-1Gibbs point of view

"Everybody's looking for that something

One thing that makes it all complete

You find it in the strangest places

Places you never knew it could be"

Westlife - Flying without wings

"It doesn't take that long to get ready Holly!" I can never understand why it takes so long for women to get ready. But I must admit it is worth the wait in the end.

"Calm down, I'm ready I'm ready." She walked out of the bathroom brushing her hair. I took her hand and we headed out the door with a bag in my hand. I'm planning a surprise for lunch.

This felt so right. Righter than anything that's happened to me in a long time. Just walking, holding hands, looking at the sights with the person you care most about in this world.

We walked past a rock that was fairly big. We stopped and Holly stepped on it and began to balance along the line of them, using my shoulder for support. When she got to the end she looked and smiled at me. I knew what she was thinking.

She put her arms around my neck and her legs around me. I piggy backed her to a spot that was perfect for our picnic.

"I wanted you to know

I love the way you laugh

I want to hold you high

And steal your pain"

Seether - Broken

We sat down and started to eat. I realised when Holly was getting ready that I didn't know anything about her childhood, so I decided to ask a few questions.

"Are you an only child?"

"No I have an older sister. Had. She died." I could see the tears form in her eyes. I wanted to know more but I know how tough it is to loose someone you love and how difficult it is to talk about, so I decided not to push it.

"Oh ok. What was her name?" That was going to be my last question. A small smile appeared on her face.

"Karen. She was three years older than me. She died when she was nineteen. The day of her nineteenth birthday. God, I loved her. I think about her every single day." A single tear slid down her cheek. It was so hard watching her hurt so much.

"Do you want to talk about it?" I whispered in her ear as I pulled her in and held her close.

She looked into my eyes for a few seconds and then continued. " My parents disapproved of her boyfriend. He came over for her birthday and him and my father got into an argument and they left. That was the last time I saw her." She paused for a few seconds. "And then when they got back to his apartment they got into an argument because of what happened with my dad and she told him she was leaving. He beat her to death with a hammer."

The tears flowed from her eyes. She made no attempt to stop them from coming. I wasn't sure what to say.

"I'm sorry Hol."

"I used to follow her around, copy everything she did. She'd get so annoyed at me sometimes. Do you want to hear a story?" As she was talking a smile appeared on her face. I had to know what was making her so happy.

"Of course." We were both leaning against a log and she moved closer to me and I put my right hand on her left knee.

"Ok well when I was four and Karen was seven I pulled the heads off all my dolls and flushed them down the toilet and it got clogged. Rather than tell my parents I decided to run away. Karen caught me and when I told her why she insisted she come with me. We got to the street until we realised we weren't allowed to cross the road. So we just walked around the block until our dad found us. She took the blame and took a hiding for me." It was hard to imagine Hollis as a young girl, or letting someone else take the blame for her.

"I can see why you loved her. She seems like a great sister." Holly smiled and nodded her head in agreement.

"When she died a part of me died.. Can we change the subject? There's a tennis court over there, lets play?" She kissed me on the lips and got up. I put out my arms for her to help me up.

"Ok but lets make it interesting. The loser has to skinny dip in the ocean." a horrified look crossed her face. She is so beautiful.

"No way! We aren't young kids anymore Jethro. If someone sees us then "

"Don't loose and you'll have nothing to worry about." We stopped walking and she folded her arms and thought for a minute.

"Alright, you're on." I was quite surprised that she agreed. We shook hands and started to play.