People, people! Stop the nagging already! I'm starting the story!

If you haven't- Go back to the Primeval archive, read and review Line Of Sight, (while you're at it check out my story Just A Dream,) then come back here and read on!

Freak accidents in the workplace can have disastrous effects. Becker is back and is not going to be kept down just because he's lacking a sense. We've seen how he coped with the discovery. Now, let's find out what he's going to do about it!

Plase excuse the second line. I couldn't resist!

Enjoy!

Becker whistled shrilly.

Having got the puppy back to his house, along with a new sleeping mat, collar, feed bowl, water bowl, leash, brush and various other dog related items that she would surely need... he had lost her.

Deciding the time was ripe to use his improved hearing, he stood perfectly still, then heard a clatter from the kitchen.

"Oh, what are you doing in there?"

He edged his way to the door area, still unconfident, he reached out ahead of him checking the space was clear. A few more moments of dull silence and he located her position.

On the worktop.

"What..?"

Reaching carefully so he didn't scare her, he pulled the still unnamed dog into his arms.

"What were you looking for, girl?"

Taking another step forward he ran his hands along the counter top, trying to figure out what she had been searching for.

Then he hit his head on a open cupboard.

"Ow! Shi-" Becker bit his lip as he tried to stop himself from both cursing and dropping the puppy. Depositing the dog on the work surface, freeing up his hand to rub his head, he used the other to reach inside the cupboard, unsure at the which one was open and trying to figure out what his girl was after. She jumped up at him, licking his nose, as his fingers rustled plastic and he frowned in realisation.

"You do have a sweet tooth don't you my little Bounty hunter!"

-/-

The next afternoon Matt was back at Becker's flat, enquiring after the small dog.

"She's perfect."

"Well, we need to teach her the way around your home first. We'll start with the main rooms: bathroom, bedroom, kitchen. Then we'll focus on areas within them: toilet, sink, bed, wardrobe, fridge and different cupboards."

"She's already finding her way around pretty well." There was a small smirk on Becker's face as he spoke his words which gave Matt the impression there was something he didn't know. He crossed his arms, looking at the younger man. It was amazing how much the dog had changed Becker after less than twenty four hours. He already looked happier.

"That may be the case but she needs to link these places to your words. Have you given her a name yet?"

"Bounty Hunter."

Matt raised an eyebrow.

"Don't you pull that face at me."

"How did you know?"

"It's you, Matt, how could I not know?"

At that moment the dog came bouncing into the room, her tail wagging a hundred miles an hour at their new guest. It was the object in the dogs mouth, however, not the enthusiasm, that made Matt laugh.

"Like owner, like dog!"

-/-

That night Becker lay awake, exhilaration making sleep impossible. He was doing it! He was going to build back his life and it was all thanks to…
He frowned in realisation and the giddy feeling in him faded.
It was thanks to Jess.
His Jess, who he hadn't thought about since- well since she left. How could he have not thought about what he had said? He had instinctively known he had hurt her but so far hadn't done anything to make it up to her. After she left he'd just sat and eaten her Chinese with Matt and not thought about her since! She must think he blamed her for the accident! Becker sat up, pulling himself to lean against the headboard as his mind spun. How had he not given thought to this before?
He needed to come up with something to make it better. To show her he didn't blame her. Because it was true, he honestly didn't. Jess merely pointed him in the right direction it wasn't her fault that the building wasn't on schedule - although, knowing how English builders are, they both probably should have guessed! It also wasn't her fault that he had risked jumping into a room when he didn't know what lay ahead.
Becker started tapping his hands on his covered legs as he started to think about things he could do for Jess. Taking the movement as a signal Bounty Hunter jumped onto the bed, starting to lick Becker's face and neck. Pulling the puppy against his side, Becker slid back down the bed stroking her head.

"What are we going to do, girl?" She licked his nose and he chuckled. "Whatever the hell we like?" She licked his nose again. "Sounds like a plan to me."

Okay, so maybe he gets easily distracted from Jess. But I think that this proved that Becker is not totally emotionally retarded.

After 16 chapters of LOS you guys should know what to do now.

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