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September 17, 2002
Jax: Skye? Skye?
[Thunder]
Jax: Hey.
Skye: Hey.
Jax: Couldn't sleep?
Skye: Oh, I dozed off for a while. I woke up. But I didn't open my eyes for the longest time.
Jax: Why not?
Skye: I was afraid that I'd be in some motel, miles away from you. Afraid that being with you, asleep in your arms was just some fantasy that I came up with to keep myself from going crazy. But then I went for it. I, I opened my eyes and, and there you were. I don't know. I just got, I just choked up.
Jax: A knot in your chest, heart in your throat?
 Skye: Exactly.
Jax: Yeah, I know the feeling.
Skye: Knot in chest? Heart in throat? Those are all symptoms of fear, Jax. I don't get it. I wouldn't think you'd be afraid of anything in your life.
Jax: Well, the physical sensation of fear is something I've lived with for a while. I just call it something else. I call it grief. See, it wouldn't hit me right away. I mean, I'd wake up fine. Maybe someone would even wake up beside me, someone that I genuinely liked. In 20, 30 seconds, sometimes if I was lucky even a minute, everything just seemed normal, the way it should be. And then, it hit me, and I realized that Brenda was gone and that she was never coming back. Morning after morning, year after year after year. That's how I'd greet each day. Until I met you.
Skye: I am so honored that you love me. And I am so grateful for this time with you, just the two of us, in love and in trust. No more secrets or hidden agendas, which were mostly mine, I admit. You are, you are an exceptionally generous person to forgive me my trespasses, Jax.
Jax: No, I'm more like monumentally selfish. I love you and I want you in my life. It's as simple as that.
[Thunder]
Skye: Just sitting here with you, listening to the storm, I feel like I'm living in a miracle, some magical fairy tale about an enchanted cottage. Jax, I want you to know, no matter what happens, no matter what the future holds for us, I will always remember this magic time with us.
 Jax: You know the thing about magic, it doesn't last beyond the moment. And then you're left with what's real. Don't you think it's time we start dealing with that?
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Skye: You're right. Magic is fleeting. It streaks across your life like a shooting star and burns out just as fast. That's what makes it special. But real life doesn't make room for magic, and that's what we all know, real life rules.
Jax: No, I don't think you're understanding me.
Skye: No, I am just trying to make this easier on both of us. I will pack up what I have here and I will be out first thing in the morning.
Jax: Skye, Skye, I don't want you to leave tomorrow or any other day, ok? If you'd just let me finish. I'm trying to ask you to marry me.
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Jax: Relax. Clear the mind.
Skye: Oh. All clear.
Jax: Good, because I really need you to focus on this.
Skye: Oh, I am so focused. Almost. Wait, I need you to ask me that, that other question again.
Jax: Skye, will you marry me?
Skye: Yes.
Jax: And you're sure you're ready?
Skye: I am beyond ready. I, I can't wait to be your wife!
Jax: Oh!
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