Thanks for the reviews to those who reviewed the first chapter. Here's the second one. I still don't own Inception…crying and weeping over this fact.

Chapter 2: Saying Hello Again

Dom's flashback of his dream…

Dom gets out of his bed and paces the room trying to ease his racing mind from his intense dream. He feels like a caged animal in his bedroom and leaves to get some needed fresh air outside to clear his head.

'I have to know that Ariadne's okay…maybe then I can have some peace.' Dom brings out his cell phone and calls Arthur to locate Ariadne for him. The phone rings three times before the line's picked up.

Arthur is curious about who's calling him; in this line of business one can never be too careful about whom you give your information to without have some retaliation on the client's part, especially if the client isn't satisfied with the team's work. "Hello."

"Arthur, its Dom Cobb. I have a favor to ask you. I need you to find Ariadne for me. I don't know if she's still in Paris or not…I know that you still have contact with her." Dom doesn't give Arthur a proper greeting just straight to the point.

"Hello to you too Dom…I'm fine and you? So you want to know where Ariadne is, huh. I know she's still in Paris. Why do you want to know where she's at anyway? It's been 7 years Dom." Arthur, always the Point Man, his curiosity is peaked even more. It's unlike Dom to call him out of the blue and inquiry about his old team.

Dom gives Arthur an evasive answer. "I can't give you the details Arthur…just please contact her and tell her I want to see her. Tell her to come and visit me. Okay?"

"I'll go and see her and have her come visit you." Arthur has a feeling that Dom is finally acting on his feelings for the architect. 'It's about time you moved on Dom.'

Dom's flashback of his dream ends…

3 days later…

It's a beautiful summer's day in LA. The temperature is about 85 degrees, not too hot or humid, the sun's shining, the flowers are in full bloom and the grass is greener on this day… the day that Ariadne decided to go and see Dom Cobb again for the first time in 7 years.

She reaches the door and hesitates just for a moment that everything with Dom and his family is okay and he wants to see her because he misses her. 'Just knock…come on and knock Ari.' The door opens on the second knock to reveal Dom standing there in his usual dress attire…black in a mix of professional and causal look.

"Hello Dom. It's good to see you again." Ariadne finds her voice once she sees that Dom is healthy but with some unease in his posture.

"Hello Ariadne. It's good to see you again too. Please come in." Dom remains himself to breathe and return pleasantries with Ariadne. Ariadne steps into his home, the same home she saw in his dream when she entered Dom's mind to find out what he dreams about.

"Arthur told me that you want me to come and visit you but he didn't tell me why. He said that you wanted him to locate me without a full explanation on your part. So Dom, is everything okay? I know you wouldn't have called Arthur to have him come find me on your behalf unless it was a job. Is it a job Dom… is that why you wanted Arthur to come to Paris and work another job for you?" Ariadne starts firing question after question Dom's way once they settle on the couch in the living room.

"No, I don't have another job for you Ariadne. I wanted to see that you were doing well and because of a dream I've had on and off for sometime now. I want to make sure that you're okay." Dom admits that he wants to see her and not because of a job either.

"A dream…you wanted to see me after 7 years of not seeing one another because of a dream. Dom, I thought you said that you couldn't dream anymore after extracting other people's dream for so long. Well, what was this dream about?" Ariadne's curiosity peaked just as Arthur's curiosity peaked when Dom called him to find her.

"Do you remember when we first shared my dream in Paris…when I was training you about how the mind works differently when someone dreams? I've dreamt about the moment we were on the bridge you recreated from your memory and the projections from my mind started to attack the both of us. I keep seeing how scared you were and Mal showed up and stabbed you. I don't know but for some reason I can't get that out of my head and it's been a long time since I dreamt about anything… you or Mal for that matter. I don't know what the dream meant but I had to be sure you were okay and your life is the way you want it." Dom says as he looks into Ariadne's eyes as he tells her his reasons for her visit. He can't tell what she'll say because the look on her face is of uncertainty and a little frightened that he confessed his worries that he subjected her to his mind then.

"Dom, that was a long time ago and I can reassure you that I am fine and that my life is the way I've always wanted it…at least most of it. So Mal is the reason for you to have me here because I know things that you didn't tell the others? Or there's something else you want to tell me?" She stares at him a moment longer than she would have in the past.

"Yes, some of the reason is because I've dreamt of Mal but it's not because you knew things the other didn't. Mal is a part of my past and the woman I loved for such a long time it was hard to let go but I did. You mean more to me than I thought was possible because the only reason I came back was for my kids and you gave me that reason but…I can't help wonder if it's more than gratitude that I feel for you. I'm willing to find out if you are." Dom's voice lowers a bit when he continues to look into her eyes as he speaks from his heart…something he thought he locked away when Mal died.

"I'm willing to take a leap of faith if you are Dom." She answers.

"Then Ariadne, would you like to stay for dinner with me and my kids tonight." The words leave his mouth and hopes she'll accept his invitation.

"I would love to." Ariadne feels that this is the start of something new for the both of them in a long time.

Okay readers this is the drill:

This is my weekend update on this story, please review this chapter and be honest about it.

I'll work on Dream Alittle Dream's chapter 3 for those who are waiting; I'll work on it this weekend.

Does that sound good to you?

Until next time!