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A/N:Long time no update. Well I got some angry hate mail from some people who were not so pleased with my decision to break Palex up in my story. I am the type of person that takes that kind of stuff to heart and it did discourage me for a while. But then I saw that this story had been given the honor of being put in a C2 and I decided that I owed all of my faithful readers and reviewers the end of this story. So everyone thank lissa x suee. If it had not been for her this story may have never properly ended. I thank every positive person who has supported me through the journey of writing this fic, and thanks for sticking with it. Sadly it is almost over.

Remember guys there is a difference between constructive criticism and flaming. Words really can hurt. But I still love you all regardless.

Well... on with the story.

It took me a long time to finally decide to write this book. I always knew that it would happen; what I didn't know was when it would or just how much this book would affect my life. They say you should always be thankful for your situation because someone, somewhere has it worse. I feel very sorry for the poor schmuck who has it worse off than me or my friends.

"I guess I should head out of here," Alex said as she noticed 2:45 blink onto Paige's cable box.

"You do know that you can still come to me if you ever need anything at all." Paige smiled. She was trying to keep a strong face around Alex so that she wouldn't regret her decision, but every moment it became harder to justify. How could she and Alex just be friends, that is why she had removed herself from the picture the last time. She just couldn't stand to be around Alex if she couldn't have all of her. She was giving up the fight to Jay; who was she to hold Alex back from what she really wanted. They were different and leading different lives, and although she felt carefree and alive around Alex that was nothing they could really build a life around. Eventually the realities of life would get in the way just like they had before and Paige was very much aware of that. She and Alex were two very different people. She was an executive at the company she worked, while Alex still attempted to find her place in life. She had a daughter to raise, while Alex had freedom and spontaneity ahead of her. All she and Alex had and would ever have would be a fun pick me up relationship worthy to be kept under wraps. Maybe one day they could be together again, but this was not that day. Paige sighed as Alexis began to cry for her in the bedroom.

"She's probably just hungry," Paige said as she stood up. Still, despite everything her mind told her, in her heart she knew she was going to have a hard time with this situation. She smiled as she walked towards the bedroom, she had to put on a strong face for Alex.

"What if I'm making a mistake. What if he leaves me or worse cheats on me again with Amy. Will you come visit as I spend the rest of my life in prison for Jay's murder," Alex said to Paige as she followed her into the bedroom and watched her soothe her daughter.

"That is ridiculous hon, Jay loves you. I mean it is painfully obvious. He isn't going to leave you. I highly doubt he would have brought you a ring if he wanted to do that." Paige said now getting frustrated as Marco's ring tone sang out on her cellphone.

"And you are sure you are ok with this Paige, I mean I still just don't know." Alex said as she stepped closer.

"Yes you do Alex, you and Jay need each other and that is that." Paige said as she finally calmed her daughter and went to call Marco back.

"Maybe we should talk about this more." Alex said apprehensively. "We can't just decide to be friends and let that be that."

"Why can't we," Paige said as she waited for Marco to answer his phone. Alex rolled her eyes as she sat down in the chair in Alexis' room. She hated when Paige used the phone to run from the situation at hand. She decided to get up and play with Alexis before she left when she noticed all of the color drain from Paige's skin. "Ok Marco, I'll let her know. Tell Jay I'm sorry." Alex looked up when she heard Paige mention Jay's name, she knew at that moment that something was very wrong.

"What is it?" Alex questioned.

"You need to get down to the hospital, Jay really needs you right now." Paige said sadly.

"Paige what happened," Alex said standing up.

"Amy died last night, Marco is in charge of her daughter's case and he needs to try and convince Jay to be there for his daughter."Alex sat down in shock, as she processed what Paige had just told her. Amy had died, just when she had considered forgiving her.

Craig sat in his LA apartment. It had been a little over a week since the entire Ellie, fiasco. He just didn't know what to do anymore. He was almost certain that if he ever went back around them again he would either be murdered or put in prison. He rubbed his hands through his hair as he processed if it was worth the risk.

"Craig you haven't talked to me once since we got back to LA." Ashley said sadly as she entered the room from the kitchen.

"What is there to talk about Ashley, I have completely destroyed all of my friendships in Toronto." Craig kicked his feet back as he began to toss a ball against his wall.

" Why didn't you tell me that you were still using?" Ashley questioned. "We could have gotten you help, who knows what affect that stuff had on you combined with your meds." Craig glared up at Ashley, this was exactly why he had cheated on her so many times before, she was always trying to make him face reality.

"I'm not stupid Ash, I would never mix the two. I just haven't been taking my meds." Craig laughed.

"What! I knew it, that explains everything. Maybe we can get Sean and Ellie to forgive you." Ashley said as she contemplated calling Ellie at that very moment.

"That wasn't an episode Ash, I need Ellie in my life nothing is truer than that, and I want her daughter to. I want Sean out of the picture and nothing is going to stop me." Craig said angrily as he jumped up from the couch. "If you call Ellie you won't ever call anyone else, ever again." Craig said in a voice that sent instant chills up Ashley's spine.

"Are you threatening me Craig?" Ashley said trembling but still trying to hold her ground.

"No, I am promising you." Craig smiled as he retreated to his studio and slammed the door.

"Jay man are you going to be ok?" Sean asked still in shock himself. If you asked him yesterday if he ever thought Jay would make a decent father he probably would have laughed, now the reality of the situation was slamming them right in the face.

"I don't know man, I don't really know what to think right now." Jay looked up at Marco as he tried to process everything that was going on. "Where is Taryn at now?"

"She is at my office. She was the one that called the operator when she found Amy passed out. They EM T's brought her over to the hospital and immediately contacted child welfare who sent me down to be her representative. I didn't want her to be damaged by the situation anymore than she already was so I sent her back to my office to wait for me. We'll probably send her to the children's shelter for the next couple of days until we can get something figured out." Marco said calmly as he explained the situation to his friends.

"Dude you can't let them put your daughter in a shelter!" Towerz exclaimed. He loved Taryn to death and he knew how hard her little life had been so far having Amy as a mother, he wasn't about to sit their and let Jay neglect her too.

"I don't know what to do right now T, I didn't even know that I had a child a week ago, and now you want me to take sole responsibility for her." Jay said getting angry, this situation was making him feel sick and he needed Alex more than anything.

"I think that we should let Ellie and Libs know what is going on." Sean said trying to get the pressure off of Jay for a little. Jay stood up ready to punch something just as Alex made her way through the double doors.

"Jay I heard," It was all she could get out before he sat down and pulled her into a tight hug. He didn't care anymore if he was letting his guard down, there was no way that he was letting go.

"I need to talk to the doctors. Jay I need you to stay close though," Marco said as he stood up.

"Yeah we're going to go tell the girls," Sean said as he and Towerz headed to the elevator.

"Have you seen Taryn yet?" Alex asked a few minutes after everyone left the room.

"No she is at Marco's office or something like that."Jay said still not wanting to let Alex go.

"I'm so sorry Jay," Alex started only for Jay to squeeze her harder.

"Don't ok, you don't have to be sorry. You have every right to be angry. Maybe if I hadn't been such an ass to you or Amy, none of..." Jay trailed of as he bit his lip. He took a deep breath as he let Alex go and looked up at her. "I don't know what to do Lex, every time I try to get my life together I find out something worse than the last time."

"There's nothing wrong with having a daughter Jay, I was wrong for making you feel like there was." Alex said as she looked at him sincerely.

"There's everything wrong with it Lex, she should be your daughter and her mother just killed herself." Jay shouted. Alex stared at the floor as she carefully chose her next words.

"As much as I hated Amy for what she did to me, I would still want her daughter to have the best life especially if you are her father. This is going to be so hard, but we owe that little girl that much, to do everything we can to try and make her life ok." Jay didn't say anything he just nodded. Everything was happening so fast, he only hoped he could keep up with it all.