She was drowning…but she wasn't in water. Sinking maybe? Like in sinking sand or mud? No…she couldn't really feel anything, and she definitely couldn't see anything. Where was she?

She tried to think of what she did the day before…she had woken up in Shawn's arms. In the Psych office? Her head hurt, or not so much hurt as seemed foggy. The Psych office…she had been there, and Shawn—there was something about Shawn…

"Hi Sweetie…Sweetheart…Jules…" It was Shawn's voice, but it seemed far away. She tried moving toward it, but she couldn't feel her body. Shawn, she had to get back to Shawn, wherever he was, she needed to be. She tried to call out to him, but she couldn't find her voice. With all the effort she could muster she focused on going towards Shawn's voice, finding him. She thought she could almost feel her fingers—she'd pull herself to him by her fingers if that's what it took. She tried, tried to free herself from whatever was holding her back, tried to move her finger.

"Jules?" There was his voice again, a beacon of hope in a swamp of confusion. Shawn, the Psych office…

…Kate…

She'd been shot—they'd been shot, all of them. Shawn had been alive when Kate checked on him, before she passed out. Kate was bleeding but kept trying to save her.

Was she dead? Is this what death was? Nothingness? A voice you couldn't reach? It didn't seem right.

"Jules, come back to me Sweetheart, you have to come back." Shawn was calling her back, which meant she couldn't be dead—not totally. She was vaguely aware of her arms now, but they felt like lead, there was no way she could move them. Yet the darkness that confined her seemed to be thinning ever so slightly. She pushed her thoughts toward Shawn, or that's the best way she could think about it, pushing her thoughts. She loved him, more than anything or anyone she loved him and she would do anything to tell him that.

"Shawn!" She tried to yell but nothing came out, the darkness still had hold of her voice. She pushed forward more trying her hardest to reach the man she loved. "Shawn, I'm coming." Still no voice, but she felt close. "Shawn I love you." Her mouth had started forming the words, she could feel it, but she still wasn't speaking. With all her might she pulled her consciousness forward, up, whatever direction she had heard him.

"Shawn." She'd done it. She heard her voice, felt her lips move, felt his hand tighten around hers—she was back. She concentrated and with great effort she began to open her eyes. She was tired. Beyond tired. That push through the darkness had zapped all her energy, but she was afraid to fall asleep.

"Jules! Jules, Sweetie can you hear me?" She could kind of see him through the slits of her eyelids—it was all she had the energy to do. His head was bandaged and he looked exhausted, but he was alive.

"Shawn, I love you." It was all she could muster, but she needed to let him know.

She felt him kiss her head and instantly she felt more alive. "I love you. Oh, Jules, do I ever love you." He kissed her hand now and she tried to work up the energy to ask more questions, but before she could, she heard him speak again. "She's up! Gus! Nurse! She's awake! Jules, we were worried, you should've been up. Sweetheart, thank you, thank you for coming back. I couldn't—"

He was interrupted by a voice she didn't recognize and she pushed to open her eyes wider. Her room was fairly dim and suddenly filled with people she didn't recognize. She wanted to be alone with Shawn and not have to say anything, but the doctors and nurses were all very excited by her waking. However, she had a pressing question she needed answered. The room was bustling, but she saw Shawn's eyes locked on her. She focused on her question and with massive effort, said one word: "Kate?"

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Short and sweet, but hopefully enough to tie y'all over for a while! I have a massive paper to do this week among work and other things so I probably won't have time to write much for a while-sorry! I'll write when I can I promise!

Frodo...Didn't want to disappoint, but it may be a while before I can update again, hang with me!

Shootingstars...good question, I'm still working that out, but it'll be a process for sure, Henry's got a while to go yet.

Cupcake...thank you! That's an awesome list of names, just for characters in general (and future kids)

Cap R. Man...I hope you liked this chapter, not a lot happened chronologically but I've always wondered what it would be like to be the one coming out of a coma of some sort-so this is my take. Plus...Shules is always fun! And I promise we'll know Kate's fate (yay for rhymes) next chapter! :)

As for everyone else...keep/start reviewing! It really means the world and I'm hoping to break 100 reviews sometime soon! (That would make for a very happy me) Also, I now shamelessly plug my Shules One-Shots (Some Very Shules Moments) for those of you that need a pick me up of Shules cuteness :)