Comments: MP goes home and J is there. she reveals that she needs to capture him so she gets her freedom. J knows she doesn't have a lot of time until the baby *Thomas's* starts showing so he does leave when she calls the sweepers to her surprise. he gives her directions to evade the Centre and she finally ends up in Italy and he's there waiting for her and they permanently change their names. ch1 They stare at each other for a minute longer, touching the only way they can. Silently reaching into each other's souls. Then, she gets up without saying a word, walking to the entrance of the cell in silence, crying silent tears the whole way.  "Thank you," he calls after her.  "Why are you thanking me, Jarod?" she asks through the tears she was trying to hide. "You're the one giving up everything for me. I have nothing to give in return."  "Oh, but you have given me something," he says with a sad smile. "You've given me your heart. And that's all I've ever wanted from you. You thanked me for granting your wish, and now I'm thanking you for granting my one wish - for you to love me as much as I love you."  "It looks like we both got our wish," she whispers.  "I guess we did," he whispers back, holding his head down as his own tears start to fall.  "Then how come we're both so miserable now?" She takes one last look at him before running out of the cell and down the hall. Not stopping until she reaches the outside, till she reaches her freedom. ch2 ""But then, you surprised me again. You didn't try to make love to me. You fell into my arms. And you started to cry." She looks up at him and sees that tears are starting to form in his eyes. She reaches up and gently places her hand on his cheek, wiping away the tears as they fell. "You just held me," he whispers. "For hours I cried. But you just held me. And cried along with me. I wanted to be with you. I knew you were going away and I wanted a special night that we'd both remember forever. I wanted to spend the whole night making love to you." "Jarod, what we shared that night went way beyond love, if that's even possible. Sometimes a spiritual love can go deeper than a physical connection. And that night we were connected in a way that transcended any other force that acted on our lives. We were bonded for eternity." They stare at each other for awhile, lost in the memories of their past before they come back to themselves and realize that they've stopped in the middle of the street."