Sam was sitting outside in one of the lounge chairs watching her husband play with their son in the pool. Every once in a while, at moments like this, it would hit her that Jason was alive. She didn't lose him, he was right here in front of her alive and well. She looked at his smiling face and her heart skipped a beat. She was pulled out of her trance when her cell phone rang. "Hello?" she said picking it up.

"Help! You have to help me." Hayden says in a frantic voice.

"Hayden, are you ok?" Sam asks, going on high alert.

"No! My date with Lucky is in an hour and I have no clue what to wear. Please Sam you have to help me. Wait…are you laughing?" she accused her friend but the only answer she received was the unmistakable sound of laughter. "Sam! This isn't funny! This is my first real date ever and I am freaking out!"

"Ok! Ok! Just calm down." Sam says, calming herself from he fit of laughter. "Where is he taking you on your date?" Sam askes her. "The Metro Court." "Ok so you are going to want to go with a cocktail dress. Nothing too fancy. Knowing Lucky he won't be dressed in a tie so keep it semi casual. You have a cocktail dress?"

"Yeah I have a few. What color?" "Black will be fine. Black works with everything so it's the go to color. But like I said don't go overboard. Lucky will notice and think that you are nervous and over compensating."

"I am nervous. I don't date, Sam I don't know how to date. I know how to con." "Now is as great a time as ever to learn. Take it from a former con, Hayden. Don't try so hard to be something you're not. You are not going out with Lucky because you have to. You're doing it because you want to. Lucky likes you for who you are. There is no reason to put up a front so just be yourself."

Hayden sighed and said "You're right. I'm just afraid that I'm going to screw this up like I do everything else."

"You'll be fine. Lucky is a great guy. He will treat you right, I promise." Sam reassured her.

"Thanks Sam. I better go and start getting ready."

"Ok. I'll see you on Monday and be prepared. I'm going to want details." Sam says. "Absolutely. Bye." Hayden laughs and hangs up. Sam sets he phone down and looks back at the pool to see Jason and Danny getting out. "What was that all about?" Jason asked as he wrapped Danny up in a towel.

"Hayden and Lucky are going out on a date tonight." Sam says as Jason's eyebrows shoot up. "Really? When did that happen?" "I have no idea. But she was nervous about what to wear because this is basically her first date ever that did not include conning a man. It kind of cute actually. But I know that it will be fine. Lucky is a great guy and he likes Hayden." Sam stood up and walked over to then when Jason says "What is there to be nervous about? They are both adults they should be fine." Jason says. "Is that how you felt the nigh you asked me to have dinner at the penthouse after I moved out? That was out first date." She asks.

Jason did remember that. After he and Sam kissed for the second time and he told her that they couldn't be together because his life was too dangerous, Sam decided it was best if she moved out. It killed Jason to let her go but at the time he thought it was for the best. He wanted Sam like he had never wanted anything before and it terrified him. He wasn't supposed to need people the way he needed Sam. the night she left he didn't get any sleep. He barely got any sleep the entire time she was gone. When he was trapped at Courtney's he realized that he was in love with Sam. He fell for her a long time ago he just didn't want to admit it because of the situation that they were in. but when he saw her the day after Christmas he knew that he was done fighting his feelings. When he asked her to have dinner with him he thought for sure that she would say no. when she said yes it through if for a few seconds. But the moment she said yes his nerves were on edge. And they didn't stop until he opened his door that night to reveal her on the other side.

Jason looked down at his smirking wife, who by the look on her face could tell he was recalling that day. "I was perfectly calm." Jason said picking up Danny and heading for the house.

"Oh, come on, Jason! When you asked me to come over you were a nervous wreck. I could hear it in your voice." Sam followed behind him in to the house. "I have no idea what you are taking about. You are probably talking about yourself."

Sam followed right behind Jason as he climbed the stairs and went into Danny's room to get him changed. "Admit it, Jason. You were nervous about our first date. Jason dried Danny off and helped him get dressed into dry clothes. "I had no reason to be, Sam. I knew that you would show up." Danny goes to play with his toy and Jason turns to his wife.

"You knew I'd show up? Are you kidding me right now?" Sam says.

"I have to go and get changed." Jason said as he walked over to the door. He gave Sam a kiss on her forehead and walked out of Danny's room and into theirs. Sam stares at him as he disappears through the door. She cannot believe that he wasn't admitting that he was nervosa about their first date. Maybe he was telling the truth and he want nervous. Maybe he really knew that she would show up that night so he had no reason to be. She didn't know why but for some reason that stung a little. The fact that Jason was so sure and Sam was so not, was nerve racking to her.

Sam walked over and sat down next to Danny on the floor where he was playing with his toys. "Well there you go. Looks like daddy had it all figured out. Even then." Danny was so into playing with his toys that he didn't hear a word his mom said. "I guess the fact that he wasn't nervous should be reassuring. Didn't worry about the fact that I might get scared and decide not to show. Didn't worry that I would get there and say it would be better if we just stayed friends. Didn't worry that I would tell him that I was still in love with my ex. Nope. He knew that I would show up and things would go back to normal. I guess I was the only one worried that he would back out or decide he only wanted to be friends or that he was still in love with Courtney and wanted to be with her." At this point Sam was just rambling on. She looked down at her little boy playing with his cars and motorcycles and thought about her daughter who was now home safe and sound surrounded by those that loved her. "I guess it doesn't matter now, huh? It all worked out in the end." Danny looked up at her and smiled and she returned that smile.

"I was a nervous wreck from the time that you said yes to the moment I opened my door and saw you standing on the other side of it." Sam turned her head around to see her husband leaning against the door way with his arms crossed across his chest and a soft smile on his face. He changed into lounge pants and a white tank top that stretched across his broad chest. "How long have you been standing there?" she asks narrowing her eyes at him.

"A while." "It's not nice to listen in on a private conversation." Sam says turning her head away from him. "A conversation that you are having with yourself?" Jason says laughing. He ducks out of the way when his wife throws a stuffed animal at his head. "It's not nice to tease either. Danny tell daddy to stop teasing mommy." Sam addresses their 3 year old.

Danny looks up from his toys and over at his father. "Why are you teasing my mommy?" he asks. "Because it's fun." Jason says walking into the room and tickling Danny under his chin. Danny goes into a fit of giggles and says "Stop daddy." Jason lets up and Danny goes back to playing with his toys.

Jason walks over to Sam and sits down behind her, pulling her into his arms. He kisses the side of her neck and says "When I asked you to have dinner with me that night I was terrified that you wouldn't show up. For the exact reasons that you just said. I was in love with you and had been for a while. Even before we thought we lost Lila. It scared me to be so invested in something that hadn't even happened yet." He intertwines their fingers together.

"Really?" Sam asks.

"Yeah. I had never felt the way I felt about you for anyone else. I had been in love, yes, but with you it was more. It always has been. And I was nervous that when you showed up that night, if you showed up, that you would decide that you didn't want to be with me. I'm not the easiest guys to be with. I think I proved that way before anything even happened between us." He finished.

"But to me you were. Jason, you were the easiest person to be with. I never had to put up a front with you. I never had to pretend with you. You were the only person aside from my brother that saw the real me. All of me. The bad and the good. And you still loved me any way. That is why I always feel safe with you. Because you loved me."

"Love."

"Huh?" Sam asks confused.

"Because I love you. Not loved. I will always love you." Sam looked up from her stop on his chest and smiled up at him. Jason leaned down and kissed her. They continue on until they hear a little sigh. "You guys are always kissing. Daddy, don't you now that girls have cooties?" Danny says.

"Cooties?" Sam mock glares at her little boy. "I'll show you cooties!" she launches herself across the way and grabs on to him pulling him into her lap while raining kisses all over his face. Danny erupts into a fit of giggles trying to get away from his mom. Jason looks at them and smiles. His wife and his son. His home.