We'll Be Each Other's Saviours

Chapter Nine

I walked into Andy's room with Ashley close behind me. When I saw Andy's bandaged hand and him hooked up to so many machines, my breath caught in my throat. He had lost so much blood, he had been so close to death and we hadn't even known it.

I walked over to his bed side and sat down in a hard metal chair that had been placed there, Ashley sitting in the one next to it. We just watched him for a while, not sure what to say. Eventually, I spoke.

"What the hell did you do to yourself Andy?" I whispered, my voice quivering.

I felt Ashley place his hand on my back and I looked over to him in despair. I didn't know whether or not I liked Ashley the way I thought he liked me, but I was willing to give him a chance if I wasn't just another one of his one night stands. He's been there for me, trying to comfort me over Andy, not once leaving my side. I needed a rock in my life that would support me like that.

I looked back over at Andy's pale face and took his good hand in mine. I sucked in a breath as I immediately saw a bit of color come back into his face when I did so, and saw a small smile pull at the corners of his mouth.

I looked at Ashley with some hope in my dulled brown eyes. He was looking down at Andy with his lips pursed. He gave me a slight nod before he got up and left the room in a rush, rubbing his eyes.

I was slightly confused by this but didn't think much of it, he was probably just hungry and was going to get some food from the cafeteria.

I sat there for another few minutes before Jake and Jinxx came into the room. I stood up and gave them a smile before I too exited.

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It was well into the middle of the night when Andy finally woke up. I had been taking my shift at his bedside when I saw his eyes slowly flutter open and I watched as he took in his surroundings. He looked down at his hand and I saw his memory come back to him as he realized what had happened and where he was.

I smiled at him as eyes landed on me. "Good morning," I said jokingly, then my expression turned dark. "Why did you do it Andy?"

He sat up slowly and rubbed his hand down his face. "You weren't suppose to find me," he replied solemnly.

"And you weren't suppose to try to kill yourself," I said bluntly.

He looked at me and started tearing up. It hurt me to see such a strong man break down like this. I sat on his bed and put my arm around his shoulders. "Do you wanna talk about it?"

He took a shaky breath and gathered himself before speaking. "I felt like the whole world collapsed when I saw that picture. When I was with Juliet, I did every thing I could to make her happy. I did everything I could to keep her, but nothing ever seemed to work," he trailed off and I hugged him closer. He did his best not to cry into my shoulder but it was no use.

"I know this is probably a bad time, but Juliet will be here in the morning," I told him carefully.

He just nodded. "That's good, I want to talk to her and hear her side of the story."

I admired that about Andy. He was willing to hear everybody's two cents, even if it hurt him.

I stayed with him for the rest of the night and into the morning. Neither of us could get any sleep so we just laid there until morning came and Ashley and CC entered the room.

"Hey guys," Andy said.

They looked at him in disappointment. "We thought we where gonna lose you Andy," Ashley said tensely.

"Yeah man, what the hell?" CC added.

Andy hung his head in shame. I scolded them for their harsh tone and asked them what they wanted.