~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sherri pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"W-what?" I turned to Cobb, "D-Dom?" He looked me in the eye and I saw the sadness the pain in them. I felt tears run down my cheeks. I bit my lip to stop myself form balling.

"I-I'll be in the other room." I went into the other room and shut the door. I sat on the floor and brought my knees up to my face and cried. It was about ten minutes before I heard the door creek and I saw Dom. He sat down beside me and pulled me into a hug. I cried into his chest,

"What happened?"

"We got lost. We lost what that boundary between reality and dream was. So I…" Dom was hesitant. "I gave her the idea that it wasn't real. That we were in a dream. So we killed ourselves, but when we came back… she was different. She began to question her reality. And in the end…she jumped off the side of the hotel we were in for our anniversary. She… she had told her lawyer that she was fearful for her life. That I was trying kill her. She thought that I would go with her. But…I couldn't, so I ran." Dom had a pained look in his eyes.

"Have you told anyone else about this?" He shook his head,

"No, I've wanted to but… I can't. I think Arthur knows but… I just couldn't tell him. It hurts too much."

"So why me?" He kissed my head,

"You needed to know. You were like a sister to her." I sighed and hugged him, "Come on. I'm sure Arthur will want to spend more time with you." He said it like a brother teasing his sister about a school crush,

"What's that supposed to mean?" I gave him a smile,

"Oh we all know. That is all of us but you two."

"Please Dom, we're friends alright. Arthur doesn't see me like that." He rolled his eyes and pulled me up,

"Oh whatever!" We left the room and Eames and Arthur stopped talking. I raised an eyebrow at them,

"Oi, what was you two talking about? Hmm?" They both said nothing and I didn't push it because the pounding in my head had grown louder, "Hey do you all have something I can take? My head is killing me. And you wouldn't happen to have, say, a shower, some bandages, and clothes would you?"

Eames went to get some soap and towels, Dom went to get me bandages, and Arthur was going to get me clothes. They all came back with everything and Dom and Eames decided to be cruel and nominated Arthur to take me upstairs to the shower. He took my hand and led me up the stairs. We were quiet until we got to the second floor.

"They're mine so they may be a little big." I smiled at him and pulled him into a hug,

"Thanks Arthur." I buried my face into his neck and I felt his arms wrap securely around my waist, "I'm sorry. For leaving. I just… I didn't want to get anybody hurt." He pulled away slightly and rested his head against mine,

"I'm just glad you're safe and that you're back." I pulled away a little more and took all the stuff from him.

"Thanks Arthur." I quickly kissed him on the cheek and went into the bathroom.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Arthur pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I watched Sherri go into the bathroom and my fingertips traced the spot where her lips had once been. My cheek burned. I sat on a chair just outside the bathroom and thought about what happened last night.

It was late and virtually nobody was here but Cobb and Ariadne. I hooked my arm up and slowly drifted off into a sleep. I didn't normally do this but every now and then I just had to. I was lying on a hammock by the beach in the warm night air. Sherri was lying beside me with her head on my chest. She was my best friend and we were becoming more and more everyday.

"I miss you." She smiled at me and took my hand in hers,

"I'll be back. You know I will." I traced her cheek with my hand and ran my fingers over her bottom lip.

"When? When will you be back?" She leaned up to me and pressed her lips to my cheek.

"Now that would be telling love." Normally next we would end up staring at the stars and simply holding each other until morning, but her eyes looked else where. I turned my head to where she was looking and saw Ariadne.

"Are you crazy! You don't just walk into someone else's subconscious memories without letting them know." I was standing now and I was ticked. Nobody was supposed to see this. Nobody was supposed to know about this. I felt her arms wrap around my waist and her head on my shoulder,

"Oh don't get too upset darling. She was curious. If you remember I was just as curious." I sighed. She had a point,

"What's your name?"

"Ariadne."

"Nice name. I'm Sherri."

"You look a lot like Eames." She chuckled a little,

"That's because I'm his sister."

"Oh, well, that would explain it." I looked at my watch. I had only a few seconds left,

"Well we should be going back. Time's almost up."

"It was nice to meet you Ariadne, and you," She pulled me closer and kissed me on the cheek, "Don't go too hard on the girl alright?" I smiled at her,

"Alright." And then we woke up. I took a deep breath. I wanted to yell at her for doing that but I refrained. Sherri was right, she was just curious.

"What was that?"

"A memory and a dream. We spent a week at the beach just a week before she disappeared."

"I thought-"

"I know what you thought. But when you loose someone you can't forget about them. You feel the need to see them again. It's something you can't help. Look don't lecture me about turning into Cobb or something about Sherri showing up in our mission because first off I'm not Cobb. She didn't die. And I only do this every once in a while. I don't do it daily. Second, do not tell Cobb or Eames about this at all. Eames still hurts about his sister's disappearance and if you bring Sherri up that will make Cobb's pain even worse."

"I'm sorry. I didn't-"

"Look, I get it, Sherri was right. You were just curious. But Curiosity killed the cat you know."

"I promise I won't say anything."

"Good."

I sat there and I must have spaced off because the next thing I know I'm being pulled up off the chair,

"I need you to help me wrap my arms." I smiled as she pulled me into the bathroom and hopped up onto the counter. I took the bandages and began to wrap her arms. They were badly bruised and cut,

"Does it hurt?"

"A little." She was quiet. She didn't seem as carefree and happy as she used to be. When I was done she didn't move. She seemed to be out of it. I lifted her chin to meet my eyes. I saw pain and regret in them. I ran my finger over her cheek and lifted her off the counter. As soon as her head hit my chest she was out. I carried her down the stairs and into one of the spare rooms and laid her on a chair. I noticed that on my way down Eames and Cobb were smirking at me. When I came back out they stopped talking and grinned at me,

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Yeah don't worry about it Arthur. It's nothing at all."

"Eames when it's you nothing always means something." He grinned and I rolled my eyes before turning my head to look at Sherri again. I let out a sigh.

Sherri was back.