'God, this stupid house is creepy' I thought resisting the urge to think out loud. My new house was really gorgeous, but it was new and it creaked. I had gotten up at three am this night do to a noise I had heard from downstairs. However I was certain my puppy, Scissor, had gotten free from his kennel and gotten into the trash again. But when I turned the corner from my bedroom hallway on the first level. I was horrified to see someone had broken into my home, and were now standing their back to me; the figure was dark in the light. The door had been closed; I'd forgotten to lock it again. Since my house was so new it hadn't been hardwired yet, plus it was on the outskirt of the city, not many people.

I couldn't see the figure's face when he turned around, but I heard him whimper weakly "Tally…" Who was he? I turned on the light switch next to the door, even more horrific was that not only was it David, but mud and blood caked his face and shirt. He was leaning against the wall holding his torso, his eyes were half closed from exhaustion.

"Oh my God, David, come on let me help you" I told him taking his hand, and I lead him into the kitchen letting him sit at the table. I retrieved my first aid kit from the hallway closet, also grabbing a pair of large kitchen shears. Using the shears I cut his shirt away from his chest, examining his chest before taking a kitchen towel, wetting it and began wiping blood and dirt from him. His eyes were all the way closed now, and his breathing had calmed, he was asleep. After closely examining I found that luckily none of his bones were broken, but he'd been bruised badly and there was a large gash on his back that I was able to bandage fairly well. I debated whether to sleep on the couch or just sleep next to him in my bed, I chose the later.

I'd missed sleeping next to him, in the six months we hadn't seen each other, and it felt right. He murmured words in his sleep like "Tally…" and "Maddy…" his body was warm next to mine in the silence. Eventually I fell asleep; our heartbeats had inadvertently fallen into the same rhythm that night.

The next morning I awoke next to him, his breathing was the still calm as it was last night. I got up, my stomach growled loudly, I was hungry, and I could hear Scissor whine from downstairs, he probably had to pee. I went downstairs and after grabbing a tiny cake from the cupboard, I took Scissor out of his kennel and attached the leash to his collar. Outside I watched a nearby brook as Scissor barked from his tether, I took a bite from the chocolate cake chewing gratefully. I went back inside and started some eggs; I didn't know how to cook anything else really. I didn't hear David as he came slowly into the kitchen still shirtless and with a slight limp. I scooped the eggs on to a plate and gave them to him; she went to the bathroom as he ate greedily. I picked up two toothpaste pills, when David was done I popped one into my mouth and handed the other to David. We chewed them in unison, when we were done, I gave him a glass of water, and he smiled weakly.

"What happened?" I asked.

"There was an attack and tons of screaming and fighting…" he trailed off.

"David, did something happen?"

"Yes, they took one or two people and… they killed Maddy" David said his fingers gliding against the glass.

"Oh David… what about the others?"

"I don't know they were after me so I ran, and Shay told me you weren't far, so I came here."

"Don't worry David, I'll get Shay, we'll get to the bottom of this."

At this David stood towering me, his head swooped down and kissed my lips silently, it was very light. But it felt right, when he pulled away, I pulled him back and this kiss was more passionate. I smiled as our lips didn't touch but were mere centimeters apart. That was the start.