Melinda and Jim have been happily married for 3 years now . . . Everything was going great in their lives. Mel's antique shore was thriving to the point that she was finally considering Andrea's proposal of expanding the store. Jim on the other hand was still working as both a paramedic and a firefighter while attending school to accomplish his dreams of finally becoming a doctor. And to top it all off they had recently found out that Mel was about three months pregnant!! They were soooo happy . . .

Until someone changed everything . . .

Mel had just woken up, she stretched and smiled when her arm was blocked by a figure beside her. Jim was still sleeping next to her. Mel looked at the time and noticed that she still had time before she had to go to work. She smiled and snuggled up close to her husband. She softly laid her head on his chest and drifted off into a peaceful sleep or so she thought.

She was alone in a building she had never seen before. She had no idea where she was or why she was there. She started to look around when she noticed she couldn't move, her hands were tied behind her back and that was tied to a hook in the ground. She was tied up like an animal. She frantically tried to get herself free but it was useless.

That's when she heard what sounded like footsteps walking her direction. She tried to hide but couldn't get far since she was tied up. The door to the room she was in opened and in stepped a man . . . she couldn't make out anything about the man other then that he was tall and looked very muscular.

The man looked pissed . . . he walked up to her and slapped her across the face and just laughed when he saw the blood trickle down her chin. "Hello Melinda . . . now I told you to stop trying to escape. If you wish to be untied then you know what you must do. You must be my wife . . . forget about Jim. He is a worthless jerk who doesn't love you anymore!"

"Yes he does and I love him" Melinda whimpered.

The man looked even more furious then before . . . he kicked her hard in the stomach then beat her. While he was hitting her he sneered "If Jim really loved you, then where is he?? Huh? If he really loved you like you say then he would have found you already . . . its been three weeks and Jim is no where in site!! He probably never even started looking for you!"

Melinda slowly looked up at the man . . . "He is still looking for me . . . he won't give up until he knows I am safe and back in his arms!!"

The man had had enough . . . he reached down and grabbed Mel by the throat and lifted her up so she was looking him straight in the eyes even though he was a good foot taller then she was. "That's it . . . if you wont love me then I'll make you! I will find Jim and bring him back here to you and you will watch him die!!!"

He then threw Melinda back on the ground and stormed out . . .

"JJJJIIIIIIMMMMM!!! Melinda sat straight up, "JJIIIMMMM, JIM, JIM!!!!"

Suddenly she felt two muscular arms wrap around her, Melinda thought it was the man and screamed again. "JIM HELP ME!!"

"Hey, hey … shh Mel I'm right here . . . its ok babe I got you . . . I'm right here." Jim said trying to calm her down.

Melinda spun around to make sure it really was him then she wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly.

"Hey babe what's up? What happened?" Jim asked as he held her tightly.

"I was in a strange place and was tied up. I couldn't get out no matter how hard I tried. Then a man came in and slapped me across the face and told me I had to love him. I told him that I loved you." Melinda lifted her head off of his chest and looked into his eyes. A tear slowly rolled down her cheek as she continued, "He got really mad and beat me then said that you were never coming to save me. I told him you would and he said fine then he would find you and bring you to me so I could watch him kill you."

Jim instantly pulled her back into another hug, only this time he held her tighter then the first time and tried to comfort her, "Hey listen it was only a dream . . . right?"

"That's the thing it didn't feel like a dream, it felt more like a vision. It felt like someone was trying to warn me." Mel sighed as another tear trickled down her cheek.

Jim pulled out of the hug and took her face in his hands and looked into her eyes, "Shhh, nothing's going to happen to you. Mel I promise you, nothing will happen."

"But what if it does?''

"Then I will find you. I will continue to look for you until I find you. Mel I will never give up."

Melinda looked deeply into his eyes. "I know . . ."

"Hey . . .'' Jim slowly pulled her into a soft and tender kiss.

Mel sighed deeply and deepened the kiss.

Jim then pulled her back into another hug and they stayed like that for quite some time. Mel knew that Jim would never stop looking for her but it still scared her. Why would someone take her? Why would they want to hurt her or her family? Will Jim be able to find her in time or would he be hurt in the process? All of these things were running through her head and it scared her.

Jim noticed that Mel was starting to calm down "Hey you hungry?"

"Yeah, actually I am." Mel smiled at him.

"Ok any requests?"

Mel thought for a minute then smiled, "Surprise me!"

Jim laughed, "K babe, why don't you take a shower then meet me down stairs k?"

"Ok, I'll meet you down there." Mel said as she got up off the bed and made her way to the shower. Jim gently stopped her by grabbing her arm and pulled her into another deep kiss, leaving Mel breathless but smiling.

"I love you," Jim whispered.

"I love you too" Mel whispered as she kissed him one more time before heading to the shower.

Jim smiled as he watched her walk into the shower then he made his way downstairs to prepare breakfast. After her shower Mel quickly got dressed and made her way downstairs. She smiled as she walked into the kitchen and smelled the sweet aroma of French toast and bacon.

"Mmmm smells good"

"Hey you, how was your shower?" Jim asked as he walked over to her and gave her yet another kiss.

"It was good, I feel a little better." Mel smiled as they pulled out of their kiss.

"Good! Now go sit down and I'll finish making breakfast."

Mel smiled then went and sat down. Within minutes Jim brought in two plates of food, and sat down next to her so they could eat.

While they were enjoying their meal Jim couldn't help but ask, "So do you want to talk about what happened earlier?"

Mel just looked at him . . .

"Mel what exactly does it mean? You said you were taken and you didn't know where you were. Did you see who the man was?"

Mel sighed, she knew Jim was going to want to talk about this and she knew that she needed to talk about it but she still didn't want to. Jim could see she was stalling so he decided to give her a little push, "Mel I think we really need to talk about this."

"Yeah I think we do too, ok no, I did not see the man's face, even when he was choking me and brought me right up to his face I still couldn't see what he looked like. All I could see what that he was tall and muscular."

"Wait, he choked you? Mel didn't tell me about this earlier."

"I know, I didn't want you to worry."

"Mel I would rather know everything and have all the worry in the world, then not know something and find out when it was too late."

Another tear had found its way down Melinda's face, Jim was so protective and he loved her so much, and she loved him. "I'm sorry I know you want to know, I just don't want to hurt you by telling you everything."

"Mel, baby you hurt me by not telling me everything."

"I'm sorry, you're right, ok, yes before he told me he was going to go find you, he pulled me off the ground by my neck and lifted me off the ground so I was looking him in the eyes. Then he threw me back onto the ground. Then stormed out of the room to go look for you." Mel said as yet another tear rolled down her face.

Jim sighed and stood up. He gently pulled her up too and wrapped her in yet another hug. They simply stood there in their kitchen holding each other, neither one wanting to let go. After a while Jim slowly spoke into Melinda's ear, "Mel I need to know everything about this dream, about the place you were at, about the guy. Give me whatever details you can give me. I promise you I won't let anything happen to you but if by chance something does happen, I need every detail of everything so I can find you as soon as I can."

Mel sighed into his chest, he always knew how to make her feel better. Even if he was saying something bad might happen, she still felt calm and safe when she was around him, and especially when she was in his arms. She knew he was right that in order to be found as soon as possible then Jim would need every detail. Slowly she released him from a hug and looked into those blue eyes that she loved so much. "K what do you want to know?"

"Anything and everything babe."

"Alright, I was in what seemed to be a basement because when I woke up the floor was made out of cement. My hands were tied behind my back with a chain that was bolted into the ground so there was absolutely no way for me to escape. Also when the man walked in he had to come down a flight of stairs."

"Ok babe you're doing great. What else do you remember?"

"The guy was tall, maybe 6'2" and very masculine. He was wearing a sweatshirt and jeans. Umm . . . I'm not really sure if I remember anything else." Melinda looked down, she hadn't really given him any helpful information. "I'm sorry."

"Hey babe there is nothing to be sorry about. You did great, if that's all you remember then that will have to do. But promise me something . . ."

"Anything …"

"That if you have another dream, you will come to me immediately and tell me everything you remember." Jim winked at her which made her smile, "deal?"

"Deal"

"Alright, so what do we want to do today on our day off?"

Melinda thought for a second then smiled. "Lets go for a romantic walk, then maybe go to a movie, then after come home and relax just the two of us!"

"Sounds great! But do you really wanna relax?" Jim asked while he gave her the I was thinking of doing something else look?

Melinda simply grinned, "Well … what did you have in mind?"

And with that Mel let out a small scream as Jim instantly scooped her up in his arms and started to kiss her passionately. "I can show you right now if you would like?"

"Oh I would love that very much." Jim slowly made his way up to their bedroom with Mel in his arms.