"I´ll deny everything if one of you should ever bring that topic up again!" Provenza barked and stomped out of the room but not without stopping in front of Sharon giving her arm a reassuring squeeze. She bowed slightly interlacing the fingers of both hands over her heart and mouthed a sincere "Thank you". The Lieutenant nodded briefly and was out of the door. "Whoa, are you sure I was only gone for 5 days?" She snorted lightly and walked over to sit down on his bedside. She looked at him intently. "What?" Andy asked nervously. Her smile was watery. Carefully she cupped his cheek and stroked it softly with her thumb: "I´m glad you decided to come back!" Sharon whispered, her voice thick of emotion. His eyes widened in surprise: "What do you mean by DECIDED?" She couldn´t possibly know what had happened to him; IF something had happened at all! What did Provenza say again, lack of oxygen? It must have had something to do with that and yet it felt so real, he could almost still smell the smoke inside O´Malleys and the Bourbon in his hand. "It´s just that I had this dream last night about you…well, never mind, it´s not important, you´re back here with us again now and I´m very grateful!" While she spoke, she gently ran a hand through his hair. He took it and brushed his lips against the inside of her wrist. "So am I but at some point I would love to hear all about that dream of yours." She looked exhausted, like she had obviously been through a lot lately. He felt terrible for causing her so much pain and decided to drop the subject for now. His story sounded completely insane anyway. "Soooo," he asked instead,"What did I miss other than Louis turning into a big teddy bear and my climbing the gang Olympus?" "I´m glad that this is such a laughing matter for you! You were not the one whose clothes were soaked in blood, you were not the one living in fear of losing the person you lo…" "DAD! You´re awake!" Nicole stormed towards him and enveloped him in a firm hug that made him breathe sharply through his teeth. "Oh Gosh, I´m sorry!I´m just so relieved to see you are better!" She drew back a little and suddenly noticed the somewhat tense atmosphere in the room: "Oh, I, I´m sorry,did I interrupt something?" Before Andy could say anything, Sharon jumped in:" Of course not Nic, you two enjoy! I´ll be back later to check on you!" "Sharon wait", Andy found his speech again. She turned and looked him directly in the eye. "Believe me, I know what you went through and I´m so sorry for putting you through this!" She looked at him curiously and gave him an encouraging smile: "Later!"