Hey everyone sorry it's been so long since I updated, I was working on my other story since it had been a month since I had updated it, and since I updated it I have been working on this chapter and discarding ideas.

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Rick's POV

I held Melinda in my arms as she slept; she had fallen asleep almost instantly. 'Good thing we had moved to the bed when we did or I would have had to pick her up, which would probably have woke her up, which I don't want to do.' I thought.

I glanced down at her face, 'she looks so at peace, more at peace than she has since I returned from the Himalayas.'

Sometime later, I jerked awake by a knock on the door. I glanced down at Melinda, still sleeping, and placed her on the other side of the bed. I carefully got up so as not to wake her and made my way downstairs.

'Who would be calling on Melinda at this time of night?' I thought, pausing long enough to move the curtain covering the window of the door and glance out, my thoughts instantly switched, 'What does he want with Melinda this time! Why is he here this late at night?' I debated opening the door, anytime he showed up something bad happened to Melinda, but if I didn't open the door he would wake Melinda.

Reluctantly I opened the door, Gabriel standing there fist raised to knock again, and putting it down once he saw me.

"Where's Melinda? And what are you doing here?" was the first thing out of his mouth.

"Melinda's asleep, like any other person at this time of night," I said keeping my voice in check. "And where I would be if you didn't me up. So, what do you want with Melinda at this time of night?" I launched. Completely avoiding the question of why I was here.

"I'll only talk to Melinda." He said.

"You will have to wait till at least tomorrow or tell me." I replied.

"Tell her that I'll be in the park at noon tomorrow if she wants to find out why I'm here." He said and turned and left.

'What was that about?' I questioned, not really sure if I should tell Melinda about the little chat with Gabriel, and headed inside to the couch and laid down for a few more hours of sleep.

Melinda's POV
The first thing I noticed when I woke up was that I was alone. 'Where's Rick?' I thought, 'When did he leave? Why did he leave?'

Not really noticing what I was doing I went through my morning routine, changed clothes, and went downstairs, and froze at the bottom to find Rick asleep on the couch, 'Why is he sleeping there?' I thought. As soon as my feet hit the bottom of the stairs he jumped up, 'I didn't mean to wake him!' I thought, and then I realized I hadn't made that much noise, 'Does he always sleep that light?'

"Morning Melinda." He said shooting me that smile of his, "You OK?"

"Great, best sleep I've had in a while." I paused, "When did you come down?" I asked. I saw the look in his eyes, something happened and he really didn't want to talk about it, that gave me another thought, ' we needed to talk about the not letting me know about the seeing and hearing spirits thing.' Another subject he would probably want to avoid.

He sighed, "Early this morning, I'm not sure what time. Somebody was at the door."

"Who?" I asked, why hadn't he woke me and who would be at the door that early?

He didn't answer for a few minutes, "Gabriel." He said in a low voice.

"What did he want?" I asked, venom clear in my voice.

"Not sure, he wouldn't tell me, said he would only talk to you, and if you wanted to know then to meet him in the park at noon."

"Should I go?" I asked him.

"Probably not, every time he shows up something bad happens. But, if you do choose to go, don't go alone." He replied.

I nodded, I agreed trouble always came when he was around, but if there was trouble I should find out. I wasn't about to go alone thought, not after the tunnel that he sealed me in.

Sometime during the conversation we had went to the kitchen and started breakfast.

"By the way, we need to talk about this hearing and seeing spirits thing that you never mentioned." I said.

Rick's POV
'I knew this conversation was coming, but I want to talk about it less than telling Melinda about Gabriel, at least we both see him as trouble.' I thought.

"Sorry, I was going to say something, but…I could never find the right time to tell you. Imagine the conversation: Hey Melinda guess what I can see and hear spirit's now! How do you think that conversation would go? I couldn't spring it out of nowhere." I said, and then realized I had started yelling sometime along the way, "Sorry, didn't mean to raise my voice. I just wished I could have told you myself under different circumstances."

"Well, you got your wish. You can see spirits the way they look, instead of using all those machines. Is it as amazing as you imagined?"

"Better that heat images, but I could live without something's." I said.

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