Hey guys!

I know it's been a while. My daughter was at the hospital but now she is doing a whole lot better.

I wanted to say thank you for all of your comments. That's the way I like it :o) Hope I will get quite a few for the new chapter. Hope you will enjoy it. I can promise you a lot more action in the next chapter. So if this one is a little lame...stay tuned for the next one ;o)

Chapter 11 - Nights

„Honey, you look exhausted. Come on, let us go home." Andy said after two more hours of rambling and mainly answering the million questions of Dawn.

„Yeah you are right. I am very sorry we already have to leave." Nick apologized halfhearted. He was more than glad to finally get home.

Andy pushed Nicks wheelchair towards their house and inside. As she had closed the door behind her, her look gave it all away.

"That was horrible!" She said, getting Nick to smile.

"Yeah don't tell me. If I had a choice to die on the spot or spent the rest of my life with a wife like Dawn, I would definitely choose Plan A." Nick said shaking his head for a second.

"You did great today, really. I know that you are in pain." Andy said while they made their way towards their living room.

"It's the job right?" Andy just nodded before nodding her head towards the TV.
"We could watch some TV."

"Hell yes. I can't wait to finally see what this cinema in our living room is able to show us."

„You wanna sit on the couch?" Andy asked unsure if Nick would like to join her which also meant leaving his wheelchair.

"I think it's the best idea ever to get my sorry self out of this chair." Nick said unsure how he should get to the couch. Andy didn't miss the look on his face for a second.
"We will do it together, don't worry." She said stepping forward.

"Put your arms around my neck."

"Andy you can't just lift me up."

"Of course I can and you know that. So stop arguing and let me help you."

Nick hesitated for a moment before he put his arms around Andy's neck. Together they made it to the couch, Andy stumbling over Nick as she had finally settled him onto the couch. "Loosing your power?" Nick joked as he could feel Andy's body on him. Her hair was all over his face, it still smelled like apples. He could feel her breath on his arm, her face was lying on his chest.

"Damn it you are heavy." Andy said pushing herself up a little, her face just inches away from Nicks.

"Come on, let's get you to the couch properly." Andy said before she stood up. She helped Nick into a sitting position, before she manoeuvred his legs onto the couch as well, getting Nick to hiss in pain.

"You alright?" Andy asked alarmed. The last thing she wanted was to hurt him.

"Yeah, it's just the first seconds when my legs get stretched out. It's always a hard time for my back. Don't worry."

"I am worried constantly." Andy had to admit, taking in the image of Nick. He was ghostly pale….again.

"Do you want to drink something?" She asked.

"Water in combination with my pain pills would be more than great." Nick had to admit. He was still trying to breath through the intense pain in his back.

As Andy returned Nick swallowed his pills before he nodded towards the large TV on the wall.

"Let's see what this cinema of ours is up to!" He said before switching the TV on.

They where in the middle of a movie as the door bell rang. Betty was going to get Nick settled for bed.

As Nick and Betty came back out of the bathroom and into the bedroom Nick had to breathe in for a second as he spotted Andy lying in the normally empty half of his bed. They had to act like the perfect couple, even in front of Betty.

Andy hopped out of her bed to help Betty settle Nick into bed. She handed Betty his pillow so she could turn him to the side properly.
"Have a good night. I will be here at 10 tomorrow." Betty said before she left the bedroom and with that the house.

Nick was facing Andy now, his body finally relaxing.. He knew that in the middle of the night this position would give him a hard time too but right now he was just relieved that nothing was stinging, nothing was hurting.

"You okay?" Andy asked, turning over to face Nick too.

"Yeah. It feels just great." Andy nodded slowly. It was the first time the look of pain was not visible on Nick's face anymore.

"Hopefully the physiotherapy is going to help you with the pain."

"Yeah and with the mobility. I really want to do things on my own again."

"I know. But Nick you are doing great."

"No I am not. There are a lot of things I should be able to do on my own."

"And you will be able to do them on your own again but at first you need someone who can show you how to do it. Don't push yourself to hard. It's going to get better every day."

"I know and the last thing I need right now is to be impatient but it's just frustrating."

"Come on, let's go to sleep as long as the pain medication is keeping your pain in check." Andy said, getting the blanket a little higher over Nicks shoulder. Due to Nicks surprise Andy settled down beside him again.

"Are you going to stay here?" Nick asked, not hiding his surprise.

"If you don't want to I can go back to the other bedroom."

"No! I was just asking myself what Sam is going to think about this?" Nick had to admit. He was still thankful for everything Sam had done to him. All of this felt just not right.

"Nick you know that I don't like to sleep on my own and especially not when we are undercover living in this scary big house and I know that you feel a whole lot better when I am by your side at night."

"I do?" Nick asked, a small smirk on his face.

"Yes. I know that you feel vulnerable at the moment and indeed you are vulnerable. You have your gun under your pillow because you are not able to defend yourself if anything is going to happen at night. I know that you feel uncomfortable and I know that we will both sleep more peaceful if we are sleeping in one bedroom. It's not like we haven't done this before, right?" Nick nodded a little, surprised of how Andy had analysed him. She was right with every word she had just said. "And, to calm you, Sam knows about this."

"Thank you." Nick said before closing his eyes. He felt great to have Andy by his side right now.

As the alarm rang in the middle of the night Andy helped Nick to the wheelchair and after he had used the toilette she helped him settle back into bed and onto his pillow. They made a good team, even in a situation like this.