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angel_wings05 · 02-24-2009, 11:00 PM

'Who then gave you that ring?' Constance hesistated for a moment, unsure of how to answer her."It's complicated.." She began worried if she told her Reese wouldn't understand. Jamie didn't when he first woke up.They didn't tell him right away because the doctors were specific about how fragile his mind set was and how it was better that they ease into any of the major changes he didn't remember.They told him about Reese first and then later on the day Jamie was being released, Constance went to pick him up by herself.Instead of taking him right to his apartment, somewhere completely unfamiliar to him at the time. Constance suggested they go for a walk. That was when told him. Even though she had expected him to be surprised by it all, she wasn't prepared for the reaction she got. Constance was still just a girl when she got married, she was only eighteen years old...And although this was something Chase rarely ever did..He asked Jamie for permission. Before he ever asked Constance, before the two of them got married, Chase asked him for permission and he gave it to him.Of course Jamie didn't remember that and he was confused and hurt, unable to comprehend how his brother and best friend could be married. Constance would never forget his face or the things he said to her that day..Especially the part about their homecoming dance and the necklace he'd bought her..And how he was going to tell her he loved her that night. The reason that never happened was because that was the same night her mother died and news of what happened to her beloved mother spread quicker than fire, before they could even make it to the dance. The sole reason she and Jamie have never been together like that was because of bad timing..Something was always in the way and then she fell in love with Chase and he did the same with Laura. If only there was an easy way to explain all of that..It might be easier to tell her about her and Chase if she had any idea how Reese would react but she didn't..She had no idea.

'What's happened with him, Constance? When I saw him he had this lost look. It wasn't how I remembered him...it scared me.' Reese asked, bringing Constance out of her thoughts. "He never told you, did he?...I..Maybe you should sit down." She started, motioning to the piano not far from them before moving to sit down on the bench herself. Leaving some room for Reese, she began to tell her about fire. "Six months ago or so there was a fire at the MetroCourt hotel. Jamie made it out of there safe but I didn't..And when he realized that I was still in there he ran back in to get me." Constance let out a deep breath, feeling herself tear up from the memories of that night. “I was out like a light…Surrounded by debris and fire and smoke..And Jamie found me. He carried me to the safest place he could find and woke me up.” She smiled softly as she remembered their little talk in the room before finding the vent. “He found us a way out and when we were almost there…Almost to the door I heard something crumbling above me and looked up…He pushed me out of the way and the next thing I knew I was on the ground and he…He was trapped under a beam. He saved my life Reese, if it weren't for Jamie I might not be here right now. He didn't think about himself or what might happen to him..He just did it.” She whispered with a softly. She was forever grateful to her best friend for what he did that night and so much more. He's done more for her than anybody in her life ever has.

Constance looked at Reese, knowing how hard it must be to hear this..It was hard just telling it. “I was able to get us out of there..But he was hurt really badly. So much so that it put him in a coma for weeks.” She could remember everything that happened like it was yesterday. Granted it wasn’t all the long ago but she remembered every single detail. “When he woke up he lost part of his memory. He can’t remember the last six years of his life. He didn’t remember what happened to you or my mother or..There’s a lot of things he didn’t remember. A lot happened in those six years...He's okay, it's just taking time to adjust to everything.” She tried to explain, preparing Reese for what would come next. It was going to come up again sooner or later and she wanted to be honest with her. She’s not ashamed of who she married. She loves her husband and despite the fact that she knew Reese, a woman’s whose opinion she valued highly, might be disappointed in her that didn’t change the fact that Chase is her husband and she will defend him til the end. It's not always easy being married to Chase and they've have their fair share of rough times but what married couple didn't? She made her choice five years ago when she said I do and she didn't regret it. Chase may be insufferable and selfish and arrogant and completely impossible a not small portion of the time but he had her heart and nothing would change that. “Reese…There’s something else you should know” Gulping slightly, Constance pushed a stray curl out of her eyes. “It’s Chase…Chase is who I'm married to...”