AN: Changed the paramedics name to Paul because I had a blonde moment when I first named him. Can't have a bad guy the same name as a good guys name.

Don was hurting all over, h e was going over cases from home that day instead of going into the office. He was taking it easy, he thought it was a good compromise. He smiled when he thought about the beautiful doctor that took care of him yesterday. Dr. Katilyn Faith, he closed his eyes and could see her bight smile and incredible green eyes. He had to find a reason to see her again, other then as a patient.

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Katilyn had been on shift since six am, she was exhausted, she had already seen three gun shot wounds, five drug over doses, two domestic abuses, and just sent up a surgery. It was only ten am, she was ready for a break, she went out front to the food truck. She ran into her best friend Lydia.

"Heard you took care of a hot fed, yesterday Kate!"

"He was all right!"

"Come on...I heard he was hot!"

Rolling her eyes "Fine Lyd, he was gorgeous! He had these dark eyes that were to die for! Is that what you want to hear?"

Lydia started laughing "That's what I'm talking about...tell me more!What about his bod? Did this hot man have a name? Come on...I want all the details!"

"His name is Agent Epps...He had a decent body"

Don stood on the other side of the truck grinning to himself, listening to the doctor's talk. He knew he shouldn't eavesdrop but he couldn't help himself. The vendor was giving the total to the women when he stepped around the corner and paid for their food. Katilyn turned three shades of red, Lydia elbowed her in the ribs.

Lydia smiled at the man that had just paid for her coffee and breakfast "Thank you, I'm Dr. Lydia Sides."

"I'm Agent Don Epps."

Lydia started laughing like a hyena, while Kate was still turning beat red, finally finding her voice Kate squeaked out a thank you. Don ordered himself a cup of coffee and joined the women at the table. Kate had regained her composure enough to speak again without sounding like a mouse.

"Are you feeling okay Agent Epps?"

"Please call me Don. Yes, I just wanted to thank you for taking good care of me yesterday. Dr. Faith."

Kate smiled at him "You're welcome. Please call me Katie." Her pager went off, she jumped up and headed back into the ER.

"Wait, can I take you out to dinner tonight?" Kate paused for a minute, not sure what to say.

Lyd piped up "Sure you can...she had no plans!"

"Sure, I get off shift at six." Kate planned on killing Lydia later.

"I'll pick you up here, is that okay?"

"That will be fine, see you then!" She rushed off to the ER.

Don said goodbye to Lydia and walked off to his car to leave. Standing next to the food truck, Paul was seething inside how dare he ask out Kate, how could she say yes.

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The rest of the day was a busy one for Kate, she jumped in the shower in the locker room at five thirty and got cleaned up. She was ready to go when the on coming doctor came in, she gave him report and went outside, Don wasn't here yet so she sat down on a bench and waited. Paul walked up and grabbed her arm pulling her up from the bench.

"How dare you go out with another man!"

"Let go of my arm, you're hurting me! We've never dated...you have no rights on me!" He pushed her against the wall. She heard screeching tires and a car door slamming. Don was grabbing Paul by the arm, causing him to break the hold he had on Kate.

"Let go of her now!" Paul took off running across the parking lot to his truck. "Kate are you all right?

"I'm fine!" Kate rubbed the red mark on her arm. Don took her arm looking at it, then looking into her eyes.

"Do you know him?"

"Long story."

"I've got time."

"Let's just go out to dinner and forget it. It doesn't matter." Don didn't want to forget it, he didn't want to ruin their first date by pushing her. Half way through dinner she decided to tell him. It was do or die, Paul probably ruined it for her anyway, might as well just tell him.

She took a deep breathe "Paul is a paramedic, he has asks me out several times a week, I've said no and say no. Somehow he found out we were going out tonight. You witnessed him showing his displeasure."

"Is this the first time he's hurt you?" He took her hand, she didn't pull her hand away.

"It's nothing...he's just a creep. He really didn't hurt me." She wasn't about to tell him everything and scare him off.

"I'd feel better if you'd let me take you home tonight."

"You can drop me off at my car, I'll be fine."

"What if I follow you home?"

"I guess that will be fine." She smiled at him. They finished dinner and he took her back to the hospital to her car, She gave him her address, he checked her car. He followed her home and walked her to the door. She unlocked the door and started in, he wanted to make sure the house was safe. She walked him back to the door, he stopped looked her in the eyes.

"Lock up after I leave."

"Of course." He opened the door and walked out, there was a knock on the door a few seconds later. She peeked out the window and saw it was him, she unlocked the door and opened it. She smiled "Did you forget something?"

"Yes, this!" He pulled her into is arms, cupped her face and kissed her. "Can you go out with me tomorrow night?"

"Maybe."

"Maybe?" She laughed at expression on his face. "I'll call you tomorrow."

'You don't have my number, unless you're some creepy FBI agent...that..."He cut her off with another kiss.

"So are you going to give me your number?" She laughed again and put her number in his phone, he took her phone and put his number in hers. He kissed her one more time before he left. She locked the door after him.

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Kate was off today so she slept late, or at least late for her. She rolled out of bed at six am, got dressed and went for a run, her phone rang in the middle of her run but she didn't bother to answer it. She had hit a good stride, it rang again and she ignored it. She hit the last mile to home, she came in the back alley way using the back door.

She checked her phone and saw Don had called her twice she checked her voice mail, he had left her two messages checking up on her She called him back to see what he wanted.

"I was worried when you didn't answer, I thought about deploying the whole FBI on your house."

She laughed "Wouldn't that be an abuse of power?

"Naw...not if there's probably cause!"

She laughed "I'm off today...I was out for a five mile run."

He loved hearing her laugh "Are we still on for dinner tonight?"

"Sure!"

"I'll call you later."

"Okay..bye"

"Bye"

She ended the call and headed to the bathroom to take a shower and get dressed for the day.

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Don dialed her number and there was no answer, he had tried to call her twice that afternoon and she hadn't returned his call. He was going to head over there and check on her, he was sure she was fine. He pulled into the drive, and got out of his car, he noticed that one of her windows was broken, he walked up to the door and saw it had been kicked in. He called the police, took his gun out and walked into her house. He called he cell phone, he heard it ring, it was sitting on a table by the door.

"Kate, where are you?" Her house was silent, he went through the down stairs room by room. He could hear the sirens coming down the street. He slowly went up stairs and came to a closed door, it was locked, he knocked. "Kate, it's Don..." He heard the police coming up the stairs, he showed them his badge. They went down the hall and up a third set of stairs looking for Kate.

Don kicked in the locked door, it was obviously her bedroom, someone had ransacked her bedroom, then he heard it. A noise under the bed, he got down on his hands and knees and looked. She was curled in a ball, hiding.

"Kate, it's Don...it's okay...you're safe." He put his hand out, she took it and he pulled her out. She was shaking when he pulled her into his arms, he looked into her eyes "Tell me what happened."

"I was up stairs painting I heard glass breaking, I went to look I saw Paul kicking in the door. I hid up stairs, I saw him come in my room. I waited. He came out and went down the hall, I came down and hid under the bed, I locked the door and stayed here...I...I'm fine!" She was still shaking. "I need to clean this mess up, I need to get my door fixed, the window replaced." She started walking off, Don grabbed her and pulled her back into his arms.

"Are you okay Kate?" He starred into her eyes, waiting for her to break into hysterics.

"I'm fine! Really!" She stepped away and went downstairs to make the necessary phone calls to get the repairs done to her house.

The repairs were made to the house, she was up stairs cleaning her room, throwing way the broken items. Don walked up behind her and touched her arm.

"How are you dong?"

"I'm fine."

"Has he ever done anything like this before?"

She looked down avoided his eyes, he placed his finger on her chin and lifted up to look into her eyes. "He's never come at me at my home, he's waited for me in the parking lot at work before, he did follow me home a couple the you came into the ER. He didn't stop, he just drove on by."

"Why didn't you tell me this last night?"

"I didn't think it was important.."

"Not important? He's stalking you..."

"That's not something you share on a first date...if you do...pretty much insures there won't be a second!" She turned her back to walk away.

"I'm not that kind of guy!" He grab her arm and pulled her into his, kissing her.