Melissa was awake late working on some final paperwork before work the next morning. The bedside lamp was on. In truth she found it difficult to sleep knowing that Ty was in danger somewhere in the city. It was difficult to be married to a man that was constantly in danger. She prayed for him every night. She hoped he would keep his word, that the minute a promotion was available he would try for it, leave the "prince of darkness". He did not fully understand all the stress he put her through because of his job, and she didn't understand why he thought he needed to do the job. There were so many other things he could do. It was one of the things that put stress on their new marriage. It did not help that Carter called him back early right after they got married. She tried to understand, but it was hard. She was taken from her paper work by the rining of the phone. It was in these moments that she felt her heart give way. Always sure it was a call telling her that Ty would not be coming home ever again.

"Hello?" S he asked, she sounded anxious.

"Hey babe."

"Ty where are you?"

"I'm at the hospital."

"What happened?" She asked her voice raising with the fear she felt.

"I'm fine babe. I…" He paused, "It's Carter."

"Honey come home."

"I can't babe. He's in surgery. He saved me." Ty said looking down at the floor, his blue jeans covered in Carters blood. He tried to shake the images running through his mind away.

"Ty please just come home." Melissa tried one more time.

"Babe I can't leave him." Ty said feeling guilty it was his fault that Carter was in this position. "I just wanted to let you know the job is done and I'm safe."

"What hospital are you at?" She asked, if he wouldn't come home she'd go to him. She had to see him for herself to make sure he was ok.

Ty gave her the name of the hospital. He knew she would come, he couldn't stop her even if he wanted to. "can you bring some clean clothes for me?" he asked suddenly feeling the weight of the past few days, exhaustion overtook him.

"Sure babe. I'll be there in a few minutes."

Dean sat in the waiting room with Jamie both of them leaning back in the uncomfortable chairs. It had been awhile since either of them had down time.

"Do you think he's going to make it?" Jamie asked Dean.

"he's a strong bastard." Dean answered, the best answer he had. The both were trained liars, and both knew how to tell when someone was lying to him, so he decided to avoid lying to her.

Jamie was quiet for a bit longer, but she felt like she had to fill the silence, "What happened with his wife?"

Dean was not a gossip far from it, "I haven't a clue." He answered, it was the truth no one knew exactly what happened between Carter and his wife. Few people knew he had actually been married.

"I guess Ty was right."

"What did Ty say?" Dean asked he decided to give into the mindless discussion if anything to keep himself awake.

"That there was nothing Carter wouldn't do to protect us, and there was nothing that Carter wouldn't do to get his man."

"But there was more." Dean said, finishing with, "Ty would not say something that nice about Carter."

"He said that sometimes it wasn't clear which came first."

Dean shook his head, Ty never truly understood Carter. It was not a bad thing because most people didn't understand Carter. But Dean knew for a fact that Carter would do whatever he could to protect his men. It bothered Carter for a long time when one of his people got hurt. It haunted him.

The subject changed when they saw Ty enter the room.

"Any word?" Ty asked.

"nope." Dean answered looking over at Jamie who was struggling to stay awake. "I'm going to go get some coffee want some?" he asked Ty.

"Sure thanks man." Ty answered taking a seat across from Dean and Jamie.

Jamie sat up, "I'll come with you."

Dean and Jamie both walked through the hospital towards the cafeteria.

"Are we going to talk about what happened?" Jamie asked looking at Dean. S he hated that she felt like the girl right now. She hated feeling like one of those girls. But ever since she and Dean hooked up, and then she went back to her former boyfriend Scott, Dean had been acting strange.

"Sure what do I need to explain to you. Carter was shot trying to protect Ty."

"Not that." Jamie said rolling her eyes. "About us."

"there is no us. We hooked up. It was good. At least it was good for me. And I'm sure it was good for you." He smiled at her, "I've never disappointed before." He continued, "And then you went back to your ex. The end. We said it was nothing just sex right?"

"Right." S he answered, "But you've been acting strange."

Dean shook his head, "This is why I should never hook up with women I work with. No it's not strange. I'm not acting strange. You think I am because your ego is hurt because it really just was sex. Do you expect every guy that fucks you is going to fall in love with you. You weren't that great honey."

Jamie glared at Dean, "I don't remember any complaints."

"it was sex that's all." Dean said paying the lady for the coffees. "nothing more. Get over it."