A/N: Thank you for the reviews.

Rayvin813- I'm glad you enjoy it.

Nanz- You reviews are always right to the point. lol. ^_~

Xixie- You're quite enthusiastic, I love it!

Sierra- the hand bothered Sara, well, because it was a hand- a hand of a corpse that would soon be brought back to life. If that's not creepy and at least a bit sickening-then I don't know what is.



I thank you three for reviewing the last chpater but what's happened to Scooter? Where have you gone girl? I really miss your comical reviews and your story- please come back.

Ahem, now that I'm done begging o_O` ^_^` On with the story.

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Gabriel flipped the light on as he entered the kitchen and blinked as he was suddenly blinded.

"Gabriel?" came a wisper that nearly caused the young man to fall over as he spun to find Ian standing only inches behind him.

"How many times must I tell you not to do that?!" Gabriel sighed and continued on his way to the sink.

"Laney and Alex have left to find a healer. They asked me to deliver the message."

"So you scare the shit out of me in my own kitchen?" Gabriel grumbled as he sipped at the water.

"I was just going to leave you and Lady Sara a note when you came stumbling down the stairs." Ian glanced up at the stariway and asked, "How is she?"

"Sleeping. Finaly." Gabriel set the glass down in the sink and turned to also look at the stairs, "She's really angry at the world right now."

"Well, it seems that the Wielder's rage is enough to keep the Pact away for awhile." Ian let a small smile grace his lips before he turned to watch Gabriel, "Has she been dreaming?"

"Non-stop." Gabriel sighed, "And I've been seeing everything she's sees in them."

"And?"

"She's worried that the web will hang us all."

"Web?"

"The one the Blade is weaving." Gabriel ran his hands roughly though his hair before staring blankly at the floor.

"Are those her words, or your's?" Ian asked quietly as he watched the younge man next to him.

"I'm no longer sure."

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Sara squinted up into the darkness as she felt Gabriel climb back into bed. She had awoken only moment after he left.

"You ok?" he asked quietly, pulling the blankets over the two of them- the blankets that Sara had kicked off in her sleep.

"Yes." she rolled onto her side and snuggled into Gbariel's arms, "The voices are trying to tell me something." she wispered.

"From what I heard and saw, I believe they are telling us to step carefully." Gabriel yawned.

"Step Carefully?" Sara repeated.

"It's the only thing from the dreams that I can remember." Gabriel kissed Sara's hair as he prepared to go back to sleep.

*Watch your step lest your own ropes trip you up.*

"Watch your step lest your own ropes trip you up." Sara wispered as it echoed through her own thoughts.

"Yea." Gabriel sounded more awake, his embrace had stiffened, "I heard it too."

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"Hey." Sara opened one eye and looked up to see Gabriel standing next to the bed in only his sweat pants, "I made you breakfast. " he paused to smile down at her, "I hope you like it."

"I'm sure I will." Sara smiled sleepily as she rolled over to get up.

"It's nothing fancy." Gabriel said as she entered the small kitchen, "Just eggs and toast. You do like eggs, right?"

"Love 'em." Sara yawned as Gabriel placed a plate before her, the eggs on top of the toast-just the way she would have done it herself.

Gabriel grabbed a plate of his own and sat on the stool next to Sara's before jumping up and rushing to the cabinets.

"You ok?" Sara asked, one eye brow raised.

"Yea, I just forgot the coffee." Gabriel smiled at her over his sholder, "Glad I remembered before you noticed it missing."

"I'm not that bad." Sara laughed and it was Gabriel's turn to raise an eye brow.

"Oh, really?" he asked, smirking, "Then why do drinks like five cups of it a day and get grumpy without it?"

"I don't get grumpy!" Sara protested and then laughed, "Ok, maybe just a little grumpy."

"Ian came by again." Gabriel said, changing the subject to keep from laughing, "Your loft is cleaned and back to how it looked before."

"Wow." Sara said around a mouthfull of eggs, "That man seems to think of everything."

Gabriel nodded his agreement and they continued to eat in silence.

Once finished, Gabriel picked up both plates and headed for the sink, "Sooo-" he started, catching Sara's attention with his tone, "Have you noticed anything?"

"Like what?" she asked cautously.

"Well, for one- you slept till one in the afternoon." Gabriel smirked, his back to her as she spun to look at the clock that now read '1:43'.

"And second?" she asked, watching as he bagan to do the dishes.

"You'll have to come with that one on your own." he kept his back to her still, afraid he might laugh at the lost and slightly annoyed expression he was sure she would be wearing.

Sara leaned back against the table and looked around the room.

Nothing new there.

Maybe Gabriel had changed something about himself.

Sara studied the back of her boyfriend, as though she thought his bare shoulder blades would give her a hint-or a clue even. Frowning, she walked up behind him.

His hair was still as disoderly as ever.

He shaved- but that wasn't anything new.

Brow nitted together in concentration she stepped up behind him and wound her arms around his wiast. He continued with his chore and showed no sign (besides a small smile) that he had even noticed her touch.

"What is it?!"

He didn't answer.

She could practicly feel his smile as she rested her chin against his arm.

And then it hit her.

He was using ~both~ of his hands.

Pushing away from him suddenly she asked, "When did you get your stitches removed?"

"Alex did it last night while you were in the shower." he said calmly, "I had thought you would have noticed by now. I mean, you know when I leave the bed for crying out loud- something as obvious as this should have been noticed right away."

"Sorry." Sara frowned again, "I've been a bit distracted."

"And pissed." Gabriel added, "It surprised me is all." he grabbed a dish towel and dried his hands as turned to face her, "But the game was fun."

Sara swatted his arm as she smiled, "The first thing I did was check to see if you had bought anything for the kitchen- the next thing was to check to see if you got a hair cut."

"Why would I get a hair cut?" Gabriel asked, "I like my hair."

Sara laughed.

"What?" Gabriel seemed concerned, "~You~ like my hair, don't you?"

"Yes." Sara managed after a moment.

"Then what?"

"Nevermind." Sara said and pulled him closer, "I love your hair." she added quietly as she ran her fingers through said hair. Gabriel closed his eyes and leaned into her touch.

"Your's isn't so bad, either." he grinned, eyes still closed as he rested his forehead against hers, "Though it's softer than mine."

He brought his arms up, placed one at her waist and the on her shoulder so he could play with the soft hair by her left ear.

Sara removed her hands from Gabriel hair and ran them down his chest as he kissed her gently.

God, how long had it been since she had been able to just enjoy something as simple as kissing her boyfriend?

Obviously she had enjoyed long enough (though not by her standards) as the soft clearing of someones throat brought them both back to the kitchen. Gabriel laughed as Sara hid her grinn by burrying her face in his chest.

"Yes?" Gabriel asked, looking at someone over Sara's head, his good humor making her laugh.

"Detective Woo and McCarty are on their way here." Ian's voice replied, "I believe that since they think the Lady to be on Vacation it would be a bad idea for them to see her here."

"What should I do?" Gabriel asked.

"Change your message mechine to say that you are out of state on bussiness and won't return for a few days." Ian stated as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Right." Gabriel stepped away from Sara with a gentle and sweet kiss to her nose, "How long till they get here?"

"Just a few minutes."

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Sara sat with her back to Gabriel's bed as she listened to the noise of Ian and Gabriel rushing to get everything to seem like he had indeed closed shop for the coming days.

Gabriel had changed the message on the answering machine.

Ian had added a message to Talismaniac's website, asking for all customers to e-mail, not call and to be patient while the owner was away.

Silence fell and Sara moved lay across the soft blankets as she waited for Gabriel to return.

Surely, Danny wouldn't need Gabriel too badly.

That train of thought brought up another question.

*Why ~does~ Danny need to speak with Gabriel?*

Just as her mind began to swim with different possibilties the door opened and shut. Gabriel crawled over Sara to lay with his face only inches from hers.

"They should be here any second." he wispered, "Ian has made sure that everything is silent and secure."

As Sara opened her mouth to speak the buzzer rang, silencing her as Gabreil propped his head up with a pillow.

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A/N: Yipp- ee! I'm so happy to be done with that. ^_^` It's taken forever.

Guess what! (this has nothing to do with my story- I know but I just have to say it) ---- I'm going to my first ever concert! ^-^ I'll be in Albany NY on the 15th to see Hanson (no laughing- they were the first band I ever got into) And I can't wait! I think I may be more excited about going to NY than I am about the actual concert but that should be promising also. LOL. ^_~