Eli: Hey! The muse for this finally came out of her coma. I know it's been a while, sorry. Blame TNT. Anyways, Enjoy!



Gabriel was nervous. Very nervous. It was about three-thirty and Elaine still wasn't back yet. He felt extremely guilty about what he had said to her. He just wanted to talk to her and have his little sister all happy and loving again.

A knock on the door made Gabriel literally jump out of his seat. He ran to the door and opened it. A police officer stood there. Gabriel almost had a heart attack.

"Oh god!" He said out loud, not being able to keep it inside. There were a hundred scenarios going through his mind, none good.

"You Gabriel Bowman?"

"Yeah."

"We'll, I'm here about your sister, Elaine?"

"Yeah? Is she alright? Nothing happened to her, right?" Gabriel's heart was practically in his throat.

"Oh, she's fine. It's just we have her down at the precinct. She got into a fight earlier this evening, and she got taken down with the rest of them. We would book her for time, except she's a minor. We need you to come down to the station to get her."

Gabriel let out the breath he didn't know he had been keeping. He ran a hand though his hair and nodded his head. "Yeah, of course."

-Later-

Elaine was sitting in a chair near the officers. They had let her out of the cell when they learned she was only sixteen. They were still keeping an eye on her though. She stared at the door till she saw the officer that had busted her enter with Gabriel. She turned her head and scowled.

Gabriel was relieved to see that she was okay. He would have hugged her, except she probably wouldn't let him. He sat down next to her, and she turned her body. He closed his eyes for a second and sighed. He opened them again and tucked in a strand of her hair behind her ear for her.

"Hey." He said softly. Elaine pulled away from him.

"I told them to call Jesse. Why are you here?"

"Cause they won't release you to someone who isn't either family by blood, or your legal guardian."

"Oh."

"I talked to the officer. He said he'll let you off with a slap on the wrist because anything more than that, and they'll have to do a lot of foreign work. Mind telling me what happened?"

Elaine glanced over at him and turned back again. She sighed. "I was out walking when this human Barbie doll bumps into me. She demands that I apologize for touching her, like she was Aphrodite or something. Anyway, I told her that she could go eat herself and tried to walk off. She grabbed my hair, so I turned and broke her nose. Then her gang started jumping me. We were in a brawl for a few when the Bobbies came by and broke us up."

"You hurt?"

"Me? No. They fought like toddlers. But bloody hell, I'm worn out."

"C'mon then, let's get you home."

"Alright." She was too tired to argue. She watched as Gabriel said something to the officers. Then he put a hand on her shoulder and led her to the car. Inside, Elaine looked out the window. Gabriel glanced at her.

"Hey, Elaine?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry about what I said. I didn't mean it."

"I know."

"You gonna forgive me?"

"Eventually." Elaine replied sullenly. "What you said was......... Brutal."

"I know. I just got so worried when Jesse said what she did. I worry about you so much. I mean, I have to make up for mom."

"Yeah. Funny about mum. She's pretty careless, especially for a barrister."

"She loves us, you know. And you know I love you, sis. That's why I got so uptight. If anything happened to you, oh god, let's not even go there." They reached the house and Gabriel parked out in front. They both got out and headed to the apartment.

"Elaine, I really am sorry." He opened the door to let them both in. Elaine went and collapsed on the couch. "Won't you at least say something to me before you go into the land of the living dead?"

"Night, Gabe. Love you." She mumbled as she fell asleep. He smiled and pulled a blanket up over her.

"That's my girl."

-Mean while-

Sara lay in bed motionless. It had been an hour since she had passed out in her bathroom. Ian sat down in a chair next to her. Irons had already called him a dozen times. Ian finally just threw his phone out the window. He knew what was to come as soon as he stepped back into that mansion.

The witchblade started to glow scarlet on Sara's wrist. Sara began to stir and slowly sat up in bed.

"I'm not dead." She replied.

"No, Sara. You are not."

"You saved me."

"I bandaged your wound. You healed by yourself." Sara nodded to his comment. Ian couldn't help but stare at her. He wondered what affects the witchblade was having on her at this time.

She rubbed her thumb over her bandaged wrist. Tears came without a sound to her eyes. Ian reached over and wiped them off. She didn't back away. Instead, if his eyes weren't deceiving him, she welcomed his touch and was nuzzling against it. She turned toward him.

"Come." She said simply. Without removing his hand, he moved over to sit on the bed. He found it hard to breathe and the sound of his own heart echoed through his ears. He was surprised she couldn't hear it as well. She was looking at him in a way she hadn't before. Then within a second, she grabbed the back of his neck and forced him into a kiss.

Ian was over taken by emotions. First shock filtered through out his system, along with a bit of fear. As the kiss grew deeper, he was filled with love and lust for her. He had wrapped his other arm around her. Then a sudden thought came into his head.

'This isn't right. Her lover has just died. She is depressed. This would be taking advantage of her. What am I doing?' He instantly pulled away from her.

"No."

"Why not?"

"You are not well, Sara."

"I'm fine." She declared and reached out to him. He pulled back further.

"No, Sara." She frowned and shook her head.

"I don't get you, Ian. You tell me for months you're lusting after me, and when I finally give in, you don't want to?"

He thought out his words before he said anything. This wasn't going to end nicely.

"Lust isn't the word, and not when your heart is still broken."

She stood up and faced him. "I already said I'm fine."

"Despite what you say, you are not yourself."

She smiled at his reply. "So what. I know you want to. Elaine told me everything." She stepped closer to him. She placed one arm around his neck and the other around his waist. "Why fight what you want?"

Ian had his eyes closed. He opened them again and looked down at her. "Please Sara; don't make this harder than it already is."

"It doesn't have to be hard." She whispered. He still restrained against her. Her body may have been saying to move on, but her eyes were still full hurt and pain. When he wouldn't play, Sara pulled back a tiny bit.

"Then you must really not care for me then. Do you hate me, Ian?"

"No! I........." The words wouldn't leave his mouth. Sara smirked again.

"Go ahead, say it. You love me, don't you?" She pulled herself tight against him. "If you love me, than prove it. Do this for me, make the pain go away. For me? If you loved me, than you would."

Ian sighed. He put a hand on her cheek and she smiled again. He looked at her sullenly.

"Forgive me, Sara."

"For what?"

"This." He hit a point in her neck that caused her to faint again. She would be out for no more than twelve hours. He picked her up and laid her back down in her bed. After he tucked her in, he kissed her fore head and whispered

"I hope you see that I did this only because I'm in love with you. I do love you, so I must protect you from all things, even yourself. Rest now, my lady."

He sat back down in his chair and waited for her to awaken once more.

Eli: Did you guys like it? Any good at all? Thank you for all the reviews. Please keep them coming.