Ophelia stared up at the ceiling of her loft; a mini-galaxy glowed brightly in the dark. She had not only put one in Vinylton, but above her bed as well. She knew how much Jules loved the stars and had wanted to see her smile whenever she was in her bed, not that that was the only way to get a smile out of Jules in the bedroom.

The date she had planned for Jules had the roughest of starts, but she still considered it one of the best nights of her life. They had danced for what seemed like hours, just holding each other close. Then they shared a pizza and snuggled, just staring up at the galaxy above Ophelia's bed.

Jules had not talked about what happened with Connor besides how she ended up in his dorm room. Ophelia could tell that Jules was leaving something out; she had been a little jumpy the whole night. Ophelia made sure that she took everything slow and only touched Jules in places she knew made her feel safe. Ophelia wanted to go back to Connor's and find out what he did to Jules, but she didn't want to leave Jules or make things worse. So she tried to pretend that part of the night hadn't happened.

Jules had fell asleep with her head on Ophelia's chest, and Ophelia could feel her breathing start to quicken under her arm. She started to moan in her sleep and the next thing Ophelia knew, Jules jumped awake and pushed herself off Ophelia and up into a ball against the headboard.

Ophelia was startled for a moment and didn't know what to do. Jules was just looking around the room, breathing heavily.

Ophelia sat up and backed away a little bit to give her space, "Jules, hey, it's me. It's okay. It's just me." She slowly reached out to grab Jules' hand. Jules met her eyes and suddenly seemed to realize where she was.

"O," she breathed. Jules pulled Ophelia towards her until she was sitting right next to her. She held Ophelia's hand as she tried to get her breathing under control.

"Take your time, I'm not going anywhere," Ophelia whispered as she stroked Jules' hand with her thumb, "Just breathe. I've got you."

A few minutes later Jules' breathing was under control. Still, Ophelia waited for Jules to make the first move, she knew that what Jules needed was to talk on her own terms.

Jules sighed and looked at Ophelia, "Ophelia…I…I'm sorry," she looked like she was about to cry; before she could say anything else Ophelia interrupted her.

"You have nothing to be sorry for. You had a nightmare, it's fine. You don't have to talk about it, but if you want to, I'm here. Okay? I love you."

Jules looked even closer to crying now, "I'm sorry for tonight. I'm sorry that I ruined our date and that I got caught up with Connor. You deserve so much better than me Ophelia. I'm a mess! Look at me! Waking up from a nightmare not able to breathe and pushing myself away from you like I'm terrified of you! You're the person who makes me feel the safest and I still push you away!" Tears were sneaking down her face.

Ophelia took a moment to just take Jules in before she placed her hand on Jules' cheek to wipe away her tears. Jules turned away. "Hey, look at me?" She wiped the tears off Jules' other cheek and gently used her palm to turn Jules' face towards hers. "You have nothing to be sorry for. I'm not mad at you at all for the whole Connor thing. You were trying to keep other girls safe tonight, yes you had me worried like crazy, but you were doing the right thing. That's one of my favorite things about you Jules. You can't control your dreams and you can push me away all you want, I will still be here for you when you wake up. You may be a mess Jules Thomas, but you're my beautiful, amazing, strong, dorky mess. And for as long as you'll have me, I'd like to keep it that way, all flaws and demons included."

Jules was again overwhelmed with emotion. She brought the corner of her mouth up into a half smile, "Now I'm dorky?"

"Yes, yes you are. Who else says 'rats,' 'darn,' and 'okie dokie' but a true dork?" Ophelia smirked.

Jules crinkled her nose, "Okay, maybe a little bit dorky." She grabbed Ophelia's face and kissed her gently on the lips. She reached up and held Ophelia's face to hers, her kiss slowly getting rougher. Ophelia was tender as she kissed her back and wrapped her arms around Jules' back, gently bringing Jules' body closer to hers. Their breathing was heavy as Jules pulled out from the kiss, leaving Ophelia speechless.

Jules gave Ophelia one last, soft kiss before she laid her head on Ophelia's lap, staring up at the galaxy on the ceiling. Jules intertwined her fingers with Ophelia's as Ophelia used her other hand to stroke Jules' hair.

"I was scared tonight…at Connors?" Jules said, avoiding eye contact with Ophelia. Ophelia didn't say a word, just kept stroking her hair. "He had me tied up and I heard your knock at the door. I was going to yell for help. He grabbed a pillow and put it over my face and…" She paused to take a breath, "…and hissed in my ear. And…and suddenly I wasn't in the room with Connor anymore. I was back in that room with Nate…I felt completely helpless all over again, but I knew that I wasn't. Still…I was terrified. I couldn't breathe…I couldn't breathe and I couldn't think…and then I saw you. I saw you and the air rushed back into my lungs."

Jules was looking at Ophelia now. "Thank you O, for having my back."

Ophelia squeezed her hand, "That's what partners are for, right?" Ophelia wanted to jump out of bed and go beat up Connor again. She knew he had tied Jules up, but she didn't know how Jules had reacted until now. Connor had made her feel helpless like Nate had. She didn't want Jules to feel like that ever, she was the least helpless person that Ophelia knew. She wanted to kick his ass so badly, but she didn't want to leave Jules. So she put it in the back of her mind and smiled down at Jules.

She brought Jules' hand up and kissed it. "I'll always have your back." Ophelia began to hum the song they had danced to earlier that night; Jules' favorite City and Colour song and one that seemed so fitting for the two of them. "Oh my love, you don't know what you do to me," she sang quietly.

Jules fell asleep in Ophelia's lap, staring up at the galaxy made just for her, feeling safe and loved.