Annalise POV

I wake up the next morning and put on some workout gear and runners and head out for a run. I pass Lauren and Amanda in the kitchen. "Morning." I greet.

"Morning how are you feeling?" Amanda asks.

"Good, just heading out for a run I'll be back soon."

"Be safe." Lauren urges as I leave.

"I will."

As I head east I pick up my pace and get into a good rythem. Up ahead I see a familiar figure. "Renee." I call out.

Renee stops and turns around and looks back in my direction and sees me. "Hey." She greets.

I run up to meet her. "Nice seeing you here."

"You too. How are you doing?"

I smile. "I'm doing better, it's been hard I'm not going to lie, but each day gets better."

"Good to hear, I am sorry about your pop, he sounded like a great guy."

"He was." I smile. "He was also someone that I really looked up to. But now thinking about it, he's at peace now, he's reunited with my nan, he's not in pain anymore, I knew he wasn't going to live forever but I just never wanted to hear it." I explain. "I was hoping to see him once more before he passed but I guess his time was up."

"How old was he?"

"95."

"OMG, that's crazy." She exclaims.

I laugh. "Yeah he's seen a lot."

"But he had a great life."

"He did."

"Besides your horrible news, how are you doing with the whole process, I know you've been apprehensive at times."

"It's just this process in general, I mean you don't do this in real life. I mean never, this isn't real, but when I sit down and talk with Colby it feels real, and I see how on a rare occasion this works, but if I do make it to the end I don't know what to expect. I want to do it right, I don't want it to fail."

"I get it, but from what I have seen you are doing great, just keep doing what your doing, don't let your doubts crowd your judgement and don't change who you are because from what I have seen Colby enjoys how real you are."

"Thanks for the advice." I thank.

"Don't mention it. I may be the host but I'm here to help with anything else, even if that means taking a break and talking away from the show."

"I'll be sure to take you up on it. Thanks again and I guess I'll see you soon."

Renee POV

I walk into my hotel room with a smile. I can see why Colby is so smitten with Annalise. She's sweet, caring, and genuine. She hasn't let this process change who she is unlike some of the other ladies.

I have a quick shower and head off to inform Colby of my talk. "Yo Colby?" I yell out as I enter his pad.

"Hey Renee." He greets.

"You would never guess who I just ran into on my morning run."

"Who?

"Annalise."

His eyes go wide. "Is she ok?"

"She's fine. She was just going for a morning run and she happened to bump into me. We had a great chat actually."

"What about?" He asks sitting down.

"About how she is doing and how this process is going."

"And?"

"She still has some doubts about this whole process, she knows this isn't normal, and she's trying to get her head around it, because in reality you don't sign up on a show to look for love."

"What should I do, because I like her, it's just I promised I would take this to the end even if this doesn't work."

"I know you did but try and reassure her as much as you can. We are females we put our hearts on our sleeves, so continue what you're doing and everytime you are with her just go with it." I encourage. "Same with the other ladies, I know you have some strong connections with some of the others too."

"I try but it's just I can't get Anna out of my head." He confesses.

I smile. "That's because you see something real with her, and she sees the real you. She sees the process as something that she thought could never work, but it's working because your in this unique situation away from the real world." I explain. "I'm proud of you Colbs you could have gone into this half heartedly and just fooled around with pretty girls but your using this as a start over, and I finally see you happy."

"Thanks Renee."

"Don't mention it now hurry and pack we have a flight to catch."

3rd Person POV

The girls are called to the living room as Renee and Chris arrive. "Ladies." Chris greets.

One by one the ladies come and greet them. "Ladies please take a seat, we have some good news." Renee addresses.

"As you all know this journey of finding love is about finding love in places you wouldn't think of and we have some exciting news about you're next destination." Chris continues. "Are you ladies ready to find out where you are going?"

"Yes." they exclaim.

"It's all in this card, we are going to leave you and we will see you real soon." Renee finishes and they leave.

Annalise stands up and picks up the card. "Shall I open it?" She asks the girls.

"Yes." They respond eagerly.

Annalise opens the card and gasps. "Ladies pack your bags because we are going to... London!"

Everyone jumps up in excitement and dashes through the house to go pack.

Annalise POV

I hurry back to my room and quickly pack my belongings. I can't believe I am going to London. I hear a knock at the door. "Come in." The door opens and Lauren B and Amanda walk in. "Hi."

"Hey do you need help we just finished?" Amanda asks.

"Yes please." I accept.

They quickly help me pack the rest of my stuff and we venture out to the living room. "You excited about going to London?" Lauren asks.

"You have no idea. I've never been to London, my sisters live there and they love it, they tell me all there favourite places so it should be fun to actually see it."

"Good to hear, what do your sisters do again?"

"My older sister is a chartered accountant and my other one is an studying to be an accountant, well supposed to be."

"So she went there for a period of time and just never returned?" Amanda assumes.

I nod. "Basically that in a nutshell, she was originally supposed to go for 6 months because she wanted to take half a year off and travel, but whilst she was there she met a guy and she's only come home to renew her visa and for special occasions. But I haven't seen them in ages."

"And your other sister?"

"Sarah always wanted to work overseas, but she did the right thing, she finished uni in Australia worked until she finished her CA then wanted to work in Canada with her boyfriend but they broke up so she chose to go to London." I explain.

"How long have they both been there?"

"Sammy has been there a year and a half and Sarah over a year."

"When was the last time you saw them?"

"When I made it home to Sydney for Christmas two years ago. I couldn't make it the last couple years but I'm hoping this year I do after all this."

"If you had the opportunity would you see them?" Lauren asks.

"Absolutely."

They smile. "We might be able to help you with that." Amanda whispers.

"Okay stop right there, you know we can't do that."

"Only if people find out, we can pretend we are site seeing and you could go and visit them, and meet back somewhere later."

I smile. "I appreciate the offer but I'll be fine, and besides I won't be able to contact them."

"If you change your mind let us know." Lauren finishes.

We head to the airport and meet up with the crew. We arrive and slowly make our way to the gate. We all make it and take a seat as we wait for our flight to board.

As we are waiting I glance around the gate and notice Colby, Renee, and Chris talking amongst themselves. Every time I see him I get butterflies, I've never felt like this before, even with my exes, when I'm with him, I feel special and that I can just be myself. I'm falling for him definitely and that scares me.

I'm in the middle of reading a book when I look up and see JoJo and Colby talking. I can't help but feel jealous of her. She's probably one of my biggest threats. Why wouldn't she be, she's beautiful, she seems to have her life together, but I just have this feeling that she isn't here for the right reasons. Every time the cameras are around she talks herself up and about how good she is, and I get the feeling that she's here to be be the bachelorette.

I glance up again and Colby and eye look eyes.

About two hours into the flight my two companions Amanda and Lauren are asleep and I can't seem to fall asleep.

I slowly get out of my seat and make my way up the front of the plane to the bar. "Hi can I get a white wine please?" I ask the hostess as I take a seat. She nods and goes to make it. I hear foot steps and turn my head and see Colby walking in my direction. I smile and turn to face the bartender that has my drink. Colby makes it to the bar and takes a seat next to me. I smile. "Hi."

"Hey." He greets.

"How's your flight so far?"

"Good, but I can't sleep."

"Same."

"Mind if I join you?" He asks.

"Sure. So London, why did you chose there?"

He grins. "I've always loved it when I wrestled there and I thought why not. Have you ever been?"

I shake my head. "No, but I have always wanted to and now I get the chance to, so thank you."

"You're welcome. Anything in particular you want to do whilst your in London?" He asks.

I shrug. "I have a ton of things I would love to do, but I just want to enjoy my time."

"Is there any other places that you would like to see?"

I smile. "One day I'm going to travel the world. At least most of it, it's on my bucket list."

He smiles. "What else is on your bucket list?"

I grin. "Well I want to do a lap in a racecar on a racetrack. I want to get kissed ontop of the Eiffel Tower."

He smiles. "Anything else?"

"Tons of things but they are small things, some are things that I hope to do again one day."

"What?"

"I want to be able to get back up on the high bar, do a fullout routine at least one more time."

He looks at me in awe. "It must have been scary huh?"

I nod. "It happened so quickly I couldn't stop myself, and no one could have caught me. The funny thing was I was just doing a giant, I had finished all my difficult skills I was winding up for my dismount."

"Did they say that you could ever compete again?" He asks.

I shake my head. "No, but I don't think I could ever compete like I did, firstly because I'm retired. Secondly, I'm older now and lastly I'd be to frightened to even get up there so that's why I put it on the list."

"You don't have to explain yourself."

I smile. "What about you, what's on your bucket list?" I ask.

"Become a WWE wrestler, enter the WWE hall of fame, open my own wrestling company, help others that have struggled, have a family, enjoy life, live every day like its my last and do things that I don't expect or think will work."

"Like this?"

He chuckles. "Yes things like this."

"How are you going anyway, your head must be going crazy?" I ask.

"I'm doing okay, what about you, how has things been for you?"

"I'm slowly starting to see how this can actually work. But I'm still worried this whole scenario isn't real."

"I get it. This is so out of our reality but sometimes you have to do things like this to meet the right person."

I finish my glass and place it on the counter. "Well I'm going to see if I can get some rest before we land."

"Same here." Colby responds and we stand up. "Hey Anna?"

I turn around. "Yeah."

"Talk to me if you ever feel like this isn't working for you because I never want you to think that its not."

I smile. "Thanks Colby I appreciate it."