Caitlin lay asleep in Eric's bed, Eric lay by her side thinking of Shelly.

"Love her Eric," Shelly's voice enters his head,

"but I cant, I love you and its going to hurt her when I have to leave," Eric thought,

"you wont leave, if you take care of her, if you don't she will die just like us," Shelly whispers in his mind,

"I cannot love her," Eric begins to cry then got up without waking Caitlin up. Slowly he begins to break down putting his hands to his head wanting the visions to end, he fell to his knees and he couldn't help but cry out in pain from Shelly's memory, Caitlin woke up finding him in pain on the floor. She ran to him and held him,

"it cant rain all the time, your tears wont fall forever," Caitlin starts to sing in his ear.

"You know I can not love you," Eric cries,

"shh, don't think about that right now," Caitlin staring in his eyes.

"How did you get to be so strong, your mentally and physically strong," Eric looking at her,

"different exercises and one of them was this," Caitlin grabbing the frame that was hanging down in the room and pulled herself up doing chin up, then showing him push ups.

"Well how did you get to be so mentally strong," Eric on his knees in the floor, Caitlin looked hurt at him and walked and knelt in front of him,

"I had to depend on myself, I had to help myself, I had to be strong after you and Shelly died, I had to find a job and it was hard," Caitlin putting her hand on Eric's head.

"Are you going to be okay Eric," Caitlin rubbing his back,

"yeah," Eric getting up and starting to work out,

"we need to find you a shirt," Caitlin almost crying, Eric lowers himself down and walks over to her from behind,

"come on, worry about a shirt later you need some sleep," Eric picking her up in his arms and carrying her over to the bed and lays her gently on the bed,

"sleep Caitlin," Eric putting his trench coat over her. He held her hand and rubbed it,

"I love you so much Eric," Caitlin cried,

"its okay," Eric starts to sing her favorite song to her and she finally fell asleep. Morning came and it was getting on being 12:30 in the middle of noon, Eric had been working out and just had got out of the shower and was in towel over by the dresser, he paused for a moment and saw the picture of him and Shelly and he touched Shelly's hair and lips of the picture, remembering her soft long hair flowing in the wind and how it was to kiss her sweet lips,

"Eric, you have to set things right, you cant do this with thinking of how we were, move on," Shelly forced into his head.

"I know, I love you Shelly, always," he says, then made a fire in the fireplace and burns the entire pictures of him and Shelly, everyone of them but the one of him, Shelly, Caitlin. Slowly, still in a towel, he walked over to the bed, he gently laid the picture in Caitlin's hand,

"good morning Eric," Caitlin popping her eyes open,

"hi," Eric pushed her hair back,

"what's this," Caitlin looking at the picture of them together.

"I saved this picture for you to keep near to you always if you want it," Eric sitting on the edge of the bed with her,

"of course, what happen to the rest of them," Caitlin turning on her side and still under the trench coat.

"I had to burn them," Eric bowing his head letting his clean black hair fall around his face, Caitlin pushed his hair from his face and looked at the picture,

"I understand Eric," Caitlin getting up,

"Shelly tells me that I should love you," Eric looking up,

"that is your decision," Caitlin going to the window, sitting in the window,

"no, cause if I don't love you, you will be killed just as Shelly was," Eric walking over to Caitlin and the crow flew in the window landing on Caitlin's shoulder,

"its still your decision to love me," Caitlin looking at the crow,

"I don't know if I can," Eric letting his hair fall over his face,

"you can if you want to," Caitlin looking out the window, knowing that her life was at risk.

"I am going to go get my clothes on," Eric getting up,

"wait, I want to try something," Caitlin jumping up from where she sat and running to him and kissing his lips. Slowly she pulls away,

"did you feel anything," Caitlin afraid of the answer,

"don't answer that, just go get dressed," Caitlin motions for him to go as she picks up the phone.

"Yes could you get me the number of the Blackbirds band," Caitlin asks the operator, the operator got her in touch with the band,

"hello Jim sleepily says,

"yes this is Caitlin," she replies,

"oh, hi girl, how you been holding up," Jim hurt,

"I am doing okay missing Shelly and Eric, but anyways I work at a bar now, I was wondering if you guys could come play and try to bring people in the bar," Caitlin knowing that they might not do it.

"Cat, we cant play without Draven, he was the greatest in the band, we haven't been able to play without him," Jim hurting for Caitlin.

"How about this, I play with you guys and we play a concert in Eric's name," Caitlin trying to lift their spirits.

"Um, can I have time to talk it over with the guys and call you back," Jim thinking that they could pull it off that one time.

"Yeah, do you know Eric's number cause that's where I am staying," Caitlin knowing that he would have it somewhere,

"um, I threw everything of him away even the number, no worries I will call the operator to get it, late," Jim hanging the phone up.

"Who were you calling," Eric buttoning his pants,

"it was Carl, I have to call in from time to time so he knows I am okay," Caitlin watching him button his pants,

"what," he smiles.

"You need a shirt cause you are making hot with your chest showing," Caitlin going to him and starting to rub his chest a bit, then looking him in the eyes and gently kissing him. Finally she pulls away and starting to hunt a shirt for him,

"yes, oh yes, this shirt looked so good on you," Caitlin making him put it on,

"well I guess it will do but I can't breathe in it," he jokes cause it was skin tight on him.

"I love it," Caitlin smiling,

"how old am I," Eric asks,

"your 20, you have been dead for a year tonight," Caitlin hurt.

"Come here Cat," Eric motions, Caitlin walked over to him, he hugged her,

"everything's going to be okay, I will get the bastards who did this to me and Shelly," Eric rubbing her back.

"Don't you mean we," Caitlin looking at him,

"no, you are going to stay with Carl till everything blows over," Eric seriously,

"bullshit, I am apart of this," Caitlin looking at his eyes harshly.

"Cat, you are staying with Carl, I am not going to take a chance of you getting took from me," Eric putting his hands on her face,

"I am only save with you Eric," Caitlin hugging him not wanting to lose him again,

"you will be fine, just remember that I will always be in here," Eric pointing to Caitlin's heart.

"I also share you and Shelly, with this," Caitlin pulling the wedding ring out of her shirt on a chain around her neck,

"yes, that's right, always," Eric slowly putting his hand to her face and rubbing her face gently, slowly he leaned in and kissed her. Slowly moving his hand to the back of her neck slowly French kissing her, Caitlin slowly moves against his body, slowly she moves one of her hands to the side of his face and her other hand to his side. Finally they pull away and looked at each other and they were freaking out so he went to the records and puts in a slow dance song that his band had wrote, he held his hand out for Caitlin to take,

"um, no Eric its too weird right now," Caitlin putting her hand to her head.

"Come here," Eric knowing a dance would clear the weirdness between them, but Caitlin shook her head no, but Eric grabbed her and pulled her close to his body.

"Why do you always think that you can make everything all better again," Caitlin tries to ask but Eric puts his finger over her soft lips. Caitlin just lays her head on his shoulder, after a while

"did you feel anything," Caitlin softly in his ear, he thought that if he answered it that it wasn't going to make the situation any better.

"I cannot answer that Cat, not till my battle is over," Eric hurting.

"I respect that answer," Caitlin hurt,

"you aren't going to die Cat, I am going to protect you," Eric looking her in the eye. The phone rings,

"hello," Caitlin answers,

"hey, its Jim, the band thought about it and we will play free for Eric and Shelly's memory," Jim says, Caitlin smiling very excited,

"what time," Caitlin anxiously.

"Get there in bout an hour and we shall practice," Jim says,

"cool, I have my own electric strings so I can play," Caitlin says,

"you know how to play," Jim impressed,

"of course, I learned from the best," Caitlin half smiling.

"Yeah, the best this cruel city ever did see," Jim missing Eric terribly,

"well get packed and I will see you then," Caitlin hanging the phone up and getting her guitar in tune,

"what are you guys doing tonight," Eric smiling,

"nothing at all," Caitlin smiling.

"I know you are up to something," Eric starting to tickle her a bit,

"no, no, no, I have to go to the club, come to the club later on tonight bout 8, I have a good surprise for you," Caitlin smiling and kissed him hard,

"oh goodie surprises," Eric sighs, Eric didn't like surprises.

"Its okay, this is a good surprise," Caitlin get her guitar and putting the band around her shoulder and putting it on her back and rubbed Eric's hand.

"Okay," Eric sighs,

"thank you Eric," Caitlin running to his bike outside and road to the club.