Thank you for the reviews and those that are following as well, much appreciated. The next chapter where we get to see some quality time spent with each other. Also I apologise for not updating sooner, uni and life got in the way for a bit but I'm back now.

Also on a side note can I just say how much I'm dying from the Brettonio doses we are now starting to get in each episode? I'm looking forward to ep 7.

Enjoy

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"Hey baby, you're going to need to pack a bag with enough to get you through a week, I've cleared it with Boden and with Voight and as of now, we have a week off to go and enjoy that holiday we talked about, we both need the break and need to get away for a few days, we'll head out within the next two hours." Antonio tells Sylvie as he enters their bedroom with a plate of pancakes for her to eat.

"But what about my shift's?" Sylvie asks as she grabs the plate off him.

"Boden said he already had it taken care of, we both have leave owing to us and we've been through a lot so we should take the opportunity while we can." He says as he leans down and places a kiss to her head before starting to pack his bag.

"Well where are we going?" She asks as she starts eating her pancakes and moaning in appreciation.

Glancing at her and smirking to himself watching his girl enjoy her breakfast he responds "I've booked us a cabin in Wisconsin, that way we aren't anywhere near home or work and we can relax without worrying about what is happening here for a few days."

"How long have you been planning this?" Sylvie asks.

"I started looking things up like I promised I would back when the stuff with Jimmy was happening, but we've both been so busy it's been hard to actually follow through, then when I got home 2 nights ago and after everything that happened, I put my plans into action and I was lucky enough they had a couple of cabins free at the time." He tells her before sitting down on the bed in front of her and grabbing the plate from her.

"Have I ever told you how lucky I am to have you?" She asks kneeling onto her knees and getting closer to him.

"Not recently, I'm just glad you gave me a chance, I'm the lucky one and I thank god every day that he bought you to me." He says to her.

"God I love you." She tells him fiercely before giving him a passion fuelled kiss.

"I love you too baby." He replies before kissing her again.

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Once Antonio had parked the car outside the cabin, Sylvie stepped out of the car and took in the outside of the cabin and the surroundings.

"It's so peaceful out here." Brett says as Antonio walks up behind her with their bags.

"Wait until you see the inside." He says pecking her on the cheek whilst walking past her and up the steps to the front door to open it.

"Okay, this is amazing, how did you find it?" She asked looking around the cabin.

"Jay and Erin put me onto it as they took a mini break here a while ago when they were debating whether they could live in Wisconsin or not, they spoke very highly of it, I figured it sounded perfect because we could relax in the hammock whilst looking at the pond during the day and then at night we can spend time relaxing in front of the fire pit." Antonio explains wrapping his arms around her waist and kissing her neck.

"What else do you have planned for our amazing time away?" She asks tilting her head for him to have better access to her neck.

"Well you'll just have to wait to find out." He mumbles into her skin whilst continuing to kiss her neck

"Maybe we should head into the bedroom and unpack our stuff." Sylvie says breathlessly.

"Yes, let's do that." Antonio agrees whilst letting her lead the way.

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"So are you glad we came here?" Antonio asks as they sit outside on a lounger near the fire pit with Sylvie snuggling into his chest whilst he ensured the blanket was wrapped around them to keep them warm whilst she stared directly at the fire pit.

"Of course, this was the best idea you've had in a while, I'm glad you dragged me away from it all and organised everything, I'm so lucky to have you." She says wrapping her arms around his torso tighter.

"I'm the lucky one." He says whilst inhaling the soft scent of strawberries and vanilla of her hair.

"I may never want to leave." Sylvie says whilst closing her eyes and relaxing into Antonio's arms and feeling protected and safe.

"It definitely is enticing to stay." He says softly whilst rubbing soothing circles on her back and staring into the stars.

Hearing Sylvie's breathing evening out, Antonio sighs and gently places a kiss on the top of her forehead before slowly moving from the chair into a standing position. Seeing that she hadn't stirred, he gripped her tighter and slowly made his way back into the house and towards the bedroom. Slowly lowering her onto the bed, Antonio got himself ready before getting in and grabbing his phone.

After sending the text message and receiving a response back, he put his phone on the bedside table and turned off the lamp before wrapping Sylvie in his arms and watching her sleep until his eyes could no longer stay open.

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Waking up the next morning to an empty bed, Antonio grabbed his phone and saw that it was 6am. Sighing, he got out of bed and walked out of the room to find his girlfriend.

Walking into the lounge room, he found her standing there staring out of the window wearing his shirt and a pair of sweatpants. Walking up to her he wrapped his arms around her.

"What are you doing up so early?" He asks.

"I couldn't sleep, I think it's because I'm used to being up at 5am for work." She says.

"You haven't been sleeping much since that day Will gave you the sleeping tablets." He voiced with concern.

"It's just been a stressful time lately, I don't really want to take the sleeping tablets, I don't like how they make me feel and I don't like being zonked out for so long." She replies turning in his arms to face him.

"I get that, I do, but I'm really worried about you and you can't go back to work until you've spoken to someone about it, you haven't said much to me about it and I know you've been having nightmares about it and I know you don't want to take sleeping tablets so I contacted Will last night and his organised for you to see Dr Charles on Tuesday, he has made the appointment for lunchtime." Antonio says looking down at her.

"I'm not ready to talk about it and I don't want to relive it." She says into his chest.

"I get that baby, I do, but you need to talk about it and I'll help you anyway that I can, you know that, but your reliving it anyway in your nightmares so the sooner you talk about it, the better you'll start feeling and the better you'll sleep, the longer you leave it the more it will manifest." He says.

"I just don't like feeling like this." She mumbles into his chest while sniffing.

"It's going to be okay, what we are going to do is go back to bed and have a nap and then what you're going to start doing is taking a sleeping tablet every night by around 10pm so that way you wake up early enough the next day so that we don't waste the day away." He says as he leans back to look down at her.

Nodding her head she wipes he eyes and looks up at him.

Leaning in he gently kisses her before turning her around to walk her back towards the room so that they could go back to sleep.