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The green rabbit ran through the woods as fast as he could, practically fearing for his life. He could hear Rachel's voice coming from behind him, but he did not listen to what she was saying, focusing more on running. After a while, he stopped his escapade, too exhausted to continue.

Garfield transformed back into his normal state, panting from all the running he had done. What had gone through Rachel's mind? When he saw her in the garden, she was happy and smiling. And then the next minute, she was biting his head off. What did she say again? Something about him working for her father? Why would she think that? Not to mention her calling him a monster. That insult still made his blood boil. She had never called him something that she knew was so hurtful to him.

The shapeshifter rubbed his cheek, still sore from earlier. He could not believe that Rachel had actually hit him. Of all the time he had been with her, not once did they ever hit each other. They naturally had fights before, but they at the most led to them not talking to one another for a while. And even then, they would always make up in the end. Especially now, with them having recently become a couple, their fights had drastically lowered.

Garfield leaned against a tree, attempting to rest a bit more. That, however, was impossible. Rachel was still out there, and he didn't want to know what would happen to him if she found him. Only about thirty minutes ago, he would want nothing but to be with her. Now, he feared for his life if she came within metres of him. In most cases, he would have fought back instead of running, seeing as how he and his powers could pose a threat to most enemies. But even in a state of fear and anger, he could not find himself able to fight his girlfriend.

"Garfield!" he heard her scream

The hairs on the back of his neck stood on end. Instinctively, he changed into a mouse and hid behind the tree he was leaning on. The origin point of her voice must have been fairly close, maybe about twenty metres away. His heart raced as he heard the sound of leaves rustling coming closer and closer.

"Garfield!" she cried again

The boy got a cold shiver down his spine. The voice had gone from about twenty metres away to two! He stayed perfectly still, not wanting to make the slightest bit of noise. He kept himself from squeaking as he saw her slowly float by him, obviously looking for him. She was so close to him, if he had not transformed into a mouse, she surely would have spotted him already.

"Please don't see me. Please don't see me" he thought to himself

He was so nervous that when a bird flew off a tree, the sound of the flapping wings caused him to squeak.

Rachel quickly turned her head and saw him almost immediately. "Gar!"

He changed into a fox and scurried away from her as fast as he could.

"Gar, wait!"

He ignored what she said. Since he was still tired from before, he wouldn't be able to run for as much. The changeling could see her shadow coming towards him, catching up to him. He made one last sprint to get away from her.

"Garfield, please listen to m-"

Her sentence ended at the same time that he heard a loud thud, like the sound of something hitting a large branch. He could no longer see her shadow chasing him, which made him gradually slow down and finally stop. He turned back and saw nothing but foliage. He was just about ready to leave the area until he heard her voice once again.

"G… Gar" he heard her say again, this time her voice was breaking.

He slowly made his way towards the sound of her voice. The fox crawled between the tall plants and saw Rachel laying on the ground and crying.

He transformed into a human again and slowly walked towards her.

"You alright, Rae?" he asked

Her head was bleeding as if she had hit it on something hard. The injury was a few inches in length, coming very close in contact with her red stone on her forehead. She must have hit it on a low hanging branch while she was flying towards him.

Garfield saw that he had two options, both with problems. If he left her, he would not have to face her wrath once more, though she would surely die from the bleeding if he didn't take her back to the house and treat her. If he did that though, she might still be infuriated towards him for before.

He made up his mind though. The reason why she had yelled at him was because she thought that he did not care for her. By doing this, he would be proving her wrong.

"Rae" he told her "Just stay awake, you're gonna be okay"

"Garfield" she muttered "I-I'm..."

"Shhh" The young man hushed while putting his hand to her cheek "You'll be okay"

He lifted her up and put her on his back before transforming into a horse. He trotted through the forest and made his way back to their house as quickly as he could.

Shortly thereafter, the two arrived at their home. The shapeshifter reverted back to his human form and brought his lover into the house. He laid Rachel down on the bed, wetting a cloth and placing it on her forehead to help stop the bleeding.

"You feeling any better?"

She tiredly nodded "Gar… I'm so sorry. I-I thought that-"

"That doesn't matter right now" he interrupted "What matters is that you just need to stay awake. Try to keep talking, it might help." He was of course still upset about what happened, but he figured that they could talk about it when she got better.

She sat up a bit "Okay, I'll keep talking. I'm sorry for what I did."

"Rae"

"Really, what I did was inexcusable. I called you a monster and hit you!" she sighed "I feel like such an idiot"

"It's fine, Rae"

"Really? Tell me that you're not mad at me right now"

Garfield was silent for a moment, but then answered her "Ok, yeah I'm pretty pissed at what you said and did." He touched his sore cheek again "Can I ask you something?"

She appeared to be a bit worried "Go ahead"

"Why made you think that I was working for your father?"

She let out another sigh "I just thought that some of the events that followed our meeting were a little coincidental."

"A little?"

"Okay, very. Point is, I thought that everything that happened between us was a lie. I jumped to conclusions without thinking them through entirely. Now, thankfully, I know better. And again, I'm sorry"

Garfield smiled at his injured girlfriend "Can I ask you something else?"

She smiled back "Sure"

"When you entered my mind, what did you see?"

Her smile dropped as he mentioned that "Well first of all, I'm also sorry for that."

"You don't to apologize again Rae, I got the message the thousandth time" he said jokingly

She smirked a bit "But to answer your question, I saw what happened before we met."

He raised an eye brow "Like what?"

She swallowed "Like… you becoming the way you are now, leaving the house to explore the outside and..."

He put a hand to her cheek "And what?"

Her amethyst eyes stared into his "Your parents dying"

A tear almost came to his eye when he was reminded of that event. It was something that he always tried to forget, but never managed to.

"What else?"

"That's it. I pulled out of your mind right after that."

A smile returned to his face "Then why don't you go back in?"

"What?" she asked, seeming perplexed

"There are a few more memories that I want you to see." He continued "And since you've already seen some pretty bad ones, let's try to focus on some happier memories"

She moved a hand from her forehead "You sure about this?"

He nodded. This was something that she needed to see.

And with that, Rachel closed her eyes and spoke her mantra. "Azarath Metrion Zinthos"

He felt her go into his mind once more. He heard her laugh a bit at the memories she was experiencing. She pulled out and opened her eyes again, smiling widely.

"So, what'd you see" he asked

Rachel brought herself closer to him, wrapping an arm around him

"I saw" she said quietly "You showing me the forest from a birds eye view, sleeping next to me when I had nightmares and…" She snuggled her head next to his "our first kiss under the stars"

Garfield wrapped his arms around her and kissed her cheek. He could hear her voice say something else softly "I think I'm gonna go into a healing trance." She then brought her head back so she could look into his eyes "Could you stay with me, though?"

He smiled "Of course, Rae"

Rachel gave a bit of a smile back. The empath then proceeded to lay back down on the bed.

"Rae?" he asked just as she was prepared to drift off

"Mm-hm" the girl replied

"I just wanted you to know that I forgive you"

She smiled and held his hand when she heard that "Thank you" Her eyes then closed and she repeated her mantra yet again.

At that moment, Garfield put what had previously happened aside and stayed by his girlfriend, making sure she was going to be alright

A/N: Well, this was a much shorter wait, eh? But come on, it would be cruel to leave you guys on a long wait after a cliffhanger ;)

So yeah, everything's fine between these two. Just wanted to try my hand at some drama (I still got some work to do on improving this). Yeah, I guess Rachel was pretty quick to come to the conclusion that Garfield was working for Trigon, but I wanted to show that the nightmares were starting to get to her. Again, I got some work to do. But all in all, I'm pretty happy with how this story is going.