Nikki's heart thudded in her chest heavily as she listed to him approach the closet door.  Each step resounding in a deep thump as each foot was placed on the floor.  If not for the hammering of her own chest she would have felt the vibrations as he had walked across the floor.  'What is he going to say?  What is he going to do?'  More than anything at that moment she feared what the first words out of Allen's mouth would be.  Surely she would be crushed if she heard any signs of laughter and scorn.  She hated being blind.  At least when she could see Nikki had never known when any one lied.  Now her hearing could pick up even the slightest of inflections in peoples voices.  It was one of the reasons she liked working directly with Owen.  He never lied to her.  Sure he with held information she did not need to know but that was different.  She just felt safe with him.  Knowing exactly what was expected of her and what she could expect from him.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">He opened the door took a step in before reaching down and picking her up in his arms. "Noone is a fool for acting on feelings." He turned around and walked to the couch and layed her down. "You were always too harsh on yourself. Calm yourself." He said in a calm soothing voice.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Nikki cringed hearing the door nob turning in the quietness of the closet it was almost as bad as hearing someone run their finger nails down a chalk board.  Nikki waited holding her breadth fearing what might happen next.  She was stunned when Allen lifted her up in his arms.  Instinctively she wrapped her arms around his neck.  'None is a fool for acting on feelings.'  His voice calm and somehow soothing and she heard only the truth in his words.  Then being laid down on the couch even before the sensation of being carried had any time to be processed.   'You were always too harsh on yourself.  Calm yourself.'  Nikki's chin dropped to her chest.  Again she heard only truth in his voice but she did not believe what she heard.  She had to be harsh with herself... she was to stubborn to learn any other way than by the hard way.   "Calm myself?!?!  Easy for you to say, your not the one that went running into a closet like some blind foolish child."  Her voice was soft full of self recrimination.<br/><br/>Nikki was teetering on a thin mental edge.  Ever since she had lost her eyesight and had thought Allen dead Nikki had developed a second personality that would take over if she was unable to get herself under control.  A personality which was every bit as wicked and cruel as she was normally sweet and nice.   It was after Allen had laid Nikki on the couch that Owen knocked on Allen's door.<br/><br/>