She sat on the couch beside Jeff, wondering what had brought her there. Not the room, not the couch, but there. That life. She sure as hell knew that if she really wanted to get away, she could have at any time, that any of them would have let her go home. Gabrielle noticed Jeff's eyes on her.

"What's wrong?" he said, plainly. God, she thought, how did he always know when there was something wrong? Not even Christian had noticed yet, and she had spent the night with him, eyes flitting around the restaurant looking for Edge's once again.

"I don't know if I really should tell you or not - its kind of odd." He smiled warmly, and rested his elbow on his knee, chin in his hand.

"If you want to, then tell me. If not, save it. Either way, I'm fine." Gabrielle looked down at the floor, then up into Jeff's eyes, and sighed, still unsure. It wasn't that she couldn’t trust him. Gabrielle knew she could trust Jeff with anything, but she didn't know if he would believe her. She wasn’t sure if she believed herself.

"I really don't know where to begin…" She stalled for time, and fumbled for words.

"The beginning?" He raised his eyebrows playfully.

"Well then…umm…Christian and I went out for dinner, this really nice fancy place, and I was okay, perfectly fine, but then I started thinking….about Edge. And then…god, I don't know what it was, but I saw him, Jeff! I saw Edge!" she paused for a moment, going over the moment again in her head. "He was right there! And he looked at me, and I looked at him, and everything stopped, and it was like we were alone together. But I closed my eyes to make the tears go away, and then…then when I opened them, he was gone. Just like that! In a second, he was gone." She felt the same tears from before sting her eyes, and she closed them again, knowing that no one could go away this time. They were both silent for a long time, Gabrielle going over the moment in her head, and Jeff thinking about the truth to it, the chances of it happening.

"Gabrielle, I know this isn't what you want to hear right now and its not what you need to hear, but are you sure you saw him? In the flesh? I know you've been thinking about him, you miss him, and I can understand that…but it could have just been in your head…"

"No…" she said quietly, looking up at him. "I know it wasn't in my mind. He was so real, he was looking right at me! And he knew me too! But then he was gone…and I know it was him, Jeff. I just know it."

"How can you be so sure though? Did anyone else see him? Christian?"

"Christian had his back to where Edge stood, he didn't see him."

"Did you tell him?"

"No….I can't tell him! Him and I are getting along so well without Edge, I mean, we're doing so good! Just Christian and I, and he thinks that’s how it was meant to be. But…If I saw Edge again, then I can't help but question it - "

"But you only saw Edge that one time…what if you never see him again?"

"Don’t you fucking say that! That’s cruel, and that’s untrue! If he loves me…I'll see him again. I have to believe that much…" Jeff shook his head, and sighed deeply.

"I just don't know, Gabrielle. I really don't…"