Jamie p.o.v.

I close the front door behind me and walk down the steps when I hear a horse. The sound is not coming from the stables though, but from the archway. I turn my head towards the sound. I don't see a horse, but there is something on the ground. I cautiously take a few steps towards it, when I see that it's a person… a woman. My pace quickens, but when I'm only a few feet away my feet come to a halt.

The woman laying with her back towards me, but she looks like…Claire. I cross the distance between us as fast as I can and kneel down next to the woman. With trembling arms I turn the woman so that she's on her back. My heart skips a beat and for a moment it's as if time is standing still. Claire.

All kinds of thoughts are running through my head. Why did she come back? How did she get here? What happened with Frank… and our child? But these are all questions for later. First I have to make sure she is okay.

"Claire? Claire can you hear me? Wake up!" I shake her shoulders but she doesn't move at all.

"Jenny!" I scream towards the house in the hope that Jenny will hear it and come outside.

I gently pull Claire against me. Her head now limply lying against my shoulder. "Come on, wake up… mo nighean donn… I'm here." I whisper softly in her ear while brushing my hand through her hair.

I hear the front door opening and Jenny calls out for me. When she sees me she starts running towards us. The moment she realizes who it is that I'm holding she runs even faster until she kneels down across from me.

"Claire… how? What happened Jamie?" She asks.

"I don't know. I heard the horse and saw someone on the ground. She was laying here unconscious. I don't know how or why she came back here…" I'm at a loss for words.

"We have to make sure she's okay, so we should probably get her inside." Jenny says as she stands up.

I gently lift Claire into my arms and stand up as well. "I'll take her to my room. Will you grab a cloth, some water and something for her to drink when she wakes up?" I ask Jenny.

She nods and runs back towards the house. I'm following her. Claire is still unconscious in my arms. I'm worried. Why hasn't she woken up yet? I don't know how long she was there on the ground before I found her. Murtagh and Ian look at me in shock when I walk into the house but I ignore them and walk up the stairs towards my room.

I gently lay her down on my bed and sit down on the edge of the bed myself. I stroke her cheek and give her a kiss on the forehead. "Wake up mo ghràdh." Still no reaction.

Then Jenny, Murtagh and Ian burst into the room. Jenny hands me a bowl of water and a cloth. Murtagh and Ian are asking me and Jenny all kinds of questions, but I'm only focused on Claire. I wet the cloth and hold it down on her forehead with my hand. There's the slightest twitch in her eyelids. "Claire? Can you hear me?" She takes a deeper breath and her eyelids start to flutter. Everyone in the room falls still.

Then she opens her eyes. Those beautiful eyes. Her eyes start to fill with tears and it's only now that I notice that I'm crying as well. "Jamie?" Her voice is more like a whisper. She lifts her hand to touch my face. Her touch instantly warms my whole body.

"Claire…mo nighean donn." It's only when I speak that she seems to realize this is not a dream. She sits up and hugs me before I have the time to tell her to take it easy. I wrap my arms around her, my nose buried in her beautiful brown curls. "I'm here… you're okay." I whisper.

She pulls back a little and we look into each other's eyes. "You're really here… I thought you were dead." I smile a little. "Aye… I thought I was gonna be as well, but I guess it wasn't my time yet." I pull her a bit closer and kiss her. I've missed her so much and now she's here… I still can't believe it.

Claire p.o.v.

The distant sound of voices and the feeling of something cold on my forehead pull me out of the dark. The images of what I saw before I fainted come flashing back to me. Jamie. "Claire? Can you hear me?" There it is, his voice. When I open my eyes, I immediately lock eyes with him. "Jamie?" My eyes start to fill with tears and for a moment I'm thinking it had to be a dream. But then I touch his face with my hand and I know it's real. "Claire… mo nighean donn."

As fast as I can I fling my arms around his neck and bury my head into his shoulder. He wraps his arms around me, and I feel myself just melt into him. "I'm here… you're okay." He whispers in my ear. I pull back a bit to be able to look him in the eyes. Oh, his beautiful blue eyes.

"You're really here… I thought you were dead." I don't understand how he survived Culloden. How is he here? His lips turn into a soft smile. "Aye… I thought I was gonna be as well, but I guess it wasn't my time yet." Before I have a chance to respond to that he pulls me closer and kisses me. Oh, how much I've missed this man.

I don't know how long we've sat here just kissing but after a while I hear someone clear his throat. We break apart from our kiss, and it's only then that I notice Jenny, Ian and Murtagh are also in the room. As soon as a make eye contact with Jenny she steps forward and pushes Jamie away a bit. She hugs me. "Claire… I'm so glad you're back and to see that you're okay."

I don't know why I was worried they may not want me here. I should have known that Jenny and Ian would always be my family even if Jamie wasn't here. "I'm very happy to see you too Jenny."

Ian also gives me a hug, but doesn't really have a chance to say something before Murtagh pushes himself forward. He gives me a kiss on the cheek and then hugs me tightly. "It's good to have you back lass, but don't ever scare me like that again." That makes me chuckle a bit. "I won't. It's good to see you Murtagh."

"Now, I think it's best we leave Claire some time to rest. Tomorrow we can talk about everything that happened." Jamie says. The others agree and slowly leave the room after wishing me a good nights sleep. It's just me and Jamie again now.

"You will stay with me right?" I ask him just to be sure.

"Oh Claire… I'm never gonna let you out of my sight again." He answers as he gets into the bed as well.

We sure have a lot to talk about, but for now we'll just enjoy laying in each other's arms.