Well this one wasn't originally in the plan but it was pointed out to me (very special thanks to ChEmMiE) that i probably should have explained where she has actually been this whole time so hopefully this clears things up a little :)

He watched her carefully as she struggled to regain enough composure to answer his question. Not quite rebuilding the walls, but certainly laying a solid foundation. Eventually she succeeded, at least physically. She appeared calm but he knew that inside the emotions were still raging and when she finally answered, she was choosing her words carefully.

"This morning, I could not go to work. I knew I just could not face it today"

He wanted, so desperately, to ask her why. To find out what made today any different, but he knew they would get to that eventually so he held his tongue and let her talk.

"I stayed in my apartment for a while but I was going crazy there, I needed to get out. I also knew if anyone was to look for me that would be the first place they would go. So I left. I got in my car and I drove. I had no idea where I was going and I had no idea where I would end up but I drove anyway." She wasn't looking at him, she kept her eyes focused on something in the distance and her voice was steady as she recalled the events of the morning.

"So you came here?" he couldn't help himself, he was still confused as to how she ended up in this park.

"Well first I drove to your apartment. I do not know why, I just did I and when I thought about it I realised something. You were not there."

That just confused him more. Of course he wasn't there; he would have been at work. She knew that. She turned her gaze to him for a moment, as if to make sure he was still there, and she must have recognised his confused expression because she continued, trying to explain what she meant. This time speaking even more cautiously than before, if that was possible.

"Not that you were not there in your apartment, I knew that. I realised that you were not at the same place I was in my head. The place I wanted us to be as partners. More than partners I guess." She said the last part so quietly he wasn't sure he'd heard her right but before he had time to process what she had meant she had started talking again.

"That was when I decided I had to get as far away as possible from everything but everywhere I went reminded me of something I did not want to be reminded of and when I ended up at that warehouse, the place we solved our first case together, I realised there was only one place I could get away from everything." She looked over to him again and just for a moment, her eyes flicked down to where he had put the gun.

"But..." she trailed off, sighing.

"You couldn't do it." he finished for her. Not a question, but a statement.

"No Tony, No I could not."

"And you've been here ever since?"

"Yes, I have been sitting on this bench for an hour now. I am cold, I am starting to lose feelings in my legs, but mostly, I am confused."

"come on then" he said, standing up and putting his hand on her arm, "lets go."

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