(I'm kinda changing the actions in this chapter. But I don't feel bad. In the Wind based.)

Ryan is beyond furious. Natalia is being way to stubborn for his liking despite almost being killed by a katana wielding teenager. How could she be so careless?

Sitting across from her later he can't help but be angry with her. "How could you be so careless Nat? I know you want to be strong, you want to show us you can handle yourself." Ryan starts.

"Nick did this to me." her small voice interrupts. He barely heard her, almost missed it. "Nick did what?"

Natalia looks down in her lap, she takes a look around her apartment before setting her eyes on him again. "The reason why the blast deafened me is because nick abused me. The doctor says frequent blows to the ear can cause temporary hearing loss. He even gave me a pamphlet for abused women to go to for help." Tears make their way down her face and Ryan gathers her into his arms.

"Oh honey, I'm right here. Don't worry okay, it'll get better. That bastard has done too much damage to you already. Don't let him damage you more." Ryan picks her up and brings her into the room. He lays her down and lets her cry her eyes out.

For the whole night, Ryan held Natalia. Making her feel secure, calming her down when she woke up in the middle of the night.

In the morning 5:30 am the chirping of both their cells wakes them up. This case is going to be a long one.

Jesse sits on his bed, Calleigh snuggling into his side, him on his laptop looking up information on himself. The tabloids think of him as a stalker and he couldn't deny that but he is trying to look out for Anna. She seriously dug herself into a hole by dating that man. Slamming his laptop shut he screams an explicit.

"Fucking hell" he screams, a twitch of anger causing him to slam himself back onto the bed. Calleigh jumps up at his movement. Reaching out for him she gives him a tired and confused look. "You okay?" came her accent filled voice. "You've been acting very weird lately. "

"That girl that I mentioned before is still fooling with Tony Enright. I don't know what to do." His sigh is heavy, his frustration growing.

Calleigh runs a hand along his arm, trying to keep him calm. "We've been through this before Jesse, you can't do anything until she reports a crime. I know you want to help her but she doesn't want any help.

"It's the same with my father. No one could reach him to the point where he thought he killed someone. It wasn't until then that he realized that he had a problem." Calleigh bites her bottom lip in frustration.

He decides that listening to her is the best decision he can make and so he drops it for the time. He pulls her into him and plants a kiss on her forehead. "Yea, you're right. But I still worry you know." Sitting up Calleigh gives him sweet kiss to his lips.

"Yea I know. But sooner or later this girl is going to realize that she needs to leave. Now we have work in two hours, I would like to go back to sleep." She flops down unceremoniously, causing Jesse to chuckle.

The past month had been good to them, the cases not too complicated. If anything, they'd been paired together a lot and he is eternally grateful for that. It just gave them more time to get to know each other.

He found out about some things about her childhood, like her brothers and her learning to shoot. She found out about his love to surf and his basketball career as a kid. He found himself liking her even more than ever before.

Besides the minor details of her life, she hadn't divulged any major details. Besides what he already previous knowledge about her father, she only shared information about her dad when she was trying to give him an example of trusting her judgment. He learned about the catastrophes of her previous affairs and he vows not to end up like the rest of them. Not only will I be the one to bring her stability, she'll bring me some as well.

He spoons against her and she snuggles back into him. This is his favorite part of their day, being able to feel the warmth of another person against him. At first he was reluctant to start it, but as they started to lean against each other, he found it easier to try his luck.

She is extremely receptive, probably picking up on his loneliness. It's been two years since he's been with a woman and his skills were rusty. It didn't matter about his good looks, his interest in dating had dwindled his interest in social interactions.

Calleigh is a challenge. He's pushing himself as well as her to open up and let the other person in. he's not going to rush anything because then she'll push him away. So in order to avoid all that, he's taking it in stride. And it's gotten him this far in a month, so maybe this month will yield newer and better results for the both of them.

Just as he feels himself drift off the shrill from both their cellphones starts the both of them. "WHY?" came his groan and she kisses his forehead before answering her phone.

"I'll make coffee." She taps her finger on his chest and stalks down his hallway. It's 5:35 am, waaaay too early to be going to work.

Today's going to be a long day.\

AN: This is a short chapter only because it's midterm week! Should upload the next part within a day of this update.