Hello everyone! I don't have much to say other than I hope you like this chapter. I have maybe three or four chapters left I think, so I hope you enjoy the last couple of chapters.

"Dude, are you seriously eating all that?" Shawn looked horrified at Gus who had three donuts in his hands, in addition to the five he had already eaten. They were standing outside Chief Vick's office still waiting for their meeting. It should have started almost twenty minutes ago.

"You know I have sensitive metabolism. I need to have a certain amount of sugar every day."

"Just floss after." Shawn advised him. He was just about to ask him if he could have the last chocolate doughnut when he saw Juliet coming out from the bathroom.

Weird, he hadn't seen her go into the bathroom. He was just about to wave at her when he saw the look on her face more closely. She was pale and looked like she was about to throw up, and she had her arms around her trembling body. She looked completely lost as she turned her head around as if to look if anybody noticed her. When she saw Shawn, she started walking up to him, but stopped after a few steps. Shawn hurried up to her, afraid that she would faint.

"Hi Jules." He said with a gentle voice that he hoped was comforting.

"You okay?"

She shook her head and started trembling even more and now looked like she was about to cry.

Shawn looked back at Gus who was giving Shawn a meaningful look. Shawn nodded to him and put his hand on her back and guided her to Chief Vick's office. For a horrifying second, Juliet thought that he was going to leave her with Chief Vick. But instead, Shawn looked over to the Chief and said:
"Can we have a minute?"

Chief Vick looked like she was about to say something, but another look at Shawn said that it could wait. She stood up, grabbed a file and left the room, closing the door behind her. Shawn then guided Juliet to the couch without taking his hand off her back. He sat down and Juliet followed him. She bent over and rested her elbows on her knees in an attempt to get more air but it didn't help at all. The little she had tried to calm down in fear of having to sit with the Chief, was like it never happened. She began hyperventilating again and tears welled up in her eyes. Shawn wrapped his arms around her and began rocking her back and forth.

"I can't breathe..." Shawn immediately released his grip on her but Juliet still gasped for her breath.

The trembling that stopped when Shawn was hugging her, began again. Shawn turned her so she was facing him and rested his hands on her shoulders.

"Hey Jules, calm down okay. You need to calm down and breathe."

Juliet shook her head. Okay, so he had to use a different approach.

"Okay, Jules. Copy my breathing." He started taking deep slow breaths and after a while Juliet started copying him. A few minutes later, she had calmed down and she closed her eyes and leaned into Shawn's chest, completely exhausted. Shawn wrapped his arms around her and looked down on the top of her head.

"Talk to me." he said.

"What's wrong?"

"I-I don't know, I just..." The tears in her eyes spilled down her face. Oh, she was so embarrassed! What was she doing?

"I'm so sorry." She whispered.

"I didn't mean to do this." She lifted her head from his chest and straightened up a bit in a pitiable attempt to compose herself.

"You don't have to apologize for anything. It isn't your fault. It isn't anybody's fault but Yin's and he's going to pay for what he did."

Juliet took a deep breath and tried to give him a smile but she faltered and her face crumpled up again.

Shawn pulled her close and wrapped his arms around her. She curled up against his chest again and silently started crying.

"Hey, its okay. Just let it out." He stroked her back and gently kissed her head. But instead of it making her calm down, every horrible moment she had endured came back to her in floods. Her dad leaving, being rejected by Shawn, arresting her brother, thinking Scott was dead and being kidnapped by Mr Yin. She remembered when she broke down in front of Lassiter. She remembered how thankful she was then when he took care of her. This however felt different. The act was the same, but in a way Shawn was more loving, more sweet. She kept crying and Shawn dried her tears with his hand. And in that moment she didn't care about what the Chief was going to say when she saw her or even the looks he was going to get from Carlton. The only thing on her mind was Shawn and herself in this moment.

It took another twenty minutes for Juliet to stop crying and calm down completely. She pulled herself from Shawn's embrace. Shawn pulled out a napkin and offered it to her. Juliet smiled in gratitude and dried her eyes with it before crumpling it in her hand. She sniffled and leaned back on the couch. She was extremely exhausted, both physically and emotionally. Her eyes closed but she forced them open and saw that Shawn was looking at her.

"Stop staring at me."

Suddenly she felt really self-conscious.

Shawn smiled at her. He put his arm around her and started rubbing her arm. Juliet subconsciously leaned towards him and rested on him.

"Are you feeling better now?"

Juliet nodded.

"Yeah, I was just scared, I never had anything like this happen to me before."

"You mean being kidnapped?" Shawn asked with a twinkle in his eye.

"No, I mean the panic thing." Juliet answered with an annoyed smile.

"Well, I think you handled it very well for being a first time."

Juliet shook her head.

"No, I didn't. I panicked."

"Ergo the name 'panic attack' Jules."

They fell in silence for a while until someone knocked on the door. Juliet jumped and sat up straight while Shawn said, "Come in."

The door opened and Chief Vick walked in.

"Sorry, I need a file." She shot a look at Juliet, who quickly turned her gaze down. Chief Vick looked at Shawn instead who nodded at her. He gently grabbed Juliet's hand and held it. He half expected her to pull her hand away, so he was surprised when she gripped his hand tighter. It must have shown because Chief Vick pursed her lips together and tried to keep a big smile from her face. She pulled a chair in front of them and sat down.

"O'Hara, I need to speak to you." She didn't want to ruin the moment they clearly were having but she needed to talk to her. Shawn stood up to leave but Juliet still held his hand and didn't let go. She didn't look at him but he understood what she wanted.

"Can I stay?" He asked the Chief quietly.

She answered by nodding.

Shawn sat down again and Juliet repositioned her hand, never leaving or loosen her grip on Shawn's.

"What I'm going to say isn't something you want to hear, I know that. But you're not okay Juliet." She decided on using Juliet's first name. She knew Juliet would know she was serious.

"I know you're handling it yourself the best you can, but this isn't something you just handle just by yourself. No one can't. I still insist on you getting temporarily reassigned."

Juliet bowed her head and looked down at Shawn's hand.

Shawn looked over at Juliet. He knew she really didn't want to go anywhere unfamiliar, but he agreed with Chief Vick in this case. He looked back at the Chief who was giving him a look. Karen knew that Shawn could make Juliet change her mind. She admired him and if not, then letting him comfort her was a sign that she at least trusted him. Shawn took a deep breath and contemplated on how he would phrase his sentence. He knew he had one chance at getting it right. If Juliet sensed him doubting the Chief's offer, then she would dig her heels deeper and refuse even a day off.

"Jules, you're barely hanging on here. Don't give me that look." he said when she looked up at him. She couldn't believe what he was saying. He was suppose to be on her side.

Damn it, she could feel tears stinging in her eyes again. She blinked them away, but the damage was already done. Both Shawn and Chief Vick had seen the tears. Shawn let go of her hand and started playing with her hair. Her hand suddenly went cold and she made a fist to keep the warmth in.

"It's going to be fine." he continued silently.

"But you need a break. You had a panic attack, that's definitely not nothing. Trust me."

Shawn looked into her blue eyes and she looked into his hazel. As much as she hated to admit it, maybe Shawn and Chief Vick were right. Maybe she needed a break.

Juliet looked down at her shoes again and pulled Shawn's hand away from her hair. Shawn started stroking the back of her hand with his thumb.

"Jules." It took only one word from him to make up her mind.

"Okay." She said in a hoarse cleared her throat and said:

"Fine." She nodded to accentuate the 'fine'.

Chief Vick gave her a friendly smile. Mission accomplished. She had finally gotten through to her, with a little help from Mr. In-love-in-five-years-but-to-naive-to-confess-it.

"Good. I have someone at City Hall who needs some help. I'll call right away." She turned at the computer screen and it was Shawn and Juliet's queue to leave. But before Juliet exited the office, Chief Vick said, "O'Hara."

Juliet turned around.

"Yes Chief."

"Someday this is going to be something in the past. You'll get through it." The Chief stated quietly and gave her a smile. Not the kind of smile you give a coworker, the kind you give to a friend.

"Thank you, I guess I am." She gave Chief Vick a small smile and closed the door quietly behind her.

Like I maybe wrote in the chapter before (I can't remember and I'm too lazy to check), the panic attack thing that happens to Juliet is something that I suffer with and I know that they are different to everyone, but this way is how I know them to be. There is no intention to offend/anger anyone. I know you guys aren't like that but you never know :-) See you next time

/The one who wrote this story