Thanks guys, for all your reviews. They mean a lot to me, really! :) And Sam doesn't live in the firehouse, because Bailey haven't offered it to her yet. lol
So, here's the next chapter. Enjoy!

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Chapter 2

With Chloe in her arms, she took her car keys and ran outside the house to her car. As fast as she could she opened the car door and put Chloe on the back seat.

"Mummy, I'm cold… where are we going?" the little girl asked her mother, her body trembled all over.

"I don't know yet, sweetheart", Sam answered. But her daughter was right. They couldn't drive around the whole night, nor they could go back to their house. She knew that Bailey was on a wedding in New Jersey, so their only hope was to stay at John's apartment.

'Please, let him be at home', Sam thought, while she drove along the dark street. Every few seconds she looked in her rear-view mirror to be sure the person who broke into her house, wasn't following them. It was 3 o'clock, in the middle of the night and it started to rain heavily, so she couldn't drive as fast as she wanted to.

After half an hour she arrived in front of John's apartment. Chloe had already fallen asleep. She took the little girl carefully in her arms and ran into the building, straight towards the lift.

Once inside, she sighed in relief. Everything will gonna be okay. Tomorrow she'll send her team to her house to check everything, but just the thought of a psycho in her own house made her sick.

When she was on the 6 th floor, the door opened. With her sleeping daughter in her arms, Sam walked along the hallway until she came to John's door.

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John's apartment

At the same time, John finally fell asleep. He worked till late in the night on the same case like Sam, doing some research in the internet. As he couldn't keep his eyes open any longer, he decided to go to bed and continue with his work the next day.

At that very moment as John almost drifted into his dreams, somebody knocked at the door. John mumbled something into his pillow and turned on the other side, as he heard the knock again. With a sigh he opened his eyes and blinked to his alarm clock on the nightstand.

'3:40 , who the hell is knocking on my door in the middle of the night', John thought, laid his head back down on his pillow and closed his eyes, to continue with his sleep.

But there was another knock at the door. After a short hesitation, John took his gun from the nightstand and walked as silent as possible to the door.

"Who's there?" he asked, with the gun in is hand.

"It's me, Sam", Sam answered.

Immediately John opened the door, "Sam", he perceived a sleeping Chloe in her arms, "what are you doing here?"

"John, can we come in… please… I know it's late but…", she told him, shivering.

"Hey, it's okay… come in", he grabbed her arm and led her into his living room.

"Can we stay here… this night? We… uhm… I… there was… uhm… Chloe… and the open window and…" Sam tried to tell John what happened, but John couldn't follow and stopped her.

"Hey Sam… easy… sit down and tell me what happened, one after the other." John whispered, because of the little sleeping girl in Sam's arms.

He went to the closet and took out a big blanket for Chloe. Sam laid her daughter on the sofa and wrapped her into the cozy blanket. Then she turned to John and took a deep breath before she started to talk.

"Okay, it was an hour ago. I was sitting in my room, working on our case when I heard Chloe screaming and crying. So I ran to her and asked what happened and why she was crying." Sam stopped and looked into John's eyes, but then she continued, "she told me there was a man in her room, but when she started to scream, he fled through the window."

"Maybe it was just a nightmare", John told her, trying to calm her down.

"First I thought that by myself, but then I saw the open window… and I couldn't stay there John… I mean, what if he was still there?" Sam explained in a whisper.

"Of course not and I'm glad both of you are here … you are save now", John assured her with a smile. "Look, you two can sleep in my bedroom and I'm going to sleep here on the sofa, okay?"

"No, it's your bed John… Chloe and me, we can…", Sam started but John cut her off, "no, take my room… please!" he insisted.

Sam smiled shyly, took Chloe in her arms and walked towards the bedroom, "Thanks, good night."

"You're welcome… night", John smiled and waited until Sam closed the bedroom door. Then he laid down and tried to catch some sleep as well.

Half an hour later the phone rang and John woke up with a start. He looked around and wondered why he was in the living room and not in his bedroom, but then he remembered what happened with Sam in her house. With a sigh he got up and walked to the small table underneath the big mirror, where he picked up the phone.

"Yeah?" he asked, still half asleep. Since there was no answer from the other side of the line he asked again, a bit louder, "Hello? Who's there?" As he heard nothing but silence he shouted into the phone, "Damn you", and hang up the phone.

"Who was that?" he heard a voice from behind.

John turned round and saw Sam, standing in the doorway with a worried look on her face.

"I don't know, nobody answered," John told her, "I'm sorry if the phone woke you up", he added.

Sam shook her head, "No, I didn't sleep well anyway", she sighed and ran her fingers through her hair.

"I'm sorry… would you like something to drink?" John asked.

"Yeah, a glass of water would be fine", she responded.

John nodded and walked into the kitchen, Sam followed him. He poured a glass full with water and gave it to Sam.

"Uhm, do you think this man in your house was … Jack? I mean… it could be possible…", he asked and looked into her eyes, where he saw a hint of fear, "Oh, I'm so sorry… I didn't mean to… uhm… I shouldn't have mentioned that", he apologized.

"Hey, it's okay… I thought about him too, but…", she sighed, "…I don't know. But no matter who this man was, he scared me John", Sam responded and sat down on one of the chairs in the kitchen.

Suddenly the phone rang again and John made his way into the living room, "I'll be right back", he walked through the room and took the phone, "John Grant… Hello, who's there? … Damn you… I asked… Who's there??" he shouted into the phone, angrily.

"I know she is with you", the voice on the other side of the phone told him. John swallowed and asked again, "Who are you?" but the other side had already cut the line.

Sam came into the living room and saw John with a shocked expression on his face. "Hey, what's the matter John? Is there something wrong?"

John turned round and put the phone down, "Uhm, I think we have a problem".

"What do you mean?" Sam asked, frowning.

"It was him" he answered.

"Who?" Sam asked, confusing.

"He said he knows you're here with me, Sam" John said.

"What?" Sam almost shouted, "But… but how? I took care that nobody followed us. God John, what I'm going to do now?"

He took her in his arms, "you're save here, I promise."

"Oh god John, I… I can't stand this any longer. It's got to stop!" Sam began to sob in John's arms.

"Ssssh, everything's gonna be okay." John assured her.

"Do you know what the worst thing about this is?"

"What?" he held her tight in his arms.

"That I dragged you into this… I'm so sorry." She pulled apart and looked into his eyes.

"Hey, I've always told you that I'm here for you… no matter what." John smiled and took her hand.

"I know John, and I'm thankful… don't get me wrong, but this is too dangerous. It's enough that I have to worry about Chloe… I can't worry about you, too." She told him, with tears in her eyes, "That's why we have to go now", she pulled her hand away and walked into John's bedroom to wake Chloe.

"Wait…" he grabbed her arm, so she stopped and turn round to face him, "what are you going to do now and besides, where will you go?" he asked her.

"I… I don't know… but away. I don't want to put you in danger, okay." Sam explained, angrily.

"That's ridiculous, do you know that. Look, you can stay here till the morning and then we'll decide what we're going to do. I want to help you, Sam… please… let me help you, okay?" he looked into her big blue eyes.

"But…" she looked at him and bit her lower lip. 'Damn it, he's right. I have no plans at all, where should I go now?' she thought and took a huge breath, "okay, I stay."

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