Jo was getting in her room when she hear Jess screaming. Moments later, a loud noise. She ran to the living room, and found it empty. The door was ajar, and when she went to the hallway, she had to try really hard not to scream. Jess was at the bottom of the stairs, unconscious.

Jo ran towards her, but didn't touch her because she didn't know how hurt she was. She was about to ran outside to call Dean, who was probably waiting in the car, when her eyes caught something. Lying on the floor, next to Jess' hand, was a photo. She quickly picked it up, and her heart skipped a beat. It was Sam and Jess' pic, from all those years ago. She had no idea where Jess got that photo, but she had no time for that now. She put it in her pocket and ran outside to get Dean.

When they got back in, Dean kneeled beside Jess, trying to make her regain consciousness, but it was useless. He asked her to call 911 and stayed beside Jess until the ambulance arrived.

When they got to the hospital, the paramedics took Jess to the exam room, and they had to wait. Dean called her parents and sister to let them know what was going on, and they arrived short after. When the doctor came to talk to them, he said Jess was going to be just fine, they run some tests and there were no major traumas. She was sedated but would wake up soon.

Sam had class and a shift at Walgreens today, and should be back home late. Jo had tried to call him to let him know what was going on, but his phone was switched off. She would wait until Jess wake up to make sure she was okay, and then go home to tell Sam.

Sam was beat. He had some exhausting classes in the morning and also an exhausting shift, since his boss had asked him to stay for another 2 hours. All he wanted was head home, take a shower and go to bed. He was a little mad at himself, he had forgotten to charge his phone yesterday, and the battery had died on his first class. He had been pretty much disconnected from the world all day long.

When he finally got home, it was way past 9 pm, and the first weird thing he noticed was that the Impala was not parked in front of the building. Dean was always home by now, and Sam wondered where he could be. The second weird thing he noticed was Jo sitting on the couch when he entered the apartment, and her face told him immediately that something was wrong. He cut right to the chase.

"What happened Jo? Is it Dean? Where is he?"

He was starting to get really nervous, so Jo got up and put a hand on his arm to calm him down.

"Relax Sam, Dean is fine, nothing happened to him."

He exhaled. "What is it then? This look on your face doesn't fool me".

She looked down for a few moments before looking at him again.

"It's Jess. There was an accident Sam."

He felt his stomach drop.

"What happened? Is she okay? How is she?"

"She felt down the stairs when she was leaving the apartment. Dean and I called and ambulance and she was taken to the hospital, they did some exams and turns out she is gonna be just fine. She will be in the hospital for a couple of days for observation, but she's okay. Before I leave the hospital she woke up but was not very aware. Dean will spend the night with her."

He felt instantly relieved. He really wanted to see her, make sure she was fine. He was about to turn around and go to the hospital when Jess grabbed his arm.

"Wait Sam. There's something I need to tell you."

He waited. She took something out of her pocket and handed it to him.

"This was by her side when I found her unconscious."

It was their picture together.

"Where did she get it? What was it doing with her Jo?"

"I have no idea Sam, she got in, said Dean had asked her to pick up his wallet in his room, and I went to yours to take a book you had left in the living room, and when I got to my room I heard Jess screaming and a loud noise right after that… the rest you already know."

And then it clicked. The day before, he was alone on the couch looking at their picture. He was lost in thoughts when he heard the door opening, and he quickly grabbed a book that was next to him and put the photo inside, so Dean wouldn't see it. He put the book on the end table but Dean asked him to help get some groceries from the Impala and he forgot about the book. Maybe when Jo grabbed it, the photo fell down and Jess found it. That's why she must have fallen. She was running to show Dean.

"It was my fault Jo. She fell because she found the photo… what am I gonna do now? How am I gonna explain her this?"

He sat on the couch and buried his face in his hands. Jo sat by his side and put an arm around his shoulders.

"Now you're gonna do what you should have done from the beginning. You have to tell her the truth."

Sam was at college next morning, feeling miserable. He wanted to skip class, but he had an exam and he couldn't miss it. He had called Dean last night after talking to Jo, and he said Jess was fine, just sleeping. Jo had gone to the hospital earlier and he would go there when he left the campus. He couldn't even concentrate on anything, all he could think about was the moment when he would have to face Jess, tell her the whole truth. And what about Dean? He was gonna hate him forever…

But maybe Jess wouldn't remember finding the photo, maybe her mind would block what happened right before the accident… yeah, like he would be that lucky.

He was leaving the classroom when he heard someone call him. It was Sarah. He gave her a half smile.

"Hey Sarah… what's up?"

"Hey Sam… I just noticed you were not doing so good in class today… you look horrible… is everything okay with… you know?"

While they were heading to the parking lot, he briefly told her what had happened, including the photo thing.

"Are you gonna tell her the truth now?"

"I don't have a choice, do I?"

They got to her car.

"Maybe it's for the best, you couldn't hide this forever. You would have to face it sooner or later."

"I know."

He hugged him.

"Good luck Sam. Tell me how things went."

He watched her leave and wished he could feel for her the way he felt about Jess. Sarah was really amazing.

He got to the hospital short after and found Jo at the waiting room. She was pale as a ghost, and when she saw him, she grabbed his arm and made hi seat by her side.

"What happened now, Jo? Something wrong with Jess?"

"No… I have to be quick because Dean can come back at any minute, he's at the cafeteria… Sam… Jess got her memory back."

It was like Sam's heart forgot how to beat. When he spoke, his voice was no more than a whisper.

"What?"

"Dean told me. He said Jess woke up early today and it was like the door to that piece of her life that had been missing just opened. She remembered everything and was really agitated, they had to sedate her. She woke up again a couple hours later and things were falling into place in her head… everything that was missing is back now. That includes you."

Sam let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.

"Oh my God Jo, that's… I don't know what that is, what now? Did she tell Dean about me?"

"No, she didn't say anything yet… I couldn't go see her either, Dean told me what happened… I'm afraid she will be upset if she sees me, because you know… she met me too…"

Sam laid his head on the wall and closed his eyes.

"I am all kinds of screwed up."

She put a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"It isn't gonna be easy, you know that… but it will be okay. I'm sure."

He was glad she didn't play the "I-told-you-so" card.

Dean came back from the cafeteria and asked if they wanted to see Jess. Sam refused, said it was better to wait for her to get home. There was no way he would face her now, he needed some time. He was really screwed.

A few days later, Jo was cleaning up the living room, while Dean was at work and Sam was working on something for one of his classes in his room. Jess had been discharged from the hospital a couple of days ago, and Sam hasn't talked to her yet. She had told Dean she needed some time alone to think, to organize her thoughts that were a big mess, before doing anything else, and he was respecting that. Jo was really afraid, waiting for the moment when Jess was gonna confront Sam, after all, she knew the whole truth by now, obviously. It wasn't gonna be pretty.

She heard the doorbell ring, and when she opened the door, she found Jess. Oh fuck.

"Hey… Jess. How are you feeling?"

"Terrific. Can I come in?"

"Sure… but Dean is not here, he's at work today…"

It was lame but she had to try anyway.

"I know that. That's why I came to talk to Sam."

This is it. This is how we're gonna die.

"I can talk to him, right?"

"Sure you can. He's in his room."

"Thank you, Jo."

She was about to turn around when she stopped and faced Jo again.

"You knew all this time, didn't you? Of course you did, you were there… you knew about me and Sam, why didn't you tell me anything, Jo?"

"Because of one simple reason: it was not my business to tell. Sam asked me not to, and even though I didn't agree with him, I did as he asked. This was between you too, not me."

"But why didn't he tell me this Jo? Why did he hide it from me? I had the right to know!"

"Jess, again… this is between you and him, it's not my business to tell… you're gonna have to ask him."

"That's what I'm gonna do now."

Sam was in his room working on a project. He was burying himself in work and college stuff, so he wouldn't think much about whe he would have to face Jess. He was terrified.

There was a knock on the door. "Come in, Jo."

He heard the door opening behind him.

"Not Jo."

He turned faster than lightening speed, and found Jess staring at him. She closed the door and locked it.

"Now we're gonna talk, Sam."

He felt sick to his stomach. No more stalling, that was it. He just looked at her. She was looking back at him like she was looking at something beyond them.

"All I wanna know, Sam, is why. Why did you hide the truth from me. Why you never told me we had met before. Why did you do it? I had the right to know, it was my life, a piece of it that was missing. Why?"

He lay against the wall and took a deep breath.

"Because of Dean. Because I couldn't do that to my brother, that's all. It was all an incredible coincidence, of all people he met you, and when he introduce me to you my heart almost stopped. I was gonna tell him the truth, but he was so happy, Jess… my brother went through a lot, and he was finally happy, he was in love with a girl who liked him back, and I know if I told him the truth, he would give up on you because of me… and he has always done so much for me, my whole life, and I just couldn't do that to him… I decided to keep it to myself."

"But he didn't know you had met me? He never saw the picture of us?"

"No, I never showed him… I don't know, I wanted to keep you from myself, I can't explain… only Jo knew, because she met you too, but nobody else did. You were my big secret."

She just stared at him. They stayed in silence for a while, then Sam sighed and continued.

"You have no idea how much I missed you. Ever since I left that camp, I thought about you every fucking day. For 6 years. Everywhere I'd go, I looked for you. I knew nothing about you, not even your last name. You have no idea, Jess. You have no idea how jealous I was of people who got to see you everyday. Of people who passed by you on the street. They had no idea how lucky they were. They don't know what would I give to be one of them. Everyday I wondered if I was ever gonna see you again, or if I would spend the rest of my life missing you. Even though we spent only two days together, I knew you were the love of my life. Remember when you asked me once if I had found that person I knew it was the 'one'? There you go."

When he finished, his voice was almost a whisper. He looked down and waited.

"You know Sam… this is very beautiful and everything, but something is not making sense about all of this. If you loved me and missed me so much as you say, why didn't you just called me? I gave Jo my number, all you had to do was call! I waited Sam. For days. For weeks. Everytime the phone rang, I ran to answer it, thinking it was you. And it never was. I gave up eventually, just thought your feelings for me weren't as real as you said. That you were just messing with me. And it fucking hurt! So, why didn't you call?"

"I lost your number. Actually… Jo lost it. When you gave it to her, she put in her back pocket, and one of the guys took her to the water and she forgot about it. It get wet and ruined. By the time I got back to the beach, she no longer had it. You had no idea how that hurt. When I realized there was no way I could contact you. And I knew you would hate me for not calling, but how would I let you know what had happened? You have no idea how bad I felt because of this…"

They stayed in silence for a while again. This time, Jess break it.

"You know what's ironic? I fell in love with you… again. Everytime I was close to you I felt different, it was like I'd met you before… and I even asked you, and you denied… but I couldn't help it. I do like Dean a lot, but you were different. It took me forever to admit it, I had never felt this before. And I felt like the worst person on Earth for falling for my brother-in-law… little did I know I had already done it before. Remeber the last time we talked at the camp, you asked me to never forget this? In some level, I never did."

Another silence.

"I'm sorry, Jess."

She walked toward the door and unlocked it.

"You had no right to do this, Sam."

And she left.

He walked to the door and leaned against the doorframe. He saw Jo approaching him.

"She just left, Jo."

"So I saw it. I just don't get one thing. What are you still doing here? Go after her Sam, do one thing right in your life for the love of God!"

He didn't think, because if he did, he wouldn't leave the house. He ran outside, and spotted Jess going towards her car, which was parked down the street. He ran to reach her, grabbed her arm and turned her around.

"Sam?"

"I'm sorry. You are right, you had the right to know, I couldn't have hidden this from you. I'm so sorry."

She just smiled at him.

"Did we really wait 6 years for an apology?"

Nothing else mattered. Not in that moment. Sam put a hand on her face and brought her close to him. When he felt her lips on his, he closed his eyes.

Guys I apologize again for taking so long to update the fic, I have some stuff going on, I'm in this play and it opens tomorrow, and also I had some trouble with this chapter, things are getting hard... what did you think about what happened?

reviews are always very appreciated, you know that!