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Happily Never After

JCPOV

I awoke to Sarah's pleasant voice telling me that it was time. Time to face the music , my baby was all grown up. Zoe was graduating today. Most parents would be ecstatic , but I was dreading it. She would leave me all alone.

I heard a familiar groan beside me , well not alone. I did have the most perfect someone who , though sad to see Zoe leave , would be happy to have privacy. I rolled over and cuddled with my love.

"Why can't we live at my house?" Nathan groaned.

"Because your house won't have a break down if you leave it." I told him.

"I heard that Sheriff." Sarah replied.

"I know." I told her.

"We need to get dressed , graduation starts in an hour. " Nathan said.

"Do we have to?" I pouted.

"It won't stop it , she'll still graduate." He reasoned.

"Fine , but you're taking a shower with me." I told him.

"My , my what a naught Sheriff you are." He teased.

"Keep that up and we won't make it to the shower." I told him as I gathered clothes and headed to the bathroom.

Nathan wrapped me in his arms as I adjusted the water. We stepped in and I was pulled against him. He kissed the back of my neck , the spot he loves to torture. I groaned as I felt his erection pressing against my ass.

He ran his hands down my sides and I shivered. His right hand veered at my hip , grasping my hard cock. I moaned. I felt his breath ghost across my neck as he slowly stroked me. I leaned into him.

"Are you ready?" He asked , enjoying my torture.

"Always." I whimpered.

His hand wandered down to prepare me. It wasn't long before I was rocking between his hands. He grabbed the bottle of lube again that was always here and slicked himself up. He slowly pushed in , giving me time to adjust. I groaned at the feeling of him filling me completely.

"Damn babe , feels so good." I pleaded.

I put my hands on the wall to brace myself. Nathan grasped my hips firmly and pounded into me. Damn it felt so good. I was nearly screaming as he thrust faster. His hand came around to stroke me in time with his thrusts. I wouldn't last long.

"I'm so close…" I panted out.

"Almost…so close…ughh…right there…I'm…I'm cumming Jack.." he screamed my name as I felt him pulse inside me , each burst heightening my own orgasm as I painted the wall. I was whimpering his name as he continued to slowly thrust into me.

"I love you Jack." He said as he held me to him.

"I love you too Nathan." I replied and kissed him.

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NPOV

I loved Jack , my life couldn't have been any better. After I got over all my qualms and followed my heart. Sure we had our fights , but who doesn't. As Jack finished getting dressed I thought back to the day I asked him to be mine forever.

FLASHBACK

I had moved in three months ago , it had been a little over our one year anniversary. Even with all the crap we dealt with all the time we still made time for each other. We were having dinner together , Zoe had left to stay with Pillar.

"How was work?" Jack asked.

"Well since you have to ask you know it went well." I told him. It was a bad day when he had to join me. That meant that someone had messed up.

"I was a little bored today." He teased.

"If it helps I missed you." I told him. He smiled.

"I missed you too , but we can't destroy the world so we can spend time together." He said with a laugh.

"I guess not. I wanted to talk to you about something." I told him , looking into my plate. I was nervous.

"Okay , I'm listening." He replied putting his fork down.

"You know how much I love you right?" I began , he looked at me strangely.

"Of course I do , what's going on Nathan?" he asked , concerned.

"I've been thinking about this for a while now. I know that I just moved in and all , but I think this is the right thing to do." I was babbling , I had never been this scared. I was sweating bullets.

"Nathan , you're scaring me. Are you having second thoughts?" he asked fear dripping from every word.

"No! God , I'm doing this all wrong." I nearly yelled.

"Then what , Nathan?" It was a plea to understand.

"I want to ask you to…marry me." I whispered in my fear.

"What?" He asked unsure if what he had heard.

"I want to marry you." I said again , stronger this time.

"Are you serious?" He asked , still stunned.

"Yes , I am. I want to be with you forever. Will you marry me?" I begged for an answer.

"Yes , yes, I will marry you." He responded with a smile.

It was a night of phenomenal love making. Zoe had already given her blessing. She could hardly contain herself as she burst in around six the next morning. I loved that girl to death.

END FLASHBACK

"Are you ready to go?" Jack asked , bringing me out of my thoughts.

"Of course , are you?" I asked.

"Well , there's nothing I can do so why not." He replied.

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JCPOV

I watched my baby walk across the stage. Holding Nathan's hand in a death grip , trying to hold the tears at bay. It was useless. We met up with her after.

"I'm so proud of you sweety." I told her as I hugged her close.

"Okay dad , I need to breathe you know." Zoe said , I released her.

"Sorry." I said.

"You did great kiddo." Nathan told her , she smiled at him.

"Thanks , dad. I'm going to go with Pillar. Will you take care of him?" she asked Nathan. He smiled at her calling him dad.

"Always."

Suddenly the ground seemed to shift , screams rang out. Almost immediately my beeper then Nathan's went off. I looked over at him.

"GD? We'll meet you later , Zoe." I said as we walked to the car , Nathan nodded.

"Wonder what happened now. I'll see you at the party." Nathan said.

"Of course. Be careful , I love you." I told him kissing him tenderly.

"Love you too , same goes for you." He said kissing me back.

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I made my way to town , Jo had called me to Café Diem. I pulled up and was at a loss. There sat my jeep , only problem was that it was taken by a tornado that tore through town six years ago.

"That can't really be mine." I told her.

"Either way it just appeared in a flash. The twins couldn't avoid it." Jo said pointing to the twins and their clones. With their record I was starting to consider taking their licenses.

"Damn it's mine. Look at the GD parking sticker. Ten years ago." I exclaimed as I looked over the jeep.

"I did tell you not to be out that day. Who thinks to drive near a tornado?" Jo said.

We had this argument regularly. So it was my fault the jeep got picked up by the tornado , didn't mean I was going to give in to Jo.

"I think we have bigger issues to deal with at the moment than my judgment ten years ago. Let's get this cleaned up and I'm gonna go see Henry." I told her , she nodded and I was off.

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When I got to GD people were running in every direction. I headed straight to Henry's office. He had taken over Nathan's job after we were married. Nathan thought it would be better for our marriage.

"What's going on Henry?" I asked.

"We had an alarm go off in one of the labs. When we went to investigate we found a body fused to the wall. Everyone's working on it." Henry explained.

"Well could it have anything to do with my jeep appearing in the middle of the street from ten years ago?" I asked him , he frowned.

"Maybe , the lab was empty before the alarm." He said , deep in thought.

"Have you identified the body yet?" I asked , worried about Nathan.

"No , every person had been located. Kim's working on replicating an image now. It will be a little while till we get an idea." He replied and I sighed in relief.

"Keep me updated okay. I'm going to go make sure nothing else from the past shows up." I told him.

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Life had changed so much in the past ten years. Nathan and I were happily married , Zoe had finished high school. That was just what pertained to my personal life.

Henry no ran GD , Allison had become Mayor of Eureka. Nathan worked happily in a lower position. Henry had married Kim finally six years ago. The real shocker was that Jo was dating Taggart. I ran into Fargo as I searched for some way to help. He was working on the jeep.

"Anything you can tell me?" I asked.

"It seems to be similar to Walter Perkins' machine from years ago. Basically there was a temporal rift." Fargo explained. Thank God I had picked up things from Nathan.

"So could someone have gotten to his machine?" I asked.

"No , it's been in high security lock up for ten years." Fargo replied.

"Could Walter have built another one?" I asked.

"It's possible."

"I'm going to have a talk with Walter." I said.

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Walter had been under house arrest to prevent him from creating another disaster. They couldn't reverse the affects his time on another plane had caused so he had to wear a device to keep him at his current age. It wasn't completed till he had regressed to the age of seventeen though.

"Walter , I really need you to listen to me. Someone has duplicated the effects of your machine." I told the kid in front of me.

"Ah , you think it was me. Well , I can't and even if I could , I wouldn't. it cost me my family." He said sternly.

"Well do you know of anyone who could?"

"Anyone with access to my original machine and a background to go along with it." He continued playing his video game.

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I was back at GD informing Henry of my findings when Kim walked in. She looked pale, like she had seen a ghost. We were walking to her lab when Jo sent me the results of the search of suspects I had requested. I knew the who now , just not the why.

""Are you sure?" I asked Kim as we stared at the screen showing the reconstruction of the body.

"I triple checked." She said quietly. Henry was silent , I stared at the screen showing Kim's face.

"Then that body is you." I said.

"Yes , I'm supposed to be dead." She said in a whisper.

"I'm guessing you already knew all this Henry." I said turning to him.

"I couldn't live with it. There was an explosion in your lab , we never knew why. It took days to identify your…body." Henry choked out.

"So you used Walter's machine to go back and save her."

"Yes , it was after I took over from Nathan. I didn't have the access before." He replied.

"If I had known I would have chosen someone else." Nathan said , walking into the room.

"I couldn't live without you." Henry said to Kim , tears in his eyes.

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NPOV

I understood the implications immediately. We had to stop Henry from saving Kim or the world would end. It also meant that all that happened since that moment would disappear. I would be back to where I had been. They were already prepping the machine for someone to go back.

"How do we fix it?" Jack asked and I sighed.

"Someone has to go back and stop Henry from saving Kim." I told him.

"Then what?" I had to tell him.

"Everything that has happened since that moment will no longer exist. It will be like it had never happened. At least to everyone but the person who goes back. They'll remember all of this." I said quietly. I knew he would go , I had to run Walter's machine and Henry could not be trusted.

"At least I'll know what'll happen." He said with a smile at me.

"This timeline may never be possible , everything could change." I told him with pain in my voice. I didn't want to give up our life.

"Hey what's wrong?" He asked me.

"I don't want to lose you. I love our life here." I told him.

"Hey , listen to me. There is no time , no space , no way that we don't end up together. You just have to have a little faith , okay." He said and kissed me tenderly. There was another shift and I held him tighter.

"Is everything ready?" I asked.

"Yes Dr. Stark-Carter." The technician said and I tried to hold the tears in.

"It's time , honey. Remember I love you so , so much." I said as I walked toward the control panel. Jack stood by the machine.

"I love you , no matter what time." He said and I forced myself to hit the button. There was a flash and he was gone. The tears flowed fast and hot.

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JCPOV

"Time to get up , Sheriff." Sarah said. I looked beside me.

The bed was empty and cold. I felt the tears forming , I wanted to go back home. I wanted Nathan beside me , in me , with me , but I knew it wouldn't last. The world would end , torn apart from the machine's effect. I had to do this.

"What day is it Sarah?' I asked.

"It's October 3rd , 2006. Are you okay Sheriff , I detect an abnormal tone in your voice?" She asked worriedly.

"I'm fine." I replied , controlling myself.

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I made it to GD faster than ever before. I was dreading this. If I succeeded , I was losing my future with Nathan , possibly forever. If I failed , I was destroying the world. I saw Nathan walking up ahead.

"Hey Nathan , have you seen Henry?" I asked feeling my heart break.

"No , I haven't. I missed you at breakfast this morning." He said , I smiled a little.

"I know , I'm sorry about that , but I have to find Henry." I said.

He nodded and walked off. I didn't know how I could live with the memories after this.

I found Henry running down the hall toward Kim's lab. I stood blocking him.

"Jack , move I need to go." He said urgently.

"No , I can't let you do it." I told him firmly.

"What do you know Jack?" he yelled.

"If you save her , you end the world. I can't let that happen." I said.

He ran at me and I grabbed him. I pushed him back as he struggled against me to get out of my grip and down the hall to Kim. I held him firmly and felt tears in my eyes as he screamed Kim's name. The entire hallway shook and I knew it was over. Henry slumped to the floor. I fell with him , my arms holding him as he cried.

"No! Kim. Why , why did you stop me , I need her?! Could you have let Nathan die?" he yelled in pure agony.

"If it meant saving the world , then yes." I told him.

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It was late , I knew that Zoe would worry , but she would understand. Not what I had lost , but my absence right now. I looked up as Nathan walked in the office.

"Hi." I said.

"Hey , how are you doing?" He asked.

I wanted to run into his arms and let him make the pain disappear. I had to remind myself that that Nathan didn't exist now.

"Better than Henry. " I said sadly , he nodded.

"Everything will get better. You just need to have a little faith." He said.

I found a spark of hope in that short sentence. Like a sign telling me that all was not lost. I felt a smile form on my face. Nathan smiled back.

"Breakfast tomorrow?" he asked.

"Yeah , I think tomorrow looks better already." I said.

"So do I , Jack. So do I." he replied.

For a moment the pain and sadness were gone. I just hoped they stayed that way.

FINALLY SEASON ONE IS DONE…I KNOW I SKIPPED A FEW BUT THEY DIDN'T FIT IN WITH THE NO ARTIFACT STORY LINE…NOW WE MOVE ON TO SEASON TWO…HOW WILL JACK COPE WITH THE MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE WITH NATHAN…REVIEWS ARE LOVE PEOPLE…LOVE ME LOL…