Chapter 2

"So, this is it?" Michael said as they drove to the airport.

"For now. Just until I can get everything squared away with Rafael and everything." Jane said. She sighed looking up into the sky as she watched an airplane take off.

Their conversation had gone pretty much like it had the last time she had echoed the words "We have to talk about Rafael." Michael came up with a series of solutions, wanting to talk to Rafael and work things out, but Jane instantly shut that down. This was different this time. Her and Rafael had had a true relationship, they were in love. If Michael hadn't come back, she surely would have married him.

That was the thing though. Michael did come back. And everything she thought she knew and felt was thrown up in the air. She loved Rafael, but Michael had never really left her heart.

He "died" and she grieved. She moved on. She never expected him to come back. She never stopped loving him. How could she? He was her soulmate. So much time had been stolen from them.

She felt anger burrow in her stomach. Rose had caused all this chaos. She brought so much pain and destruction and still even from prison was wreaking havoc on her life and loved ones.

Michael noticed the change in her mood. "What are you thinking about?" He asked gently.

"Rose. This is all her fault." Jane said her eyes brimming with tears of frustration and anger.

"I know. We are going to end her, once and for all. That's why I have to come back to Miami." Michael said with determination.

"You are going to go back to the station?" Jane asked. The thought scared her.

"I have to. It's what I was meant to do. I have to stop her Jane. She can't keep doing this to us and everyone we love." Michael said firmly.

"I know… you're right. It just scares me. I don't ever want to lose you again." Jane said as more tears began to fall. They pulled up to the airport drop off area.

"Hey, look at me." Michael said stroking Jane's face gently until she was looking at him.

"You are never going to lose me. In good times and bad, baby I'm here with you. We've made it through artificial insemination, shootings, false deaths, and amnesia. We can make it through anything. We are going to take down Rose, and finally be done with her. We can live free. And you know what Jane, when this is all over we are going on that honeymoon." He said the last part with a chuckle.

She smiled. He always knew what to say to make her feel better.

"There's my girl. Come here." He said pulling her to him. They held each other for a moment before kissing goodbye.

"I love you Michael."

"I love you Jane."

She stepped out of the truck. Grabbed her bag out of the back and with one last glance at Michael, she headed into the airport.

Michael stared after her. He wanted desperately to go with her now, but knew she needed time to sort her life out. Him coming back certainly wasn't expected. He knew it wasn't going to be easy. So, he would be heading back to Miami, just not with Jane until she was ready.

His thoughts drifted back to Rose. He had been right though. They needed to take down Rose. He shut his eyes and a memory of him strapped in a chair with electrodes on his head flashed through his mind. He was brought out of the memory when the car behind him honked. He put the truck in drive.

He had failed to tell Jane that since his memories had returned, he had been having nightmares nearly every night. The only exception to that was last night, holding Jane again had been the comfort he needed.

Keeping Jane in the front of his mind during the torture Rose inflicted on him had gotten him through. Their love was more powerful than anything. She was the reason he could get his memories back in the first place. All of this was more than just coincidence. It was fate and he had no doubt they belonged together. He would never give up on that.

He just needed to be patient. Things would work out. She was his destiny and fate would lead them back together.