Three sharp knocks brought Leanne into consciousness and the sunlight hit her eyes. She squinted at the light and stood, wrapping a robe around her and heading to the door.

Looking out the window she saw a distraught looking woman with a bag of cleaning supplies.

"Yes?"

"Housekeeping." The woman said and stood patiently outside the door.

Leanne thought about it and looked around the room. She barley used anything and her suitcase was almost packed.

"Come back in about a half an hour." She instructed and walked into the bathroom to take a shower and change.

The water felt good running down her back and the steam woke her up. Rubbing her eyes she looked at her hands. There, conveniently placed on her left hand was her wedding band. Leanne rarely saw her husband anymore and when she did they were always arguing. She wondered why she just didn't get a divorce. She never knew where he was or what he was doing. 'I probably don't want to know'. She said to herself and turned the water off.

After she finished packing, Leanne thought of how she was going to present herself to J.R. when nessesary. She couldn't go with her maiden name, he would eventually figure it out. Sighing, she realized just sticking with DeLavega would be best.

Her car was pulling out of the parking lot five minutes later and in about three hundred miles she would reach Dallas.

~*~

"Good morning Jenny."

"Good morning Sue Ellen."

Even though Jennifer grew up with Sue Ellen being her mother figure she could never bring herself to call her so. She was very beautiful and smart, but just the thought of someone else as her mother then her biological one never crossed her mind.

"Have anything planned for after school?"

"Yes, we are having auditions for the fall play. Why?" She asked looking over her coffee cup.

"Well I was just thinking that we should go and spend some time together. You will be leaving a couple of years and I just want us to bond a little."

Rolling her eyes, Jennifer sighed and stood, grabbing her keys she head for the door.

"Why bother? You and my father will divorce before long."

"Oh? Why do you say that?" Sue Ellen asked looking disgusted.

Jenn just shrugged and head out the door.

Hearing the door shut down stairs J.R. walked from his bedroom and down to the kitchen where his wife was making breakfast. Turning as she heard him come in, Sue Ellen smiled.

"Good morning J.R."

"Morning." He said slightly under his breath.

She always ignored his morning behavior, he never was good with the waking day. And barely was he ever excited to any other part.

"When are you leaving for work?"

"In about a hour. I have some papers to sign before the meeting."

She nodded and putting down the skillet she turned around boldly and faced her husband.

"Do you love me?"

"Of course darling." He said not looking up from his paper.

She nodded to herself and poured him some coffee.

"I gotta go darling." J.R. said standing and he grabbed his keys.

"Will you be home for lunch?"

"I doubt it."

"What do I tell Bobby if he shows up?"

J.R. stood still for a while at the mention of his brothers name.

"Tell him to wait till I get back and I'll talk to him then. Not while I'm at work, got it?"

"Yes J.R. whatever you say."

He nodded and left.

~*~

Never being in Dallas before, Leanne had to stop numerous times to ask for directions to Ewing Oil. She imagined it to be a normal, rather small building. When she got there, Leanne realized she was gravely mistaken, Ewing Oil was a towering building, and looking up from the bottom she felt greatly overpowered. The one thing she had, that she hoped would get her through this was her charm and hopefully her ability to hide her identity.

~*~

"Trying out for the play Jennifer?" A sarcastic voice said, floating in from behind her.

She had to use all the willpower she possessed to keep looking strait ahead. Her and her friends were at lunch gossiping about no one unparticular, when Shawn decided to start a conversation.

"Yes I am." She said simply, hoping, for his sake, that would be the end of it.

"Well of course you are. The lead I bet. What will happen if you don't get it?" He said agitating her. "You gonna call daddy? Or maybe uncle Bobby?"

Her closest friend, Celest, touched her arm gently and shook her head.

"No. I can get the part on my own." She said, and felt his face close to her ear.

"I doubt it."