A/N: Here's the next chapter. Once again, it's a little bit longer, so I am continuing to work on that. Please read, enjoy, and review. Thanks for reading!

"Dr. Reed, that isn't the full story. You see,… she fell." Kate wrung her hands, perhaps if she pressed them hard enough together, her mind would – could maintain focus.

"Fell?" Dr. Reed looked at Kate warily, this girl didn't not seem confident in her claims he was sure. He had seen many patients, most often women who claimed to have fallen.

"Fell is a bad word, in reality she was thrown…back against some crates." That sounded more like the truth Dr. Reed thought to himself. And although it was a terrible thing to hear, he was glad he knew the truth. Lies only complicated matters, and made the injuries harder to understand and treat.

"But could that have caused it? That was almost a day ago." Kate was trying to convince herself that this being the cause was an impossibility; that the encounter in the alley and the current suffering of her friend were unrelated. But she knew she was deluding herself.

"Certainly it could have caused it. As a matter of fact, almost absolutely did cause it." The Doctor frowned.

Kate suddenly felt as if she was having wild pains in her stomach as well. But these were not caused by last night, or that large man, or a miscarriage. It was guilt. The weight of the knowledge that had Colette not been kind enough to take Kate, of all people, out that night she was have been safe and healthy right now, not writhing in pain.

She should have checked on Colette last night. No doubt she had been shaken by the events and she had been injured far worse than she had let on.

Kate realized that, every moment Colette suffered, was Kate's fault alone. The blood leaking out of Colette's body, turning her face a shade paler than usual would still be where it belonged if Colette had decided to show Maggie around instead.

"Dean?" Colette looked around only half comprehending her surroundings.

"I have to go get him," Kate mumbled to herself as she gently put her friends hand down. Now was not the time for self-pity

"Just a few more hours and we'll be over New York." Dean beamed. He had dinner reservations for two at some restaurant that Ted had recommended. And it wasn't just that, he had brought her a pair of stunning diamond earrings from Paris. He simply couldn't wait any longer.

Kate heard the sounds of lighthearted conversation coming from the cockpit. She felt guilt again for being the reason for the pain not only in Colette's life but now Dean's as well.

She burst through the doors of the cockpit. "Dean! You have to come with me now. Ted take over!"

Dean turned around, "Kate what is this?"

"Dean you have to come now, I don't have time to argue with you." She pulled him out of his seat.

"Ted!" she motioned demandingly towards the steering wheel.