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The night was long and restless for everyone in the house .Josh, feeling as though Sally had been through enough for the day, decided that tonight he would sleep on the couch and Sally would sleep with Nora. She needed a good night's sleep and he felt that she might feel better being closer to where Adelaide was. It was clear to him that despite the short amount of time this woman had spent with either Sally or Aidan she made a big impression on the both of them. He felt like he should be suspicious of Adelaide but so far all she had done was save his friends from harm and when she woke he would thank her for that. He lay back on the couch and stared at the ceiling noticing that he hadn't heard a peep from Aidan's room since everyone had gone to bed, indicating to him that Aidan was still in the exact same spot he'd been since he entered his room.

Josh woke up to the smell of coffee and bacon cooking in the kitchen. He stayed where he was taking his time to stretch out and wake up. Slowly he sat up and looked into the kitchen to find Nora working away on breakfast.

"Morning." Josh said as he stood up and groggily made his way to the kitchen.

"Good morning." Nora said with a tired smile, it was obvious that she didn't get much sleep.

"What are you making?" Josh asked, pouring himself a cup of coffee.

"Bacon, eggs, and waffles." Nora said as she mixed up some batter.

"Have you checked on her yet?" Josh asked referring to Adelaide.

"No." Nora said with a shake of her head.

"I thought that it might be best for you to do it. I mean I think Aidan would feel better having you in there instead of me." She explained as she poured some batter into the waffle maker.

"I'll go check on them then." He said as he kissed her head and made his way upstairs.

On his way past his room he stopped, opened the door, and peeked his head in to find Sally wrapped up and still asleep. He slowly shut the door and continued down the hall. He reached Aidan's room and softly knocked on the door.

"It's open." Aidan's muffled voice rang from inside.

"Hey" Josh said as he opened the door and stepped in.

"How's she doing?"

"The same." Aidan replied with a sigh as he rubbed his eyes.

"How are you doing?" Josh asked as he approached the bed and carefully pulled the covers back to reveal Adelaide's torso clad only in her bloodied bra.

"I'm fine." Aidan lied unconvincingly as Josh started to remove Adelaide's bandages so that he could put fresh ones on.

"This is me you're talking to man." Josh said as he glanced over to see how tired Aidan was.

Aidan surprised him by letting out a little chuckle as he stood up and stretched. It didn't go unnoticed by Josh that Aidan carefully placed Adelaide's hand on the bed and cracked his knuckles.

"Did you hold her hand all night?" Josh asked as he cleaned and examined Adelaide's wounds.

"I guess." Aidan said as he paced about.

"Weird." Josh said.

"Why is that weird?" Aidan asked slightly defensive.

"No." Josh said looking at him.

"She shouldn't be healing this well, not so fast anyway." He added as he closely examined one of her more severe wounds.

Aidan quickly moved to Josh's side and took a look for himself. Granted he hadn't seen the wound before it had been bandaged but it certainly didn't look like it was as fresh as it really was.

"Maybe she's not human." Josh suggested reluctantly.

"She smells human." Aidan said positively as he moved the covers further off of her to take a look at more of her wounds. They all looked terrible but not as bad as they should have.

"Hey." Sally sleepily said as she entered the room.

"How is she?" She asked trying to avoid looking directly at the injuries.

"She's better." Josh said with a reassuring smile.

"That's good." Sally replied with a small smile of her own.

"Did she wake up at all?" She asked.

"No." Aidan said turning around to face her.

"You doing alright?" He inquired.

"Yeah," Sally began as she took a few steps forward now that Josh has a majority of Adelaide's wounds cover.

"Thanks to her." She added thoughtfully.

For a moment the three of them stood in silence as they watched her chest slowly rise and fall.

"Breakfast is ready." Nora said as she appeared in the doorway.

Without reply Josh and Sally turned to make their way downstairs.

"Aidan," Nora said as she walked up next to him, placing her hand on his arm.

"You need to get some rest. Josh, Sally, and I will take turns sitting with her, we'll let you know if something changes." She added softly and she noticed the way in which he looked at the woman lying nearly motionless in his bed.

"Crash in mine and Josh's room." She instructed and for the first time Aidan took his eyes off Adelaide and looked at her.

For a moment she thought that he was going to fight her on this, but he simply nodded and walked away. Nora took a seat on the bed and couldn't help but wonder exactly what had happened to Adelaide.

Josh and Sally sat across from each other at the kitchen table as they silently ate their breakfast. Finally the absence of sounds other than silverware clinking against their plates brought Josh to speak.

"Where did you go after the attack?" He asked, aware that the attack had happened hours before Sally and Adelaide made it to the house.

"We ran." Sally said taking a drink of her orange juice.

"From what?" Josh inquired.

"I thought that she killed them."

"One, she killed one." Sally said holding up a finger.

"He had me on the ground and the next thing I know I'm breathing in a cloud of dust. She momentarily disabled the others giving us time to get away. We ran through alleys and side streets for a while before we lost them….She was going to take off you know, but she passed out just as I got to the door." Sally explained as she got up and put her dishes as well as Josh's in the sink.

"Does she know that Aidan lives here?" He asked as he got up to get another cup of coffee.

"Don't think so." Sally said as she hopped up to sit on the counter.

"We didn't really get to talk much while we were running for our lives." She added.

Quick footsteps made their way down the stairs and into the kitchen.

"She's awake." Nora said slightly out of breath.