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Chapter 10: Going home

They had been together for two months now. She was still in pain and still on pain medicine almost constantly, but she was walking a little bit. She couldn't walk for too long, or her body would just give out. She was so tired all the time, she just wished life could be normal, she knew it would be back to normal, Horatio would help her get back to normal. She was scared to have him touch her, but Horatio knew that she would heal with time.

"Sweetheart, are you ready to go?" Horatio asked.

"Yes, I just have to grab my bag," She replied.

A nurse came with a wheelchair, which she fought, but eventually gave in to, and Horatio helped her into the hummer. It was still a little high up yet for her, but she'd be just fine. Horatio was driving home, and he kept looking at her, she had her head against the window, and the sunset was just right on her face, she looked radiant. By the time they arrived home, she was fast asleep against the window; Horatio pulled her into the middle of the passenger's seat that way she wouldn't fall out when he opened the door. He grabbed her bag and unlocked the door, set the bag on their bed, and ran back out. She was fine of course; he just hated leaving her alone. She still had nightmares, and was now even more terrified of getting close to Horatio because of what happened. She didn't want him to be like her ex husband. Once he got her in the house he set her on the bed and gently stroked her cheek. He didn't want to wake her up, but he knew he needed to get her into pajamas for bed. It was about eight at night, and because they were up at five, the couple was exhausted. Horatio jumped in the shower, and thought for awhile.

Will she ever trust me again? Will she ever love me the way I want her to love me? Will she let me love her? I'm not sure what to do to make everything better. I don't want to have to wait it out, I know I'll have to, but I want nothing more than for her to let me hold her and tell her how much I really love her. I want to be able to tell her I love for the first time and her say it back because she really does love me, not because she thinks it's what I want to hear. I understand if she wants to take it slow. We pretty much always have, but I want to take care of her. I want to be here for her, and I want to love her.

When Horatio got out of the shower, dried off and changed, Becca was laying on the bed curled in a ball with her arms around herself. Horatio knew she was probably asleep now, but woke up and was upset; he tried to wake her up to change.

"Sweetheart…Becca….Becca…," Horatio asked.

"Hmm?" Becca stirred a little, but gave a small yelp when she tried to roll over on her sore ribs.

"Sweetheart, it's me. I want to get you changed now." Horatio said in a calm quiet voice. Becca attempted to turn and move and then tell him that she needed a little help up, but the pain almost had her crying, and when Horatio saw this, it almost broke his heart. He wanted nothing more than for her to get better. He helped her up, and helped guide her to the bathroom. She changed and came back to him again in pain.

"Stay here," Horatio said in a quiet firm voice, he grabbed her some lemonade and her pain pill, and then soon enough he was helping Becca into the bed, and Horatio had sat on the edge of the bed beside her. He knew she was cold; there was evidence all over her arms. (That was something it didn't take a CSI to figure out.) He wanted so badly to do nothing but hold her, but he knew she wasn't ready for that. It was like starting all over again. Trying to regain her trust, not like he'd ever really lost it, but for her to…trust all men again. He didn't care if she trusted every man, which would be close to impossible, but he wanted her to trust him, and the people that could protect her.

Horatio was in the guest bedroom when his phone started vibrating and lit up. He grabbed it and saw it was a text from Becca.

"Hey, I can't sleep. Are you still awake?" Rebecca texted.

"Same here, do you need me up there?" Horatio asked.

"No, I'm fine. Thank you though; I just want someone to talk to."

"Well…I'm all phone and eyes," Horatio texted back hoping it would at least make her smile.

Rebecca smiled at the text, "I miss you, and I miss being myself."

"I know sweetheart, but you'll make it through this. We both will. I want nothing more than for you to be happy."

"I want to be happy, but I'm too terrified to be happy because it seems like every time I am happy something screws everything up," Rebecca texted, Horatio knew she was probably crying and needed him. He was glad for that though. He went upstairs and sat laid down beside her and their hands met in between them.

"Horatio, I really care about you, I don't want what happened to me to mess us up. I'm really happy with you."

Horatio smiled at her and stroked her cheek. He knew it'd be along time before she got back to normal, before she healed, and before she learned to love again, but he was learning too. He was learning that everything comes with a price, he was learning that he couldn't always be the protective I'm-gonna-kick-your-ass guy. He was learning that it's ok to have emotions and let people in on how your feeling and what your thinking, they were both learning that. They wanted nothing more than to make each other happy. As Becca sat and thought, Horatio was trying to get some sleep.

Do we have a future together? Does he really care about me? Of course he does! He wouldn't have walked this far with me to just leave me here, but do we have a real future together? Really fixing up Horatio's home, they were having it remodeled so for now they were calling Becca's house home, getting married, having a baby. Does he even want children? Would he even consider having a baby with me? Can I even have children?

These were all questions she wanted to know, but for now she was just gonna shut her eyes and sleep and she would worry about it in the morning.

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