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Chapter 2

Gillian heard a faint buzzing sound in her head. The sound was getting louder and louder, she stirred and rolled over coming out of her sleep. It was the alarm clock making that annoying buzzing sound. She reached over and hit the button that would make it stop and raised her head up off the pillow. Her head began to throb profusely. Gillian raised her upper body off the bed and sat there, trying to wake up fully and rubbed her hands over her face. She flinched at the pain as the images of the night before came flooding back to her: Alec angry, and her falling to the floor. Gillian blinked the images away and turned to look at his side of the bed. He didn't come home last night. She pulled herself out of bed then stood up and felt as if she was hungover like when she was in college and had drank too much. She walked to the bathroom to wash her face and was shocked to see the damage his fist made when it came in contact with her jaw. "Damn! How can I cover that up? I have to be at the office today." The worst part was on the cheek bone, but her jaw was still in pain.

Gillian opened the door to the shower and turned the faucets on, then drug out all the make up she had. She found a color of blush she thought would be good to even out the tone on both cheek bones. She stepped into the warm shower, letting the water soak her hair and her body, then closed her eyes and tried to relax. She tried to make some sense of what all had happened last night and what Alec was going through. Why had he gotten so out of control? Has he been using for a while and she hasn't seen it?

She took the sponge and poured the lavender body wash on it and started to spread the lather on her body. Gillian winced when she moved her arm and stopped to look at her shoulder. There were light purple marks in the shape of fingers. His fingers, that dug into her shoulders. It hurt badly when it happened, but she didn't think it would leave bruises. She washed the rest of her body, moving slowly, as to not bring out any more pain from her shoulders. Gillian dried off carefully and went to the closet to pick out a blouse that would cover her shoulders and upper arms. Then she put her make up on and found the right tone of blush to blend into the bruise on her cheek. Satisfied with the cover up, she left for the office.

Gillian exited the elevator, coffee in hand and tried to smile and push the memory of last night to the back of her mind. Trying to get to her office before seeing anyone.

"Good morning Dr. Foster!" Anna said with a smile. Gillian gave a quick smile, returning the greeting. In her office, she kept the blinds drawn just enough for light to ease through the room. She didn't feel like having too much light in her office today. She turned her computer on and started looking through some case files on top of her desk, then heard a knock on her office door.

"Morning love," Gillian looked up and smiled as best she could.

"Good morning Cal". The last thing she needed was for Cal to read her this morning.

"Gonna need you in the lab. Got to have a voice expert for this one." Cal stated.

"Sure. Are you okay?" She asked, noticing he was a little anxious.

"I'm good and you?" Gillian stood up from her chair, smiling, and walked to the door where Cal stood.

"I'm fine. Let's go see what you have so far."

"Right." He said holding the door for her. She sighed quietly, relieved that he hasn't noticed anything at all and was going to be able to hide her torment and get away with it.

In the lab, Loker and Torres were playing a 911 recording of a young man claiming to have witnessed a murder. Gillian sat beside Torres, listening to the recording.

"You okay?" Torres asked noticing a look on Gillian's face.

"I'm fine. Could you play that last part for me, Loker?" Loker pushed a couple of keys on the keyboard and replayed the message. Gillian listened carefully... "The inflection of his voice changed at the end, he's smiling".

"We have footage from the police of their interviews, but I didn't get any read on him indicating he was guilty of the murder." Torres spoke with confidence.

"Well, Torres, do your worst and look at the video again. He's involved, but he didn't pull the trigga". Cal said with the palm of his hand turned upward, gesturing towards the monitor. He then turned swiftly and left the lab.

"See what else you can find and get back to me." Gillian said, almost whispering the words. She too walked out of the lab and headed for her office. Glad that the lab room was somewhat darker than the other rooms in the building, she was able to conceal the bruise on her face. 'If I can only dodge Cal the rest of the day, I'll be okay.' she thought to herself.

Content to be in the serenity of her office reading reports, she skipped lunch and just had a fruit cup. Her stomach was in knots and felt like she couldn't get any real food down. Quite sure that she was in the clear, Gillian was determined to sneak out early, since Cal had been out of the building working most of the day. She quickly put a stack of files, withholding cases to review, in her purse then proceeded to put her laptop in its case. Cal suddenly opened the door and startled her. Gillian quickly put her best fake smile on and noticed how Cal was watching her with more intensity than usual.

"Sneaking out early are we?"

"Yes. Alec worked late last night so he wants to make it up to me by taking me to dinner. I'm bringing home some work with me to catch up on a few cases." Gillian said, trying to speak in a neutral tone as she kept working to not give the lie away.

"What's going on then, love?" he asked, knowing something was on her mind.

"Cal..." she gave him that look, telling him to back off.

"Well then see you tomorrow love, have a good dinna." he then turned and headed to his office.

Pulling into her driveway, she noticed Alec was home and became anxious as her stomach began to tighten up. She hesitated a moment and took in a deep breath before getting out of the car. Gillian put her laptop case on the floor in the hallway and hung her coat on the rack. As she walked in the kitchen, she notice a vase full of fresh flowers of all different colors on the bar. The smell of food cooking, made her realize that she had only eaten a fruit cup and nothing else. Gillian noticed that the oven was on and went into the living area, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly when she saw candles lit in several places all over the room. Alec was sitting on the couch. He saw her walk in and left the couch, slowly walking toward her. She could see right away the shame and guilt on his face.

"Gill, honey, I'm so sorry about last night... I was high and completely out of control, but I realized that the drugs made me hurt you so I went to see my counselor today and I'm not going to ever hurt you again. Please forgive me and give me one more chance... You know that wasn't me, it was the cocaine and I promise I'm not going down that road again. I don't want to hurt you and I don't want to lose you. I love you Gill and I promise I will not hit you again..." Gillian listened and looked directly in his eyes. She could see the love in his eyes and at that moment she realized how much he needed her to be there for him. Tears started streaming down her cheeks. Her bottom lip started to tremble.

"I love you too Alec, and I want to be here for you. I know you would never want to hurt me but you did. I was frightened. I have never seen you so out of control before. I want to forgive you, but just know that if this ever happens again, I cannot be here for you anymore".

"I understand and I promise I will do better and do everything I can to make it up to you and make you see that I truly mean what I'm saying." He cupped her face in his hands, brushing the tears from her cheeks and kissed her slowly. She knows he loves her and she knows that he is being sincere. He pulled away from her soft lips, stepped closer to her and took her into his arms tenderly. Gillian hesitated a few seconds before returning the affection, more tears streaming down her face.

Only a few words were spoken during supper. Neither had to say much, they had already said the most important words to each other. It was a silence where guilt fell heavily in the room, but both anxious for a new start. Alec took Gillian's hand and led her to the couch with a bottle of wine and two glasses. He poured the wine in both glasses and gave her a glass. Alec held is glass up to indicate a toast and she did the same.

"To us and a new beginning, darling" he said with a tender smile and their glasses came together making a soft ping sound.

Alec sat back against the couch, pulled Gillian close to him, and put his arm around her shoulders. She tucked her feet under her and snuggled against his body resting a hand on his thigh, he turned and kissed the top of her head. They sat there, in thought, sipping on their wine. Alec drank the last of his and took her glass out of her hand then set it on the coffee table. He placed his hand gently under her chin and tilted it upward so she would look at him. He brushed his lips against hers then kissed her tenderly. Alec pulled back and gazed into her eyes while he took both hands and started to unbutton her blouse. Gillian reached up and stopped him short. She was unsure about making love to him after what had happened.

"Alec. I'm sorry but this is just too soon for me. I can't act like nothing happened. I need some time. We need time to sort this out." Whispering the words and then tilting her head down, feeling somewhat guilty, knowing that sex wasn't going to magically make it all go away.

"Gillian, I need this. I need to know that you forgive me and I want to show you how sorry I am. It's been a while since we've made love together and I want to feel close to you again."

Gillian could see the want and the desire in his eyes. He was right, they haven't been together intimately in quite sometime now. He had been so busy and stressed out at work that he had turned down all of her advances lately. She had been okay with that and been understanding about that. Now he needed her.

Alec spoke with a low seductive voice. "I want to feel your soft skin on mine. You are so beautiful and I want to please you, make you feel good. Put all of this behind us." He slowly unbuttoned the rest of her blouse and with his index finger he slowly traced the outline of her bra. She wasn't getting aroused at all. He brought his lips to hers, kissing her passionately and laying her back on the couch. She slightly pushed on his shoulders to break the kiss. She wasn't feeling anything, her mind unable to focus on his touch, his kiss.

"You're not responding to me, Gill. I'm not turning you on?" He was hurt. She could see that much.

"I'm sorry Alec, please, not tonight. Let's just go to bed, we can hold each other and take it slow over the next few days. We need to work on our relationship. Both of us. Together. Please understand I love you and we will get there over time, okay?" She held her breath waiting to see how and if we was going to respond. To see if we would agree to this.

He let out a frustrated sigh and nodded his head in agreement. They stood up from the couch, he put the wine and glasses away, she turned out the kitchen lights. Alec took her hand and they went to bed.