Gil jumped p from the floor and sat on the bed. For a moment Catherine turned on him and he had to calm her down enough to convince her of who he ws and that here was no one there that was going to hurt her. After calming her down he was able to wrap his arms around her and much to his surprise her body ws trembling uncontrollably.
"Catherine you're okay, you are safe and Lindsey is safe and you are going to be alright." Catherine sat up in the bed and pulled away from him. " It was so really and the were hurting you, and he had a gun and they were going to shoot you…it was horrible"
Gil pulled her back into his arms. " It was just a dream and they are not real you now that, you are just still shaken about what happened but you are going to be fine I promise."
"So what did you do tonight, I mean at the bar.. Was it fun?"
Gil smiled to himself " It was alright, I would have preferred it if you were there, I played some pool but when I realized you were coming I decided to find out why and then I called you and you hung up on me and then I fought with Sara when she told me what she said and then I drove over to your place and banged the door but you were not there obviously and then I sat in my vehicle and waited for you to show up but then Lindsey came and I took her back to my place and then I came to get you at the hospital and now here we are together ."
Catherine rested her head on his chest " I guess this was not exactly how you planned to spend your birthday, you know laying around with me because I was incapable of taking care of myself. God I feel so useless" she paused " and I feel terrible for putting you through this on your birthday."
"Hey. There is no one I would rather be with today or any day then you and I know that may seem strange to you but if I were you this is the way I would want my best friend to spend his birthday, besides the hospital part, I hate that they hurt you." Gil kissed her forehead. "You're my best friend and if I new my birthday was going to come to an end with you in my arms I would have skipped the whole evening and started it this way." he paused " Catherine?" he leaned forward to find she had fallen asleep.
"Good night Cath" he smiled looking down at her " happy birthday to me" he whispered.
Gil fell asleep knowing that this was going to be the beginning of some great birthdays in the years to come, because he would be with her. He knew that after tonight he would always have his best friend with him in his birthday.