Saturday. 6 o'clock.

It was barely dawn but despite that Becker couldn't sleep anymore.

His dreams had been a wide range of different colours. As he woke up, the first thing he did was to slide his hand along the other side of his bed, just to notice that it was empty.

He got up and went for a run.

Becker wanted to feel that he was still alive. He ran faster trying to get a kick out of the adrenaline his body produced. He felt empty. Something was missing.

Not even the coffee he had afterwards could cheer him up so his face remained an empty white sheet.

The newspapers reported about a horrible accident yesterday where a young girl got badly injured.

Becker gulped and his nerves tickled.

The last thing he had ever imagined to do was to drive to the ARC this Saturday morning at half past 7.

He hoped that the nurse would let him pass because of the early hour, but he was lucky for she was fast asleep in her office. It was just too easy to sneak past her.

The door opened silently.

The man was surprised to see Jessica awake.

"Hey"

"Aren't you supposed to sleep?" She shook her head.

"Yes, you are! You need the rest." Her voice was small:

"But I can't…" Becker slapped himself mentally.

"Nightmares?" He guessed and the girl nodded.

"I should have stayed with you, I'm sorry!"

"No, it's fine. You need the rest as well. I'll be fine!" She tried to smile. His knees suddenly buckled.

"Now don't play the tough girl…wait don't give me that look, I know how brave you are, but there was a lot going on lately and…I am sorry, I should have been there." He dropped his eyes to the floor.

"Becker don't. I can handle it." But this time Becker saw the lie.

"Jessica stop! You should kick my ass, you should be yelling at me but instead you are always being so self-sacrificing." Jess shrugged:

"Well, you had a lot to think about yourself." Becker shook his head:

"Jess, I forgot that we are in this together! You don't just forget about this stuff! I have been totally egoistic!" As he said the word 'together' Jess stomach tingled.

She patted the space on the bed next to her moving to the side which made her grimace.

"Are you okay?" Tears filled her eyes which worried Becker. "It's just my leg."

"Do you need anything? Pain killers?"

"No, thanks. Just come over here, please."

Becker sat down next to her. He put his arm around her and kissed her head as she leaned into him.

"What are you reading there?"

"The time traveller's wife."

"Mh, I've had enough of time travelling for a life time." Jess couldn't help but agree.

"You know in that cellar…okay, this sounds crazy, but for a moment I thought I would have to swap places with Sarah." Becker shivered. "You could have her back. She'd be of use to you out there in the field."

"Jess, don't say that! I am so glad that you are always safe in front of the ADD and besides that I need to tell you…"

The door suddenly opened and Matt stuck his head into the room. Becker quickly drew his arm away from Jess' shoulder.

"Good morning." He grinned. "I knew you'd be here!" He entered and with him also the rest of the team.

"Becker, there you are! Well, we brought breakfast!" Abby announced cheerfully.

Jessica laughed: "You guys are awesome!" Becker watched with pleasure how her eyes lit up.

"Connor, you owe me." Matt said.

Connor asked Becker: "Hey, tell me, was there a weapon missing last time you counted?"

"Uhm, nope, none." Matt laughed triumphantly while Connor pouted.

"What is this about?" Jess asked confused and Becker frowned as well. Emily replied:

"Connor and Matt bet that Becker wouldn't lose a weapon." Abby continued:

"…because he watches him as other people their kids, right Becker?"

"Hey, they are dangerous; imagine if someone finds one out on the street."

They all laughed and Jess nudged Becker who rolled his eyes. He quickly changed the subject:

"What was that about breakfast?"

"All right all right." Said Abby and put everything they brought on to a table. Juice, jam, bagels, coffee, croissants, fruits...

"We figured that Jess needed something to eat and that we could actually make it a group thing." Connor smiled.

"And we also made up some rules!"

"Like what?" Becker asked eying Abby carefully. Emily said:

"Right, today no talking about anything work related! So Jessica I am sorry but you are not allowed to read this book today!" She took the book and put it into a drawer. Jessica laughed:

"It was too sad anyway."

"Okay so we also have another surprise!" Matt said. Jess frowned licking her lips. A movement that caught Becker's eyes, that rested on her lips for only 3 seconds. He watched her cheeks that were already rosy again. The Captain leaned back and actually felt pretty relaxed.

He also had to admit that he was very aware of Jess's warm body right next to him.

"Right, Jessica, as you ditched us yesterday, we had to record everything." Abby grinned.

Jess squealed which made Becker jump a little.

"You recorded the club concert?"

"Isn't that illegal?" Becker asked.

"Well, my grandpa always said: you are allowed to do everything as long as you don't get caught." Connor winked and everyone laughed.

They ate first and then watched the club concert. The girls had more fun than the male team members but this was "life as we know it".

As they watched the guy performing Jess knew that she belonged right there. The team became her family and it seemed as if Becker was becoming his old self again as well. Unless the thing he wanted to tell her earlier was that it was over, but in that case he wouldn't still be sitting right here next to her, would he?

"Are you worrying about something?" She jumped as Becker whispered into her ear.

"No, I'm fine." She looked into his eyes and tried to look right into his soul.

She wasn't aware of the goose bumps she caused to Becker whose eyes wandered down to her lips again.

The moment seemed to last forever as the anomaly alert set off.