Whoa! Long chapter! Haha...I actually had a hard time with this chapter also, some calm before the storm I guess you could say with this one...thanks for all the reviews! I'm glad you are enjoying the story! If you have any ideas and suggestions, those are gladly accepted! :D Read and review!

I want to own Inception, how many times do I have to tell you! haha...


Ariadne woke up screaming and thrashing about again. It had been two weeks and her nightmares were still haunting her. Arthur dashed into the room, pulling her against him and trying to calm her down. He had really hoped that her nightmares would have resided by now, but it was the same routine every day and night.

He would wake up in the morning and walk into the next room, discussing things with Eames and Dom when he would hear Ariadne's screaming. He would rush into the room for comfort her, trying to get her to wake up and relax. At night they would be asleep, when all of a sudden she would jerk and push Arthur away, knocking him off the bed. She would pull the covers up and move as far away from him as she could.

He would gently remind her that she was ok and it was just him. Poor Ariadne would feel bad about shoving Arthur off the bed and she'd apologize over and over to him, tears falling freely down her face.

Arthur would hug her and rub her back, waiting until she fell asleep again. Usually the same thing happened every morning and night.

This morning was no different. Arthur sighed as he calmed her down, wishing he could do something to stop her from having these nightmares. After her screaming and breathing calmed down, she suddenly sat up, the adrenaline making her nauseous.

Arthur followed her quickly, knowing what was about to happen. As she gagged into the toilet he held back her hair and rubbed her back in circular motions.

After she finished throwing up, she flushed the toilet and stood up with Arthur's help. She made her way to the sink, washed her face, and brushed her teeth.

"This is getting ridiculous." Arthur finally said. Ariadne turned to him speechless and sighed, looking down. She let the tears fall again and hugged Arthur, burying her face in his chest.

Dom walking into the room, taking in the scene and frowning.

"Ariadne. Ariadne, I really think we should try something to stop these nightmares. This can't be healthy or even fun for you." Dom suggested calmly, watching the young woman intently.

She looked up from Arthur's chest and sighed. "What do you have in mind?"

"Arthur and I will go into your dream. We'll be in your nightmare and we'll try to stop your projections that way you won't have the nightmare anymore. But you have to trust us fully and not hold anything back. In fact, you'll have to dream like you have been the past couple weeks." Dom said.

Ariadne hesitated at first, not wanting to expose Arthur to what happened to her, but knowing that she wanted to get past this she nodded.

"Ok, but only you and Arthur are going in." Ariadne whispered. "I don't want anyone else to see what happened."

Arthur squeezed her hand gently. "We're going to stop these for you Ari." He kissed her cheek and raised his other hand to cup her face.

"I trust you guys." Ariadne replied, looking at Dom then Arthur.

"Alright, I'll get the PASIV. Do you want to do this in your room or down in the cellar?"

Ariadne looked at Dom pensively and replied, "The cellar. No one needs to know about this."

"Alright. I'll make sure the kids are taking a nap and tell Eames to watch them for me, then we'll head down." Dom told her as he walked out of the bathroom.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Arthur asked, searching for any sign of reluctance.

"I'm tired to having to relive that moment over and over again. And I'm starting to throw up after that dream, I'm sure I want to do this Arthur. I just want to have a good night's sleep, not push you out of bed at night, and be able to dream peacefully."

"Ok." Arthur nodded in understanding.

"Come on guys." Dom motioned for them to follow him. The three of them made their way into the cellar, making sure to go into the room Dom had prepared for Arthur and Ariadne. "We shouldn't be disturbed in here, and only Eames knows we are down here. He'll come and check up on us in an hour if we're not back up there."

Ariadne nodded and lay down on the bed, Arthur lying next to her. Dom pulled out the IV's and handed them to both of them. Arthur gently inserted the small needle into Ariadne's wrist before pricking his own wrist. The last thing he remembered was seeing Ariadne's eyes fluttering closed.

When he woke up, he was inside the house. Dom was standing staring outside the window. Arthur quickly stood up, shuffling over to where Dom was.

"So this is what it looked like?" Dom asked, emotion slowly seeping through his composed voice.

Arthur nodded and stood next to Dom, looking over the destroyed room. Dom shook his head and turned to Arthur.

"This is just her projection of what she thinks it looked like out here. She never left the room after the men intruded." Arthur told Dom.

"Well then let's find her." Dom said as they heard Ariadne's scream. Arthur and Dom both looked towards the bedroom, running to find the intruder.

Dom held up his hand for Arthur to stand behind him and follow his lead. Arthur slumped a little before nodding in agreement. Dom peered into the room and saw three men standing in there. Two were inching their way towards Ariadne, but before they could touch her she shot them. They fell to the floor as the third man angrily glared at her. He started walking to her. That's when Dom decided to intrude.

"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" He shouted. Arthur following close behind, pointing his gun at the man.

"Ah, so these must be your protectors. Too bad they won't last long." The man sneered and turned to them.

"Arthur!" Ariadne screamed as the man lunged at him, pulling out a knife. Arthur dodged just in time, but not before the knife sliced his arm.

Ariadne started crying as she watched Arthur clutch his arm and roll away from the man. Dom had made his way to the projection and punched him, causing the man to stumble back. This split second allowed Dom to put the man in a headlock. Ariadne took this opportunity to help Arthur.

"Are you alright? You're bleeding." Ariadne sobbed, gently wrapping his arm in her scarf that had been thrown to the side.

"I'm fine." Arthur winced. He looked to Dom who was struggling with the man. The man punched Dom in the nose, breaking it. Dom fell to the floor, holding his nose. The man lunged at Arthur. Arthur pushed Ariadne out of the way. The man stabbed Arthur, lodging the knife in Arthur's stomach. He gasped for air and Ariadne yelped.

She picked up the gun that was on the bed and shot the man. He fell to the floor and disappeared, as well as the two other men. Dom, still holding his bleeding nose, made his way over to Arthur and Ariadne.

"Shoot him." Dom told Ariadne. Her hands were shaking and she shook her head.

"I can't."

"Do it. He'll wake up. If you don't he'll suffer more here. He doesn't need to suffer." Dom urged her.

She shook her head. "No. No, I can't."

"Ari, do it. Please." Arthur reached for the gun and she pulled back slightly. He gently grabbed her hand and pointed the gun to his temple. "Just one shot. I'll see you up there."

She cried as she pulled the trigger and watched his body go lifeless. Dom put an arm around her, comforting her.

"Ariadne, what's the real reason you keep having these dreams?" Dom finally asked.

"I…I…I, I was so scared that Arthur wouldn't make it in time to save me. Each time I dream about this, I dream of what would have happened had Arthur not made it in time. I didn't intentionally do it, but once I thought about it, that's all I could think about. What if?"

"You can't think that way. You of everyone should know that. You have seen what happens when a person does that. You've had first hand experience." Dom told her.

"I know. And that's why it's so frustrating Dom. Not only do I think about what could have happened, but also what could happen in the future. What happens when they send more men and torture you. Take your kids. I can't see that. I just want all of this to end. What exactly did Cobol want that you didn't give them?" Ariadne asked.

"Saito's expansion plans. We didn't make it in time, they put a price on our head. Here we are now. If we can tie up these loose ends we can get out of this mess." Dom rubbed his face, wincing as his hand pushed too hard on his nose.

"Will things get fixed?" Ariadne whispered.

"I sure hope so. I don't want to have my kids live as fugitives. It would be nice to live as a normal family for once." Dom answered.

"Arthur and I wanted to have a real wedding. But right now things don't look like we can do that. We wanted it soon…" Ariadne trailed off.

"Well we'll have one. There's a small church in town and you have more than enough witnesses." Dom reasoned.

"Is it safe?"

"I'll make sure it is. And I'm sure James and Philippa would love to be in your wedding too."

Ariadne smiled and nodded. "Ok. I'll talk to him…" She frowned and Dom raised his eyebrows.

"What?"

"I just wish my family could be here when I get married. My brother is missing and my parents died. I have no one to walk me down the aisle." Ariadne sighed.

"It would be my honor to walk you down the aisle." Dom held his hand out to her, she took it, smiling.

"Thank you."

Dom nodded. "Now how about we join Arthur? I'm sure he's worried about you."

Ariadne nodded and closed her eyes as Dom held the gun to her head and pulled the trigger.

She gasped and sat up, her eyes shut tightly.

"It's alright. I'm here. It's ok." Arthur assured her, stroking her cheek. She opened her eyes slowly and wrapped her arms around Arthur, the IV getting lodged out of her skin.

"I love you." Ariadne simply replied, squeezing him tighter. "We're going to have our wedding tomorrow."

Arthur pulled away and looked at her questioningly. "What?"

"I want to do it now. Before things get too dangerous. I want to be married officially." Ariadne explained.

"We are technically married…but I did promise you a wedding. Are you sure?" Arthur watched her face. She nodded vigorously.

"Yes. James and Philippa can be in the wedding. Dom will walk me down the aisle, Eames can be your best man."

Arthur laughed. "Oh really?"

Ariadne glared at him. "Yes really."

"Ok. We're getting married tomorrow." He grinned at her and kissed her softly.

"Technically we are married." Ariadne mimicked him. Arthur chuckled and shook his head as Dom woke up.

"You should be fine now." Dom told Ariadne. "How about we head up and tell everyone the news, then we'll eat something."

Arthur and Ariadne nodded, lacing their fingers together and following Dom up stairs.

The day had gone by fast. After they had told everyone the news, plans were being made and Arthur and Ariadne had no time to be together. Eames dragged Arthur away, practically begging him to let him be the best man. Arthur rolled his eyes and finally nodded his head.

"YES!" Eames slapped Arthur on the back. "Now it's time to get your suit…er, well you probably already have one. Never mind. We'll go have a few drinks!" Eames exclaimed.

"No. I know where this is going. We are NOT going to a strip club. Besides I highly doubt there are any here. And it's too dangerous to go out anyways." Arthur refused.

Eames slumped his shoulders and sighed. "You're no fun. Alright then. We'll stay in and celebrate. Sound fun old man?" Eames teased.

Arthur shook his head and walked off, ignoring Eames.

Ariadne on the other hand had a much more productive day. Dom decided to take her to find a nice sundress. He insisted that he take her to find something, whether she thought she needed to or not. Finally she agreed and Dom took her to a small little Italian shop where she found the perfect little sundress. It was white with a blue belt that went around the waist. The spaghetti straps were also a blue color. The dress went just below her knees and when Ariadne tried it on, she knew it was the right choice.

"But what about James and Philippa? They need something to wear." Ariadne asked.

Dom nodded. "They already have things they can wear. Don't worry about it. Right now it's about you." Dom said.

Ariadne smiled and within three hours she had found the perfect dress, shoes, and jewelry. She was planning on curling her hair in the morning and she wore very little make up anyway.

The day finally came to a close and Dom was carrying her bags into the house when Arthur was cooking, two kids running around his legs and laughing. Dom smiled at the sight.

"Daddy!" James called out and ran to him, running to his legs and latching on. Dom laughed and put down Ariadne's bags.

"Hey buddy. How was your day?"

"Good. Uncle Artie played with us all day." James answered, turning to look at Arthur and smiling. Arthur grinned and turned back to the food.

"Oh really? Did you keep an eye on him for Auntie Ari? Make sure he didn't get into any trouble." Dom asked, jokingly.

"Uncle Artie never gets in trouble daddy!" James giggled and squirmed so he could be put down. Dom laughed and turned to Ariadne who was looking pale and flustered.

"You ok?" Dom asked. Arthur's head snapped up and he looked at Ariadne.

She nodded and picked up the bags. "Yes. Just a little tired and hungry. I'm fine, really."

Arthur didn't believe her, but he continued cooking. Dom sighed and helped her with her bags.

"Get something to eat and then head to bed. You have a big day ahead of you tomorrow." Dom told her, setting down the bags by the bed. She nodded and sat on the bed, lying down.

"Tell Arthur to come and get me when the food's ready." Ariadne yawned and closed her eyes. Dom nodded and closed the door softly, allowing her to sleep.

"Is she ok?" Arthur asked, turning to Dom.

"I think so. She was fine all day, so she probably is tired. She said to get her when the food's done."

Arthur nodded. He turned his attention back to the food and ignored Eames comments.

Arthur gently shook Ariadne awake. She mumbled something and rolled over, Arthur smiled and shook his head.

"Ari, wake up. The food is ready." Arthur softly told her. She opened one eye and frowned.

"Mmm…more sleep." Ariadne grunted.

"You can sleep afterwards, unless you're not hungry." Arthur reasoned. As if on cue her stomach began growling. Arthur laughed and Ariadne sat up.

"Food would be nice." She murmured and got up, following Arthur out. As soon as Ariadne got her food she began eating it. She couldn't help it, she hadn't eaten all day. Eames watched her amused.

"Whoa there darling, eat slower." Eames chuckled. Ariadne glared and started eating her food slower.

"Happy?" She asked sarcastically.

"Very." Eames smirked, "So are you ready for tomorrow. You're going to be stuck with this boring guy here for the rest of your life once you say I do."

Arthur glared at Eames and kicked him under the table. Eames shrieked and rubbed his shin. Dom stifled a laugh, not wanting his children to see him laughing at their behavior.

"Stop acting like children." Dom scolded, turning to Yusuf and grinning. Yusuf chuckled and stood up.

"You're not nervous are you? It's a big day." Yusuf asked Ariadne. Ariadne bit her lip. She hadn't been thinking about being nervous. Instead she was thinking about planning the wedding. She shook her head and stood up quickly, nausea taking over. She ran to the bathroom, leaving everyone at the table confused. When she walked back Arthur walked over to her.

"Are you sure you're ok?" He asked.

Ariadne smiled and shook her head. "I'm fine. I guess with all this talk about being nervous it made me nervous. So would you stop? I'd like to enjoy my food thank you." She sat down and started eating again. Arthur shrugged and accepted her answer.

"Ok, no more talk about that then." Eames mumbled.

Arthur and Ariadne were curled up under the blankets together. Arthur was stroking her hair and placing soft kisses on her nose.

"Will you be able to sleep fine tonight?" Arthur finally asked. Ariadne nodded.

"Yes, I'm fine now. How many times do I have to tell you that?" Ariadne looked up at him and raised her eyebrows.

"Ok, I just want to make sure." Arthur replied. "Tomorrow you will officially be my wife."

"Technically…"

"…we're already married. I know I was the one who told you that, remember? But this feels so much more real, having an actual wedding, I can't believe it." Arthur grinned and pulled her closer. She closed her eyes and smiled.

"Well we better rest up for it then." Ariadne whispered before falling asleep.

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