"We all have bad days, we all lose suspects, remember when I got attacked, we both made bad decisions that day and I paid for it by ending up in hospital, but you went out and caught him purely because you were angry he had injured me, together we put him away for 20 years on an attempted murder charge, those are our good days. Today was a bad day and it happens sometimes, we just have to move on" I stopped to see if John was listening and he was, he looked up at me and smiled. I smiled back before looking at the clock:

"We'd better get some rest, it's half one already. We'll talk more in the morning""

"You take the bed, I'll take the couch" John said sitting up

"I will not have you sleeping on a cold couch, I think we are both old enough to sensibly share a bed don't you?"

John pulled me to my feet and into his arms; I rested my head on his shoulder and placed a soft kiss on his neck.

We went through to the bedroom where I sat on the edge of the bed and began to unpin my hair

"Uh, Claire, I'm gonna sleep on the couch tonight" John said before leaving me alone in the room

I got into bed in my underwear but I couldn't sleep, all I could hear was John restlessly moving around on the couch, half an hour later I got up:

"John?" There was total silence "I know you're awake, I could hear you moving"

"I didn't wake you did I?" John said worriedly

"No" I laughed "John come to bed, its freezing out here, you'll catch a cold and I'm lonely"

John sighed and heaved himself up from the couch.

I jumped back into bed while John stripped down into his boxers; under the covers my hand found John's and laced our fingers.

I jumped slightly as I felt John's arm around me pulling me close to him; I shifted over into his arms and nestled close to his body, my head resting on his chest, my arms around him. I smiled as John placed a light kiss on my forehead.

"Sleep tight"

"You too" and with that we drifted off to sleep tucked in each other's arms.

I awoke first later that day, I looked at John who was sound asleep with his hands under his head.

I carefully slipped out of bed not wanting to wake John, he needed to sleep properly if we were to talk rationally.

I jumped in the shower and found my overnight bag in the bathroom, this confused me as I hadn't brought it with me, still I didn't puzzle over it to much as I heard John stirring in the next room. I slipped on a skirt and my blue top and sat down in the arm chair next to the bed.

John was still fast asleep and I sat watching him for a long time.

About one o'clock John stirred and woke, stretching out an arm I saw the panic cross his face as he realised I wasn't in the bed

"It's alright, I'm here" I said softly

"Hey" A small smile crossed his face "How long you been there?"

"A couple of hours, sleep well?"

"Should've woken me"

"What and spoil the best nights sleep you've had in two months? Besides I like watching you sleep" I allowed John to pull me onto the bed

"You look happier this afternoon"

I smiled "Thanks, you look a lot better after sleeping properly"

"I think that was because you were with me"

"See I knew there was a reason why you couldn't stay on the couch"

"Little miss know it all"

"So?" I shot back mischievously

"So, I'm glad we're talking again"

"Me too" I nodded as I slipped my arm round John and pulled him close to me, I yawned subconsciously

"You're tired babe, go back to sleep"

"Only if you do as well"

"Alright! We'll both go back to sleep"

I slid under the covers and snuggled back into John's arms, I looked up at him as he looked down at me, our lips met in a delicate kiss.

We broke apart and John asked: "Together?"

"Never apart" I responded before kissing him again, this time a slow lingering kiss which said all the things that were unsaid between us.

I snuggled further down in the bed and closed my eyes.

I could tell John had slipped back into the realms of sleep, I waited a few more minutes before opening my eyes.

For three hours I lay and watched John sleep, I did a lot of thinking, I pondered on how to get over the fact that John had hurt me and how I couldn't trust him.

"What you thinking about?" A voice beside me brought me back to earth

"How I'm going to be able to trust you again mainly" I rolled over to look at John "The sparkle's back in your eyes, you must be feeling better"

"I'm on top of the world when ever you're in my arms" John replied

"So you should be I'm special" I shot back

"Yeah and you're all mine"

"Oh really? I think it's the other way around, I tamed you and calmed you, you're mine" I said cheekily.

The End

Author Note: There is a sequel planned as we still don't know what John meant when he said he's not who he says he is either, or what the cryptic message that John said to Claire means, not to sure when yet so keep your eyes peeled. I really need to get my life in order before I do any more writing, so I think you'll be waiting at least a month sorry guys!