Title: My Heart Beats For Love

Summary: While Sherlock is solving a case, he and John meet a beautiful young girl who holds a terrible past. When Sherlock finds himself falling in love with her, he tries to lie, even to himself. Can Watson convince him before her life is up?

This feels like a permanent December
So much colder than I can remember
When I get you back
This time I swear that I won't
Won't ever let you go
Won't let you go, no
Won't let you go, go, go, go
Won't let you - -

Chapter 9

There's a first for everything

Even for Sherlock Holmes

Yes, he, Sherlock Holmes, was in love with Emma Roberts and he would do everything in his power to get her out of here, even if it coasted him his own life.

As Sherlock watched her sleep, her face became stressed and she snapped her head from side to side.

"Please...no..." she whimpered.

"Sh, Emma, it's okay" Sherlock tried to sooth her, shaking her slightly, but she didn't wake up.

"Please, leave him alone...please..." she whimpered.

"Sh" he murmured and she sat bolt right up, gasping. She looked around with wide, terrified eyes and then burst in to tears. Sherlock hugged her to him and whispered soothing words in her ear just like she did for him.

Soon she calmed down and blushed. "Sorry about that" she muttered, obviously embarrassed about the whole scenario. He merely smiled.

"Don't be sorry" he said. She quickly got out of his arms and he immediately missed the contact. "What did you dream about?" he asked, ignoring the ache in his arms, the ache to hold her, to comfort her.

"Oh ... err... it was my father, he was abusing everyone I love and, well, when I woke up it was you he was abusing" she muttered, wincing. She wrapped her arms around her own waist, as if she was trying to keep a tornado in there; a tornado or emotions.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have asked" he apologised.

"Its okay" she smiled. "You are Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes is born to be curious; and you always will be."

She laughed and he joined in. Yeah, that was him, always curious.

"There's something I need to tell you" he said.

"Oh yeah?" she said examining some bruises on her arms that looked particularly painful for her. He watched her wince as she touched it and decided that it was not or never.

"I..." he began but he was cut of b a very big bang. They all snapped their heads towards the door. There were a couple of minutes of silence and then the door opened to reveal...

This feels like a permanent December
So much colder than I can remember
When I get you back
This time I swear that I won't
Won't ever let you go
Won't let you go, no
Won't let you go, go, go, go
Won't let you - -

AN: Who's at the door? Dun, dun, dun... take a guess. Sorry, I couldn't resist. Sorry it's so short. Blimey, this story is more trouble than it's worth!

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