Return to me

By : Laurie-Lee

Summary : Any memories of Luis have been erased from Sheridan's brain but what will happen when he calls to her through her dreams? Will love conquer Alistair and Antonio's evil plan of keeping them apart?

Author's note : Ok, there are changes I haven't mentioned in the first chapter:

1) Sarah is alive and well since Theresa and Fox have married around the fifth month of Gwen's pregnancy. The day Ethan and Gwen married, Theresa had put her past with her ex behind her and when she met Fox, it was love at first sight. Gwen had Sarah in Harmony. While she and Theresa aren't friendly at all, Fox and Ethan are respectful of each other at least.

2) Luis had put Beth under arrests before he made Sheridan remember their love.

3) A lot of other happenings in Harmony changed in this fic but you'll discover them along the story.

Chapter 2: The power of magic.

Once Theresa was gone, Sheridan turned around, walked to the main entrance, opened the door of the living room slightly and looked briefly to see him... the man of her dreams...sitting on a leather couch near the window, reading what seemed to be a soft pink letter. Without even being conscious of her actions, she opened the door completely.

His soulful chocolate brown eyes were wide with shock as he gazed up at her, having felt the freshness of the hallway enter the room. His black hair was completely disheveled and he wore only navy cargo pants. He turned his body and she saw the tanned skin of his muscled chest she'd admired so much from his dreams. His full lips were parted slightly as his mouth stayed agape.

"Sher...Sheridan?" he whispered, putting the letter on the table at his left. "You... you got the message I sent to you?"

'Through my dreams?' she asked, herself in disbelief that Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, her brother-in-law, was actually the one from her dreams. He nodded. 'Then, yes...'

Luis motioned her to sit down beside him, his demeanor becoming sad and remorseful. Sheridan complied immediately, observing him in slight confusion. "I am sorry I had to communicate with you by dreams but I had no other choice.. Antonio refused to let me talk to you since you'd returned from New York..." he trailed off, gazed up into her peaceful blue eyes and continued. "I didn't know if it would work but I hoped it would. I so desperately needed to talk to you, to make you remember..."

"Make me remember what? I have hardly met you."

"That's what you think. But you know me as much as nobody could ever."

"You're lying..." she half-heartedly replied, not even believing what she'd just said.

"No Sheridan. Let me show it to you."

Sheridan was silent, unable to say anything. She only nodded even though she wasn't even sure she knew that what was happening now was not a dream. Luis cupped his hands around her face like Tabitha had showed him and then closed his eyes. Calling up to the witch, he felt her magic begin to work. Suddenly, everything that had happened flashed through her mind, reminding her of her feelings and other things she'd experienced when she'd been with him. She gasped at all the information that had come into her mind at once and broke away from his hands, a sweat breaking out on her delicate forehead.

"Oh! I am sorry!" Luis said quickly, passing his right hand through his hair. Gosh! Tabitha's magic is more powerful than I've ever though it was. He knew she'd been overwhelmed with images of them, feelings and familiar situations for he had felt and seen them himself. But on the contrary of her and as Tabitha had said he would, he'd seen everything she'd gone through while she was help captive in that basement; the two clown figures including the one he knew already, her child being ripped off her body without the utmost care she deserved, her pleas to hold her baby at least one time, her waking up in the water and finally him rescuing her. He'd also seen what an awful therapy Antonio and Alistair had put her through so she would forget everything about him and about the baby she'd 'lost'. It was their child. Their son. Though it didn' come to a surprise that Sheridan's baby was his, he was glad she remembered it was theirs.. Her gaze returned to his and she took his hand. His soft and warm hand felt like heaven under her cold one and she almost felt ashamed, holding it.

"No...don't be... Now that you've restored my memories... I remember what I wanted to do the night Antonio and Father forced me to step into that car and brought me to the hospital to have me commited..." she whispered and drew his face close to her, her other hand encircling his neck as she bent and tasted his soft lips. Luis melted into her kiss, pouring his own passion and desire that had built up over his longing memories into it, his free hand encircling her waist.

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Antonio crossed the many streets separating the Crane cottage from the Lopez-Fitzgerald residence so fast that the people he'd met on his way had hardly recognized him. Even Ethan, being a great sprinter, hadn't been able to follow him entirely. Soon enough, a twinge of pain had forced him to stop if he didn't wish to go to the hospital. Please, don't let it be too late! He wished all his might that Sheridan and Luis hadn't come face-to-face yet or he knew his marriage to her would be over.

Stepping on the porch as Theresa was about to get out with Ethan Martin's suitcase, he literaly ran into her, slamming her on the door. An horrified Fox let go off Little Ethan and ran to his wife's side.

"Gosh! Couldn't you watch where you were walking?" he angrily yelled at his brother-in-law, helping Theresa get up. She'd been totally knocked out by the force of her collision with the door.

"I'm sorry man. I'm kind of in a hurry." apologized Antonio, looking everywhere for a sign of Sheridan.

"Yeah well, pay attention next time. Your little burst out could have ended up in a tragedy seeing as your sister is pregnant with my child."

"Really? That's cool." absentely replied the oldest Lopez-Fitzgerald sibling, starting to walk towards the kitchen but quickly handing Theresa over to Phyllis, Fox grabbed him by the shoulder, preventing him from going away.

"I'm not finished..." said Fox.

"I don' have time for this..." Infuriated, Fox grabbed his brother-in-law by the collar and slammed him on the wall. He was so tired of Antonio ignoring the people around him and not realizing that he'd put a lot of lives in danger ever since he'd came back from St-Lisa Island.

"Ok, listen to me and listen well because I'm not going to repeat it again. I know you've been having a lot on your mind lately with the return of aunt Sheridan home but you've got to pay more attention to the others around you. How many times have you put the lives of your loved one in danger ever since you came back huh? Let me tell you, it was more than 10 times already." The sound of Fox yelling had disturbed Sheridan and Luis and they'd exited the living room to see what was going on. They weren't the only one alerted by the noise Antonio being slammed on the wall had made. Pilar, Kay and Miguel were also watching the scene from up the stairs. All of them had seen Fox let go of him and walk back to Theresa.

Antonio's eyes widened in fear when he saw his wife and brother, hand-in-hand, right in front of him. He immediately knew he'd been too late. The fiery look on Sheridan's face was telling him all. She'd remembered all about her love for Luis, he himself and their past together.

"Sheridan..." Without letting him finish, she'd walked up to him and her hand has made contact with his cheek, burning him.

"You selfish, lying, deceitful bastard!" Everyone was taken aback by the harsh words coming out of such a nice person. They'd knew Sheridan for 5 years now and never before had they seen her so angry. "How could you play with me like that?" The look on Antonio's face was priceless. He held his burning cheek in disbelief.

"What are you talking about?" he asked, innocently. She shot him a glare that would have frightened the devil himself.

"You know very well what I mean. Or should I tell you everything in front of all your family?" He stood there, unable to speak. The hatred he read in his wife's eyes was so piercing that he wished the earth would swallow him right here and now. She walked back to Luis who took her hand and squeezed hers gently to give her courage. Realizing the maids and security guards had stopped to listen, she decided it would be better to go somewhere they couldn't hear. "I think it would be better for all of us to go into the dinning room to continue this conversation." At that moment, Ethan stepped in the residence, out of breath.

"What is going on?" he asked, noticing the small group of person standing still in front of him.

"Ethan? What are you doing here? asked Theresa, quite surprised to see the father of her son at her family house.

"I was at the cottage when Antonio left at an incredible speed. I tried to follow him to see what was going on but he was too fast and I had to stop to take my breath. I've saw him turn in this street and I knew he was coming here."

"You arrive just in time Ethan. We were about to go into the dining room." abruptly replied Sheridan. The dark-blond man was taken aback for he had never seen his 'aunt' like that. Then he saw the trace of her hand on Antonio's left cheek. Sheridan, still hand-in-hand with Luis, walked towards the room and was followed by everyone. Once they were seated, she allowed herself to speak again. "I'm going to ask questions Antonio and I want you to be honest with me for as much as I am still your wife." Just the word 'still' made him cringe. He knew that when she would be over with him, a divorce would follow. "Do we have an agreement?"

"Yes..." he replied against his will, knowing that his family would probably reny him after this was finished.

"I only have a couple of questions and here is the first one. Why did you have me commited in the hospital for?"

"Because you thought Beth's baby was yours when it wasn't the case."

"That's all?" Her tone was cold and harsh. He hesitated, knowing the rest would come to a surprise to his family.

"No. I wanted you to forget all about Luis, even what he looked like." Luis' fists clenched on the table. If it wasn't of Sheridan touching his left arm, calming him down instantly, he would have hit his brother right in the eye. "Of course, there was still your dreams about the child you'd lost while being kept in that basement."

"Did you know Luis was the father of the baby I carried and not you?" she asked point blank. This came a surprise to the Lopez-Fitzgeralds. But instead of interrupting Sheridan, they kept quiet. They would have enough time to ask about it later.

"Yes. I knew it from the beginning. When Eve said you were three months pregnant, I realized I couldn't have conceive it since we hadn't share the bed around that time. I still decided to put on an act and look happy to be sure you would stay with me even though I hurt inside."

"Was is in the same state of mind that you made me believe it was ours when I came back from the hospital?"

"Yes." Antonio was ashamed of his selfish actions but the future Alistair had shinned before his very eyes was too rewarding to ignore it.

"I can't believe you..." hissed Luis, anger boiling inside of him.

"Luis..." whispered Sheridan softly. He once again calmed down. She turned back to her husband. "Though I already know the answer, I want to hear it from you. Did you agree with Father's plan to keep me and Luis apart willingly?"

"Yes. I needed a powerful ally and when your Father got involved, I knew I'd found that ally. I was ready to go as far as kill Luis to make sure you'd stay with me..." Pilar's eyes widened in shock and pain. She'd never though her son would become a monster like Alistair Crane.

"I don't recognize you Antonio. You aren't the son I raised and loved so much..." Those two simple sentences hurt Antonio to his very soul. Though Sheridan knew her mother-in-law was hurting, she had to continue.

"Did you really believe I was gone to Paris when I was kidnapped instead of searching with Luis?"

"Yes. I'd received emails from you explaining you were well so I'd immediately assumed you were. Never in a thousand years I would have believed you'd been kidnapped. I just thought Luis was imagining thing since he couldn't come to terms with the fact that you were my wife and not his." he shot back with venom.

"Haven't you thought that maybe, just maybe, you could have put your differences aside and team up to find me? If you'd done it, my baby would still be alive Antonio. It seems you didn't have enough faith in me to believe my clown story when I'd told you about my dreams. Well guess what? It happened and they did took my child." Luis saw tears gather in Sheridan's eyes as she mentionned her baby. If only she knew that our son is asleep upstairs just waiting for his true mother to feed him.

"Are you saying it's my fault if your child is dead?"

"Not completely but it's still a part of it." A silence fell on the group, Sheridan's answer sinking in their hearts. "There's only one more thing I need to know. Did you know who I was back on St-Lisa?" Antonio kept quiet for a few seconds. He knew that his answer would definitely cut all hopes he had of his brother ever forgetting him. "Be honest."

"Yes. I knew who you were all along..."

"Why did you never told me?"

"Because the second I lied my eyes on you, I fell in love. I didn't want you to go back to my brother so I kept the truth. That's also why I asked you to marry me before we returned to Harmony. It was the only way of tying you to me in a way Luis couldn't do a thing against." Sheridan got up and calmly walked to the dinning room's window. The sun was shinning off her perfect figure.

"You probably know what I want now, do you?" she asked, turning back to look at him right in the eyes. Hers were cold and their color seemed like ice.

"A divorce..." he whispered, waiting for her to nod.

"Yes. Ethan..." The dark-blond man turned his gaze from Theresa to her.

"Yes?"

"Do you think you could have the divorce papers ready for tomorrow morning?"

"Surely. I'll just go over my office later and fill them for you. All you and your husband..." he said coldly "will just have to sign them and you'll be officialy divorced."

"Thank you. Well Antonio, have a good life and I suggest you find yourself another place to stay soon because me and my future husband will move in as soon as we're married." she said in a tone that implied no answers. With that, she took Luis' hand and walked away from the dining room. Antonio looked at his family and coughed.

"Well, since everything is said about Sheridan, there is something I want to add." Theresa shot her brother a glare.

"There's nothing you can add that will change the asshole you are nor the way we now think of you." Her words were like thunder and Antonio's soul was affected deeply.

"As soon as I sign the divorce papers, I'm moving back to St-Lisa, I will try to go back to Liz and that is if she lets me. I know you all hate me right now but i hope someday, you will all be able to forgive me. I love you and please wish good luck to Luis and Sheridan from me." When no one answered him, he simply got up, walked out of the residence and disappeared at the corner of the streets.

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-Laurie-Lee