“Why?” Cody said aloud. “Why?” He repeated, louder. He looked down from the edge of the sky scrapper, how easy it would be to have one last thrill in his life before finally ending it. How easy it would be just to let everything go away with one sudden and death defying move. How simple. “She needs me.” He said as he stared down. That was the only thing keeping him from pushing himself off. That was the only thing keeping him sane. “Why does she need me?” He questioned himself. “I‘m nothing. I‘m nothing but a piece of shit that should finally fall. So many nick names I have had resembling fearlessness. The flying fury, the sensation, the resolution, The double D back when I was indy. But when I need my own resolution, no one can help me.” Cody pulled out his cell phone and looked at it. 23 missed calls all from Cyprus. HE glared at the phone then tossed it over the side. He watches it fall, twirling in the air and then smashing into the sidewalk, shattering into billions of pieces. “Imagine what that could do to a skull.” Cody said with one of his, ‘I want to try it’ smirks.

“Cody, no.” Came a female voice from behind him.

Cody turned and looked at who it was and then looked back to the edge. His hoodie strings danced in the wind as his hair flew to the side. “What do you… How the hell did you find me?”

“You brought me here once. Told me if you where every feeling like the world was against you, you would come here and be safe. But look at you. Your ready to push yourself off the edge or a place you hold so dear to your heart. And for what?”

“No one needs me here. No one wants me here, and I sure as hell don‘t want to be here. Seth is right. I should fucking die.” Cody said refusing to look at the woman. “Why don‘t you just go play with your little boy toys.”

“Boy toys?” The woman asked, confused.

“Yeah. Jimmy Stryker and Rick young.”

“Where the fuck have you been you self centred little bastard.” She exclaimed, coming into focus as Brandi James. She walks toward Carson.

Cody, not even looking at her smirked and said. “I swear to god you take one more step and they will be cleaning me up with the snow shovels they never use.”

Brandi stops dead in he tracks at the seriousness in his voice. She never knew him to be that true in his words but these words where true. And she was curtain if she did move anymore he would push himself off. "Carson...if I take another step it will only be to take your hand and pull your stupid ass in here!" She said as she inched closer towards him… with a hint of fear in her eyes. Only Brandi ever really knew exactly what he was capable of. She is one of the few people who could tell exactly when Cody was serious and what each facial expression meant. Cody whipped his head to her and the pain and fear and anger in his eyes all stuck her like a slap in the face.

“Why?” Such a smple question but the answer was so hard to come by. Brandi looked at him as iff he was a retard. “Why?” He repeated and brought one leg over the edge turning sideways and looking at her with his piecing green eyes. Brandi had never felt such fear in her life. All the demons and ghost she had faced seemed to be minor now. She swallowed hard and stared at him. The intensity in his eyes was something she had never seen. This wasn’t the man she had grown up to over the years. This wasn’t the man who would kill for her. No, this man scared her. Cody Carson was a man who use to look death in the fac every week and laugh. Now, she understood why he was that way. But now, Death wasn’t going to laugh back. It was up to her. His life was literally in her hands. The wind blew again and Brandi couldn’t help but let a single tear slide down her cheek. Cody’s expression didn’t change. He looked like a man who wanted to die. Reaching out to him a bit she looked as if she was searching for the right words. Truth is there were no right words. She looked down for a moment then at Carson. "If only you knew how much you have meant to me." She said with her voice cracking a bit as she struggled to release those words. "No matter what has happened Cody....lean on me! Let me be there for you the way you were for me after Walsh. That man nearly destroyed.. If not for you I would be dead! Let me help you." she sobbed in her attempt to connect with him.

“If only I knew eh?” Cody smirks and propped his leg back over the edge. He scoffed. “If only I knew…” He repeated. “No one cares about me or how I feel. No one gives a shit about me. No one really fucking wants me around. I have no fucking talent. And I shouldn‘t even have the belt. Give it to jimmy. See if I care. I‘m already on the edge…” She chuckles to himself as Brandi kinda laughs and whips a tear. “Who Don you think you are?” Cody asked, not sarcastically, not rudely, Just as a general question. “Who do you really think you are?”

Brandi doesn’t answer. She stared at Cody. “Cody….”

“You don‘t know do you.” Cody looks at her and then puts his hands on the edge of the sky scraper, looking back at her one more time he goes t push himself off..

“NO.” Brand screamed, and Cody stopped, looking back at her.

“Why not?” Cody yelled. “Why Can’t I just let all the fucking pain go away for ever?”

“I need you Cody.”

“You don‘t need me. You want to think you need me. You want me to stay because I‘m the closest thing you have to a friend any more. You want me to be here because I am the only one that has enough balls to stand up for you, Right?”

“Wrong.” Brandi said, moving a step closer to Cody.

“Then why?”

Taking a moment to gather her thoughts brandi searches for the exact words to say. She knows that she is Carson's last hope. The one person that can make him come in from the ledge. She reaches for Carson. "Take my hand...! Not because you think I need you to stay but because you want to stay. Cody, you that I don't beg....ever..."

She said a bit smug...staring hard at him, her voice did soften.. "but if I thought it would make you come back in...I would do just that...Please.. Carson..."

“No.” Cody said, meaning it. “I don‘t want you to beg. I don‘t even want you here. There is no one around that gives a fuck about me anymore. I deserve to die. You know it. And I know it.” A few drops of rain started to fall and Brandi looked shocked. Cody had never said no to her like that before. “No one knows what I feel. Not even you.” Slowly walking close to him she give it another try.."So tell me..tell me how you feel. You say no one cares..that no one wants you around. to be honest with you Carson, I too feel that way about me. You have to know that's not true....I need you to stop dancing around what you mean..." standing near the ledge Brandi leans over a bit and looks down..."It's an awful long way.. question I have is..if you truly feel people don't want you around then why are you giving into what they want? Trust me staying around to piss each and every last one off is the best revenge the best form of redemption."

Cody Smiles and looks over at her as she rests a hand on his shoulder. “I need to know something from you Brandi. And I want a blunt answer, and I want it now.”

“What?” She asked, swallowing hard, hoping its not what she thinks. Hoping its not a four letter word that mean so much.

“Do you…?” Cody paused.

“Do I want?” She asked, knowing what he was going to ask but wanting to hear it from him.

“Do you love me?”

“Yes.”

“No, I mean really truly love me more then Rick, More then Jimmy, More then Shawn…” Cody refused to look at her fearing the expression, and now really thinking about pushing himself off before finding out the answer. “God I‘m so fucking stupid.” He said, to himself more then Brandi.

I don't know..I never thought about you that way because I never could do to Carmen and out of respect for Jalie.....I loved Walsh...I loved that man with everything I had...He left such a void in me...and the only person's love that was strong enough to pull me through that was yours. That scares the hell out of me....I'm not capable of that kind of love.. I'm too selfish of a woman to be...I'll hurt you Carson...I can't love you that way...I'm not built like that...I have to be guarded ..I must protect myself...true love or what I felt was true love hurt me once...I...I...God...I wish I could just tell you that I want to be with you...Things aren't that simple" She gasped for breath...as she tried to control all her various emotions that were boiling inside her..."I'm having Rick's baby...his child Carson.. What do I do about that?"

He wanted nothing more then to say abortion. But he held it back. He wouldn’t, couldn’t tell her that. Brandi was weak enough to do it, because she loved him. “How do you even know you still have the thing? Last time I remember someone kicked you down stairs trying to kill it.” Codys words dripped venom and he knew it was a cheap shot. “Brandi, do you Love me or Not… Its a simple Question. I‘m I more to you then rick and the Baby. Or Am I just the friend card. Someone you use and use until I‘m all used up?” Cody pauses. And waits for her reply.

"Carson..I do not use you up! I love you but I do not love your weakness right now..you're no better than Mike Young...willing to toss your life away for no reason...no one care..blah...blah..blah...where's the fuck you attidude? I believe that's the exact words you so harshly spoke to me when Shawn left me....'You can sit here feeling sorry for yourself, You can try to drink your sorrows away, but that isn't going to fix your life...No get off your cute ass and let me help you!"... She paused knowing possible if Carson heard his own words a switch may go off...She had one last attempt..."You want me? You want to be with me? Fight for me...fight for us Cody...!" Starting to stand a bit more arrogant like the Brandi we are all so use to seeing she rasies her eyebrow..."You should know by now that I don't love weak men...I have no use for them..never have...and I never will...My pleds are falling on your stubborn def ears....I don't have the strenght for another suicidal Sean Lane...You love me like you claim? Get your fucking ass off the ledge...!" In a huff Brandi turns and begins to walk towards the door on top of the roof hoping this worked.

Cody paused for a long moment. She was right. He knew it and she used his own words against him. She had some bal… Boobs. He looked down at the ground one more time and then whipped his legs off the ledge and turned to Brandi. He stood up and stared at her. She stopped and glanced back at him. He took a couple of steps away from the ledge and dropped his head putting his arms out to the sides and then smiling at her. Reaching her hand out to him .."Well...I think you have some work to do..."

Cody walked over and took her hand as she tried to walk away, put pulled her back, turning her and resting his arm on the small of her back leaning in and kissing her lips as she kisses him back and runs her fingers though his hair and the scene fades out.