It wasn't a nice scene to see Octavia in a hospital bed at the Sanctuary. She just stared at the ceiling most days. Sometimes she would make shadows on the wall with her hands. But she didn't ever say anything.

It had been 3 weeks since our retrieval mission, and Octavia hadn't gotten any better. In fact, she might have actually gotten worse. The Sanctuary staff said that Octavia suffered intense cosmic poisoning from the PODs, and even they thought her chances of recovery were slim.

When we arrived back in Heaven, I thought the hardest part was over. But as soon as Octavia saw the faces of her guardian angels, she completely freaked out. She kept screaming for them to stay away, and she ended up curled up and crying by the end of it.

Poor Peter I thought. His face had looked so happy when he saw Octavia, but then turned pale when she had started screaming. He had tried to rush up to her, but Richard and Tammy stopped him, and literally had to drag him away.

Ever since then, he'd been watching Octavia through the one way window of her Sanctuary room. He had tried to go in at first, but she started screaming again as soon as she saw him. I had visited her a couple of times, but she had never reacted to anything I'd said.

Peter said the only time she ever did anything was when Michael came to talk to her. Even then, she hadn't said much. I didn't really know who I felt more sorry for: Octavia with her PODs poisoning, or Peter, who looked like he hadn't slept in days. He probably hadn't slept since Octavia came to the Sanctuary. I began to see what Lola had meant when she said Peter seemed to care for Octavia a little too much.

"I think he's in love with her," I said to Lola and Reuben one day.

"Who's in love with who?" Reuben asked.

"Peter's in love with Octavia," I said. Lola gave me a pained expression.

"I know. It's just sad that she's too intoxicated to know who are the good guys and who are the bad guys." Suddenly, Lola's face lit up. "Brice!" She jumped up and ran to give him a hug, and then they both came to sit down.

"How was your trip?" I asked him, even though I wasn't really interested.

"Pretty boring." Brice was still in his mission clothes and badly needed a shower, but he didn't seem to notice. "What have you guys been up to?"

"Oh, we just saved a lost soul," Lola announced, like the mission had been a big success.

"I seriously unstable soul," I told him.

"Oh, that's right. That Octavia girl down at the Sanctuary." Brice gave an all knowing nod.

"How do you know that?" I asked. "You only got back 5 minutes ago!"

"I have my ways," Brice said with a grin. "What's the deal with her?"

"Basically, she been badly poisoned," I said. Reuben looked thoughtful.

"I think it's more than that," he said.

"How do you mean?" Lola asked.

"Well, she's always been a deep thinker, and she thinks that she hurts people just by being around them. So maybe she thinks that she can stop hurting people if she doesn't get close to anyone."

I nodded. "That makes sense."

"But what about Peter?" Lollie asked.

"Who's Peter?" Brice asked. I sighed.

"Peter's Octavia's old GA who we think is in love with her, but she keeps freaking out every time she sees him."

"She probably recognises him," Brice said. I looked at him, confused.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, if he was her GA then she would have gotten to know his vibe."

"But that should be a good thing," I said. "Shouldn't it?"

"Well, in theory, yes. But when you're being blasted with PODs toxins constantly, and then being hit by angel vibes, how are you going to feel?"

"Confused," Reuben and Lola said at the same time.

"That's right," Brice said. "Whenever Octavia was around Peter, she would feel confused, and before he came it wasn't, and after he left it wasn't. Maybe she just doesn't want to feel confused again."

"This is all very complicated," I said, my head spinning.

"Well," Brice said with a smile. "She's a complicated girl."