A Second Chance • A.F. {#wattys2018}

Chapter 18

Melody

I woke up to a strong scent, one I haven't smelt in a long long time.

I rolled over to see that the other side of the bed was empty and that Rye wasn't there anymore, so I sat up and stretched, I then remained there for about five minutes until I finally decided to get up out of bed.

I threw on Rye's  black jumper that had a picture of a bee on it,  and I put some fluffy socks on.

I yanked the hood up to hide the fact that my hair was a mess and I rubbed my eyes as I followed the scent to the kitchen.

Once I got there I saw Rye stood at the oven in just his trackies, the ones that were baggy around his hips and got slimmer as it got to the bottom, he was singing something and although he wasn't putting much effort in, it still sounded so beautiful.

I put my hand in the front pocket of the jumper and walked closer to Rye but he must have heard me as he turned around with a smile on his face.

"Good morning, what a nice jumper you have" he said laughing as he turned back around to face the pan.

"I know right, whoever bought it must have really good fashion because it looks and feels great" I chuckled at our stupidness.

Rye turned his head so that he was once again facing me. "I hope you like chocolate chip pancakes and a full English?" I tried to hide my smile as I saw him plate the last pancake, there was about 6 in the pile.

"I like everything apart from beans and I only like my egg scrambled" he nodded as he put the plate of pancakes on the table and started on the scrambled egg, apart from that everything was cooked and on the table.

" I didn't know you could cook Beaumont?" I asked him as he sat in the seat opposite me.

"I can't, this is all simple stuff, you know that stuff that just comes to you" he chuckled as he bit into a peace of bacon and for once in my life, everything seemed brighter, vibrant, full of life. I seemed happy. But that one person was still swirling around in the back of my mind.

Andy was still there, deep down I know I love him, but I also love Rye, or do I just love the idea of how Rye is treating me, also there's still Elijah... I care so about him so much and I don't want him getting hurt.

I was soon pulled out of my thoughts when I heard Rye singing the same song I heard last night. "Hey what song is that?" His face turned slightly red when I asked the question.

"It's one of our originals, really meaningful" I could hear the passion in his voice when he spoke about it, which made me want to hear more.

"Sing me some, the bit you were singing this morning" I leant forward and put my chin in the palm of my hand as I looked at him, encouraging him to sing.

Andy

It was round about 11 am when I eventually woke up to the sound of the shower.

I did my usual stretch and turned from facing the wall to face the familiar room. I looked down to see who was in the shower, Jack was laid in his bed and Brook and Mikey were no where to be seen.

"Where's Brook and Mikey?" I asked making Jack jump slightly since he didn't know I was awake yet.

"Mikey's just come back from a run so he's in the shower but Brook is at the gym still, should be on his way home soon" I gave a small nod to Jack and laid back, I grabbed my phone and started on a text.

Andy🎤
Hey, so I'm probably bugging you right now because I'm constantly texting you, but I want to try make things right so uh, call me when you can... x

I decided to send the text after a few minutes of debating. My phone pinged and I jumped, thinking that Mel had already texted me back but when I checked, it was Blair.

Blair
Andy I'm texting you because I know that you'll make sure the rest of the band are aware, I'm flying back to the UK in about a week, so I expect the flat to be tidy and I also have some exciting news for the band.

I forwarded the text to Rye and Brook, and told Jack, and Mikey since he was now out of the shower, we were all abit annoyed about Blair coming home early because now it meant that we had to tidy the flat ready for his arrival. I was about to head into the shower when another text came through on my phone.

Rye🐝
Fuck sake. I'll drive home tomorrow. We need to talk fovvs...

I read the text and a hint of worry and nausea ran through me.

Was he falling in love with Melody too?

Was the time he spent with her too much?

Are they together ?!

My head was spinning with thoughts and I started to go dizzy, I tried to steady myself but it was too late.

I lost my balance and fell, hitting my head hard on the side of the bath and the last thing I remember before blacking out was Mikey running in and shouting, but his words were just muffles as I slowly lost consciousness.

Mikey

Andy had just told us about Blair coming home soon and we were all slightly pissed, I agreed to clean the kitchen and Andy said he'd clean the bathroom after he got a shower and Jack said he'd make a start on the band room.

I was about to grab the cleaning stuff from under the sink when I heard a loud bang come from the bathroom and as I went to see what happened, I saw Andy laid on the floor with blood starting to trickle out of his head.

This was enough for me to panic and run to his side.

"JACK. CALL AN AMBULANCE, QUICK" Jack ran to the bathroom with his phone in his hand as he quickly dialled 999. I put a towel under Andy's head to prop him up and tried to wake him up.

"C'mon Andy, you gotta wake up" I lightly slapped his face and I could hear Jack panicking on the phone.

"Uh I think he fell and hit his head and it's bleeding" he took a short breath before he answered what I'm assuming was another question. "No he's not conscious... Mikey is he breathing?"

I put my hand to Andy's chest and I could feel his chest light moving, but it was very faint. "He's breathing but its faint" I told Jack who then repeated the information to the phone operator.

I could see a few tears slip from Jacks eyes but he soon wiped them away when we heard the door shut.

"Jack? You alright mate" Brook asked as he walked further into the house, Jack shook his head and Brook rushed to the bathroom but stopped at the door when he saw my hands pressed to Andy's head, trying to stop the bleeding.

Jack hung the phone up and turned to us "the woman said the ambulance crew are here" his face was pale and his hand rubbed the back of his neck.

Brook was quick to run down and let the ambulance crew in and before we knew it, we were all sat in the back of the ambulance. I decided to text Rye and let him know what had happened, Andy was his brother and he deserves to know.

Mikey👾
Hey man, just letting you know we're on the way to the hospital with Andy, he fell and hit his head pretty hard on the bath, he was bleeding quite bad and we can't wake him up. We need you here Rye, Andy needs you here.

I sent the text and rested my head against the wall of the ambulance and sighed as another tear threatened to fall.

We were all hoping Andy would wake up but we wouldn't know until we reached the hospital...