Chapter Six

Dennis was worried about Angel after she had asked him about the hospital they were in. He saw that she looked uncomfortable being there. They meet Cyrus in the burn victims unit, where they had everything set up. Cyrus both looked at them as if they were nothing. He wasn't too please with the fact of them liking each other. "Ready to work?" he asked.

"Like we have a choice in the matter," muttered Angel.

"What was that?"

"She said nothing Cyrus. Let's just get this over with," Dennis quickly said.

"Here Angel. Take this photo." Cyrus ordered.

She grabbed the partly burned black and white professional photo of a woman in her forties. She felt the pain hit her head and leaned against a nearby wall.

*~* a family in front a fire, family sleeps, still burning log rolls out, tree on fire, man yelling for his kids, kids yelling for mom, woman stuck in house, man and kids safe, man looking for woman*~*

Angel quickly dropped the photo and slid down the wall. She took off her clear glasses and started to cry. Dennis looked at her with concern. He glanced over to Cyrus, who started to walk over to her. Cyrus took his cane and tapped her side. "Get up! I do not have time for this! Unless you saw something." Cyrus yelled.

"Leave her alone!" Dennis yelled, coming to Angel's side.

"It's not my fault that we are in the same very hospital where her parents die because it was all her fault!"

Angel looked up at Cyrus and began to stand up. "What did you say?" she demanded.

"You heard me."

Dennis was surprised by this until he put it together. The little girl was Angel and she was trying to warn her parents. He wanted to comfort her but yet, didn't want her to know that he knew about it. "Let's just get this over with." Angel said, walking away from Dennis and Cyrus. Cyrus gave a small chuckle as he watched her walk away. He told them that he had been tracking them for a long time.

Angel was about 5 feet away from them when she grabbed her chest. She blinked and saw a woman with half her face burned, still in her hospital gown while holding an IV. The ghost looked at her with sadness and sorrow. She began to feel sorry for this woman. She was trying to pass onto the next life but instead she was going to be stuck in a glass confinement.

"Power up the cube! Start the chants!" Cyrus yelled. The speakers play the chants and Angel watched the ghost walked towards the cube with no hell bent revenge on anybody. Dennis stood by the cube and watch the ghost walked into the cube. Before she went inside, she gave Dennis a look that would make him think about it for a while. Cyrus was glad that he had four ghosts caught.

"Dennis. You and your girlfriend have a day off tomorrow. But after that, be ready to work." Cyrus said, before walking off and giving more orders.

Dennis sighed and wondered how Cyrus became such an asshole. He started to walk over to Angel before he noticed that he heard voices besides Angel.

"Hi Angel. I miss you so much," said a ghostly woman wearing a black dress, standing next to a man in a blue suit.

"Mom? Dad?" Angel said, not believing that her parents' ghost was in front of her.

"It's us sweetie. You have grown so much." said the man.

Angel wanted to hug her parents so bad but knew she couldn't. She feel to knees and started to cry. Dennis wanted to know what was making Angel cry. He quickly jogged up to her and knelt beside her. Angel looked up at her parents one last time.

"Angel. . it wasn't your fault. It may feel like it was but it wasn't." the woman said, before disappearing with the man. She continued to cry, even after Dennis wrapped an arm around her.

"It's going to be okay. I promise." He said, with a sound of assure in his voice. He let her cry into his shoulder and he began to stroke her head. He wanted to make her feel better, especially after Cyrus's harsh words to her earlier. When he heard her crying cease, he placed his hands on her face and slightly made her look at him. She bit her lower lip as she look at him.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"If you just saw your parents ghosts you wouldn't be okay." she answered.

"That's what you saw?"

"Yeah. Let's just go okay?"

"Okay. Cyrus decided to give us a day off."

"How nice of the bastard." He stood up, taking her hand. He gave her an assuring look before reaching over to wipe a tear from her face. She gave him a small smile before walking with him out the hospital. When they reached the outside of the hospital, the only they saw was the limo. They got in the limo and rode in silence to the hotel.

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"Do you want to talk about it?" Dennis asked, when they reach their hotel rooms.

"Maybe tomorrow." Angel answered, inserting her key card.

"You sure?"

"Yeah I'm sure. Thanks for offering though."

"No problem. Besides, I'm the only person looking out for you."

"Yeah. You are." She kissed him on the cheek and opened her door to her room. Before she went inside, Dennis grabbed her and pulled her close to him. He looked into her brown eyes and bit his lower lip before kissing her. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back. The kiss was soft but no sensual. He took his long, warm tongue and began to trace the outline of her lips before slipping it inside her warm mouth.

She responded back and slipped hers into his mouth. He placed one hand her hips and the other in her shoulder-length black hair. They stood there, kissing each other as if it was meant to be. They had both long for this moment, being able to kiss a person without any pain. Angel broke the kiss and looked at Dennis. He removed his hand from her hair and kissed her forehead.

"Thanks." she said.

"No problem." he said.

He watched her walk into her hotel room and closed the door behind her. He briefly touched his lips and smile before using his key card to open his hotel room door and going in to get some sleep.

*Author's Note: Awww. . . there is love in the air and I usually hate romance, unless it's romance comedy.