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A tall, young woman with red hair that was shortly cut nearly ran out of the airport tunnel searching for her older brother. She had on a red tee shirt and skinny jeans tucked into cowboy boots. On top of her short, chin length hair was a cowboy hat. Her hair was tied up into a half ponytail with a yellow hair bow. In her hand was a small designer bag and duffel bag that was covered with horses and cowboy boots and other countified icons. She searched the large crowd for her brother's familiar face, chocolate brown hair and eyes.

Her search payed off. She spotted him and sprinted over and threw her arms around his tall form, dropping her bags on the floor in the process. "Woody! I'm so happy to see you again! God, it's been forever, hasn't it?" said the red head, releasing Woody and grabbing her bags again. Her emerald green eyes were filled with sadness.

"Four years, if I remember right." He replied. The tall man noticed the sadness in his little sister's eyes. He pulled her back into a hug and said, "Let me say something, Jess. I'm not mad at you for running off like you did, but you gotta promise me never to do it again."

"I swear I won't. I don't even know why I did it. If I could take it back I would in a heartbeat," she said, tears threatening to spill out of her eyes.

"Hey now. None of that. 'We live for the future and in the present, not the past,' remember?" Woody told her, pulling her in for another hug.

"Yeah. How could I forget? Mom said that all the time."

"Good. Now let's go home," he said, releasing her as they made their way to the baggage claim. They retrieved Jessie's two suitcases and walked to the parking lot out front. Once the big glass doors were in view, Woody decided to break the news to Jessie. "Hey um...you remember Bo, right?"

"Of course! Bo and I were best buds all through school. I know you think that city air is bad for your brain but I'm not about to forget my best friend." Jessie replied, with a hint of annoyance in her tone.

"Good. Well, we are kinda dating now." Woody said sheepishly.

"Really? That's great! You two are perfect for each other!" she replied enthusiastically.

He waitied until they got out to the parking lot and broke the other news. "And um..well you remember Buzz, right?" he said nervously.

Jessie stoped dead in her tracks, tears threatening her again. "Buzz? How could I forget.." she said, mostly to herself. The sadness in her eyes was quickly pushed away. "How..how is he doing?" She asked, covering up all hints of sadness.

"He missed you a lot. He wouldn't talk to anyone or do anything during the first few weeks you were gone. And when we saw what happened on the news, he..well he didn't take it so well."

"Is he..mad at me still?" she asked, looking down at the ground as they approached Woody's pick up. Jessie never wanted things to end up like this. Never wanted to hurt him..or anyone for that matter.

"I don't know. I think he is just really confused. You hurt him..a lot," replied her brother.

"I know. And trust me. There isn't a day that goes by without me regretting what I did."

"I know. But I'm not the one you should try to convince."

Silence took over as they loaded her luggage into the bed of Woody's old red truck and got into the small cab. The silence gave Jessie time to think about what had happened that night. It was so painful to think about. The engine roared to life as they made the long hour and half drive from Houston Airport to the country side out of the city.

She stared out the window at nothing in particular, when the memory came rushing back to her.

Jessie and another girl walked out of the movie theater. It was dark out and the duo was hurrying back to the apartment. They took a short-cut through an alley way when they realized they were being followed. Four men were approaching quickly from behind. They were closing in quick. Nothing Jessie could do. Sudden pain exploded in her head. Her world going black-

"Jessie!"

Her brother's voice brought her back to the present. Her green eyes met his brown ones and he asked her if she was alright.

She nodded and stared back out the window. It had been a year. A year since she had abandoned all hope. That she was knowcked out and thrown into that black van. Taken across the border. Sold. Abused. Stop thinking about it! Think about something else! Anything else! She told herself.

Her thoughts turned to a certain classmate from when she was back in high school. Benjamin Lightyear, or as everyone called him, Buzz. She wasn't really sure where he got the nick-name, only that it stuck with him all through school. She remembered his sandy colored hair and how short he was up until senior year. He had really pretty blue-grey eyes that always gave away what he was thinking. How he always turned into a "babbling idiot" (according to Woody) when he was around her...up until freshmen year that is. He finally got the guts to ask her to homecoming, and she agreed. Yeah, he was very cute, and it was very clear that he had a crush on her. Frankly, Jessie thought the same of him, but she was too much of a tom boy to admit that to anyone but herself and once to Bo. They dated through most of high school. Everything was perfect.

Until she got accepted to New York State University. It was more than a long shot when she applied to it, but some how they replied and wanted her. There was absolutely no way she could turn down a full ride to one of the best fashion designer schools in the country. She told pretty much nobody of this (other than her parents), and then she packed up and left a few days before the start of the term.

After she left she hadn't head from him. Not a call. No texts. No IM's or e-mails. Hell, the only one who called regularly was her brother and parents.

"So..how is Bo? I haven't heard from her in a while," Jessie asked.

"She's good. After you went up to New York, she opened her own little diner in town," he replied.

"Really? Wow! She really is an amazing cook. I'm glad things are going good for her"

"Yeah. She's making dinner tonight in honor of your return."

"Aww that's sweet of her," Jessie replied with a smile.

After a few more minutes of silence, Woody let out a nervous cough. "Ya know..if you ever need to talk or anything..well I'm right here."

Jessie smiled. "Thanks For everything. But I'm fine. I really am."

"Hey, no problem sis."

Woody turned to look at his little sister and couldn't help but notice that her smile didn't reach her eyes.

Hola everyone :) It's been a looong time, hasn't it. Well I was just looking thorough my old stuff this morning and I found this. I decided I'm going to go through and revise everything before I post any new chapters (Yeah, I've got a couple brewing in my cauldron). I'm gonna contact my old beta, Jenifer Collins and see if she still want's to beta the new chapters. Soo yup :) I've got some plans for the story. I hope you all like them :)