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Chapter 4.

2.30 am

Karen woke up in the middle of the night. She felt arms around her and looked up and saw Will's peaceful, sleeping face and she smiled for the first time since it happened.

She put her head down on his chest again and cuddled up a bit. Will's arms felt so strong and protective around her. Her thoughts began to wander. What if Stanley would still be alive? What would he have done right now? Would he have been laying here next to her instead of Will? Would he have gone out to find the person who did this to her? Would he have stopped it from happening completely? Or would he even have cared?

She remembered the fight they had had the day before he died. The fight was about kids. She wanted them and he didn't. Secretly she had hoped and prayed that she would get pregnant and had stopped taking precautions during sex. It hadn't taken any effect at all and she came to realize that she may never get pregnant. That made her sad thinking about and she started to cry. Her whole body started shaking. She closed her eyes and let the tears run freely. Suddenly she felt Will's arms tighten around her and that made her look up at his face. He was awake and laid watching her, trying to soothe her he had tightened his arms around her and he planted a kiss on her forehead when she looked up at him.

"Will" she whispered. "Will, don't leave me."

"Don't worry, I won't" he answered. "I won't go unless you really want me to."

"Promise?"

"I promise. Why don't we try to go to sleep again?"

She nodded and laid down her head again and closed her eyes. The tears started to fade, but she couldn't fall asleep yet. Will noticed that and he started to talk to her to make her relax.

"Karen, why don't we all go away for the weekend? The four of us, you and me, Grace and Jack? We can go to the westcoast? Or we can go to Florida? Maybe even abroad, to Europe maybe? What do you say about that?"

"Yeah, maybe. You and me. Jack and Grace doesn't know, and I don't want them to either. That could make it a bit hard to travel with them without them knowing what's happened to me" she said and the tears started again.

"Why don't you tell them Kare?"

"I don't want them to judge me or tell me I deserved it. Maybe Jack won't, but Grace most certainly will."

"That's not true Kare, and I'm amazed that you believe that about Grace. She defends you constantly you know. I make comments about you and she defends you."

Karen looked up at Will with wondering eyes.

"Yeah, that's right. She does that Kare" Will said. "Grace is a lovely person who loves everybody, including you even if you don't believe that yourself."

Karen sat up and looked Will in the eyes.

"Really? She does that?" she asked.

"Yeah, really. She does that." Will answered.

Karen relaxed a little and laid down again with her head on Will's chest. She could hear his heart beat with a steady pace. One arm around her while his other, free hand was drawing circles on her hand and arm. She thought: 'Maybe telling Grace and Jack won't be as bad as I think.'

"You're right Will. I should tell Grace and Jack what happened, but I can't. I can't look them in the eyes anymore. I feel constantly dirty and want to take showers or hot baths all the time."

"You are not dirty Karen. Not in this way anyway."

She looked up at him and he smiled and winked at her and she started laughing a little at him, making a joke like that.

Will felt good when he heard her laugh. That was a good sign. She was on a small path that led out on the big road towards healing. He knew however how fragile that path was. Anytime the path could hit an unexpected bump or turn into a deadend. He had to make sure that the path was going to be straight and smooth.
Karens eyes started to feel heavy and soon she fell asleep again, safely knowing Will would stay and never leave.

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A/N R&R please. Any good?