"Ress is all right, the tube is helping you breathe, do not fight him, come on, calm down." Liz was the first to get up and get to Ressler's bed.

But Ressler continued to panic, until Liz changed tactics and seemed to work a little.

"Ressler. Look at me, look me in the eyes." Liz said quietly stroking his hair. As soon as Ressler looked, she smiled at him and continued in an even softer tone. The moment he looked her in the eyes he stopped struggling against the restrictions and the room was quiet only with the sound of the machine squeal because he was still preventing the machine from supplying air and he could not breathe.

"Hey. You see, I'm here. Calm down, shhh it'll be fine, relax your body, do not hold your breath, let the machine work for you, it's okay, shh. "And with that, Ressler stopped fighting and just stared at the beautiful blue eyes of Liz as she stroked his hair as a form of comfort.

Ressler's Heart Rate must have increased on the nurses' monitor because one entered the room with a syringe ready to be applied and made him sleep again, fortunately he did not need one more.

Red was standing at the foot of Ressler's bed, touched the nurse's arm as warning to stop, Ressler was still looking into Liz's eyes as she sat in the chair next to him so he was level with her eyes. She kept talking to him as the nurse adjusted the monitor to a larger volume and then she said. "The oxygenation has increased enough to extubate him it is at 14 BPM, the next round of his doctor is before lunch." She looked at the clock and continued "the next 20 minutes I believe."

Red Intervened "Can not you extubate him?"

Red interviu "Can not you extubate him?"

"No, I'm sorry. This is a function of the doctor as he needs to do exams after the extubing process. "She then grinned at Liz, she returned the smile and looked back at Ressler who was half awake.

The nurse left the room with the unused syringe and closed the door, Red was looking at his sleepy and tied Boy Scout, apparently the tenderness in his hair soothed him and was making him fall asleep again.

Red sat in the window chair and now began to read his newspaper while Liz calmed down her partner.

Not long afterward Liz began to wonder how her life would have been today if she and Ressler had moved on and had developed the partnership three years ago where she was free and he was totally open with her. Memories of commemorative dates came as her birthday and Ressler's Christmas surprise. A gorgeous, delicate gold necklace, and then she touched herself how romantic Ressler was with her without skipping phases, not expecting sex on the first date, very different from Tom who only went after her for and to ease the will of pleasure. She was startled when Dr. Robbins called her a second time.

"Sorry Dr. Robbins."

"Can we extubate him?"

"Yes, you can. But even though he was asleep? "

"We'll wake him briefly and then he can sleep again."

"Can I wake him?"

"Okay, we'll be back in five minutes then." The doctor smiled and left with the nurse leaving Liz to wake Ressler by herself, to Liz's head if she woke him up he might not panic for being tied to the bed.

Liz rose from her chair and began to stroke Ressler's hair again and calling out softly.

"Ress, Ress?" Ressler opened a bundle of his eyes for the voice that called for him.

"Look at me. Do you know where you are?" When Ressler did not nod, she continued. "You're in the hospital, everything is fine. I need you to stay awake just a little bit for the doctor to take the tube out of your throat. You wanted him out there, did not you?" Ressler nodded and she continued, "So, wait just a little bit, okay? You have your hands and feet tied, you do not need to panic it's just for your protection, it's okay." Ressler looked a little alarmed, but she kept stroking his hair so he calmed down.

The doctor entered the room and Liz and Red left to give the doctor and the nurse more privacy.

Out of the room Red started. "Are you sure he's ready to talk about it, Liz? Leaves for a little later. I'll stay with you until nightfall, you go home and stay with Agnes, it's not healthy for her to stay away from you for long, I'll stay with Donald."

"No Red, no need, you should go and change and rest, tomorrow you come back."

"So we do it like this, after lunch I go, rest and come back at dusk. Dembe will take you home. And end the chat. "Liz was going to protest, but then she heard a gasp coming from Ressler's room and that changed her focus.

"Are they done yet?" She asked anxiously.

"Calm down, Liz." Red said. And five minutes later the door opens, revealing the nurse and the doctor. The Doctor pulled Liz to talk as Red entered the back room.