The rain was falling only lightly now, but it was still cold. Maureen sat, shivering, on a stone bench in the cemetery. In her dreams, when she dreamt of that night, the person she saw trying to shield her from it was Angel. He'd knelt beside her, stroked her hair, held her while she laid in the cold. Had he really been the presence she'd felt that night or was she just placing him there in her dreams? "What am I going to do, Angel?" She asked the headstone.

She didn't know how long she'd sat there, but the rain was once again turning to snow. Finally deciding to move on, she stood up only to have her legs turn to jelly. She hit the snow covered grass just as she heard her name called out.

"Maureen!" Mimi yelled as she, Roger, and Benny ran over to her. The big man scooped his friend up with ease, and Roger quickly shed his coat to cover her with it. They rushed her to Benny's car and then got her home as quickly as they could. Benny was just placing her on the couch, covering her with blankets when Joanne ran in.

"Where was she?" The woman asked as she knelt next to the couch. "She's ice cold." She began to rub Maureen's arms and caress her cheeks.

Collins came back in with more blanks. "The cemetery."

Fear gripped Joanne when she thought of why Maureen might want to see Angel after talking to the doctor and for a moment she forgot how to breathe. She took a sharp, almost painful breath when Maureen began to stir.

"Angel." She whispered.

"No, Baby, it's me, it's all of us." Joanne replied.

Maureen opened her eyes and looked into Joanne's dark ones. For a moment it felt as if she'd never seen into those dark chocolate eyes before, and truth be told, she hadn't, not really. She'd always been afraid of what she'd find in them, but her fears were wrong. She didn't see all the negative things she thought she would, Maureen saw love in those dark chocolate eyes. She smiled for the first time in a week, a sweet, loving smile. She reached up and caressed Joanne's cheek. "Hi."

Joanne, a little taken aback after the intense moment of simply looking into each other's eyes, replied. "Hi." The room was still until Joanne finally sighed in relief. "You scared the hell out of us."

"Sorry." Maureen said as she looked around. Mark was just coming out of the kitchen with tea, which he handed to Maureen when she sat up. "I needed to think." She wrapped her hands around the mug, suddenly realizing how cold she was. "How'd you find me?"

"Mimi." Benny said from near the door. "She had a hunch."

Mimi smiled and shrugged.

Maureen looked at the girl and smiled back. "Thanks."

"Your welcome." Mimi replied. "Are you… Are you ok?"

Maureen took a deep breath and nodded. "Yes." She told them firmly. "And I'll explain everything to everyone, but not now, ok?"

Everyone nodded and slowly began to leave the apartment after giving Maureen hugs. When they were finally alone, Joanne curled up with Maureen on the couch and just waited her out. She wanted to know what made her girlfriend run like that, why she had to go to Angel, but she was trying to work on that anal-retentive, control freak thing.

When Maureen was ready she pulled away from Joanne and sat at the other end of the couch. She curled up and wrapped her arms around her legs. She looked into her lover's eyes for a while before finally sighing. "The doctor called, but I'm guessing you know that."

"It was on the machine." Joanne answered.

"How much?" Maureen asked.

"It cut off just after you answered." Joanne replied.

Maureen nodded. She took another moment to clear her thoughts. "Everything came back clean." She finally said. She watched as Joanne seemed to physically relax a little. "Almost everything came back negative."

Joanne tensed again. "Almost everything?"

"Everything but the…" The rest of the sentence caught in her throat. She looked away. "The pregnancy test."

Joanne blinked. "You're…"

"Pregnant." Maureen finished.

Neither woman knew what to say after that. They simply sat there looking at each other. Finally Maureen answered the question she knew Joanne wanted to ask. "I don't know what I'm going to do." She sighed. "I have an appointment on Monday, I guess I'll talk to someone then."

"Can I come with you?" Joanne asked carefully.

Maureen blinked. "You want to come with me?"

"I want to be there to support you in whatever way I can, Baby." Joanne told her as she opened her arms to her.

Maureen hesitated but then shifted so Joanne was holding her. Finally she answered, "I'd like it if you came with me."

"Then I'll be there." Joanne said as she kissed Maureen's temple.