Haii there my dear readers ^^ I can't apologise enough for taking this long to update. I do however, have a valid excuse as my laptop just kind of exploded about a week ago o.o I do have this computer, but yeah... You know, writing is not quite the same on another computer. However, I do hope this chapter is okay, please leave reviews (:

Chapter 5

Myka had read about six pages when she heard a door open. Too lazy to get up, she turned her head around, trying to catch a glimpse of whomever was in the doorway. She smiled when she recognised Pete.

"I didn't realise you were so into books." She said, sarcasm written all over her face. "Yes well," he said, scratching the back of his head, "let's just say I wouldn't wake up in the middle of the night for them?" He frowned at her, although Myka didn't miss the little smile that was playing along his lips.

She closed her book, patting her hand next to her on the sofa. "I just couldn't sleep, no need to get worried." Pete sat down. "Who said anything about being worried? Maybe I was just getting a sandwich." Myka's goofy grin appeared and she gently poked Pete between his ribs. "Aww, hey!" He yelped, slapping her hand away.

Myka let her head rest back for a moment, silence spreading between them. Pete was the one who broke it, "So, you gonna tell me why you couldn't sleep?" Myka looked at him from the corner of her eyes, not bothering to turn her whole head. "No reason really.."

This time, it was Pete's turn to poke her. "Myka Bering, are you actually trying to lie to me?" He kept on poking her in between her screams of denial.

"Okay okay, stop it already!" Pete was still holding out his fingers, ready to start poking her again. "Then tell me what's going on. You know all my problems too after all." Myka had to smirk at this. "Not having sex for a week is not a problem, Pete." He dropped his hands. "It is for me."

She looked at him for a while, smile slowly disappearing. "Do you..," she sat up a little, clearing her throat. "Do you think we're doing the right thing?"

"Talking in the middle of a night in a room full of books? No. Definitely no." Myka sighed, "Pete."

"Okay okay, I'm sorry. Are you referring to this..," we waved his hands in the air, "Emily stuff?"

"Yeah… I mean, is it right that we're trying to bring HG back? Or… should I say, stripping Emily from this world?" Myka stared in her lap, frowning while talking. "Myka, look at me," Myka looked up, she had rarely heard Pete's voice so serious. "Emily is not real. She is artificial. She isn't even supposed to be here." He was staring in her eyes.

"How can you say that? You have seen how she is. She isn't any less human than us. Maybe she was created in a somewhat… unnatural way, but she can think and feel and…" Her voice died in the middle of her sentence.

Sympathy flooded through Pete's whole body. He wasn't any good at these conversations.

"Well… You do want HG back don't you?"

"Yes, without a single doubt, yes! But, should we do it at this price? Erasing another person from this world?" Her voice was getting unsteady now, and she had to do her best to keep her emotions under control.

"I don't know Myka. And to put it frankly, I don't think this is my decision to make either." Myka felt him taking her hands in his, and she nodded at him.

"If… If you do decide to let her remain Emily however… Well… She does know about the warehouse now. The regents will take action." Pete looked at her questionably.

Myka turned her gaze up again to meet his eyes. "That's not the problem… I still have my 'person'."

"But what if you get in a relationship? I mean, wouldn't you want him to be your person? I don't think you've thought this through yet Myka." Myka could see he was concerned and squeezed his hands to reassure him.

"Trust me, I have thought everything through." She could feel a blush rising from her throat to her cheeks, so she quickly turned her head down again, trying to cover her face with her lively hair. Due to it however, she couldn't see the frown covering Pete's face.

"I will stand by whatever decision you make." He said eventually. Myka looked up at him, smiling shortly before assaulting him with a hug. Pete gladly obliged. It didn't take long before he heard sobs next to his ear. "Hey, it's okay." He softly patted her back.

"I do want HG back Pete," she managed to whisper in between sobs. "I know, I know you do. You'll do the right thing."