Glass

Separated

Casey woke up naturally after having a peaceful nights sleep for the first time since, probably, her fathers funeral, not one nightmare had woken her up making her scream and tremble in the aftermath, which was strange but definitely a good strange, Casey felt more refreshed than she had in ages and the reason behind it was because of the man who was slouched on the sofa in the same position he was in before she dozed off, his arms wrapped around her tightly even in his sleep, his chest was rising and falling steadily with each breath he took and his warmth  embraced Casey in a protective warmth which helped make her feel safe, he looked so at ease unlike what he was like when he was awake. 

Casey started drawing patterns across his body and kissed his chest directly above where his heart was, looking up at him in total adoration as she remembered what they had done last night.

Last night had been a huge revelation for Casey, after having so many bad memories thanks to her uncle, she never imagined or let herself believe that she could ever be in a relationship especially one where she would want to be intimate with someone. Yet as she looked over at Dennis sleeping soundly next to her, it didn't seem as far fetched as she thought. Casey smiled to herself when she remembered the looks of concern he gave her, him asking if she was alright and the way he made sure that Casey was fine with what he was doing before he did anything was all endearing to her, the sex was good too obviously, it was the first time she had enjoyed being intimate with anyone and it felt good to have sex she actually enjoyed rather than being forced to have and it helped her to find out more about Dennis's personality. 

He had obviously been the more dominant out of the two of them last night but he always seemed to be holding back even before last night he seemed to always doubt what he was saying and double back if he thought he'd done or said something wrong. His confidence and self esteem seemed to have been taken away from him and left him scared of doing or saying anything in case he did something wrong. If Casey had to bet who had done this to him she would probably have put it down to his mother or Patricia and the others but mostly Patricia as she seemed to scold him more than the others, granted she hadn't really met the others personally but it definitely seemed like the type of thing Patricia would do to keep Dennis in line.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a buzzing that was coming from her phone which was in her pocket. She turned to reach it and saw that it was David who was calling her she took a deep breath hoping for good news as she pressed the answer button.

"Hello" Casey said 

"Hi Casey, just letting you know the doctors gave Emma the all clear their letting people into visit her, I thought you'd like the chance to see her since you haven't already" David's voice explained. 

"Yeah I would love to see her, thanks David, how is she?" Casey asked eager to know how well she had recovered.

"Yeah she's fine, she's been doing a lot better then everyone thought she would be but then again she is tough and if her stubbornness is anything to go by I think she'll be okay" David reassured her 

"Well that's good to hear" Casey breathed 

"Yes it is, how are you anyway?" David asked

"Yeah I'm good, much better now actually" Casey replied with a smile on her face as she turned to look at Dennis who was still sound asleep.

"I thought you sounded happier, that's really good to hear Casey after all you of all people deserve to be happy" 

"Thanks David, what time should I come up?" Casey asked

"Whenever your ready Casey, Emma's very keen to be able to speak to you though so you might not want to keep her waiting too long" David chuckled

"Alright I'll be up there as soon as possible" Casey responded with her own chuckle

"Okay then see you there" 

"Yeah okay, bye David" Casey said before hanging up the phone and turning back to Dennis who was staring at her through heavy eyes.

"Hi sleepy head" Casey teased as she grinned at him

"Hi" Dennis replied with a yawn and grinning back up at her before drawing her into a kiss which she gladly returned "Who was that on the phone?" he asked when they broke away.

"David, he said I can go and see Emma today" Casey told him. Dennis nodded still looking guilty when she mentioned Emma "Hey what happened that night wasn't your fault" Casey comforted him.

"But does she know that" Dennis asked bitterly "People have never really understood us in the past I don't expect this time to be any different either"

"If it was anyone else I would have agreed with you but Emma is trying, she has been reading up on all of you and trying to understand your DID" Casey informed him.

"Yet she still wants to arrest us" Dennis stated

"I don't think want is an accurate word, she's forced to because of what The Beast has done, but I really don't think she wants to arrest you and besides at least she's trying to understand you guys most other police officers wouldn't be so considerate"

"What will you do when you see her?" Dennis asked worriedly.

"I don't know really it depends on what she wants to talk about" Casey explained

"Will you tell her about us?" Dennis asked 

"I don't even know how I would start that conversation, hey Emma you know the guy your searching for the one who kidnapped me yeah well he came over the other day, got stabbed and then we slept together, I can't even imagine what Emma would say or do if I told her that" Casey chuckled.

"So I'll take that as a no you won't tell her" Dennis replied grinning a bit

Casey shook her head "Besides it will protect you to, if she thinks we haven't had any contact then she can't use me to get to you, not saying she would do it in a malicious sort of way but better to be safe than sorry right" Dennis nodded in agreement.

"I couldn't agree more with you on that" he smiled up at her and she leaned down to kiss him again, his hands traveled up her back pulling her closer, savoring the last precious minutes they had left together before Casey had to go.

Casey reluctantly broke away "I should get ready to go, don't want to keep her waiting too long" She sighed apologetically getting up and changed  before coming back into the sitting room again watching Dennis slip on his freshly cleaned shirt from last night.

They embraced one last time by the door when Casey muttered a quiet "Thank you" 

"For what?" Dennis asked slightly confused.

"Wanting to see me, you made me feel the happiest I've ever been in a long time" Casey said sincerely. Dennis's heart melted as he brought her in for one last kiss.

"You did the same for me to Casey" Dennis whispered softly before letting her go and watching her as she left to get a taxi to the hospital.

Dennis stood there smiling to himself until someone broke his train of thought 

"Dennis what on earth were you thinking?"Patricia scolded him.

"I wanted to see her" Dennis protested 

"You did much more than that, I thought you were getting better you vile man" Patricia yelled disgusted "Need I remind you that your here to work not to satisfy your dirty habits, and now thanks to you we have missed out on a whole day of planning you should be ashamed" 

Dennis brought his head down sighing deeply, really not wanting to leave the best thing that happened to him like this but sensing he didn't have much of a choice. He forced himself out of the house and started the long journey back home, trying to ignore Patricia's spiteful comments as she continued to scold him for what he had done.