All righty. This explains the relationship between Sawyer and my character Patty from "Matchmaker." It's going to take place all in the past and will probably be several chapters. Please review and don't flame me. Danke!
"Kitty! Kitten! Kitty! O, where are you!"
Patricia Wilcox ran through a back-alley near her home, desperately looking for her cat. The bottom of her white knee-length skirt was slightly dirty and her shoes were covered in mud. Her blond hair was pulled up in a bun, though the pouring rain was wearing it down.
"Kitty!" she called again. "Where are–O!"
Lying on the ground, bloodied and beaten, was a man not too much older than her. She hesitated, not knowing whether anyone was still around. Getting over her fear, she pulled him up and drug him back to her house.
Once she had gotten him in an extra bed and taken off his soaked clothes to dry them, she started tending to his wounds. He stirred as she cleaned the cut over his eye.
"Where–what–get away from me," he murmured.
"I won't hurt you," Patty said. "Someone else already did that."
"What?" the man said, opening his eyes. "Who're you?" He pulled away and tried to sit up. "What–Agh!" He cried out from the pain in his side.
"Lay down," Patty said, "and hold still. Someone beat you up very bad and now I'm treating you. Your clothes are drying." She put some peroxide on his cut and he winced. "What's your name? I'm Patty."
"Sawyer," he said. "You a nurse or something?"
"No. I'm a psychologist," she said, moving to the cuts on his chest. "What happened to you?"
"I got into some trouble and I got beaten to a damn pulp," he said. "Sorry. I–did you say my clothes are drying?"
"Yes," she said. "Don't worry: most people are shy about their bodies."
"S'not that I'm shy," he said, "just wasn't expecting that."
She giggled. "There," she said. "All finished. Just rest and I'll check on you in the morning and bring your clothes."
"Okay," he said. "G'nite."
"Good night," she said, closing the door and turning off the light.
They did not know how their meeting would affect the rest of their lives.
