A/N: hey peeple! Thanks as always for the reviews they make me so unbearably happy. I had to change the rating of this to PG-13 cuz I din't know if Wilson's filthy mouth was offending anyone. But I don't think there will be much more, cuz I'll calm him down.

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Mary's eyes shot open revealing only the darkness of her bedroom. She lay frozen waiting to see if she heard the noise again. And there it was, she could hear someone in the house. She slowly pulled the covers off her, and reached her hand under the bed. She gripped Billy's old little league baseball bat. She slipped out of the bedroom and tiptoed down the hall. She stood quiet with her back against the wall, holding the bat firmly in her right hand. She slowly peeked her head around the corner. A large silhouette of a man was in the living room and walking towards her. Mary tensed up and she was breathing heavy. She was trying to be quiet, but she hadn't been this scared in a long time. As the figure got closer and closer her stomach turned over and her heart was beating so fast. Just as the shadow turned the corner Mary jumped in front of it holding the bat up ready to swing. The man screamed, and Mary did too. She reached for the light switch and when her eyes had adjusted to the ultra-bright lights she recognized the man.

"God damn Mary, don't scare me like that!" Wilson panted clutching his chest

"You? I thought someone had broken in again!"

Wilson stood breathing heavy with his eyes wide; Mary was still holding the bat up ready to swing. He reached over and lowered the bat, "so how long have you been keeping that at your side?" he said with a slight smile

"I'm sorry Wilson, I didn't mean to scare you. I just heard a noise and I went to see what it was and-"

"No, no its fine" Wilson yawned, "ok, back to bed"

Just as Wilson said this Billy came out of his room, "What's going on?" he said squinting and rubbing his eyes.

"Nothing," Wilson reassured him, "go back to bed"

"Why do you have a baseball bat?" he asked Mary

"Bed Billy" Wilson said pointing at the bedroom "Ok" Billy said barely awake as he dragged himself back to his bed.

"You too" Wilson said to Mary pointing at their bedroom. He put his hand on Mary's back and gently pushed her down the hall.

A few minutes later when all the lights were off and everyone was in their respected rooms, Mary rolled over to face Wilson. She stared at him for a minute, his eyes were closed, but she could tell he wasn't asleep.

"What Mary?" he asked startling her, somehow he always knew.

"I can't sleep now" she whined

"Come here," Wilson said pulling her towards him. She laid her head down on his chest. "Now why can't you sleep? I was the noise you heard. So what's the problem?" he asked playing with her hair.

"I dunno," Mary confessed, "I just worry a lot, like what if those guys had friends, and they found out who we are and they came after us. Or if it happens again when were here." Mary's whisper was getting a lot louder as she rambled on, "You know Janie down the street? They took her stuff while her and Bob were asleep in the other room. They got robbed when they were home!"

"Shh," Wilson whispered putting a finger to Mary's lips.

It had been two weeks since the "incident". Billy wasn't scared or anything, just happy that he had gotten his video games back. Almost everything was returned to them. And Wilson got a new door put on, one with no glass windows in it. But Mary was getting more paranoid everyday. She barely ever slept and during the day she didn't want to leave the house. And then she thought about what happened to Janie and she wanted to get out. Wilson knew that her ever-changing hormones had to be contributing to the issue, but he was starting to worry about her.

"Mare," he said soothingly, "calm down alright? Everything is fine, those guys are in jail and were perfectly safe here."

"But-" Mary started

"Nuh uh," Wilson said, "no buts, I promise everything is going to be fine." He put his arms around Mary and kissed her gently, "I'm going to take care of you"

Wilson hated knowing that Mary didn't feel safe. The reason that he had been upset that night was that the whole situation was a blow to his manly ego. It was like his territory had been invaded, and his family was in danger. But he didn't stop it. Although, there was nothing that could have been done it still bothered him.

"Are you ok now?" he asked stroking her cheek

Mary nodded and settled into Wilson's arms. She closed her eyes and began to slip into sleep. Then suddenly something outside made a loud noise. Mary sat up in bed and threw a pillow on the floor.

"That's it!" she yelled, "I can't live here anymore!"

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Ok sorry about this chapter, it's just kinda transitional. I hoped I made Wilson less mean and scary, I didn't mean to make him look that way, cuz I love him! You know what? Today I watched O and 10 Things I Hate About You and I decided that I love Andrew Keegan, even when he is a stuck-up, rich, a-hole. *sigh* and like in O, even though that sex scene is freaking grotesque...he still looks scrumptious. Ok enough of my incessant rambling

I love reviews more than Andrew (yummy); oh you don't think that's possible? Oh it is