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Arizona

I hate traffic. Peak hour traffic is a bitch, being stuck in it and it not moving it just grinds me the wrong way. "We should have walked there, it would have been way quicker." I huff.

"We could go now but it's about to rain." Ashley says making me look out the window of the car.

"How could you possibly know th-." I stop talking as a rain drop falls on the tinted window of our town car. "How?" I ask.

Ashley shrugs and laughs. "You live here long enough and you can tell when it's going to rain."

"Hmmm… I can't believe they sent a town car for you just for a meeting, you're going to be famous." I clap my hands excitedly making Ashley smile.

"I only wrote the book Zona, doesn't mean I'm going to be that famous."

"Oh come on, you are so going to be famous."

"Maybe, maybe not. My name might be famous but not me."

"What are you talking about?" I look at her confused as a pain shoots down my left leg. "Owww." I yelp grabbing it.

"Life never really turns out the way you think it will. Sometimes it turns out way better than you ever imagined or just turns out crap." Ashley shrugs looking out the window.

"Geez, downer." I joke, she turns and looks at me and I sober up. "I know that ash believe me I know." A low throb has begun in my left leg but it's bearable.

"I really need to start Hunter on solid foods, but he seems fine on just breast milk. But then if I start food I won't have to stop what I'm doing every so often and I won't have to pump milk when I have to leave him with a sitter."

"Sounds like a good idea to me, not that I really know much about that." I laugh and try and figure out what the hell ash is talking about.

"I wanted him to have a great life, whatever he wants to do I'm happy as long as he's happy. I wanted more babies, lots of tiny humans running around but I'm happy I have hunter."

"Ash your only 28 I think you have plenty of time to have more kids."

"I don't know I feel kind of funny at the moment. Like I'm light headed and the whole left side of me hurts really badly." I look over at her as she flexes her left hand.

"Well my left leg is throbbing like a bitch." I tell her rubbing at the pain in my thigh, the pain eases up and I close my eyes as the pain gets less.

"Hey Zo Zo." I hear a familiar voice say, making me head snap up and find that identical smile to mine.

"Timmy!" I shriek and dive tackles him into the grass wrapping him in a strong hug.

"Whoa, ease up. Let me get a good look at you." He says and helps me up holding me at arm's length. As I look behind him I see the familiar tree with the tree swing we put up as kids. Looking behind me I see the holiday house we use to come on family holidays.

"Why are we at the Merlotte's holiday house? And why can I feel you? I shouldn't be able to feel your touch.

"Well I wanted to see you and this is the only way." Tim says pulling my towards the tree swing and making me sit so he can push me like we did when we were kids.

"Am I dreaming?"

"Kind of, so you seem happy. Are you happy?" he asks pushing me higher.

"Happier than I've ever been, I met someone spectacular." I gush, thinking about calliope.

"Ah yes Callie." He says making confused as to how he knows her. "I keep an eye on you sis, I know what's going on." He says a little sadly.

"We miss you Tim." I say sadly.

"I miss you too, I'm always with one of you though, and Hunter is the most amazing, awesomest kid I've ever seen. I can't believe he looks so much like you." He chuckles and shakes his head.

"Yeah but he's the spitting image of you and Ash." I say with a big smile, silence coming over us. "You would have been a great dad, you know."

"I hate that I wasn't there for his arrival or ever but I do keep an eye on him. Thanks by the way, for you know being with her when she was in labour." Tim says quietly. "Ash seems good to, happy. Always planning." He comments making us both laugh.

"Man that was the scariest hours of my life when Hunter was born, but I wouldn't change them for the world." I tell him as memories come to mind of that day. "But yeah she was always ruining or last minute ideas with planning to make sure our ideas always worked."

"I'm glad she's a planner, always planned our future and the way she got excited about fun things and tell me. She also planned important things that I hated to do, like wills and things like that." I turn and watch him push me and give him a quizzical look.

"Well that's good that she planned all that for you two."

"We did a new will before I was deployed, she should have filed it just after Hunter was born." Just as he finishes his sentence the rope snaps on one side of the swing and I hit the ground, sharp pains shooting in my left leg again.

"Damn it! What the hell is up with my leg?" I shout as I feel Tim sit next to me rubbing my thigh muscle and the pain dissipating. He chuckles as I let out a sigh and let my head fall to his shoulder closing my eyes.

My eyes slowly open as I hear the laughter I haven't heard in nearly two years. The laughter I grew accustomed too, the laughter of my two best friends. Ashley and Tim are sitting next to me in the back of the town car, they're holding hands, whispering and have massive smiles on their faces.

"You're awake. We're nearly there." Ash says but with a saddened tone in her voice.

"Thank goodness, the traffic finally let up ay." I say looking out the window to find that the New York street is completely deserted.

"Zo Zo, I want you to promise me that Hunter doesn't go to private school. I don't want him uptight and think himself better over everyone." He says scrunching up his face in disgust making me and ash laugh.

"Well that's really up to ash."

"Yeah we don't want him in private school. Bu he is definitely going to college." Ash says.

"Of course he's going to college, I have a felling he got both your brains. He is one smart cookie." I say to them.

"I don't want him riding a motorbike either." Ash quickly jumps in looking at me making me laugh.

Tim laughs and turns to look at me, our eyes locking. "Ok I need you to promise me one thing, its ok if some of the other stuff happens it will be okay. I need you to make sure Hunter doesn't follow in my footsteps, I just handle the idea of him seeing the things I saw and feel the things I've felt. So I just need him to become a surfer or and office geek or, or a computer wiz." He tells me and I see tears form in his eyes. I feel a tear fall down my cheek.

"I promise T, but why are you telling me thi-." A pain shoots through my chest and shoots to my leg again. I groan as I squeeze as the pain passes.

"I never got to tell anyone what I wanted for my little boy. I didn't leave a letter or anything."

"I'm going to be there but ash should be the one to tell him all these things and decide what school he goes to." I get out before more pain shoots through my body. "Seriously I think I need to go to the hospital guys."

"You'll wake up in one don't worry Zona." Ash says quietly as she wipes tears from her cheeks.

"What are you talking about? You two sound crazy. Tim what are you actually doing here, you're not supposed to be here."

"I love you Zo Zo, more than anything. I've got to go but I'll check in time to time." He says leaning over to kiss my forehead.

"I love you too Timmy." I watch him lean in and whisper to Ash kissing her cheek then turning to wink at me. His dimples pop and with a wave he fades away, just like that. Fades away. I'm totally going crazy. "d-did you just see that?" I ask in shock.

"Yeah, crazy." Ash says in a disbelieving tone.

"This is one of the weirdest dreams I've ever had." I laugh.

"I love you Zona, I miss you most days. That's why you always get a text from me randomly nearly every day." Ash says making us both laugh. "I'm glad you found Callie, she's good for you. You need to marry that girl. Oh and you need to tech Hunter to skate and surf, and he can't sleep without that giraffe you bought him from our visit, he's teething so it's going to be hell for a little while but I think you can handle it. You and Callie can handle anything, you're like a power couple, surrounded by love. That's what Hunter needs, to be surrounded by love." She finishes her ramble tear gushing down her face as she squeezes my hand and all I can do is shake my head. "Zona, I need you to look after and protect Hunter for me because I-I can-n't. I wouldn't rust him with anyone else."

"I-I don't understand wh-what you're saying."

"I'm not getting out of the car with you. Well I can't get out of the car, but you have to. I need you to. And tell Hunter Tim and I love him forever and always." She says to me, I can't really take it in because of the pain radiating through me so I nod. "Thank you and I love you Zona."

"I love you too, but I don't understand why you can't get out of the car."

"Zona I can't get out because I'm not going where you're going. You're just going to have to trust me that you will be ok."

"Will you be ok? Because you don't look like you're going to be ok."

"I'll be fine eventually sweetie. Now I need you to just close your eyes and open the car door." She says softly and calmly but I can tell she is barely holding it together. There's a loss in her eyes I can see and suddenly everything hits me, everything ash and Tim have said makes sense to me. More tears form in my eyes and I let them fall.

"This is the last time I will see you, isn't it?" the pain has dimmed slightly and its bearable now. Ash just nods as a sob escapes, I reach over and pull her in for a bone crushing hug. "I love you Ash, and Hunter is going to be okay, I promise."

"I trust you. Now you have to go before I can't let you go." She pushes me back and grabs my hand and places it on the handle.

"I'll miss you, but I know you have Tim here so if you two have each other's back I will have Hunters and forever." I tell her and she gives me a nod making me close my eyes and open the door and step out. Opening my eyes I'm met with warm, worried brown eyes.

"Hey sweetie." Calliope whispers leaning forward and pressing a kiss to my cold lips and I feel wetness on her cheeks. "I'm so glad you woke up."

"Hey." I croak out and Calliope grabs the cup of water, putting the straw in my mouth. Pulling away after a sip I pull back and whisper thanks.

I can see the tear stains on her cheeks and red rimmed eyes, her mouth in a half smile pulling at her lips. She opens her mouth to say something but I beat her to it.

"I know Calliope, I know." I tell her and the dam breaks for the both of us, she buries her face in my neck and me doing the same. Breathing in her scent and calming down a bit. "I need to see Hunter." I whisper and I feel her nod.

Well?