"So what now?" Nora asked. She sat on the bed with her back against the headboard; she wore one of Patch's shirts over a pair of teeny gym shorts, her hair pulled back out of her eyes in a messy bun. Patch laid on his back at the foot of the bed, his hair dangling over the edge of the bed. "The Nephil are still raising an army and Dante is still looking for me. Scott also tells me that he isn't very convinced that you're dead." She held legs against her chest, resting her chin on her knees. "I feel like I've woken up in a world that has gone to shit around me."

Patch looked up at her, his obsidian eyes holding a layer of warmth then they usually did. "Angel, hate to break it but all you did was wake up in the Nephil world. You aren't human anymore, what Hank did to you is unforgivable but that just means you aren't human to the Nephil. For all they care you're just one of them." He dropped his head looking back up at the ceiling. "There are worse things in this world then demons; angels and Nephil are cruel ruthless beings. They don't care what they have to do or who they have to step on to get what they want. Hank is a perfect example of a pure blooded sociopath; he kidnapped you on multiple occasions and was not above experimenting on you just to make you a nephil."

He sighed and looked to her, "and I doubt his followers will be above doing it again."

"So what do we do?" Nora asked, she could feel her hands shaking. Something told her that Patch's answer was not going to be good.

"We fight back!" Scott said cheerfully. He and Vee walked into the small apartment carrying grocery bags.

Vee smiled, "Patch is right; Dante and the Nephil are rearing for a bloodbath but if we play our cards right we can counter them without losing anybody."

Scott smiled putting the grocery bags on the counter. "Yea nobody has to die, we're all going to make it out of this." He said with a reassuring smile.

Nora beamed; they were all so positive and happy. Her smile fell a little as she remembered how childish and stupid she's been acting. She put all her friends in danger all over the mere thought that Patch had died. Not once did she even think about her mother or Marcie who were in just as much danger as she was, then there was Vee and Scott who went to all the Nephil meetings for info. If Dante even had an idea of what they were doing behind his back he would have killed Vee and Scott so fast.

She lowered her head into her knees, "hey Scott… Vee…" they looked to her. "I'm sorry."

"For what?" Vee asked setting her bags down.

Patch kept his eyes trained on Nora, her attitude had done a complete 180. Nora looked up at them; she looked about ready to cry. "I'm so sorry for how I've been acting. I just let myself shut down whereas all of you were still fighting. You all saved me from Hank and look at what I was going to do with that life you saved… I was ready to just throw myself off the cliff and just end it…" she looked down with tears stinging her eyes. "I don't deserve such great friends if I'm so ready to throw them into the line of fire without even thinking… and I said such horrible things to you Vee…"

Vee smiled weakly as she walked over, "Nora…" she hugged her friend, pressing Nora's head against her heart. "It's alright. You've been through so much I honestly don't blame you one bit for acting like that." She hugged her tighter, "you're my sister from another mister, and no matter what happens you're still Nora and I'm gonna do whatever I can to help. No matter how pissy and bratty you act I'll always be there to help."

Nora let out a soft laugh, tears tracing down her cheeks. Vee laughed a little, Scott smiled putting a hand on his hip. "Don't worry about it Nora, we're all here to help." He smiled devilishly, "though I can't say I didn't enjoy hearing that fight you girls had in the bathroom." Scott teased.

Vee's face turned red as she threw a pillow at Scott, "OH MY GOD YOU'RE SUCH A PERV!" she stormed over angrily, "I KNEW YOU WERE LISTENING TO THAT!" she shouted punching his arm.

"What, I'm a guy I can't help it!" Scott teased.

"I'm gonna give you such a throat punch!" Vee scowled.

Nora laughed, they hadn't changed a bit. She looked to Patch who remained silent, "Patch?" she asked softly.

He looked to her, his eyes sending shivers down her spine. "I was just thinking…" he looked back to Scott, "nobody told me this bath fight story."

Nora's face turned red as Scott smiled at him, "Patch it was great!"

Vee punched Scott's arm as hard as she could, "SHUT UP SCOTTY THE POTTY!" she hissed angrily.

Patch gave Nora a devilish look, "So can I guess you girls were doing naughty things in the bathroom." He teased.

She kicked Patch off the bed, Nora's face bright red. "Shut it pervert." She hissed.

Everyone laughed as Patch sat up on the bed resting his chin on the bed, "aw come on Angel I want to know." He teased.

"No way in hell." Nora said bluntly.

Scott smiled, "we can get them to recreate it later Patch."

Vee scowled at him, "try it and I'll rip your dick off so fast." She hissed coldly.

"Aw but you looked so hot with your shirt sticking to you all wet." He teased.

"You told me you didn't see that!" Vee shouted.

"I lied."

"Oh you are so dead!" Vee shouted again, her face growing hot with blush.

"Wow you're really cute when you're flustered and embarrassed." Scott replied with a mischievous smile curled on his lips.

Patch groaned, "I missed this!?" he whined, "fuck pretending to be dead fucking sucks!"

Nora threw a pillow at him, "that isn't what you should be focused on!"

Scott and Patch laughed as Vee walked back to Nora, she had a cold murderous look plastered on her face. "So I kill Scott you kill Patch." She whispered.

"Lets' do it." Nora replied coldly.

In the end, no matter what she said or did to them they were still her friends. Nora smiled weakly as Vee attacked Scott yelling at him to forget about the fight. This is how their life should have been from the start; after Hank died this should have been their lives. Laughing and content, like a dysfunctional family of friends. They weren't supposed to have that grey area where they were all gloomy and miserable.

Little did they know that this happy period wasn't here to stay.