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Sam had just gotten off the phone with Jessica when Alexis retreated from the room Clark had been moved to. She piled into Jules' arms as Ed, who had finally gotten there, and Sophie went to take over the watch of their son.

"Why don't we go on home, sweetie—It's been a long day for you. I'll make you some dinner and you can get some rest." Jules told her as she hugged her gently. Sam held Carly in his arms as he smiled down to Alexis. She nodded, "Okay." Jules glanced into the room to Ed and Sophie who smiled back. "He'll be fine, sweetie—He's getting better." Jules whispered as they got onto the elevator and rode down. They then made their way out to Jules' car.

The rest of the team had left about an hour earlier, as it was going on 9pm by the time Sam and Jules, along with Alexis and Carly finally decided to go home.

Jules made Alexis a warm soup as Sam placed Carly in her crib.

"Hey Lexi." She whispered at Alexis' doorway, holding a tray in her hands. Alexis had her face pressed into her pillows as she cried hysterically. Jules placed the tray on her end table and walked over to sit down next to her.

"He's going to be okay sweetie—He is—We'll go see him first thing tomorrow."

"Mom—It's not just that. I saw him get shot. I saw man get killed. I tried to kill myself." She rolled over to her side to look at her mother as tears rolled down her cheeks. Jules brushed her fingers through her daughter's hair, "It's a scary thing to watch. If you ever need to talk to anyone—you know you can always talk to me, or Sam, or even Dr. Luria—I've had to talk to her before. And sweetie—I know how hard things can get sometimes, but—Just—I'm here. Just like I was there for you when you tried to jump today."

"Thanks mom. But—you had to talk to Dr. Luria before?" She asked in a concerned tone. Jules nodded, "Oh yeah—Plenty of times. I didn't have anyone else to talk to then though. Now, I just talk to Sam about things that have happened at work—It really helps."

Alexis smiled, "I just—I couldn't believe what it was like to see something like what I did—from my point of view. I mean, once I climbed over—I wanted to turn back, but I knew I only had two choices—be physically pulled back over, or fall and die." A tear ran down her cheek. Jules nodded, "Well—Did you really want to die?" Jules started to make her think. Alexis glanced up at her, she thought to herself for a minute, "I—I mean at the time I thought I needed to—But when I saw Sam and Wordy freaking out I started to freak out—then when you walked up it was like I either had to climb back over, or be caught mid-air by a crazy mom." They both giggled, "I'll always risk my life for any of you girls and you know that. I love all three of you." Jules smiled as she pulled Alexis into a hug. "Now—eat your soup and go to bed. It was a long day for all of us—I love you." She kissed Alexis' forehead and left her with a tray in her lap. "Thanks mom." She smiled as Jules left the room.

"How is she?" Sam asked as Jules came downstairs. She smiled, "I'm not really sure—but she'll get through this. I'm going to take her tomorrow to see him. What's Jessica up to?"

"Oh—um—Well—She kinda wanted to tell you about something, but I stopped her from saying anything." He chuckled. Jules punched his chest lightly, "Sam! Way to hurt a girl's feelings. So—I'm guessing she's going to spend the night at Jake's house?" He laughed and nodded, "Yes—Which means, Alexis is going to bed—Carly is asleep, and Jessica isn't here—so we have the house to ourselves—kinda."

Jules placed her head on his chest. "I'm not sure if I'm ready yet Sam—I mean—." He kissed her forehead gently, "It's fine sweetie—We can wait as long as you need. How about we just go get some sleep then?" She smiled at him and shook her head, "No—I'm fine, let me just go get Alexis to sleep—I can tell she's going to have a rough night." Sam nodded and kissed her.

"You ready for bed?" She asked, standing in Alexis' doorway. She nodded as she pulled the covers close to her. "What if I cant sleep?" She asked with tears welling in her eyes. She looked like a little kid afraid of the monsters in her closet. Jules nodded, dimmed the light, and walked over to her bed. She climbed up next to her, pulling Alexis close to her. "You'll be fine—Goodnight sweetie." She held her tightly. "Goodnight." Alexis whispered in reply. She fell asleep quickly with her cheek rested on Jules' chest. When she finally noticed she was fast asleep, she climbed off of the bed and tucked the covers around Alexis.

When she walked downstairs Sam was sitting on the couch watching TV. "You now—That's the first time I actually laid down to put a kid to sleep since I babysat when I was fifteen."

"You babysat?" Sam chuckled as he scooted over for her to sit next to him.

"Oh hush—It was once. That stupid five year old stole my beer and I had to get him to sleep somehow." She snapped.

He laughed, "You were fifteen, why'd you have beer in the first place?"

"The parents had a lot of it—I drank two—the kid drank half of my third one while I was sleeping."

"I'm sure the parents really appreciated that." He shook his head jokingly. She nodded, "I'm sure they did—I left before they came home."

"So—I married you why?"

She giggled, "Because I'm just plain amazing."

He smiled at her and placed his hand on her back where he knew she wasn't bruised. "Are you sure you're ready? I really don't want to make you uncomfortable. You went through something really tragic and if you aren't ready then I really don't want to pressure you." She smiled, "Sammy—I love you. I'll tell you if I decide I'm not ready." He nodded as he pressed his lips to hers. She worked her fingers between his until she all of a sudden froze. He looked down at her face as tears ran down her cheeks. "It's okay sweetie." He whispered, pulling her close to him. She laid her head on his chest as they sat on the couch in complete silence. He pulled her legs onto his lap as he rocked her side to side.

"Sammy—I'm so sorry—It's just—."

"I know—You're fine Jules." He kissed her forehead and held her closely.

"Can we just go to bed?" She asked sweetly as he nodded and placed her feet on the floor. They stopped by Carly's room on their way to their room. Jules smiled as she looked into the crib at her daughter and walked out with Sam. Once they got ready for bed, they crawled under the covers and faced opposite directions.

"Jules?" Sam whispered. She sniffled back a few tears, "Yeah?" He rolled over to his other side, wrapping an arm around her gently. She shook as anyone touching her had scared her. "Sweetie—If you're going to put this behind you, then you at least have to learn that I will never hurt you." He kissed her neck as she nodded and rolled tightly to him. She closed her eyes as she finally slept with his arms around her for the first time in a few weeks.

Yes, I am aware this chapter was short—But I just wanted to get one night written. The next chapter will be the next morning—yada yada.

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