The dumping ground - life as a care kid *COMPLETE*

hospital

"What's going on?!" I pulled away from Johnny to see Rick stood, watching, completely shocked. I froze, not sure what to say. Do I tell Rick that I like Johnny now? No because I still kind of liked Rick after everything he'd done. But I can't say that I didn't want Johnny to kiss me because I kissed him back.

"Nothing. Why?" I asked, not looking directly at either Johnny or Rick.

JOHNNY'S P.O.V

Well this is awkward... But to be honest I was so happy that Amelia was finally falling for me. It's about time. Took her long enough.

"It looked like you were kissing!" Rick glared at me, trying to make me nervous although it didn't work.

"Yeah... we were! Do you have a problem with that? Like when you kissed Faith only this isn't as unfair is it because you're not with Amelia anymore?" I was starting to get angry. If he goes and kisses Faith when he's still with Amelia AND upsets Amelia, why should he be annoyed if she moves on? She should be annoyed at him, not the other way around.

"Johnny!" Amelia obviously didn't want me to say it out loud but why shouldn't I? He practically Saw us kissing so he knows anyway.

"SHUT UP JOHNNY!" Rick stormed over and before I knew it, he was punching my sides. That was the last thing I remember before blacking out.

RICK'S P.O.V

I started punching Johnny with all my energy, hoping to leave some serious bruising. How dare he steal Amelia. I know, I know... me and Amelia weren't together anymore but I knew that all that time he was hoping that would happen. Like I told Amelia, he just steals people's girlfriends. I only wanted to protect Amelia, even if we weren't together. I wouldn't be able to cope if anything happened to her. It sort of felt like my job to stop anything bad happening to Amelia and as long as she fell for Johnny, she had a whole lot of bad coming for her.

"Rick stop!" I heard Amelia scream as Mike entered the room, pulling me off Johnny. Why wasn't Johnny fighting back? I looked over to the bed to see a limp, lifeless Johnny with Tee and Amelia stood next to him, crying whilst Mike called May-Li to call the ambulance. Everyone was now gathered in the doorway either gasping, panicking or shouting at me - throwing insults at me.

"Rick downstairs NOW!" Mike shouted at me, not taking his gaze off Johnny for one second. Crying, I ran past everyone, hiding in the garden.

AMELIA'S P.O.V

What was wrong with Rick?! I was stood with Tee, watching as Mike tried to get Johnny concious again. Seeing him there, lifeless, actually really hurt. I started panicking; what if he doesn't wake up? What if  Rick's impact was too hard? And that's when I started feeling guilty. The more I thought about it, the more I realised it was my fault. If I didn't kiss Johnny just after breaking up with Rick - or at any time for that matter, Rick wouldn't have started attacking Johnny.

"Everyone, go downstairs" Mike made us all leave, so he could concerntrate without everyone watching. I held Tee's hand, leading her to the dining room to try and calm her down.

"Tee, listen to me, he's going to be fine. I promise!"

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All the rest was a blur, it all went so fast until Mike and Tee came into the hospital hallway - once again - and told me I could go in and see Johnny. I walked in to the hospital ward, this time to see Johnny. He had bruises around his left eye and a swollen lip, I could see a slight bump on his forehead and he looked so weak. As soon as I walked in I felt so sorry for him. I know, my feelings completely changed. At one point I'm head over heels for Rick and hate Johnny but then it's the complete other way around. It was the first time I actually hated Rick. But none of it felt real. None of it.

"Hey.." I quietly sat down next to his bed, careful not to nudge him or anything, scared he would just snap into pieces. I felt a few tears escape before Johnny gently placed his hand on mine. I felt so guilty. If I hadn't argued with Rick or kissed Johnny, he wouldn't be in this hospital bed. That thought was sickening. I hated it so much.

"Amelia, stop crying. Now!" Even Johnny's voice was weak.

"I'm really sorry. It's all my fault isn't it?"

"No it's not." Whatever Johnny said, I still felt guilty as hell.

"But it is. If I hadn't argued with Rick or kissed you, he wouldn't have hurt you and you wouldn't be like this!" I couldn't even look Johnny in the eyes - I felt so bad and hated seeing him like that.

"Amy I don't care about that. I honestly don't." I don't know why but I wasn't believing any of what Johnny was saying. It was all my fault. That's a fact. I couldn't stop crying, it was the most guilty I had felt in my entire life.  I had no idea why but I was finding it incredibly hard to be annoyed with Rick. It was like I didn't blame him at all, as if I deserved it. But still, Johnny didn't deserve it.

"How is he?" Frank asked as soon as I came out of Johnny's ward.

"He's... he's okay. He wants to see you though, Frank. I don't know why so don't ask." As soon as I said it, Frank shot up and ran in to Johnny's room. I sighed, sitting down in between Elektra and Jody. Even with the Dumping ground kids there, the hallway was silent. No one walking, no machine noises, no talking. Nothing.

I know I was feeling guilty before but suddenly I felt even more guilty. I don't know if it was because no one was talking so I had nothing to distract me or if I was thinking about it too much. But whatever the reason was, I couldn't deal with it. I just wanted to get back to the dumping ground to get away from it. And fast.

****** 2K within two weeks!!  Thank you! That's 500 views since the last update! I just want to say, I know in the programme they've moved house but I don't know the name of the new house haha so iin the story they're going to stay at Elm tree. And I know Elektra isn't in the programme any more and Liam hasn't been for ages but they're going to remain in the story anyway because they were some of my favourite characters haha :) Thank you though <3 ******