A/N: Thank you for the reviews of the last chapter.

Luke opened the door to his place and let Maggie in before following in and closing the door shut behind them. He was carrying one of her bags and he took it to his bedroom with her following.

"Do you wanna go to bed or do you wanna stay up for a little bit?" Luke asked as they cleared some space for her stuff.

"I wanna take a shower right now. I shook so many hands and had so many hugs. I just wanna wash it all away."

Luke nodded his head "Whatever you wanna do. Do you want me to join you, or do you want to go alone."

"I'm sorry, I just really want to be alone right now."

"Don't be sorry, babe. I understand." he leaned down and gave her a soft kiss before he left the bedroom so Maggie could be alone.

Maggie grabbed a big t-shirt to put on after her shower. She went into the bathroom and started the water in the shower and made it as hot as she could stand it. She got undressed and stepped in the shower and let a sigh a relief as she water washed over her. She took her time washing her body and her hair.

"It's still pretty early. We could order a pizza if you're hungry." Luke said as Maggie cuddled up to him.

"Yeah. I could eat."

"Ok. I'll order it, then I'm gonna take shower."

Maggie nodded her head as Luke got up and found his phone before ordering a pizza to have it delivered. Then he went to take a shower.

Fast forward to a month later. Things were not getting much better for Maggie. She missed her dad a lot. Things between her and Luke had been tense. She knew she was to blame, but she couldn't help it. She loved Luke so much, but she felt the need to keep him at arms length.

Maggie was sitting on the couch one evening. Luke was late getting home. He called her letting her know he was having trouble working on a car and it was gonna take some time.

Luke sighed as he pulled up to his apartment. He was almost dreading going home. He always looked forward to coming home to Maggie or going to the bar to see her after he finished work. But lately he didn't feel that way. She had been distant with him for a couple weeks now and he didn't know what was going on. He wanted to get to the bottom of it.

Walking in he found Maggie sitting on the couch "Hey babe."

"Hey."

Luke sighed and walked over and sat beside her. He took the remote out of her hand and shut the TV off. "We need to talk."

"About what?" she already knew what the conversation was gonna be about.

"It's about your attitude lately. You have been distant with me. What's going on?"

"I don't know, Luke. If you don't like my attitude why don't you leave me alone?"

"What the fuck is your problem? You are being such a bitch. I love you and you treat me like this?"

"Maybe I'm not happy anymore." she started getting tears in her eyes. She didn't know how she was feeling. She knew she loved Luke, but she was unhappy for some reason.

Luke couldn't believe what he was hearing. "So what are you saying? Is this the end of our relationship?"

"I don't know, Luke. Would you want to stay in a relationship if you were unhappy?" she said sarcastically.

Luke got on the floor between her legs and took her hands in his "Please baby, don't do this. We used to be so happy. We can work on this. I want you to be happy."

"Right now the only thing that will make happy is to leave." she pulled her hands from his and stood up. She couldn't believe it was happening, but it was best right now. "I'll come by in the morning to get my stuff while you're at work." she walked over to the table to get her purse and keys. She took a deep breath.

"Maggie, baby please. We can work on this." Luke was panicking at this point. He was starting to get tears in his eyes.

Maggie knew she was being cold, "Good bye, Luke." she walked out the door and closed it behind her. She got tears in her eyes and let a sob out of her mouth as she walked to her car.

Maggie didn't want to go back to her childhood home. So she opted to go to the bar. She knew Mark had an apartment above the bar. Maybe if she talked to him he would let her stay up there. She would gladly pay whatever rent he wanted for it. When she got to the bar she got out of her car and walked in. She saw Elias and breathed a sigh of relief seeing her friend.

"Hey Maggie. What's up? Can I get you anything?"

"Is Mark here tonight?"

"He's in the office."

She walked back to Mark's office and talked to him about the apartment above the bar. He agreed to let her stay there. He said they would talk rent after she felt better. She went back out to the bar room and ordered a beer. She went and sat at a booth and sipped on her beer.

"Hey Maggie." AJ sat across from Maggie with a beer of his own.

"Hey AJ."

AJ looked surprised that he didn't get yelled at. "Is everything ok?"

Maggie started getting tears in her eyes again "I broke up with Luke."

"I'm so sorry." he moved to her side of the booth and wrapped his arm around her shoulders and let her cry. "I'm here if you wanna talk."

Maggie looked up at AJ and kissed his cheek. "You're so nice. I'm sorry I was a bitch before."

"To be fair, I deserved it. I was a jerk."

"I'll forgive you if you forgive me."

"That sounds like a good plan." he said as she laid her head on his shoulder. "Where are you staying?"

"Mark is letting me stay in the apartment upstairs. Why?"

"Just wondering. Lindsey is gone now, so if you needed somewhere to stay I would offer you the guest bedroom."

"Thanks for the offer, but I think it's best I stay by myself."

"Well if you change your mind my offer still stands."

"Thank you." she kissed his cheek again. When he turned his head to look at her she softly kissed him again, but this time his lips.

Was this a good decision on her part? No. But, she honestly didn't care at this point. This was a dream come true for AJ, but he didn't want it to happen this way. He didn't want to be a rebound guy.

AJ slowly pulled away from Maggie "As much as I want this to happen, I don't think this is a good idea."

Maggie sighed and pulled back from AJ a little "I know. I'm sorry."

"Don't apologize. Give it some time. I'll be here. I've wanted this to happen for a long time you know."

"Thank you for understanding." she looked at her watch "I'm tired. I'm gonna go to bed."

"Good night, Maggie"

Maggie went up stairs to the apartment and slept the night off.

A/N 2: What did you think of this chapter. A little bit of a time jump. Please review and thank you for taking the time to read.