_Valerie just walked in and explained to Alison why she had The gun.

"Its all your fault Blondie! You put your sick thoughts into Jamal's head and made him give up our baby. It is all your fault Alison!"

Allison at the moment was looking around the room trying to find an escape route that would not get her shot. "Valerie, just put the gun down. You don’t want to do this, come on just put it down."

"Alison, you have no idea how much I want to do this."

"Valerie, this won't solve a damn thing! Killing me won't bring your baby, Hope back to you." 

At the moment they were both giving each other horrible looks. One out of fear, the other out of anger.

"Hope is not the only reason to get rid of you Alison darling. If you are breathing you are getting in my way. First with Hope, now with me and Jamal's relationship."

For the whole time that Valerie has been in her life, Alison has known that that Valerie had a "thing" for Jamal. So se was not to surprised by Valerie's last comment/lie. 

"Valerie, I know you think that since you and Jamal had a child together that he would love you now, but he doesn’t, so get over it." 

"But Alison honey, I already have Jamal." She said so matter of factly.

Taken back by this Alison stood there a moment before saying anything. "Yeah, right Valarie. I know that you are kind of obsessed with Jamal, but this little imaginary relationship you having going here is pushing insane."

Valerie gave Alison a cold look before saying, "Do you have some kind of hearing disability that I should know about? I told you that Jamal and I ARE TOGETHER.AND THAT IS THE COLD HARD TRUTH!!!"

"Valerie, Jamal loves me, and I…love him. She said the last part with hesitation. Since Rafe came into Port Charles she slowly but surely felt herself falling away from Jamal and towards Rafe. But was it love she thought to herself? She didn’t have time to figure that out now...She had other issues to deal wit at the moment

When Valerie had just walked into Allison's apartment Rafe had just walked into the recovery room to grab a drink and take refuge at a table to think and write in his journal.

When he had his drink and the waitress had left to attend another customer, Rafe was already lost in thought. You are an idiot, Rafe. He thought to himself. You were supposed to come back to Port Charles and fix Alison and Jamal's relationship. But what did you d? You kissed the girl again and fell in even more love with her. Just recently Alison read his journal and that had said all of the feelings he had for her. But he covered it up (so he thought) by saying it was the love tat you feel for a friend, nothing more. That was an 
obvious lie. Since then they e thought she had been desperately trying to avoid him. She made it clear that he was just getting in the way. 

Since then Rafe had been trying with all is mite to get over the pretty blonde girl. But then he thought…. What was there to get over? They had only shared but a few kisses. But there was also the stolen glances, the walking together, the hugs, the long conversations… the just being together. Who was he kidding… he loved her more then heaven and earth.

He had been in love with her since they first me (when he knocked into her and spilling all the baked goods that she was carrying) He smiled softly remembering the look on her face. He never truly believed in love at first sight, but then he met Allison, and that thought changed in a heartbeat.  

A few times late at night Rafe would still be upping staring at the ceiling. Most of his thoughts were the same. Did Allison feal the same way he felt about her? Maybe she did. After all at the park it was Allison who kissed him. When they were together Allison was a different person he thought. Not in a bad way or anything. She smiled more laughed 
more…was just more happy he thought. But Livvie, Allison's best friend, had once told him that that was just the way that Ali was.. she was just a bubbly person, that she wasn't in love with him. But if that were true, every guy in his right mind that she met would be waiting in line out side her door trying to propose to her.  

Was it different with him he thought? Could she possibly love him?

He was cursing Ed, his boss, for letting him come back down to Port Charles. For letting Rafe messing Allison's life up even more then his first visit. To let Rafe come back down here Ed must of known something that Rafe did not. He must of known that… Wait a minute1 Rafe said aloud.  Could Ed have possibly known that Rafe would of fallen in love with Allison/ Of coarse he could of...he was after all an angel. But would he? No….but maybe…? It was a possibility. Rafe thought. Did Ed send Rafe back down to fall in love with Allison… and her fall in love with him? Maybe it was their destiny. Maybe it wasn't. But there was only one way for him to find out. He quickly closed his journal, took in his 
surroundings, through on his leather jacket paid the bill and ran out of there as quick as he could.

Back at Allison's place Valerie was slowly advancing upon Allison. 
"Come on Valerie, Jamal is with me, not you, and you should try really hard 
to get that trough your head."

"ALLISON!? VALERIE?! IS ANYONE IN THERE? I LOCKED MYSELF OUT!!" Jamal 
yelled.

"Well, there's Jamal now. You can ask him if you don’t believe me."

"Hey never mind! I found my key!" Jamal unlocked the door and came in. 
"Hey you to." He looked at Allison then at Valerie. He looked down at 
her hands and at the gun. "What's going on here?" He said in a worried 
tone.

"Well I was just telling Alison here about our relationship."

"What?" Jamal yelled.

Allison paused a moment before saying, "Is this true Jamal?"

"No no, of coarse not. It's…" 
 

"It's what Jamal?" she yelled.

"Ali, Spunky Girl… it's not what you think. It was just a one-night 
thing. Valerie was upset about Hope, we were alone, and I guess one thing 
lead to another and we…" 

"AND YOU SLEPT WITH HER?" Alison yelled at Tel top of her lungs. 

Right then Rafe walked in. "Hey, what's going on? I heard screaming."

"It's none of your business Rafe! Leave..now!!" 

"No Jamal. I think he should stay. I think he should here about what a 
complete ass you are."

"What?" Rafe said kind of worried. He had never seen Allison so upset 
before.

"It's nothing Rafe. Allison is just a little pissed about Jamal and I 
sleeping together.  And you Jamal," she said turning towards Jamal. "How 
dare you think of it as just a one-night thing! We are supposed to be 
together. We have a family together."

"Come on Val, It was a one night thing." 

"You know what Jamal? I don’t want you either!"

Rafe finally looked down at Valerie's hands and saw her gun. "Oh my god 
Valerie! Put that thing away before someone gets hurt by it!"

"Why else would I have brought it besides to hurt someone with it!"

"Valerie, no!" Rafe yelled.

"Shut up! You know what? I came here to just shoot Allison...but I 
think I have a better idea. Rafe go stand over there by the door." 

"But," He tried to protest.

"GO, NOW!" 

He obeyed and went over by the door.

"Now for you Allison, what better way for you to die then your last 
memory of your little Rafey being shot?"
She turned towards Rafe and turned off the safety on the gun.  "Now 
Rafe don’t move or I will shoot all of you. On the count of three. 1… 2…"

"No, Rafe!!!" Allison dodged in front of Rafe, shielding him, and 
throwing him into the wall knocking him out. The last thing he remembered 
was hearing, a loud, "bang".

" That’s murder, Val!! I am getting out of here! Are you coming?"

"Yeah"

Regaining conscious, Rafe turned to his side and saw Allison's back 
facing him.
He bolted right up and ran to her. When he got to her he turned her 
over so she was facing him. What he saw when he got a better look at her 
made his whole insides hurt. There was blood all over her chest and in 
the middle of hit was a fatal bullet wound.

"Oh my god Allison!" He put his hand under his chin and turned her face 
towards him. Her eyes slowly opened. "Rafe, are you okay?" She croaked 
out."Me? Yes I am. Ali, Your, your shot!" He said in a panicked tone.

"Oh god Rafe, I thought she was going to kill you!"

For a few seconds they just stared at each other. Both were choking 
back tears. 

"But Allison, why did you… you didn't have to…I don’t understand."

"I love you Rafe."

"I love you too, Allison. Oh god I love you so much!!"

"Now we let each other know," she started "When I 'm going to…"

"Shh," Rafe said placing a finger over her lips. "Save your strength. 
You are a really strong person, you will make it through this." He said 
it but did not totally believe it. He could tell she was getting weaker 
by the minute."

"H..h.hold me Rafe."

Without hesitation he embraced her in his loving but gentle arms. "I 
don’t want to go Rafe." The tears they had tried so hard to keep back 
finally came spilling out. 

"Oh Allison, I won't let that happen, I wont." He calmly wiped the 
tears from his face so Allison didn’t see them. But it was a useless task, 
for new ones quickly replaced them. 

"I will do all in my power…" He looked up into Allison's eyes. They 
were red, puffy, and wet from crying just like his were, but he could 
still see her beautiful eyes, they were an ocean blue that once matched her 
shirt that was once blue but now stained a deep crimson from all the 
blood. 

"What is it Rafe?" She could tell that he had an idea in his mind, but 
what was it?
He didn’t answer

"Rafe wh.."

"Shh."He said.

She would have normally protested but she was loosing her strength as 
fast as she was loosing her blood.
He gently but quickly scooped her up in his arms and carried her over 
to the bed and laid her down upon it, and put 
One hand under her head to elevate her up. If this was going to work at 
all he had to move quickly he thought to himself.

"Rafe, What are you going to do?" she breathed out

"Trust me he said."

"I do."

He took his free hand and places it on her chest directly over her 
heart. He then gazed deeply into her eyes, her heart, and her soul. He then 
gently applied pressure to where his hand was touching. 

When he did that it put Allison in so much pain, she couldn’t possibly 
describe it. It felt like every bone in her body broke, every organ 
exploded, like her skin was ripped right off her body. She tried to cry 
out to Rafe and tell him to stop, but no sound came out. 

 Just when she thought she was going to die from pain, all the 
suffering stopped. She opened her eyes and she was looking down at her and 
Rafe. It wasn’t some kind of out of body experience, and she wasn’t dead. 
It was almost like she was looking trough someone else's eyes she 
thought.  She saw her body lying on the bed, with Rafe besides her with his 
hand over her heart. She was stunned at what she saw. It was like her 
whole body was glowing. But as her body got brighter Rafe's got dimmer.

All of a sudden "pop!" she was back in her body. She opened her eyes 
but it was so bright she quickly closed them for it was so bright. But 
what she did see was Rafe's fading body.  
 
 
 

She felt him add a little more pressure to her heart. When he did this 
a feeling of love ad warmth rushed through her body.
But as suddenly as it started it ended. She didn’t open her eyes for 
fear that she was dead. Then se heard a heavenly voice call out to her. 
"Ali?" Was she dead he thought? Did it not work?
    
     But then her eyes fluttered open. A huge smile quickly spread over 
Rafe's face.
They quickly embraced and locked in a kiss. 
Then they pulled apart to look into each other's moist eyes. 
When Alison saw Rafe her heart dropped. It was like e was a ghost or 
something. Dim and transparent. 
 "Rafe, what's happening? What's wrong?" 
"I have to go Allison."
He said it with tears in his eyes. He and her both knew that he meant 
forever… not just for now. 

"But why Rafe?"  Tears were streaming down her face as she said 
this…just like they were on his own. 
"Ali, I gave you my life."
"But you have done this before… and you didn't have to go."

"I know," he pulled her to him placing her head under his chin. "But 
this time you were not dead, and I was not an angel." 

She could feel his heart beating against her own…. She could tell it 
was getting weaker.
He pulled her out in front of him so that he could look into her eyes. 
It broke his heart to see all of her sadness. 

This time she pulled him to her. They say like that for a few minutes 
when suddenly she could not fell him any more. Se could still see his 
ghost like body but could no longer feel him. 

"Rafe?" she whispered. 

"It's time." He said in a pitch a little over a whisper.
He leaned in towards her to kiss her and she closed her eyes when he 
did this. 

It felt like someone ad quickly placed and removed a piece of silk on 
her lips. 

When she opened her eyes he was gone. He's gone forever she thought. 
"Rafe? Rafe? Come back Rafe, oh please come back!" She yelled through her 
waterfall of tears. She fell down face first on her bed clutching her 
pillow to her face, stifling her sobs.  
 

"So… Why did you call me in here Ed?" 

"Well it's been like what? Three two days since you returned?

"I'm not sure."

"Well I thought it was about time to talk about your last journey to 
Port Charles,"
 
"Oh, Ed I really don’t want,"

"Come on, hear me out."

"Fine."

"Well last time that you were there you broke numerous rules."

"Yeah, I am aware of that."

"But you also did many great deeds."

Rafe gave Ed a puzzled look.

" I have to punish you, but I also have the sudden urge to reward you. 
Now what kind of punishment would work for both of those?" He said this 
with a small grin. 

You don’t mean…are you serious?" Rafe yelled overjoyed with everything.
 "I think you know exactly what I mean Rafe."
Rafe quickly bounded out of The Room.
 At the moment Allison was standing on the bridge that was a special 
place for her and Rafe. It was dark outside and freezing, and she was 
wearing a very light coat but she didn’t care. Ever since Rafe left 
Allison ad felt nothing, so se was not aware of how cold her body was.  
  She looked up towards the sky and said, "Oh Rafe, please come back to 
me. Come back to me tonight."
All of a sudden a soft voice behind her said, "How about right now." 
When she heard that she spun around so fast she almost fell.
"Rafe? Is that you?"
A person came put from the shadows. 
It looked like Rafe and sounded like Rafe but was it him?
"It's me Ali." 
When he said that she quickly ran to is arms where they stood there 
taking each other in. They hugged and kissed and cried in each other. 
Finally regaining his surroundings he noticed that Allison was wearing a 
thin "jacket" and her body was freezing. 
"Oh my god Ali, Your are freezing!" He quickly opened is coat and 
pulled her into it wrapping her up in his warmth.
"Really? I haven't noticed." She said gazing into his eyes.
"Are you here to stay Rafe?"
"I'm never leaving you again Ali."
They then embraced and kissed for a long time. 
Rafe then scoped the girl up in his arms and carried her to her 
apartment. 

And needless to say, they lived happily ever after.