(Rated-T for violence ,bank heists and shooting….didn't you miss me? :))

It seemed that trouble was Josh's closest friend. Anything that could go wrong did, and on most occasions this was made apparent. This day was no exception.

It was his day off, and all he'd wanted to do was go to the bank, make a deposit and return home in time to play a game of Scrabble with Sally, a game that she was excellent at, much to Josh's despair. Who used the word twill anyway?

Josh had just finished his deposit and had turned his heel when four large men had chosen to barrel in with large guns blazing. Josh suddenly began to regret not listening to Sally's small rant about him not staying at home often enough.

How he became the main hostage was still lost on him. Granted, he had been the closest to the door and the fact he was doe-eyed and short may have made him an easy target, still it wasn't as though people were going to worry about a grown man when the women and children were safe, not that Josh could blame them, he'd probably feel the same way anyway .

So there he was, being choked by a large and also very sweaty bald man, a gun pointed at his temple. He couldn't help but wonder when the police, who were camped outside, would actually attempt to negotiate with the men. His brain was working through various scenarios, and most of them weren't even relevant to what was actually going on, it was better that way at least now he wouldn't be panicking to the extent he really should have been.

The gunman had decided that Josh wasn't nearly as scared as he should have been, and took this moment to throw him to the ground, and point the gun directly in his face.

"What'choo doin'? Plannin' an escape?" The man's voice was husky, impatient, and tinged with a southern accent. However, nerves settled into his voice, and it was only made obvious as the man lifted his free hand to wipe the sweat from his brow.

"No, no I promise." Josh offered accidently repeating the first word as a result of his surprise of the movement to the floor. "J-just trying to keep calm." With that the man, furrowed his brows and moved his gun from Josh's forehead.

Then the phone had decided to ring, the resulting noise scaring the gunman, resulting in the slip of his finger, and the firing of the gun, which in turn sent the bullet into Josh's shoulder. Josh yelled out, and thus began the screams of various infants, children, and women.

The gunman taken aback by the sudden amount of noise dropped his gun, causing a bullet to fire at the glass. The other three emerged from the vault at the noise and were quick to find the cause. What with the amount of blood on the ground and the fact there were now members of the local law enforcement heading towards the door, they were quick to turn and attempt to escape with the loot that they had, ready to abandon Mr. Big Bald and Sweaty. However, it seemed it was time for Josh's fellow hostages to attack.

A small group of business men, who had been talking, took the opportunity to rush the three men, and as a result cause them to fall to the ground guns sliding in the direction opposite to them. Josh had already been holding his good arm to his shoulder to keep himself from bleeding out, but a woman in her late thirties came forward brushed his hand away and placed her own there at a much stronger pressure. Josh took this moment to black out.

Josh doesn't wake until later that evening. He finds himself in a hospital gown, the thick smell of bleach and the IV in his arm quick to tell him he's at the Hospital. He leans forward much to quickly for his own good and is greeted by the sharp twist of pain the commands him back to his previous position. With the pain he gasps and instead of flopping back into the bed, a cool hand is placed at his back to guide him gently down.

"Sally's pissed at you right now. Once you got out of surgery, she was about ready to pummel you. But she was worried about you." Aidan sighs, as he makes Josh settle back into the bed. "She's down in the cafeteria now, seeing what they have to eat." The cool fingers quickly move to the side of his face, and Aidan leans down to kiss him, it's just a light peck and Josh can't help but feel a little cheated.

"She'll be back soon." Aidan offers with a laugh as he takes notice of the look in Josh's face. Only a moment after Aidan finishes chuckling Sally appears in a light disruption of the dust. "Speak of the devil and she shall appear." Aidan manages out between breathless chuckles. "I'll be in the cafeteria. Jello and water seem mild enough for you." With that he's gone abandoning Josh to a possible mouthful with Sally.

Josh sees a slight flash of anger in Sally's eyes, but it's quickly overcome with a look he can only describe as calm. "I was worried about you." She finally offers after a moment of silence. "Honestly. Who else could I own at Scrabble?" She questions with a laugh, and Josh can't help but join in. "How are you doing?" She questions when the silence returns to the room, she reaches out a hand to his and lightly places it over his, putting all of her energy in making him feel it.

He does, for a second he can feel light warmth and weight before it disappears. "I'm good as I can be which is pretty good considering." Josh offers with a nod and a smile. The conversation continues then, it's light and pleasant, Sally mentions that Josh is going to have to go out and buy her that new Nicholas Sparks novel, since he gave her such a heart attack, and he can't help but laugh and agree. He hates to have hurt her, but he's happy to be able to joke with her again.

When Aidan returns, Sally's abducted Aidan's phone, and is making Josh play Scrabble with his good hand. Aidan just waits in the doorway for a second, Josh's tray in hand. After a few moments of watching Sally laugh at Josh's horrible attempt at working Aidan's iPhone, he steps in and retrieves his phone.

"There will be time for that later, eat now, be beaten at Scrabble later." Aidan and Sally both laugh as Josh huffs and struggles with the spoon and Jello cup. Aidan plucks the spoon from Josh's clumsy hands before dipping it into the red jello and offering him the spoon. "Eat it, Josh don't play with it." He teases as Josh's cheeks turn a vicious red and Sally grins like a lunatic.

"I'd offer you some time alone, but I don't think I've ever seen someone turn that color so I'm going to stay." Sally offers still grinning.

Josh can't even argue, Aidan and Sally are his second family, and they mean the world to him. If that means Aidan's going to feed him, and Sally will tease, so be it, their family.

A/N:Gwashard,IwantedtomakeitghostandSally- centric but my brain went and died on me. So blegh. Also sorry for disappearing for so long I was very busy.I'll update when I can,but thanks all for being patient and giving me criticisms and loving reviews. I love each and every review anon or otherwise. On a side note, you may be seeing some short works posted here or there on my page as well,I recently watched BBC's Sherlock ,Martin Freeman is adorable. Look it up you may just love it. Good-bye my lovelies, hope to see you soon. :)