Walter stood watching the waves roll back from the beach to the ocean. He missed his friend. He was probably closest to Jesse, save maybe Ryan.

"This is it, Jesse. Hope you're doing okay up there. I'll see you in a little while." He threw his basketball up in the air.

Calleigh Duquesne joined him then. She didn't say anything, she just stood beside him, watching the waves.

"Jesse would stand here and watch these same waves. He'd say that it was like a song. The rhythm is always the same...forward and back, forward and back.

"Yea. It's beautiful."

Eric walked up on the other side of him then.

"Hey, man. How you doing?", he asked.

"Oh, you know. My best friend is dead...because he fell. No one shot him, or tried to poison him, or anything like that. He just...fell down."

"Well actually...he fell down because of the gas, man. So, someone did try to kill him."

"Yea. I guess you're right." They all resumed watching the waves for a second, and then Walter spoke again.

"I called his mom. Did you know that she only has one kid? Yea. Jesse was her pride and joy. Her "shining star." That was hard."

"I'm so sorry, Walter.", Calleigh stated.

"Yea. So am I. Look, if anyone needs me, I'll be playing ball."

He walked away, and Calleigh turned to watch him go for a second.

Eric sat on the ground and began playing with the sand on the beach. Calleigh joined him, and they touched hands softly.

"So, what now?", Eric asked gently.

"I don't know."

"Calleigh, what do you mean? I mean, are we together? Are we not together? Life's too short, and I held you in my arms and thought I'd lost you today, so if you're still unsure, then just tell me right now. Because if we do this, I need to know that it's real."

"I don't know. My friend just died today. I love you, Eric, I do. I'm just...scared."

Eric knelt in front of her.

"And you think I'm not? I am so unbelievably frightened for the future, Calleigh. Just...being with you makes me feel like a better person, like I can survive anything."

She gazed into his eyes, and could see they were filling with tears. He put his head down.

"Calleigh. Please.", he whispers.

She tilted his face up to meet hers and gazed into his beautiful brown eyes.

"Okay.", she said. He stared at her for a minute.

"Okay?", he asks, smiling.

"Okay.", she said, and he embraced her. They stood up, and he spun her around. She laughed, and then he kissed her again. God, he could kiss her forever. Finally, he had her. He loved this woman, more than any other. Finally.