[i]Elliot laughed at him, "So now I'm a masochist and abusive. Good to know," She kissed him back as he did so to her. When they parted lips she smiled, "I have time... We could move me now and do more... exciting things tonight in our room."[/I]

Elliot woke slowly to find Jacob still lying next to her, her head still throbbing, and the clear bag dripping fluids into her arm. She looked at Jacob and examined him as she lay there. She looked from his chin to his ears to his neck. She was the closest she had gotten to him with her eyes open. When she stopped looking him over, she leaned forward and kissed his cheek.