"That was great guys!" Esha's voice came on after RONI's. A few blushed and chuckled that someone had witnessed their moment of insanity. "But I'm still sorry to say, that the storm isn't letting up, and it's-"

Then lights went out. Alyssa clung to Naomi, surprised by the sudden darkness. A few moments later a light lit up the area.

"Is everyone okay?" Maria asked instinctively, she held up a flashlight to get a better look around.

"Yes, just a little shaken." Tomoe answered. "We weren't expecting the power to go out."

"We should stay in this area." Gabe said. "Before some idiot asks, it's because there's a fireplace here and if the power's gone out this place is going to be below freezing pretty soon."

"Tomoe, take Hank and the kid to get as many blankets as you can find." Maria said. "Gabe, Naomi come with me and help get some beds out here, and if there are still patients here than bring them too." She turned around. "FBI guys…Um, watch Alyssa." She dashed off. "Come on! We don't have all day!"

All the doctors left leaving Little Guy, and Ian to watch over Alyssa and build up the fire.

(Later) Gabe POV

Gabe sighed and sat down on one of the many couches in the waiting area. G-man and the blond man, Little Guy, he knew Naomi called him, had managed to make themselves useful by building up the fire. They said a few minutes after everyone went out for supplies and patients Esha had come over to the waiting room about to tell them the same thing. Gabe shook his head, they were all doctors here, it's not like they were stupid. Luckily, there actually hadn't been any patients that needed immediate attention due to the power outage. The patients had been moved to another waiting room with a fireplace and half of them had gone. The only ones left on this wing were him, Naomi, Little Guy, Alyssa, and Tomoe.

This basically meant he was babysitting.

Naomi was telling some kind of story to Alyssa who had blankets stacked upon her, She would probably be warm enough with just a few, but the kid kept complaining that she was cold so Naomi let her have more blankets. He stared at the fire and began to feel tired. He looked up for a moment and noticed that Alyssa had fallen asleep. Humph. Maybe Naomi wasn't such a bad parent after all. Which was weird, he never saw her as the parental type.

He shook his head. Man he was tired. He sat up and stretched for a moment. Then looked over by the fire, the blond man, Little Guy, why Naomi called him that he would never know, was looking over at her wistfully, almost.

Little Guy POV

Little Guy smiled as he watched Naomi tuck Alyssa in, then he felt a small pang of jealously. There was no way in a million years Naomi would look at him like that. He tried to shake off this thought; it was Christmas for crying out loud he shouldn't get jealous that Naomi liked Alyssa better than him. He sighed heavily and stared at the hypnotic flames. The diagnostician sat down next to him.

"Hi." He smiled, trying to be polite.

"Hey." He answered. "So, what's up with you… uh..."

"Navel." He said.

"Ha! That's your name seriously?" Gabe laughed. Little Guy glared at him for a moment. "Sorry." Gabe said and composed himself. "So, what's wrong?" He stiffened.

"Nothing."

"Come on, kid. I work with difficult patients all day. You won't fool me." Gabe chuckled.

"It's not important." Little Guy muttered.

"Well at least you're admitting something's bugging you so that's a start." Gabe muttered, Little Guy shot him a look. "Just saying." He said holding up his hands.

"It's…"

"Naomi?" Gabe guessed. Little Guy felt his cheeks burn. "Yeah, I can tell and I'm pretty sure she can too." Little Guy got even redder. "Really it's no secret. To the rest of us that is. When she collapsed in the hospital, we didn't know if we had to call anyone since she didn't have any family really." He looked thoughtful for a moment. Little Guy recalled that day.

"But a nurse called me and told me. I knew they called CIFM, but…" A look of understanding lit up in his eyes.

"She talked about you a lot, 'Little Guy'." Gabe grinned and Little Guy felt embarrassed about his nickname, he didn't care if Naomi or Alyssa called him that, but it was embarrassing for other people to know about it. "So I told them to call you, and an old friend of mine and Naomi's."

"I heard about that." He was interested. "Who was your friend?"

"Derek Stiles." Gabe replied nonchalantly. Little Guy kept a straight face, but inside he was curled up hiding his head in shame. That name brought back memories… Derek Stiles the doctor who defeated GUILT… Bile rose up in his throat as he thought of that time. He was cold and distant at that time. Nothing would touch him again; he wouldn't be in pain again. Many of the Delphi agents had been blackmailed. There were extreme few who had actually wanted it, those who hadn't been blackmailed came because they needed money, a job, a cause, or because they didn't have anywhere to go. In the end they were all prisoners of Delphi… While he worked he tried to keep his distance from everyone, GUILT would kill them all in the end, no point in trying to make friends. After he left he felt sick for wanting to go back, feeling some sort of attachment to the place. He ran, coming to America. Sneaking into the FBI ignoring life as much as he could. Until, he was paired with that doctor. He hadn't missed Delphi, he'd missed Naomi. Nozomi Weaver, Naomi Kimishima, the devil doctor, master surgeon, corpse whisper.

He was shaken out of his memories with a jolt.

"Hey, don't doze off on me now." Gabe said shaking his shoulders. "What? Did that name have some memories attached?"

"A few." He swallowed, then he realized what he had just said and wanted to smack himself. "I-I mean, uh."

"You don't have to say." Little Guy nodded gratefully. "But anyway, I know she thinks of you as a friend." His face fell a little. 'Just a friend?' He thought. Gabe grinned at his slightly disappointed expression. "Heh, I'm messing with you. She likes you more than she lets on." He stood up and walked back to his couch. "Night."

Little Guy sat for a long while thinking over what the diagnostician had said. He must have dozed off, because the next thing he knew the fire was almost out and everyone else was asleep. He poked the fire and added some more wood to it and sighed. He heard someone come up from behind him.

"Hey." Naomi sat down next to him. "Can't sleep or did you just wake up?"

"I woke up." He admitted. "Same with you?"

"No, I couldn't sleep, but I was worried if I tried to come and fix the fire I would wake you up." He felt his face begin flush a little, but it was just from the fire. (Right?) He glanced at her, she was staring at the flames jump and leap. It reminded him of how she always described life as fire. The effect of the flames reflecting in her ice blue eyes was mesmerizing. He found himself mesmerized by her eyes often. Sometimes they were like shards of ice, cold and sharp, judging. Sometimes they were like the ocean or sky, infinite, when she was lost in thought. And sometimes they were beautiful in their own indescribable way. He snapped out of it and looked away, he didn't want to be caught staring.

"The storm should lift tomorrow." She sighed. "Want to help me smuggle presents into my apartment?" She said a joking light in her eyes. "I meant to put them under the tree after she went to bed." He laughed a little. "I'm serious, Little Guy." They stared at each other for a moment, then laughed softly, not wanting to wake anyone.

"Of course, Doctor Kimishima." She frowned and paused.

"You do know you can call me Naomi, right? I won't bite your head off."

"Sometimes it's hard to believe that." He muttered.

"What was that?"

"N-nothing!"

(Early morning) Maria POV

Maria stretched and sat up. She looked around, added more wood to the fire. It wasn't as obvious if the power had come on or not since the sun was coming up. At least the storm seemed to be over, outside snow was falling softly instead of white out. She looked around and carefully picked her way around the sleeping bodies outside the room. She needed to let out some energy. She ran full speed down the halls until she got to the other side of the hospital; she wanted to check on the others. She slowed and entered the area.

"Oh, that is too cute!" She whispered laughing a little. Alyssa was tangled in a mass of blankets, Tomoe was curled up on a couch, and opposite to her was Gabe who was also curled up on a couch. Gabe woke up at the sound of Maria laughing and saw, he too laughed.

Naomi and Little Guy were snuggled together on the same couch. The sight was too cute, especially for cold, serious Naomi. Maria wished for a camera at that moment. Tomoe was next to wake up.

"How, sweet!" She exclaimed softly. By then they had made too much noise for Naomi and Little Guy to sleep through. The looked at each other and turned their heads toward Maria, Gabe and Tomoe. Quickly they separated both looking flustered.

Maria giggled for a moment longer. "I came down to make sure you all didn't freeze or anything." She said, she tried to resist the urge to make a pointed comment at Naomi and Little Guy. Key word: Tried. "But it looks like someone was warm enough last night." She laughed. "Anyway, the storm's passed lovebirds. We can get out of here as soon as the snow plows come around."

"Naomi look!" Apparently Alyssa had woken up. A snow plow had cleared the way.

"Ahh yes! We can go home at last!" Maria sighed. Esha came up behind Maria.

"Actually, Maria, Naomi and her assistant can go home, you have to get those patients back to their rooms."

"You've got to be kidding me!" She groaned.

This is where I planned to end my story, but since it's Christmas (and I'm almost done with SO) I'll give you all a little treat if you wait just a tiny bit longer!