p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="en-US""And that is why i don´t like firecrackers, except of course when it´s the 4th of July or/spanspan lang="de" at/spanspan lang="en-US" a festival./span/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"You know, i wasn´t there when Jake got shot, but in my dreams i was./p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="en-US"It´s been 10 years now, but it´s/span span lang="en-US"always in the back of my head and i think it will stay there till the day i die./span/p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="en-US"It must be hard for you to hear Sam, i´m sorry." she takes his hand and sque/spanspan lang="de"e/spanspan lang="en-US"zed it a little. /span/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""No, don´t be silly Cassie, you know you can talk to me about anything, i mean it./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"And i understand, he was your first love and always will be. The way he got ripped out of you life's was just cruel and unfair. Please, don´t ever feel like you can´t talk to me about him, i mean, we both love you so much with every fiber of our body. I´m sure,span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanwe would´ve been great friends."span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanhe smiled at her and kissed the back of her hand./p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="en-US"And that was true, he loved her more/span span lang="en-US"than anything or anyone ever before./span/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"Sam was both happy and sad, he got the woman he loved, but first she lost the man she loved. To see the hurt and sadness, even after all these years and he felt like he couldn´t do anything about it. He just want to protect her from all evil, but he knows he can´t. That´s what frustrated him the most./p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="en-US"Cassie got up from the be/spanspan lang="de"n/spanspan lang="en-US"ch there were sitting on in the garden and hold her hand out for him to take it, "Dinner?" she questioned. He took her hand and got up with a little to much energy and almost crashed into her. "I`m sorry." Sam said between laughs. "That´s ok, i want you that close always." she said with a big smile on her lips before she wrapped her arms around him and kissed him like there is no tomorrow. "Well in that case.." with that he pulled her even closer, if that´s even possible. They stayed like this in the light of the beautiful sunset before they head inside to make dinner for the guests. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;" /p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"A few days later, it was mid June in the afternoon the house was empty, no guests, Nick and Grace in College so it was only Cassie and Sam./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"He was emptying the dishwasher while Cassie put water in the teapot and was on her way to the stove, when suddenly they heard a loud bang. And right after the bang from outside, Sam heard one right next to him. It was the teapot Cassie was holding, well not anymore anyway./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"He turned around to see what was happening and saw Cassie just standing there, her hand still in the air like she was still holding the teapot. Her eyes starring blank at the stove, not moving one inch./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"Sam took 3 steps to get to her, very careful not to startle her and positioned himself right in front of her so she could see him. Not sure she saw him though./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"First he tried to talk to her, almost whispering./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Cassie, Cassie honey, it´s me. Everything is ok, your safe." but when she didn´t seem to respond, he tried again, but this time he put his hand on hers and repeating the things he said before./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"Cassie your ok, your safe, i got you." the touch seemed to work, because now she was looking in his eyes. After a few seconds she stared at the green broken pieces on the ground./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Oh no, look what i did." she was about to grab some large pieces and cut herself on one./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Cassie stop" she was so quick, that Sam couldn´t react fast enough to stop her./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"He grabbed both of her hands and took her to the sink, turned on the water let it run over her bleeding cut. She still seemed off, not really present./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"He put a tissue over it and put his hand around her waist to take her to a chair, so she can sit./p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="en-US"Sam open/spanspan lang="de"e/spanspan lang="en-US"d a drawer and got a band-aid for her. /span/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"No one said a single word./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"After he took care of her cut her brought her a cup of water./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Here, this will help." she grapped the glass without looking up and took a sip./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;" /p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""How are you feeling?" Sam asked a few minutes later./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""I ehm, I´m okay." she tried./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Please look at me Cassie."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""I´m ok Sam, really. I was just, i was.."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""I know" he took her hand and stroke it./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""It´s ok, come on, let´s get upstairs and i will run you a nice bath." and with that, Sam and Cassie walked the stairs and got in their bedroom./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""You sit and wait and i will be right back." Sam said and kissed her forehead before going in to the bathroom./p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="en-US"She was doing what she was told and waiting for her husband. By now she was a little more here, more/span span lang="en-US"present. Glad for Sam to be here. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;" /p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"When he turned back to help her out of her clothes, she said to him, "Thank you Sam." that was all she could said but it was also all she needed to say./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"In respond she got a smile and got in to the bathroom./p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;" /p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="de""/spanspan lang="en-US"Did you put vanilla in it?" she asked surprised./span/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Of course, it´s your favorite."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"She loves that man so much, remembering these little details, caring for her, loving her the way he did. She felt so lucky./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Thank you Sam, for everything. I don´t know what just happened, but i froze." she started to talk, Sam sitting on the edge of the tup soothing her back./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""I heard the bang and was kind of trapped in my dreams about the shooting. I couldn`t get out./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"I did hear you say something and i tried to kind of grab it, but i didn´t work until your touch. It brought me back."/p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="de""/spanspan lang="en-US"Did that happened before?"/span/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""No not like this. I told you a few days ago, that i kind of prepare myself before festivals and things like that, but this came out of nowhere. I just wasn´t expecting it. I´m okay though. Thanks to you."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"She put one hand around his head and brought it down so she could kiss him passionately./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""I´m glad i was here to help. I´m going to let you alone to enjoy the hot water and make you some tea for when you get out. I love you."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"He gave her a kiss and got downstairs to clean the mess and make some tea./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"He mumbled to himself, "thank god we have like 20 teapots."/p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;" /p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"Meanwhile, Cassie was almost dressed and got in the bed, to not loose the heat from the bath./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Oh your the best." she said in aww, when she saw her husband with a tray./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Anything for my love."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;" /p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"They drank their tea, yes even Sam, talked a little more about what happened and fall asleep in each other arms. This night Cassie dreamed about something good, till Sam woke her up./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""No Cassie, nooo." Sam had a nightmare and she tried to calm him down./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Shh Sam, i´m here. Sam?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"He got up so fast, almost sitting straight up. "What´s going on?" he asked her./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""I think you had a nightmare, you´re ok?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""What, yes of course."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Sam, you don´t have to protect me, let me be there for you like you always there for me."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"She pulled him closer and their eyes met./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""It was nothing, just a silly dream. I guess you are not the only one, who got startled today. It will be fine and you know why i know? Because we have each other."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"With that they cuddled until they both fell asleep again in the arms of their true love./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;" /p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"You know, i wasn´t there when Jake got shot, but in my dreams i was./p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="en-US"It´s been 10 years now, but it´s/span span lang="en-US"always in the back of my head and i think it will stay there till the day i die./span/p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="en-US"It must be hard for you to hear Sam, i´m sorry." she takes his hand and sque/spanspan lang="de"e/spanspan lang="en-US"zed it a little. /span/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""No, don´t be silly Cassie, you know you can talk to me about anything, i mean it./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"And i understand, he was your first love and always will be. The way he got ripped out of you life's was just cruel and unfair. Please, don´t ever feel like you can´t talk to me about him, i mean, we both love you so much with every fiber of our body. I´m sure,span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanwe would´ve been great friends."span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanhe smiled at her and kissed the back of her hand./p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="en-US"And that was true, he loved her more/span span lang="en-US"than anything or anyone ever before./span/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"Sam was both happy and sad, he got the woman he loved, but first she lost the man she loved. To see the hurt and sadness, even after all these years and he felt like he couldn´t do anything about it. He just want to protect her from all evil, but he knows he can´t. That´s what frustrated him the most./p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="en-US"Cassie got up from the be/spanspan lang="de"n/spanspan lang="en-US"ch there were sitting on in the garden and hold her hand out for him to take it, "Dinner?" she questioned. He took her hand and got up with a little to much energy and almost crashed into her. "I`m sorry." Sam said between laughs. "That´s ok, i want you that close always." she said with a big smile on her lips before she wrapped her arms around him and kissed him like there is no tomorrow. "Well in that case.." with that he pulled her even closer, if that´s even possible. They stayed like this in the light of the beautiful sunset before they head inside to make dinner for the guests. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;" /p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"A few days later, it was mid June in the afternoon the house was empty, no guests, Nick and Grace in College so it was only Cassie and Sam./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"He was emptying the dishwasher while Cassie put water in the teapot and was on her way to the stove, when suddenly they heard a loud bang. And right after the bang from outside, Sam heard one right next to him. It was the teapot Cassie was holding, well not anymore anyway./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"He turned around to see what was happening and saw Cassie just standing there, her hand still in the air like she was still holding the teapot. Her eyes starring blank at the stove, not moving one inch./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"Sam took 3 steps to get to her, very careful not to startle her and positioned himself right in front of her so she could see him. Not sure she saw him though./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"First he tried to talk to her, almost whispering./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Cassie, Cassie honey, it´s me. Everything is ok, your safe." but when she didn´t seem to respond, he tried again, but this time he put his hand on hers and repeating the things he said before./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"Cassie your ok, your safe, i got you." the touch seemed to work, because now she was looking in his eyes. After a few seconds she stared at the green broken pieces on the ground./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Oh no, look what i did." she was about to grab some large pieces and cut herself on one./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Cassie stop" she was so quick, that Sam couldn´t react fast enough to stop her./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"He grabbed both of her hands and took her to the sink, turned on the water let it run over her bleeding cut. She still seemed off, not really present./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"He put a tissue over it and put his hand around her waist to take her to a chair, so she can sit./p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="en-US"Sam open/spanspan lang="de"e/spanspan lang="en-US"d a drawer and got a band-aid for her. /span/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"No one said a single word./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"After he took care of her cut her brought her a cup of water./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Here, this will help." she grapped the glass without looking up and took a sip./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;" /p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""How are you feeling?" Sam asked a few minutes later./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""I ehm, I´m okay." she tried./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Please look at me Cassie."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""I´m ok Sam, really. I was just, i was.."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""I know" he took her hand and stroke it./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""It´s ok, come on, let´s get upstairs and i will run you a nice bath." and with that, Sam and Cassie walked the stairs and got in their bedroom./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""You sit and wait and i will be right back." Sam said and kissed her forehead before going in to the bathroom./p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="en-US"She was doing what she was told and waiting for her husband. By now she was a little more here, more/span span lang="en-US"present. Glad for Sam to be here. /span/p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;" /p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"When he turned back to help her out of her clothes, she said to him, "Thank you Sam." that was all she could said but it was also all she needed to say./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"In respond she got a smile and got in to the bathroom./p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;" /p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="de""/spanspan lang="en-US"Did you put vanilla in it?" she asked surprised./span/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Of course, it´s your favorite."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"She loves that man so much, remembering these little details, caring for her, loving her the way he did. She felt so lucky./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Thank you Sam, for everything. I don´t know what just happened, but i froze." she started to talk, Sam sitting on the edge of the tup soothing her back./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""I heard the bang and was kind of trapped in my dreams about the shooting. I couldn`t get out./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"I did hear you say something and i tried to kind of grab it, but i didn´t work until your touch. It brought me back."/p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"span lang="de""/spanspan lang="en-US"Did that happened before?"/span/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""No not like this. I told you a few days ago, that i kind of prepare myself before festivals and things like that, but this came out of nowhere. I just wasn´t expecting it. I´m okay though. Thanks to you."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"She put one hand around his head and brought it down so she could kiss him passionately./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""I´m glad i was here to help. I´m going to let you alone to enjoy the hot water and make you some tea for when you get out. I love you."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"He gave her a kiss and got downstairs to clean the mess and make some tea./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"He mumbled to himself, "thank god we have like 20 teapots."/p
p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;" /p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"Meanwhile, Cassie was almost dressed and got in the bed, to not loose the heat from the bath./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Oh your the best." she said in aww, when she saw her husband with a tray./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Anything for my love."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;" /p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"They drank their tea, yes even Sam, talked a little more about what happened and fall asleep in each other arms. This night Cassie dreamed about something good, till Sam woke her up./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""No Cassie, nooo." Sam had a nightmare and she tried to calm him down./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Shh Sam, i´m here. Sam?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"He got up so fast, almost sitting straight up. "What´s going on?" he asked her./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""I think you had a nightmare, you´re ok?"/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""What, yes of course."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""Sam, you don´t have to protect me, let me be there for you like you always there for me."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"She pulled him closer and their eyes met./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;""It was nothing, just a silly dream. I guess you are not the only one, who got startled today. It will be fine and you know why i know? Because we have each other."/p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;"With that they cuddled until they both fell asleep again in the arms of their true love./p
p lang="en-US" style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;" /p