InsaneJournal

It wasn't as if Ric didn't know the power of the reality gem. He had seen before people being surprised by loved ones that should be dead and gone. Still the thought of Jo coming to Galador hadn't crossed his mind. It would have been better if it did. That would mean that he planned for how he was going to react and what he was going to say. Especially with how his life was now. With Caroline and the girls, all four of them, and with Buffy. He didn't think he would truly love again. Not the kind of love that he felt towards Jo but it took him by surprise.

Now Jo was at the welcome center and everything he wanted to say seemed bad. Not that the words were mean at all. He just didn't know how to say it to the woman he almost married. One of the reasons he had those beautiful girls in his life. All he knew was that he couldn't just leave her there. She meant too much to him and he wanted her to be okay. He knew that this place could be a lot for someone just arriving. He didn't have a welcome center when he arrived so he didn't know how much it helped. But he figured it would be better coming from someone she knew.

He walked up to the welcome center. Pausing when he saw her and taking a deep breath before he approached. "Hey Jo," he said with a soft smile on his face. She was alive and he was so thankful for that.