Just a real quick thank you to everyone who has read this story and commented and favorited. You guys are awesome and I really do hope you like it. So I know this chapter is super short but I feel like it's one of those 'all that could has been said' type deals and I wanted to wait to get into what I have next for the next chapter and keep this chapter to Erin and her thoughts. Enjoy! :) - Katie


Erin woke with a start. She felt herself sweating and she looked at Kelly in bed next to her. Her startled awakening hadn't woken him, not even a little. She slowly took the covers off of her legs and swing them over, her bare feet touching the cold hardwood floor. She sat at the edge of her bed and she rested her elbows on her knees, rubbing her face with her hands. She couldn't remember the dream too much, thankfully, but she knew it had to do with today's events at District 21. She turned her head sideways to look at the clock.

3:26am.

She sighed and got out of bed to wash her face with some warm water. She quietly walked into the kitchen, turning on a small lamp to light up the place a bit, but not enough to shine into the bedroom. She got a glass of water and an aspirin before turning and looking out the window. Her mind wandered and she let her legs take her outside to the small balcony.

She stayed there, letting the cold air dance on her skin. "Something wrong?" she heard behind and almost jumped. She looked and saw Kelly standing in the doorway of the balcony. "Uhh. No. No, I just couldn't sleep." She said, turning around touching his chest as he walked over to her, putting his arms around her waist and kissing her forehead. He embraced her and she felt warm in his arms. "You aren't having nightmares again, are you?" Kelly finally asked after a moment of silence. Erin shook her head.

"No. Just for some reason I couldn't get comfortable." she lied. Sure she wasn't having nightmares about the accident anymore, but this was the first night she had had a nightmare about people trying to kill her. She didn't get it. She was a detective. She dealt with this kinda stuff daily. She's had people shoot at her, she'd been shot before, cut, roughed up by men in fights, and even some women who could pass as men. Yet still the thought of someone hunting her down like a common deer, wanting to see her dead without her knowing a reason.

Finally, Kelly let her go. "Come on. Let's go back inside, you're freezing." Erin nodded. She hadn't even noticed how cold she was, so when she got back in ed, she snuggled up to Kelly, her head resting on his chest. His arm draped protectively around her, and that was enough to get her to fall asleep.