Walter is lying in bed, and Cabe is lightly shaking him, trying to get him to wake up.
"No, no, they're gone, no, no, they're gone."Walter continued to say to himself.
"Kid, c'mon, wake up, hey Walter, Walter, get up."Cabe said as he continued to lightly shake Walter.
Walter fluttered his eyes open then looked over at his alarm clock which read: 3:01
He then sat up in his bed, and looked over at Cabe.
"Why did you wake me at three in the morning?"He asked.
"You were having a bad dream."Cabe replied as he sat down on the bed.
"Ohh."Walter said then looked down at his lap.
"I heard you yelling then you started moving around frantically, and later you started saying:no, no, they're gone, no, no, they're gone. What was that all about son?"Cabe worriedly asked.
"It was just a dream, it's over now."Walter said then began to lie back down.
Cabe stuck his arm out behind the younger man, and stopped him from lying back down.
"May I please get back to sleep?"Walter asked.
"First, tell me about the dream then, I will let you get back to sleep."Cabe told him in a stern a voice.
"Fine."Walter said as he sat back up in his bed.
He then explained the whole dream to Cabe, and every event that occurred in it.
Cabe listened to his whole story.
"Finally I saw the blood dripping down from your's, and Paige's foreheads, and watched it go on to your laps, and then, you woke me up."Walter finished then looked Cabe in the eye.
He had spent that whole conversation without looking Cabe in the eye.
He had just either stared straight ahead of him or at his lap.
"Okay, I am finished, so goodnight."Walter said as he started to lie back down when Cabe, yet again, stuck his arm out right behind the younger man preventing him from lying back down.
"Walter, son, I'm here for you, whenever you need me, I'll be there for you. If you want this conversation to be private, then whatever is said in this room, stays in this room. It's just two guys talkin', okay son?"Cabe said to Walter as he took a seat in Walter's bed, and Walter sat up against the headboard.
"I do not comprehend what you just said."Walter replied.
Cabe looked Walter in the eye.
His eyes were filled emotion, and Walter did not understand why.
Cabe then looked back down at the ground, and sighed. He then looked back up at Walter and said:
"Walter, what I meant by that is you, and I can say anything to each other, and this conversation will be between the both of us, and no one else."Cabe told him as Walter tried to study him.
"I understand."Walter replied.
"Now son, did that dream make you feel anything?"Cabe asked.
"Uhh, no."Walter said as he tried to find pockets to put his hands in, but then he remembered that he was wearing only his underwear, so he put his hands back on the bed.
"Walter, you can tell me the truth, I won't tell anyone this. I swear on Amanda's grave that I will never speak of this conversation to anyone."Cabe told Walter in a reassuring voice.
Walter then knew at that moment that Cabe was serious. He knew that when Cabe swore over his daughter's grave that he would follow through with his promises.
He knew that he was a suspect Cabe was interrogating, that this was Cabe being a father to him.
"Dad, I was scared."Walter told him.
Cabe then looked into Walter's eyes. Walter had just called him dad. Cabe was shocked, and he noticed that tears were forming in the younger man's eyes.
"I was afraid that I would lose you."Walter said as he began to breath heavily, and tears began to rush down his face.
Walter put his hand over his eyes, and wiped the tears from his eyes.
"I, I, didn't want to lose you."Walter continued.
Walter then started to cry, uncontrollably.
Cabe put his arms around Walter, and Walter put his head on Cabe's shoulder, and cried.
Cabe started rubbing Walter's back, and brushed his hand through his hair.
"It's okay son. I won't leave you."Cabe said to him in a soothing voice as he placed a gentle kiss on Walter's head.
Walter continued cry on Cabe's shoulder then, he lifted his head up, and looked up at Cabe who still had his arm on his back.
The tears began to slow down, and Walter wiped his eyes with his hands.
"Son, I want you to know that I will always be there for you, no matter what, and that I love you Walt, and I mean it."Cabe told him.
He continued to rub Walter's back, and then he gave Walter a hug. Walter hugged him back.
Cabe moved his arm so that he could see Walter, but Walter was still in his arms.
"That dream that you had was trying to tell you that you should come to reality with your emotions like what you're doing right now, and to let the people who love you, and care about you help you while we're here."Cabe said in a soothing tone.
Walter wiped the tears from his eyes, and then sat back up against the headboard.
Cabe looked into Walter's eyes, and smiled a comforting smile at him.
"Thank you for that Cabe."Walter said as he put the covers back over his legs.
"You're welcome son."Cabe replied with a half smile.
"And I am sorry for that, me crying and all."Walter said, uncomfortably.
"That's what I'm here for kid."Cabe said."I just have one question."He told him.
"Okay."Walter said.
"Why did you call me dad back there?"Cabe asked.
Walter looked at him with a questionable face.
He thought that when he called Cabe dad that it was all in his head. He didn't know that Cabe had heard him.
"Uhh, it was a mistake, I'm sorry."Walter replied, awkwardly.
"It's okay son, I know you think of me as a father, and I think of you as my son. When Amanda died, I thought that I would never be a father again, but then you came back, and I knew that I could be a father again."Cabe said with a smile.
"Thank you, dad."Walter replied with a smile.
Cabe gave Walter a hug, and Walter hugged him back.
They hugged for a while then broke out of it.
"Are you still not going to inform anyone of this conversation?"Walter asked.
"No son, I'm not going to tell anyone what we talked about."Cabe told him."I made a promise, and I do not break my promises."Cabe responded as he looked Walter in the eye so he knew that he was serious.
"Okay Cabe."Walter said.
"Now, get some sleep kid, Toby's gonna be here in a few hours to get us up."Cabe said as he rubbed Walter's thigh, and got up from his bed.
"Yes, I am tired."Walter replied then he lied down and shifted around to get comfortable.
"Good night Walt."Cabe said as he lied back down in his bed, and turned the lights out.
"Good night dad."Walter said then they fell asleep.
AN:Thank you for reading! I hope you all enjoyed it. Just leave a comment about where you want the team to go next, and I promise that I will come out with road trip series soon!