was so happy to know you guys liked it. Well, enough of my notes, go on and enjoy :D

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Confiar. Trust.

6

Carlos watched impatiently as Rosa played with the blonde little girl they had found on the beach. He glance around and felt uneasy when he spotted two officers guarding the door and watching them carefully. The two men were of large build and their biceps were clearly having a hard time breathing underneath the white uniform as they stood at an ease position with their hands hidden behind their backs and their muscular legs standing apart.

Carlos gulped. There was no way he could take down the two uniformed officers if it came down to it. Rosa seemed to be having too much fun with the young girl to realize that they were basically imprisoned in the ship's bridge and were being prevented from leaving.

Karyme's laughter caused Nadie's heart to rejoice as she reached the door to the bridge and opened it, Jody and Jayden following close behind. "Captain Nadie." The two officers quickly moved aside to allow their captain entrance.

Rosa looked up at the same time Karyme did and the little girl quickly ran to her the side of a young woman who had just entered. Her brunette hair was tied back in a long ponytail as she caught the girl in her arms and picked her up.

"Karyme! Karyme, baby never do that again okay? Mami was really really really worried about you." Nadie said with tears stinging in her eyes as she held her daughter tightly against her. Karyme giggled, "Sorry mami. But I met a new friend."

Nadie reluctantly released her daughter from the hug as she looked past her and saw a blonde woman rising from her crouched position to meet her gaze. Blonde hair was grown past her shoulders as she stood shorter than mostly all the adults in the bridge. Lilac eyes locked with amethyst orbs that instantly widened in shock.

Jody gasped as she stood slightly behind Nadie and beside Jayden who suddenly grasped her hand tightly. The room was suddenly silent, not even Karyme made a sound as she watched her new friend staring at her mother with curious eyes.

Nadie's mouth suddenly felt very dry.

Ellis was standing right in front of her.

She tried thinking of things to say, things she had practiced to say for years as she awaited this moment, but could say none. She was not sure how to feel either. For the past five years she had battled internally over how she felt. She debated over being angry, since Ellis had left her pregnant and had given up on their love. Another side of her told her that Ellis did it for her. She wanted to prevent her from being hurt once more since ever since they had met, Nadie had been in more danger than ever. 'But didn't Ellis realize that I lost everything? I survived losing my entire family, my childhood. If I could live through that, I could live through the risk of being with her. Did she not love me enough to see that?' She would think over and over. Trying to decide what to feel.

After Karyme's birth, she continued her internal battles as they grew more intense. Every time she saw Karyme, she saw Ellis in her. Her hair was almost identical, except darker, but her eyes were identical to Elli's lilac orbs. The pain of knowing she enjoyed her daughter's first steps, first word, first birthday, without Ellis. Nadie suffered knowing that the love of her life, Ellis, had missed those special moments that she was able to enjoy thanks to her. Karyme was a miracle she was blessed with thanks to Ellis. The last gift Ellis left her before disappearing completely from her life.

Nadie attempted opening her mouth to speak, but Carlos beat her to it when the silence became uncomfortable for him. Jody and Jayden's connected hands also did not go unnoticed by him. "Well Rosa, now that the kid's mother is here we can go right?" Nadie's gaze broke contact with Ellis as she turned to the young man who moved closer to Ellis, her Ellis, and placed a protective arm around her waist. Nadie did realize the man had called her Rosa, not Ellis.

Did Ellis not recognized her? Why didn't she say something?

Rosa was too confused and felt too lightheaded to notice Carlo's arm around her waist. As soon as she had locked gaze with Nadie, her heart fluttered in irrational joy before it began to feel as if it was being ripped apart. Her body seemed to recognize the stranger before her. She had to fight against her own will to prevent her feet from running the short distance and embracing the woman in a hug. She didn't know this woman after all. That would seem weird right?

Another thing that caused Rosa to feel confused and afraid was the turmoil of emotions that were present on the Captain's eyes as soon as the brunette saw her. At moments she saw relief, happiness, then it would turn into anger and even hate. But she did notice that the woman saw her with something she was unable to recognize. Something in her subconscious tried to tell her she knew the emotion, but she didn't listen.

"Ro-Rosa?" Nadie stuttered after finding her voice. She wanted to make sure she had heard right. Rosa shook her head slowly, "Yes." She was unsure whether her name was a question or not. "Can we leave?" Carlos asked again impatiently, but quickly shut his mouth when he found Nadie's deathly glare upon him. "You found Karyme?" Nadie asked slowly, making those around her that knew the strong-willed captain look at her curiously. Rosa nodded, "At the beach." She answered in Spanish since that was the language the woman was using to speak with her.

Nadie began to feel lightheaded. She didn't understand. Ellis was being called Rosa, and now spoke perfect Spanish. Why was Ellis acting as if she didn't know them? Not to mention the arm around her waist that was making Nadie's blood boil in jealousy. "I-I want to thank you for bringing Karyme back." The captain of the ship said gratefully as Karyme kept smiling.

Carlos grabbed Rosa's hand and began pulling her away, "Yea, well take care of your kid next time. We need to go." Nadie watched desperately as Rosa was being dragged away. She placed Karyme on the ground and rushed towards the couple, "Wait! I would like to show you my appreciation for finding and bringing Karyme back to me. Please accept an invitation to have dinner with me tonight. I am sure that you will find our menu to be of your liking."

Carlos turned and glared at the woman, ready to refuse, but Rosa pulled her hand away from him and turned to the Captain, "Yes. We would love to." Rosa was surprised she had accepted since it was obvious Carlos was against it, and it would probably get her in trouble back at home, but she didn't care. She felt this was the right thing to do.

"Oh. Okay…yea that's great!" Nadie said after processing the information in her hazy mind. She hadn't expected for them to accept, but she was glad Ellis...Rosa…did. She was still confused about how she felt, but she was sure she needed to get to the bottom of whatever this was. She needed to find out what happened to Ellis, her Ellis, and how she ended up in the small town in company of the annoying boy.

"We look forward to seeing you tonight then." Nadie stated as Rosa nodded and smiled, before turning and departing with the clearly upset Carlos who quickly dragged her away.

Nadie stared at the departing figures before turning around to find Jody and Jayden watching her expectantly. "Nadie…are you okay?" Jody asked carefully upon noticing that Nadie's face looked pale, as if she had just seen a ghost. Then again, Jody thought, She basically just did see a ghost.

"I-I need to take a nap…or something." Nadie murmured, "Jody, can you watch Karyme for me?" Jody quickly nodded, "Of course. Go rest, we will take care of Kary." Nadie attempted to smile, but was unable to, and instead settled for a simple "Thank you."

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"I don't see what the big deal is." Maria announced boringly as she finished up washing dishes. Carlos growled lowly, "Don't you get it mom? I just don't want Rosa to go."

"Weren't you invited too? Just go with her and quit your bitching." Maria proposed angrily before shutting off the water and turning to her son who kept pacing back and forth the kitchen floor. "I'm not bitching mom. I just get a bad feeling from that woman. You should've seen the way she looked at Rosa. It was weird." Carlos returned, "And then there were two girls who were holding hands and were looking at Rosa with an equally shocked expression. I don't know if they were lesbians or what. What if they try turning Rosa into one of them?!"

Maria sighed as she shoved past her son into the living room where her husband was sleeping on his couch with the television on. Taking a seat on a recliner, Maria turned to her son, "If you haven't been man enough to get Rosa to fall for you, then I say the lesbians can take their chances with her. Maybe they'll have better luck at it then you."

Carlos' brows furrowed in anger as he glared at his mother. Without saying another word, he turned and

left. Maria smiled wickedly after her son before turning to watch the television.

Rosa heard the slamming of the house door but paid no attention as she remained reclined against a palm tree near the house. She felt extremely relaxed under the breeze and above the hot sand. She closed her eyes, and once again, the image of the Captain of the ship appeared. She did not know why, but every time she closed her eyes, there she was. "Nadie." She said softly to no one in particular. She had heard the officers announce it when she walked in. 'I like that name.' She mused to herself with a grin. Slowly, she began to doze off until she was in a deep slumber that not even the sun high in the sky could interrupt.

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-KNOCK-KNOCK-

Nadie rolled to her side and stared at the door.

-KNOCK-KNOCK-

With a grunt, Nadie swung her legs off the bed and stood up. She paced to the door rapidly, "Yes?"

Jody was on the other side and saw her friend's eyes were red. She had been crying. "May I come in?" Jody asked nicely as she looked past the Captain into the room, but Nadie did not move. "No, I'm busy." Nadie responded, hoping Jody would leave her alone, but Jody just smirked, "I don't think you're busy." Jody marched by Nadie, pushing her in process, and proceeded to take a seat on the black leather sofa that was across from Nadie's king-sized bed. Nadie sighed and closed her door before turning to Jody.

"So what exactly happened back in the bridge?" Jody asked as Nadie went back to lying on her bed. She placed pillows against the headboard and rested her back on it so she could see Jody. "I know as much as you do." Nadie answered. Jody frowned at this.

"I just don't understand," Nadie started, "She acted as if she had never seen me before. And then that man called her Rosa. And her Spanish is so fluent and perfect! I just don't get it!" Jody moved to Nadie's side when the brunette began cry. "an-and…he…he placed his arm around her…what if they're…together?"

Jody did not know how to comfort her friend. She had been as surprised as Nadie upon seeing Ellis. Jody and Jayden had helped Nadie look for Ellis all over but they had failed. It was as if Ellis had disappeared from the face of the earth. Thankfully, Nadie still had a great amount of money saved from her previous job as a bounty hunter and was able to keep a decent life and give Karyme everything she needed, and even what she wanted. Jody and Jayden had been by Nadie's side every step of the way and had built a strong relationship with the ex-bounty hunter that was impossible to break.

"That is a possibility Nadie, but first we need to figure out what's wrong with her. She didn't seem to remember us." Jody remarked as she softly ran her hand up and down the brunette's back. "You guys will be there on the di-dinner right?" Nadie asked looking up to Jody with hopeful eyes.

"Yes. We'll be there." Jody reassured her friend with a smile. Nadie was able to form a small smile before hiding her face in her friend's chest as she continued to cry.

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Pant. Pant. Pant.

Ellis ran down the busy avenue as quickly as her feet could carry her. She felt lightheaded and felt her body burning up. Her stomach was aching as well as her head. It was as if her entire body had decided to team up against her.

She realized her speed was not the same as usual. Something was definitely off with her. She paid little attention to it as she tried to put as much distance between her and the hospital she had left behind.

The love she had left behind.

Her legs began to hurt too much for her to run, but she kept running. Fearing that if she stopped, she would turn back and continue ruining Nadie's life.

'I love Nadie too much to ruin her life anymore' she thought as she dashed past people from all sides. Her eyelids felt heavy and threatened to shut. She struggled hard against her exhaustion and tried to focus on continuing, but her legs gave up on her momentarily.

She stopped in the middle of a busy intersection, her eyes half lidded and as she attempted to resume her run, she was oblivious to the screams that rang from all sides. People tried to warn her, the driver blew his horn.

But nothing worked.

He could not stop his large truck from hitting the blonde short girl who had stood in the middle of the avenue.

Rosa awoke and realized the sun was setting on the horizon. She felt her cheeks were wet, and realized she had been crying. She didn't remember anything from her dream except running. She could still feel the exhaustion on her legs from all the running.

She wiped her face with her t-shirt before standing up and heading inside.

After all, she had a dinner to get ready for.

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