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Chapter 3

Rabbit should have known that when he walked into the S.F.F.D. base the following Monday morning that his good mood wouldn't last. He remembered only too late that it was Viper's first day back on the day shift. He hadn't seen her since the night everyone had been at The Cove, and she had stayed away from him the entire time, staying around Glenn, Marisa, and Tyler. She hadn't said even two words to him, despite being involved in the same conversations. Something that he couldn't understand though was how comfortable she all of a sudden seemed with Glenn. She had been talking to him, laughing with him, giving him looks she used to give him....

"Do I want to know what's bringing that look to your face?" Nancy inquired as she walked by him.

"Just thinking, Naughty," Rabbit responded, blinking hard. "I bet you're happy Viper's back to the day shift."

"She always makes things interesting," Nancy mused after punching Rabbit's arm for the hated use of his nickname for her. "It will be nice to have her back. Hell, what she's been doing for Glenn the last few days brings no complaints from me either."

Rabbit's brow furrowed, "What are you talking about?"

"Ever since she and Glenn started hanging out, his confidence has gone through the roof," Nancy said. "It's either her, or it's the fact that he's off of probation. Either way, I'm definitely not complaining. What about you?"

"Makes me happy I'm only a flight medic the majority of the time," Rabbit said honestly. "I don't know how I could work full time with Viper anymore."

"Thanks, Reuben," an icy voice said from a few feet behind him. Rabbit groaned and turned slightly to face Viper as Nancy suppressed a laugh. Viper stood tall, her arms crossed and her eyes narrowed. She wasn't alone though. Beside her was a young girl with flaming, curly red hair in a ponytail. Viper herself looked very tired in her uniform, looking as if she hadn't slept much the previous night."Makes me glad that we both work for the S.F.F.D. together and that I can count on you to have my back."

"You have horrible timing," Rabbit said, a look of pure disdain on his face. "You know that, right?"

"Bite me," Viper snarled at him. When Rabbit opened his mouth to shoot back a retort, her glare made him hesitate, but she went on before he could talk, "I do not have time for a pissing contest with you today, Rabbit. Meet Amanda Wilson, my new partner. Amanda, this is Reuben Palchuck, more commonly called Rabbit by everyone who knows him, and Nancy Carnahan. Nancy drives one-one-four, and Rabbit is a flight medic on Angel Rescue two."

"So Marisa flies him," Amanda said, sounding very much like a school child trying to remember the answers to the quiz she had to take that morning.

Viper nodded, "And Nancy's partner is Glenn Morrison who, until you came around, was our resident Probie."

"Did someone just say 'Probie'?"

Rabbit saw the way Viper's face instantly brightened, and he felt a surge of anger as Glenn appeared. He didn't understand why he suddenly felt so angry. The only logical explination was the fact that Glenn could make Viper smile while he could only make her scowl.

"And this would be Glenn," Viper said to Amanda, her tone suddenly lighter, her eyes glimmering playfully. "Glenn, meet my new partner Amanda Wilson."

"Nice to meet you," Glenn smiled kindly at Amanda. "Welcome." He then turned his attention back to Viper, "How was LA?"

"Why do you think I look like one of the walking dead?" Viper inquired. "There's a very specific reason I tell my mother to either buy my tickets down there or I'm not going to visit her.... I can't stand being around her for more than a day. It was even worse because she got my dad and sisters and brothers-in-law to try and have a goddamn intervention with me!"

"An intervention?" Nancy inquired.

"My mom hates that I'm a paramedic still," Viper reminded her old friend. "She's had just about enough of me picking people up off the ground."

"Story of my life," Nancy sighed. "Except with me, its my dad."

"Anyways, she's convinced that the job she thinks she found for me is the one I need to settle with for the rest of my life," Viper continued.

"Which means it's not even an option for you," Nancy finished.

"I'm not leaving the S.F.F.D. anytime soon, sorry to disappoint," Viper shrugged. She winked at Glenn, "At least I know some people will be happy to hear that."

Glenn grinned as his face flushed somewhat. Nancy sighed and Rabbit rolled his eyes, "And that would be my cue to leave." Rabbit left, disappearing into the lounge.

"Yeah, can we go, Glenn, or are you and Viper planning to make eyes at each other for the next few hours?" Nancy inquired.

"Be nice, Nance," Viper smirked.

"Same to you," Nancy smirked back. "Don't destroy your new probie too quickly. Basra's getting desperate for another EMT make it."

"Don't I know it," Viper sighed. "Do you honestly think I would have done this if he wasn't? Just tell me now, what am I in for with Rabbit?"

"Just play nice," Nancy advised. "You and Glenn are safe... for now."

"I'll take that over nothing," Viper shrugged. She shot Glenn an apologetic look and he still smiled back reassuringly.

"Don't worry about it," Glenn said before Viper could voice what she wanted to say. "I know what you went through when you and Rabbit broke up. I can understand you not wanting everyone to know your entire personal life again."

A few hours later, Viper sat in her beloved one-two-five rig, reading through her emails on her Blackberry. They had yet to get a call, and that set her slightly on edge. Whenever it was quiet, something was likely to turn up. They'd heard a call come through a little while ago, but Tyler and Boone had gotten it, leaving nothing for Viper to test Amanda with.

"Are you and Glenn together?" Amanda asked suddenly.

"Uh-uh," Viper shook her head, her irritation flaring up. "You don't get to ask me questions about my personal life. You prove yourself to me, then maybe we can get into things that aren't job-related; but I do not discuss my personal life with Probies."

Viper knew she was being harsh, but that was the way it always was when she trained probies. That's the way she had been taught to train probies. Push them away, and the ones that stood up to the challenge were the ones that lasted. The S.F.F.D.'s very own tough love treatment. It worked pretty well at weeding out the bad EMTs, Viper had to admit.

Viper heard Amanda mumble something to herself, and she was pretty sure that she caught the word 'bitch' somewhere in the sentence, but she took it in stride.

"I am not a bitch, I'm the bitch, and it's Miss Bitch to you," Viper said in a voice just loud enough for Amanda to hear. "And you better get it damn right."

Back across town, Nancy and Glenn were in their rig outside their favorite little coffee shop having just picked up some fresh coffee. Nancy was glad that all the tension between her and Glenn was finally gone now that he was hanging out with Viper. But she had her own relationship issues to deal with. Almost as if he had read her mind, Rabbit messaged her.

Drinks tonight?

Nancy sighed as she stared at the screen of her iPhone. She knew exactly why Rabbit wanted to have drinks with her. It meant he wanted to talk. What he wanted to talk about, she had a pretty good idea, but she couldn't really be one hundred percent sure. She'd think on it a few minutes before answering him. She truly just wanted to see how the day played out before she committed to going out that night.

"Rabbit?" Glenn guessed from the look on Nancy's face as she stared at her iPhone blankly.

"You're getting better," Nancy answered. She ran her fingers through her blond hair and tied it back in a ponytail. "He wants to have drinks later."

Glenn made a non-committing sound and took a sip from his coffee. That was one subject none of the four ever mentioned without some awkwardness. Now that Glenn was getting closer to Viper, Rabbit was suddenly spending a lot more time with Nancy. Glenn didn't care as long as he knew that Viper wasn't letting it affect her. Not that he was very likely to know, because he also knew how well Viper concealed her true feelings.

"Units one-one-four and one-two-five respond to massive MCI.... School bus versus 18-wheeler.... at least 18 injured."

Glenn and Nancy exchanged a look as they both reached for their headphones, "Dispatch, this is one-one-four, we're on our way. ETA is five to seven minutes."

"Well then I guess it's good our ETA is two to three," Viper's voice came out of her radio.

"Always good to have someone closer," Nancy responded.

What came next surprised the hell out of Glenn. There was a long string of profanities that came from Viper's mouth over the radio, some in English, some in Italian, "Nancy, I need you here, now. Dispatch, this is medic one-two-five, I need all available units, and I need Medevac transport choppers here asap. There are a lot of wounded children. Me and my partner are first onscene and I'm acting commander while my partner starts triage."

"Acknowledged, one-two-five," Dispatch responded. "Angel Rescue two is on its way, ETA of three minutes."

Nancy turned her face to Glenn, "What the hell is going on down there? I've never heard Viper like that before."

"We'll see in a minute," Glenn said. He too was shaken by how nervous Viper had sounded. They found their path mostly blocked by the fallen trailer of the 18 wheeler, but using his horns and sirens to get pedestrians out of the way, he guided the ambulance half on the sidewalk, half on the road. It was easy to spot Amanda, setting up the red, yellow, and green tarps along the street. It took them a moment longer to find Viper, just as she pulled herself onto the fallen school bus.

"Viper!" Glenn said into his radio. "What the hell are you doing?"

"Getting the emergency exit on the side open," Viper responded as they saw her stomp down with the heel of her boot and shatter a window. "Get over here, now, both of you. Get the rear exit. This bus has a bunch of children inside."

By the time they reached the bus, Viper had vanished into the bus. She landed on what was really the other emergency exit. Around her, the cries and moans from children seemed to be growing with every passing second. It was one hell of a predicament that she had been put into She would have to climb over the seats in order to get to the different children. She resigned to starting with those nearest her until Nancy, Glenn, and whichever officers responded would join her. The force of the crash had sent all the children to one side, which would definitely make it easier for the S.F.F.D. to cut the bus apart.

"What's your name?" Viper inquired of the young brunette nearest her. She was wide-eyed and shaking with gashes over her arms and forehead. Tears streamed down her face as she sat huddled between the seats.

"Melanie," The girl responded.

"Melanie, I'm Viper, can you walk?" Viper inquired, holding her hand out. Melanie nodded and grasped Viper's hand as, with a loud groan, Glenn and Nancy succeeded in getting the rear emergency exit opened. "We gotta have a system here," Viper said to Glenn and Nancy. There is no room in here whatsoever until the S.F.F.D. opens up a bigger hole. I'm going to start tagging these kids, I want you two to start moving them out. Once more medics get here, form an assembly line to get them out until we have more room."

"Got it," Nancy said, taking Melanie from Viper.

"How's Probie doing?" Viper asked, looking at Glenn as Nancy walked by him.

"Set up Triage a little hesitantly," Glenn responded. "But this is insane, I don't blame her. I don't know if I would have done anything differently."

"Unfortunately for all of us, we don't have time for hesitant," Viper said as her radio went off.

"This is Angel Rescue Two," Marisa's voice was strong and clear. "Vipe, we're about a minute out. I just found a place that's safe for me to land."

"Got it," Viper responded as she began to clamber over the seats, Glenn following her to help her start assessing and tagging the kids. "I need both of you on the ground. No air medevac leaves until Angel Rescue One or Three get here, we'll use the rigs for now. Rabbit, as soon as you land, I want you on the bus. Leave triage to others, you're reporting to me, got it?"

"Yes ma'am," Rabbit responded. "Give me a minute to land, and a minute to get to you."

Viper felt a strange rush of comfort. Despite all their issues, Rabbit was still Viper's first choice of paramedics to work with. His experience and knowledge was second only to Nancy's in her book, but Rabbit was faster, which is why she wanted him working with her at that moment.

"Viper," Glenn said suddenly. "You missed one."

Viper turned around and looked over the seat that she had just climbed over while talking to Rabbit. There was a scared looking boy under the seat, awake, but appearing not to know where he was.

Viper struggled to find a way to get in between the seats, but Glenn found it for her by kicking down the back of the seat that seperated them. She grinned appreciatively at him and then stepped over the seat she was on to look at the boy.

"Go on tagging," Viper instructed. "Once they get us a bigger opening, I'm going to want them moved out as quickly as possible."

"Hi," Viper said to the boy who was groaning in pain as Glenn stepped over her. Now that she saw him clearly, she could see he had to be at least twelve. "Can you tell me your name?"

"Jacob," the boy said in a voice laced with pain.

"I'm Viper, Jacob, can you tell me what day it is?"

"Viper's an awesome name," Jacob said. "And it's Monday."

"Good," Viper nodded. "And thank you, Jacob. I like my name too. Can you tell me where you're in pain?"

"I'm just numb all over," Jacob said, making Viper's blood turn cold. "Am I paralyzed, Viper?"

"Not if I can get you out of here soon enough," Viper responded.

"Someone call for another paramedic?" Rabbit was suddenly beside her. She turned to him, her body strangely numb. "What've we got?"

"Jacob, meet Rabbit," Viper said. "Rabbit, this is Jacob, possible spinal cord injury. His body is numb he says. I was about to do vitals when you came. He needs to get to city now though."

"Well, you grounded me, and Angel Rescue One is five minutes out," Rabbit said. "They were on another call when this one came through. Though I'm not sure I can get him out through the rear anyways."

"What is the S.F.F.D. waiting for?" Viper inquired as she began taking Jacob's vitals and listening to his heart. "It's not like they haven't sawed a bus in half before...."

"They're getting ready to start," Rabbit responded. "They're just reluctant to do it with people inside."

"To hell with that," Viper growled. "These are my victims, I'm not leaving them."

"Go," Rabbit said, swatting her hands away. "I'll take care of Jacob, you find another patient."

Viper shook her head, "He needs to get to the hospital; I'm not leaving him now."

"Trust me, Viper," Rabbit said. "There are other kids on this bus that can use your help."

Viper's eyes narrowed as she recognized Rabbit's tone. He had something up his sleeve. It was then that she remembered what he had done to his last teenage possible spinal cord injury....

"No," Viper hissed. "You are not about to put my patient into hypothermia when we don't even know how long it's going to take to get out of here. If his heart stops, all we have is a defibrillator to shock him, and that, very often, is not enough. I'd rather him live paralyzed than not live at all."

"Viper!"

Viper looked up as Glenn called her, "What?"

"I need you," Glenn said. "I'm losing one!"

Viper stood up entirely too fast, slamming her head against the low ceiling of the bus. With a furious sonovabitch! she clutched her head.

"Are you okay, Klutzy?" Rabbit inquired.

"I'm fine," Viper snarled as she regained herself. "I mean it, Rabbit. "No hypothermia treatment."

She hopped over a few seats, passing a few groaning and tagged kids, and finally reached Glenn, where he was doing compressions on another boy, this one a little younger. Glenn glanced at her uncertainly.

"He was slightly responsive when I reached him," Glenn said. "But then I lost him. He's not breathing, and he's bleeding like crazy. A piece of glass went through his back."

Viper went to the boy's head and flashed her pen light in his eyes one at a time. His eyes did not move, nor did his pupils react. She gently lifted the boy's head about two inches off the shattered glass and pulled her hands back fully bloody.

"The back of his skull is shattered," Viper said, shaking her head. "It's a miracle he was responsive at all when you found him. Stop compressions, you're not going to get him back."

Glenn pulled his hands back, sighing, "Damn it."

"This is horrible," Viper agreed. "What kind of ass runs his truck into a bus filled with children?"

"One who was high and drunk," a new voice said. Viper and Glenn looked around to see Tyler peering down at them from the window above them. "Oh, and that ass is dead, just so you know."

"Damn," Viper shook her head. "That's better than he deserves. What's going on out there, Ty?"

"Kids are getting transported out of here," Tyler said. "We're waiting on the S.F.F.D. to get this bus torn apart so we can get the rest of you guys out of here. They're almost ready to start."

"Well tell them to hurry it up," Viper said. "I got a kid who might not ever walk again if we don't get him out soon, and tell them I'm not leaving, I'll take the risk of staying with my patients."

"Are you insane?" Glenn inquired.

"No, just dedicated," Viper responded. "What have you found so far?"

"Broken leg, snapped arm, nothing too life threatening," Glenn responded.

"Everyone who can walk, out!" A strong voice called suddenly. "This bus is getting ripped in half!"

Viper glared up at the fireman that had called down the order, "I'm commander, I'm not leaving." She turned to Glenn, "Go on, I'll continue the dirty work until they get this bus seperated." She then looked over her shoulder, "Rabbit! You heard him, out!"

"In your dreams, Viper," Rabbit responded. "You stay, I stay."

Viper's irritation rose, but she flicked him off to abate some of her anger. She turned back to Glenn who hadn't moved.

"Do not give me that look," Viper said. "I'll be fine. I can't say I've been in a bus when they've used a can opener on it, but I've been through similar situations."

"You'll be careful," Glenn said.

"I always am," Viper said, grinning confidently. "Now get out."

Glenn left her, but not before caressing her cheek with his hand and giving her arm a tight squeeze. Viper crouched down as a loud sawing sound tore through the air. She pulled her jacket over her face, knowing Rabbit would be shielding his patient, and Glenn should have prepared those patients he already saw.... The entire thing took a good five to ten minutes. When it was over, Viper felt the rush of the wind as the entire side of the bus was ripped upwards by a crane attached to a fire truck. Everything started moving very fast then. Nancy, Boone, and Marisa all reported to Viper for orders. She barked them out as quickly as she could, her adrenaline really rushing. She ordered Marisa back into the air with the paralyzed Jacob first.

"Rabbit!" Viper yelled as she made her way to him and she saw the IV in Jacob's arm. She felt the heat surge her body as she followed the IV to a bag of saline. "What the hell did I tell you?!" She was on the warpath now. It was one thing for Rabbit to ignore her when it was only them on the scene and they were taking orders from someone else, but for him to disobey her while she was leading the scene.... "Get the fuck off my scene with that child, and I hope for your sake his heart doesn't stop, because it's your ass that's on the line, and if he dies, I'll do everything in my power to get your certificate pulled permanently."

"You won't have to worry about that, because I won't lose him," Rabbit said.

"You do not know that, Rabbit!" Viper snarled. "People are unpredictable! What the hell is it going to take to get that drilled into your head?""

"Maybe me being wrong about something like this," Rabbit shot back. "I saved one person's ability to walk with this treatment."

"A teenager who was fully grown!" Viper reminded him. "Not a kid! Enough arguing with me, just go."

Slowly but surely, the scene was cleared of patients. They had lost two kids as they worked on them in addition to the first one, then they found one more already dead towards the end. At the end of it, Viper basically collapsed against her rig, the only one to not leave the scene at all.

"Nice work today, Viper," Captain Basra was suddenly in front of her as she sat against the rig. "You really proved, once again, what a good paramedic you are."

"Thank you, Bas," Viper said. "God, I am so happy we don't get these every day. I don't think I could handle it if we did."

"But you did handle it," Basra said. "And very well from what everyone told me. Though apparently your probie got in the way a lot."

Viper groaned, "I'll train her better tomorrow. I am so ready for this shift to be over...."

After getting back to base, all Viper wanted to do was crash in the lounge, but she knew that wasn't an option. She spent some time, after sending Amanda home, cleaning the rig, although it was already clean, and then just went to sit in her truck, not really in the mood to move anywhere else. There had been so many children, so many hurt, five of them would never see another sunrise.... There were five families mourning their children that night....

There was a soft knocking on the window. Viper hadn't even realized that the sun had gone down while she'd been sitting in the truck. She opened the window to talk to Tyler.

"Hey," Viper said in a low voice.

"You look like hell," Tyler said, folding his arms on the window frame and putting his chin on them. "Are you okay?"

"I'm exhausted," Viper admitted. "I'd forgotten what a real rush was like. The night shift is usually full of drunk drivers, shootings, minor accidents.... But today, it all came rushing back. I'd truly forgotten how much I enjoyed what I do. But I'd also forgotten what it's like when you let situations get to you. All those children were innocent. None of them deserved to be hurt, none of them deserved to die."

"Yeah, today was tough," Tyler nodded. "A bunch of us are going to get drinks, you gonna come?"

Viper shook her head, "It's tempting, but I'd much rather drink myself to sleep in the comfort of my own bed."

"Alright," Tyler shrugged. "Your loss." He reached up and rumpled Viper's hair, ignoring her protesting hiss. "Don't hurt yourself, though."

"I'll be fine, Tyler," Viper said. "The worst danger that can befall me in my house is that I go flying down the stairs. But I doubt I'm getting out of my bed once I get in it."

That had been the plan, but about an hour after she got home and taken a hot shower, the doorbell began to ring. Being already slightly buzzed, Viper groaned as she carefully descended the stairs, very glad that she was dressed in her silk pajamas instead of a towel and bathrobe. She managed to make it down rather quickly, without falling. She smiled as she looked through the peep-hole and saw Glenn on the doorstep.

"Hey," Viper said, leaning against the door. "What are you doing here? I thought you were going to drink the night away with everyone else."

"I was with them for a while," Glenn said. "But I figured you could probably use a friend."

"Oh, that's what you are?" Viper smirked as she stood back to let him in. "You did very nice work today, Glenn. It makes me happy you're not a probie anymore."

"You didn't do so badly yourself," Glenn said. "You kept your head level."

"Up until I lost it with Rabbit," Viper reminded him. She led him to the living room, grabbing a bottle of tequila and two glasses on the way. She flopped down on the couch, pinching the bridge of her nose, "Have you heard anything about his patient?"

"Yeah," Glenn nodded. "Doc Joe had the best surgeons working on him. He's going to recover."

"Oh, thank god," Viper sighed. "That saves me the issue of going after his certificate."

"Would you really have done that?" Glenn inquired.

"If something would have went wrong, yes," Viper said firmly. "I gave him a direct order, and he went against it. It's something he and I used to do a lot when one of us was in control, but I would never do it with a kid's life at risk. He is such an ass sometimes...."

She poured two shots of tequila and held one out to Glenn, "To a horrible day."

Glenn knocked glasses with her and they both downed their shots. Viper reveled in the burn of the alcohol as it slid down her throat. She could hardly believe her biggest issue that morning had been trying to train a probie, which she hadn't even done.

"What's on your mind?" Glenn inquired after a few moments of silence. "I've never seen you so quiet."

Viper shook her head, "There really are no words for what's going through my mind. I just want to block all of it out...."

Glenn scooted closer to her, running his fingers through her still wet hair, "It's really affecting you, huh?"

"Like nothing has before, in all my years of working for the S.F.F.D.," Viper admitted. She looked up at Glenn, who now had his arm around her shoulders in a comforting gesture. Viper liked the feel of his body near hers. It was like she had been cold since she got home and he was warming her up. She leaned up suddenly and kissed him passionately. Glenn kissed her back, just as passionately, his fingers knotting in her hair. Viper didn't want to be alone, not that night....


Back across town, Tyler, Boone, Nancy, Rabbit, and Marisa sat around talking, drinking, and playing pool, Marisa kicking Boone's ass. Boone was really the only one who hadn't been drinking as he had to go home as soon as Marisa was done with him.

"My money's on Marisa," Rabbit said, slurring his words slightly. He was drunk, and he knew it. He definitely wasn't planning to drive home. As far as he was concerned, he might not even make it home. That wasn't on his priority list. He had, once again, dodged a bullet, albeit in the metaphorical sense. His patient had lived, which meant he was safe, for the moment, from Viper's wrath.

"What are the odds Glenn is going to get lucky tonight?" Tyler inquired. Only on his second beer and first shot, he was nowhere near drunk.

"Better than mine have been in a long time," Nancy said, slightly tipsy herself. "Today was such hell...."

"I think we can all say that there hasn't been that much to do since the accident on the freeway," Marisa said, leaning over the pool table. "Eight ball, corner pocket." She sank the ball easily and straightened up to smirk at Boone, "Good game."

"Damn," Boone shook his head. "Good game, Marisa. Remind me never to play against you again."

Marisa laughed, "Don't be bitter. I'll let you win next time."

"Yeah, whatever," Boone rolled his eyes. "I'll see you guys tomorrow. Don't get too drunk, and do not drive home, for all of our sakes."

They each called their good-byes to Boone, and Rabbit finally turned his eyes back to Nancy. She had her blonde hair down in a curtain around her shoulders, and was resting her chin in her palm.

"Penny for your thoughts?"

"Today was really bad," Nancy said. "It's so hard to desensitize yourself from seeing innocent kids dead."

Rabbit nodded, "Yeah, it was. But you know if you let it get into you, it's going to stay there for a while."

"Hence the need for the alcohol," Nancy smirked, downing a shot of Jack Daniels'. "So, what was on your mind earlier, Rabbit?"

Rabbit blinked, his mind suddenly blank. He honestly couldn't remember what he'd wanted to talk to Nancy about. It felt like he'd sent that message a week ago.

"I'm honestly not sure," Rabbit admitted. "All I know is that I did want to talk to you, but then that whole emergency came up, and Viper went insane, and---"

The rest of his sentence was cut off by Nancy kissing him. He kissed her back, but pulled back after a moment, "What the hell is going on in that mind of yours, Naughty?"

He was extremely thankful that Tyler had started playing a game of pool against Marisa so no one was listening to their conversation. He knew Nancy was drunk, but he could see nothing but certainty in her blue eyes.

"I'm sick of this, Rabbit," Nancy admitted. "You and I go through this stupid dance every goddamn day... I know now that I want to be with you, not Glenn. It would have killed me if Viper would have wound up getting your certificate pulled; I probably would have followed you. You're the one thing that's been keeping me together the last few months. You have no idea how hard it was before you came back after the accident..."

Rabbit took a moment to let Nancy's words sink in before standing up, "Come on. You and I need to talk."

TBC!


AN: Whew! We made it to the end of this chapter! More soon! And please, if you spot any errors, please let me know!