"A Gift? For me?" Sam asked as Jason handed her a gift from under the Christmas tree. Sam had felt bad about how she acted at the hospital a month earlier, so she'd brought Danny over to the penthouse for Christmas. Danny was overjoyed to be spending time with his dad and Jake, even Scout had gotten a present from Jason.

"Think of it as a peace offering. An olive branch." Jason shrugged his shoulders. Sam carefully unwrapped the green box, she lifted two familiar figurines. The dragon and the Phoenix. Why was he giving this back to her? Was he really giving up on them?

"Jason, I don't understand." Sam finally spoke, her throat burned. Sam wanted to burst into tears but, she couldn't.

"I finally understand that there will never be an us, again. I finally understand that you're with Dante, that you're happy. That's all I've ever wanted for you, you know that." Jason heavily sighed, he knew Sam would have reservations.

"Jason, you don't that. You don't know that things will work out with me and Dante. You can't see the future." Shot out of Sam's mouth before she could register the words in her brain.

"You and Dante are happy, don't second guess yourself Sam. It's better that we don't open that door again, nothing good could come of that. Give the figurines to Danny when he gets older." Jason couldn't allow himself to get caught up in the past.

"Maybe we aren't so happy, maybe that's just an act I put on." Sam forced out.

"Are you kidding me? Dante looks at you like you hung the moon." Jason tried not to scoff at the idea.

"Jason, when Lulu wakes up from her coma he's going to go back to her. There is no doubt in my mind. The crazy part is, I want Dante and Lulu to patch things up. I want them together, even if I'm heartbroken. How sick is that?" Sam explained, this had been going on in her head for so long that it felt weird to say it out loud.

"You don't know that for sure." Jason sighed.

"Yes Jason, yes I do. I'm not going to stick around for the inevitable. I'm not stupid. Jase, why can't we try again? Why can't we just be us again? That's all I've wanted for so long." Sam glanced up at him, her doe eyes shining in the twinkling lights.

"Sam, is that really what you want? Are you thinking clearly? I don't want the feeling of Christmas to be influencing you. Is this really what you want?" Jason needed to be sure exactly how Sam was feeling.

"Jason, I know how I feel. I've been feeling this way since you disappeared the first time, I've had time to make up my mind. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. That's all I've ever wanted. I don't know how you feel because you are always so damn guarded!" Sam was trying to keep her voice down as not to attract Danny or Scout's attention but, her kids were starting to look over in their direction.

"Maybe we should table this for another time.' Jason noticed the kids peeking over at them.

"Jason...wait." Sam sighed in agitation.

"Sam, another time." Jason shakes his head, answering the door and letting Michael and Willow inside.

"When will I ever learn?" Sam slowly shakes her head.