I'll Never Let You Down ~ Andley

Chapter 3

*Ashley's POV*

It's been exactly four weeks and Two days since Andy was hospitalized, although it seems like much longer! I have been here at the hospital as much as I possibly can. Jinxx has been looking after me; making me leave to eat and take showers. I'm really grateful I really don't know what state I would be in if I didn't have him, of course Jake and CC have helped and stayed with me too. I just feel so helpless with out Andy here!

I can tell the guys are starting to lose hope of Andy ever waking up again, but I've not; I've got to stay strong, for him! Right now I'm in the hospital, sat by him like always. The nurses know my name; I'm here that often. Usually I'm talking to him, singing to him holding his hand, anything to keep him aware that I'm here and haven't given up yet, and neither should he.

I've not been talking to Andy for a while now just squeezing his hand and listening to the steady beat of his heart on the heart rate monitor. Suddenly the beat starts to pick up. Nurses and doctors rushed into the room with a defibrillator on hand.

I backed away panicking.

What's happening? Is Andy dying? That question brought tears to my eyes, I can't believe, it's actually happening? The day we never want to think about, the day we would only wish upon the worst. And it's actually happening to Andy?

Suddenly, the bleeps dropped into the cursed single bleep, the green line falling into a continuous line.

"Sir? Mr Purdy? You are going to have to leave." A nurse told me, snapping me out of my shocked state, leading me to the waiting room.

Jake, who I came here with, was previously in the canteen; he had tried to make me go with him but I couldn't leave Andy; I've hardly eaten the past four weeks. He had turned into the waiting room; when he saw me he came straight over.

"Is everything okay? Why aren't you with Andy?" Jake asked puzzled and worried; he knows I'll do anything to be near Andy.

I just shuck my head, words not being able to form around the lump in my throat. "What do you mean?" Jake quizzed on.

My words finally managed to come out, "the beeps quickened and then there was nurses and doctors and then the beeps... The beeps stopped Jake! And they told me to go out and I'm so worried!" Jake's eyes widened at my rushed sentence. He guided me over to one of the uncomfortable white hospital chairs and sat down next to me.

"Andy's strong; he will make it." Jake soothed and twirled my black locks around, this calmed me down a great deal and soon I found my self drifting of into to world of dreams.

*Andy's POV*

The darkness, like the spilled ink from a pen, surrounds me as I feel like I'm falling, faster and faster with every second that goes by, my heart rate picks up; am I going to hit the floor and die? Or am I already dead?

I'm dead arn't I? I Don't want to die, well at least not before I've lived. I never got the change to tell Ashley these feelings I've been having for him. What will the BVB army do? How will they react to my death? So many questions, I just can die!

Suddenly I feel nothing, but then a fire ignites in my chest, burning and spreading all the way along to my finger tips and toes. It happens again but this time it feels less like a fire and more like an electric shock intensified but still starting at my chest.

"He's stable!" I hear a male voice shout.

Where am I?

Slowly I open my eyes to see I'm surrounded by people in medical scrubs and white coats. Hospital! That's where I am! Thank goodness I'm not dead, I guess that clears up those questions, but why am I here? How long have I been here? As questions were answered plenty more came storming through!

"Hi I'm going to ask you some questions please try to remember as much as possible ok?" a female nurse asked me as I sat up on the uncomfortable hospital bed. "Okay?" I answered.

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The nurse asked me the normal questions like: what's your name? What was the last thing you remember? When did you eat last? All to which I answered correctly. She told me she would be back in a couple of hours to check how I was doing. She said that my hippocampus wasn't damaged so I still have all my memories. When returns she will tell me the exact reasons why I fainted. Then she left.

I'm now just looking around the room at the boring cream walls, there's a small window in the wall right from me. The sun is pretty low in the sky so it must be round about evening time.

The click of the door sounded and my head immediately shot to the left to see who entered. ASH! As soon as I saw him I grinned from ear to ear, as did he. However mine faded a tiny bit as he came closer.

He looked skinnier than before I fainted; his cheek bones protuded out of his cheeks a bit more, and black hollows had formed under his eyes he looked so sleep deprived. Why does he look so sleep deprived? How long have I been here?

"Andy!" he exclaimed as soon as he reached my bed with open arms. I jumped up onto my knees and flung my arms around his neck, as he formed a tight vice around my waist. His arms are so warm and comforting; I could spend the rest of my life in his arms and wouldn't mind.

"I missed you so much!" he whispered in my ear. At that I held him tighter and buried my face in his neck.

We stayed like that with no signs of letting go until a faint, fake cough sounded by the door. We broke apart both of us have a slight tint of redness etched into our cheeks as we turned to face the person who interrupted us.

"Jake!" I call out and open my arms for a bro hug which didn't last nearly as long as mine and Ashes did; like less than a second actually.

"So how long have I been out?" I asked after a couple of minestrone of small talk; the question just couldn't get out of my mind. There heads dropped and they fell silent. Was it really that bad? How long had I been out! "Well?!" I about shouted, not being able to beer the silence of the unanswered question much longer.

Ashley mumbled something incoherent, coughed then said it louder once I gave him a stern look, "four weeks and two days." They both looked at me. I was frozen. Suddenly I fell from my kneeling position backwards on my butt, onto the bed.

"Andy?!" Ashley called as he grabbed my shoulders, preventing me from falling further.