A/N: Sorry for the wait, I had a wrist injury playing softball and it was taking me forever to type while in a splint so I just took a couple of days off.

Disclaimer: I own nothing. The characters and show are not mine and I profit nothing from this.

Awaking to someone screaming out in pain is not something that Eliot finds enjoyable. After realizing what was going on he awoke with a jolt. Jumping off the couch and rushing to Parker's room he found her laying on the floor halfway to the bathroom.

"Woman what are you doing?"

"Nothing just help me stand up."

Doing as she said she stood up on her own two feet, balancing her wait on her left leg.

"So you gonna tell me what you were doing?"

"I'm fine Eliot just go do whatever you were doing. You don't have to wait on me hand and foot, I don't want you to."

"Parker that's what I'm here for will you please quit being so stubborn? So what were you doing?"

"I have to go to the bathroom." She mumbled her last sentence under her breath.

"Well here let me help you." Starting to put her arm around his shoulder so he could help her to the bathroom.

"NO! I will not have you help me to the bathroom, I'm not an invalid."

"Parker what do you expect to do? You can barely walk and you can't use your hands at all."

"I can do this myself, please Eliot I can do this and don't need help. Especially from you."

Taking shock from her last statement Eliot stopped walking and looked at her. Had he done something wrong or something to offend her? He thought her stay was going as well as can be expected and now she says this.

"What? Did I..." Leaving the sentence unfinished he looked at her shocked.

"Eliot, you and I both know that if this was you, you would not need this help. I do not need anyone's help and never have. Now please leave me alone while I go pee."

"Parker there's a difference in our situations. I know how to take care of these types of wounds and if I was severely injured you know that yall would be here to help me."

"But you wouldn't let them help you to the bathroom. Please just let me do this on my own."

"Fine but I'm going to stand outside the door if ya need me."

"Okay but I won't need your help."

After standing outside for the door for ten minutes Eliot started to worry. Deciding to give her another five minutes before he knocked.

Parker decided after using the bathroom that she just wanted to sit and think. Trying to figure how things could have gone so wrong, how she could make this stay easier without being waited on hand and foot, and how in the world that she was having feelings for Eliot. She didn't understand this feeling in her chest she felt and didn't want to show someone that she had feelings for her vulnerabilities.

Hearing the knock on the door she realized she had taken longer than expected and probably had Eliot worried. So standing up and making sure she was as representable as possible considering her condition.

"Alright come in."

"You okay? You were taking longer than any normal woman should in the bathroom."

"I was just thinking and now I'm exhausted."

"Alright well how about I carry you back to bed and maybe we could talk?"

Nodding her head he took a few steps toward her and gently put his arm behind her knees and his other arm around her neck and lifted like she weighed nothing at all.

"You know you need to eat more, you weigh what a buck thirty soaking wet?"

"The more I weigh the harder it is for me to do my job."

Laying her down in bed he pulled the closest chair next to the bed and went to go get her a hand full of fortune cookies. Seeing her face light up with his little surprise he had for her. Realizing that the cookies were a great idea to help her loosen up.

"So what would you like to talk about?"

"I don't know, you were the one that wanted to talk."

"Well how are you feeling today?"

"Well everything still hurts if that's what your asking and if your asking how my feelings are then I'm still pissed about being here."

"Parker come on, your here and getting better will you please just be your normal self and relax?"

"You know better than anyone else on the team that people take advantage of you when your injured. Your not supposed to have others wait on you, your supposed to go be by yourself and take care of yourself."

"But Parker we are different, you know I or anyone else on the team would never hurt you. We are here to help you, I'm here to help you. Do you think I would welcome you into my home and help you with everything that you need help with if I didn't care deeply for you."

After saying that he finally realized what he had said. That was probably the biggest mistake he had made in a while. He figured she was going to bolt and go stay with Sophie or even Hardison because he knew that he scared her off with his confession.

Just looking at her lap, she didn't know what to say or do. Pulling at the strings of the blanket she didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing. She had feelings too but didn't know if she could express them like normal people did.

"You know I care deeply for you too."

Eliot staring at the ground was shocked to hear those words come out of this woman's mouth. How should he react to this, this was the question running through his mind.

"What? Really?"

"You know the team would never believe this."

"I know, so if you don't mind me asking how long have you felt like this?"

"I don't know, I have always thought things could be different between us but never really thought about relationships before. But when your life kind of flashes before your eyes as your falling you get a sense of clarity. I realized how I would really enjoy being with someone and that someone is you."

"You know I would have never imagined being with someone like you."

Seeing her face he realized he had said the wrong thing.

"That's not what I meant."

"Yes it is, that is what everyone says. No one will want you, you're a throw away, you will never be loved."

"No Parker, I'm a good 'ole southern boy. I imagined myself with a good 'old country girl and living on a farm. But when I think of my life with you, I would give all of that up just to be with you."

"That's hard to believe, why would you want to be with someone like me?"

"Because you give my life adventure and uncertainty, waking up with you beside me everyday would be better than any farm life could ever give me."

Both of them smiling at each other, their hands had traveled to each others and Eliot knew would like to never let go. This was the starting to become much more than either had expected and both were very excited to see where this went.