- Alex and I are going for a walk.
Barek put his glass down on the bar table, and turned to a nodding Eames, who put his glass down and got up from his seat.
It was going to do her good to go for a walk with Carolyn.
She was finally going to be able to get away from Goren.
Especially as Goren wouldn't be alone.
He would be in the company of Logan.
So she was finally going to be able to take a deep breath of air.
Without wishing to be unkind, Goren, who was already naturally very clingy with her, had become even worse.
Ever since his unfortunate accident, when she nearly drowned.
But unfortunately for her, she felt long, slender fingers resting on her wrist, stopping her in her tracks.
She looked up, to find herself, as she had immediately guessed, in front of a Goren, and he was looking at her with a serious expression.
- Be careful, Alex.
My God...
And it went on.
What was Goren afraid of.
She'd be with Barek, so she wasn't risking anything.
Besides, what did he want to happen to her.
All she was going to do was walk.
But seeing that he refused to loosen his fingers until she promised to be careful, Eames realised that she was going to have to promise him, or she would never be able to leave.
- Very well... I'll be careful.
At her exasperated words, Goren loosened his fingers on his wrist, but didn't let go.
Eames didn't she see...
Didn't she understand.
That he wasn't reassured by the idea of her moving away from him.
No, not that he wanted to stop her doing what she wanted, well, if a little.
If it would stop anything happening to her.
But Goren knew he shouldn't do that.
That by behaving like this...
Eames would hold it against him.
So reluctantly, he let go of his wrist.
Eames didn't waste a second, she turned away, put her hand on her wrist where Goren had put his fingers, and followed Barek towards the exit.
Eames understood Goren's concern yesterday.
So why didn't he leave her alone for at least five minutes.
It wasn't by staying with him twenty-four hours a day that nothing could happen.
This change was too radical.
She knew that with Goren it was all or nothing.
But this was too.
It hadn't even been twenty-four hours, but she couldn't take it any more, and needed to breathe.
And Eames had Barek to thank for the idea of going for a walk just the two of them.
Eames had been afraid, that Goren decides to accompany them, but he had been reasonable.
And even then, she had had to promise to be careful, because she had understood that he didn't want her to be far from him, and that if she hadn't made the promise, he would have stopped her from leaving.
It was rather strange...
At first, when she'd asked him out, he'd done everything he could to get away from her.
he was a real glue pot.
It was definitely Goren.
- Eames looked well.
Logan turned his gaze from the two little women who were walking away to Goren, who wasn't taking his eyes off Eames, and given the way he was, Logan was sure that Goren was holding back so as not to run after Eames, just to follow her and make sure nothing happened to her.
What had happened yesterday had completely upset Goren, and Logan could see that he wasn't going to recover any time soon.
But sticking to Eames wasn't going to stop him worrying.
And if he went on like this, Eames was going to find it harder and harder to bear.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to make him understand that he should give Eames a bit of space and leave her alone for a while.
- Eames gave us quite a scare.
Goren nodded, his face serious and still shaken by what had happened.
It had happened the day before, and he couldn't forget the fear he'd felt when he thought she was dead.
Her inert body on the water.
My God...
A great chill ran through his body.
It was the worst thing he'd seen or experienced in his life.
And the idea that something might happen to him again had become an obsession.
So much so, that he had become a little too clingy towards Eames.
Watching her out of the corner of his eye, even in their bedroom.
But he couldn't control himself, and couldn't help it.
- You should give her some space... Be alone.
Let her breathe...
And be alone.
Goren had to admit that Logan was right.
He was smothering prossed Eames, and sticking it on all the time.
But he had this fear, and it was difficult.
- I know you're scared... Logan gave Goren a friendly pat on the shoulder. But if you go on like this...
- I know... Alex will want to run away from me.
Exactly.
Goren had just said exactly what was going to happen.
Especially as he knew that Eames was a very independent woman.
But Logan knew that Goren wasn't doing this to annoy Eames.
That he was afraid for her little Alex.
And yes, this big strapping man who had tried everything to avoid Eames' advances was now addicted to her.
To the point of being a real glue-pot.
But not only that...
Logan remembered the ring Goren had shown him before the accident, which he had planned to give to Eames.
Had he given it to her.
- Tell me... About the ring...
- I gave it to him as a token of my love.
Pardon.
So Goren had finally decided to tell her how he felt.
Because a love token was one of the most beautiful proofs of love.
- And how did she take it...
At the memory, Goren couldn't help but smile mockingly.
Eames hadn't realised it was for her at first, thinking it was for someone else.
But then the little blonde quickly made up for it.
Goren blushed violently at the memory.
Logan couldn't take his eyes off Goren.
His face was so expressive.
Revealing every emotion he felt.
He'd gone from being amused to something more...
Oh... Oh...
Did that mean the little blonde had thanked him in her own way.
- I see...
- And what do you see.
At Goren's offended cry, and his scarlet face, Logan understood that between Goren and Eames, there had indeed been sexual intercourse, just by Goren's offended reason.
My God...
What was wrong with that.
If Goren and Eames loved each other, they didn't see why it made him so uncomfortable that someone could know that they had sexual relations.
It was stupid.
But then, he was used to this kind of reaction.
Let's leave Goren and Logan at the bar, and head for Eames and Barek, who are taking a leisurely stroll...
- Alex... What exactly happened yesterday...
Exactly what had happened...
- First I felt dizzy... Followed by discomfort... Then everything went black.
Eames had just told her that she'd had a dizzy spell...
Followed by discomfort.
It was strange all the same...
Eames to her memory,, she wasn't familiar with this sort of thing.
So what could have...
- Carolyn... It's not the first time it's happened to me... Eames lowered her gaze to her little fingers, which she was squeezing nervously. It's been happening quite a lot lately.
Pardon.
Was Eames admitting to her that she often felt dizzy and faint, but that she kept it to herself.
Why didn't she tell him earlier.
She was her friend.
- I didn't want to worry you... And even less Goren.
Worry him...
But they were friends.
Everything that touched her...
Touched her.
Then Eames should've told her.
But Barek realised that Eames had also hidden it from Goren.
- Why Alex...
Because she didn't like people worrying about her.
And given Goren's reaction since yesterday, she'd been right.
But Eames wasn't really worried.
It was undoubtedly due to tiredness.
And they would leave, just as they had appeared.
- It only happened rarely, and only for periods of time.
How that...
Rarely...
And periodically.
- Since when did Alex...
- A few days...
A few days, Eames, she said.
But wait...
Barek was beginning to think that her dizziness and fainting spells were probably not insignificant.
And that if she calculated the date with certain things...
My God...
But yes, it was entirely possible.
Barek absolutely had to ask Eames a question, but above all a very indiscreet one, which would undoubtedly answer his doubts.
- Alex... Goren and you... Barek blushed violently, embarrassed to ask such a question, especially about two close friends. Are you protecting yourself.
At this question, Eames turned completely scarlet, and Barek didn't need an answer, Eames had just given him the answer.
- You didn't protect yourselves... Carolyn screamed, her face red, making Eames jump. And where do you think your dizziness comes from... And your...
But before Barek could finish his sentence, Eames was rushing towards a tree, lean forward, bending over backwards and vomiting.
My God...
So that's what she was thinking.
Eames, who was emptying himself, was also confirming it.
But did Eames have she any idea what she was in for.
So she was going to have to make him realise, and tell him to go and see a doctor.
But how was Eames going she to receive this news, let alone Goren.
Especially if Eames had hidden her condition from Goren.
So if that's what she thought...
Barek walked towards Eames, and when she reached her, put her hand on her back and stroked her.
- Alex... You need to see a doctor... Eames raised his hand to his lips, wiped it clean and turned to Carolyn. Especially if it's what I think it is...
But what was Barek talking.
What she believed...
And what could it be.
Eames didn't have long to find out, nor to question her.
- A baby Alex... I think you're pregnant.