Salene woke up to the weight of an arm draped over her. She lay there staring at the ceiling trying to remember or rather forget last night's events.

The person beside her moved his arm and rolled over, opening his eyes a wink. They smiled at one another.

"The sun is up," she said.

"So?"

"There will be, I mean…what will it look like you leaving my room? I mean…what about Amber?"

Bray groaned. He had forgotten about Amber, and he was due to pick up Bray Jr. after breakfast.

Salene blushed; she was beginning to grow uncomfortable. She and Bray had always been friends, since he showed up at the mall what seemed like a century ago. She had proclaimed her love for him, but they had never taken things this far. She jumped up, grabbing the bed sheet and wrapping it around herself. She wasn't naked, but she wasn't exactly clothed either.

Bray smirked and looked away rubbing a brow, "It's your room…I should go…"

"No, wait!" She stopped him as he began to climb out of the bed.

"What? You want to talk about this?" he smirked, "You see where talking got us?"

"That and one too many drinks…I swore I would never touch the stuff again," she shook her head.

"We both needed to clear our heads, nothing to apologize for."

Salene smiled, it was a pretty good night, but they shouldn't have let it get this far. They were betraying the trust of their friends. And Bray had betrayed Kyra. Whether she was present in his life or not Salene felt guilty about it.

"I know what you're thinking Sal, and you're right, it shouldn't have gone this far. But we were two drunk friends…"

She shook her head, "If you say it was just a bout of fun I am going to put my foot up that rear end of yours!"

"Well what would you call it?"

"A huge mistake!"

By this time Bray was up dressing himself. He peered out the window thankful Salene's room gave him a clear view of the café. There was no Amber.

"I've still got time to slip out of here; I hope your neighbors are dead asleep or gone already."

"You and me both. I don't need May catching you slipping out of here."

Bray smirked opening the door and poking his head out looking both ways down the hall. It was empty. He turned back to Sal, "We should do this again sometime," and before she could protest he kissed her.

"Oh get out!" she pulled away shoving him into the hall, rolling her eyes. She shut the door quickly, leaning up against it smiling. The truth was, not matter how wrong she knew it was she'd love to do it again sometime.

~0~

Sometime during the night, Mikhail had gone into labor. Amber and Trudy had helped her through the birthing process. Everyone expected them to be the perfect midwives since they had children of their own, but it had taken five hours to deliver the baby boy and another two hours to stop Khail's bleeding.

Gratefully mother and child were fine by time the sun rose, but Amber was not okay. She was angry. She and Trudy had needed Bray to take care of the children, but he hadn't answered his door the previous night. She was sure he wasn't inside, but then where had he been?

"Where's BJ?"

Speak of the devil she thought as she turned around, "Why should you care?"

"You're angry, why are you angry?" Bray questioned.

Amber laughed dryly, "Where were you last night?"

"Asleep," he grinned. It was the partial truth.

"Well while you were asleep," she rolled her eyes, emphasizing the word, "Trudy and I were busy saving the lives of Mikhail and Rylan."

Quickly Bray got the picture. She had come looking for him, she and Trudy, and he hadn't answered.

"So where are Brady and BJ?"

"Thankfully Cloe and Ved were willing to look after them for seven hours while their deadbeat father and uncle was nowhere to be found."

"Now that's hardly fair Amber, I was kidnapped if you haven't forgotten. And I've been there ever since we've found one another again, so don't give me that, I don't deserve it! I wouldn't have been fit to care for them last night I had a drink. It's probably why I slept so deeply, you know my body's not used to liquor," he said telling the partial truth again.

She seemed to at least buy it. Yawning she said, "Whatever, I'm not your keeper. You know where your son is now if you don't mind staying sober long enough to take care of him while I rest."

He didn't reply as she turned around again and walked off. Gladly no one had knocked on Salene's door last night. So far they weren't found out.

~0~

Ryan held his sleeping son in his arms as Mikhail slept. He wouldn't let anyone hold him, not even Rayne.

"You should rest too," Rayne could see he was exhausted. She was too, but she wasn't leaving her sister's side. Even if Amber and Trudy had said she was stable, she didn't want to risk not being there when her sister awoke.

Ryan looked up at her startled. He had almost forgotten she was there.

"I can sleep right here in this chair, I am not going anywhere!" he said firmly.

"Well neither am I!"

"You two are stubborn as oxen," Mikhail laughed weakly from the bed.

"Khail they exclaimed!" Rayne immediately was at her side checking for fever. Amber was right, the fever had broken. Mikhail was once again in the safe zone. "Ryan's hogging Rylan!"

Ryan looked sheepishly at his fiancée, "You know I'm so overprotective after…"

Mikhail put up a hand to silence him. She knew how Ryan felt about losing his firstborn with Salene. She was the same way when it came to remembering her little girl. Rylan was their second chance child.

"I won't have you two fighting over him, he's not a doll."

They both blushed as Ryan handed the bundle in his arms to Khail. "Everyone guessed it would be a boy yesterday, amazing huh?"

Rayne beamed, "Yeah Ryan, you owe us! You said it'd be a girl."

"You bet against everyone? What am I to do with you?" Mikhail laughed.

Ryan shrugged, "Marry me."

"Of course just as soon as I get back my strength. Now you two go get some sleep. I can't have you helping me with Rylan if you're walking around here like zombies!"

Ryan kissed her cheek lightly and his son's forehead before leaving. Rayne lingered behind a moment,

"Are you thinking about Addie?"

"Every day, but I'm not worried about cracking under pressure this time. I don't have to worry with two wonderful tribes running around."

"You'd call the mallrats wonderful?"

"Rayne, they are good people. Even Ebony's not as evil as she seems. So long as Jaffa doesn't come near me I am certain I will be a good mother to Rylan."

And she was telling the truth. Trudy who had become a great friend these past months had reassured her that she could be a great mother if she didn't live in the past. She had to release the pain of losing Addie and think about the present and the future. Addie was gone but Rylan was here. Mikhail had to think about his safety and well being. He was her second chance at being a mother. She was going to do things right by him.

"So you're fine?"

"I'm as fine as the smoothness of Rylan's bottom!"

Rayne giggled, "All right. If you need anything you just holler!"

Mikhail looked down at her son who was gazing up at her. He had Addie's eyes. "Thank you," she murmured, looking upwards as if she could see past the ceiling and into the heavens and straight into a higher power's eyes, "Thank you."

~0~

Danni was sea sick. They had been on the water for a day and a half and she had puked everything in her up. Ironically her patient was the one caring for her. He seemed to remember something about being out at sea before.

"Patsy said drink this," Josh handed her a cup. He had been wheeling his chair around deck when the other woman approached him with what he presumed was tea.

She looked at it skeptically, "I think I've puked enough."

"You don't trust your cook?"

"Patsy's not exactly a good cook; she likes to experiment, like any good cook, but the results are usually frightening."

"What if I take a sip first?" he bought the cup up to his lips before she could protest. He took a small swallow and handed the cup down to her, "It's safe."

"You're certain?"

"It's mint tea. Mint is good for nausea."

"How'd you know that?"

Josh shrugged, "I just do. You've never been out to sea before have you?"

Danni nodded, after taking a sip from the cup. "I have, and it was just like this. I was sick as a dog."

"I was my first time too."

"You remember who you are?"

He shook his head, "No. But I remember distinctly something about being on a ship and being sick."

"Well it couldn't have been when Kyra brought you over to Techno Island, you were in a coma then."

"I know." He said. And that was the end of the conversation.

There was a pregnant silence between them. Danni thought he wanted to say more, but it was too painful a memory. While she was in the process of thinking of something else to say, someone cried out, "Land!" They were approaching their first stop.

"Why are we out here?" Josh asked, "I mean at sea?"

Danni shrugged, "Kyra would only say that there was something needing finding."

"I still don't understand why we had to come."

"I don't know either. But we must be a part of the plan," she said. "I just wish I knew what part we play," she thought to herself. What kind of game was Kyra playing?