A/N: Okay people...so here I am...still in Cape Cod having spent all my money in Provincetown...and now I wanna get some more writing done. So here you go! Not much up to sarcasm today incase no one noticed...Enjoy!

Hannah stood in the bathroom in front of the mirror trying to cover the bruises that still showed on her face. Aaron was standing in the doorway watching her.

"You look fine, I promise." He said watching her smile in the mirror.

"I'll bet you say that to all the girls." She said winking at him.

"Well...no...it's not like I talk to a lot of girls."

"Yeah...you're weird. But that's why we all love you." She said putting more cover-up on her face.

"Hannah, come on you look fine. There's no way for you to cover them up all the way, they're too dark now." Aaron said putting his hand on hers. She looked downt to the floor sadly, knowing he was right.

"Okay, let's go." She said slowly.

When they got to the mall, the crowd seemed bigger to Hannah than anyone else who was there. People would see her and wonder what happened. Some would recognze her from the news and see them cover their mouths in shock. She wanted to run away. She hated that everyone knew what had happened to her. But it really couldn't be helped. Aaron saw the people and senced Hannah's discomfort and he took her hand.

"It's okay." He whispered to her as they walked passed various stores and shops. He smiled when she turned to look at him. Hannah let go of his hand and slid her arm through his and rejoined their hands. They finished their shopping with almost an hour and a half to spend before Greg and Sara were supposed to meet them there. So now they just went around making mental wish lists until lunchtime.

They met Greg and Sara in the food court at 12:30. When Hannah hugged Greg, he wasn't sure if she was going to let go or not, and it worried him. But he knew she was just nervous being around other people after the news the night before.

"So I take it you saw the news last night?" Greg said to Hannah as she ate some salad.

"You mean the news story that told everything about what happened including showing people what I look like? Yeah I saw it."

"Well it's done, it can't be changed now. At least now people will have a little understanding though."

"Yeah I guess you're right. So what's the news on the West case?"

"Uh uh Miss Carson, you're not working remember?" Sara said smiling. "But if you're interested, the court date was moved back a week. So instead of it being in two days, it's next week. Thank God for that." She said laughing.

"Will Hannah have to be there?" Aaron asked glancing from Hannah to Sara.

"Well Grissom said he's trying to make it so you won't have to testify, but I'm not too confident on how successfull he may be. We should find out anytime now about who will have to testify when."

"Okay, thanks." Hannah said slowly. They finished their various lunches and left to look at a few of the apartments that Sara and Greg had found the day before.

A/N: I know the ending sucks once again, but I wanted to save the apartment search for the next chapter. Besides...this is where the writer's block comes back. :swears to self: O well. Such is life.

Sweet Jorja