I hate feeling angry. Two weeks they have been gone. Whatever happened to short and sweet? Why hadn't they come home? I realized that I was punching the dough instead of kneading it. I stopped for a moment appalled at myself for being violent. "Hey there cutie" Ian! I ran to him and jumped into his arms. I smothered him with kisses and rubbed dough in his hair but I didn't care. He was home and he was safe. After a few minutes I asked "Where's Kyle?" Ian looked me quizzically "Unloading the storage truck. Why?"

"Sunny found Jodi" Ian stared at me in disbelief "Wanda are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm positive. But it's the way Sunny found her that's amazing" I told him the story as we rushed through the tunnels to find Kyle, Melanie and Jared. Ian started laughing. "What's so funny Ian?" I asked him not understanding why he was laughing. "Wanda, Jaime is a Stryder. We all know that they can be just as stubborn as us O'Shea's. Do you really think that he's gonna give up?" I contemplated Ian's words and I let them stay there for a moment. "You're right, he deserves to be happy Ian, he deserves love"

As we reached the storage area I was surprised to find Nate and Burns there helping offload the supplies. Nate nodded our way "Ian, Wanda". "Hey guys, how are you?"

Before anyone could answer and before we could tell Kyle about Jodi, Jamie, Rowan and Sunny came into the room. "Kyle! " Sunny ran to Kyle and began kissing him. This is something that none of us have ever seen her do before. Kyle was taken by surprise and as well as the rest of us and he gave in. The next thing we heard is "NO!" from Sunny and she had punched him square in the jaw.

"What the hell Sunny!" Kyle shouted as he rubbed his jaw. Sunny burst into tears "Kyle, I'm so sorry. It wasn't me!" I started to explain but Jared had guessed already and was doubled over laughing. "Uh Jared" I started to say and he looked at me with tears of laughter rolling down his face. "Hold on a sec Wanda" After he composed himself and not very well at that. "How about that for a role reversal?" and burst out laughing again. "Not funny Jared" Melanie hissed and stormed out of the room. "Aww Mel, don't be mad baby. I'm sorry" His apologies faded as he followed her out of the room.

Well this isn't going anything like I thought it was going to be. "Kyle, Sunny found Jodi" Ian said for me, I knew he could feel my frustration and my anxiety. "I kind of figured that one out bro." Kyle said sarcastically. I sighed and this was going nowhere fast. I had to say something "Sunny, it's ok, don't cry. Kyle isn't mad or upset with you. See, he's even smiling." Sunny looked up at Kyle, and he was smiling.

"Hey Jodi, how ya doing sweetheart?"

Sunny was concentrating very hard and she smiled "She's says she loves you and missed you. She wants to know what took you so long?"

Before Kyle could answer I looked around the room. Jaime had his arms around Rowan and they both had wide grins on their faces and Rowan had tears in her eyes. Nate seemed to be in shock, I'm pretty sure that he had never experienced this much drama in his cell. We had grown used to these antics here. Burns had a scowl on his face and he was very clearly not happy. "Um guys, why don't we go find Mel and Jared. We all need to sit down together and discuss this as a family." I managed to blurt out. For some reason I was uncomfortable having Nate and Burns witness this intimate moment.

"You're right Wanda. Nate, Burns don't worry about the rest of the truck. I'll send some of the other guys to finish up for us ok. Why don't you go clean up and I bet Trudy will fix you something to eat if you ask her nicely" Kyle said tenderly. Now I was confused, this is not the same Kyle that I had come to know. He has been civil with me, especially since he had found Sunny, but he never agreed with me and spoke with me in that tone of voice.

We found Mel and Jared in their room and both of them were smiling. Uncle Jeb had already known what had happened and he was there with them. Their room was so big that all nine of us fit in comfortably with plenty of space. Mel scowled at Jaime and Rowan holding hands, Jared put his arm around her shoulder and whispered something in her ear. Mel nodded and her face relaxed a bit.

Uncle Jeb started our family meeting and told our raiders the events of the past two weeks. Jaime, Rowan, and I interjected whenever we could. Once they were finished, a silence filled the air Kyle was the first to speak. "We have to take Sunny to Doc. It's only fair Jeb. We have to give Jodi back her body" Kyle looked at Jared and the exchange was brotherly. Jared understood. Sunny broke into tears and buried her head in her hands.

"Kyle, it's not that simple. There's a problem" I said as gingerly as I could. "Jodi isn't strong enough. Sunny has a hard time keeping her there. The first night and today was the strongest I've seen her. Sunny has been with Jaime and Rowan constantly trying to keep Jodi. What if we do take Sunny out and she can't come back?"

Kyle snapped his head up in anger. "Wanda that's a load of crap! What about Candy? The Healer didn't even hear her and Candy is just fine now!"

Melanie interjected before I can rebut "Kyle, she's not saying that we can't give Jodi back. She's saying we need to wait. I was the strongest when I was with those that I love. We need to give Jodi a chance."

Sunny spoke up "But I don't want to go! You guys are my family too! It's not fair! Wanda got to stay too!" She sobbed.

Kyle turned in anger at Sunny "That's not your body Sunny! We can find you another body and you can stay just like Wanda! You can't expect to keep something that isn't yours!"

Uncle Jeb had kept silent for a long time. The tension was thick in the air and the only noise in the room was Sunny crying uncontrollably. "All right everyone. Calm down. This is nothing that can't be fixed. Sunny you can stay, we like you too kiddo, but we have to make sure that Jodi is strong first. Kyle it's not fair to Sunny that we keep on removing her, and we don't know the effects that it can have on the mind yet. You know as well as anyone that this has been a trial by error situation trying to remove Souls. We don't need to complicate things by rushing"

Kyle dropped his head in defeat. He knew Jeb was right. Kyle put his arms around Sunny and tried to console her. I felt helpless and I didn't like this feeling I hated to see Sunny suffer. We had not expected this to happen and we had given up on Sunny finding Jodi. Mel cleared her throat "There is one more thing we need to discuss. Jaime, Rowan"

"Jaime, I'm not mom I can't be her, but I'm your sister and I love you. "She said tenderly and her tone changed sternly "but you listen to me and you better pay attention. I have no problem with you and Rowan being together. I have a problem with you guys being together. You both will go to class with Sharon. You both will do your chores; you will not be in her room alone. So help me Jaime if I catch you sneaking around I will shoot you myself and I expect others to do the same." Mel said pointedly as she looked around the room.

Now that did go better than what I expected. Jaime was grinning and he said "Fair enough!" he turned to Rowan and kissed her. Mel threw a pillow at them and said "Ugh, not in front of me! I'm not ready for this!" Everyone was laughing now, even Sunny/ Jodi smiled through the tears.

"All right, I've had enough of this mushy crap. I'm out" Uncle Jeb laughed as he left the room. Everything felt normal again and I sighed happily in Ian's arms.